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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-12-07 13:14:12 +0100 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-12-07 13:14:18 +0100 |
| commit | f3d607c6b39bd9cb5000e03e2c0dc2afe1241374 (patch) | |
| tree | 885b5e0b5bb3d87efc4bfbde69feff2ece32ecac /Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt | |
| parent | 8055039c2a2454c7159dcbde3161943b757a6e0e (diff) | |
| parent | 6ec22f9b037fc0c2e00ddb7023fad279c365324d (diff) | |
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/urgent
Merge reason: we want to queue up a dependent fix.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt b/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt index 059934363ca..446f43b309d 100644 --- a/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt +++ b/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt @@ -1,5 +1,17 @@ This file details changes in 2.6 which affect PCMCIA card driver authors: +* no cs_error / CS_CHECK / CONFIG_PCMCIA_DEBUG (as of 2.6.33) + Instead of the cs_error() callback or the CS_CHECK() macro, please use + Linux-style checking of return values, and -- if necessary -- debug + messages using "dev_dbg()" or "pr_debug()". + +* New CIS tuple access (as of 2.6.33) + Instead of pcmcia_get_{first,next}_tuple(), pcmcia_get_tuple_data() and + pcmcia_parse_tuple(), a driver shall use "pcmcia_get_tuple()" if it is + only interested in one (raw) tuple, or "pcmcia_loop_tuple()" if it is + interested in all tuples of one type. To decode the MAC from CISTPL_FUNCE, + a new helper "pcmcia_get_mac_from_cis()" was added. + * New configuration loop helper (as of 2.6.28) By calling pcmcia_loop_config(), a driver can iterate over all available configuration options. During a driver's probe() phase, one doesn't need |