[PATCH 2/3] pcmcia: update Documentation
Dominik Brodowski
linux at dominikbrodowski.net
Thu Jun 30 04:41:11 EDT 2005
As the information is now exported via sysfs, there's no need for an
userspace tool any longer.
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux at dominikbrodowski.net>
---
Documentation/Changes | 2 +-
Documentation/pcmcia/devicetable.txt | 5 ++---
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Index: 2.6.12-git10/Documentation/pcmcia/devicetable.txt
===================================================================
--- 2.6.12-git10.orig/Documentation/pcmcia/devicetable.txt
+++ 2.6.12-git10/Documentation/pcmcia/devicetable.txt
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@ PCMCIA_DEVICE_PROD_ID1("some_string", 0x
If the hash is incorrect, the kernel will inform you about this in "dmesg"
upon module initialization, and tell you of the correct hash.
-You can determine the hash of the product ID strings by running
-"pcmcia-modalias %n.%m" [%n being replaced with the socket number and %m being
-replaced with the device function] from pcmciautils. It generates a string
+You can determine the hash of the product ID strings by catting the file
+"modalias" in the sysfs directory of the PCMCIA device. It generates a string
in the following form:
pcmcia:m0149cC1ABf06pfn00fn00pa725B842DpbF1EFEE84pc0877B627pd00000000
Index: 2.6.12-git10/Documentation/Changes
===================================================================
--- 2.6.12-git10.orig/Documentation/Changes
+++ 2.6.12-git10/Documentation/Changes
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ o e2fsprogs 1.29
o jfsutils 1.1.3 # fsck.jfs -V
o reiserfsprogs 3.6.3 # reiserfsck -V 2>&1|grep reiserfsprogs
o xfsprogs 2.6.0 # xfs_db -V
-o pcmciautils 001
+o pcmciautils 004
o pcmcia-cs 3.1.21 # cardmgr -V
o quota-tools 3.09 # quota -V
o PPP 2.4.0 # pppd --version
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