linux-kernel - [git pull] more PCMCIA updates for 2.6.34 (including ioctl deprecation)

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Date:	Wed, 3 Mar 2010 08:59:44 +0100
From:	Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
To:	torvalds@...l.org, akpm@...l.org
Cc:	Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>,
	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pcmcia@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: [git pull] more PCMCIA updates for 2.6.34 (including ioctl
 deprecation)

Linus,

a few more PCMCIA patches for 2.6.34 are available in the git repository at:
  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/pcmcia-2.6.git master

The diffstat and list of changes is below, the individual diffs are sent
(at least) to the linux-pcmcia list. This patchset includes one
controversial patch, titled:

      pcmcia: disable pcmcia ioctl for !ARM, prepare for removal

Most notably, Russell King objects to it for reasons spelled out e.g. at
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/27/291 . I suspect the platform he is referring
to actually does work with the PCMCIA ioctl disabled; Russell's offer from
2008 to

   "spend some time [...] working out what it requires from the ioctl
   interface - maybe we can have a cut-down ioctl interface that bolts straight
   on as an "add on" to the new controls without being too invasive, while
   still allowing its PCMCIA bits to work."
   (http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-pcmcia/2008-April/005450.html)

hasn't lead to any result so far; he has indicated he won't get to spending
time on it soon. Because of the lack of progress in this regard, and for the
other reasons spelled out in the patch, I picked up Alan's suggestion to

   "[...] push[ing] it. If it matters someone will then fix up the problem
   platform. If it isn't pushed then it lets one obscure platform stall
   progress for everyone else."
  (http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-pcmcia/2008-April/005453.html)

Please pull from that location insofar as you agree to continue with the
deprecation of the PCMCIA ioctl. Otherwise, I can prepare a branch
_without_ this controversial patch to pull from.

Thanks,
        Dominik

Dominik Brodowski (2):
      pcmcia: CodingStyle fixes
      pcmcia: disable pcmcia ioctl for !ARM, prepare for removal

Komuro (1):
      pcmcia: remove irq_list parameter from pd6729

Manuel Lauss (1):
      pcmcia: alchemy: fixup wrong comments

Michal Pecio (1):
      yenta_socket: ENE CB712 CardBus bridge needs special treatment with Echo Audio Indigo soundcards

 Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt |   12 +-
 drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig                     |   14 +-
 drivers/pcmcia/cardbus.c                   |    2 +-
 drivers/pcmcia/cistpl.c                    | 1908 ++++++++++++++--------------
 drivers/pcmcia/db1xxx_ss.c                 |   19 +-
 drivers/pcmcia/pd6729.c                    |   18 +-
 drivers/pcmcia/rsrc_mgr.c                  |    3 +-
 drivers/pcmcia/xxs1500_ss.c                |   16 +-
 drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.c              |    8 +-
 9 files changed, 973 insertions(+), 1027 deletions(-)
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