Kernel-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6_driver-changes

This file details changes in 2.6 which affect PCMCIA card driver authors:

• New configuration loop helper (as of 2.6.28)
  By calling pcmcia_loop_config(), a driver can iterate over all available
  configuration options. During a driver’s probe() phase, one doesn’t need
  to use pcmcia_get_{first,next}_tuple, pcmcia_get_tuple_data and
  pcmcia_parse_tuple directly in most if not all cases.

• New release helper (as of 2.6.17)
  Instead of calling pcmcia_release_{configuration,io,irq,win}, all that’s
  necessary now is calling pcmcia_disable_device. As there is no valid
  reason left to call pcmcia_release_io and pcmcia_release_irq, the
  exports for them were removed.

• Unify detach and REMOVAL event code, as well as attach and INSERTION
  code (as of 2.6.16)

   void (*remove)          (struct pcmcia_device *dev);
   int (*probe)            (struct pcmcia_device *dev);
  

• Move suspend, resume and reset out of event handler (as of 2.6.16)

   int (*suspend)          (struct pcmcia_device *dev);
   int (*resume)           (struct pcmcia_device *dev);
  

  should be initialized in struct pcmcia_driver, and handle
  (SUSPEND == RESET_PHYSICAL) and (RESUME == CARD_RESET) events

• event handler initialization in struct pcmcia_driver (as of 2.6.13)
  The event handler is notified of all events, and must be initialized
  as the event() callback in the driver’s struct pcmcia_driver.

• pcmcia/version.h should not be used (as of 2.6.13)
  This file will be removed eventually.

• in-kernel device<->driver matching (as of 2.6.13)
  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 int (as of 2.6.11)
  ioaddr_t should be replaced by unsigned int 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”.

• CardServices is gone
  CardServices() in 2.4 is just a big switch statement to call various
  services. In 2.6, all of those entry points are exported and called
  directly (except for pcmcia_report_error(), just use cs_error() instead).

• struct pcmcia_driver
  You need to use struct pcmcia_driver and pcmcia_{un,}register_driver
  instead of {un,}register_pccard_driver