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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2014-09-14 19:33:47 -0700
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2014-09-14 19:33:47 -0700
commitcaf382fe31b7327a1e4449f1c05c0cc7fb5b90be (patch)
treeb7b0fcbf594db884a68cbc354ed933b5c8ad6d61 /Documentation
parentea521dbc48c1550a4302c851a1e77f5b84ac8f81 (diff)
parent9e82bf014195d6f0054982c463575cdce24292be (diff)
Merge 3.17-rc5 into staging-next.
This fixes a merge conflict in lustre, and we want the other fixes that went into 3.17-rc5 as well. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/SubmittingPatches1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/rcar-audmapp.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/atmel,maxtouch.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/tps65090.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/adi,axi-spdif-tx.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/mxs-phy.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/analog-tv-connector.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.txt33
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/dev-interface10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/misc-devices/lis3lv02d2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/regulator/design.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/regulator/overview.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/regulator/regulator.txt6
19 files changed, 113 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 0a523c9a5ff4..482c74947de0 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -794,6 +794,7 @@ Greg Kroah-Hartman, "How to piss off a kernel subsystem maintainer".
<http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer-03.html>
<http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer-04.html>
<http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer-05.html>
+ <http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer-06.html>
NO!!!! No more huge patch bombs to linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org people!
<https://lkml.org/lkml/2005/7/11/336>
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/rcar-audmapp.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/rcar-audmapp.txt
index 9f1d750d76de..61bca509d7b9 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/rcar-audmapp.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/rcar-audmapp.txt
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ Example:
* DMA client
Required properties:
-- dmas: a list of <[DMA multiplexer phandle] [SRS/DRS value]> pairs,
- where SRS/DRS values are fixed handles, specified in the SoC
- manual as the value that would be written into the PDMACHCR.
+- dmas: a list of <[DMA multiplexer phandle] [SRS << 8 | DRS]> pairs.
+ where SRS/DRS are specified in the SoC manual.
+ It will be written into PDMACHCR as high 16-bit parts.
- dma-names: a list of DMA channel names, one per "dmas" entry
Example:
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/atmel,maxtouch.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/atmel,maxtouch.txt
index baef432e8369..0ac23f2ed104 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/atmel,maxtouch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/atmel,maxtouch.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ Optional properties for main touchpad device:
keycode generated by each GPIO. Linux keycodes are defined in
<dt-bindings/input/input.h>.
+- linux,gpio-keymap: When enabled, the SPT_GPIOPWN_T19 object sends messages
+ on GPIO bit changes. An array of up to 8 entries can be provided
+ indicating the Linux keycode mapped to each bit of the status byte,
+ starting at the LSB. Linux keycodes are defined in
+ <dt-bindings/input/input.h>.
+
+ Note: the numbering of the GPIOs and the bit they start at varies between
+ maXTouch devices. You must either refer to the documentation, or
+ experiment to determine which bit corresponds to which input. Use
+ KEY_RESERVED for unused padding values.
+
Example:
touch@4b {
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt
index 9b03c57563a4..e45ac3f926b1 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ Optional properties:
further clocks may be specified in derived bindings.
- clock-names: One name for each entry in the clocks property, the
first one should be "stmmaceth".
+- clk_ptp_ref: this is the PTP reference clock; in case of the PTP is
+ available this clock is used for programming the Timestamp Addend Register.
+ If not passed then the system clock will be used and this is fine on some
+ platforms.
Examples:
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/tps65090.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/tps65090.txt
index 340980239ea9..ca69f5e3040c 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/tps65090.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regulator/tps65090.txt
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ Example:
infet5-supply = <&some_reg>;
infet6-supply = <&some_reg>;
infet7-supply = <&some_reg>;
- vsys_l1-supply = <&some_reg>;
- vsys_l2-supply = <&some_reg>;
+ vsys-l1-supply = <&some_reg>;
+ vsys-l2-supply = <&some_reg>;
regulators {
dcdc1 {
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/adi,axi-spdif-tx.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/adi,axi-spdif-tx.txt
index 46f344965313..4eb7997674a0 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/adi,axi-spdif-tx.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/sound/adi,axi-spdif-tx.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
ADI AXI-SPDIF controller
Required properties:
- - compatible : Must be "adi,axi-spdif-1.00.a"
+ - compatible : Must be "adi,axi-spdif-tx-1.00.a"
- reg : Must contain SPDIF core's registers location and length
- clocks : Pairs of phandle and specifier referencing the controller's clocks.
The controller expects two clocks, the clock used for the AXI interface and
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/mxs-phy.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/mxs-phy.txt
index cef181a9d8bd..96681c93b86d 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/mxs-phy.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/mxs-phy.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Required properties:
* "fsl,imx23-usbphy" for imx23 and imx28
* "fsl,imx6q-usbphy" for imx6dq and imx6dl
* "fsl,imx6sl-usbphy" for imx6sl
+ * "fsl,imx6sx-usbphy" for imx6sx
"fsl,imx23-usbphy" is still a fallback for other strings
- reg: Should contain registers location and length
- interrupts: Should contain phy interrupt
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/analog-tv-connector.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/analog-tv-connector.txt
index 0218fcdc1299..0c0970c210ab 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/analog-tv-connector.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/analog-tv-connector.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Analog TV Connector
===================
Required properties:
-- compatible: "composite-connector" or "svideo-connector"
+- compatible: "composite-video-connector" or "svideo-connector"
Optional properties:
- label: a symbolic name for the connector
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Example
-------
tv: connector {
- compatible = "composite-connector";
+ compatible = "composite-video-connector";
label = "tv";
port {
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt
index e386f7e4bcee..724043858b08 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ Installation
- Build, install, reboot
The NFS/RDMA code will be enabled automatically if NFS and RDMA
- are turned on. The NFS/RDMA client and server are configured via the hidden
- SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA config option that depends on SUNRPC and INFINIBAND. The
- value of SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA will be:
+ are turned on. The NFS/RDMA client and server are configured via the
+ SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA_CLIENT and SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA_SERVER config options that both
+ depend on SUNRPC and INFINIBAND. The default value of both options will be:
- N if either SUNRPC or INFINIBAND are N, in this case the NFS/RDMA client
and server will not be built
@@ -235,8 +235,9 @@ NFS/RDMA Setup
- Start the NFS server
- If the NFS/RDMA server was built as a module (CONFIG_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA=m in
- kernel config), load the RDMA transport module:
+ If the NFS/RDMA server was built as a module
+ (CONFIG_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA_SERVER=m in kernel config), load the RDMA
+ transport module:
$ modprobe svcrdma
@@ -255,8 +256,9 @@ NFS/RDMA Setup
- On the client system
- If the NFS/RDMA client was built as a module (CONFIG_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA=m in
- kernel config), load the RDMA client module:
+ If the NFS/RDMA client was built as a module
+ (CONFIG_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA_CLIENT=m in kernel config), load the RDMA client
+ module:
$ modprobe xprtrdma.ko
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.txt
index 1fe0ccb1af55..8ea3e90ace07 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/seq_file.txt
@@ -235,6 +235,39 @@ be used for more than one file, you can store an arbitrary pointer in the
private field of the seq_file structure; that value can then be retrieved
by the iterator functions.
+There is also a wrapper function to seq_open() called seq_open_private(). It
+kmallocs a zero filled block of memory and stores a pointer to it in the
+private field of the seq_file structure, returning 0 on success. The
+block size is specified in a third parameter to the function, e.g.:
+
+ static int ct_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+ {
+ return seq_open_private(file, &ct_seq_ops,
+ sizeof(struct mystruct));
+ }
+
+There is also a variant function, __seq_open_private(), which is functionally
+identical except that, if successful, it returns the pointer to the allocated
+memory block, allowing further initialisation e.g.:
+
+ static int ct_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+ {
+ struct mystruct *p =
+ __seq_open_private(file, &ct_seq_ops, sizeof(*p));
+
+ if (!p)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ p->foo = bar; /* initialize my stuff */
+ ...
+ p->baz = true;
+
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+A corresponding close function, seq_release_private() is available which
+frees the memory allocated in the corresponding open.
+
The other operations of interest - read(), llseek(), and release() - are
all implemented by the seq_file code itself. So a virtual file's
file_operations structure will look like:
diff --git a/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt b/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt
index 76546324e968..6ce544191ca6 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,20 @@ with IS_ERR() (they will never return a NULL pointer). -ENOENT will be returned
if and only if no GPIO has been assigned to the device/function/index triplet,
other error codes are used for cases where a GPIO has been assigned but an error
occurred while trying to acquire it. This is useful to discriminate between mere
-errors and an absence of GPIO for optional GPIO parameters.
+errors and an absence of GPIO for optional GPIO parameters. For the common
+pattern where a GPIO is optional, the gpiod_get_optional() and
+gpiod_get_index_optional() functions can be used. These functions return NULL
+instead of -ENOENT if no GPIO has been assigned to the requested function:
+
+
+ struct gpio_desc *gpiod_get_optional(struct device *dev,
+ const char *con_id,
+ enum gpiod_flags flags)
+
+ struct gpio_desc *gpiod_get_index_optional(struct device *dev,
+ const char *con_id,
+ unsigned int index,
+ enum gpiod_flags flags)
Device-managed variants of these functions are also defined:
@@ -65,6 +78,15 @@ Device-managed variants of these functions are also defined:
unsigned int idx,
enum gpiod_flags flags)
+ struct gpio_desc *devm_gpiod_get_optional(struct device *dev,
+ const char *con_id,
+ enum gpiod_flags flags)
+
+ struct gpio_desc * devm_gpiod_get_index_optional(struct device *dev,
+ const char *con_id,
+ unsigned int index,
+ enum gpiod_flags flags)
+
A GPIO descriptor can be disposed of using the gpiod_put() function:
void gpiod_put(struct gpio_desc *desc)
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/dev-interface b/Documentation/i2c/dev-interface
index 3e742ba25536..2ac78ae1039d 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/dev-interface
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/dev-interface
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ Well, you are all set up now. You can now use SMBus commands or plain
I2C to communicate with your device. SMBus commands are preferred if
the device supports them. Both are illustrated below.
- __u8 register = 0x10; /* Device register to access */
+ __u8 reg = 0x10; /* Device register to access */
__s32 res;
char buf[10];
/* Using SMBus commands */
- res = i2c_smbus_read_word_data(file, register);
+ res = i2c_smbus_read_word_data(file, reg);
if (res < 0) {
/* ERROR HANDLING: i2c transaction failed */
} else {
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ the device supports them. Both are illustrated below.
}
/* Using I2C Write, equivalent of
- i2c_smbus_write_word_data(file, register, 0x6543) */
- buf[0] = register;
+ i2c_smbus_write_word_data(file, reg, 0x6543) */
+ buf[0] = reg;
buf[1] = 0x43;
buf[2] = 0x65;
- if (write(file, buf, 3) ! =3) {
+ if (write(file, buf, 3) != 3) {
/* ERROR HANDLING: i2c transaction failed */
}
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 5ae8608ca9f5..10d51c2f10d7 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3541,6 +3541,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
bogus residue values);
s = SINGLE_LUN (the device has only one
Logical Unit);
+ u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver);
w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the
medium is write-protected).
Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
diff --git a/Documentation/misc-devices/lis3lv02d b/Documentation/misc-devices/lis3lv02d
index af815b9ba413..f89960a0ff95 100644
--- a/Documentation/misc-devices/lis3lv02d
+++ b/Documentation/misc-devices/lis3lv02d
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ acts similar to /dev/rtc and reacts on free-fall interrupts received
from the device. It supports blocking operations, poll/select and
fasync operation modes. You must read 1 bytes from the device. The
result is number of free-fall interrupts since the last successful
-read (or 255 if number of interrupts would not fit). See the hpfall.c
+read (or 255 if number of interrupts would not fit). See the freefall.c
file for an example on using the device.
diff --git a/Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.txt b/Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.txt
index 81c0e2b49cd8..8afb236ca765 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.txt
@@ -143,8 +143,9 @@ This will cause the core to recalculate the total load on the regulator (based
on all its consumers) and change operating mode (if necessary and permitted)
to best match the current operating load.
-The load_uA value can be determined from the consumers datasheet. e.g.most
-datasheets have tables showing the max current consumed in certain situations.
+The load_uA value can be determined from the consumer's datasheet. e.g. most
+datasheets have tables showing the maximum current consumed in certain
+situations.
Most consumers will use indirect operating mode control since they have no
knowledge of the regulator or whether the regulator is shared with other
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ Consumers can register interest in regulator events by calling :-
int regulator_register_notifier(struct regulator *regulator,
struct notifier_block *nb);
-Consumers can uregister interest by calling :-
+Consumers can unregister interest by calling :-
int regulator_unregister_notifier(struct regulator *regulator,
struct notifier_block *nb);
diff --git a/Documentation/power/regulator/design.txt b/Documentation/power/regulator/design.txt
index f9b56b72b782..fdd919b96830 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/regulator/design.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/regulator/design.txt
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ Safety
- Errors in regulator configuration can have very serious consequences
for the system, potentially including lasting hardware damage.
- - It is not possible to automatically determine the power confugration
+ - It is not possible to automatically determine the power configuration
of the system - software-equivalent variants of the same chip may
- have different power requirments, and not all components with power
+ have different power requirements, and not all components with power
requirements are visible to software.
=> The API should make no changes to the hardware state unless it has
- specific knowledge that these changes are safe to do perform on
- this particular system.
+ specific knowledge that these changes are safe to perform on this
+ particular system.
Consumer use cases
------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt b/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt
index ce63af0a8e35..757e3b53dc11 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Consider the following machine :-
+-> [Consumer B @ 3.3V]
The drivers for consumers A & B must be mapped to the correct regulator in
-order to control their power supply. This mapping can be achieved in machine
+order to control their power supplies. This mapping can be achieved in machine
initialisation code by creating a struct regulator_consumer_supply for
each regulator.
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ to the 'Vcc' supply for Consumer A.
Constraints can now be registered by defining a struct regulator_init_data
for each regulator power domain. This structure also maps the consumers
-to their supply regulator :-
+to their supply regulators :-
static struct regulator_init_data regulator1_data = {
.constraints = {
diff --git a/Documentation/power/regulator/overview.txt b/Documentation/power/regulator/overview.txt
index 8ed17587a74b..40ca2d6e2742 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/regulator/overview.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/regulator/overview.txt
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ Some terms used in this document:-
Consumers can be classified into two types:-
Static: consumer does not change its supply voltage or
- current limit. It only needs to enable or disable it's
+ current limit. It only needs to enable or disable its
power supply. Its supply voltage is set by the hardware,
bootloader, firmware or kernel board initialisation code.
- Dynamic: consumer needs to change it's supply voltage or
+ Dynamic: consumer needs to change its supply voltage or
current limit to meet operation demands.
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ relevant to non SoC devices and is split into the following four interfaces:-
This interface is for machine specific code and allows the creation of
voltage/current domains (with constraints) for each regulator. It can
provide regulator constraints that will prevent device damage through
- overvoltage or over current caused by buggy client drivers. It also
+ overvoltage or overcurrent caused by buggy client drivers. It also
allows the creation of a regulator tree whereby some regulators are
supplied by others (similar to a clock tree).
diff --git a/Documentation/power/regulator/regulator.txt b/Documentation/power/regulator/regulator.txt
index 13902778ae44..b17e5833ce21 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/regulator/regulator.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/regulator/regulator.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Drivers can register a regulator by calling :-
struct regulator_dev *regulator_register(struct regulator_desc *regulator_desc,
const struct regulator_config *config);
-This will register the regulators capabilities and operations to the regulator
+This will register the regulator's capabilities and operations to the regulator
core.
Regulators can be unregistered by calling :-
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ void regulator_unregister(struct regulator_dev *rdev);
Regulator Events
================
-Regulators can send events (e.g. over temp, under voltage, etc) to consumer
-drivers by calling :-
+Regulators can send events (e.g. overtemperature, undervoltage, etc) to
+consumer drivers by calling :-
int regulator_notifier_call_chain(struct regulator_dev *rdev,
unsigned long event, void *data);