need to be able to detect pcmcia controller existence to know if laptop

installs should be the default

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/pcmcia.py b/pcmcia.py
index 785b10dba..99d9b6bcc 100755
--- a/pcmcia.py
+++ b/pcmcia.py
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 
-import iutil, string, os, kudzu
+import iutil, string, os
+
+def hasPcmcia(test = 0):
+    loc = "/sbin/probe"
+    if not os.access(loc, os.X_OK):
+	loc = "/usr/sbin/probe"
+
+    try:
+        result = iutil.execWithCapture(loc, [ loc ])
+    except RuntimeError:
+        return None
+
+    if (string.find(result, "TCIC-2 probe: not found") != -1):
+	return None
+
+    return 1
 
 def createPcmciaConfig(path, pcic, test = 0):
     f = open(path, "w")