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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/CodingStyle | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/intel_txt.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/zh_CN/CodingStyle | 7 |
8 files changed, 24 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle index 495e5ba..e00b8f0 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingStyle +++ b/Documentation/CodingStyle @@ -546,15 +546,7 @@ config AUDIT logging of avc messages output). Does not do system-call auditing without CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL. -Features that might still be considered unstable should be defined as -dependent on "EXPERIMENTAL": - -config SLUB - depends on EXPERIMENTAL && !ARCH_USES_SLAB_PAGE_STRUCT - bool "SLUB (Unqueued Allocator)" - ... - -while seriously dangerous features (such as write support for certain +Seriously dangerous features (such as write support for certain filesystems) should advertise this prominently in their prompt string: config ADFS_FS_RW diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl index eee7142..22e0bd1 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 4ee4ba3..f77358f 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 diff --git a/Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt b/Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt index 43cff70..b467145 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt +++ b/Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt @@ -266,7 +266,8 @@ IOMAP devm_ioremap() devm_ioremap_nocache() devm_iounmap() - devm_request_and_ioremap() : checks resource, requests region, ioremaps + devm_ioremap_resource() : checks resource, requests memory region, ioremaps + devm_request_and_ioremap() : obsoleted by devm_ioremap_resource() pcim_iomap() pcim_iounmap() pcim_iomap_table() : array of mapped addresses indexed by BAR @@ -288,3 +289,7 @@ PINCTRL PWM devm_pwm_get() devm_pwm_put() + +PHY + devm_usb_get_phy() + devm_usb_put_phy() diff --git a/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt b/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt index 6e16849..72322c6 100644 --- a/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt +++ b/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt @@ -6,8 +6,16 @@ This document describes how to use the dynamic debug (dyndbg) feature. Dynamic debug is designed to allow you to dynamically enable/disable kernel code to obtain additional kernel information. Currently, if -CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is set, then all pr_debug()/dev_dbg() calls can -be dynamically enabled per-callsite. +CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is set, then all pr_debug()/dev_dbg() and +print_hex_dump_debug()/print_hex_dump_bytes() calls can be dynamically +enabled per-callsite. + +If CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is not set, print_hex_dump_debug() is just +shortcut for print_hex_dump(KERN_DEBUG). + +For print_hex_dump_debug()/print_hex_dump_bytes(), format string is +its 'prefix_str' argument, if it is constant string; or "hexdump" +in case 'prefix_str' is build dynamically. Dynamic debug has even more useful features: @@ -202,6 +210,9 @@ The flags are: t Include thread ID in messages not generated from interrupt context _ No flags are set. (Or'd with others on input) +For print_hex_dump_debug() and print_hex_dump_bytes(), only 'p' flag +have meaning, other flags ignored. + For display, the flags are preceded by '=' (mnemonic: what the flags are currently equal to). diff --git a/Documentation/intel_txt.txt b/Documentation/intel_txt.txt index 849de1a..91d89c5 100644 --- a/Documentation/intel_txt.txt +++ b/Documentation/intel_txt.txt @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ grub.conf needs to be modified as follows: The kernel option for enabling Intel TXT support is found under the Security top-level menu and is called "Enable Intel(R) Trusted -Execution Technology (TXT)". It is marked as EXPERIMENTAL and +Execution Technology (TXT)". It is considered EXPERIMENTAL and depends on the generic x86 support (to allow maximum flexibility in kernel build options), since the tboot code will detect whether the platform actually supports Intel TXT and thus whether any of the diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt index 9d66682..cf7bc6c 100644 --- a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt +++ b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt @@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ Sysfs notes: EXPERIMENTAL: UWB ----------------- -This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because it has not been extensively +This feature is considered EXPERIMENTAL because it has not been extensively tested and validated in various ThinkPad models yet. The feature may not work as expected. USE WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the experimental=1 parameter when loading the module. diff --git a/Documentation/zh_CN/CodingStyle b/Documentation/zh_CN/CodingStyle index ecd9307..654afd7 100644 --- a/Documentation/zh_CN/CodingStyle +++ b/Documentation/zh_CN/CodingStyle @@ -462,13 +462,6 @@ config AUDIT logging of avc messages output). Does not do system-call auditing without CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL. -仍然被认为不够稳定的功能应该被定义为依赖于“EXPERIMENTAL”： - -config SLUB - depends on EXPERIMENTAL && !ARCH_USES_SLAB_PAGE_STRUCT - bool "SLUB (Unqueued Allocator)" - ... - 而那些危险的功能（比如某些文件系统的写支持）应该在它们的提示字符串里显著的声明这 一点： |
