pcmcia: re-work pcmcia_request_irq()

Instead of the old pcmcia_request_irq() interface, drivers may now
choose between:

- calling request_irq/free_irq directly. Use the IRQ from *p_dev->irq.

- use pcmcia_request_irq(p_dev, handler_t); the PCMCIA core will
  clean up automatically on calls to pcmcia_disable_device() or
  device ejection.

- drivers still not capable of IRQF_SHARED (or not telling us so) may
  use the deprecated pcmcia_request_exclusive_irq() for the time
  being; they might receive a shared IRQ nonetheless.

CC: linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org
CC: netdev@vger.kernel.org
CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
CC: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org
CC: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org
CC: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
CC: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt b/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt
index 446f43b309df..3268a9ae7271 100644
--- a/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 This file details changes in 2.6 which affect PCMCIA card driver authors:
+* New IRQ request rules (as of 2.6.35)
+   Instead of the old pcmcia_request_irq() interface, drivers may now
+   choose between:
+   - calling request_irq/free_irq directly. Use the IRQ from *p_dev->irq.
+   - use pcmcia_request_irq(p_dev, handler_t); the PCMCIA core will
+     clean up automatically on calls to pcmcia_disable_device() or
+     device ejection.
+   - drivers still not capable of IRQF_SHARED (or not telling us so) may
+     use the deprecated pcmcia_request_exclusive_irq() for the time
+     being; they might receive a shared IRQ nonetheless.
 
 * no cs_error / CS_CHECK / CONFIG_PCMCIA_DEBUG (as of 2.6.33)
    Instead of the cs_error() callback or the CS_CHECK() macro, please use