Subject: Re: [OOPS/HACK] atmel_cs and the latest changes in sysfs/symlink.c
From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net>,
       Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
       Simon Kelley <simon@thekelleys.org.uk>
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Hi Russell,

> > I haven't tested it yet, but the same problem should apply to the
> > bt3c_cs driver for the 3Com Bluetooth card. Are there any patches
> > available that integrates the PCMCIA subsystem into the driver model, so
> > we don't have to hack around it if a firmware download is needed?
> 
> Not yet.  It's something we're working towards, but its going to be
> some time yet.  There's a fair queue of long outstanding patches
> which need to be processed first.
> 
> Plus, before we can consider driver model in PCMCIA, we need to get
> the object lifetimes properly sorted.

should we apply the pcmcia_get_sys_device() patch from Dmitry for now to
fix the current drivers that need a device for loading the firmware?

Regards

Marcel


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