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-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt16
-rw-r--r--drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig14
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 1d227ee3792a..12dde43fe657 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -119,3 +119,19 @@ Why: Match the other drivers' name for the same function, duplicate names
will be available until removal of old names.
Who: Grant Coady <gcoady@gmail.com>
+---------------------------
+
+What: PCMCIA control ioctl (needed for pcmcia-cs [cardmgr, cardctl])
+When: November 2005
+Files: drivers/pcmcia/: pcmcia_ioctl.c
+Why: With the 16-bit PCMCIA subsystem now behaving (almost) like a
+ normal hotpluggable bus, and with it using the default kernel
+ infrastructure (hotplug, driver core, sysfs) keeping the PCMCIA
+ control ioctl needed by cardmgr and cardctl from pcmcia-cs is
+ unnecessary, and makes further cleanups and integration of the
+ PCMCIA subsystem into the Linux kernel device driver model more
+ difficult. The features provided by cardmgr and cardctl are either
+ handled by the kernel itself now or are available in the new
+ pcmciautils package available at
+ http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/
+Who: Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de>
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig b/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig
index 52ea34594363..bb4dd2735d70 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
#
-# PCMCIA bus subsystem configuration
-#
-# Right now the non-CardBus choices are not supported
-# by the integrated kernel driver.
+# PCCARD (PCMCIA/CardBus) bus subsystem configuration
#
menu "PCCARD (PCMCIA/CardBus) support"
@@ -32,7 +29,7 @@ config PCMCIA_DEBUG
The kernel command line options are:
pcmcia_core.pc_debug=N
- ds.pc_debug=N
+ pcmcia.pc_debug=N
sa11xx_core.pc_debug=N
The module option is called pc_debug=N
@@ -73,7 +70,7 @@ config PCMCIA_LOAD_CIS
If unsure, say Y.
config PCMCIA_IOCTL
- bool
+ bool "PCMCIA control ioctl (obsolete)"
depends on PCMCIA
default y
help
@@ -81,9 +78,8 @@ config PCMCIA_IOCTL
subsystem will be built. It is needed by cardmgr and cardctl
(pcmcia-cs) to function properly.
- If you do not use the new pcmciautils package, and have a
- yenta, Cirrus PD6729, i82092, i82365 or tcic compatible bridge,
- you need to say Y here to be able to use 16-bit PCMCIA cards.
+ You should use the new pcmciautils package instead (see
+ <file:Documentation/Changes> for location and details).
If unsure, say Y.