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b: refs/heads/master
c: b1028c5
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

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@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
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-refs/heads/master: 4559b438225b01942e1661759db0df55883b1bc0
+refs/heads/master: b1028c545ced13590dd9a9a8086543aef26c7187

trunk/Documentation/acpi-hotkey.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+driver/acpi/hotkey.c implement:
+1. /proc/acpi/hotkey/event_config 
+(event based hotkey or event config interface):
+a. add a  event based hotkey(event) : 
+echo "0:bus::action:method:num:num" > event_config
+
+b. delete a event based hotkey(event): 
+echo "1:::::num:num" > event_config
+
+c.  modify a event based hotkey(event):    
+echo "2:bus::action:method:num:num" > event_config
+
+2. /proc/acpi/hotkey/poll_config 
+(polling based hotkey or event config interface):
+a.add a polling based hotkey(event) : 	
+echo "0:bus:method:action:method:num" > poll_config
+this adding command will create a proc file 
+/proc/acpi/hotkey/method, which is used to get 
+result of polling.
+
+b.delete a polling based hotkey(event): 	
+echo "1:::::num" > event_config
+
+c.modify a polling based hotkey(event):    
+echo "2:bus:method:action:method:num" > poll_config
+
+3./proc/acpi/hotkey/action 
+(interface to call aml method associated with a 
+specific hotkey(event))
+echo "event_num:event_type:event_argument" > 
+	/proc/acpi/hotkey/action.
+The result of the execution of this aml method is 
+attached to /proc/acpi/hotkey/poll_method, which is dynamically
+created.  Please use command "cat /proc/acpi/hotkey/polling_method" 
+to retrieve it.
+
+Note: Use cmdline "acpi_generic_hotkey" to over-ride
+platform-specific with generic driver.

trunk/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

@@ -253,6 +253,29 @@ Who:	Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
 
 ---------------------------
 
+<<<<<<< test:Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+What:	ACPI hotkey driver (CONFIG_ACPI_HOTKEY)
+When:	2.6.21
+Why:	hotkey.c was an attempt to consolidate multiple drivers that use
+	ACPI to implement hotkeys.  However, hotkeys are not documented
+	in the ACPI specification, so the drivers used undocumented
+	vendor-specific hooks and turned out to be more different than
+	the same.
+
+	Further, the keys and the features supplied by each platform
+	are different, so there will always be a need for
+	platform-specific drivers.
+
+	So the new plan is to delete hotkey.c and instead, work on the
+	platform specific drivers to try to make them look the same
+	to the user when they supply the same features.
+
+	hotkey.c has always depended on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
+
+Who:	Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
+
+---------------------------
+
 What:	/sys/firmware/acpi/namespace
 When:	2.6.21
 Why:	The ACPI namespace is effectively the symbol list for

trunk/Documentation/gpio.txt

@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ Identifying GPIOs
 -----------------
 GPIOs are identified by unsigned integers in the range 0..MAX_INT.  That
 reserves "negative" numbers for other purposes like marking signals as
-"not available on this board", or indicating faults.  Code that doesn't
-touch the underlying hardware treats these integers as opaque cookies.
+"not available on this board", or indicating faults.
 
 Platforms define how they use those integers, and usually #define symbols
 for the GPIO lines so that board-specific setup code directly corresponds
@@ -140,10 +139,10 @@ issues including wire-OR and output latencies.
 The get/set calls have no error returns because "invalid GPIO" should have
 been reported earlier in gpio_set_direction().  However, note that not all
 platforms can read the value of output pins; those that can't should always
-return zero.  Also, using these calls for GPIOs that can't safely be accessed
-without sleeping (see below) is an error.
+return zero.  Also, these calls will be ignored for GPIOs that can't safely
+be accessed wihtout sleeping (see below).
 
-Platform-specific implementations are encouraged to optimize the two
+Platform-specific implementations are encouraged to optimise the two
 calls to access the GPIO value in cases where the GPIO number (and for
 output, value) are constant.  It's normal for them to need only a couple
 of instructions in such cases (reading or writing a hardware register),
@@ -240,8 +239,7 @@ options are part of the IRQ interface, e.g. IRQF_TRIGGER_FALLING, as are
 system wakeup capabilities.
 
 Non-error values returned from irq_to_gpio() would most commonly be used
-with gpio_get_value(), for example to initialize or update driver state
-when the IRQ is edge-triggered.
+with gpio_get_value().
 
 
 
@@ -262,10 +260,9 @@ pullups (or pulldowns) so that the on-chip ones should not be used.
 There are other system-specific mechanisms that are not specified here,
 like the aforementioned options for input de-glitching and wire-OR output.
 Hardware may support reading or writing GPIOs in gangs, but that's usually
-configuration dependent:  for GPIOs sharing the same bank.  (GPIOs are
+configuration dependednt:  for GPIOs sharing the same bank.  (GPIOs are
 commonly grouped in banks of 16 or 32, with a given SOC having several such
-banks.)  Some systems can trigger IRQs from output GPIOs.  Code relying on
-such mechanisms will necessarily be nonportable.
+banks.)  Code relying on such mechanisms will necessarily be nonportable.
 
 Dynamic definition of GPIOs is not currently supported; for example, as
 a side effect of configuring an add-on board with some GPIO expanders.