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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2010-05-07 11:30:29 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2010-05-07 11:30:30 +0200
commitcce913178118b0b36742eb7544c2b38a0c957ee7 (patch)
tree25a6d7b4e01fea2932e6e2962a75f7a3d8c19a4f /Documentation
parentd9f599e1e6d019968b35d2dc63074b9e8964fa69 (diff)
parent4fd38e4595e2f6c9d27732c042a0e16b2753049c (diff)
Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/core
Merge reason: Resolve patch dependency Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl49
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/writing-clients5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/input/elantech.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c2
4 files changed, 26 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
index ba997577150..ff3e5bec1c2 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
@@ -107,10 +107,6 @@ void (*dev_config) (struct ata_port *, struct ata_device *);
issue of SET FEATURES - XFER MODE, and prior to operation.
</para>
<para>
- Called by ata_device_add() after ata_dev_identify() determines
- a device is present.
- </para>
- <para>
This entry may be specified as NULL in ata_port_operations.
</para>
@@ -154,8 +150,8 @@ unsigned int (*mode_filter) (struct ata_port *, struct ata_device *, unsigned in
<sect2><title>Taskfile read/write</title>
<programlisting>
-void (*tf_load) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
-void (*tf_read) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
+void (*sff_tf_load) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
+void (*sff_tf_read) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
</programlisting>
<para>
@@ -164,36 +160,35 @@ void (*tf_read) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
hardware registers / DMA buffers, to obtain the current set of
taskfile register values.
Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware (PIO or MMIO) use
- ata_tf_load() and ata_tf_read() for these hooks.
+ ata_sff_tf_load() and ata_sff_tf_read() for these hooks.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>PIO data read/write</title>
<programlisting>
-void (*data_xfer) (struct ata_device *, unsigned char *, unsigned int, int);
+void (*sff_data_xfer) (struct ata_device *, unsigned char *, unsigned int, int);
</programlisting>
<para>
All bmdma-style drivers must implement this hook. This is the low-level
operation that actually copies the data bytes during a PIO data
transfer.
-Typically the driver
-will choose one of ata_pio_data_xfer_noirq(), ata_pio_data_xfer(), or
-ata_mmio_data_xfer().
+Typically the driver will choose one of ata_sff_data_xfer_noirq(),
+ata_sff_data_xfer(), or ata_sff_data_xfer32().
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>ATA command execute</title>
<programlisting>
-void (*exec_command)(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
+void (*sff_exec_command)(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
</programlisting>
<para>
causes an ATA command, previously loaded with
->tf_load(), to be initiated in hardware.
- Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware use ata_exec_command()
+ Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware use ata_sff_exec_command()
for this hook.
</para>
@@ -218,8 +213,8 @@ command.
<sect2><title>Read specific ATA shadow registers</title>
<programlisting>
-u8 (*check_status)(struct ata_port *ap);
-u8 (*check_altstatus)(struct ata_port *ap);
+u8 (*sff_check_status)(struct ata_port *ap);
+u8 (*sff_check_altstatus)(struct ata_port *ap);
</programlisting>
<para>
@@ -227,20 +222,14 @@ u8 (*check_altstatus)(struct ata_port *ap);
hardware. On some hardware, reading the Status register has
the side effect of clearing the interrupt condition.
Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware use
- ata_check_status() for this hook.
- </para>
- <para>
- Note that because this is called from ata_device_add(), at
- least a dummy function that clears device interrupts must be
- provided for all drivers, even if the controller doesn't
- actually have a taskfile status register.
+ ata_sff_check_status() for this hook.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Select ATA device on bus</title>
<programlisting>
-void (*dev_select)(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int device);
+void (*sff_dev_select)(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int device);
</programlisting>
<para>
@@ -251,9 +240,7 @@ void (*dev_select)(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int device);
</para>
<para>
Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware use
- ata_std_dev_select() for this hook. Controllers which do not
- support second drives on a port (such as SATA contollers) will
- use ata_noop_dev_select().
+ ata_sff_dev_select() for this hook.
</para>
</sect2>
@@ -441,13 +428,13 @@ void (*irq_clear) (struct ata_port *);
to struct ata_host_set.
</para>
<para>
- Most legacy IDE drivers use ata_interrupt() for the
+ Most legacy IDE drivers use ata_sff_interrupt() for the
irq_handler hook, which scans all ports in the host_set,
determines which queued command was active (if any), and calls
- ata_host_intr(ap,qc).
+ ata_sff_host_intr(ap,qc).
</para>
<para>
- Most legacy IDE drivers use ata_bmdma_irq_clear() for the
+ Most legacy IDE drivers use ata_sff_irq_clear() for the
irq_clear() hook, which simply clears the interrupt and error
flags in the DMA status register.
</para>
@@ -496,10 +483,6 @@ void (*host_stop) (struct ata_host_set *host_set);
data from port at this time.
</para>
<para>
- Many drivers use ata_port_stop() as this hook, which frees the
- PRD table.
- </para>
- <para>
->host_stop() is called after all ->port_stop() calls
have completed. The hook must finalize hardware shutdown, release DMA
and other resources, etc.
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
index 3219ee0dbfe..5ebf5af1d71 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ structure at all. You should use this to keep device-specific data.
/* retrieve the value */
void *i2c_get_clientdata(const struct i2c_client *client);
+Note that starting with kernel 2.6.34, you don't have to set the `data' field
+to NULL in remove() or if probe() failed anymore. The i2c-core does this
+automatically on these occasions. Those are also the only times the core will
+touch this field.
+
Accessing the client
====================
diff --git a/Documentation/input/elantech.txt b/Documentation/input/elantech.txt
index a10c3b6ba7c..56941ae1f5d 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/elantech.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/elantech.txt
@@ -333,14 +333,14 @@ byte 0:
byte 1:
bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- x15 x14 x13 x12 x11 x10 x9 x8
+ . . . . . x10 x9 x8
byte 2:
bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
x7 x6 x5 x4 x4 x2 x1 x0
- x15..x0 = absolute x value (horizontal)
+ x10..x0 = absolute x value (horizontal)
byte 3:
@@ -350,14 +350,14 @@ byte 3:
byte 4:
bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- y15 y14 y13 y12 y11 y10 y8 y8
+ . . . . . . y9 y8
byte 5:
bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
y7 y6 y5 y4 y3 y2 y1 y0
- y15..y0 = absolute y value (vertical)
+ y9..y0 = absolute y value (vertical)
4.2.2 Two finger touch
diff --git a/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c b/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c
index 10abd3773e4..16feda90146 100644
--- a/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c
+++ b/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static void transfer(int fd)
};
ret = ioctl(fd, SPI_IOC_MESSAGE(1), &tr);
- if (ret == 1)
+ if (ret < 1)
pabort("can't send spi message");
for (ret = 0; ret < ARRAY_SIZE(tx); ret++) {