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| author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-12-05 15:22:26 -0800 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-12-05 15:22:26 -0800 |
| commit | 28b4d5cc17c20786848cdc07b7ea237a309776bb (patch) | |
| tree | bae406a4b17229dcce7c11be5073f7a67665e477 /Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt | |
| parent | d29cecda036f251aee4947f47eea0fe9ed8cc931 (diff) | |
| parent | 96fa2b508d2d3fe040cf4ef2fffb955f0a537ea1 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/
Conflicts:
drivers/net/pcmcia/fmvj18x_cs.c
drivers/net/pcmcia/nmclan_cs.c
drivers/net/pcmcia/xirc2ps_cs.c
drivers/net/wireless/ray_cs.c
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diff --git a/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt b/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt index 0599343..446f43b 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 |
