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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmitChecklist | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gpio.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kref.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/mips/pci/pci.README | 54 |
5 files changed, 7 insertions, 67 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist index 6491b2c45dd..3af3e65cf43 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist +++ b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist @@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ kernel patches. If the new code is substantial, addition of subsystem-specific fault injection might be appropriate. -22: Newly-added code has been compiled with `gcc -W'. This will generate - lots of noise, but is good for finding bugs like "warning: comparison - between signed and unsigned". +22: Newly-added code has been compiled with `gcc -W' (use "make + EXTRA_CFLAGS=-W"). This will generate lots of noise, but is good for + finding bugs like "warning: comparison between signed and unsigned". 23: Tested after it has been merged into the -mm patchset to make sure that it still works with all of the other queued patches and various diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 676b7981adb..c6322c76034 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -278,14 +278,6 @@ Who: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> --------------------------- -What: i8xx_tco watchdog driver -When: in 2.6.22 -Why: the i8xx_tco watchdog driver has been replaced by the iTCO_wdt - watchdog driver. -Who: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be> - ---------------------------- - What: Multipath cached routing support in ipv4 When: in 2.6.23 Why: Code was merged, then submitter immediately disappeared leaving diff --git a/Documentation/gpio.txt b/Documentation/gpio.txt index f8528db967f..e8be0abb346 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpio.txt +++ b/Documentation/gpio.txt @@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ registers; another might implement it by delegating through abstractions used for several very different kinds of GPIO controller. That said, if the convention is supported on their platform, drivers should -use it when possible: +use it when possible. Platforms should declare GENERIC_GPIO support in +Kconfig (boolean true), which multi-platform drivers can depend on when +using the include file: #include <asm/gpio.h> diff --git a/Documentation/kref.txt b/Documentation/kref.txt index 42fe2844591..f38b59d00c6 100644 --- a/Documentation/kref.txt +++ b/Documentation/kref.txt @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ void more_data_handling(void *cb_data) . . do stuff with data here . - kref_put(data, data_release); + kref_put(&data->refcount, data_release); } int my_data_handler(void) diff --git a/Documentation/mips/pci/pci.README b/Documentation/mips/pci/pci.README deleted file mode 100644 index 8697ee41372..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/mips/pci/pci.README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,54 +0,0 @@ - -Pete Popov, ppopov@pacbell.net -07/11/2001 - -This README briefly explains how to use the pci and pci_auto -code in arch/mips/kernel. The code was ported from PowerPC and -modified slightly. It has been tested pretty well on PPC on some -rather complex systems with multiple bridges and devices behind -each bridge. However, at the time this README was written, the -mips port was tested only on boards with a single pci bus and -no P2P bridges. It's very possible that on boards with P2P -bridges some modifications have to be made. The code will -evolve, no doubt, but currently every single mips board -is doing its own pcibios thing and it has become a big -mess. This generic pci code is meant to clean up the mips -pci mess and make it easier to add pci support to new boards. - -inside the define for your board in arch/mips/config.in. -For example, the Galileo EV96100 board looks like this: - -if [ "$CONFIG_MIPS_EV96100" = "y" ]; then - define_bool CONFIG_PCI y - define_bool CONFIG_MIPS_GT96100 y - define_bool CONFIG_NEW_PCI y - define_bool CONFIG_SWAP_IO_SPACE y -fi - - -Next, if you want to use the arch/mips/kernel/pci code, which has the -pcibios_init() function, add - -define_bool CONFIG_NEW_PCI y - -inside the define for your board. Again, the EV96100 example above -show NEW_PCI turned on. - - -Now you need to add your files to hook in your pci configuration -cycles. Usually you'll need only a couple of files named something -like pci_fixups.c and pci_ops.c. You can copy the templates -provided and fill in the code. - -The file pci_ops.c should contain the pci configuration cycles routines. -It also has the mips_pci_channels[] array which contains the descriptors -of each pci controller. - -The file pci_fixups.c contains a few routines to do interrupt fixups, -resources fixups, and, if needed, pci bios fixups. - -Usually you'll put your pci_fixups.c file in your board specific directory, -since the functions in that file are board specific. The functions in -pci_ops.c, on the other hand, are usually pci controller specific so that -file could be shared among a few different boards using the same -pci controller. |