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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 12 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig | 14 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 732b1fa48cf2..3e57a7502e86 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | |||
@@ -138,19 +138,25 @@ Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> | |||
138 | --------------------------- | 138 | --------------------------- |
139 | 139 | ||
140 | What: PCMCIA control ioctl (needed for pcmcia-cs [cardmgr, cardctl]) | 140 | What: PCMCIA control ioctl (needed for pcmcia-cs [cardmgr, cardctl]) |
141 | When: November 2005 | 141 | When: 2.6.35/2.6.36 |
142 | Files: drivers/pcmcia/: pcmcia_ioctl.c | 142 | Files: drivers/pcmcia/: pcmcia_ioctl.c |
143 | Why: With the 16-bit PCMCIA subsystem now behaving (almost) like a | 143 | Why: With the 16-bit PCMCIA subsystem now behaving (almost) like a |
144 | normal hotpluggable bus, and with it using the default kernel | 144 | normal hotpluggable bus, and with it using the default kernel |
145 | infrastructure (hotplug, driver core, sysfs) keeping the PCMCIA | 145 | infrastructure (hotplug, driver core, sysfs) keeping the PCMCIA |
146 | control ioctl needed by cardmgr and cardctl from pcmcia-cs is | 146 | control ioctl needed by cardmgr and cardctl from pcmcia-cs is |
147 | unnecessary, and makes further cleanups and integration of the | 147 | unnecessary and potentially harmful (it does not provide for |
148 | proper locking), and makes further cleanups and integration of the | ||
148 | PCMCIA subsystem into the Linux kernel device driver model more | 149 | PCMCIA subsystem into the Linux kernel device driver model more |
149 | difficult. The features provided by cardmgr and cardctl are either | 150 | difficult. The features provided by cardmgr and cardctl are either |
150 | handled by the kernel itself now or are available in the new | 151 | handled by the kernel itself now or are available in the new |
151 | pcmciautils package available at | 152 | pcmciautils package available at |
152 | http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/ | 153 | http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/ |
153 | Who: Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de> | 154 | |
155 | For all architectures except ARM, the associated config symbol | ||
156 | has been removed from kernel 2.6.34; for ARM, it will be likely | ||
157 | be removed from kernel 2.6.35. The actual code will then likely | ||
158 | be removed from kernel 2.6.36. | ||
159 | Who: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> | ||
154 | 160 | ||
155 | --------------------------- | 161 | --------------------------- |
156 | 162 | ||
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig b/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig index 0a6601c76809..d189e4743e69 100644 --- a/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig | |||
@@ -51,17 +51,23 @@ config PCMCIA_LOAD_CIS | |||
51 | 51 | ||
52 | config PCMCIA_IOCTL | 52 | config PCMCIA_IOCTL |
53 | bool "PCMCIA control ioctl (obsolete)" | 53 | bool "PCMCIA control ioctl (obsolete)" |
54 | depends on PCMCIA | 54 | depends on PCMCIA && ARM && !SMP && !PREEMPT |
55 | default y | 55 | default y |
56 | help | 56 | help |
57 | If you say Y here, the deprecated ioctl interface to the PCMCIA | 57 | If you say Y here, the deprecated ioctl interface to the PCMCIA |
58 | subsystem will be built. It is needed by cardmgr and cardctl | 58 | subsystem will be built. It is needed by the deprecated pcmcia-cs |
59 | (pcmcia-cs) to function properly. | 59 | tools (cardmgr, cardctl) to function properly. |
60 | 60 | ||
61 | You should use the new pcmciautils package instead (see | 61 | You should use the new pcmciautils package instead (see |
62 | <file:Documentation/Changes> for location and details). | 62 | <file:Documentation/Changes> for location and details). |
63 | 63 | ||
64 | If unsure, say Y. | 64 | This config option will most likely be removed from kernel 2.6.35, |
65 | the associated code from kernel 2.6.36. | ||
66 | |||
67 | As the PCMCIA ioctl is not locking safe, it depends on !SMP and | ||
68 | !PREEMPT. | ||
69 | |||
70 | If unsure, say N. | ||
65 | 71 | ||
66 | config CARDBUS | 72 | config CARDBUS |
67 | bool "32-bit CardBus support" | 73 | bool "32-bit CardBus support" |