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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/development-process/2.Process | 33 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example_explicit.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gpio.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/lm93 | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/max6650 | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/opp.txt | 3 |
7 files changed, 42 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl index 4d4ce0e61e42..b4665b9c40b0 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ </orgname> <address> - <email>hjk@linutronix.de</email> + <email>hjk@hansjkoch.de</email> </address> </affiliation> </author> @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ GPL version 2. <para>If you know of any translations for this document, or you are interested in translating it, please email me -<email>hjk@linutronix.de</email>. +<email>hjk@hansjkoch.de</email>. </para> </sect1> @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ interested in translating it, please email me <title>Feedback</title> <para>Find something wrong with this document? (Or perhaps something right?) I would love to hear from you. Please email me at - <email>hjk@linutronix.de</email>.</para> + <email>hjk@hansjkoch.de</email>.</para> </sect1> </chapter> diff --git a/Documentation/development-process/2.Process b/Documentation/development-process/2.Process index 97726eba6102..911a45186340 100644 --- a/Documentation/development-process/2.Process +++ b/Documentation/development-process/2.Process @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ The stages that a patch goes through are, generally: inclusion, it should be accepted by a relevant subsystem maintainer - though this acceptance is not a guarantee that the patch will make it all the way to the mainline. The patch will show up in the maintainer's - subsystem tree and into the staging trees (described below). When the + subsystem tree and into the -next trees (described below). When the process works, this step leads to more extensive review of the patch and the discovery of any problems resulting from the integration of this patch with work being done by others. @@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ finding the right maintainer. Sending patches directly to Linus is not normally the right way to go. -2.4: STAGING TREES +2.4: NEXT TREES The chain of subsystem trees guides the flow of patches into the kernel, but it also raises an interesting question: what if somebody wants to look @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ changes land in the mainline kernel. One could pull changes from all of the interesting subsystem trees, but that would be a big and error-prone job. -The answer comes in the form of staging trees, where subsystem trees are +The answer comes in the form of -next trees, where subsystem trees are collected for testing and review. The older of these trees, maintained by Andrew Morton, is called "-mm" (for memory management, which is how it got started). The -mm tree integrates patches from a long list of subsystem @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ directory at: Use of the MMOTM tree is likely to be a frustrating experience, though; there is a definite chance that it will not even compile. -The other staging tree, started more recently, is linux-next, maintained by +The other -next tree, started more recently, is linux-next, maintained by Stephen Rothwell. The linux-next tree is, by design, a snapshot of what the mainline is expected to look like after the next merge window closes. Linux-next trees are announced on the linux-kernel and linux-next mailing @@ -303,12 +303,25 @@ volatility of linux-next tends to make it a difficult development target. See http://lwn.net/Articles/289013/ for more information on this topic, and stay tuned; much is still in flux where linux-next is involved. -Besides the mmotm and linux-next trees, the kernel source tree now contains -the drivers/staging/ directory and many sub-directories for drivers or -filesystems that are on their way to being added to the kernel tree -proper, but they remain in drivers/staging/ while they still need more -work. - +2.4.1: STAGING TREES + +The kernel source tree now contains the drivers/staging/ directory, where +many sub-directories for drivers or filesystems that are on their way to +being added to the kernel tree live. They remain in drivers/staging while +they still need more work; once complete, they can be moved into the +kernel proper. This is a way to keep track of drivers that aren't +up to Linux kernel coding or quality standards, but people may want to use +them and track development. + +Greg Kroah-Hartman currently (as of 2.6.36) maintains the staging tree. +Drivers that still need work are sent to him, with each driver having +its own subdirectory in drivers/staging/. Along with the driver source +files, a TODO file should be present in the directory as well. The TODO +file lists the pending work that the driver needs for acceptance into +the kernel proper, as well as a list of people that should be Cc'd for any +patches to the driver. Staging drivers that don't currently build should +have their config entries depend upon CONFIG_BROKEN. Once they can +be successfully built without outside patches, CONFIG_BROKEN can be removed. 2.5: TOOLS diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example_explicit.c b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example_explicit.c index d428cc9f07f3..fd53869f5633 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example_explicit.c +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example_explicit.c @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static ssize_t childless_storeme_write(struct childless *childless, char *p = (char *) page; tmp = simple_strtoul(p, &p, 10); - if (!p || (*p && (*p != '\n'))) + if ((*p != '\0') && (*p != '\n')) return -EINVAL; if (tmp > INT_MAX) diff --git a/Documentation/gpio.txt b/Documentation/gpio.txt index 9633da01ff46..792faa3c06cf 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpio.txt +++ b/Documentation/gpio.txt @@ -617,6 +617,16 @@ and have the following read/write attributes: is configured as an output, this value may be written; any nonzero value is treated as high. + If the pin can be configured as interrupt-generating interrupt + and if it has been configured to generate interrupts (see the + description of "edge"), you can poll(2) on that file and + poll(2) will return whenever the interrupt was triggered. If + you use poll(2), set the events POLLPRI and POLLERR. If you + use select(2), set the file descriptor in exceptfds. After + poll(2) returns, either lseek(2) to the beginning of the sysfs + file and read the new value or close the file and re-open it + to read the value. + "edge" ... reads as either "none", "rising", "falling", or "both". Write these strings to select the signal edge(s) that will make poll(2) on the "value" file return. diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/lm93 b/Documentation/hwmon/lm93 index ac711f357faf..7a10616d0b44 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/lm93 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/lm93 @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Authors: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com> Ported to 2.6 by Eric J. Bowersox <ericb@aspsys.com> Adapted to 2.6.20 by Carsten Emde <ce@osadl.org> - Modified for mainline integration by Hans J. Koch <hjk@linutronix.de> + Modified for mainline integration by Hans J. Koch <hjk@hansjkoch.de> Module Parameters ----------------- diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/max6650 b/Documentation/hwmon/max6650 index 8be7beb9e3e8..c565650fcfc6 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/max6650 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/max6650 @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Supported chips: Datasheet: http://pdfserv.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/MAX6650-MAX6651.pdf Authors: - Hans J. Koch <hjk@linutronix.de> + Hans J. Koch <hjk@hansjkoch.de> John Morris <john.morris@spirentcom.com> Claus Gindhart <claus.gindhart@kontron.com> diff --git a/Documentation/power/opp.txt b/Documentation/power/opp.txt index 44d87ad3cea9..cd445582d1f8 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/opp.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/opp.txt @@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ Typical usage of the OPP library is as follows: SoC framework -> modifies on required cases certain OPPs -> OPP layer -> queries to search/retrieve information -> +Architectures that provide a SoC framework for OPP should select ARCH_HAS_OPP +to make the OPP layer available. + OPP layer expects each domain to be represented by a unique device pointer. SoC framework registers a set of initial OPPs per device with the OPP layer. This list is expected to be an optimally small number typically around 5 per device. |