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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-04-01 12:47:12 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-04-01 12:47:12 -0400 |
commit | e76e5b2c663ac74ae6a542ac20795c625e36a5cd (patch) | |
tree | 2e7271be1f3a26832f4b121839fc4044fbbf27a6 /Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | |
parent | 32527bc0e4b4fa7711ad1c923cf64ae72a7ffd9d (diff) | |
parent | eeafda70bf2807544e96fa4e52b2433cd470ff46 (diff) |
Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6
* 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6: (88 commits)
PCI: fix HT MSI mapping fix
PCI: don't enable too much HT MSI mapping
x86/PCI: make pci=lastbus=255 work when acpi is on
PCI: save and restore PCIe 2.0 registers
PCI: update fakephp for bus_id removal
PCI: fix kernel oops on bridge removal
PCI: fix conflict between SR-IOV and config space sizing
powerpc/PCI: include pci.h in powerpc MSI implementation
PCI Hotplug: schedule fakephp for feature removal
PCI Hotplug: rename legacy_fakephp to fakephp
PCI Hotplug: restore fakephp interface with complete reimplementation
PCI: Introduce /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../rescan
PCI: Introduce /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../remove
PCI: Introduce /sys/bus/pci/rescan
PCI: Introduce pci_rescan_bus()
PCI: do not enable bridges more than once
PCI: do not initialize bridges more than once
PCI: always scan child buses
PCI: pci_scan_slot() returns newly found devices
PCI: don't scan existing devices
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Fix trivial append-only conflict in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index ea7d1bdad34d..d0f354670646 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | |||
@@ -392,3 +392,35 @@ Why: The defines and typedefs (hw_interrupt_type, no_irq_type, irq_desc_t) | |||
392 | have been kept around for migration reasons. After more than two years | 392 | have been kept around for migration reasons. After more than two years |
393 | it's time to remove them finally | 393 | it's time to remove them finally |
394 | Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 394 | Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> |
395 | |||
396 | --------------------------- | ||
397 | |||
398 | What: fakephp and associated sysfs files in /sys/bus/pci/slots/ | ||
399 | When: 2011 | ||
400 | Why: In 2.6.27, the semantics of /sys/bus/pci/slots was redefined to | ||
401 | represent a machine's physical PCI slots. The change in semantics | ||
402 | had userspace implications, as the hotplug core no longer allowed | ||
403 | drivers to create multiple sysfs files per physical slot (required | ||
404 | for multi-function devices, e.g.). fakephp was seen as a developer's | ||
405 | tool only, and its interface changed. Too late, we learned that | ||
406 | there were some users of the fakephp interface. | ||
407 | |||
408 | In 2.6.30, the original fakephp interface was restored. At the same | ||
409 | time, the PCI core gained the ability that fakephp provided, namely | ||
410 | function-level hot-remove and hot-add. | ||
411 | |||
412 | Since the PCI core now provides the same functionality, exposed in: | ||
413 | |||
414 | /sys/bus/pci/rescan | ||
415 | /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../remove | ||
416 | /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../rescan | ||
417 | |||
418 | there is no functional reason to maintain fakephp as well. | ||
419 | |||
420 | We will keep the existing module so that 'modprobe fakephp' will | ||
421 | present the old /sys/bus/pci/slots/... interface for compatibility, | ||
422 | but users are urged to migrate their applications to the API above. | ||
423 | |||
424 | After a reasonable transition period, we will remove the legacy | ||
425 | fakephp interface. | ||
426 | Who: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com> | ||