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diff --git a/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt b/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt index 059934363caf..adfb83e58675 100644 --- a/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt +++ b/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt | |||
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| 1 | This file details changes in 2.6 which affect PCMCIA card driver authors: | 1 | This file details changes in 2.6 which affect PCMCIA card driver authors: |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | * New CIS tuple access (as of 2.6.33) | ||
| 4 | Instead of pcmcia_get_{first,next}_tuple(), pcmcia_get_tuple_data() and | ||
| 5 | pcmcia_parse_tuple(), a driver shall use "pcmcia_get_tuple()" if it is | ||
| 6 | only interested in one (raw) tuple, or "pcmcia_loop_tuple()" if it is | ||
| 7 | interested in all tuples of one type. To decode the MAC from CISTPL_FUNCE, | ||
| 8 | a new helper "pcmcia_get_mac_from_cis()" was added. | ||
| 9 | |||
| 3 | * New configuration loop helper (as of 2.6.28) | 10 | * New configuration loop helper (as of 2.6.28) |
| 4 | By calling pcmcia_loop_config(), a driver can iterate over all available | 11 | By calling pcmcia_loop_config(), a driver can iterate over all available |
| 5 | configuration options. During a driver's probe() phase, one doesn't need | 12 | configuration options. During a driver's probe() phase, one doesn't need |