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authorDominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>2009-10-19 01:32:33 +0400
committerDominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>2009-11-08 20:06:54 +0300
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pcmcia: add new CIS access helpers
As a replacement to pcmcia_get_{first,next}_tuple() and pcmcia_get_tuple_data(), three new -- and easier to use -- functions are added: - pcmcia_get_tuple() to get the very first CIS entry of one type. - pcmcia_loop_tuple() to loop over all CIS entries of one type. - pcmcia_get_mac_from_cis() to read out the hardware MAC address from CISTPL_FUNCE. Only a handful of drivers need these functions anyway, as most CIS access is already handled by pcmcia_loop_config(), which now shares the same backed (pccard_loop_tuple()) with pcmcia_loop_tuple(). A pcmcia_get_mac_from_cis() bug noted by Komuro <komurojun-mbn@nifty.com> has been fixed in this revision. Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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This file details changes in 2.6 which affect PCMCIA card driver authors:
+* New CIS tuple access (as of 2.6.33)
+ Instead of pcmcia_get_{first,next}_tuple(), pcmcia_get_tuple_data() and
+ pcmcia_parse_tuple(), a driver shall use "pcmcia_get_tuple()" if it is
+ only interested in one (raw) tuple, or "pcmcia_loop_tuple()" if it is
+ interested in all tuples of one type. To decode the MAC from CISTPL_FUNCE,
+ a new helper "pcmcia_get_mac_from_cis()" was added.
+
* 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