Merge branch 'driver-core-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux…

…/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6

* 'driver-core-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6: (44 commits)
  debugfs: Silence DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS=y warning
  sysfs: remove "last sysfs file:" line from the oops messages
  drivers/base/memory.c: fix warning due to "memory hotplug: Speed up add/remove when blocks are larger than PAGES_PER_SECTION"
  memory hotplug: Speed up add/remove when blocks are larger than PAGES_PER_SECTION
  SYSFS: Fix erroneous comments for sysfs_update_group().
  driver core: remove the driver-model structures from the documentation
  driver core: Add the device driver-model structures to kerneldoc
  Translated Documentation/email-clients.txt
  RAW driver: Remove call to kobject_put().
  reboot: disable usermodehelper to prevent fs access
  efivars: prevent oops on unload when efi is not enabled
  Allow setting of number of raw devices as a module parameter
  Introduce CONFIG_GOOGLE_FIRMWARE
  driver: Google Memory Console
  driver: Google EFI SMI
  x86: Better comments for get_bios_ebda()
  x86: get_bios_ebda_length()
  misc: fix ti-st build issues
  params.c: Use new strtobool function to process boolean inputs
  debugfs: move to new strtobool
  ...

Fix up trivial conflicts in fs/debugfs/file.c due to the same patch
being applied twice, and an unrelated cleanup nearby.

Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-dmi

@@ -14,14 +14,15 @@ Description:
 
 		DMI is structured as a large table of entries, where
 		each entry has a common header indicating the type and
-		length of the entry, as well as 'handle' that is
-		supposed to be unique amongst all entries.
+		length of the entry, as well as a firmware-provided
+		'handle' that is supposed to be unique amongst all
+		entries.
 
 		Some entries are required by the specification, but many
 		others are optional.  In general though, users should
 		never expect to find a specific entry type on their
 		system unless they know for certain what their firmware
-		is doing.  Machine to machine will vary.
+		is doing.  Machine to machine experiences will vary.
 
 		Multiple entries of the same type are allowed.  In order
 		to handle these duplicate entry types, each entry is
@@ -67,25 +68,24 @@ Description:
 			  and the two terminating nul characters.
 		type	: The type of the entry.  This value is the same
 			  as found in the directory name.  It indicates
-			  how the rest of the entry should be
-			  interpreted.
+			  how the rest of the entry should be interpreted.
 		instance: The instance ordinal of the entry for the
 			  given type.  This value is the same as found
 			  in the parent directory name.
-		position: The position of the entry within the entirety
-			  of the entirety.
+		position: The ordinal position (zero-based) of the entry
+			  within the entirety of the DMI entry table.
 
 		=== Entry Specialization ===
 
 		Some entry types may have other information available in
-		sysfs.
+		sysfs.  Not all types are specialized.
 
 		--- Type 15 - System Event Log ---
 
 		This entry allows the firmware to export a log of
 		events the system has taken.  This information is
 		typically backed by nvram, but the implementation
-		details are abstracted by this table.  This entries data
+		details are abstracted by this table.  This entry's data
 		is exported in the directory:
 
 		/sys/firmware/dmi/entries/15-0/system_event_log

Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-gsmi

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+What:		/sys/firmware/gsmi
+Date:		March 2011
+Contact:	Mike Waychison <mikew@google.com>
+Description:
+		Some servers used internally at Google have firmware
+		that provides callback functionality via explicit SMI
+		triggers.  Some of the callbacks are similar to those
+		provided by the EFI runtime services page, but due to
+		historical reasons this different entry-point has been
+		used.
+
+		The gsmi driver implements the kernel's abstraction for
+		these firmware callbacks.  Currently, this functionality
+		is limited to handling the system event log and getting
+		access to EFI-style variables stored in nvram.
+
+		Layout:
+
+		/sys/firmware/gsmi/vars:
+
+			This directory has the same layout (and
+			underlying implementation as /sys/firmware/efi/vars.
+			See Documentation/ABI/*/sysfs-firmware-efi-vars
+			for more information on how to interact with
+			this structure.
+
+		/sys/firmware/gsmi/append_to_eventlog - write-only:
+
+			This file takes a binary blob and passes it onto
+			the firmware to be timestamped and appended to
+			the system eventlog.  The binary format is
+			interpreted by the firmware and may change from
+			platform to platform.  The only kernel-enforced
+			requirement is that the blob be prefixed with a
+			32bit host-endian type used as part of the
+			firmware call.
+
+		/sys/firmware/gsmi/clear_config - write-only:
+
+			Writing any value to this file will cause the
+			entire firmware configuration to be reset to
+			"factory defaults".  Callers should assume that
+			a reboot is required for the configuration to be
+			cleared.
+
+		/sys/firmware/gsmi/clear_eventlog - write-only:
+
+			This file is used to clear out a portion/the
+			whole of the system event log.  Values written
+			should be values between 1 and 100 inclusive (in
+			ASCII) representing the fraction of the log to
+			clear.  Not all platforms support fractional
+			clearing though, and this writes to this file
+			will error out if the firmware doesn't like your
+			submitted fraction.
+
+			Callers should assume that a reboot is needed
+			for this operation to complete.

Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-log

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+What:		/sys/firmware/log
+Date:		February 2011
+Contact:	Mike Waychison <mikew@google.com>
+Description:
+		The /sys/firmware/log is a binary file that represents a
+		read-only copy of the firmware's log if one is
+		available.

Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fscaps

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+What:		/sys/kernel/fscaps
+Date:		February 2011
+KernelVersion:	2.6.38
+Contact:	Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@suse.de>
+Description
+		Shows whether file system capabilities are honored
+		when executing a binary
+

Documentation/DocBook/device-drivers.tmpl

@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ X!Iinclude/linux/kobject.h
 
   <chapter id="devdrivers">
      <title>Device drivers infrastructure</title>
+     <sect1><title>The Basic Device Driver-Model Structures </title>
+!Iinclude/linux/device.h
+     </sect1>
      <sect1><title>Device Drivers Base</title>
-<!--
-X!Iinclude/linux/device.h
--->
 !Edrivers/base/driver.c
 !Edrivers/base/core.c
 !Edrivers/base/class.c

Documentation/driver-model/bus.txt

@@ -3,24 +3,7 @@ Bus Types
 
 Definition
 ~~~~~~~~~~
-
-struct bus_type {
-	char			* name;
-
-	struct subsystem	subsys;
-	struct kset		drivers;
-	struct kset		devices;
-
-	struct bus_attribute	* bus_attrs;
-	struct device_attribute	* dev_attrs;
-	struct driver_attribute	* drv_attrs;
-
-	int		(*match)(struct device * dev, struct device_driver * drv);
-	int		(*hotplug) (struct device *dev, char **envp, 
-				    int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size);
-	int		(*suspend)(struct device * dev, pm_message_t state);
-	int		(*resume)(struct device * dev);
-};
+See the kerneldoc for the struct bus_type.
 
 int bus_register(struct bus_type * bus);
 

Documentation/driver-model/class.txt

@@ -27,22 +27,7 @@ The device class structure looks like:
 typedef int (*devclass_add)(struct device *);
 typedef void (*devclass_remove)(struct device *);
 
-struct device_class {
-	char			* name;
-	rwlock_t		lock;
-	u32			devnum;
-	struct list_head	node;
-
-	struct list_head	drivers;
-	struct list_head	intf_list;
-
-	struct driver_dir_entry	dir;
-	struct driver_dir_entry	device_dir;
-	struct driver_dir_entry	driver_dir;
-
-	devclass_add		add_device;
-	devclass_remove		remove_device;
-};
+See the kerneldoc for the struct class.
 
 A typical device class definition would look like: 
 

Documentation/driver-model/device.txt

@@ -2,96 +2,7 @@
 The Basic Device Structure
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-struct device {
-        struct list_head g_list;
-        struct list_head node;
-        struct list_head bus_list;
-        struct list_head driver_list;
-        struct list_head intf_list;
-        struct list_head children;
-        struct device   * parent;
-
-        char    name[DEVICE_NAME_SIZE];
-        char    bus_id[BUS_ID_SIZE];
-
-        spinlock_t      lock;
-        atomic_t        refcount;
-
-        struct bus_type * bus;
-        struct driver_dir_entry dir;
-
-	u32		class_num;
-
-        struct device_driver *driver;
-        void            *driver_data;
-        void            *platform_data;
-
-        u32             current_state;
-        unsigned char *saved_state;
-
-        void    (*release)(struct device * dev);
-};
-
-Fields 
-~~~~~~
-g_list:	Node in the global device list.
-
-node:	Node in device's parent's children list.
-
-bus_list: Node in device's bus's devices list.
-
-driver_list:   Node in device's driver's devices list.
-
-intf_list:     List of intf_data. There is one structure allocated for
-	       each interface that the device supports.
-
-children:      List of child devices.
-
-parent:        *** FIXME ***
-
-name:	       ASCII description of device. 
-	       Example: " 3Com Corporation 3c905 100BaseTX [Boomerang]"
-
-bus_id:	       ASCII representation of device's bus position. This 
-	       field should be a name unique across all devices on the
-	       bus type the device belongs to. 
-
-	       Example: PCI bus_ids are in the form of
-	       <bus number>:<slot number>.<function number> 
-	       This name is unique across all PCI devices in the system.
-
-lock:	       Spinlock for the device. 
-
-refcount:      Reference count on the device.
-
-bus:	       Pointer to struct bus_type that device belongs to.
-
-dir:	       Device's sysfs directory.
-
-class_num:     Class-enumerated value of the device.
-
-driver:	       Pointer to struct device_driver that controls the device.
-
-driver_data:   Driver-specific data.
-
-platform_data: Platform data specific to the device.
-
-	       Example:  for devices on custom boards, as typical of embedded
-	       and SOC based hardware, Linux often uses platform_data to point
-	       to board-specific structures describing devices and how they
-	       are wired.  That can include what ports are available, chip
-	       variants, which GPIO pins act in what additional roles, and so
-	       on.  This shrinks the "Board Support Packages" (BSPs) and
-	       minimizes board-specific #ifdefs in drivers.
-
-current_state: Current power state of the device.
-
-saved_state:   Pointer to saved state of the device. This is usable by
-	       the device driver controlling the device.
-
-release:       Callback to free the device after all references have 
-	       gone away. This should be set by the allocator of the 
-	       device (i.e. the bus driver that discovered the device).
+See the kerneldoc for the struct device.
 
 
 Programming Interface

Documentation/driver-model/driver.txt

@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 
 Device Drivers
 
-struct device_driver {
-        char                    * name;
-        struct bus_type         * bus;
-
-        struct completion	unloaded;
-        struct kobject		kobj;
-        list_t                  devices;
-
-        struct module		*owner;
-
-        int     (*probe)        (struct device * dev);
-        int     (*remove)       (struct device * dev);
-
-        int     (*suspend)      (struct device * dev, pm_message_t state);
-        int     (*resume)       (struct device * dev);
-};
-
+See the kerneldoc for the struct device_driver.
 
 
 Allocation