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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-proximity-as3935 | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-remoteproc | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-swap | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/proximity/as3935.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic-v3.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt | 31 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/index.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/kernel-enforcement-statement.rst | 157 |
9 files changed, 194 insertions, 42 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-proximity-as3935 b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-proximity-as3935 index 33e96f740639..147d4e8a1403 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-proximity-as3935 +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-proximity-as3935 @@ -14,3 +14,11 @@ Description: Show or set the gain boost of the amp, from 0-31 range. 18 = indoors (default) 14 = outdoors + +What /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/noise_level_tripped +Date: May 2017 +KernelVersion: 4.13 +Contact: Matt Ranostay <matt.ranostay@konsulko.com> +Description: + When 1 the noise level is over the trip level and not reporting + valid data diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-remoteproc b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-remoteproc index d188afebc8ba..c3afe9fab646 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-remoteproc +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-remoteproc @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ What: /sys/class/remoteproc/.../firmware Date: October 2016 -Contact: Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@imgtec.com> +Contact: Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@mips.com> Description: Remote processor firmware Reports the name of the firmware currently loaded to the @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Description: Remote processor firmware What: /sys/class/remoteproc/.../state Date: October 2016 -Contact: Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@imgtec.com> +Contact: Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@mips.com> Description: Remote processor state Reports the state of the remote processor, which will be one of: diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-swap b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-swap index 587db52084c7..94672016c268 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-swap +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-mm-swap @@ -14,13 +14,3 @@ Description: Enable/disable VMA based swap readahead. still used for tmpfs etc. other users. If set to false, the global swap readahead algorithm will be used for all swappable pages. - -What: /sys/kernel/mm/swap/vma_ra_max_order -Date: August 2017 -Contact: Linux memory management mailing list <linux-mm@kvack.org> -Description: The max readahead size in order for VMA based swap readahead - - VMA based swap readahead algorithm will readahead at - most 1 << max_order pages for each readahead. The - real readahead size for each readahead will be scaled - according to the estimation algorithm. diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst b/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst index 8282099e0cbf..5da10184d908 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst @@ -352,44 +352,30 @@ Read-Copy Update (RCU) ---------------------- .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcupdate.h - :external: .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcupdate_wait.h - :external: .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcutree.h - :external: .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/tree.c - :external: .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h - :external: .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h - :external: .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/update.c - :external: .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/srcu.h - :external: .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/srcutree.c - :external: .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rculist_bl.h - :external: .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rculist.h - :external: .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rculist_nulls.h - :external: .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/rcu_sync.h - :external: .. kernel-doc:: kernel/rcu/sync.c - :external: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/proximity/as3935.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/proximity/as3935.txt index 38d74314b7ab..b6c1afa6f02d 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/proximity/as3935.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/proximity/as3935.txt @@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ Optional properties: - ams,tuning-capacitor-pf: Calibration tuning capacitor stepping value 0 - 120pF. This will require using the calibration data from the manufacturer. + - ams,nflwdth: Set the noise and watchdog threshold register on + startup. This will need to set according to the noise from the + MCU board, and possibly the local environment. Refer to the + datasheet for the threshold settings. Example: @@ -27,4 +31,5 @@ as3935@0 { interrupt-parent = <&gpio1>; interrupts = <16 1>; ams,tuning-capacitor-pf = <80>; + ams,nflwdth = <0x44>; }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic-v3.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic-v3.txt index 4c29cdab0ea5..5eb108e180fa 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic-v3.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic-v3.txt @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Examples: compatible = "arm,gic-v3-its"; msi-controller; #msi-cells = <1>; - reg = <0x0 0x2c200000 0 0x200000>; + reg = <0x0 0x2c200000 0 0x20000>; }; }; @@ -124,14 +124,14 @@ Examples: compatible = "arm,gic-v3-its"; msi-controller; #msi-cells = <1>; - reg = <0x0 0x2c200000 0 0x200000>; + reg = <0x0 0x2c200000 0 0x20000>; }; gic-its@2c400000 { compatible = "arm,gic-v3-its"; msi-controller; #msi-cells = <1>; - reg = <0x0 0x2c400000 0 0x200000>; + reg = <0x0 0x2c400000 0 0x20000>; }; ppi-partitions { diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt index 329e740adea7..f6f80380dff2 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt @@ -1108,14 +1108,6 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly): ld Link target. Often, LDFLAGS_$@ is used to set specific options to ld. - objcopy - Copy binary. Uses OBJCOPYFLAGS usually specified in - arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile. - OBJCOPYFLAGS_$@ may be used to set additional options. - - gzip - Compress target. Use maximum compression to compress target. - Example: #arch/x86/boot/Makefile LDFLAGS_bootsect := -Ttext 0x0 -s --oformat binary @@ -1139,6 +1131,19 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly): resulting in the target file being recompiled for no obvious reason. + objcopy + Copy binary. Uses OBJCOPYFLAGS usually specified in + arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile. + OBJCOPYFLAGS_$@ may be used to set additional options. + + gzip + Compress target. Use maximum compression to compress target. + + Example: + #arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile + $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.gz: $(vmlinux.bin.all-y) FORCE + $(call if_changed,gzip) + dtc Create flattened device tree blob object suitable for linking into vmlinux. Device tree blobs linked into vmlinux are placed @@ -1219,7 +1224,7 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly): that may be shared between individual architectures. The recommended approach how to use a generic header file is to list the file in the Kbuild file. - See "7.3 generic-y" for further info on syntax etc. + See "7.2 generic-y" for further info on syntax etc. --- 6.11 Post-link pass @@ -1254,13 +1259,13 @@ A Kbuild file may be defined under arch/<arch>/include/uapi/asm/ and arch/<arch>/include/asm/ to list asm files coming from asm-generic. See subsequent chapter for the syntax of the Kbuild file. - --- 7.1 no-export-headers +--- 7.1 no-export-headers no-export-headers is essentially used by include/uapi/linux/Kbuild to avoid exporting specific headers (e.g. kvm.h) on architectures that do not support it. It should be avoided as much as possible. - --- 7.2 generic-y +--- 7.2 generic-y If an architecture uses a verbatim copy of a header from include/asm-generic then this is listed in the file @@ -1287,7 +1292,7 @@ See subsequent chapter for the syntax of the Kbuild file. Example: termios.h #include <asm-generic/termios.h> - --- 7.3 generated-y +--- 7.3 generated-y If an architecture generates other header files alongside generic-y wrappers, generated-y specifies them. @@ -1299,7 +1304,7 @@ See subsequent chapter for the syntax of the Kbuild file. #arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild generated-y += syscalls_32.h - --- 7.5 mandatory-y +--- 7.4 mandatory-y mandatory-y is essentially used by include/uapi/asm-generic/Kbuild.asm to define the minimum set of headers that must be exported in diff --git a/Documentation/process/index.rst b/Documentation/process/index.rst index 82fc399fcd33..61e43cc3ed17 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/index.rst @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Below are the essential guides that every developer should read. submitting-patches coding-style email-clients + kernel-enforcement-statement Other guides to the community that are of interest to most developers are: diff --git a/Documentation/process/kernel-enforcement-statement.rst b/Documentation/process/kernel-enforcement-statement.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b3170671a1df --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/process/kernel-enforcement-statement.rst @@ -0,0 +1,157 @@ +Linux Kernel Enforcement Statement +---------------------------------- + +As developers of the Linux kernel, we have a keen interest in how our software +is used and how the license for our software is enforced. Compliance with the +reciprocal sharing obligations of GPL-2.0 is critical to the long-term +sustainability of our software and community. + +Although there is a right to enforce the separate copyright interests in the +contributions made to our community, we share an interest in ensuring that +individual enforcement actions are conducted in a manner that benefits our +community and do not have an unintended negative impact on the health and +growth of our software ecosystem. In order to deter unhelpful enforcement +actions, we agree that it is in the best interests of our development +community to undertake the following commitment to users of the Linux kernel +on behalf of ourselves and any successors to our copyright interests: + + Notwithstanding the termination provisions of the GPL-2.0, we agree that + it is in the best interests of our development community to adopt the + following provisions of GPL-3.0 as additional permissions under our + license with respect to any non-defensive assertion of rights under the + license. + + However, if you cease all violation of this License, then your license + from a particular copyright holder is reinstated (a) provisionally, + unless and until the copyright holder explicitly and finally + terminates your license, and (b) permanently, if the copyright holder + fails to notify you of the violation by some reasonable means prior to + 60 days after the cessation. + + Moreover, your license from a particular copyright holder is + reinstated permanently if the copyright holder notifies you of the + violation by some reasonable means, this is the first time you have + received notice of violation of this License (for any work) from that + copyright holder, and you cure the violation prior to 30 days after + your receipt of the notice. + +Our intent in providing these assurances is to encourage more use of the +software. 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