Merge branch 'devel-stable' into devel

Conflicts:
	arch/arm/Kconfig
	arch/arm/include/asm/system.h
	arch/arm/mm/Kconfig

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 1ba9d617d241..4b4b565c835f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -362,6 +362,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_unregister);
  * enumeration tasks, they don't fully conform to the Linux driver model.
  * In particular, when such drivers are built as modules, they can't be
  * "hotplugged".
+ *
+ * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
  */
 struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(const char *name,
                                                         int id,
@@ -408,6 +410,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_register_simple);
  * allocated for the device allows drivers using such devices to be
  * unloaded without waiting for the last reference to the device to be
  * dropped.
+ *
+ * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
  */
 struct platform_device *platform_device_register_data(
                 struct device *parent,
@@ -559,6 +563,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_driver_probe);
  *
  * Use this in legacy-style modules that probe hardware directly and
  * register a single platform device and corresponding platform driver.
+ *
+ * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
  */
 struct platform_device * __init_or_module platform_create_bundle(
                         struct platform_driver *driver,
@@ -1052,9 +1058,11 @@ static __initdata LIST_HEAD(early_platform_driver_list);
 static __initdata LIST_HEAD(early_platform_device_list);
 
 /**
- * early_platform_driver_register
+ * early_platform_driver_register - register early platform driver
  * @epdrv: early_platform driver structure
  * @buf: string passed from early_param()
+ *
+ * Helper function for early_platform_init() / early_platform_init_buffer()
  */
 int __init early_platform_driver_register(struct early_platform_driver *epdrv,
                                           char *buf)
@@ -1106,9 +1114,12 @@ int __init early_platform_driver_register(struct early_platform_driver *epdrv,
 }
 
 /**
- * early_platform_add_devices - add a numbers of early platform devices
+ * early_platform_add_devices - adds a number of early platform devices
  * @devs: array of early platform devices to add
  * @num: number of early platform devices in array
+ *
+ * Used by early architecture code to register early platform devices and
+ * their platform data.
  */
 void __init early_platform_add_devices(struct platform_device **devs, int num)
 {
@@ -1128,8 +1139,12 @@ void __init early_platform_add_devices(struct platform_device **devs, int num)
 }
 
 /**
- * early_platform_driver_register_all
+ * early_platform_driver_register_all - register early platform drivers
  * @class_str: string to identify early platform driver class
+ *
+ * Used by architecture code to register all early platform drivers
+ * for a certain class. If omitted then only early platform drivers
+ * with matching kernel command line class parameters will be registered.
  */
 void __init early_platform_driver_register_all(char *class_str)
 {
@@ -1151,7 +1166,7 @@ void __init early_platform_driver_register_all(char *class_str)
 }
 
 /**
- * early_platform_match
+ * early_platform_match - find early platform device matching driver
  * @epdrv: early platform driver structure
  * @id: id to match against
  */
@@ -1169,7 +1184,7 @@ early_platform_match(struct early_platform_driver *epdrv, int id)
 }
 
 /**
- * early_platform_left
+ * early_platform_left - check if early platform driver has matching devices
  * @epdrv: early platform driver structure
  * @id: return true if id or above exists
  */
@@ -1187,7 +1202,7 @@ static  __init int early_platform_left(struct early_platform_driver *epdrv,
 }
 
 /**
- * early_platform_driver_probe_id
+ * early_platform_driver_probe_id - probe drivers matching class_str and id
  * @class_str: string to identify early platform driver class
  * @id: id to match against
  * @nr_probe: number of platform devices to successfully probe before exiting
@@ -1257,10 +1272,14 @@ static int __init early_platform_driver_probe_id(char *class_str,
 }
 
 /**
- * early_platform_driver_probe
+ * early_platform_driver_probe - probe a class of registered drivers
  * @class_str: string to identify early platform driver class
  * @nr_probe: number of platform devices to successfully probe before exiting
  * @user_only: only probe user specified early platform devices
+ *
+ * Used by architecture code to probe registered early platform drivers
+ * within a certain class. For probe to happen a registered early platform
+ * device matching a registered early platform driver is needed.
  */
 int __init early_platform_driver_probe(char *class_str,
                                        int nr_probe,