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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl | 49 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/HOWTO | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/i2c/writing-clients | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/input/elantech.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | 9 |
10 files changed, 57 insertions, 49 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl index ba9975771503..ff3e5bec1c24 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl @@ -107,10 +107,6 @@ void (*dev_config) (struct ata_port *, struct ata_device *); issue of SET FEATURES - XFER MODE, and prior to operation. </para> <para> - Called by ata_device_add() after ata_dev_identify() determines - a device is present. - </para> - <para> This entry may be specified as NULL in ata_port_operations. </para> @@ -154,8 +150,8 @@ unsigned int (*mode_filter) (struct ata_port *, struct ata_device *, unsigned in <sect2><title>Taskfile read/write</title> <programlisting> -void (*tf_load) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf); -void (*tf_read) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf); +void (*sff_tf_load) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf); +void (*sff_tf_read) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf); </programlisting> <para> @@ -164,36 +160,35 @@ void (*tf_read) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf); hardware registers / DMA buffers, to obtain the current set of taskfile register values. Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware (PIO or MMIO) use - ata_tf_load() and ata_tf_read() for these hooks. + ata_sff_tf_load() and ata_sff_tf_read() for these hooks. </para> </sect2> <sect2><title>PIO data read/write</title> <programlisting> -void (*data_xfer) (struct ata_device *, unsigned char *, unsigned int, int); +void (*sff_data_xfer) (struct ata_device *, unsigned char *, unsigned int, int); </programlisting> <para> All bmdma-style drivers must implement this hook. This is the low-level operation that actually copies the data bytes during a PIO data transfer. -Typically the driver -will choose one of ata_pio_data_xfer_noirq(), ata_pio_data_xfer(), or -ata_mmio_data_xfer(). +Typically the driver will choose one of ata_sff_data_xfer_noirq(), +ata_sff_data_xfer(), or ata_sff_data_xfer32(). </para> </sect2> <sect2><title>ATA command execute</title> <programlisting> -void (*exec_command)(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf); +void (*sff_exec_command)(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf); </programlisting> <para> causes an ATA command, previously loaded with ->tf_load(), to be initiated in hardware. - Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware use ata_exec_command() + Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware use ata_sff_exec_command() for this hook. </para> @@ -218,8 +213,8 @@ command. <sect2><title>Read specific ATA shadow registers</title> <programlisting> -u8 (*check_status)(struct ata_port *ap); -u8 (*check_altstatus)(struct ata_port *ap); +u8 (*sff_check_status)(struct ata_port *ap); +u8 (*sff_check_altstatus)(struct ata_port *ap); </programlisting> <para> @@ -227,20 +222,14 @@ u8 (*check_altstatus)(struct ata_port *ap); hardware. On some hardware, reading the Status register has the side effect of clearing the interrupt condition. Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware use - ata_check_status() for this hook. - </para> - <para> - Note that because this is called from ata_device_add(), at - least a dummy function that clears device interrupts must be - provided for all drivers, even if the controller doesn't - actually have a taskfile status register. + ata_sff_check_status() for this hook. </para> </sect2> <sect2><title>Select ATA device on bus</title> <programlisting> -void (*dev_select)(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int device); +void (*sff_dev_select)(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int device); </programlisting> <para> @@ -251,9 +240,7 @@ void (*dev_select)(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int device); </para> <para> Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware use - ata_std_dev_select() for this hook. Controllers which do not - support second drives on a port (such as SATA contollers) will - use ata_noop_dev_select(). + ata_sff_dev_select() for this hook. </para> </sect2> @@ -441,13 +428,13 @@ void (*irq_clear) (struct ata_port *); to struct ata_host_set. </para> <para> - Most legacy IDE drivers use ata_interrupt() for the + Most legacy IDE drivers use ata_sff_interrupt() for the irq_handler hook, which scans all ports in the host_set, determines which queued command was active (if any), and calls - ata_host_intr(ap,qc). + ata_sff_host_intr(ap,qc). </para> <para> - Most legacy IDE drivers use ata_bmdma_irq_clear() for the + Most legacy IDE drivers use ata_sff_irq_clear() for the irq_clear() hook, which simply clears the interrupt and error flags in the DMA status register. </para> @@ -496,10 +483,6 @@ void (*host_stop) (struct ata_host_set *host_set); data from port at this time. </para> <para> - Many drivers use ata_port_stop() as this hook, which frees the - PRD table. - </para> - <para> ->host_stop() is called after all ->port_stop() calls have completed. The hook must finalize hardware shutdown, release DMA and other resources, etc. diff --git a/Documentation/HOWTO b/Documentation/HOWTO index f5395af88a41..40ada93b820a 100644 --- a/Documentation/HOWTO +++ b/Documentation/HOWTO @@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ process is as follows: Linus, usually the patches that have already been included in the -next kernel for a few weeks. The preferred way to submit big changes is using git (the kernel's source management tool, more information - can be found at http://git.or.cz/) but plain patches are also just + can be found at http://git-scm.com/) but plain patches are also just fine. - After two weeks a -rc1 kernel is released it is now possible to push only patches that do not include new features that could affect the diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt index fd588ff0e296..a1ca5924faff 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt @@ -235,8 +235,7 @@ containing the following files describing that cgroup: - cgroup.procs: list of tgids in the cgroup. This list is not guaranteed to be sorted or free of duplicate tgids, and userspace should sort/uniquify the list if this property is required. - Writing a tgid into this file moves all threads with that tgid into - this cgroup. + This is a read-only file, for now. - notify_on_release flag: run the release agent on exit? - release_agent: the path to use for release notifications (this file exists in the top cgroup only) diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index a1c6e9277986..e592dade6420 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -626,3 +626,26 @@ Files: net/netfilter/xt_NOTRACK.c When: April 2011 Why: Superseded by xt_CT Who: Netfilter developer team <netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org> + +--------------------------- + +What: video4linux /dev/vtx teletext API support +When: 2.6.35 +Files: drivers/media/video/saa5246a.c drivers/media/video/saa5249.c + include/linux/videotext.h +Why: The vtx device nodes have been superseded by vbi device nodes + for many years. No applications exist that use the vtx support. + Of the two i2c drivers that actually support this API the saa5249 + has been impossible to use for a year now and no known hardware + that supports this device exists. The saa5246a is theoretically + supported by the old mxb boards, but it never actually worked. + + In summary: there is no hardware that can use this API and there + are no applications actually implementing this API. + + The vtx support still reserves minors 192-223 and we would really + like to reuse those for upcoming new functionality. In the unlikely + event that new hardware appears that wants to use the functionality + provided by the vtx API, then that functionality should be build + around the sliced VBI API instead. +Who: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index a4f30faa4f1f..1e359b62c40a 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ address perms offset dev inode pathname 08049000-0804a000 rw-p 00001000 03:00 8312 /opt/test 0804a000-0806b000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] a7cb1000-a7cb2000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 -a7cb2000-a7eb2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [threadstack:001ff4b4] +a7cb2000-a7eb2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 a7eb2000-a7eb3000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 a7eb3000-a7ed5000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 a7ed5000-a8008000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 4222 /lib/libc.so.6 @@ -352,7 +352,6 @@ is not associated with a file: [stack] = the stack of the main process [vdso] = the "virtual dynamic shared object", the kernel system call handler - [threadstack:xxxxxxxx] = the stack of the thread, xxxxxxxx is the stack size or if empty, the mapping is anonymous. diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients index 3219ee0dbfef..5ebf5af1d716 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients +++ b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients @@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ structure at all. You should use this to keep device-specific data. /* retrieve the value */ void *i2c_get_clientdata(const struct i2c_client *client); +Note that starting with kernel 2.6.34, you don't have to set the `data' field +to NULL in remove() or if probe() failed anymore. The i2c-core does this +automatically on these occasions. Those are also the only times the core will +touch this field. + Accessing the client ==================== diff --git a/Documentation/input/elantech.txt b/Documentation/input/elantech.txt index a10c3b6ba7c4..56941ae1f5db 100644 --- a/Documentation/input/elantech.txt +++ b/Documentation/input/elantech.txt @@ -333,14 +333,14 @@ byte 0: byte 1: bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - x15 x14 x13 x12 x11 x10 x9 x8 + . . . . . x10 x9 x8 byte 2: bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 x7 x6 x5 x4 x4 x2 x1 x0 - x15..x0 = absolute x value (horizontal) + x10..x0 = absolute x value (horizontal) byte 3: @@ -350,14 +350,14 @@ byte 3: byte 4: bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - y15 y14 y13 y12 y11 y10 y8 y8 + . . . . . . y9 y8 byte 5: bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 y7 y6 y5 y4 y3 y2 y1 y0 - y15..y0 = absolute y value (vertical) + y9..y0 = absolute y value (vertical) 4.2.2 Two finger touch diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index e2202e93b148..839b21b0699a 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file libata.force= [LIBATA] Force configurations. The format is comma separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is - PORT[:DEVICE]. PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers + PORT[.DEVICE]. PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers matching port, link or device. Basically, it matches the ATA ID string printed on console by libata. If the whole ID part is omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE diff --git a/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c b/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c index 10abd3773e49..16feda901469 100644 --- a/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c +++ b/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static void transfer(int fd) }; ret = ioctl(fd, SPI_IOC_MESSAGE(1), &tr); - if (ret == 1) + if (ret < 1) pabort("can't send spi message"); for (ret = 0; ret < ARRAY_SIZE(tx); ret++) { diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt index 5effa5bd993b..e213f45cf9d7 100644 --- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt +++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt @@ -18,16 +18,15 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the - It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes, whitespace cleanups, etc). - It must follow the Documentation/SubmittingPatches rules. - - It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree. Quote the - respective commit ID in Linus' tree in your patch submission to -stable. + - It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree (upstream). Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree: - Send the patch, after verifying that it follows the above rules, to - stable@kernel.org. - - To have the patch automatically included in the stable tree, add the - the tag + stable@kernel.org. You must note the upstream commit ID in the changelog + of your submission. + - To have the patch automatically included in the stable tree, add the tag Cc: stable@kernel.org in the sign-off area. Once the patch is merged it will be applied to the stable tree without anything else needing to be done by the author |