[PATCH 12/14] pcmcia: request CIS via firmware interface

[Dominik Brodowski]

On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 10:58:03AM +0100, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> Hi Dominik,
> 
> > Use the firmware method to load replacement CIS tables. It is recommended
> > that the /lib/firmware/cis/ points to /etc/pcmcia/cis or the other way round
> > so that both old-style cardmgr and new-style hotplug/firmware can access
> > these "overwrite" files
> 
> do we really need the "cis" subdirectory? I don't see any need for it
> and actually using the suffix .cis looks a lot more sane to me.

Well, we do not really _need_ it, but having a symlink from
/lib/firmware/cis/ to /etc/pcmcia/cis and keeping the current names from
pcmcia-cs allows us to share using this between cardmgr and in-kernel.
However, I don't care all that much, so I'd like to get some more input on
this from others.

Thanks,
	Dominik