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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt | 10 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt b/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt index 446f43b309d..3268a9ae727 100644 --- a/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt +++ b/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt @@ -1,4 +1,14 @@ This file details changes in 2.6 which affect PCMCIA card driver authors: +* New IRQ request rules (as of 2.6.35) + Instead of the old pcmcia_request_irq() interface, drivers may now + choose between: + - calling request_irq/free_irq directly. Use the IRQ from *p_dev->irq. + - use pcmcia_request_irq(p_dev, handler_t); the PCMCIA core will + clean up automatically on calls to pcmcia_disable_device() or + device ejection. + - drivers still not capable of IRQF_SHARED (or not telling us so) may + use the deprecated pcmcia_request_exclusive_irq() for the time + being; they might receive a shared IRQ nonetheless. * no cs_error / CS_CHECK / CONFIG_PCMCIA_DEBUG (as of 2.6.33) Instead of the cs_error() callback or the CS_CHECK() macro, please use |