X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fpcmcia%2Fdriver-changes.txt;h=059934363cafaf18a15ebff592e167f8c84ee539;hb=984f2f377fdfd098f5ae58d09ee04d5e29e6112b;hp=c89a5e29bb4c2b9e6fc416bd048a1afc6f28adcc;hpb=5f2a71fcb7995633b335a1e380ac63a968e61320;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git diff --git a/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt b/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt index c89a5e29bb4..059934363ca 100644 --- a/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt +++ b/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt @@ -1,10 +1,16 @@ This file details changes in 2.6 which affect PCMCIA card driver authors: +* New configuration loop helper (as of 2.6.28) + By calling pcmcia_loop_config(), a driver can iterate over all available + configuration options. During a driver's probe() phase, one doesn't need + to use pcmcia_get_{first,next}_tuple, pcmcia_get_tuple_data and + pcmcia_parse_tuple directly in most if not all cases. + * New release helper (as of 2.6.17) Instead of calling pcmcia_release_{configuration,io,irq,win}, all that's necessary now is calling pcmcia_disable_device. As there is no valid - reason left to call pcmcia_release_io and pcmcia_release_irq, they will - be removed soon. + reason left to call pcmcia_release_io and pcmcia_release_irq, the + exports for them were removed. * Unify detach and REMOVAL event code, as well as attach and INSERTION code (as of 2.6.16) @@ -33,8 +39,8 @@ This file details changes in 2.6 which affect PCMCIA card driver authors: and can be used (e.g. for SET_NETDEV_DEV) by using handle_to_dev(client_handle_t * handle). -* Convert internal I/O port addresses to unsigned long (as of 2.6.11) - ioaddr_t should be replaced by kio_addr_t in PCMCIA card drivers. +* Convert internal I/O port addresses to unsigned int (as of 2.6.11) + ioaddr_t should be replaced by unsigned int in PCMCIA card drivers. * irq_mask and irq_list parameters (as of 2.6.11) The irq_mask and irq_list parameters should no longer be used in