stab

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NAME
       stab - current PCMCIA socket status


DESCRIPTION
       The  stab  file	is created by cardmgr and contains identification and
       device driver information for PCMCIA cards.  Each socket is  described
       by  one header line, followed by one or more device descriptions.  The
       header gives the card name as  given  in	 /etc/pcmcia/config.   Device
       lines  consist  of a series of tab-separated fields.  For each device,
       the fields correspond to socket number,	device	class,	driver	name,
       instance,  device name, and major and minor numbers.  The device class
       identifies which script in /etc/pcmcia is used to  configure  or	 shut
       down  this device.  The instance is used to number devices when a sin-
       gle card has several devices associated with  the  same	driver.	  The
       device  name  may  either a filename in /dev or be a network interface
       name.  The major and minor numbers are only present if appropriate for
       this device type.

       The file is updated by cardmgr whenever a card is inserted or ejected,
       and when cardmgr receives a SIGHUP signal.

       The stab file will normally be created in /var/lib/pcmcia, but if that
       directory is unavailable, it will be found in /var/run.


AUTHOR
       David Hinds - dahinds@users.sourceforge.net

SEE ALSO
       cardmgr(8), cardctl(8), pcmcia(5).



pcmcia-cs		     2002/11/01 06:38:24		      STAB(5)