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2006-12-02[PATCH] 2.6.18: sb1250-mac: Broadcom PHY supportMaciej W. Rozycki
This patch adds support for interrupt-driven operation of the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet PHYs. I have included device IDs for the parts used on Broadcom SiByte evaluation boards; more can be added as a need arises. They are apparently generally software-compatible with one another. Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org> patch-mips-2.6.18-20060920-broadcom-phy-15 Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-12-01Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6 * 'upstream-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6: [PATCH] Fix an offset error when reading the CS89x0 ADD_PORT register [PATCH] spidernet: poor network performance [PATCH] Spidernet: remove ETH_ZLEN check in earlier patch [PATCH] bonding: fix an oops when slave device does not provide get_stats [PATCH] drivers/net: SAA9730: Fix build error Revert "[PATCH] zd1211rw: Removed unneeded packed attributes" [PATCH] zd1211rw: Fix of a locking bug [PATCH] softmac: remove netif_tx_disable when scanning [PATCH] ieee80211: Fix kernel panic when QoS is enabled
2006-12-01Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wim/linux-2.6-watchdogLinus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wim/linux-2.6-watchdog: [WATCHDOG] MIPS RM9000 on-chip watchdog device - patch 4 [WATCHDOG] MIPS RM9000 on-chip watchdog device - patch 3 [WATCHDOG] MIPS RM9000 on-chip watchdog device - patch 2 [WATCHDOG] MIPS RM9000 on-chip watchdog device - patch 1 [WATCHDOG] MIPS RM9000 on-chip watchdog device [WATCHDOG] Add iTCO vendor specific support [WATCHDOG] sc1200wdt.c pnp unregister fix. [WATCHDOG] config.h removal [WATCHDOG] NS pc87413-wdt Watchdog driver - fixes [WATCHDOG] NS pc87413-wdt Watchdog driver v1.1 [WATCHDOG] NS pc87413-wdt Watchdog driver
2006-12-01Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev * 'upstream-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev: [PATCH] libata: add missing sht->slave_destroy [PATCH] ahci: ignore PORT_IRQ_IF_ERR on JMB controllers
2006-12-01Merge branch 'upstream' of git://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/upstream-linusLinus Torvalds
* 'upstream' of git://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/upstream-linus: (31 commits) [MIPS] Remove duplicate ISA DMA code for 0 DMA channel case. [MIPS] Remove unused definition of cpu_to_lelongp() [MIPS] Remove userspace proofing from <asm/bitops.h>. [MIPS] Remove old junk left from old atomic_lock. [MIPS] Use conditional traps for BUG_ON on MIPS II and better. [MIPS] mips HPT cleanup: make clocksource_mips public [MIPS] do_IRQ cleanup [MIPS] Avoid dupliate D-cache flush on R400C / R4400 SC and MC variants. [MIPS] Remove redundant r4k_blast_icache() calls [MIPS] Work around bogus gcc warnings. [MIPS] Fix double inclusions [MIPS] use generic_handle_irq, handle_level_irq, handle_percpu_irq [MIPS] IRQ cleanups [MIPS] mips hpt cleanup: get rid of mips_hpt_init [MIPS] PB1200: Remove duplicate definitions [MIPS] Fix alignment hole in struct cache_desc; shrink struct. [MIPS] Oprofile: kernel support for the R10000. [MIPS] Remove unused R10000 performance counter definitions. [MIPS] Add support for kexec [MIPS] Don't print presence of WAIT instruction on bootup. ...
2006-12-01Merge branch 'for-2.6.20' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/selinux-2.6 * 'for-2.6.20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/selinux-2.6: SELinux: validate kernel object classes and permissions SELinux: ensure keys constant in hashtab_search SELinux: export object class and permission definitions SELinux: remove current object class and permission validation mechanism
2006-12-01Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband: (25 commits) IB/ucm: Fix deadlock in cleanup IB/cm: Fix automatic path migration support IPoIB: Fix skb leak when freeing neighbour IB/srp: Fix memory leak on reconnect RDMA/addr: list_move() cleanups RDMA/addr: Fix some cancellation problems in process_req() RDMA/amso1100: Prevent deadlock in destroy QP IB/mthca: Fix initial SRQ logsize for mem-free HCAs IB/ehca: Use WQE offset instead of WQE addr for pending work reqs RDMA/iwcm: Fix comment for iwcm_deref_id() to match code RDMA/iwcm: Remove unnecessary function argument RDMA/iwcm: Remove unnecessary initializations RDMA/iwcm: Fix memory leak RDMA/iwcm: Fix memory corruption bug in cm_work_handler() IB: Convert kmem_cache_t -> struct kmem_cache IB/ipath: Fix typo in pma_counter_select subscript RDMA/amso1100: Fix section mismatches IB/mthca: Fix section mismatches IB/srp: Increase supported CDB size RDMA/cm: Remove setting local write as part of QP access flags ...
2006-12-01Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6: (103 commits) usbcore: remove unused argument in autosuspend USB: keep count of unsuspended children USB hub: simplify remote-wakeup handling USB: struct usb_device: change flag to bitflag OHCI: make autostop conditional on CONFIG_PM USB: Add autosuspend support to the hub driver EHCI: Fix root-hub and port suspend/resume problems USB: create a new thread for every USB device found during the probe sequence USB: add driver for the USB debug devices USB: added dynamic major number for USB endpoints USB: pegasus error path not resetting task's state USB: endianness fix for asix.c USB: build the appledisplay driver USB serial: replace kmalloc+memset with kzalloc USB: hid-core: canonical defines for Apple USB device IDs USB: idmouse cleanup USB: make drivers/usb/core/driver.c:usb_device_match() static USB: lh7a40x_udc remove double declaration USB: pxa2xx_udc recognizes ixp425 rev b0 chip usbtouchscreen: add support for DMC TSC-10/25 devices ...
2006-12-01Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/pci-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/pci-2.6: (28 commits) PCI: make arch/i386/pci/common.c:pci_bf_sort static PCI: ibmphp_pci.c: fix NULL dereference pciehp: remove unnecessary pci_disable_msi pciehp: remove unnecessary free_irq PCI: rpaphp: change device tree examination PCI: Change memory allocation for acpiphp slots i2c-i801: SMBus patch for Intel ICH9 PCI: irq: irq and pci_ids patch for Intel ICH9 PCI: pci_{enable,disable}_device() nestable ports PCI: switch pci_{enable,disable}_device() to be nestable PCI: arch/i386/kernel/pci-dma.c: ioremap balanced with iounmap pci/i386: style cleanups PCI: Block on access to temporarily unavailable pci device pci: fix __pci_register_driver error handling pci: clear osc support flags if no _OSC method acpiphp: fix missing acpiphp_glue_exit() acpiphp: fix use of list_for_each macro Altix: Initial ACPI support - ROM shadowing. Altix: SN ACPI hotplug support. Altix: Add initial ACPI IO support ...
2006-12-01Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6: (36 commits) Driver core: show drivers in /sys/module/ Documentation/driver-model/platform.txt update/rewrite Driver core: platform_driver_probe(), can save codespace driver core: Use klist_remove() in device_move() driver core: Introduce device_move(): move a device to a new parent. Driver core: make drivers/base/core.c:setup_parent() static driver core: Introduce device_find_child(). sysfs: sysfs_write_file() writes zero terminated data cpu topology: consider sysfs_create_group return value Driver core: Call platform_notify_remove later ACPI: Change ACPI to use dev_archdata instead of firmware_data Driver core: add dev_archdata to struct device Driver core: convert sound core to use struct device Driver core: change mem class_devices to be real devices Driver core: convert fb code to use struct device Driver core: convert firmware code to use struct device Driver core: convert mmc code to use struct device Driver core: convert ppdev code to use struct device Driver core: convert PPP code to use struct device Driver core: convert cpuid code to use struct device ...
2006-12-01Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6: [CIFS] Fix timezone handling on stat to os/2 [CIFS] Incorrect hardlink count when original file is cached (oplocked)
2006-12-01Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivialLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial: Fix typos in drivers/isdn/hisax/isdnl2.c Fix typos in doc and comments BUG_ON conversion for fs/aio.c BUG_ON conversion for drivers/mmc/omap.c BUG_ON conversion for drivers/media/video/pwc/pwc-if.c Fix misc .c/.h comment typos Fix misc Kconfig typos Fix typos in /Documentation : Misc Fix typos in /Documentation : 'U-Z' Fix typos in /Documentation : 'T'' Fix jiffies.h comment tabify MAINTAINERS fix spelling error in include/linux/kernel.h mqueue.h: don't include linux/types.h
2006-12-01Driver core: show drivers in /sys/module/Kay Sievers
Show the drivers, which belong to the module: $ ls -l /sys/module/usbcore/drivers/ hub -> ../../../bus/usb/drivers/hub usb -> ../../../bus/usb/drivers/usb usbfs -> ../../../bus/usb/drivers/usbfs Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01Documentation/driver-model/platform.txt update/rewriteDavid Brownell
This is almost a rewrite of the driver-model/platform.txt documentation; the previous text was obsolete (for several years), evidently it never got updated to match the change from being a PC "legacy_bus" to the more widely used core bus for most embedded systems. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01Driver core: platform_driver_probe(), can save codespaceDavid Brownell
This defines a new platform_driver_probe() method allowing the driver's probe() method, and its support code+data, to safely live in __init sections for typical system configurations. Many system-on-chip processors could benefit from this API, to the tune of recovering hundreds to thousands of bytes per driver. That's memory which is currently wasted holding code which can never be called after system startup, yet can not be removed. It can't be removed because of the linkage requirement that pointers to init section code (like, ideally, probe support) must not live in other sections (like driver method tables) after those pointers would be invalid. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01driver core: Use klist_remove() in device_move()Cornelia Huck
As pointed out by Alan Stern, device_move needs to use klist_remove which waits until removal is complete. Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Cc: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01driver core: Introduce device_move(): move a device to a new parent.Cornelia Huck
Provide a function device_move() to move a device to a new parent device. Add auxilliary functions kobject_move() and sysfs_move_dir(). kobject_move() generates a new uevent of type KOBJ_MOVE, containing the previous path (DEVPATH_OLD) in addition to the usual values. For this, a new interface kobject_uevent_env() is created that allows to add further environmental data to the uevent at the kobject layer. Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Acked-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01Driver core: make drivers/base/core.c:setup_parent() staticAdrian Bunk
This patch makes the needlessly global setup_parent() static. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01driver core: Introduce device_find_child().Cornelia Huck
Introduce device_find_child() to match device_for_each_child(). Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01sysfs: sysfs_write_file() writes zero terminated dataThomas Maier
since most of the files in sysfs are text files, it would be nice, if the "store" function called during sysfs_write_file() gets a zero terminated string / data. The current implementation seems not to ensure this. (But only if it is the first time the zeroed buffer page is allocated.) So the buffer can be scanned by sscanf() easily, for example. This patch simply sets a \0 char behind the data in buffer->page. Signed-off-by: Thomas Maier <balagi@justmail.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01cpu topology: consider sysfs_create_group return valueHeiko Carstens
Take return value of sysfs_create_group() into account. That function got called in case of CPU_ONLINE notification. Since callbacks are not allowed to fail on CPU_ONLINE notification do the sysfs group creation on CPU_UP_PREPARE notification. Also remember if creation succeeded in a bitmask. So it's possible to know whether it's legal to call sysfs_remove_group or not. In addition some other minor stuff: - since CPU_UP_PREPARE might fail add CPU_UP_CANCELED handling as well. - use hotcpu_notifier instead of register_hotcpu_notifier. - #ifdef code that isn't needed in the !CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU case. Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Acked-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01Driver core: Call platform_notify_remove laterBenjamin Herrenschmidt
Move the call to platform_notify_remove() to after the call to bus_remove_device(), where it belongs. It's bogus to notify the platform of removal while drivers are still attached to the device and possibly still operating since the platform might use this callback to tear down some resources used by the driver (ACPI bits, iommu table, ...) Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: "Brown, Len" <len.brown@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01ACPI: Change ACPI to use dev_archdata instead of firmware_dataBenjamin Herrenschmidt
Change ACPI to use dev_archdata instead of firmware_data This patch changes ACPI to use the new dev_archdata on i386, x86_64 and ia64 (is there any other arch using ACPI ?) to store it's acpi_handle. It also removes the firmware_data field from struct device as this was the only user. Only build-tested on x86 Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01Driver core: add dev_archdata to struct deviceBenjamin Herrenschmidt
Add arch specific dev_archdata to struct device Adds an arch specific struct dev_arch to struct device. This enables architecture to add specific fields to every device in the system, like DMA operation pointers, NUMA node ID, firmware specific data, etc... Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Acked-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01Driver core: convert sound core to use struct deviceGreg Kroah-Hartman
Converts from using struct "class_device" to "struct device" making everything show up properly in /sys/devices/ with symlinks from the /sys/class directory. It also makes the struct sound_card to show up as a "real" device where all the different sound class devices are placed as childs and different card attribute files can hang off of. /sys/class/sound is still a flat directory, but the symlink targets of all devices belonging to the same card, point the the /sys/devices tree below the new card device object. Thanks to Kay for the updates to this patch. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@novell.com> Acked-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01Driver core: change mem class_devices to be real devicesGreg Kroah-Hartman
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01Driver core: convert fb code to use struct deviceGreg Kroah-Hartman
Converts from using struct "class_device" to "struct device" making everything show up properly in /sys/devices/ with symlinks from the /sys/class directory. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01Driver core: convert firmware code to use struct deviceGreg Kroah-Hartman
Converts from using struct "class_device" to "struct device" making everything show up properly in /sys/devices/ with symlinks from the /sys/class directory. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01Driver core: convert mmc code to use struct deviceGreg Kroah-Hartman
Converts from using struct "class_device" to "struct device" making everything show up properly in /sys/devices/ with symlinks from the /sys/class directory. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01Driver core: convert ppdev code to use struct deviceGreg Kroah-Hartman
Converts from using struct "class_device" to "struct device" making everything show up properly in /sys/devices/ with symlinks from the /sys/class directory. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01Driver core: convert PPP code to use struct deviceGreg Kroah-Hartman
Converts from using struct "class_device" to "struct device" making everything show up properly in /sys/devices/ with symlinks from the /sys/class directory. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01Driver core: convert cpuid code to use struct deviceGreg Kroah-Hartman
Converts from using struct "class_device" to "struct device" making everything show up properly in /sys/devices/ with symlinks from the /sys/class directory. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01Driver core: convert msr code to use struct deviceGreg Kroah-Hartman
Converts from using struct "class_device" to "struct device" making everything show up properly in /sys/devices/ with symlinks from the /sys/class directory. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01I2C: convert i2c-dev to use struct device instead of struct class_deviceGreg Kroah-Hartman
As class_device is going away eventually... Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01Driver core: convert raw device code to use struct deviceGreg Kroah-Hartman
Converts from using struct "class_device" to "struct device" making everything show up properly in /sys/devices/ with symlinks from the /sys/class directory. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01Driver core: convert tty core to use struct deviceGreg Kroah-Hartman
Converts from using struct "class_device" to "struct device" making everything show up properly in /sys/devices/ with symlinks from the /sys/class directory. Also fixes up the isdn drivers that were putting something in the class device's directory. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01Driver core: change misc class_devices to be real devicesGreg Kroah-Hartman
This also ment that some of the misc drivers had to also be fixed up as they were assuming the device was a class_device. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01Driver core: convert vc code to use struct deviceGreg Kroah-Hartman
Converts from using struct "class_device" to "struct device" making everything show up properly in /sys/devices/ with symlinks from the /sys/class directory. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01Driver core: convert vt code to use struct deviceGreg Kroah-Hartman
Converts from using struct "class_device" to "struct device" making everything show up properly in /sys/devices/ with symlinks from the /sys/class directory. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED - class symlinksKay Sievers
Turn off class symlinks CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED is enabled. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED - PHYSDEV* uevent variablesKay Sievers
Disable the PHYSDEV* uevent variables if CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED is enabled. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED - device symlinksKay Sievers
Turn off device symlinks CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED is enabled. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED - bus symlinksKay Sievers
Turn off the bus symlinks if CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED is enabled Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01Driver core: make old versions of udev work properlyGreg Kroah-Hartman
If CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED is enabled, old versions of udev will work properly with devices that are associated with a class. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATEDKay Sievers
Provide a way to support older versions of udev that are shipped in older distros. If this option is disabled, it will also turn off the compatible symlinks in sysfs that older programs might rely on. When in doubt, or if running a distro older than 2006, say Yes here. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01Driver Core: Move virtual_device_parent() to core.cGreg Kroah-Hartman
It doesn't need to be global or in device.h Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01Driver core: fix "driver" symlink timingKay Sievers
Create the "driver" link before the child device may be created by the probing logic. This makes it possible for userspace (udev), to determine the driver property of the parent device, at the time the child device is created. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01Driver core: add notification of bus eventsBenjamin Herrenschmidt
I finally did as you suggested and added the notifier to the struct bus_type itself. There are still problems to be expected is something attaches to a bus type where the code can hook in different struct device sub-classes (which is imho a big bogosity but I won't even try to argue that case now) but it will solve nicely a number of issues I've had so far. That also means that clients interested in registering for such notifications have to do it before devices are added and after bus types are registered. Fortunately, most bus types that matter for the various usage scenarios I have in mind are registerd at postcore_initcall time, which means I have a really nice spot at arch_initcall time to add my notifiers. There are 4 notifications provided. Device being added (before hooked to the bus) and removed (failure of previous case or after being unhooked from the bus), along with driver being bound to a device and about to be unbound. The usage I have for these are: - The 2 first ones are used to maintain a struct device_ext that is hooked to struct device.firmware_data. This structure contains for now a pointer to the Open Firmware node related to the device (if any), the NUMA node ID (for quick access to it) and the DMA operations pointers & iommu table instance for DMA to/from this device. For bus types I own (like IBM VIO or EBUS), I just maintain that structure directly from the bus code when creating the devices. But for bus types managed by generic code like PCI or platform (actually, of_platform which is a variation of platform linked to Open Firmware device-tree), I need this notifier. - The other two ones have a completely different usage scenario. I have cases where multiple devices and their drivers depend on each other. For example, the IBM EMAC network driver needs to attach to a MAL DMA engine which is a separate device, and a PHY interface which is also a separate device. They are all of_platform_device's (well, about to be with my upcoming patches) but there is no say in what precise order the core will "probe" them and instanciate the various modules. The solution I found for that is to have the drivers for emac to use multithread_probe, and wait for a driver to be bound to the target MAL and PHY control devices (the device-tree contains reference to the MAL and PHY interface nodes, which I can then match to of_platform_devices). Right now, I've been polling, but with that notifier, I can more cleanly wait (with a timeout of course). Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01PCI: make arch/i386/pci/common.c:pci_bf_sort staticAdrian Bunk
This patch makes the needlessly global pci_bf_sort static. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Acked-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-12-01PCI: ibmphp_pci.c: fix NULL dereferenceAdrian Bunk
The correct order is: NULL check before dereference Spotted by the Coverity checker. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>