linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PCMCIA identification strings for cards manufactured by Elan

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Date:	Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:39:03 -0800
From:	"David Hinds" <dahinds@...il.com>
To:	"Tony Olech" <tony.olech@...ndigitalsystems.com>,
	"Dominik Brodowski" <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>,
	"Linux kernel development" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"PCMCIA Maintainence" <linux-pcmcia@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"David Hinds" <dahinds@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	"Jaroslav Kysela" <perex@...e.cz>,
	"Bart Prescott" <bart.prescott@...ndigitalsystems.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCMCIA identification strings for cards manufactured by Elan

Note that the SP230 is a special case (multifunction serial+parallel).
 You should look at the CIS for that card; it might not have a serial
function code at all.

-- Dave


On 11/20/06, Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 04:51:48PM +0000, Tony Olech wrote:
> > Hi Russell,
> > if I take out the patches to parport_cs and serial_cs,
> > leaving in only the patch to "pdaudiocf" our SP230 card
> > no longer works - it does not lock up the kernel, admittedly,
> > and the serial only card does works, but we would like
> > all are cards to just work.
>
> Sounds like function ID matching is broken.  Dominik?
>
> > ALSO, I have found no way to force a particular 16-bit
> > pcmcia card to be handled by a particular module in a
> > similar way to the USB generic serial driver module
> > parameter. Have I misssed the obvious? Or is that a
> > desirable feature that have been taken out of the David
> > Hinds original implementation?
>
> Again, Dominik's area of expertise.
>
> --
> Russell King
>  Linux kernel    2.6 ARM Linux   - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
>  maintainer of:  2.6 Serial core
>
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