From eb05bfe4fbf031f95e392204efaa4da71c75b2e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dominik Brodowski Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 02:58:47 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] pcmcia: update Documentation As the information is now exported via sysfs, there's no need for an userspace tool any longer. Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/pcmcia/devicetable.txt | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/pcmcia') diff --git a/Documentation/pcmcia/devicetable.txt b/Documentation/pcmcia/devicetable.txt index 045511a..3351c035 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 -- cgit v1.1