linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] pcmcia: handle anonymous cards by generating a fake CIS

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Date:	Tue, 16 Jun 2015 08:19:42 +0200
From:	Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pcmica@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] pcmcia: handle anonymous cards by generating a fake
 CIS

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 01:10:55PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Unfortunately, this patch does not work well with all of the callers of
> > pccard_validate_cis(). While it helps for ds.c:pcmcia_card_add() and does
> > not matter for cistpl.c:pccard_show_cis(), it breaks the callback in
> > rsrc_nonstatic.c:readable():
> 
> I'm not sure it's the right way to do readable() but we seem to be stuck
> with that anyway.

Indeed - any replacement would need much testing at least.
> 
> The change looks good to me, and I will try and test it soon but it may
> take some time due to various other things going on in life. Can you
> submit it for 4.2 anyway and give it a bit of time for any screaming
> then push to stable ?

Have added it to my tree, and will do as you suggest.

Thanks,

	Dominik
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