Re: [OOPS/HACK] atmel_cs and the latest changes in sysfs/symlink.c

[Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>]

On Sun, Apr 25, 2004 at 04:53:53PM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Friday 23 April 2004 03:39 pm, Russell King wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 10:14:24PM +0200, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> > > should we apply the pcmcia_get_sys_device() patch from Dmitry for now to
> > > fix the current drivers that need a device for loading the firmware?
> > 
> > I don't think so - it obtains the struct device for the bridge itself
> > which has nothing to do with the card inserted in the slot.
> > 
> 
> Yes, my bad... I wonder if something like the patch below could be useful
> for now (although it created only one device entry even if card has multiple
> functions so we really need another device for every function):

This breaks modular builds - pcmcia_bus_type is in ds.c which is a
separate module.

Look, Dominik has done a fair amount of work in this area.  There is
a set of patches which need to be worked through and merged in a
controlled manner to get to the point where we can have a struct
device for PCMCIA cards.  We'll get there eventually.  Please don't
try to bypass this process - it won't work, and it'll only cause
unnecessary merge problems with the existing patch sets.

-- 
Russell King
 Linux kernel    2.6 ARM Linux   - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
 maintainer of:  2.6 PCMCIA      - http://pcmcia.arm.linux.org.uk/
                 2.6 Serial core