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* ipmi: change device node ordering to reflect probe orderCarol Hebert2008-04-04
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In 2.6.14 a patch was merged which switching the order of the ipmi device naming from in-order-of-discovery over to reverse-order-of-discovery. So on systems with multiple BMC interfaces, the ipmi device names are being created in reverse order relative to how they are discovered on the system (e.g. on an IBM x3950 multinode server with N nodes, the device name for the BMC in the first node is /dev/ipmiN-1 and the device name for the BMC in the last node is /dev/ipmi0, etc.). The problem is caused by the list handling routines chosen in dmi_scan.c. Using list_add() causes the multiple ipmi devices to be added to the device list using a stack-paradigm and so the ipmi driver subsequently pulls them off during initialization in LIFO order. This patch changes the dmi_save_ipmi_device() list handling paradigm to a queue, thereby allowing the ipmi driver to build the ipmi device names in the order in which they are found on the system. Signed-off-by: Carol Hebert <cah@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* dmi: prevent linked list corruptionJean Delvare2008-02-23
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Adding the same item to a given linked list more than once is guaranteed to break and corrupt the list. This is however what we do in dmi_scan since commit 79da4721117fcf188b4b007b775738a530f574da ("x86: fix DMI out of memory problems"). Given that there is absolutely no interest in saving empty OEM strings anyway, I propose the simple and efficient fix below: we discard the empty OEM strings altogether. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Acked-by: Parag Warudkar <parag.warudkar@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* dmi: don't save the same device twiceJean Delvare2008-02-23
| | | | | | | | | | | | Now that we gather on-board devices from both DMI types 10 and 41, there is a possibility that we list the same device twice. In order to not confuse drivers, and also to save memory, make sure that we do not add duplicate devices to the dmi_devices list. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* SMBIOS/DMI: add type 41 = Onboard Devices Extended InformationWim Van Sebroeck2008-02-08
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | From version 2.6 of the SMBIOS standard, type 10 (On Board Devices Information) becomes obsolete. The reason for this is that no further fields can be added to this structure without adversely affecting existing software's ability to properly parse the data. Therefore type 41 (Onboard Devices Extended Information) was added. The structure is as follows: struct smbios_type_41 { u8 type; u8 length; u16 handle; u8 reference_designation_string; u8 device_type; /* same device type as in type 10 */ u8 device_type_instance; u16 segment_group_number; u8 bus_number; u8 device_function_number; }; For more info: http://www.dmtf.org/standards/smbios Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be> Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Cc: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* dmi: Let drivers walk the DMI tableJean Delvare2008-02-07
| | | | | | | | Let drivers walk the DMI table for their own needs. Some drivers need data stored in OEM-specific DMI records for proper operation. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
* Merge branches 'release' and 'dmi' into releaseLen Brown2008-02-07
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| * DMI: remove duplicate helper routineLen Brown2008-02-03
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Use existing dmi_get_system_info(), Delete duplicate dmi_get_slot() Spotted-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
* | dcdbas: add DMI-based module autloadingMatt Domsch2008-02-06
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DMI autoload dcdbas on all Dell systems. This looks for BIOS Vendor or System Vendor == Dell, so this should work for systems both Dell-branded and those Dell builds but brands for others. It causes udev to load the dcdbas module at startup, which is used by tools called by HAL for wireless control and backlight control, among other uses. Thanks to Kay Sievers for figuring out how to do this with a single alias. Signed-off-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | Remove inclusions of <linux/autoconf.h>Ralf Baechle2008-02-06
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Nothing should ever include this file. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Acked-by: "Mike Frysinger" <vapier.adi@gmail.com> Acked-by: "Bryan Wu" <cooloney.lkml@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | drivers/firmware/: Spelling fixesJoe Perches2008-02-03
|/ | | | | Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
* x86: left over fix for leak of early_ioremp in dmi_scanYinghai Lu2008-01-30
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@sun.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
* x86: fix DMI ioremap leakIngo Molnar2008-01-30
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
* x86: fix DMI out of memory problemsParag Warudkar2008-01-30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | People with HP Desktops (including me) encounter couple of DMI errors during boot - dmi_save_oem_strings_devices: out of memory and dmi_string: out of memory. On some HP desktops the DMI data include OEM strings (type 11) out of which only few are meaningful and most other are empty. DMI code religiously creates copies of these 27 strings (65 bytes each in my case) and goes OOM in dmi_string(). If DMI_MAX_DATA is bumped up a little then it goes and fails in dmi_save_oem_strings while allocating dmi_devices of sizeof(struct dmi_device) corresponding to these strings. On x86_64 since we cannot use alloc_bootmem this early, the code uses a static array of 2048 bytes (DMI_MAX_DATA) for allocating the memory DMI needs. It does not survive the creation of empty strings and devices. Fix this by detecting and not newly allocating empty strings and instead using a one statically defined dmi_empty_string. Also do not create a new struct dmi_device for each empty string - use one statically define dmi_device with .name=dmi_empty_string and add that to the dmi_devices list. On x64 this should stop the OOM with same current size of DMI_MAX_DATA and on x86 this should save a good amount of (27*65 bytes + 27*sizeof(struct dmi_device) bootmem. Compile and boot tested on both 32-bit and 64-bit x86. Signed-off-by: Parag Warudkar <parag.warudkar@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
* Kobject: convert drivers/* from kobject_unregister() to kobject_put()Greg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-24
| | | | | | | | | | | There is no need for kobject_unregister() anymore, thanks to Kay's kobject cleanup changes, so replace all instances of it with kobject_put(). Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Kobject: change drivers/firmware/efivars.c to use kobject_init_and_addGreg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-24
| | | | | | | | | | Stop using kobject_register, as this way we can control the sending of the uevent properly, after everything is properly initialized. Cc: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Kobject: change drivers/firmware/edd.c to use kobject_init_and_addGreg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-24
| | | | | | | | | | Stop using kobject_register, as this way we can control the sending of the uevent properly, after everything is properly initialized. Cc: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* kobject: convert efivars to use kobject_createGreg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-24
| | | | | | | | | | Using a kset for this simple directory is an overkill. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Cc: Matt Tolentino <matthew.e.tolentino@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* firmware: change firmware_kset to firmware_kobjGreg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-24
| | | | | | | | | | | | There is no firmware "subsystem" it's just a directory in /sys that other portions of the kernel want to hook into. So make it a kobject not a kset to help alivate anyone who tries to do some odd kset-like things with this. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* kset: convert edd to use kset_createGreg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-24
| | | | | | | | | Dynamically create the kset instead of declaring it statically. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* kset: convert efivars to use kset_create for the vars sub-subsystem.Greg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-24
| | | | | | | | | | Dynamically create the kset instead of declaring it statically. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Cc: Matt Tolentino <matthew.e.tolentino@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* kset: convert efivars to use kset_create for the efi subsystem.Greg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-24
| | | | | | | | | | Dynamically create the kset instead of declaring it statically. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Cc: Matt Tolentino <matthew.e.tolentino@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* kobject: convert efivars to kobj_attr interfaceGreg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-24
| | | | | | | | | | | This cleans up a lot of code and gets rid of a unneeded macro, and gets us one step closer to deleting the deprecated subsys_attr code. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Cc: Matt Tolentino <matthew.e.tolentino@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* efivars: make new_var and del_var binary sysfs filesGreg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-24
| | | | | | | | | | | These files should not be "normal" sysfs files as they really are binary ones. This patch makes them binary files and saves code in doing so. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Tested-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Cc: Matt Tolentino <matthew.e.tolentino@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* kobject: remove struct kobj_type from struct ksetGreg Kroah-Hartman2008-01-24
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We don't need a "default" ktype for a kset. We should set this explicitly every time for each kset. This change is needed so that we can make ksets dynamic, and cleans up one of the odd, undocumented assumption that the kset/kobject/ktype model has. This patch is based on a lot of help from Kay Sievers. Nasty bug in the block code was found by Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* DMI: create dmi_get_slot()Len Brown2008-01-23
| | | | | | | This simply allows other sub-systems (such as ACPI) to access and print out slots in static dmi_ident[]. Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
* DMI: move dmi_available declaration to linux/dmi.hLen Brown2008-01-23
| | | | Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
* dmi-id: fix for __you_cannot_kmalloc_that_much failureJean Delvare2008-01-08
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | gcc 3.2 has a hard time coping with the code in dmi_id_init(): drivers/built-in.o(.init.text+0x789e): In function `dmi_id_init': : undefined reference to `__you_cannot_kmalloc_that_much' make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1 Moving half of the code to a separate function seems to help. This is a no-op for gcc 4.1 which will successfully inline the code anyway. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@linux.ie> Tested-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* define global BIT macroJiri Slaby2007-10-19
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | define global BIT macro move all local BIT defines to the new globally define macro. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Kumar Gala <galak@gate.crashing.org> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com> Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@pol.net> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Cc: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* get rid of input BIT* duplicate definesJiri Slaby2007-10-19
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | get rid of input BIT* duplicate defines use newly global defined macros for input layer. Also remove includes of input.h from non-input sources only for BIT macro definiton. Define the macro temporarily in local manner, all those local definitons will be removed further in this patchset (to not break bisecting). BIT macro will be globally defined (1<<x) Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> Cc: <dtor@mail.ru> Acked-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> Cc: <lenb@kernel.org> Acked-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> Cc: <perex@suse.cz> Acked-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> Cc: <vernux@us.ibm.com> Cc: <malattia@linux.it> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Driver core: rename ktype_edd and ktype_efivarGreg Kroah-Hartman2007-10-12
| | | | | | | | | | | This makes it a bit more sane when trying to figure out how to clean up the ktype mess. Based on a larger patch from Kay Sievers Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* dmi-id: Possible cleanupJean Delvare2007-10-12
| | | | | | | | | | The DEFINE_DMI_ATTR macro has a single user left so we can expand it for slightly shorter/simpler code. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Acked-by: Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@0pointer.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* dmi-id: Use dynamic sysfs attributesJean Delvare2007-10-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | We can use sysfs attributes with an extra parameter for dmi id attributes. This makes it possible to use the same callback function for all attributes, reducing the binary size significantly (-18% on x86_64.) Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Acked-by: Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@0pointer.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* Driver core: change add_uevent_var to use a structKay Sievers2007-10-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This changes the uevent buffer functions to use a struct instead of a long list of parameters. It does no longer require the caller to do the proper buffer termination and size accounting, which is currently wrong in some places. It fixes a known bug where parts of the uevent environment are overwritten because of wrong index calculations. Many thanks to Mathieu Desnoyers for finding bugs and improving the error handling. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* drivers/firmware: const-ify DMI API and internalsJeff Garzik2007-10-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Three main sets of changes: 1) dmi_get_system_info() return value should have been marked const, since callers should not be changing that data. 2) const-ify DMI internals, since DMI firmware tables should, whenever possible, be marked const to ensure we never ever write to that data area. 3) const-ify DMI API, to enable marking tables const where possible in low-level drivers. And if we're really lucky, this might enable some additional optimizations on the part of the compiler. The bulk of the changes are #2 and #3, which are interrelated. #1 could have been a separate patch, but it was so small compared to the others, it was easier to roll it into this changeset. Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
* edd: switch to pci_get based APIAlan Cox2007-07-16
| | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Cc: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* serial: convert early_uart to earlycon for 8250Yinghai Lu2007-07-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Beacuse SERIAL_PORT_DFNS is removed from include/asm-i386/serial.h and include/asm-x86_64/serial.h. the serial8250_ports need to be probed late in serial initializing stage. the console_init=>serial8250_console_init=> register_console=>serial8250_console_setup will return -ENDEV, and console ttyS0 can not be enabled at that time. need to wait till uart_add_one_port in drivers/serial/serial_core.c to call register_console to get console ttyS0. that is too late. Make early_uart to use early_param, so uart console can be used earlier. Make it to be bootconsole with CON_BOOT flag, so can use console handover feature. and it will switch to corresponding normal serial console automatically. new command line will be: console=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8 console=uart8250,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8 or earlycon=uart8250,io,0x3f8,9600n8 earlycon=uart8250,mmio,0xff5e0000,115200n8 it will print in very early stage: Early serial console at I/O port 0x3f8 (options '9600n8') console [uart0] enabled later for console it will print: console handover: boot [uart0] -> real [ttyS0] Signed-off-by: <yinghai.lu@sun.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* sysfs: add parameter "struct bin_attribute *" in .read/.write methods for ↵Zhang Rui2007-07-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | sysfs binary attributes Well, first of all, I don't want to change so many files either. What I do: Adding a new parameter "struct bin_attribute *" in the .read/.write methods for the sysfs binary attributes. In fact, only the four lines change in fs/sysfs/bin.c and include/linux/sysfs.h do the real work. But I have to update all the files that use binary attributes to make them compatible with the new .read and .write methods. I'm not sure if I missed any. :( Why I do this: For a sysfs attribute, we can get a pointer pointing to the struct attribute in the .show/.store method, while we can't do this for the binary attributes. I don't know why this is different, but this does make it not so handy to use the binary attributes as the regular ones. So I think this patch is reasonable. :) Who benefits from it: The patch that exposes ACPI tables in sysfs requires such an improvement. All the table binary attributes share the same .read method. Parameter "struct bin_attribute *" is used to get the table signature and instance number which are used to distinguish different ACPI table binary attributes. Without this parameter, we need to offer different .read methods for different ACPI table binary attributes. This is impossible as there are various ACPI tables on different platforms, and we don't know what they are until they are loaded. Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* sysfs: kill unnecessary attribute->ownerTejun Heo2007-07-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | sysfs is now completely out of driver/module lifetime game. After deletion, a sysfs node doesn't access anything outside sysfs proper, so there's no reason to hold onto the attribute owners. Note that often the wrong modules were accounted for as owners leading to accessing removed modules. This patch kills now unnecessary attribute->owner. Note that with this change, userland holding a sysfs node does not prevent the backing module from being unloaded. For more info regarding lifetime rule cleanup, please read the following message. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/510293 (tweaked by Greg to not delete the field just yet, to make it easier to merge things properly.) Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* DMI-based module autoloadingLennart Poettering2007-07-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The patch below adds DMI/SMBIOS based module autoloading to the Linux kernel. The idea is to load laptop drivers automatically (and other drivers which cannot be autoloaded otherwise), based on the DMI system identification information of the BIOS. Right now most distros manually try to load all available laptop drivers on bootup in the hope that at least one of them loads successfully. This patch does away with all that, and uses udev to automatically load matching drivers on the right machines. Basically the patch just exports the DMI information that has been parsed by the kernel anyway to userspace via a sysfs device /sys/class/dmi/id and makes sure that proper modalias attributes are available. Besides adding the "modalias" attribute it also adds attributes for a few other DMI fields which might be useful for writing udev rules. This patch is not an attempt to export the entire DMI/SMBIOS data to userspace. We already have "dmidecode" which parses the complete DMI info from userspace. The purpose of this patch is machine model identification and good udev integration. To take advantage of DMI based module autoloading, a driver should export one or more MODULE_ALIAS fields similar to these: MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:svnMICRO-STARINT'LCO.,LTD:pnMS-1013:pvr0131*:cvnMICRO-STARINT'LCO.,LTD:ct10:*"); MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:svnMicro-StarInternational:pnMS-1058:pvr0581:rvnMSI:rnMS-1058:*:ct10:*"); MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:svnMicro-StarInternational:pnMS-1412:*:rvnMSI:rnMS-1412:*:cvnMICRO-STARINT'LCO.,LTD:ct10:*"); MODULE_ALIAS("dmi:*:svnNOTEBOOK:pnSAM2000:pvr0131*:cvnMICRO-STARINT'LCO.,LTD:ct10:*"); These lines are specific to my msi-laptop.c driver. They are basically just a concatenation of a few carefully selected DMI fields with all potentially bad characters stripped. Besides laptop drivers, modules like "hdaps", the i2c modules and the hwmon modules are good candidates for "dmi:" MODULE_ALIAS lines. Besides merely exporting the DMI data via sysfs the patch adds support for a few more DMI fields. Especially the CHASSIS fields are very useful to identify different laptop modules. The patch also adds working MODULE_ALIAS lines to my msi-laptop.c driver. I'd like to thank Kay Sievers for helping me to clean up this patch for posting it on lkml. Patch is against Linus' current GIT HEAD. Should probably apply to older kernels as well without modification. Signed-off-by: Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@0pointer.de> Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* remove "struct subsystem" as it is no longer neededGreg Kroah-Hartman2007-05-02
| | | | | | | | | | | We need to work on cleaning up the relationship between kobjects, ksets and ktypes. The removal of 'struct subsystem' is the first step of this, especially as it is not really needed at all. Thanks to Kay for fixing the bugs in this patch. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* [PATCH] docbook: add edd firmware interfacesRandy Dunlap2007-02-11
| | | | | | | | | | | Cleanup kernel-doc notation in drivers/firmware/edd.c. Add edd.c to DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Acked-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* ACPICA: Remove duplicate table definitions (non-conflicting), contAlexey Starikovskiy2007-02-02
| | | | Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
* [PATCH] Fix race in efi variable delete codeMatt Domsch2007-01-26
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fix race when deleting an EFI variable and issuing another EFI command on the same variable. The removal of the variable from the efivars_list should be done in efivar_delete and not delayed until the kobject release. Furthermore, remove the item from the list at module unload time, and use list_for_each_entry_safe() rather than list_for_each_safe() for readability. Tested on ia64. Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] dell_rbu: fix error checkAkinobu Mita2006-11-16
| | | | | | | | | | | platform_device_register_simple() returns error code as pointer when it fails. The return value should be checked by IS_ERR(). Cc: Abhay Salunke <abhay_salunke@dell.com> Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com> Cc: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] i386: Disable nmi watchdog on all ThinkPadsAndi Kleen2006-10-21
| | | | | | | Even newer Thinkpads have bugs in SMM code that causes hangs with NMI watchdog. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
* [PATCH] firmware/dcdbas: add size check in smi_data_writeDoug Warzecha2006-10-20
| | | | | | | | | Add a size check in smi_data_write to prevent possible wrapping problems with large pos values when calling smi_data_buf_realloc on 32-bit. Signed-off-by: Doug Warzecha <Douglas_Warzecha@dell.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] firmware/efivars: handle errorJeff Garzik2006-10-11
| | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Acked-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] firmware/dell_rbu: handle sysfs errorsJeff Garzik2006-10-11
| | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Cc: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] dell_rbu: printk() warning fixAndrew Morton2006-10-11
| | | | | | | | | drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c: In function 'packetize_data': drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c:252: warning: format '%lu' expects type 'long unsigned int', but argument 3 has type 'int' Cc: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] firmware/dcdbas: fix bug in error cleanupJeff Garzik2006-10-10
| | | | | | | | | The error path path mistakenly called sysfs_create_group() rather than sysfs_remove_group(). They take the same arguments, so it's easy to cut-n-paste such a bug. Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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