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diff --git a/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt b/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..9c315ab48a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +This file details changes in 2.6 which affect PCMCIA card driver authors: + +* in-kernel device<->driver matching + PCMCIA devices and their correct drivers can now be matched in + kernelspace. See 'devicetable.txt' for details. + +* Device model integration (as of 2.6.11) + A struct pcmcia_device is registered with the device model core, + and can be used (e.g. for SET_NETDEV_DEV) by using + handle_to_dev(client_handle_t * handle). + +* Convert internal I/O port addresses to unsigned long (as of 2.6.11) + ioaddr_t should be replaced by kio_addr_t in PCMCIA card drivers. + +* irq_mask and irq_list parameters (as of 2.6.11) + The irq_mask and irq_list parameters should no longer be used in + PCMCIA card drivers. Instead, it is the job of the PCMCIA core to + determine which IRQ should be used. Therefore, link->irq.IRQInfo2 + is ignored. + +* client->PendingEvents is gone (as of 2.6.11) + client->PendingEvents is no longer available. + +* client->Attributes are gone (as of 2.6.11) + client->Attributes is unused, therefore it is removed from all + PCMCIA card drivers + +* core functions no longer available (as of 2.6.11) + The following functions have been removed from the kernel source + because they are unused by all in-kernel drivers, and no external + driver was reported to rely on them: + pcmcia_get_first_region() + pcmcia_get_next_region() + pcmcia_modify_window() + pcmcia_set_event_mask() + pcmcia_get_first_window() + pcmcia_get_next_window() + +* device list iteration upon module removal (as of 2.6.10) + It is no longer necessary to iterate on the driver's internal + client list and call the ->detach() function upon module removal. + +* Resource management. (as of 2.6.8) + Although the PCMCIA subsystem will allocate resources for cards, + it no longer marks these resources busy. This means that driver + authors are now responsible for claiming your resources as per + other drivers in Linux. You should use request_region() to mark + your IO regions in-use, and request_mem_region() to mark your + memory regions in-use. The name argument should be a pointer to + your driver name. Eg, for pcnet_cs, name should point to the + string "pcnet_cs". |