linux/Documentation/driver-api
Linus Torvalds 9a3d7fd275 Driver core patches for 5.5-rc1
Here is the "big" set of driver core patches for 5.5-rc1
 
 There's a few minor cleanups and fixes in here, but the majority of the
 patches in here fall into two buckets:
   - debugfs api cleanups and fixes
   - driver core device link support for boot dependancy issues
 
 The debugfs api cleanups are working to slowly refactor the debugfs apis
 so that it is even harder to use incorrectly.  That work has been
 happening for the past few kernel releases and will continue over time,
 it's a long-term project/goal
 
 The driver core device link support missed 5.4 by just a bit, so it's
 been sitting and baking for many months now.  It's from Saravana Kannan
 to help resolve the problems that DT-based systems have at boot time
 with dependancy graphs and kernel modules.  Turns out that no one has
 actually tried to build a generic arm64 kernel with loads of modules and
 have it "just work" for a variety of platforms (like a distro kernel)
 The big problem turned out to be a lack of depandancy information
 between different areas of DT entries, and the work here resolves that
 problem and now allows devices to boot properly, and quicker than a
 monolith kernel.
 
 All of these patches have been in linux-next for a long time with no
 reported issues.
 
 Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Merge tag 'driver-core-5.5-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core

Pull driver core updates from Greg KH:
 "Here is the "big" set of driver core patches for 5.5-rc1

  There's a few minor cleanups and fixes in here, but the majority of
  the patches in here fall into two buckets:

   - debugfs api cleanups and fixes

   - driver core device link support for boot dependancy issues

  The debugfs api cleanups are working to slowly refactor the debugfs
  apis so that it is even harder to use incorrectly. That work has been
  happening for the past few kernel releases and will continue over
  time, it's a long-term project/goal

  The driver core device link support missed 5.4 by just a bit, so it's
  been sitting and baking for many months now. It's from Saravana Kannan
  to help resolve the problems that DT-based systems have at boot time
  with dependancy graphs and kernel modules. Turns out that no one has
  actually tried to build a generic arm64 kernel with loads of modules
  and have it "just work" for a variety of platforms (like a distro
  kernel). The big problem turned out to be a lack of dependency
  information between different areas of DT entries, and the work here
  resolves that problem and now allows devices to boot properly, and
  quicker than a monolith kernel.

  All of these patches have been in linux-next for a long time with no
  reported issues"

* tag 'driver-core-5.5-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (68 commits)
  tracing: Remove unnecessary DEBUG_FS dependency
  of: property: Add device link support for interrupt-parent, dmas and -gpio(s)
  debugfs: Fix !DEBUG_FS debugfs_create_automount
  of: property: Add device link support for "iommu-map"
  of: property: Fix the semantics of of_is_ancestor_of()
  i2c: of: Populate fwnode in of_i2c_get_board_info()
  drivers: base: Fix Kconfig indentation
  firmware_loader: Fix labels with comma for builtin firmware
  driver core: Allow device link operations inside sync_state()
  driver core: platform: Declare ret variable only once
  cpu-topology: declare parse_acpi_topology in <linux/arch_topology.h>
  crypto: hisilicon: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions
  driver core: platform: use the correct callback type for bus_find_device
  firmware_class: make firmware caching configurable
  driver core: Clarify documentation for fwnode_operations.add_links()
  mailbox: tegra: Fix superfluous IRQ error message
  net: caif: Fix debugfs on 64-bit platforms
  mac80211: Use debugfs_create_xul() helper
  media: c8sectpfe: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions
  of: property: Add device link support for iommus, mboxes and io-channels
  ...
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80211 docs: remove extra conf.py files 2019-07-17 06:57:52 -03:00
acpi Documentation: ACPI: move scan_handlers.txt to driver-api/acpi and convert to reST 2019-04-25 23:07:19 +02:00
backlight docs: lp855x-driver.rst: add it to the driver-api book 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
dmaengine docs: index.rst: don't use genindex for pdf output 2019-07-31 13:31:16 -06:00
driver-model drivers: provide devm_platform_ioremap_resource_byname() 2019-11-05 18:33:13 +01:00
early-userspace docs: add SPDX tags to new index files 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
firmware docs: Fix a misdirected kerneldoc directive 2019-05-24 14:31:50 -06:00
fpga docs: fpga: document programming fpgas using regions 2018-10-16 11:13:50 +02:00
gpio gpio: updates for v5.4 2019-09-03 16:04:19 +02:00
i3c docs: driver-api: Add I3C documentation 2018-11-12 10:33:49 +01:00
iio docs: Do not seek kerneldoc comments in hw-consumer.h 2019-05-24 14:43:42 -06:00
md docs: add SPDX tags to new index files 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
mei mei: docs: update mei documentation 2019-06-06 16:51:37 +02:00
memory-devices docs: add SPDX tags to new index files 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
mmc docs: add SPDX tags to new index files 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
mtd docs: mtd: Update spi nor reference driver 2019-09-06 08:51:39 -06:00
nfc docs: add SPDX tags to new index files 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
nvdimm docs: don't use nested tables 2019-07-15 11:03:04 -03:00
pci Documentation: Kill all references to mmiowb() 2019-04-08 12:00:45 +01:00
phy docs: phy: Drop duplicate 'be made' 2019-07-26 08:15:26 -06:00
pm docs: remove extra conf.py files 2019-07-17 06:57:52 -03:00
rapidio docs: add SPDX tags to new index files 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
serial tty: n_gsm: add ioctl to map serial device to mux'ed tty 2019-09-04 12:43:54 +02:00
soundwire docs: index.rst: don't use genindex for pdf output 2019-07-31 13:31:16 -06:00
thermal docs: thermal: add it to the driver API 2019-07-31 13:25:15 -06:00
usb docs: power: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst 2019-06-14 16:08:36 -05:00
xilinx docs: driver-api: add xilinx driver API documentation 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
basics.rst docs: Do not seek comments in kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h 2019-05-24 14:23:40 -06:00
bt8xxgpio.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
clk.rst docs: clk: fix struct syntax 2019-06-07 11:35:15 -06:00
component.rst drm/doc: document recommended component helper usage 2019-02-19 12:22:24 +01:00
connector.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
console.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
dcdbas.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
dell_rbu.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
device_connection.rst Documentation: driver-api: fix device_connection.rst kernel-doc error 2018-04-27 17:17:34 -06:00
device_link.rst driver core: Add support for linking devices during device addition 2019-10-04 17:29:50 +02:00
device-io.rst Documentation: Kill all references to mmiowb() 2019-04-08 12:00:45 +01:00
dma-buf.rst dma-fence: Polish kernel-doc for dma-fence.c 2018-07-04 12:18:37 +02:00
edac.rst edac.rst: move concepts dictionary from edac.h 2016-12-15 08:58:12 -02:00
edid.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
eisa.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
firewire.rst FireWire: add driver-api Introduction section 2018-09-06 09:41:16 -06:00
frame-buffer.rst
generic-counter.rst docs: driver-api: generic-counter: Update Count and Signal data types 2019-10-18 19:47:38 +01:00
hsi.rst docs: split up serial-interfaces.rst 2016-09-06 09:14:52 -06:00
i2c.rst Merge branch 'i2c/for-4.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wsa/linux 2017-07-12 10:04:56 -07:00
index.rst infiniband: add a Documentation driver-api chapter for Infiniband 2019-10-22 14:52:56 -03:00
infiniband.rst infiniband: add a Documentation driver-api chapter for Infiniband 2019-10-22 14:52:56 -03:00
infrastructure.rst dma-mapping: move all DMA mapping code to kernel/dma 2018-06-14 08:50:37 +02:00
input.rst
interconnect.rst docs: interconnect.rst: add it to the driver-api guide 2019-07-15 09:20:28 -03:00
ipmb.rst docs: i2c: convert to ReST and add to driver-api bookset 2019-07-31 13:25:27 -06:00
isa.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
isapnp.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
libata.rst ata: make qc_prep return ata_completion_errors 2019-11-01 08:50:51 -06:00
lightnvm-pblk.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
men-chameleon-bus.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
message-based.rst docs: Don't format internal MPT docs 2016-09-06 09:15:48 -06:00
misc_devices.rst docs-rst: core_api: move driver-specific stuff to drivers_api 2017-04-02 14:17:43 -06:00
miscellaneous.rst docs: driver-api: Remove trailing blank line 2017-08-07 14:27:45 -06:00
mtdnand.rst mtd: rawnand: Deprecate ->chip_delay 2018-10-03 11:12:25 +02:00
ntb.rst New feature to add support for NTB virtual MSI interrupts, the ability 2019-07-21 09:46:59 -07:00
nvmem.rst nvmem: core: add nvmem_device_find 2019-10-07 09:47:37 -07:00
parport-lowlevel.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
pinctl.rst docs/pinctrl: fix compile errors in example code 2019-07-29 00:20:09 +02:00
pps.rst docs: driver-api: add remaining converted dirs to it 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
pti_intel_mid.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
ptp.rst docs: driver-api: add remaining converted dirs to it 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
pwm.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
regulator.rst docs: Convert the regulator docbook to RST 2017-01-31 17:31:41 -07:00
rfkill.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
s390-drivers.rst docs: s390: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst 2019-06-11 09:48:14 +02:00
scsi.rst scsi: target: add driver-api document 2018-04-20 19:14:40 -04:00
slimbus.rst slimbus: stream: add stream support 2018-07-07 17:25:23 +02:00
sm501.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
smsc_ece1099.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
sound.rst
spi.rst docs: split up serial-interfaces.rst 2016-09-06 09:14:52 -06:00
switchtec.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
sync_file.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
target.rst docs: No structured comments in target_core_device.c 2019-05-24 15:01:30 -06:00
uio-howto.rst uio: Documentation: Add information on using uio_pdrv_genirq with DT 2019-09-04 13:42:43 +02:00
vfio-mediated-device.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
vfio.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
vme.rst docs: Update VME documentation to include kerneldoc comments 2017-03-17 15:10:49 +09:00
w1.rst There has been a fair amount of activity in the docs tree this time 2017-07-03 21:13:25 -07:00
xillybus.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
zorro.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00