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* LinuxPPS: core supportRodolfo Giometti2009-06-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds the kernel side of the PPS support currently named "LinuxPPS". PPS means "pulse per second" and a PPS source is just a device which provides a high precision signal each second so that an application can use it to adjust system clock time. Common use is the combination of the NTPD as userland program with a GPS receiver as PPS source to obtain a wallclock-time with sub-millisecond synchronisation to UTC. To obtain this goal the userland programs shoud use the PPS API specification (RFC 2783 - Pulse-Per-Second API for UNIX-like Operating Systems, Version 1.0) which in part is implemented by this patch. It provides a set of chars devices, one per PPS source, which can be used to get the time signal. The RFC's functions can be implemented by accessing to these char devices. Signed-off-by: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@googlemail.com> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* V4L/DVB (10870a): remove all references for video_decoder.hMauro Carvalho Chehab2009-03-30
| | | | | | | | | | changeset 04934e44e3784a1b969582e2d59afcec278470c6 removed the last implementation that were still using the V4L1 obsoleted header. Now, video_decoder.h is not used anymore by any driver. Let's remove it and all references for it in Kernel. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
* V4L/DVB(10738a): remove include/linux/video_encoder.hMauro Carvalho Chehab2009-03-30
| | | | | | | include/linux/video_encoder.h is not used anymore by a v4l driver. Let's remove it and its occurences. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
* documentation: update header file pathsRandy Dunlap2009-01-06
| | | | | | | | | Update several Documentation/ files and a few sub-dir files (only one change in each) to reflect changed header files locations. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* UBI: document UBI ioctlsArtem Bityutskiy2008-12-09
| | | | | | | Update the ioctl-numbers.txt file, add UBI and DVB there (because they use the same ioctl numbers). Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
* Create/use more directory structure in the Documentation/ tree.Randy Dunlap2008-11-14
| | | | | | | | | | | Create Documentation/blockdev/ sub-directory and populate it. Populate the Documentation/serial/ sub-directory. Move MSI-HOWTO.txt to Documentation/PCI/. Move ioctl-number.txt to Documentation/ioctl/. Update all relevant 00-INDEX files. Update all relevant Kconfig files and source files. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
* cdrom: update ioctl documentationMárton Németh2008-09-27
| | | | | | | | | | Correct copy-paste problem: CDROMCLOSETRAY is about closing the tray, not opening it. Signed-off-by: Márton Németh <nm127@freemail.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
* Documentation cleanup: trivial misspelling, punctuation, and grammar ↵Matt LaPlante2008-07-26
| | | | | | | | corrections. Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* IDE: Report errors during drive reset back to user spaceElias Oltmanns2008-07-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Make sure that each error condition during the execution of an HDIO_DRIVE_RESET ioctl is actually reported to the calling process. Also, unify the exit path of reset_pollfunc() when returning ide_stopped since the need of ->port_ops->reset_poll() to be treated specially has vanished (way back, it seems). Signed-off-by: Elias Oltmanns <eo@nebensachen.de> Cc: "Alan Cox" <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: "Randy Dunlap" <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
* Update documentation of HDIO_DRIVE_RESET ioctlElias Oltmanns2008-07-16
| | | | | | | | | | | Alter the entry for HDIO_DRIVE_RESET in Documentation/ioctl/hdio.txt to reflect a functional change in the driver. Besides, the entry has been inaccurate before. Signed-off-by: Elias Oltmanns <eo@nebensachen.de> Cc: "Alan Cox" <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: "Randy Dunlap" <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
* [PATCH] Document how to decode an IOCTL numberChuck Ebbert2006-12-10
| | | | | | | | Document how to decode a binary IOCTL number. Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* Fix typos in /Documentation : 'U-Z'Matt LaPlante2006-11-29
| | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. The patch addresses some +words starting with the letters 'U-Z'. Looks like I made it through the alphabet...just in time to start over again +too! Maybe I can fit more profound fixes into the next round...? Time will +tell. :) Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
* Fix "can not" in Documentation and KconfigMatt LaPlante2006-10-03
| | | | | | | | | | | Randy brought it to my attention that in proper english "can not" should always be written "cannot". I donot see any reason to argue, even if I mightnot understand why this rule exists. This patch fixes "can not" in several Documentation files as well as three Kconfigs. Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
* spelling: s/appropiate/appropriate/Adrian Bunk2006-01-14
| | | | Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
* [PATCH] Spelling fixes for Documentation/Tobias Klauser2005-09-10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The attached patch fixes the following spelling errors in Documentation/ - double "the" - Several misspellings of function/functionality - infomation - memeory - Recieved - wether and possibly others which I forgot ;-) Trailing whitespaces on the same line as the typo are also deleted. Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@nuerscht.ch> Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* Linux-2.6.12-rc2v2.6.12-rc2Linus Torvalds2005-04-16
Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history, even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about 3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good infrastructure for it. Let it rip!
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