From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261801AbTDHVJ2 (for ); Tue, 8 Apr 2003 17:09:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261804AbTDHVJ2 (for ); Tue, 8 Apr 2003 17:09:28 -0400 Received: from havoc.daloft.com ([64.213.145.173]:41709 "EHLO havoc.gtf.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261801AbTDHVJ0 (for ); Tue, 8 Apr 2003 17:09:26 -0400 Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 17:20:59 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik To: Dominik Brodowski Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rmk@arm.linux.org.uk Subject: Re: [PATCHES 2.5.67] PCMCIA hotplugging, in-kernel-matching and depmod support Message-ID: <20030408212059.GA5358@gtf.org> References: <20030408205623.GA5253@brodo.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030408205623.GA5253@brodo.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 10:56:23PM +0200, Dominik Brodowski wrote: > ... and the deprecation of "cardmgr" and "cardctl" > > Dear kernel developers and testers, > > Updated and re-diffed revisions of my pcmcia-related patches are > available at http://www.brodo.de/pcmcia/ > > These patches update the PCMCIA subsystem (16-bit) to use the driver > model matching and hotplug utilities. The "cardmgr" will not be > needed any longer - in fact, it won't even work any longer. > > They are based on kernel 2.5.67 Will we see pcmcia id lists making their way into low-level drivers? That was a big stumbling block when I last looked at the "big picture" for pcmcia -- in-kernel drivers still required probe assistance from userspace via the /etc/pcmcia/* bindings. Jeff