Re: [PATCH 2.5.61] pcmcia: add device_class pcmcia_socket, update devices & drivers

[Russell King]

On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 01:33:09PM +0100, Dominik Brodowski wrote:
> A new device_class "pcmcia_socket_class" is introduced for PCMCIA and
> CardBus sockets. All socket drivers I could find are updated so that they
> register a driver, and -if necessary- the "platform"/legacy device. This
> will allow for a cleanup of pcmcia_{un}register_socket() / 
> {un}register_ss_entry() as well as reflect the parent for pcmcia_bus 
> devices.
> +
> +static struct platform_device sa1100_pcmcia_device = {
> +	.name = "sa1100_pcmcia",
> +	.id = 0,
> +	.dev = {
> +		.name = "sa1100_pcmcia",
> +	},
> +};
> +

This probably isn't the best way to handle this - the sa1100 device driver
is actually a generic driver to couple to GPIO-based PCMCIA implementations,
which includes the sa1111 stuff.  The sa1111 stuff itself registers with
sysfs.

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