pcmcia_ioctl.c compile error

[Randy Dunlap]

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:09:26 -0700 Andrew Morton wrote:

> On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:03:07 -0700
> Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 13:59 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > > On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:17:04 +0100 Russell King wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 09:27:10PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > > > Commit 9c37066d888bf6e1b96ad12304971b3ddeabbad0 (proc: remove proc_bus) 
> > > > > came through -mm that contains a patch implementing the overdue removal 
> > > > > of the PCMCIA control ioctl that did not yet make it into Linus' tree:
> > > > 
> > > > Okay, this means at least one of my platforms is now dead as far as
> > > > building new kernels for it, and nothing I can do about that.  Ho hum.
> > > 
> > > I don't get it.  Several of us had building problems for a few
> > > days with some pasic driver.  We posted some bug reports and
> > > some patches, but we put up with it for a few days...
> > > 
> > 
> > I believe Russell is referring to the removal of the ioctl, not the
> > compile breakage.
> > 
> 
> That would be interesting information (although I have a vague feeling that
> it has been discussed before).

Yes:  http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/27/291
(now that Harvey reminded me/us)


> I've been sitting on pcmcia-delete-obsolete-pcmcia_ioctl-feature.patch for
> over a year, mainly waiting for Dominik to reappear and decide what to do
> about it.
> 
> I could just drop it, shrug.


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~Randy