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

[Marcel Holtmann]

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.

we can symlink every single CIS file or install them twice.

> However, I don't care all that much, so I'd like to get some more input on
> this from others.

Basically the request_firmware() was not designed to handle directories
or subdirectories. It is working, but I think the kernel should not
demand the naming of a subdirectory. The userspace chooses the place for
the firmware files. The kernel only gives an image name.

Regards

Marcel