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Here is the large set of char/misc driver patches for 5.8-rc1 Included in here are: - habanalabs driver updates, loads - mhi bus driver updates - extcon driver updates - clk driver updates (approved by the clock maintainer) - firmware driver updates - fpga driver updates - gnss driver updates - coresight driver updates - interconnect driver updates - parport driver updates (it's still alive!) - nvmem driver updates - soundwire driver updates - visorbus driver updates - w1 driver updates - various misc driver updates In short, loads of different driver subsystem updates along with the drivers as well. All have been in linux-next for a while with no reported issues. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iG0EABECAC0WIQT0tgzFv3jCIUoxPcsxR9QN2y37KQUCXtzkHw8cZ3JlZ0Brcm9h aC5jb20ACgkQMUfUDdst+yldOwCgus/DgpnI1UL4z+NdBxJrAXtkPmgAn2sgTUea i5RblCmcVMqvHaGtYkY+ =tScN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Merge tag 'char-misc-5.8-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc Pull char/misc driver updates from Greg KH: "Here is the large set of char/misc driver patches for 5.8-rc1 Included in here are: - habanalabs driver updates, loads - mhi bus driver updates - extcon driver updates - clk driver updates (approved by the clock maintainer) - firmware driver updates - fpga driver updates - gnss driver updates - coresight driver updates - interconnect driver updates - parport driver updates (it's still alive!) - nvmem driver updates - soundwire driver updates - visorbus driver updates - w1 driver updates - various misc driver updates In short, loads of different driver subsystem updates along with the drivers as well. All have been in linux-next for a while with no reported issues" * tag 'char-misc-5.8-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc: (233 commits) habanalabs: correctly cast u64 to void* habanalabs: initialize variable to default value extcon: arizona: Fix runtime PM imbalance on error extcon: max14577: Add proper dt-compatible strings extcon: adc-jack: Fix an error handling path in 'adc_jack_probe()' extcon: remove redundant assignment to variable idx w1: omap-hdq: print dev_err if irq flags are not cleared w1: omap-hdq: fix interrupt handling which did show spurious timeouts w1: omap-hdq: fix return value to be -1 if there is a timeout w1: omap-hdq: cleanup to add missing newline for some dev_dbg /dev/mem: Revoke mappings when a driver claims the region misc: xilinx-sdfec: convert get_user_pages() --> pin_user_pages() misc: xilinx-sdfec: cleanup return value in xsdfec_table_write() misc: xilinx-sdfec: improve get_user_pages_fast() error handling nvmem: qfprom: remove incorrect write support habanalabs: handle MMU cache invalidation timeout habanalabs: don't allow hard reset with open processes habanalabs: GAUDI does not support soft-reset habanalabs: add print for soft reset due to event habanalabs: improve MMU cache invalidation code ... |
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This directory attempts to document the ABI between the Linux kernel and userspace, and the relative stability of these interfaces. Due to the everchanging nature of Linux, and the differing maturity levels, these interfaces should be used by userspace programs in different ways. We have four different levels of ABI stability, as shown by the four different subdirectories in this location. Interfaces may change levels of stability according to the rules described below. The different levels of stability are: stable/ This directory documents the interfaces that the developer has defined to be stable. Userspace programs are free to use these interfaces with no restrictions, and backward compatibility for them will be guaranteed for at least 2 years. Most interfaces (like syscalls) are expected to never change and always be available. testing/ This directory documents interfaces that are felt to be stable, as the main development of this interface has been completed. The interface can be changed to add new features, but the current interface will not break by doing this, unless grave errors or security problems are found in them. Userspace programs can start to rely on these interfaces, but they must be aware of changes that can occur before these interfaces move to be marked stable. Programs that use these interfaces are strongly encouraged to add their name to the description of these interfaces, so that the kernel developers can easily notify them if any changes occur (see the description of the layout of the files below for details on how to do this.) obsolete/ This directory documents interfaces that are still remaining in the kernel, but are marked to be removed at some later point in time. The description of the interface will document the reason why it is obsolete and when it can be expected to be removed. removed/ This directory contains a list of the old interfaces that have been removed from the kernel. Every file in these directories will contain the following information: What: Short description of the interface Date: Date created KernelVersion: Kernel version this feature first showed up in. Contact: Primary contact for this interface (may be a mailing list) Description: Long description of the interface and how to use it. Users: All users of this interface who wish to be notified when it changes. This is very important for interfaces in the "testing" stage, so that kernel developers can work with userspace developers to ensure that things do not break in ways that are unacceptable. It is also important to get feedback for these interfaces to make sure they are working in a proper way and do not need to be changed further. How things move between levels: Interfaces in stable may move to obsolete, as long as the proper notification is given. Interfaces may be removed from obsolete and the kernel as long as the documented amount of time has gone by. Interfaces in the testing state can move to the stable state when the developers feel they are finished. They cannot be removed from the kernel tree without going through the obsolete state first. It's up to the developer to place their interfaces in the category they wish for it to start out in. Notable bits of non-ABI, which should not under any circumstances be considered stable: - Kconfig. Userspace should not rely on the presence or absence of any particular Kconfig symbol, in /proc/config.gz, in the copy of .config commonly installed to /boot, or in any invocation of the kernel build process. - Kernel-internal symbols. Do not rely on the presence, absence, location, or type of any kernel symbol, either in System.map files or the kernel binary itself. See Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst.