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2019-07-03serial: mpsc: Remove obsolete MPSC driverMark Greer1-2/+2
Support for the Marvell MV64x60 line of bridge chips that contained MPSC controllers has been removed and there are no other components that have that controller so remove its driver. Signed-off-by: Mark Greer <mgreer@animalcreek.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190626160553.28518-1-mgreer@animalcreek.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2018-07-21vt: add /dev/vcsu* to devices.txtNicolas Pitre1-6/+10
Also mention that the traditional devices provide glyph values whereas /dev/vcsu* is unicode based. Suggested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2017-07-17char_dev: extend dynamic allocation of majors into a higher rangeLogan Gunthorpe1-0/+5
We've run into problems with running out of dynamicly assign char device majors particullarly on automated test systems with all-yes-configs. Roughly 40 dynamic assignments can be made with such kernels at this time while space is reserved for only 20. Currently, the kernel only prints a warning when dynamic allocation overflows the reserved region. And when this happens drivers that have fixed assignments can randomly fail depending on the order of initialization of other drivers. Thus, adding a new char device can cause unexpected failures in completely unrelated parts of the kernel. This patch solves the problem by extending dynamic major number allocations down from 511 once the 234-254 region fills up. Fixed majors already exist above 255 so the infrastructure to support high number majors is already in place. The patch reserves an additional 128 major numbers which should hopefully last us a while. Kernels that don't require more than 20 dynamic majors assigned (which is pretty typical) should not be affected by this change. Signed-off-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> Link: https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/6/4/107 Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2017-05-18vhost/vsock: use static minor numberStefan Hajnoczi1-1/+3
Vhost-vsock is a software device so there is no probe call that causes the driver to register its misc char device node. This creates a chicken and egg problem: userspace applications must open /dev/vhost-vsock to use the driver but the file doesn't exist until the kernel module has been loaded. Use the devname modalias mechanism so that /dev/vhost-vsock is created at boot. The vhost_vsock kernel module is automatically loaded when the first application opens /dev/host-vsock. Note that the "reserved for local use" range in Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt is incorrect. The userio driver already occupies part of that range. I've updated the documentation accordingly. Cc: device@lanana.org Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-11-03Documentation/admin-guide: split the device list to a separate fileJani Nikula1-0/+3081
Include the literal device list from a separate file. This helps the pdf build. Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>