Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934424AbWK1CFo (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:05:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S934284AbWK1CFo (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:05:44 -0500 Received: from isilmar.linta.de ([213.239.214.66]:31132 "EHLO linta.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934424AbWK1CFn (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:05:43 -0500 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:05:41 -0500 From: Dominik Brodowski To: Tony Olech Cc: Linux kernel development , PCMCIA Maintainence , David Hinds , Jaroslav Kysela , Bart Prescott Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCMCIA identification strings for Elan -- second attempt Message-ID: <20061128020541.GD21472@isilmar.linta.de> Mail-Followup-To: Tony Olech , Linux kernel development , PCMCIA Maintainence , David Hinds , Jaroslav Kysela , Bart Prescott References: <200611201306.kAKD6gRt008347@imap.elan.private> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200611201306.kAKD6gRt008347@imap.elan.private> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1385 Lines: 28 On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 01:04:39PM +0000, Tony Olech wrote: > patch against linux kernel 2.6.18 to add PCMCIA identification strings > From: Tony Olech > > In older versions of the linux kernel it was sufficient for the > 16-bit PCMCIA card manufacturer to distribute or make available > a text configuration file along with the physical cards. Such a > file with an extension of ".conf" and placed in the /etc/pcmcia > very easily enabled new hardware without rebuilding the kernel, > however with the new scheme of things, having found no userland > solution to the problem of new 16bit pcmcia card identification > this patch enumerates Elan Digital Systems strings. > > In addition, for the ID strings to result in the correct module > being loaded, the too wide matching criterion of the PDaudioCF > card needs to have the MANF_ID/CARD_ID numbers replaced by the > more specific PROD_ID1 and PROD_ID2 strings. It is unfortunate > that otherwise the pdaudiocf module is loaded whenever an ELAN > pcmcia card is inserted, resulting in various random lockups Applied to pcmcia-2.6, thanks. Dominik - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/