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* dm: allow autoloading of dm modPeter Rajnoha2010-08-121-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | Add devname:mapper/control and MAPPER_CTRL_MINOR module alias to support dm-mod module autoloading. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Rajnoha <prajnoha@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
* Documentation: update broken web addresses.Justin P. Mattock2010-08-041-4/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Below you will find an updated version from the original series bunching all patches into one big patch updating broken web addresses that are located in Documentation/* Some of the addresses date as far far back as 1995 etc... so searching became a bit difficult, the best way to deal with these is to use web.archive.org to locate these addresses that are outdated. Now there are also some addresses pointing to .spec files some are located, but some(after searching on the companies site)where still no where to be found. In this case I just changed the address to the company site this way the users can contact the company and they can locate them for the users. Signed-off-by: Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weber <weber@corscience.de> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com> Cc: Paulo Marques <pmarques@grupopie.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
* driver core: add devname module aliases to allow module on-demand auto-loadingKay Sievers2010-05-251-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This adds: alias: devname:<name> to some common kernel modules, which will allow the on-demand loading of the kernel module when the device node is accessed. Ideally all these modules would be compiled-in, but distros seems too much in love with their modularization that we need to cover the common cases with this new facility. It will allow us to remove a bunch of pretty useless init scripts and modprobes from init scripts. The static device node aliases will be carried in the module itself. The program depmod will extract this information to a file in the module directory: $ cat /lib/modules/2.6.34-00650-g537b60d-dirty/modules.devname # Device nodes to trigger on-demand module loading. microcode cpu/microcode c10:184 fuse fuse c10:229 ppp_generic ppp c108:0 tun net/tun c10:200 dm_mod mapper/control c10:235 Udev will pick up the depmod created file on startup and create all the static device nodes which the kernel modules specify, so that these modules get automatically loaded when the device node is accessed: $ /sbin/udevd --debug ... static_dev_create_from_modules: mknod '/dev/cpu/microcode' c10:184 static_dev_create_from_modules: mknod '/dev/fuse' c10:229 static_dev_create_from_modules: mknod '/dev/ppp' c108:0 static_dev_create_from_modules: mknod '/dev/net/tun' c10:200 static_dev_create_from_modules: mknod '/dev/mapper/control' c10:235 udev_rules_apply_static_dev_perms: chmod '/dev/net/tun' 0666 udev_rules_apply_static_dev_perms: chmod '/dev/fuse' 0666 A few device nodes are switched to statically allocated numbers, to allow the static nodes to work. This might also useful for systems which still run a plain static /dev, which is completely unsafe to use with any dynamic minor numbers. Note: The devname aliases must be limited to the *common* and *single*instance* device nodes, like the misc devices, and never be used for conceptually limited systems like the loop devices, which should rather get fixed properly and get a control node for losetup to talk to, instead of creating a random number of device nodes in advance, regardless if they are ever used. This facility is to hide the mess distros are creating with too modualized kernels, and just to hide that these modules are not compiled-in, and not to paper-over broken concepts. Thanks! :) Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com> Cc: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> Cc: Tigran Aivazian <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk> Cc: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> Signed-Off-By: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* lanana: assign a device name and numbering for MAX3100Alan Cox2009-04-071-0/+4
| | | | | | | This is a low density serial port so needs a real major/minor Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* LANANA: Fix datesAlan Cox2009-04-061-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | As noted by Janne Grunau it would be good if the date was also right. (Web site also resynched) Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* LANANA: Change of management and resyncAlan Cox2009-04-031-63/+58
| | | | | | | | Bring the devices.txt back into some relationship with reality. Update the documentation a bit. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [SCSI] major.h: char-major number for OSD device driverBoaz Harrosh2009-03-121-0/+6
| | | | | | | | Allocate major 260 for osd. Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> CC: Torben Mathiasen <device@lanana.org> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
* USB: add USB test and measurement class driverGreg Kroah-Hartman2008-10-171-0/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This driver was originaly written by Stefan Kopp, but massively reworked by Greg for submission. Thanks to Felipe Balbi <me@felipebalbi.com> for lots of work in cleaning up this driver. Thanks to Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org> for reviewing previous versions and pointing out problems. Cc: Stefan Kopp <stefan_kopp@agilent.com> Cc: Marcel Janssen <korgull@home.nl> Cc: Felipe Balbi <me@felipebalbi.com> Cc: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* usb: auerswald: remove driver (obsolete)Wolfgang Mües2008-08-131-3/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch removes the auerswald USB driver from the linux kernel 2.6.26. This driver was included into the kernel mainly to connect to the ISDN framework. This was done in linux 2.4.x. For 2.6.x, due to the fragile and moving ISDN support, this connection was never realized, and the only use of this driver was for device configuration. In the age of DSL, the demand of ISDN support is getting very low. Meanwhile, with the advent of libusb, an userspace driver was done for the device configuration which works fine for linux and mac. (Thanks to the libusb developers!). The userspace driver is downloadable from the auerswald web site. So this driver is obsolete now and has to be removed. Many thanks to all developers which helped me to bring this driver up and working. Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Muees <wolfgang@iksw-muees.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* typo fixesMatt LaPlante2007-10-201-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | Most of these fixes were already submitted for old kernel versions, and were approved, but for some reason they never made it into the releases. Because this is a consolidation of a couple old missed patches, it touches both Kconfigs and documentation texts. Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
* Add /dev/oldmem to devices.txt documentationDave Jones2007-10-011-0/+2
| | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: <device@lanana.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] New updated devices.txt - LANANATorben Mathiasen2006-12-071-38/+64
| | | | | | | | [jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de: cleanups] Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@gmx.de> Acked-by: Torben Mathiasen <torben.mathiasen@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* Fix typos in /Documentation : MiscMatt LaPlante2006-11-301-4/+4
| | | | | | | | | This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. The patch addresses some misc words. Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
* Fix typos in Documentation/: 'N'-'P'Matt LaPlante2006-10-031-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. The patch addresses some words starting with the letters 'N'-'P'. Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
* Fix typos in Documentation/: 'D'-'E'Matt LaPlante2006-10-031-2/+2
| | | | | | | | This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. This patch addresses some words starting with the letters 'D'-'E'. Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
* USB: Add ADU support for Ontrak ADU devicesSteven Haigh2006-09-271-0/+3
| | | | | | | | | | This patch adds support for Ontrak ADU USB devices. Fixed for printk issues by Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Steven Haigh <netwiz@crc.id.au> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* [PATCH] Typo in ub clause of devices.txtPete Zaitcev2006-07-311-4/+4
| | | | | | | | | Change "Thrid" into "Third", and realign similarly to other entries. Signed-off-by: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com> Cc: <device@lanana.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] update-devices.txtJan Engelhardt2006-06-251-1/+6
| | | | | | | | | Update Documentation/devices.txt with a new version from the LANANA site http://www.lanana.org/docs/device-list/devices-2.6+.txt Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Update devices.txtJan Engelhardt2006-06-231-24/+111
| | | | | | | | | | Update Documentation/devices.txt with a new version from the LANANA site http://www.lanana.org/docs/device-list/devices-2.6+.txt Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@gmx.de> Cc: Torben Mathiasen <device@lanana.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] devices.txt: remove pktcdvd entryPeter Osterlund2006-05-151-5/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | Changing the driver to use dynamic device numbers was one of the many changes that were made in order to have the driver accepted into the mainline kernel. Therefore I would say that the entry in devices.txt is obsolete. This patch removes it. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Cc: Torben Mathiasen <device@lanana.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] USB: Delete leftovers from bluetty driverMarcel Holtmann2005-11-171-6/+6
| | | | | | | | | | This patch deletes the bluetooth.txt help file of the bluetty driver and hands over its major device nodes for character devices to the RFCOMM TTY implementation of the Bluetooth subsystem. Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kdump: Accessing dump file in linear raw format (/dev/oldmem)Vivek Goyal2005-06-251-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | Hariprasad Nellitheertha <hari@in.ibm.com> This patch contains the code that enables us to access the previous kernel's memory as /dev/oldmem. Signed-off-by: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* Linux-2.6.12-rc2Linus Torvalds2005-04-161-0/+3216
Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history, even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about 3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good infrastructure for it. Let it rip!
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