Public bug reported: Binary package hint: lshw
When using the lshw tool to get a list of the hardware in my system, I get the following warning in /var/log/syslog: Mar 8 15:18:13 ferrari kernel: [25713.197235] pcmcia: Detected deprecated PCMCIA ioctl usage from process: lshw. Mar 8 15:18:13 ferrari kernel: [25713.197239] pcmcia: This interface will soon be removed from the kernel; please expect breakage unless you upgrade to new tools. Mar 8 15:18:13 ferrari kernel: [25713.197242] pcmcia: see http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/pcmcia.html for details. I'm not familiar with the lshw code or the pcmcia-cs package and the work going on there in Debian and being merged into Ubuntu, nor do I have the pcmcia-cs package installed. Having taken a brief look at the lshw code, I noticed the following in src/core/pcmcia.cc: /* parts of this code come from the excellent pcmcia-cs package written by * David A. Hinds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. */ plus ioctl() usage in the get_tuple(), pcmcia_ident() and scan_pcmcia() functions. I'm no kernel hacker, so I don't know what the correct solution to this is, but the promise of breakage suggests that this should be addressed. ** Affects: lshw (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- lshw uses deprecated PCMCIA ioctl interface https://launchpad.net/bugs/90709 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
