[Hampshire] 'Deprecated' PCMCIA

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Author: Chris. Aubrey-Smith
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: [Hampshire] 'Deprecated' PCMCIA
Hi, all!

dmesg on my ThinkPad T42 (Debian Etch) includes:

device-mapper: ioctl: 4.7.0-ioctl (2006-06-24) initialised:
dm-devel@???
pcmcia: Detected deprecated PCMCIA ioctl usage from process: discover.
pcmcia: This interface will soon be removed from the kernel; please expect
breakage unless you upgrade to new tools.
pcmcia: see http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/pcmcia.htmlfor
details.

I've followed the link and read around a bit, but can't be sure that I
understand fully what I'm being told.

Can anyone give me a plain-English summary of the implications?

Chris