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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig | 14 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 1d227ee3792a..12dde43fe657 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -119,3 +119,19 @@ Why: Match the other drivers' name for the same function, duplicate names will be available until removal of old names. Who: Grant Coady <gcoady@gmail.com> +--------------------------- + +What: PCMCIA control ioctl (needed for pcmcia-cs [cardmgr, cardctl]) +When: November 2005 +Files: drivers/pcmcia/: pcmcia_ioctl.c +Why: With the 16-bit PCMCIA subsystem now behaving (almost) like a + normal hotpluggable bus, and with it using the default kernel + infrastructure (hotplug, driver core, sysfs) keeping the PCMCIA + control ioctl needed by cardmgr and cardctl from pcmcia-cs is + unnecessary, and makes further cleanups and integration of the + PCMCIA subsystem into the Linux kernel device driver model more + difficult. The features provided by cardmgr and cardctl are either + handled by the kernel itself now or are available in the new + pcmciautils package available at + http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/ +Who: Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de> diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig b/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig index 52ea34594363..bb4dd2735d70 100644 --- a/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig @@ -1,8 +1,5 @@ # -# PCMCIA bus subsystem configuration -# -# Right now the non-CardBus choices are not supported -# by the integrated kernel driver. +# PCCARD (PCMCIA/CardBus) bus subsystem configuration # menu "PCCARD (PCMCIA/CardBus) support" @@ -32,7 +29,7 @@ config PCMCIA_DEBUG The kernel command line options are: pcmcia_core.pc_debug=N - ds.pc_debug=N + pcmcia.pc_debug=N sa11xx_core.pc_debug=N The module option is called pc_debug=N @@ -73,7 +70,7 @@ config PCMCIA_LOAD_CIS If unsure, say Y. config PCMCIA_IOCTL - bool + bool "PCMCIA control ioctl (obsolete)" depends on PCMCIA default y help @@ -81,9 +78,8 @@ config PCMCIA_IOCTL subsystem will be built. It is needed by cardmgr and cardctl (pcmcia-cs) to function properly. - If you do not use the new pcmciautils package, and have a - yenta, Cirrus PD6729, i82092, i82365 or tcic compatible bridge, - you need to say Y here to be able to use 16-bit PCMCIA cards. + You should use the new pcmciautils package instead (see + <file:Documentation/Changes> for location and details). If unsure, say Y. |