From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754617Ab0CMGxI (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:53:08 -0500 Received: from ksp.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.26.206]:59081 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754273Ab0CMGxC (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:53:02 -0500 Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:52:55 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Alan Cox , akpm@osdl.org, Russell King , linux-pcmcia@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org, Jaswinder Singh Rajput , "Robert P. J. Day" Subject: Re: [git pull] more PCMCIA updates for 2.6.34 (including ioctl deprecation) Message-ID: <20100313065254.GF12554@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20100303075944.GA23354@comet.dominikbrodowski.net> <20100303083010.GA22928@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20100305120746.646126b9@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20100310204546.GA1394@ucw.cz> <20100310210015.GB16230@isilmar.linta.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100310210015.GB16230@isilmar.linta.de> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed 2010-03-10 22:00:15, Dominik Brodowski wrote: > Hey, > > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 09:45:46PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > > Hi! > > > > > > 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? > > > > > > Do any graphical environments even support the ancient user space > > > pcmcica helper stuff ? I can't find any evidence they do but I realise > > > > Yes; qtopia shipped with zaurus sl-5500 (collie), and very probably > > opie and gpe... > > > > Sharp needed operating system for the handheld, and yes it supported > > all the hw. > > So qtopia still uses the PCMCIA ioctl? Or is it some custom add-on code by > zaurus? I'd very much like to see some more source code, what parts of > the IOCTL it uses etc. pp. Or at least some pointers... Well, Alan asked about "any graphical environments even support the ancient user space pcmcica helper stuff", and yes I believe there are some. I probably have one on ancient collie that's lying somewhere. Not sure about sources, I never used those heavily. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html