diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_resource.c b/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_resource.c
index 4884a18..9f054bc 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_resource.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_resource.c
@@ -909,3 +909,65 @@
 		pcmcia_release_window(p_dev->win);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pcmcia_disable_device);
+
+
+struct pcmcia_cfg_mem {
+	tuple_t tuple;
+	cisparse_t parse;
+	u8 buf[256];
+};
+
+/**
+ * pcmcia_loop_config() - loop over configuration options
+ * @p_dev:	the struct pcmcia_device which we need to loop for.
+ * @conf_check:	function to call for each configuration option.
+ *		It gets passed the struct pcmcia_device, the CIS data
+ *		describing the configuration option, and private data
+ *		being passed to pcmcia_loop_config()
+ * @priv_data:	private data to be passed to the conf_check function.
+ *
+ * pcmcia_loop_config() loops over all configuration options, and calls
+ * the driver-specific conf_check() for each one, checking whether
+ * it is a valid one.
+ */
+int pcmcia_loop_config(struct pcmcia_device *p_dev,
+		       int	(*conf_check)	(struct pcmcia_device *p_dev,
+						 cistpl_cftable_entry_t *cfg,
+						 void *priv_data),
+		       void *priv_data)
+{
+	struct pcmcia_cfg_mem *cfg_mem;
+	tuple_t *tuple;
+	int ret = -ENODEV;
+
+	cfg_mem = kzalloc(sizeof(struct pcmcia_cfg_mem), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (cfg_mem == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	tuple = &cfg_mem->tuple;
+	tuple->TupleData = cfg_mem->buf;
+	tuple->TupleDataMax = 255;
+	tuple->TupleOffset = 0;
+	tuple->DesiredTuple = CISTPL_CFTABLE_ENTRY;
+	tuple->Attributes = 0;
+
+	ret = pcmcia_get_first_tuple(p_dev, tuple);
+	while (!ret) {
+		if (pcmcia_get_tuple_data(p_dev, tuple))
+			goto next_entry;
+
+		if (pcmcia_parse_tuple(p_dev, tuple, &cfg_mem->parse))
+			goto next_entry;
+
+		ret = conf_check(p_dev, &cfg_mem->parse.cftable_entry,
+				 priv_data);
+		if (!ret)
+			break;
+
+next_entry:
+		ret = pcmcia_get_next_tuple(p_dev, tuple);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(pcmcia_loop_config);