The following case is to EOF implementation artifacts from the PCMCIA
subsystem. Since these were never user accessible, I'm treating this
as a self-review. Minor binding is requested.
Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.68 02/23/09 SMI
This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems
1. Introduction
1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
EOF pcmciad and pem
1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
Author: Garrett D'Amore
1.3 Date of This Document:
13 November, 2009
4. Technical Description
EOF of pcmciad and pem kernel driver
With the removal of pcmem and pcram, investigation shows that the pcmciad
daemon only performs functions which are trivially replaceable.
Specifically, devfsadm already handles the functionality for pcata disks,
and the autopush of ldterm and ttcompat on pcser can be handled by adding a
single line to /etc/iu.ap.
In theory pcmciad could support other kinds of pcmcia devices via shared object
interface, but this interface was Consolidation Private, and was never used.
Furthermore, it looks extraordinarily unlikely that it will be used in the
future -- such functionality is also available via devfsadm plugins should
a need for such functionality with pcmcia cards ever be found in the future.
Finally, the "pem" pseudo driver existed solely to provide PCMCIA event
notifications to the pcmciad daemon.
None of this functionality was ever "user accessible" or documented (other
than the fact that it "existed"). Therefore we propose
to simply remove it without notice. This case records this intent.
6. Resources and Schedule
6.4. Steering Committee requested information
6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
ON
6.5. ARC review type: Automatic
6.6. ARC Exposure: open
