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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/