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-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl49
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/writing-clients5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/input/elantech.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c2
6 files changed, 50 insertions, 40 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
index ba9975771503..ff3e5bec1c24 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
@@ -107,10 +107,6 @@ void (*dev_config) (struct ata_port *, struct ata_device *);
issue of SET FEATURES - XFER MODE, and prior to operation.
</para>
<para>
- Called by ata_device_add() after ata_dev_identify() determines
- a device is present.
- </para>
- <para>
This entry may be specified as NULL in ata_port_operations.
</para>
@@ -154,8 +150,8 @@ unsigned int (*mode_filter) (struct ata_port *, struct ata_device *, unsigned in
<sect2><title>Taskfile read/write</title>
<programlisting>
-void (*tf_load) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
-void (*tf_read) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
+void (*sff_tf_load) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
+void (*sff_tf_read) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
</programlisting>
<para>
@@ -164,36 +160,35 @@ void (*tf_read) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
hardware registers / DMA buffers, to obtain the current set of
taskfile register values.
Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware (PIO or MMIO) use
- ata_tf_load() and ata_tf_read() for these hooks.
+ ata_sff_tf_load() and ata_sff_tf_read() for these hooks.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>PIO data read/write</title>
<programlisting>
-void (*data_xfer) (struct ata_device *, unsigned char *, unsigned int, int);
+void (*sff_data_xfer) (struct ata_device *, unsigned char *, unsigned int, int);
</programlisting>
<para>
All bmdma-style drivers must implement this hook. This is the low-level
operation that actually copies the data bytes during a PIO data
transfer.
-Typically the driver
-will choose one of ata_pio_data_xfer_noirq(), ata_pio_data_xfer(), or
-ata_mmio_data_xfer().
+Typically the driver will choose one of ata_sff_data_xfer_noirq(),
+ata_sff_data_xfer(), or ata_sff_data_xfer32().
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>ATA command execute</title>
<programlisting>
-void (*exec_command)(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
+void (*sff_exec_command)(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
</programlisting>
<para>
causes an ATA command, previously loaded with
->tf_load(), to be initiated in hardware.
- Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware use ata_exec_command()
+ Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware use ata_sff_exec_command()
for this hook.
</para>
@@ -218,8 +213,8 @@ command.
<sect2><title>Read specific ATA shadow registers</title>
<programlisting>
-u8 (*check_status)(struct ata_port *ap);
-u8 (*check_altstatus)(struct ata_port *ap);
+u8 (*sff_check_status)(struct ata_port *ap);
+u8 (*sff_check_altstatus)(struct ata_port *ap);
</programlisting>
<para>
@@ -227,20 +222,14 @@ u8 (*check_altstatus)(struct ata_port *ap);
hardware. On some hardware, reading the Status register has
the side effect of clearing the interrupt condition.
Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware use
- ata_check_status() for this hook.
- </para>
- <para>
- Note that because this is called from ata_device_add(), at
- least a dummy function that clears device interrupts must be
- provided for all drivers, even if the controller doesn't
- actually have a taskfile status register.
+ ata_sff_check_status() for this hook.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Select ATA device on bus</title>
<programlisting>
-void (*dev_select)(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int device);
+void (*sff_dev_select)(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int device);
</programlisting>
<para>
@@ -251,9 +240,7 @@ void (*dev_select)(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int device);
</para>
<para>
Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware use
- ata_std_dev_select() for this hook. Controllers which do not
- support second drives on a port (such as SATA contollers) will
- use ata_noop_dev_select().
+ ata_sff_dev_select() for this hook.
</para>
</sect2>
@@ -441,13 +428,13 @@ void (*irq_clear) (struct ata_port *);
to struct ata_host_set.
</para>
<para>
- Most legacy IDE drivers use ata_interrupt() for the
+ Most legacy IDE drivers use ata_sff_interrupt() for the
irq_handler hook, which scans all ports in the host_set,
determines which queued command was active (if any), and calls
- ata_host_intr(ap,qc).
+ ata_sff_host_intr(ap,qc).
</para>
<para>
- Most legacy IDE drivers use ata_bmdma_irq_clear() for the
+ Most legacy IDE drivers use ata_sff_irq_clear() for the
irq_clear() hook, which simply clears the interrupt and error
flags in the DMA status register.
</para>
@@ -496,10 +483,6 @@ void (*host_stop) (struct ata_host_set *host_set);
data from port at this time.
</para>
<para>
- Many drivers use ata_port_stop() as this hook, which frees the
- PRD table.
- </para>
- <para>
->host_stop() is called after all ->port_stop() calls
have completed. The hook must finalize hardware shutdown, release DMA
and other resources, etc.
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index ed511af0f79a..05df0b7514b6 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -589,3 +589,26 @@ Why: Useful in 2003, implementation is a hack.
Generally invoked by accident today.
Seen as doing more harm than good.
Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
+
+----------------------------
+
+What: video4linux /dev/vtx teletext API support
+When: 2.6.35
+Files: drivers/media/video/saa5246a.c drivers/media/video/saa5249.c
+ include/linux/videotext.h
+Why: The vtx device nodes have been superseded by vbi device nodes
+ for many years. No applications exist that use the vtx support.
+ Of the two i2c drivers that actually support this API the saa5249
+ has been impossible to use for a year now and no known hardware
+ that supports this device exists. The saa5246a is theoretically
+ supported by the old mxb boards, but it never actually worked.
+
+ In summary: there is no hardware that can use this API and there
+ are no applications actually implementing this API.
+
+ The vtx support still reserves minors 192-223 and we would really
+ like to reuse those for upcoming new functionality. In the unlikely
+ event that new hardware appears that wants to use the functionality
+ provided by the vtx API, then that functionality should be build
+ around the sliced VBI API instead.
+Who: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index a4f30faa4f1f..1e359b62c40a 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ address perms offset dev inode pathname
08049000-0804a000 rw-p 00001000 03:00 8312 /opt/test
0804a000-0806b000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap]
a7cb1000-a7cb2000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
-a7cb2000-a7eb2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [threadstack:001ff4b4]
+a7cb2000-a7eb2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
a7eb2000-a7eb3000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
a7eb3000-a7ed5000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
a7ed5000-a8008000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 4222 /lib/libc.so.6
@@ -352,7 +352,6 @@ is not associated with a file:
[stack] = the stack of the main process
[vdso] = the "virtual dynamic shared object",
the kernel system call handler
- [threadstack:xxxxxxxx] = the stack of the thread, xxxxxxxx is the stack size
or if empty, the mapping is anonymous.
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
index 3219ee0dbfef..5ebf5af1d716 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ structure at all. You should use this to keep device-specific data.
/* retrieve the value */
void *i2c_get_clientdata(const struct i2c_client *client);
+Note that starting with kernel 2.6.34, you don't have to set the `data' field
+to NULL in remove() or if probe() failed anymore. The i2c-core does this
+automatically on these occasions. Those are also the only times the core will
+touch this field.
+
Accessing the client
====================
diff --git a/Documentation/input/elantech.txt b/Documentation/input/elantech.txt
index a10c3b6ba7c4..56941ae1f5db 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/elantech.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/elantech.txt
@@ -333,14 +333,14 @@ byte 0:
byte 1:
bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- x15 x14 x13 x12 x11 x10 x9 x8
+ . . . . . x10 x9 x8
byte 2:
bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
x7 x6 x5 x4 x4 x2 x1 x0
- x15..x0 = absolute x value (horizontal)
+ x10..x0 = absolute x value (horizontal)
byte 3:
@@ -350,14 +350,14 @@ byte 3:
byte 4:
bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- y15 y14 y13 y12 y11 y10 y8 y8
+ . . . . . . y9 y8
byte 5:
bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
y7 y6 y5 y4 y3 y2 y1 y0
- y15..y0 = absolute y value (vertical)
+ y9..y0 = absolute y value (vertical)
4.2.2 Two finger touch
diff --git a/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c b/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c
index 10abd3773e49..16feda901469 100644
--- a/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c
+++ b/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static void transfer(int fd)
};
ret = ioctl(fd, SPI_IOC_MESSAGE(1), &tr);
- if (ret == 1)
+ if (ret < 1)
pabort("can't send spi message");
for (ret = 0; ret < ARRAY_SIZE(tx); ret++) {