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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/Kconfig1
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/hw_random/via-rng.c8
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/ipmi/bt-bmc.c4
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.c1
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/ppdev.c3
5 files changed, 5 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig
index dcc09739a54e..45ba878ae025 100644
--- a/drivers/char/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig
@@ -542,6 +542,7 @@ config HANGCHECK_TIMER
config MMTIMER
tristate "MMTIMER Memory mapped RTC for SGI Altix"
depends on IA64_GENERIC || IA64_SGI_SN2
+ depends on POSIX_TIMERS
default y
help
The mmtimer device allows direct userspace access to the
diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/via-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/via-rng.c
index 44ce80606944..d1f5bb534e0e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/via-rng.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/via-rng.c
@@ -70,21 +70,17 @@ enum {
* until we have 4 bytes, thus returning a u32 at a time,
* instead of the current u8-at-a-time.
*
- * Padlock instructions can generate a spurious DNA fault, so
- * we have to call them in the context of irq_ts_save/restore()
+ * Padlock instructions can generate a spurious DNA fault, but the
+ * kernel doesn't use CR0.TS, so this doesn't matter.
*/
static inline u32 xstore(u32 *addr, u32 edx_in)
{
u32 eax_out;
- int ts_state;
-
- ts_state = irq_ts_save();
asm(".byte 0x0F,0xA7,0xC0 /* xstore %%edi (addr=%0) */"
: "=m" (*addr), "=a" (eax_out), "+d" (edx_in), "+D" (addr));
- irq_ts_restore(ts_state);
return eax_out;
}
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/bt-bmc.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/bt-bmc.c
index b49e61320952..fc9e8891eae3 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/bt-bmc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/bt-bmc.c
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ static int bt_bmc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
}
static const struct of_device_id bt_bmc_match[] = {
- { .compatible = "aspeed,ast2400-bt-bmc" },
+ { .compatible = "aspeed,ast2400-ibt-bmc" },
{ },
};
@@ -502,4 +502,4 @@ module_platform_driver(bt_bmc_driver);
MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, bt_bmc_match);
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Alistair Popple <alistair@popple.id.au>");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Linux device interface to the BT interface");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Linux device interface to the IPMI BT interface");
diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.c b/drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.c
index d28922df01d7..a7dd5f4f2c5a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.c
@@ -4248,7 +4248,6 @@ static void hdlcdev_rx(MGSLPC_INFO *info, char *buf, int size)
static const struct net_device_ops hdlcdev_ops = {
.ndo_open = hdlcdev_open,
.ndo_stop = hdlcdev_close,
- .ndo_change_mtu = hdlc_change_mtu,
.ndo_start_xmit = hdlc_start_xmit,
.ndo_do_ioctl = hdlcdev_ioctl,
.ndo_tx_timeout = hdlcdev_tx_timeout,
diff --git a/drivers/char/ppdev.c b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
index d23368874710..6af1ce04b3da 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ppdev.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
@@ -748,10 +748,7 @@ static int pp_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
}
if (pp->pdev) {
- const char *name = pp->pdev->name;
-
parport_unregister_device(pp->pdev);
- kfree(name);
pp->pdev = NULL;
pr_debug(CHRDEV "%x: unregistered pardevice\n", minor);
}