deprecated ioctl on debian etch

[Komuro]

Hi,

>   pcmcia: Detected deprecated PCMCIA ioctl usage from process: discover

This means the the process "discover" uses the deprecated PCMCIA ioctl.
so you should fix the "discover". 


>
>
>I have an old Dell Inspiron 400 laptop (from 2001) running Debian etch, 
>which I would like to upgrade to lenny.
>
>I have the current (for etch) debian packages for pcmciautils and udev, 
>but I still get the following message in /var/log/dmesg:
>   pcmcia: Detected deprecated PCMCIA ioctl usage from process: discover.
>   [snip]
>
>I am confused, since the referenced website seems to say that an upgrade 
>to pcmciautils is the solution -- but I have that.
>
>Also, can anyone tell me whether support will indeed be withdrawn from the 
>kernel, and if so when? In particular, will an upgrade to debian lenny 
>break something for me?
>
>Regards,
>Marge
>
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