Linux PCMCIA Programmer's Guide

David Hinds, dahinds@users.sourceforge.net.

1. Introduction

• 1.1 Copyright notice and disclaimer
• 1.2 Acknowledgements

2. Basic Concepts

• 2.1 The socket interface
• 2.2 The socket controller

3. Card Services Subfunction Descriptions

• 3.1 Client management functions
• 3.2 Socket state control
• 3.3 IO card configuration calls
• 3.4 Card Information Structure (CIS) calls
• 3.5 Memory window control
• 3.6 Bulk Memory Services
• 3.7 Miscellaneous calls

4. Card Information Structure Definitions

• 4.1 CIS Tuple Definitions
• 4.2 CIS configuration register definitions

5. Card Services Event Handling

• 5.1 Event handler operations
• 5.2 Event descriptions
• 5.3 Client driver event handling responsibilities

6. Memory Technology Drivers

• 6.1 MTD request handling
• 6.2 MTD helper functions

7. Driver Services Interface

• 7.1 Interface to other client drivers
• 7.2 The CardBus client interface
• 7.3 Interface to user mode utilities

8. Anatomy of a Card Services Client Driver

• 8.1 Module initialization and cleanup
• 8.2 The *_attach() and *_detach() functions
• 8.3 The *_config() and *_release() functions
• 8.4 The client event handler
• 8.5 Locking and synchronization issues
• 8.6 Using existing Linux drivers to access PC Card devices

9. The Socket Driver Layer

• 9.1 Card Services entry points for socket drivers
• 9.2 Services provided by the socket driver
• 9.3 Supporting unusual socket architectures

10. Where to Go for More Information