linux-toradex.git/Documentation/ioctl, branch v2.6.31-rc4

LinuxPPS: core support

2009-06-18T20:04:04+00:00

This patch adds the kernel side of the PPS support currently named
"LinuxPPS".

PPS means "pulse per second" and a PPS source is just a device which
provides a high precision signal each second so that an application can
use it to adjust system clock time.

Common use is the combination of the NTPD as userland program with a GPS
receiver as PPS source to obtain a wallclock-time with sub-millisecond
synchronisation to UTC.

To obtain this goal the userland programs shoud use the PPS API
specification (RFC 2783 - Pulse-Per-Second API for UNIX-like Operating
Systems, Version 1.0) which in part is implemented by this patch.  It
provides a set of chars devices, one per PPS source, which can be used to
get the time signal.  The RFC's functions can be implemented by accessing
to these char devices.

Signed-off-by: Rodolfo Giometti 
Cc: David Woodhouse 
Cc: Greg KH 
Cc: Randy Dunlap 
Cc: Kay Sievers 
Acked-by: Alan Cox 
Cc: Michael Kerrisk 
Cc: Christoph Hellwig 
Cc: Roman Zippel 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

V4L/DVB (10870a): remove all references for video_decoder.h

2009-03-30T15:43:15+00:00

changeset 04934e44e3784a1b969582e2d59afcec278470c6 removed the last implementation
that were still using the V4L1 obsoleted header.
Now, video_decoder.h is not used anymore by any driver.

Let's remove it and all references for it in Kernel.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab

V4L/DVB(10738a): remove include/linux/video_encoder.h

2009-03-30T15:42:59+00:00

include/linux/video_encoder.h is not used anymore by a v4l driver.
Let's remove it and its occurences.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab

documentation: update header file paths

2009-01-06T23:59:28+00:00

Update several Documentation/ files and a few sub-dir files (only one
change in each) to reflect changed header files locations.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

UBI: document UBI ioctls

2008-12-09T13:59:07+00:00

Update the ioctl-numbers.txt file, add UBI and DVB there
(because they use the same ioctl numbers).

Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy

Create/use more directory structure in the Documentation/ tree.

2008-11-14T17:28:53+00:00

Create Documentation/blockdev/ sub-directory and populate it.
Populate the Documentation/serial/ sub-directory.
Move MSI-HOWTO.txt to Documentation/PCI/.
Move ioctl-number.txt to Documentation/ioctl/.
Update all relevant 00-INDEX files.
Update all relevant Kconfig files and source files.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap

cdrom: update ioctl documentation

2008-09-27T17:32:17+00:00

Correct copy-paste problem: CDROMCLOSETRAY is about closing the tray,
not opening it.

Signed-off-by: Márton Németh 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Cc: Jens Axboe 
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz

Documentation cleanup: trivial misspelling, punctuation, and grammar corrections.

2008-07-26T19:00:06+00:00

Cc: Randy Dunlap 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

IDE: Report errors during drive reset back to user space

2008-07-16T18:33:48+00:00

Make sure that each error condition during the execution of an
HDIO_DRIVE_RESET ioctl is actually reported to the calling process.
Also, unify the exit path of reset_pollfunc() when returning ide_stopped
since the need of ->port_ops->reset_poll() to be treated specially has
vanished (way back, it seems).

Signed-off-by: Elias Oltmanns 
Cc: "Alan Cox" 
Cc: "Randy Dunlap" 
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz

Update documentation of HDIO_DRIVE_RESET ioctl

2008-07-16T18:33:48+00:00

Alter the entry for HDIO_DRIVE_RESET in Documentation/ioctl/hdio.txt to
reflect a functional change in the driver.  Besides, the entry has been
inaccurate before.

Signed-off-by: Elias Oltmanns 
Cc: "Alan Cox" 
Cc: "Randy Dunlap" 
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz