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author | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2006-05-22 18:26:25 (GMT) |
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committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2006-05-22 18:26:25 (GMT) |
commit | 3b38f317e529d8396377dafc7d95a1451a151df5 (patch) | |
tree | 65e80799417c456bdd907b7d80182732be02e5f4 /Documentation | |
parent | 5d25ea7c0c77cbdba1b5f092d60d624e24dfa938 (diff) | |
parent | 353b28bafd1b962359a866ff263a7fad833d29a1 (diff) | |
download | linux-fsl-qoriq-3b38f317e529d8396377dafc7d95a1451a151df5.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'from-linus' into upstream
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/firmware_class/README | 17 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_driver.c | 11 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt | 3 |
5 files changed, 16 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware b/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware index 15fc8fb..4820366 100644 --- a/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware +++ b/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware @@ -259,9 +259,9 @@ sub dibusb { } sub nxt2002 { - my $sourcefile = "Broadband4PC_4_2_11.zip"; + my $sourcefile = "Technisat_DVB-PC_4_4_COMPACT.zip"; my $url = "http://www.bbti.us/download/windows/$sourcefile"; - my $hash = "c6d2ea47a8f456d887ada0cfb718ff2a"; + my $hash = "476befae8c7c1bb9648954060b1eec1f"; my $outfile = "dvb-fe-nxt2002.fw"; my $tmpdir = tempdir(DIR => "/tmp", CLEANUP => 1); @@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ sub nxt2002 { wgetfile($sourcefile, $url); unzip($sourcefile, $tmpdir); - verify("$tmpdir/SkyNETU.sys", $hash); - extract("$tmpdir/SkyNETU.sys", 375832, 5908, $outfile); + verify("$tmpdir/SkyNET.sys", $hash); + extract("$tmpdir/SkyNET.sys", 331624, 5908, $outfile); $outfile; } diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 421bcff..43ab119 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ Who: Jody McIntyre <scjody@steamballoon.com> --------------------------- +What: sbp2: module parameter "force_inquiry_hack" +When: July 2006 +Why: Superceded by parameter "workarounds". Both parameters are meant to be + used ad-hoc and for single devices only, i.e. not in modprobe.conf, + therefore the impact of this feature replacement should be low. +Who: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> + +--------------------------- + What: Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices. When: July 2006 Why: V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API. during migration from 2.4 to 2.6 diff --git a/Documentation/firmware_class/README b/Documentation/firmware_class/README index 43e836c..e9cc8bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/firmware_class/README +++ b/Documentation/firmware_class/README @@ -105,20 +105,3 @@ on the setup, so I think that the choice on what firmware to make persistent should be left to userspace. - - Why register_firmware()+__init can be useful: - - For boot devices needing firmware. - - To make the transition easier: - The firmware can be declared __init and register_firmware() - called on module_init. Then the firmware is warranted to be - there even if "firmware hotplug userspace" is not there yet or - it doesn't yet provide the needed firmware. - Once the firmware is widely available in userspace, it can be - removed from the kernel. Or made optional (CONFIG_.*_FIRMWARE). - - In either case, if firmware hotplug support is there, it can move the - firmware out of kernel memory into the real filesystem for later - usage. - - Note: If persistence is implemented on top of initramfs, - register_firmware() may not be appropriate. - diff --git a/Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_driver.c b/Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_driver.c index ad3edab..87feccd 100644 --- a/Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_driver.c +++ b/Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_driver.c @@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ * * Sample code on how to use request_firmware() from drivers. * - * Note that register_firmware() is currently useless. - * */ #include <linux/module.h> @@ -17,11 +15,6 @@ #include "linux/firmware.h" -#define WE_CAN_NEED_FIRMWARE_BEFORE_USERSPACE_IS_AVAILABLE -#ifdef WE_CAN_NEED_FIRMWARE_BEFORE_USERSPACE_IS_AVAILABLE -char __init inkernel_firmware[] = "let's say that this is firmware\n"; -#endif - static struct device ghost_device = { .bus_id = "ghost0", }; @@ -104,10 +97,6 @@ static void sample_probe_async(void) static int sample_init(void) { -#ifdef WE_CAN_NEED_FIRMWARE_BEFORE_USERSPACE_IS_AVAILABLE - register_firmware("sample_driver_fw", inkernel_firmware, - sizeof(inkernel_firmware)); -#endif device_initialize(&ghost_device); /* since there is no real hardware insertion I just call the * sample probe functions here */ diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt index c5beb54..21ed511 100644 --- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt @@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ timeout or margin. The simplest way to ping the watchdog is to write some data to the device. So a very simple watchdog daemon would look like this: +#include <stdlib.h> +#include <fcntl.h> + int main(int argc, const char *argv[]) { int fd=open("/dev/watchdog",O_WRONLY); if (fd==-1) { |