linux-toradex.git/Documentation/ABI/stable, branch Rel3 Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules backlight: add backlight type 2011-03-23T00:43:59+00:00 Matthew Garrett mjg@redhat.com 2011-03-22T23:30:21+00:00 bb7ca747f8d6243b3943c5b133048652020f4a50 There may be multiple ways of controlling the backlight on a given machine. Allow drivers to expose the type of interface they are providing, making it possible for userspace to make appropriate policy decisions. Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> Cc: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> Cc: David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie> Cc: Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com> Cc: Ben Skeggs <bskeggs@redhat.com> Cc: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 
There may be multiple ways of controlling the backlight on a given
machine.  Allow drivers to expose the type of interface they are
providing, making it possible for userspace to make appropriate policy
decisions.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
Cc: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>
Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
Cc: David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>
Cc: Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com>
Cc: Ben Skeggs <bskeggs@redhat.com>
Cc: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
efivars: Add Documentation 2011-03-14T15:40:51+00:00 Mike Waychison mikew@google.com 2011-03-12T01:43:32+00:00 54fad532b29aa9145f12a83f4f82820c2f23b4e2 This patch documents the interface exposed by the 'efivars' module. Signed-off-by: Mike Waychison <mikew@google.com> Cc: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>, Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> 
This patch documents the interface exposed by the 'efivars' module.

Signed-off-by: Mike Waychison <mikew@google.com>
Cc: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>,
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
thermal: Add event notification to thermal framework 2011-01-12T05:08:35+00:00 R.Durgadoss durgadoss.r@intel.com 2010-10-26T22:03:29+00:00 4cb18728709683c91a5f6f8d5f337bfb498b089a This patch adds event notification support to the generic thermal sysfs framework in the kernel. The notification is in the form of a netlink event. Signed-off-by: R.Durgadoss <durgadoss.r@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> 
This patch adds event notification support to the generic
thermal sysfs framework in the kernel. The notification is in the
form of a netlink event.

Signed-off-by: R.Durgadoss <durgadoss.r@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6 2010-03-23T01:15:15+00:00 David S. Miller davem@davemloft.net 2010-03-23T01:15:15+00:00 33e2bf6aa16061bae1253514e7c32af27d2b4b31 Conflicts: Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/phy.c 
Conflicts:
	Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
	drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/phy.c
rename new rfkill sysfs knobs 2010-03-19T19:48:25+00:00 florian@mickler.org florian@mickler.org 2010-03-13T12:31:05+00:00 819bfecc4fc6b6e5a793f719a45b7146ce423b79 This patch renames the (never officially released) sysfs-knobs "blocked_hw" and "blocked_sw" to "hard" and "soft", as the hardware vs software conotation is misleading. It also gets rid of not needed locks around u32-read-access. Signed-off-by: Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> 
This patch renames the (never officially released) sysfs-knobs
"blocked_hw" and "blocked_sw" to "hard" and "soft", as the hardware vs
software conotation is misleading.

It also gets rid of not needed locks around u32-read-access.

Signed-off-by: Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
enhance sysfs rfkill interface 2010-03-10T22:09:34+00:00 florian@mickler.org florian@mickler.org 2010-02-26T11:01:34+00:00 6c26361e4be3cf0dad7083e38ca52001a987e3e6 This commit introduces two new sysfs knobs. /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/blocked_hw: (ro) hardblock kill state /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/blocked_sw: (rw) softblock kill state Signed-off-by: Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> 
This commit introduces two new sysfs knobs.

/sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/blocked_hw: (ro)
	hardblock kill state
/sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/blocked_sw: (rw)
	softblock kill state

Signed-off-by: Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Document the rfkill sysfs ABI 2010-03-10T22:09:33+00:00 florian@mickler.org florian@mickler.org 2010-02-24T11:05:16+00:00 69c86373c6ea1149aa559e6088362d58d8ec8835 This moves sysfs ABI info from Documentation/rfkill.txt to the ABI subfolder and reformats it. This also schedules the deprecated sysfs parts to be removed in 2012 (claim file) and 2014 (state file). Signed-off-by: Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> 
This moves sysfs ABI info from Documentation/rfkill.txt to the
ABI subfolder and reformats it.

This also schedules the deprecated sysfs parts to be removed in
2012 (claim file) and 2014 (state file).

Signed-off-by: Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
mm: document /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX 2010-03-06T19:26:26+00:00 Mel Gorman mel@csn.ul.ie 2010-03-05T21:42:16+00:00 e7c84ee22b8321fa0130a53d4c9806474d62eff0 Add a bare description of what /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX is. Others will follow in time but right now, none of that tree is documented. The existence of this file might at least encourage people to document new entries. Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 
Add a bare description of what /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX is.  Others
will follow in time but right now, none of that tree is documented.  The
existence of this file might at least encourage people to document new
entries.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
[SCSI] qla2xxx: Add firmware-dump kobject uevent notification. 2009-12-04T18:00:10+00:00 Andrew Vasquez andrew.vasquez@qlogic.com 2009-10-13T22:16:45+00:00 3420d36cac2f1d28fc99290de12dd66dfaf65d8e Signed-off-by: Andrew Vasquez <andrew.vasquez@qlogic.com> Signed-off-by: Giridhar Malavali <giridhar.malavali@qlogic.com> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@suse.de> 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Vasquez <andrew.vasquez@qlogic.com>
Signed-off-by: Giridhar Malavali <giridhar.malavali@qlogic.com>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@suse.de>
video/backlight: document sysfs interface 2009-08-28T19:21:12+00:00 Corentin Chary corentincj@iksaif.net 2009-08-28T12:56:43+00:00 3c4c1b69a2d76ac9a1c716233fde956dba757d76 Date and KernelVersion may be wrong because the backlight interface was introduced before git initial import. Cc:Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> Signed-off-by: Corentin Chary <corentincj@iksaif.net> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> 
Date and KernelVersion may be wrong because the backlight
interface was introduced before git initial import.

Cc:Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>
Signed-off-by: Corentin Chary <corentincj@iksaif.net>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>