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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/Changes | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/pcmcia/devicetable.txt | 64 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt | 51 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/pcmcia/ds.c | 11 |
4 files changed, 136 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes index b3760075476..afebdbcd553 100644 --- a/Documentation/Changes +++ b/Documentation/Changes @@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ running, the suggested command should tell you. Again, keep in mind that this list assumes you are already functionally running a Linux 2.4 kernel. Also, not all tools are -necessary on all systems; obviously, if you don't have any PCMCIA (PC -Card) hardware, for example, you probably needn't concern yourself -with pcmcia-cs. +necessary on all systems; obviously, if you don't have any ISDN +hardware, for example, you probably needn't concern yourself with +isdn4k-utils. o Gnu C 2.95.3 # gcc --version o Gnu make 3.79.1 # make --version @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ o e2fsprogs 1.29 # tune2fs o jfsutils 1.1.3 # fsck.jfs -V o reiserfsprogs 3.6.3 # reiserfsck -V 2>&1|grep reiserfsprogs o xfsprogs 2.6.0 # xfs_db -V +o pcmciautils 001 o pcmcia-cs 3.1.21 # cardmgr -V o quota-tools 3.09 # quota -V o PPP 2.4.0 # pppd --version @@ -186,13 +187,20 @@ architecture independent and any version from 2.0.0 onward should work correctly with this version of the XFS kernel code (2.6.0 or later is recommended, due to some significant improvements). +PCMCIAutils +----------- + +PCMCIAutils replaces pcmcia-cs (see below). It properly sets up +PCMCIA sockets at system startup and loads the appropriate modules +for 16-bit PCMCIA devices if the kernel is modularized and the hotplug +subsystem is used. Pcmcia-cs --------- PCMCIA (PC Card) support is now partially implemented in the main -kernel source. Pay attention when you recompile your kernel ;-). -Also, be sure to upgrade to the latest pcmcia-cs release. +kernel source. The "pcmciautils" package (see above) replaces pcmcia-cs +for newest kernels. Quota-tools ----------- @@ -349,9 +357,13 @@ Xfsprogs -------- o <ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/download/> +Pcmciautils +----------- +o <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/> + Pcmcia-cs --------- -o <ftp://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/pub/pcmcia-cs/pcmcia-cs-3.1.21.tar.gz> +o <http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/> Quota-tools ---------- diff --git a/Documentation/pcmcia/devicetable.txt b/Documentation/pcmcia/devicetable.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..7225f9eddf9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/pcmcia/devicetable.txt @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +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 running +"pcmcia-modalias %n.%m" [%n being replaced with the socket number and %m being +replaced with the device function] from pcmciautils. 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 00000000000..9c315ab48a0 --- /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". diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/ds.c b/drivers/pcmcia/ds.c index bde9b0513d9..2c3c3da5368 100644 --- a/drivers/pcmcia/ds.c +++ b/drivers/pcmcia/ds.c @@ -262,8 +262,6 @@ void cs_error(client_handle_t handle, int func, int ret) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(cs_error); -#ifdef CONFIG_PCMCIA_DEBUG - static void pcmcia_check_driver(struct pcmcia_driver *p_drv) { @@ -284,6 +282,9 @@ static void pcmcia_check_driver(struct pcmcia_driver *p_drv) "product string \"%s\": is 0x%x, should " "be 0x%x\n", p_drv->drv.name, did->prod_id[i], did->prod_id_hash[i], hash); + printk(KERN_DEBUG "pcmcia: see " + "Documentation/pcmcia/devicetable.txt for " + "details\n"); } did++; } @@ -291,12 +292,6 @@ static void pcmcia_check_driver(struct pcmcia_driver *p_drv) return; } -#else -static inline void pcmcia_check_driver(struct pcmcia_driver *p_drv) { - return; -} -#endif - #ifdef CONFIG_PCMCIA_LOAD_CIS |