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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-03-26 15:23:24 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-03-26 15:23:24 -0700
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Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/
Conflicts: drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/usb-notif.c
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@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ GPL version 2.
<revhistory>
<revision>
+ <revnumber>0.8</revnumber>
+ <date>2008-12-24</date>
+ <authorinitials>hjk</authorinitials>
+ <revremark>Added name attributes in mem and portio sysfs directories.
+ </revremark>
+ </revision>
+ <revision>
<revnumber>0.7</revnumber>
<date>2008-12-23</date>
<authorinitials>hjk</authorinitials>
@@ -303,12 +310,19 @@ interested in translating it, please email me
appear if the size of the mapping is not 0.
</para>
<para>
- Each <filename>mapX/</filename> directory contains two read-only files
- that show start address and size of the memory:
+ Each <filename>mapX/</filename> directory contains four read-only files
+ that show attributes of the memory:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
+ <filename>name</filename>: A string identifier for this mapping. This
+ is optional, the string can be empty. Drivers can set this to make it
+ easier for userspace to find the correct mapping.
+ </para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+ <para>
<filename>addr</filename>: The address of memory that can be mapped.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -366,12 +380,19 @@ offset = N * getpagesize();
<filename>/sys/class/uio/uioX/portio/</filename>.
</para>
<para>
- Each <filename>portX/</filename> directory contains three read-only
- files that show start, size, and type of the port region:
+ Each <filename>portX/</filename> directory contains four read-only
+ files that show name, start, size, and type of the port region:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
+ <filename>name</filename>: A string identifier for this port region.
+ The string is optional and can be empty. Drivers can set it to make it
+ easier for userspace to find a certain port region.
+ </para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+ <para>
<filename>start</filename>: The first port of this region.
</para>
</listitem>