kernel/linux.git/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt, branch v7.0.10

Merge tag 'char-misc-7.0-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc

2026-02-17T17:11:04+00:00

Pull char/misc/IIO driver updates from Greg KH: "Here is the big set of char/misc/iio and other smaller driver subsystem changes for 7.0-rc1. Lots of little things in here, including: - Loads of iio driver changes and updates and additions - gpib driver updates - interconnect driver updates - i3c driver updates - hwtracing (coresight and intel) driver updates - deletion of the obsolete mwave driver - binder driver updates (rust and c versions) - mhi driver updates (causing a merge conflict, see below) - mei driver updates - fsi driver updates - eeprom driver updates - lots of other small char and misc driver updates and cleanups All of these have been in linux-next for a while, with no reported issues" * tag 'char-misc-7.0-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc: (297 commits) mux: mmio: fix regmap leak on probe failure rust_binder: return p from rust_binder_transaction_target_node() drivers: android: binder: Update ARef imports from sync::aref rust_binder: fix needless borrow in context.rs iio: magn: mmc5633: Fix Kconfig for combination of I3C as module and driver builtin iio: sca3000: Fix a resource leak in sca3000_probe() iio: proximity: rfd77402: Add interrupt handling support iio: proximity: rfd77402: Document device private data structure iio: proximity: rfd77402: Use devm-managed mutex initialization iio: proximity: rfd77402: Use kernel helper for result polling iio: proximity: rfd77402: Align polling timeout with datasheet iio: cros_ec: Allow enabling/disabling calibration mode iio: frequency: ad9523: correct kernel-doc bad line warning iio: buffer: buffer_impl.h: fix kernel-doc warnings iio: gyro: itg3200: Fix unchecked return value in read_raw MAINTAINERS: add entry for ADE9000 driver iio: accel: sca3000: remove unused last_timestamp field iio: accel: adxl372: remove unused int2_bitmask field iio: adc: ad7766: Use iio_trigger_generic_data_rdy_poll() iio: magnetometer: Remove IRQF_ONESHOT ...

char/mwave: drop it

2025-12-29T10:53:38+00:00

When I tried to clean up the driver a bit, Arnd noted: > According to thinkwiki.de, the 3780i modem was only used in a > couple of Thinkpad models that are now over 25 years old, using > Pentium II processors, and they all have a physical RS232 port > that can be used to connect an external modem instead. > > Maybe we can just retire this driver? So instead of the clean up, drop the driver altogether. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/b8834e5d-fdde-4b1a-8757-288dddc507a9@app.fastmail.com/ Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251124103952.995229-1-jirislaby@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

docs: admin: devices: /dev/sr for SCSI CD-ROM

2025-12-22T21:56:09+00:00

Don't claim that /dev/sr device names for SCSI CD-ROM drives are deprecated and don't recommend /dev/scd alternate names for them. /dev/scd device names for SCSI CD-ROM drives are not in use for more than a decade, see commit [1] that was a part of udev release 174. Earlier, related rules were volatile, sometimes /dev/scd were syminks to /dev/sr, sometimes vice versa. Recognizing of root=/dev/scd kernel command line argument was removed in kernel 2.5.45 [2]. In the docs /dev/scd became recommended names in 2.6.9 [3]. Mention of these names appeared much earlier in 1.3.22 [4]. [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/hotplug/udev.git/commit/?id=d132be4d58 2011-08-12 14:05:19 +0200 Kay Sievers. rules: remove legacy rules for cdrom and usb printer [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/init?h=v2.5.45&id=51924607bd 2002-10-29 00:47:58 -0800 Alexander Viro. [PATCH] removal of root_dev_names[] [3] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/diff/Documentation/devices.txt?h=v2.6.9-rc4&id=a74e11ffeda 2004-03-16 15:09:38 -0800 Andrew Morton: [PATCH] devices.txt: typos and removal of dead devices [4] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/tree/Documentation/devices.txt?h=v2.6.9-rc4&id=8f0ec1f9369 1995-09-01 Linus Torvalds: Import 1.3.22 Signed-off-by: Max Nikulin Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Message-ID:

Documentation: devices.txt: Update ttyUL major number allocation details

2023-11-25T07:23:16+00:00

Describe when uartlite driver uses static/dynamic allocation for major number based on maximum number of uartlite serial ports. Signed-off-by: Manikanta Guntupalli Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231116134003.3762725-2-manikanta.guntupalli@amd.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Documentation: devices.txt: Fix minors for ttyCPM*

2023-08-22T13:31:40+00:00

ttyCPM* devices belong to CPM_UART driver at the first place and that driver provides 6 ports. Fixes: e29c3f81eb89 ("Documentation: devices.txt: reconcile serial/ucc_uart minor numers") Cc: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/27d7124cf86157e2a27c2b039e769041994d3f22.1691992627.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Documentation: devices.txt: Remove ttySIOC*

2023-08-22T13:31:40+00:00

IOC3 serial driver was removed, remove associated devices from documentation. Fixes: 9c860e4cf708 ("tty/serial: remove the ioc3_serial driver") Cc: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/f13b5c64f8cb6d8f2357d7be14397676b27ac2a2.1691992627.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Documentation: devices.txt: Remove ttyIOC*

2023-08-22T13:31:40+00:00

IOC4 serial driver was removed, remove associated devices from documentation. Fixes: a017ef17cfd8 ("tty/serial: remove the ioc4_serial driver") Cc: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/b5deb1222eb92017f0efe5b5cae127ac11983b3d.1691992627.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Documentation: devices.txt: reconcile serial/ucc_uart minor numers

2023-07-25T17:29:23+00:00

Reconcile devices.txt with serial/ucc_uart.c regarding device number assignments. ucc_uart.c supports 4 ports and uses minor devnums 46-49, so update devices.txt with that info. Then update ucc_uart.c's reference to the location of the devices.txt list in the kernel source tree. Fixes: d7584ed2b994 ("[POWERPC] qe-uart: add support for Freescale QUICCEngine UART") Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Cc: Timur Tabi Cc: Kumar Gala Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Jiri Slaby Cc: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230724063341.28198-1-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

drivers/accel: define kconfig and register a new major

2022-11-22T11:13:51+00:00

Add a new Kconfig for the accel subsystem. The Kconfig currently contains only the basic CONFIG_DRM_ACCEL option that will be used to decide whether to compile the accel registration code. Therefore, the kconfig option is defined as bool. The accel code will be compiled as part of drm.ko and will be called directly from the DRM core code. The reason we compile it as part of drm.ko and not as a separate module is because of cyclic dependency between drm.ko and the separate module (if it would have existed). This is due to the fact that DRM core code calls accel functions and vice-versa. The accelerator devices will be exposed to the user space with a new, dedicated major number - 261. The accel init function registers the new major number as a char device and create corresponding sysfs and debugfs root entries, similar to what is done in DRM init function. I added a new header called drm_accel.h to include/drm/, that will hold the prototypes of the drm_accel.c functions. In case CONFIG_DRM_ACCEL is set to 'N', that header will contain empty inline implementations of those functions, to allow DRM core code to compile successfully without dependency on CONFIG_DRM_ACCEL. I Updated the MAINTAINERS file accordingly with the newly added folder and I have taken the liberty to appropriate the dri-devel mailing list and the dri-devel IRC channel for the accel subsystem. Signed-off-by: Oded Gabbay Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Reviewed-by: Jeffrey Hugo Reviewed-by: Dave Airlie Acked-by: Thomas Zimmermann Acked-by: Jacek Lawrynowicz Tested-by: Jacek Lawrynowicz Reviewed-by: Melissa Wen

net: wan: remove support for COSA and SRP synchronous serial boards

2022-04-27T11:22:56+00:00

Looks like all the changes to this driver had been automated churn since git era begun. The driver is using virt_to_bus() so it should be updated to a proper DMA API or removed. Given the latest "news" entry on the website is from 1999 I'm opting for the latter. I'm marking the allocated char device major number as [REMOVED], I reckon we can't reuse it in case some SW out there assumes its COSA? Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: David S. Miller