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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-02-21 12:05:51 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-02-21 12:05:51 -0800
commit06991c28f37ad68e5c03777f5c3b679b56e3dac1 (patch)
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Merge tag 'driver-core-3.9-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core
Pull driver core patches from Greg Kroah-Hartman: "Here is the big driver core merge for 3.9-rc1 There are two major series here, both of which touch lots of drivers all over the kernel, and will cause you some merge conflicts: - add a new function called devm_ioremap_resource() to properly be able to check return values. - remove CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL Other than those patches, there's not much here, some minor fixes and updates" Fix up trivial conflicts * tag 'driver-core-3.9-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (221 commits) base: memory: fix soft/hard_offline_page permissions drivercore: Fix ordering between deferred_probe and exiting initcalls backlight: fix class_find_device() arguments TTY: mark tty_get_device call with the proper const values driver-core: constify data for class_find_device() firmware: Ignore abort check when no user-helper is used firmware: Reduce ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER firmware: Make user-mode helper optional firmware: Refactoring for splitting user-mode helper code Driver core: treat unregistered bus_types as having no devices watchdog: Convert to devm_ioremap_resource() thermal: Convert to devm_ioremap_resource() spi: Convert to devm_ioremap_resource() power: Convert to devm_ioremap_resource() mtd: Convert to devm_ioremap_resource() mmc: Convert to devm_ioremap_resource() mfd: Convert to devm_ioremap_resource() media: Convert to devm_ioremap_resource() iommu: Convert to devm_ioremap_resource() drm: Convert to devm_ioremap_resource() ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/DocBook')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl6
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl
index eee71426ecb8..22e0bd1adf25 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl
@@ -1185,13 +1185,6 @@ static struct block_device_operations opt_fops = {
</para>
<para>
- You may well want to make your CONFIG option only visible if
- <symbol>CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL</symbol> is enabled: this serves as a
- warning to users. There many other fancy things you can do: see
- the various <filename>Kconfig</filename> files for ideas.
- </para>
-
- <para>
In your description of the option, make sure you address both the
expert user and the user who knows nothing about your feature. Mention
incompatibilities and issues here. <emphasis> Definitely
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
index 4ee4ba3509fc..f77358f96930 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
@@ -94,10 +94,8 @@
<sect1 id="CompileKGDB">
<title>Kernel config options for kgdb</title>
<para>
- To enable <symbol>CONFIG_KGDB</symbol> you should first turn on
- "Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers"
- (CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL) in "General setup", then under the
- "Kernel debugging" select "KGDB: kernel debugger".
+ To enable <symbol>CONFIG_KGDB</symbol> you should look under
+ "Kernel debugging" and select "KGDB: kernel debugger".
</para>
<para>
While it is not a hard requirement that you have symbols in your