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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/pcmcia/devicetable.txt | 63 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt | 51 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/pcmcia/devicetable.txt b/Documentation/pcmcia/devicetable.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..3351c0355143 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/pcmcia/devicetable.txt @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +Matching of PCMCIA devices to drivers is done using one or more of the +following criteria: + +- manufactor ID +- card ID +- product ID strings _and_ hashes of these strings +- function ID +- device function (actual and pseudo) + +You should use the helpers in include/pcmcia/device_id.h for generating the +struct pcmcia_device_id[] entries which match devices to drivers. + +If you want to match product ID strings, you also need to pass the crc32 +hashes of the string to the macro, e.g. if you want to match the product ID +string 1, you need to use + +PCMCIA_DEVICE_PROD_ID1("some_string", 0x(hash_of_some_string)), + +If the hash is incorrect, the kernel will inform you about this in "dmesg" +upon module initialization, and tell you of the correct hash. + +You can determine the hash of the product ID strings by catting the file +"modalias" in the sysfs directory of the PCMCIA device. It generates a string +in the following form: +pcmcia:m0149cC1ABf06pfn00fn00pa725B842DpbF1EFEE84pc0877B627pd00000000 + +The hex value after "pa" is the hash of product ID string 1, after "pb" for +string 2 and so on. + +Alternatively, you can use this small tool to determine the crc32 hash. +simply pass the string you want to evaluate as argument to this program, +e.g. +$ ./crc32hash "Dual Speed" + +------------------------------------------------------------------------- +/* crc32hash.c - derived from linux/lib/crc32.c, GNU GPL v2 */ +#include <string.h> +#include <stdio.h> +#include <ctype.h> +#include <stdlib.h> + +unsigned int crc32(unsigned char const *p, unsigned int len) +{ + int i; + unsigned int crc = 0; + while (len--) { + crc ^= *p++; + for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) + crc = (crc >> 1) ^ ((crc & 1) ? 0xedb88320 : 0); + } + return crc; +} + +int main(int argc, char **argv) { + unsigned int result; + if (argc != 2) { + printf("no string passed as argument\n"); + return -1; + } + result = crc32(argv[1], strlen(argv[1])); + printf("0x%x\n", result); + return 0; +} diff --git a/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt b/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9c315ab48a02 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +This file details changes in 2.6 which affect PCMCIA card driver authors: + +* in-kernel device<->driver matching + PCMCIA devices and their correct drivers can now be matched in + kernelspace. See 'devicetable.txt' for details. + +* Device model integration (as of 2.6.11) + A struct pcmcia_device is registered with the device model core, + 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. + +* irq_mask and irq_list parameters (as of 2.6.11) + The irq_mask and irq_list parameters should no longer be used in + PCMCIA card drivers. Instead, it is the job of the PCMCIA core to + determine which IRQ should be used. Therefore, link->irq.IRQInfo2 + is ignored. + +* client->PendingEvents is gone (as of 2.6.11) + client->PendingEvents is no longer available. + +* client->Attributes are gone (as of 2.6.11) + client->Attributes is unused, therefore it is removed from all + PCMCIA card drivers + +* core functions no longer available (as of 2.6.11) + The following functions have been removed from the kernel source + because they are unused by all in-kernel drivers, and no external + driver was reported to rely on them: + pcmcia_get_first_region() + pcmcia_get_next_region() + pcmcia_modify_window() + pcmcia_set_event_mask() + pcmcia_get_first_window() + pcmcia_get_next_window() + +* device list iteration upon module removal (as of 2.6.10) + It is no longer necessary to iterate on the driver's internal + client list and call the ->detach() function upon module removal. + +* Resource management. (as of 2.6.8) + Although the PCMCIA subsystem will allocate resources for cards, + it no longer marks these resources busy. This means that driver + authors are now responsible for claiming your resources as per + other drivers in Linux. You should use request_region() to mark + your IO regions in-use, and request_mem_region() to mark your + memory regions in-use. The name argument should be a pointer to + your driver name. Eg, for pcnet_cs, name should point to the + string "pcnet_cs". |
