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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-03-04 10:51:36 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-03-04 10:51:36 -0500
commita2e28fc1164e56d37a56e3c53bd3e5a64462fd02 (patch)
tree144dfddbd6d619db549bf43e43ddc116f29e9774 /Documentation
parent03a2c4d76c9e99b80d74ab8a4f344e135a5ae44b (diff)
parenta3f916f2c84f2b9e1d32cc0dbfe326a9e380dbfb (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/pcmcia-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/pcmcia-2.6: pcmcia: disable pcmcia ioctl for !ARM, prepare for removal pcmcia: CodingStyle fixes pcmcia: alchemy: fixup wrong comments pcmcia: remove irq_list parameter from pd6729 yenta_socket: ENE CB712 CardBus bridge needs special treatment with Echo Audio Indigo soundcards
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@@ -117,19 +117,25 @@ Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
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118 118
119What: PCMCIA control ioctl (needed for pcmcia-cs [cardmgr, cardctl]) 119What: PCMCIA control ioctl (needed for pcmcia-cs [cardmgr, cardctl])
120When: November 2005 120When: 2.6.35/2.6.36
121Files: drivers/pcmcia/: pcmcia_ioctl.c 121Files: drivers/pcmcia/: pcmcia_ioctl.c
122Why: With the 16-bit PCMCIA subsystem now behaving (almost) like a 122Why: With the 16-bit PCMCIA subsystem now behaving (almost) like a
123 normal hotpluggable bus, and with it using the default kernel 123 normal hotpluggable bus, and with it using the default kernel
124 infrastructure (hotplug, driver core, sysfs) keeping the PCMCIA 124 infrastructure (hotplug, driver core, sysfs) keeping the PCMCIA
125 control ioctl needed by cardmgr and cardctl from pcmcia-cs is 125 control ioctl needed by cardmgr and cardctl from pcmcia-cs is
126 unnecessary, and makes further cleanups and integration of the 126 unnecessary and potentially harmful (it does not provide for
127 proper locking), and makes further cleanups and integration of the
127 PCMCIA subsystem into the Linux kernel device driver model more 128 PCMCIA subsystem into the Linux kernel device driver model more
128 difficult. The features provided by cardmgr and cardctl are either 129 difficult. The features provided by cardmgr and cardctl are either
129 handled by the kernel itself now or are available in the new 130 handled by the kernel itself now or are available in the new
130 pcmciautils package available at 131 pcmciautils package available at
131 http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/ 132 http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/
132Who: Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de> 133
134 For all architectures except ARM, the associated config symbol
135 has been removed from kernel 2.6.34; for ARM, it will be likely
136 be removed from kernel 2.6.35. The actual code will then likely
137 be removed from kernel 2.6.36.
138Who: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
133 139
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135 141