[PATCH] pcmcia: update Documentation

eb05bfe4 · Dominik Brodowski <[email protected]> · 2005-06-30 02:58:47 -07:00

As the information is now exported via sysfs, there's no need for an userspace
tool any longer.

Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>

Commit: eb05bfe4fbf031f95e392204efaa4da71c75b2e2
Parents: 3704511b

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2 files changed · +3 −4

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Documentation/pcmcia/devicetable.txt	modified	+2	−3	View file

Documentation/Changes

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diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes
index afebdbc..dfec756 100644
--- a/Documentation/Changes
+++ b/Documentation/Changes
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ o  e2fsprogs              1.29                    # tune2fs
 o  jfsutils               1.1.3                   # fsck.jfs -V
 o  reiserfsprogs          3.6.3                   # reiserfsck -V 2>&1|grep reiserfsprogs
 o  xfsprogs               2.6.0                   # xfs_db -V
-o  pcmciautils            001
+o  pcmciautils            004
 o  pcmcia-cs              3.1.21                  # cardmgr -V
 o  quota-tools            3.09                    # quota -V
 o  PPP                    2.4.0                   # pppd --version

Documentation/pcmcia/devicetable.txt

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diff --git a/Documentation/pcmcia/devicetable.txt b/Documentation/pcmcia/devicetable.txt
index 045511a..3351c03 100644
--- a/Documentation/pcmcia/devicetable.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pcmcia/devicetable.txt
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@ PCMCIA_DEVICE_PROD_ID1("some_string", 0x(hash_of_some_string)),
 If the hash is incorrect, the kernel will inform you about this in "dmesg"
 upon module initialization, and tell you of the correct hash.
 
-You can determine the hash of the product ID strings by running
-"pcmcia-modalias %n.%m" [%n being replaced with the socket number and %m being
-replaced with the device function] from pcmciautils. It generates a string
+You can determine the hash of the product ID strings by catting the file
+"modalias" in the sysfs directory of the PCMCIA device. It generates a string
 in the following form:
 pcmcia:m0149cC1ABf06pfn00fn00pa725B842DpbF1EFEE84pc0877B627pd00000000
 