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authorJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2006-05-22 14:26:25 -0400
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2006-05-22 14:26:25 -0400
commit3b38f317e529d8396377dafc7d95a1451a151df5 (patch)
tree65e80799417c456bdd907b7d80182732be02e5f4 /Documentation
parent5d25ea7c0c77cbdba1b5f092d60d624e24dfa938 (diff)
parent353b28bafd1b962359a866ff263a7fad833d29a1 (diff)
Merge branch 'from-linus' into upstream
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/firmware_class/README17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_driver.c11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt3
5 files changed, 16 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware b/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware
index 15fc8fbef67e..4820366b6ae8 100644
--- a/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware
+++ b/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware
@@ -259,9 +259,9 @@ sub dibusb {
259} 259}
260 260
261sub nxt2002 { 261sub nxt2002 {
262 my $sourcefile = "Broadband4PC_4_2_11.zip"; 262 my $sourcefile = "Technisat_DVB-PC_4_4_COMPACT.zip";
263 my $url = "http://www.bbti.us/download/windows/$sourcefile"; 263 my $url = "http://www.bbti.us/download/windows/$sourcefile";
264 my $hash = "c6d2ea47a8f456d887ada0cfb718ff2a"; 264 my $hash = "476befae8c7c1bb9648954060b1eec1f";
265 my $outfile = "dvb-fe-nxt2002.fw"; 265 my $outfile = "dvb-fe-nxt2002.fw";
266 my $tmpdir = tempdir(DIR => "/tmp", CLEANUP => 1); 266 my $tmpdir = tempdir(DIR => "/tmp", CLEANUP => 1);
267 267
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ sub nxt2002 {
269 269
270 wgetfile($sourcefile, $url); 270 wgetfile($sourcefile, $url);
271 unzip($sourcefile, $tmpdir); 271 unzip($sourcefile, $tmpdir);
272 verify("$tmpdir/SkyNETU.sys", $hash); 272 verify("$tmpdir/SkyNET.sys", $hash);
273 extract("$tmpdir/SkyNETU.sys", 375832, 5908, $outfile); 273 extract("$tmpdir/SkyNET.sys", 331624, 5908, $outfile);
274 274
275 $outfile; 275 $outfile;
276} 276}
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 421bcfff6ad2..43ab119963d5 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ Who: Jody McIntyre <scjody@steamballoon.com>
57 57
58--------------------------- 58---------------------------
59 59
60What: sbp2: module parameter "force_inquiry_hack"
61When: July 2006
62Why: Superceded by parameter "workarounds". Both parameters are meant to be
63 used ad-hoc and for single devices only, i.e. not in modprobe.conf,
64 therefore the impact of this feature replacement should be low.
65Who: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
66
67---------------------------
68
60What: Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices. 69What: Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices.
61When: July 2006 70When: July 2006
62Why: V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API. during migration from 2.4 to 2.6 71Why: V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API. during migration from 2.4 to 2.6
diff --git a/Documentation/firmware_class/README b/Documentation/firmware_class/README
index 43e836c07ae8..e9cc8bb26f7d 100644
--- a/Documentation/firmware_class/README
+++ b/Documentation/firmware_class/README
@@ -105,20 +105,3 @@
105 on the setup, so I think that the choice on what firmware to make 105 on the setup, so I think that the choice on what firmware to make
106 persistent should be left to userspace. 106 persistent should be left to userspace.
107 107
108 - Why register_firmware()+__init can be useful:
109 - For boot devices needing firmware.
110 - To make the transition easier:
111 The firmware can be declared __init and register_firmware()
112 called on module_init. Then the firmware is warranted to be
113 there even if "firmware hotplug userspace" is not there yet or
114 it doesn't yet provide the needed firmware.
115 Once the firmware is widely available in userspace, it can be
116 removed from the kernel. Or made optional (CONFIG_.*_FIRMWARE).
117
118 In either case, if firmware hotplug support is there, it can move the
119 firmware out of kernel memory into the real filesystem for later
120 usage.
121
122 Note: If persistence is implemented on top of initramfs,
123 register_firmware() may not be appropriate.
124
diff --git a/Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_driver.c b/Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_driver.c
index ad3edaba4533..87feccdb5c9f 100644
--- a/Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_driver.c
+++ b/Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_driver.c
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
5 * 5 *
6 * Sample code on how to use request_firmware() from drivers. 6 * Sample code on how to use request_firmware() from drivers.
7 * 7 *
8 * Note that register_firmware() is currently useless.
9 *
10 */ 8 */
11 9
12#include <linux/module.h> 10#include <linux/module.h>
@@ -17,11 +15,6 @@
17 15
18#include "linux/firmware.h" 16#include "linux/firmware.h"
19 17
20#define WE_CAN_NEED_FIRMWARE_BEFORE_USERSPACE_IS_AVAILABLE
21#ifdef WE_CAN_NEED_FIRMWARE_BEFORE_USERSPACE_IS_AVAILABLE
22char __init inkernel_firmware[] = "let's say that this is firmware\n";
23#endif
24
25static struct device ghost_device = { 18static struct device ghost_device = {
26 .bus_id = "ghost0", 19 .bus_id = "ghost0",
27}; 20};
@@ -104,10 +97,6 @@ static void sample_probe_async(void)
104 97
105static int sample_init(void) 98static int sample_init(void)
106{ 99{
107#ifdef WE_CAN_NEED_FIRMWARE_BEFORE_USERSPACE_IS_AVAILABLE
108 register_firmware("sample_driver_fw", inkernel_firmware,
109 sizeof(inkernel_firmware));
110#endif
111 device_initialize(&ghost_device); 100 device_initialize(&ghost_device);
112 /* since there is no real hardware insertion I just call the 101 /* since there is no real hardware insertion I just call the
113 * sample probe functions here */ 102 * sample probe functions here */
diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt
index c5beb548cfc4..21ed51173662 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ timeout or margin. The simplest way to ping the watchdog is to write
36some data to the device. So a very simple watchdog daemon would look 36some data to the device. So a very simple watchdog daemon would look
37like this: 37like this:
38 38
39#include <stdlib.h>
40#include <fcntl.h>
41
39int main(int argc, const char *argv[]) { 42int main(int argc, const char *argv[]) {
40 int fd=open("/dev/watchdog",O_WRONLY); 43 int fd=open("/dev/watchdog",O_WRONLY);
41 if (fd==-1) { 44 if (fd==-1) {