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[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9bd481f85940726bf66aae5cd03c5b912ad0ae4c
+refs/heads/master: 0c168775709faa74c1b87f1e61046e0c51ade7f3

trunk/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl

@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ void (*port_disable) (struct ata_port *);
 	Called from ata_bus_probe() and ata_bus_reset() error paths,
 	as well as when unregistering from the SCSI module (rmmod, hot
 	unplug).
+	This function should do whatever needs to be done to take the
+	port out of use.  In most cases, ata_port_disable() can be used
+	as this hook.
+	</para>
+	<para>
+	Called from ata_bus_probe() on a failed probe.
+	Called from ata_bus_reset() on a failed bus reset.
+	Called from ata_scsi_release().
 	</para>
 
 	</sect2>
@@ -98,6 +106,13 @@ void (*dev_config) (struct ata_port *, struct ata_device *);
 	found.  Typically used to apply device-specific fixups prior to
 	issue of SET FEATURES - XFER MODE, and prior to operation.
 	</para>
+	<para>
+	Called by ata_device_add() after ata_dev_identify() determines
+	a device is present.
+	</para>
+	<para>
+	This entry may be specified as NULL in ata_port_operations.
+	</para>
 
 	</sect2>
 
@@ -135,6 +150,8 @@ void (*tf_read) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
 	registers / DMA buffers.  ->tf_read() is called to read the
 	hardware registers / DMA buffers, to obtain the current set of
 	taskfile register values.
+	Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware (PIO or MMIO) use
+	ata_tf_load() and ata_tf_read() for these hooks.
 	</para>
 
 	</sect2>
@@ -147,6 +164,8 @@ void (*exec_command)(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
 	<para>
 	causes an ATA command, previously loaded with
 	->tf_load(), to be initiated in hardware.
+	Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware use ata_exec_command()
+	for this hook.
 	</para>
 
 	</sect2>
@@ -161,6 +180,10 @@ Allow low-level driver to filter ATA PACKET commands, returning a status
 indicating whether or not it is OK to use DMA for the supplied PACKET
 command.
 	</para>
+	<para>
+	This hook may be specified as NULL, in which case libata will
+	assume that atapi dma can be supported.
+	</para>
 
 	</sect2>
 
@@ -175,6 +198,14 @@ u8   (*check_err)(struct ata_port *ap);
 	Reads the Status/AltStatus/Error ATA shadow register from
 	hardware.  On some hardware, reading the Status register has
 	the side effect of clearing the interrupt condition.
+	Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware use
+	ata_check_status() for this hook.
+	</para>
+	<para>
+	Note that because this is called from ata_device_add(), at
+	least a dummy function that clears device interrupts must be
+	provided for all drivers, even if the controller doesn't
+	actually have a taskfile status register.
 	</para>
 
 	</sect2>
@@ -188,7 +219,13 @@ void (*dev_select)(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int device);
 	Issues the low-level hardware command(s) that causes one of N
 	hardware devices to be considered 'selected' (active and
 	available for use) on the ATA bus.  This generally has no
-meaning on FIS-based devices.
+	meaning on FIS-based devices.
+	</para>
+	<para>
+	Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware use
+	ata_std_dev_select() for this hook.  Controllers which do not
+	support second drives on a port (such as SATA contollers) will
+	use ata_noop_dev_select().
 	</para>
 
 	</sect2>
@@ -204,6 +241,8 @@ void (*phy_reset) (struct ata_port *ap);
 	for device presence (PATA and SATA), typically a soft reset
 	(SRST) will be performed.  Drivers typically use the helper
 	functions ata_bus_reset() or sata_phy_reset() for this hook.
+	Many SATA drivers use sata_phy_reset() or call it from within
+	their own phy_reset() functions.
 	</para>
 
 	</sect2>
@@ -227,6 +266,25 @@ PCI IDE DMA Status register.
 These hooks are typically either no-ops, or simply not implemented, in
 FIS-based drivers.
 	</para>
+	<para>
+Most legacy IDE drivers use ata_bmdma_setup() for the bmdma_setup()
+hook.  ata_bmdma_setup() will write the pointer to the PRD table to
+the IDE PRD Table Address register, enable DMA in the DMA Command
+register, and call exec_command() to begin the transfer.
+	</para>
+	<para>
+Most legacy IDE drivers use ata_bmdma_start() for the bmdma_start()
+hook.  ata_bmdma_start() will write the ATA_DMA_START flag to the DMA
+Command register.
+	</para>
+	<para>
+Many legacy IDE drivers use ata_bmdma_stop() for the bmdma_stop()
+hook.  ata_bmdma_stop() clears the ATA_DMA_START flag in the DMA
+command register.
+	</para>
+	<para>
+Many legacy IDE drivers use ata_bmdma_status() as the bmdma_status() hook.
+	</para>
 
 	</sect2>
 
@@ -250,6 +308,10 @@ int (*qc_issue) (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc);
 	helper function ata_qc_issue_prot() for taskfile protocol-based
 	dispatch.  More advanced drivers implement their own ->qc_issue.
 	</para>
+	<para>
+	ata_qc_issue_prot() calls ->tf_load(), ->bmdma_setup(), and
+	->bmdma_start() as necessary to initiate a transfer.
+	</para>
 
 	</sect2>
 
@@ -279,6 +341,21 @@ void (*irq_clear) (struct ata_port *);
 	before the interrupt handler is registered, to be sure hardware
 	is quiet.
 	</para>
+	<para>
+	The second argument, dev_instance, should be cast to a pointer
+	to struct ata_host_set.
+	</para>
+	<para>
+	Most legacy IDE drivers use ata_interrupt() for the
+	irq_handler hook, which scans all ports in the host_set,
+	determines which queued command was active (if any), and calls
+	ata_host_intr(ap,qc).
+	</para>
+	<para>
+	Most legacy IDE drivers use ata_bmdma_irq_clear() for the
+	irq_clear() hook, which simply clears the interrupt and error
+	flags in the DMA status register.
+	</para>
 
 	</sect2>
 
@@ -292,6 +369,7 @@ void (*scr_write) (struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int sc_reg,
 	<para>
 	Read and write standard SATA phy registers.  Currently only used
 	if ->phy_reset hook called the sata_phy_reset() helper function.
+	sc_reg is one of SCR_STATUS, SCR_CONTROL, SCR_ERROR, or SCR_ACTIVE.
 	</para>
 
 	</sect2>
@@ -307,17 +385,29 @@ void (*host_stop) (struct ata_host_set *host_set);
 	->port_start() is called just after the data structures for each
 	port are initialized.  Typically this is used to alloc per-port
 	DMA buffers / tables / rings, enable DMA engines, and similar
-	tasks.  
+	tasks.  Some drivers also use this entry point as a chance to
+	allocate driver-private memory for ap->private_data.
+	</para>
+	<para>
+	Many drivers use ata_port_start() as this hook or call
+	it from their own port_start() hooks.  ata_port_start()
+	allocates space for a legacy IDE PRD table and returns.
 	</para>
 	<para>
 	->port_stop() is called after ->host_stop().  It's sole function
 	is to release DMA/memory resources, now that they are no longer
-	actively being used.
+	actively being used.  Many drivers also free driver-private
+	data from port at this time.
+	</para>
+	<para>
+	Many drivers use ata_port_stop() as this hook, which frees the
+	PRD table.
 	</para>
 	<para>
 	->host_stop() is called after all ->port_stop() calls
 have completed.  The hook must finalize hardware shutdown, release DMA
 and other resources, etc.
+	This hook may be specified as NULL, in which case it is not called.
 	</para>
 
 	</sect2>

trunk/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers

@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ Allocating Device Numbers
 -------------------------
 
 Major and minor numbers for block and character devices are allocated
-by the Linux assigned name and number authority (currently better
-known as H Peter Anvin). The site is http://www.lanana.org/. This
+by the Linux assigned name and number authority (currently this is
+Torben Mathiasen). The site is http://www.lanana.org/. This
 also deals with allocating numbers for devices that are not going to
 be submitted to the mainstream kernel.
+See Documentation/devices.txt for more information on this.
 
-If you don't use assigned numbers then when you device is submitted it will
-get given an assigned number even if that is different from values you may
+If you don't use assigned numbers then when your device is submitted it will
+be given an assigned number even if that is different from values you may
 have shipped to customers before.
 
 Who To Submit Drivers To
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ Linux 2.2:
 	If the code area has a general maintainer then please submit it to
 	the maintainer listed in MAINTAINERS in the kernel file. If the
 	maintainer does not respond or you cannot find the appropriate
-	maintainer then please contact Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
+	maintainer then please contact the 2.2 kernel maintainer:
+	Marc-Christian Petersen <m.c.p@wolk-project.de>.
 
 Linux 2.4:
 	The same rules apply as 2.2. The final contact point for Linux 2.4
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ What Criteria Determine Acceptance
 
 Licensing:	The code must be released to us under the
 		GNU General Public License. We don't insist on any kind
-		of exclusively GPL licensing, and if you wish the driver
+		of exclusive GPL licensing, and if you wish the driver
 		to be useful to other communities such as BSD you may well
 		wish to release under multiple licenses.
 

trunk/Documentation/SubmittingPatches

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ not in any lower subdirectory.
 
 To create a patch for a single file, it is often sufficient to do:
 
-	SRCTREE= linux-2.4
+	SRCTREE= linux-2.6
 	MYFILE=  drivers/net/mydriver.c
 
 	cd $SRCTREE
@@ -48,36 +48,39 @@ To create a patch for multiple files, you should unpack a "vanilla",
 or unmodified kernel source tree, and generate a diff against your
 own source tree.  For example:
 
-	MYSRC= /devel/linux-2.4
+	MYSRC= /devel/linux-2.6
 
-	tar xvfz linux-2.4.0-test11.tar.gz
-	mv linux linux-vanilla
-	wget http://www.moses.uklinux.net/patches/dontdiff
-	diff -uprN -X dontdiff linux-vanilla $MYSRC > /tmp/patch
-	rm -f dontdiff
+	tar xvfz linux-2.6.12.tar.gz
+	mv linux-2.6.12 linux-2.6.12-vanilla
+	diff -uprN -X linux-2.6.12-vanilla/Documentation/dontdiff \
+		linux-2.6.12-vanilla $MYSRC > /tmp/patch
 
 "dontdiff" is a list of files which are generated by the kernel during
 the build process, and should be ignored in any diff(1)-generated
-patch.  dontdiff is maintained by Tigran Aivazian <tigran@veritas.com>
+patch.  The "dontdiff" file is included in the kernel tree in
+2.6.12 and later.  For earlier kernel versions, you can get it
+from <http://www.xenotime.net/linux/doc/dontdiff>.
 
 Make sure your patch does not include any extra files which do not
 belong in a patch submission.  Make sure to review your patch -after-
 generated it with diff(1), to ensure accuracy.
 
 If your changes produce a lot of deltas, you may want to look into
 splitting them into individual patches which modify things in
-logical stages, this will facilitate easier reviewing by other
+logical stages.  This will facilitate easier reviewing by other
 kernel developers, very important if you want your patch accepted.
-There are a number of scripts which can aid in this;
+There are a number of scripts which can aid in this:
 
 Quilt:
 http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
 
 Randy Dunlap's patch scripts:
-http://developer.osdl.org/rddunlap/scripts/patching-scripts.tgz
+http://www.xenotime.net/linux/scripts/patching-scripts-002.tar.gz
 
 Andrew Morton's patch scripts:
-http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/patch-scripts-0.16
+http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/patch-scripts-0.20
+
+
 
 2) Describe your changes.
 
@@ -163,6 +166,8 @@ patches. Trivial patches must qualify for one of the following rules:
  since people copy, as long as it's trivial)
  Any fix by the author/maintainer of the file. (ie. patch monkey
  in re-transmission mode)
+URL: <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/trivial/>
+
 
 
 
@@ -291,6 +296,17 @@ now, but you can do this to mark internal company procedures or just
 point out some special detail about the sign-off. 
 
 
+
+12) More references for submitting patches
+
+Andrew Morton, "The perfect patch" (tpp).
+  <http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/tpp.txt>
+
+Jeff Garzik, "Linux kernel patch submission format."
+  <http://linux.yyz.us/patch-format.html>
+
+
+
 -----------------------------------
 SECTION 2 - HINTS, TIPS, AND TRICKS
 -----------------------------------
@@ -359,7 +375,5 @@ and 'extern __inline__'.
 4) Don't over-design.
 
 Don't try to anticipate nebulous future cases which may or may not
-be useful:  "Make it as simple as you can, and no simpler"
-
-
+be useful:  "Make it as simple as you can, and no simpler."
 

trunk/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

@@ -622,6 +622,17 @@ running once the system is up.
 	ips=		[HW,SCSI] Adaptec / IBM ServeRAID controller
 			See header of drivers/scsi/ips.c.
 
+	irqfixup	[HW]
+			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
+			for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken
+			firmware running.
+
+	irqpoll		[HW]
+			When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers
+			for it. Also check all handlers each timer
+			interrupt. Intended to get systems with badly broken
+			firmware running.
+
 	isapnp=		[ISAPNP]
 			Format: <RDP>, <reset>, <pci_scan>, <verbosity>
 
@@ -1030,6 +1041,10 @@ running once the system is up.
 		irqmask=0xMMMM		[IA-32] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be assigned
 					automatically to PCI devices. You can make the kernel
 					exclude IRQs of your ISA cards this way.
+		pirqaddr=0xAAAAA	[IA-32] Specify the physical address
+					of the PIRQ table (normally generated
+					by the BIOS) if it is outside the
+					F0000h-100000h range.
 		lastbus=N		[IA-32] Scan all buses till bus #N. Can be useful
 					if the kernel is unable to find your secondary buses
 					and you want to tell it explicitly which ones they are.

trunk/Documentation/serial/driver

@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ hardware.
 	indicate that the signal is permanently active.  If RI is
 	not available, the signal should not be indicated as active.
 
-	Locking: none.
-	Interrupts: caller dependent.
+	Locking: port->lock taken.
+	Interrupts: locally disabled.
 	This call must not sleep
 
   stop_tx(port,tty_stop)