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This file details changes in 2.6 which affect PCMCIA card driver authors:

* in-kernel device<->driver matching
   PCMCIA devices and their correct drivers can now be matched in
   kernelspace. See 'devicetable.txt' for details.

* Device model integration (as of 2.6.11)
   A struct pcmcia_device is registered with the device model core,
   and can be used (e.g. for SET_NETDEV_DEV) by using
   handle_to_dev(client_handle_t * handle).

* Convert internal I/O port addresses to unsigned long (as of 2.6.11)
   ioaddr_t should be replaced by kio_addr_t in PCMCIA card drivers.

* irq_mask and irq_list parameters (as of 2.6.11)
   The irq_mask and irq_list parameters should no longer be used in
   PCMCIA card drivers. Instead, it is the job of the PCMCIA core to
   determine which IRQ should be used. Therefore, link->irq.IRQInfo2
   is ignored.

* client->PendingEvents is gone (as of 2.6.11)
   client->PendingEvents is no longer available.

* client->Attributes are gone (as of 2.6.11)
   client->Attributes is unused, therefore it is removed from all
   PCMCIA card drivers

* core functions no longer available (as of 2.6.11)
   The following functions have been removed from the kernel source
   because they are unused by all in-kernel drivers, and no external
   driver was reported to rely on them:
	pcmcia_get_first_region()
	pcmcia_get_next_region()
	pcmcia_modify_window()
	pcmcia_set_event_mask()
	pcmcia_get_first_window()
	pcmcia_get_next_window()

* device list iteration upon module removal (as of 2.6.10)
   It is no longer necessary to iterate on the driver's internal
   client list and call the ->detach() function upon module removal.

* Resource management. (as of 2.6.8)
   Although the PCMCIA subsystem will allocate resources for cards,
   it no longer marks these resources busy. This means that driver
   authors are now responsible for claiming your resources as per
   other drivers in Linux. You should use request_region() to mark
   your IO regions in-use, and request_mem_region() to mark your
   memory regions in-use. The name argument should be a pointer to
   your driver name. Eg, for pcnet_cs, name should point to the
   string "pcnet_cs".