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| author | David Woodhouse <dwmw2@shinybook.infradead.org> | 2005-07-02 13:39:09 +0100 |
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| committer | David Woodhouse <dwmw2@shinybook.infradead.org> | 2005-07-02 13:39:09 +0100 |
| commit | d2f6409584e2c62ffad81690562330ff3bf4a458 (patch) | |
| tree | 3bdfb97d0b51be2f7f414f2107e97603c1206abb /Documentation/driver-model/device.txt | |
| parent | e1b09eba2686eca94a3a188042b518df6044a3c1 (diff) | |
| parent | 4a89a04f1ee21a7c1f4413f1ad7dcfac50ff9b63 (diff) | |
Merge with master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-model/device.txt b/Documentation/driver-model/device.txt index 58cc5dc8fd3e..a05ec50f8004 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-model/device.txt +++ b/Documentation/driver-model/device.txt @@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ driver_data: Driver-specific data. platform_data: Platform data specific to the device. + Example: for devices on custom boards, as typical of embedded + and SOC based hardware, Linux often uses platform_data to point + to board-specific structures describing devices and how they + are wired. That can include what ports are available, chip + variants, which GPIO pins act in what additional roles, and so + on. This shrinks the "Board Support Packages" (BSPs) and + minimizes board-specific #ifdefs in drivers. + current_state: Current power state of the device. saved_state: Pointer to saved state of the device. This is usable by |