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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-10-25 14:13:59 +0400 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-10-25 14:13:59 +0400 |
| commit | 2d03423b2319cc854adeb28a03f65de5b5e0ab63 (patch) | |
| tree | 20d9ddb661f3247f5dfaa6da8212123ed14a24c4 /Documentation/filesystems | |
| parent | 59e52534172d845ebffb0d7e85fc56fb7b857051 (diff) | |
| parent | 2bbcb8788311a40714b585fc11b51da6ffa2ab92 (diff) | |
| download | linux-2d03423b2319cc854adeb28a03f65de5b5e0ab63.tar.xz | |
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: (38 commits)
mm: memory hotplug: Check if pages are correctly reserved on a per-section basis
Revert "memory hotplug: Correct page reservation checking"
Update email address for stable patch submission
dynamic_debug: fix undefined reference to `__netdev_printk'
dynamic_debug: use a single printk() to emit messages
dynamic_debug: remove num_enabled accounting
dynamic_debug: consolidate repetitive struct _ddebug descriptor definitions
uio: Support physical addresses >32 bits on 32-bit systems
sysfs: add unsigned long cast to prevent compile warning
drivers: base: print rejected matches with DEBUG_DRIVER
memory hotplug: Correct page reservation checking
memory hotplug: Refuse to add unaligned memory regions
remove the messy code file Documentation/zh_CN/SubmitChecklist
ARM: mxc: convert device creation to use platform_device_register_full
new helper to create platform devices with dma mask
docs/driver-model: Update device class docs
docs/driver-model: Document device.groups
kobj_uevent: Ignore if some listeners cannot handle message
dynamic_debug: make netif_dbg() call __netdev_printk()
dynamic_debug: make netdev_dbg() call __netdev_printk()
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt index 597f728e7b4e..07235caec22c 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ sysfs - _The_ filesystem for exporting kernel objects. Patrick Mochel <mochel@osdl.org> Mike Murphy <mamurph@cs.clemson.edu> -Revised: 15 July 2010 +Revised: 16 August 2011 Original: 10 January 2003 @@ -370,3 +370,11 @@ int driver_create_file(struct device_driver *, const struct driver_attribute *); void driver_remove_file(struct device_driver *, const struct driver_attribute *); +Documentation +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The sysfs directory structure and the attributes in each directory define an +ABI between the kernel and user space. As for any ABI, it is important that +this ABI is stable and properly documented. All new sysfs attributes must be +documented in Documentation/ABI. See also Documentation/ABI/README for more +information. |