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gregkh at suse

Dec 13, 2006, 11:52 AM


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[GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19

Here are some more driver core patches for 2.6.19

They contain:
- minor driver core bugfixes and memory savings
- debugfs bugfixes and inotify support added.
- userspace io driver interface added. This allows the ability
to write userspace drivers for some types of hardware much
easier than before, going through a simple interface to get
accesses to irqs and memory regions. A small kernel portion
is still needed to handle the irq properly, but that is it.
- other minor cleanups and fixes.

All of these patches have been in the -mm tree for a while.

Please pull from:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6.git/
or if master.kernel.org hasn't synced up yet:
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6.git/

Patches will be sent as a follow-on to this message to lkml for people
to see.

thanks,

greg k-h

Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl | 4 +
Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl | 434 +++++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/Kconfig | 1 +
drivers/Makefile | 1 +
drivers/base/class.c | 2 +
drivers/base/platform.c | 4 +-
drivers/uio/Kconfig | 39 ++
drivers/uio/Makefile | 4 +
drivers/uio/uio.c | 618 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/uio/uio_dummy.c | 174 +++++++++
drivers/uio/uio_events.c | 119 +++++++
drivers/uio/uio_irq.c | 86 +++++
drivers/uio/uio_parport.c | 84 +++++
fs/debugfs/inode.c | 39 ++-
include/linux/platform_device.h | 2 +-
include/linux/uio_driver.h | 71 ++++
kernel/module.c | 25 ++
kernel/power/Kconfig | 9 +-
18 files changed, 1700 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
create mode 100644 drivers/uio/Kconfig
create mode 100644 drivers/uio/Makefile
create mode 100644 drivers/uio/uio.c
create mode 100644 drivers/uio/uio_dummy.c
create mode 100644 drivers/uio/uio_events.c
create mode 100644 drivers/uio/uio_irq.c
create mode 100644 drivers/uio/uio_parport.c
create mode 100644 include/linux/uio_driver.h

---------------

Akinobu Mita (1):
driver core: delete virtual directory on class_unregister()

Andrew Morton (1):
Driver core: "platform_driver_probe() can save codespace": save codespace

David Brownell (1):
Driver core: deprecate PM_LEGACY, default it to N

Hans J. Koch (4):
UIO: Add the User IO core code
UIO: Documentation
UIO: dummy test module for the uio core
UIO: irq test module for the uio core

Kay Sievers (1):
Driver core: show "initstate" of module

Mathieu Desnoyers (5):
DebugFS : inotify create/mkdir support
DebugFS : coding style fixes
DebugFS : file/directory creation error handling
DebugFS : more file/directory creation error handling
DebugFS : file/directory removal fix

Scott Wood (1):
Driver core: Make platform_device_add_data accept a const pointer

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[GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 gregkh at suse Dec 13, 2006, 11:52 AM
    Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 torvalds at osdl Dec 13, 2006, 12:12 PM
        Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 gregkh at suse Dec 13, 2006, 12:31 PM
            Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 torvalds at osdl Dec 13, 2006, 12:58 PM
                Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 torvalds at osdl Dec 13, 2006, 1:08 PM
                    Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 arjan at infradead Dec 13, 2006, 1:15 PM
                        Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 muli at il Dec 14, 2006, 1:30 AM
                            Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 hjk at linutronix Dec 14, 2006, 2:13 AM
                Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 tglx at linutronix Dec 13, 2006, 1:36 PM
                Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 benh at kernel Dec 13, 2006, 1:46 PM
                Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 gregkh at suse Dec 13, 2006, 3:40 PM
                Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 duncan.sands at math Dec 14, 2006, 12:49 AM
                    Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 hjk at linutronix Dec 14, 2006, 1:56 AM
                        Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 galibert at pobox Dec 14, 2006, 3:51 AM
                            Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 hjk at linutronix Dec 14, 2006, 4:45 AM
                                Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 galibert at pobox Dec 14, 2006, 11:16 AM
                        Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 alan at lxorguk Dec 14, 2006, 4:39 AM
                            Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 hjk at linutronix Dec 14, 2006, 5:08 AM
                        Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 jengelh at linux01 Dec 14, 2006, 9:02 AM
                            Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 hjk at linutronix Dec 14, 2006, 9:17 AM
                                Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 jengelh at linux01 Dec 14, 2006, 9:57 AM
                            Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 rlrevell at joe-job Dec 16, 2006, 12:13 PM
                                Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 jengelh at linux01 Dec 16, 2006, 12:28 PM
                        Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 bernd at firmix Dec 14, 2006, 9:34 AM
                    Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 James at superbug Dec 14, 2006, 4:27 AM
        Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 medwards.linux at gmail Dec 13, 2006, 12:38 PM
        Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 benh at kernel Dec 13, 2006, 1:14 PM
            Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 jengelh at linux01 Dec 13, 2006, 1:22 PM
                Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 torvalds at osdl Dec 13, 2006, 3:28 PM
                    Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 jengelh at linux01 Dec 14, 2006, 3:18 AM
                        Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 jengelh at linux01 Dec 14, 2006, 3:26 AM
                            Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 torvalds at osdl Dec 14, 2006, 9:32 AM
                                Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 jengelh at linux01 Dec 14, 2006, 10:04 AM
                        Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 torvalds at osdl Dec 14, 2006, 9:26 AM
                            Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 tglx at linutronix Dec 14, 2006, 12:47 PM
                                Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 torvalds at osdl Dec 14, 2006, 2:59 PM
                                    Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 tglx at linutronix Dec 14, 2006, 3:37 PM
            Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 torvalds at osdl Dec 13, 2006, 1:26 PM
                Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 benh at kernel Dec 13, 2006, 2:14 PM
                    Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 tglx at linutronix Dec 13, 2006, 2:30 PM
                        Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 benh at kernel Dec 13, 2006, 2:39 PM
                            Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 tglx at linutronix Dec 13, 2006, 3:11 PM
                                Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 medwards.linux at gmail Dec 13, 2006, 3:39 PM
                                Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 alan at lxorguk Dec 13, 2006, 4:00 PM
                        Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 alan at lxorguk Dec 13, 2006, 3:56 PM
                            Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 gregkh at suse Dec 13, 2006, 4:08 PM
                            Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 tglx at linutronix Dec 14, 2006, 1:15 AM
                                Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 alan at lxorguk Dec 14, 2006, 3:33 AM
                    Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 tglx at linutronix Dec 13, 2006, 2:40 PM
                        Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 benh at kernel Dec 13, 2006, 2:45 PM
                            Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 tglx at linutronix Dec 13, 2006, 3:15 PM
    Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 gregkh at suse Dec 13, 2006, 1:02 PM
        Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 mbligh at mbligh Dec 13, 2006, 1:32 PM
        Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 medwards.linux at gmail Dec 13, 2006, 1:48 PM
    Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 torvalds at osdl Dec 13, 2006, 1:03 PM
        Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 pavel at suse Dec 16, 2006, 1:05 AM
            Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 joern at lazybastard Dec 16, 2006, 3:04 AM
                Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 pavel at ucw Dec 17, 2006, 2:49 AM
        Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 pavel at suse Dec 16, 2006, 1:05 AM
    Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 akpm at osdl Dec 13, 2006, 1:47 PM
        Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 medwards.linux at gmail Dec 13, 2006, 2:20 PM
    Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 mrmacman_g4 at mac Dec 13, 2006, 2:59 PM
    Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 alan at lxorguk Dec 13, 2006, 3:55 PM
        Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 viro at ftp Dec 13, 2006, 6:11 PM
        Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 torvalds at osdl Dec 14, 2006, 9:22 AM
    Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 riel at redhat Dec 14, 2006, 7:13 AM
    Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 hjk at linutronix Dec 14, 2006, 9:47 AM
        Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 bernd at firmix Dec 14, 2006, 9:59 AM

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