Lo, it is done.

Small turnout, but then...

stalag99 is hearby created.

And now for a recreated post...

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I'm not happy with how Hotplug works with Gentoo, especially when it comes with Cardbus (read, PCI PCMCIA) cards.  While I do think Hotplug as a handler is the way to go, the supporting scripts suck:

1. Hotplug does NOT interface with pcmcia-cs.  So all the advantages of pcmcia-cs go bye-bye:
2. Schemes: Doesn't exist.  Come on, I'm bouncing between my home network, Barnes and Noble/SBC's FreedomLink, a laywer's network (which I secured), and my local LUG's meetings.  Each one has it's own configuration.  
3. Configuration:  In my /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts, all those different networks are listed nicely in each own block.  What do I get with just Hotplug?  "Write your own".  Add Gentoo, and get a big ass mess with Cardbus.  No blocks, no grouping, no nothing.  I fixed it with 16-bit cards with a patch to enable a "vanilla" USE flag, making Gentoo not even think about patching.  I'll have to fix it in 32-bit cards.
   
4. Tidyness:  I have two 16-bit 802.11b (yes, B) wifi cards.  One's from Microsoft, another's from Netgear.  They work very well with the hostap driver.  I now have a rt2500 card, 32-bit 802.11g.  The configuration of the network is the same.  Why do I have to do it TWICE just to get the same results?  The same goes for my three 16-bit Ethernet cards (two 10mbps and a 100mbps/modem Xircom) and a new Xircom 32-bit 100-base-T ethernet/combo modem card.

So, WolfKeen gets pushed to the side as I now work on smacking my bitch laptop, redwolf, into playing nice with 32-bit Cardbus cards.  When that's done, I'm going to then slap sandra (the older CPi laptop) into similar submission.