sort of error message, over and over again, in different files.
Rather than having the same text repeated in multiple .o files,
create a couple of little functions to do the printing, and save a
bundle of space. Also improves readability of code.
This merge changes the device switch tables from static array to
dynamically generated by config(8).
- All device switches is defined as a constant structure in device drivers.
- The new grammer ``device-major'' is introduced to ``files''.
device-major <prefix> char <num> [block <num>] [<rules>]
- All device major numbers must be listed up in port dependent majors.<arch>
by using this grammer.
- Added the new naming convention.
The name of the device switch must be <prefix>_[bc]devsw for auto-generation
of device switch tables.
- The backward compatibility of loading block/character device
switch by LKM framework is broken. This is necessary to convert
from block/character device major to device name in runtime and vice versa.
- The restriction to assign device major by LKM is completely removed.
We don't need to reserve LKM entries for dynamic loading of device switch.
- In compile time, device major numbers list is packed into the kernel and
the LKM framework will refer it to assign device major number dynamically.
back-end to indicate that the device always sees reads as 32-bit
transactions, even if the host does 8 or 16-bit reads.
This is necessary for the SH-5 "Cayman" on-board ethernet. The SMsC part
is behind an FPGA which maps all cpu reads to 32-bits transactions.
previously to note that they reference the RCS ID in "pcmciadevs".
Hence, committed versions which incorrectly pointed back to the RCS ID
of the "pcmciadevs" that existed prior to my addition. Corrected in this
commit.
already support under another name:
wi0 at pcmcia0 function 0: NETGEAR MA401RA Wireless PC, Card, ISL37300PEval-RevA
wi0: 802.11 address <whatever>
wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3873B(PCMCIA)
wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (1.0.7), Station (1.3.6)
- aging ang clear inactivity stations
- DTIM field in beacon/probe response.
- ignore IFF_PROMISC for hostap mode, since 802.11 has 3 address fields,
so that promisc mode is not required for AP function.
