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

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Date:	Wed, 3 Mar 2010 09:43:37 +0100
From:	Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
To:	torvalds@...l.org, akpm@...l.org,
	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: Re: [git pull] more PCMCIA updates for 2.6.34 (including ioctl
 deprecation)

Russell,

On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 08:30:11AM +0000, Russell King wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 08:59:44AM +0100, Dominik Brodowski wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> So you believe that disabling the button in the graphical environment
> to allow PCMCIA cards to be removed (such as CF cards) - leaving the
> user to merely pull out the CF card, while the FS is mounted, is a
> good idea?

In which graphical environment specifically?`Which graphical environment
failed to update how to issue card removal events[1] even though the old
interface has been marked as deprecated since July 2005, and clear and bold
warnings have been visible in dmesg since September 2005?

Thanks,
	Dominik

[1] Either
# echo 1 > /sys/class/pcmcia_socket/pcmcia_socket{0,1,...}/card_eject
or, if pcmciautils are used,
# pccardctl eject [socket]
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