linux-kernel - Re: pcmcia ioctl removal

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Date:	Wed, 09 May 2007 21:11:52 +0200
From:	Romano Giannetti <romano@....icai.upcomillas.es>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-pcmcia@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: pcmcia ioctl removal

On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 15:03 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 12:54:16PM +0000, Pavel Machek wrote:
>  relies on cardmgr anymore.
> >
> > I remember needing cardmgr few months ago on sa-1100 arm system. I'm
> > not sure this is obsolete-enough to kill.
>
> Why didn't pcmciautils work?

I have had a problem until 2.6.20 was out with pcmciautils (it did not
recognise the second function of multi-functions pcmcia cards that
needed a firmware .cis file), and the only way to use it was with
cardmgr, way after Nov 2005 :-).

Now it is solved (modulo that sometime the pcmcia modem is ttyS1,
sometime ttyS2, but that's another history --- and probably my fault).
But I wonder if similar problems are hidden away... what about put the
ioctls under a normally-disabled option and let a kernel out with it?

Romano

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