PCMCIA Core exported functions documents

[Mukund JB.]

Dear Dominik,

Thanks for the response.
I will go through the documentation and come back to you.

Ok, I will make my questions more specific from next time.

Regards,
Mukund Jampala


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dominik Brodowski [mailto:linux at dominikbrodowski.net]
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 3:43 AM
> To: Mukund JB.
> Cc: linux-pcmcia at lists.infradead.org
> Subject: Re: PCMCIA Core exported functions documents
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 04:41:14PM +0530, Mukund JB. wrote:
> > Dear PCMCIA listers,
> > 
> > I am planning to write a PCMCIA FLASH Media reader driver.
> 
> Great! However, please let me ask: is the media different 
> from what the
> existing drivers "ide-cs" or "memory-cs/pcmciamtd"  can provide for?
> 
> If not:
> > Would someone help me guide through the required 
> registration functions
> > and file_operation that I would have to use get access to a 
> PCMCIA device.
> > Are the core exported functions of PCMCIA CORE documented 
> well. If so,
> > please provide me the links.
> 
> The best starting point is probably the source code .. then, 
> IIRC, David
> Hinds has written lots of documentation for the 2.4. PCMCIA 
> device drivers
> interface -- for the changes needed for 2.6., check
> http://www.lwn.net/Articles/driver-porting/ and, specifically 
> for PCMCIA
> changes, Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt in the Linux 
> kernel source
> tree.
> 
> And whenever you get stuck -- ask on this list, such specific 
> questions are
> (usually) easier to answer than the question you asked a week 
> and a half ago
> ;-)
> 
> Thanks,
> 	Dominik
>