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author | Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> | 2006-04-29 02:15:57 -0400 |
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committer | Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> | 2006-04-29 02:15:57 -0400 |
commit | 29f147d746326e4db5fe350c70373081d61a2965 (patch) | |
tree | 04c065ace8c62953441bc22079b93449b996f283 /Documentation | |
parent | 916a3d5729c8b710d56acf579f3fdb4de7c03e77 (diff) | |
parent | 6fb8f3acbe833586eb32598d1f844eb9f77c4fba (diff) |
Merge branch 'merge'
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/HOWTO | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/pci.txt | 12 |
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/HOWTO b/Documentation/HOWTO index 6c9e746267da..915ae8c986c6 100644 --- a/Documentation/HOWTO +++ b/Documentation/HOWTO | |||
@@ -603,7 +603,8 @@ start exactly where you are now. | |||
603 | 603 | ||
604 | 604 | ||
605 | ---------- | 605 | ---------- |
606 | Thanks to Paolo Ciarrocchi who allowed the "Development Process" section | 606 | Thanks to Paolo Ciarrocchi who allowed the "Development Process" |
607 | (http://linux.tar.bz/articles/2.6-development_process) section | ||
607 | to be based on text he had written, and to Randy Dunlap and Gerrit | 608 | to be based on text he had written, and to Randy Dunlap and Gerrit |
608 | Huizenga for some of the list of things you should and should not say. | 609 | Huizenga for some of the list of things you should and should not say. |
609 | Also thanks to Pat Mochel, Hanna Linder, Randy Dunlap, Kay Sievers, | 610 | Also thanks to Pat Mochel, Hanna Linder, Randy Dunlap, Kay Sievers, |
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt index c8bce82ddcac..89b1d196ca80 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt | |||
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ class/ | |||
246 | devices/ | 246 | devices/ |
247 | firmware/ | 247 | firmware/ |
248 | net/ | 248 | net/ |
249 | fs/ | ||
249 | 250 | ||
250 | devices/ contains a filesystem representation of the device tree. It maps | 251 | devices/ contains a filesystem representation of the device tree. It maps |
251 | directly to the internal kernel device tree, which is a hierarchy of | 252 | directly to the internal kernel device tree, which is a hierarchy of |
@@ -264,6 +265,10 @@ drivers/ contains a directory for each device driver that is loaded | |||
264 | for devices on that particular bus (this assumes that drivers do not | 265 | for devices on that particular bus (this assumes that drivers do not |
265 | span multiple bus types). | 266 | span multiple bus types). |
266 | 267 | ||
268 | fs/ contains a directory for some filesystems. Currently each | ||
269 | filesystem wanting to export attributes must create its own hierarchy | ||
270 | below fs/ (see ./fuse.txt for an example). | ||
271 | |||
267 | 272 | ||
268 | More information can driver-model specific features can be found in | 273 | More information can driver-model specific features can be found in |
269 | Documentation/driver-model/. | 274 | Documentation/driver-model/. |
diff --git a/Documentation/pci.txt b/Documentation/pci.txt index 711210b38f5f..66bbbf1d1ef6 100644 --- a/Documentation/pci.txt +++ b/Documentation/pci.txt | |||
@@ -259,7 +259,17 @@ on the bus need to be capable of doing it, so this is something which needs | |||
259 | to be handled by platform and generic code, not individual drivers. | 259 | to be handled by platform and generic code, not individual drivers. |
260 | 260 | ||
261 | 261 | ||
262 | 8. Obsolete functions | 262 | 8. Vendor and device identifications |
263 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
264 | For the future, let's avoid adding device ids to include/linux/pci_ids.h. | ||
265 | |||
266 | PCI_VENDOR_ID_xxx for vendors, and a hex constant for device ids. | ||
267 | |||
268 | Rationale: PCI_VENDOR_ID_xxx constants are re-used, but device ids are not. | ||
269 | Further, device ids are arbitrary hex numbers, normally used only in a | ||
270 | single location, the pci_device_id table. | ||
271 | |||
272 | 9. Obsolete functions | ||
263 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 273 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
264 | There are several functions which you might come across when trying to | 274 | There are several functions which you might come across when trying to |
265 | port an old driver to the new PCI interface. They are no longer present | 275 | port an old driver to the new PCI interface. They are no longer present |