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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-01-07 12:03:30 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-01-07 12:03:30 -0800
commit7affca3537d74365128e477b40c529d6f2fe86c8 (patch)
tree20be92bd240029182fc89c2c4f25401b7715dcae /Documentation
parent356b95424cfb456e14a59eaa579422ce014c424b (diff)
parentff4b8a57f0aaa2882d444ca44b2b9b333d22a4df (diff)
downloadlinux-7affca3537d74365128e477b40c529d6f2fe86c8.tar.gz
Merge branch 'driver-core-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core
* 'driver-core-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (73 commits)
  arm: fix up some samsung merge sysdev conversion problems
  firmware: Fix an oops on reading fw_priv->fw in sysfs loading file
  Drivers:hv: Fix a bug in vmbus_driver_unregister()
  driver core: remove __must_check from device_create_file
  debugfs: add missing #ifdef HAS_IOMEM
  arm: time.h: remove device.h #include
  driver-core: remove sysdev.h usage.
  clockevents: remove sysdev.h
  arm: convert sysdev_class to a regular subsystem
  arm: leds: convert sysdev_class to a regular subsystem
  kobject: remove kset_find_obj_hinted()
  m86k: gpio - convert sysdev_class to a regular subsystem
  mips: txx9_sram - convert sysdev_class to a regular subsystem
  mips: 7segled - convert sysdev_class to a regular subsystem
  sh: dma - convert sysdev_class to a regular subsystem
  sh: intc - convert sysdev_class to a regular subsystem
  power: suspend - convert sysdev_class to a regular subsystem
  power: qe_ic - convert sysdev_class to a regular subsystem
  power: cmm - convert sysdev_class to a regular subsystem
  s390: time - convert sysdev_class to a regular subsystem
  ...

Fix up conflicts with 'struct sysdev' removal from various platform
drivers that got changed:
 - arch/arm/mach-exynos/cpu.c
 - arch/arm/mach-exynos/irq-eint.c
 - arch/arm/mach-s3c64xx/common.c
 - arch/arm/mach-s3c64xx/cpu.c
 - arch/arm/mach-s5p64x0/cpu.c
 - arch/arm/mach-s5pv210/common.c
 - arch/arm/plat-samsung/include/plat/cpu.h
 - arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c
and fix up cpu_is_hotpluggable() as per Greg in include/linux/cpu.h
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/HOWTO4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/development-process/5.Posting8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt32
4 files changed, 38 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/HOWTO b/Documentation/HOWTO
index 81bc1a9ab9d8..f7ade3b3b40d 100644
--- a/Documentation/HOWTO
+++ b/Documentation/HOWTO
@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ versions.
 If no 2.6.x.y kernel is available, then the highest numbered 2.6.x
 kernel is the current stable kernel.
 
-2.6.x.y are maintained by the "stable" team <stable@kernel.org>, and are
-released as needs dictate.  The normal release period is approximately 
+2.6.x.y are maintained by the "stable" team <stable@vger.kernel.org>, and
+are released as needs dictate.  The normal release period is approximately
 two weeks, but it can be longer if there are no pressing problems.  A
 security-related problem, instead, can cause a release to happen almost
 instantly.
diff --git a/Documentation/development-process/5.Posting b/Documentation/development-process/5.Posting
index 903a2546f138..8a48c9b62864 100644
--- a/Documentation/development-process/5.Posting
+++ b/Documentation/development-process/5.Posting
@@ -271,10 +271,10 @@ copies should go to:
    the linux-kernel list.
 
  - If you are fixing a bug, think about whether the fix should go into the
-   next stable update.  If so, stable@kernel.org should get a copy of the
-   patch.  Also add a "Cc: stable@kernel.org" to the tags within the patch
-   itself; that will cause the stable team to get a notification when your
-   fix goes into the mainline.
+   next stable update.  If so, stable@vger.kernel.org should get a copy of
+   the patch.  Also add a "Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org" to the tags within
+   the patch itself; that will cause the stable team to get a notification
+   when your fix goes into the mainline.
 
 When selecting recipients for a patch, it is good to have an idea of who
 you think will eventually accept the patch and get it merged.  While it
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt b/Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt
index d79aead9418b..10c64c8a13d4 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt
+++ b/Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ IOMAP
   devm_ioremap()
   devm_ioremap_nocache()
   devm_iounmap()
+  devm_request_and_ioremap() : checks resource, requests region, ioremaps
   pcim_iomap()
   pcim_iounmap()
   pcim_iomap_table()	: array of mapped addresses indexed by BAR
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
index 742cc06e138f..f04066a37f4c 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ A read on the resulting file will yield either Y (for non-zero values) or
 N, followed by a newline.  If written to, it will accept either upper- or
 lower-case values, or 1 or 0.  Any other input will be silently ignored.
 
-Finally, a block of arbitrary binary data can be exported with:
+Another option is exporting a block of arbitrary binary data, with
+this structure and function:
 
     struct debugfs_blob_wrapper {
 	void *data;
@@ -115,6 +116,35 @@ can be used to export binary information, but there does not appear to be
 any code which does so in the mainline.  Note that all files created with
 debugfs_create_blob() are read-only.
 
+If you want to dump a block of registers (something that happens quite
+often during development, even if little such code reaches mainline.
+Debugfs offers two functions: one to make a registers-only file, and
+another to insert a register block in the middle of another sequential
+file.
+
+    struct debugfs_reg32 {
+	char *name;
+	unsigned long offset;
+    };
+
+    struct debugfs_regset32 {
+	struct debugfs_reg32 *regs;
+	int nregs;
+	void __iomem *base;
+    };
+
+    struct dentry *debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+				     struct dentry *parent,
+				     struct debugfs_regset32 *regset);
+
+    int debugfs_print_regs32(struct seq_file *s, struct debugfs_reg32 *regs,
+			 int nregs, void __iomem *base, char *prefix);
+
+The "base" argument may be 0, but you may want to build the reg32 array
+using __stringify, and a number of register names (macros) are actually
+byte offsets over a base for the register block.
+
+
 There are a couple of other directory-oriented helper functions:
 
     struct dentry *debugfs_rename(struct dentry *old_dir,