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-rw-r--r--Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt26
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/exynos/power_domain.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/sti.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/apm-xgene-enet.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/dsa.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/power_domain.txt29
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/8250.txt (renamed from Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/of-serial.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/axis,etraxfs-uart.txt19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/rcar-thermal.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/atmel-wdt.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/input/alps.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/input/event-codes.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt10
17 files changed, 128 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt b/Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt
index 9b121a569ab4..750401f91341 100644
--- a/Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt
+++ b/Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt
@@ -254,8 +254,13 @@ GPIO support
~~~~~~~~~~~~
ACPI 5 introduced two new resources to describe GPIO connections: GpioIo
and GpioInt. These resources are used be used to pass GPIO numbers used by
-the device to the driver. For example:
+the device to the driver. ACPI 5.1 extended this with _DSD (Device
+Specific Data) which made it possible to name the GPIOs among other things.
+For example:
+
+Device (DEV)
+{
Method (_CRS, 0, NotSerialized)
{
Name (SBUF, ResourceTemplate()
@@ -285,6 +290,18 @@ the device to the driver. For example:
Return (SBUF)
}
+ // ACPI 5.1 _DSD used for naming the GPIOs
+ Name (_DSD, Package ()
+ {
+ ToUUID("daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301"),
+ Package ()
+ {
+ Package () {"power-gpios", Package() {^DEV, 0, 0, 0 }},
+ Package () {"irq-gpios", Package() {^DEV, 1, 0, 0 }},
+ }
+ })
+ ...
+
These GPIO numbers are controller relative and path "\\_SB.PCI0.GPI0"
specifies the path to the controller. In order to use these GPIOs in Linux
we need to translate them to the corresponding Linux GPIO descriptors.
@@ -300,11 +317,11 @@ a code like this:
struct gpio_desc *irq_desc, *power_desc;
- irq_desc = gpiod_get_index(dev, NULL, 1);
+ irq_desc = gpiod_get(dev, "irq");
if (IS_ERR(irq_desc))
/* handle error */
- power_desc = gpiod_get_index(dev, NULL, 0);
+ power_desc = gpiod_get(dev, "power");
if (IS_ERR(power_desc))
/* handle error */
@@ -313,6 +330,9 @@ a code like this:
There are also devm_* versions of these functions which release the
descriptors once the device is released.
+See Documentation/acpi/gpio-properties.txt for more information about the
+_DSD binding related to GPIOs.
+
MFD devices
~~~~~~~~~~~
The MFD devices register their children as platform devices. For the child
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/exynos/power_domain.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/exynos/power_domain.txt
index f4445e5a2bbb..1e097037349c 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/exynos/power_domain.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/exynos/power_domain.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Optional Properties:
- pclkN, clkN: Pairs of parent of input clock and input clock to the
devices in this power domain. Maximum of 4 pairs (N = 0 to 3)
are supported currently.
+- power-domains: phandle pointing to the parent power domain, for more details
+ see Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/power_domain.txt
Node of a device using power domains must have a power-domains property
defined with a phandle to respective power domain.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/sti.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/sti.txt
index d70ec358736c..8d27f6b084c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/sti.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/sti.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ Boards with the ST STiH407 SoC shall have the following properties:
Required root node property:
compatible = "st,stih407";
+Boards with the ST STiH410 SoC shall have the following properties:
+Required root node property:
+compatible = "st,stih410";
+
Boards with the ST STiH418 SoC shall have the following properties:
Required root node property:
compatible = "st,stih418";
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/apm-xgene-enet.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/apm-xgene-enet.txt
index cfcc52705ed8..6151999c5dca 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/apm-xgene-enet.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/apm-xgene-enet.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ Ethernet nodes are defined to describe on-chip ethernet interfaces in
APM X-Gene SoC.
Required properties for all the ethernet interfaces:
-- compatible: Should be "apm,xgene-enet"
+- compatible: Should state binding information from the following list,
+ - "apm,xgene-enet": RGMII based 1G interface
+ - "apm,xgene1-sgenet": SGMII based 1G interface
+ - "apm,xgene1-xgenet": XFI based 10G interface
- reg: Address and length of the register set for the device. It contains the
information of registers in the same order as described by reg-names
- reg-names: Should contain the register set names
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/dsa.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/dsa.txt
index e124847443f8..f0b4cd72411d 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/dsa.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/dsa/dsa.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ the parent DSA node. The maximum number of allowed child nodes is 4
(DSA_MAX_SWITCHES).
Each of these switch child nodes should have the following required properties:
-- reg : Describes the switch address on the MII bus
+- reg : Contains two fields. The first one describes the
+ address on the MII bus. The second is the switch
+ number that must be unique in cascaded configurations
- #address-cells : Must be 1
- #size-cells : Must be 0
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/power_domain.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/power_domain.txt
index 98c16672ab5f..0f8ed3710c66 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/power_domain.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/power_domain.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ Required properties:
providing multiple PM domains (e.g. power controllers), but can be any value
as specified by device tree binding documentation of particular provider.
+Optional properties:
+ - power-domains : A phandle and PM domain specifier as defined by bindings of
+ the power controller specified by phandle.
+ Some power domains might be powered from another power domain (or have
+ other hardware specific dependencies). For representing such dependency
+ a standard PM domain consumer binding is used. When provided, all domains
+ created by the given provider should be subdomains of the domain
+ specified by this binding. More details about power domain specifier are
+ available in the next section.
+
Example:
power: power-controller@12340000 {
@@ -30,6 +40,25 @@ Example:
The node above defines a power controller that is a PM domain provider and
expects one cell as its phandle argument.
+Example 2:
+
+ parent: power-controller@12340000 {
+ compatible = "foo,power-controller";
+ reg = <0x12340000 0x1000>;
+ #power-domain-cells = <1>;
+ };
+
+ child: power-controller@12340000 {
+ compatible = "foo,power-controller";
+ reg = <0x12341000 0x1000>;
+ power-domains = <&parent 0>;
+ #power-domain-cells = <1>;
+ };
+
+The nodes above define two power controllers: 'parent' and 'child'.
+Domains created by the 'child' power controller are subdomains of '0' power
+domain provided by the 'parent' power controller.
+
==PM domain consumers==
Required properties:
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/of-serial.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/8250.txt
index 91d5ab0e60fc..91d5ab0e60fc 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/of-serial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/8250.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/axis,etraxfs-uart.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/axis,etraxfs-uart.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ebcbb62c0a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/axis,etraxfs-uart.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+ETRAX FS UART
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible : "axis,etraxfs-uart"
+- reg: offset and length of the register set for the device.
+- interrupts: device interrupt
+
+Optional properties:
+- {dtr,dsr,ri,cd}-gpios: specify a GPIO for DTR/DSR/RI/CD
+ line respectively.
+
+Example:
+
+serial@b00260000 {
+ compatible = "axis,etraxfs-uart";
+ reg = <0xb0026000 0x1000>;
+ interrupts = <68>;
+ status = "disabled";
+};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt
index 56742bc70218..7d44eae7ab0b 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ I. For patch submitters
devicetree@vger.kernel.org
+ and Cc: the DT maintainers. Use scripts/get_maintainer.pl to identify
+ all of the DT maintainers.
+
3) The Documentation/ portion of the patch should come in the series before
the code implementing the binding.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/rcar-thermal.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/rcar-thermal.txt
index 43404b197933..332e625f6ed0 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/rcar-thermal.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/rcar-thermal.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Required properties:
- compatible : "renesas,thermal-<soctype>", "renesas,rcar-thermal"
as fallback.
Examples with soctypes are:
- - "renesas,thermal-r8a73a4" (R-Mobile AP6)
+ - "renesas,thermal-r8a73a4" (R-Mobile APE6)
- "renesas,thermal-r8a7779" (R-Car H1)
- "renesas,thermal-r8a7790" (R-Car H2)
- "renesas,thermal-r8a7791" (R-Car M2-W)
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
index 389ca1347a77..fae26d014aaf 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ amlogic Amlogic, Inc.
ams AMS AG
amstaos AMS-Taos Inc.
apm Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (APM)
+arasan Arasan Chip Systems
arm ARM Ltd.
armadeus ARMadeus Systems SARL
asahi-kasei Asahi Kasei Corp.
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ atmel Atmel Corporation
auo AU Optronics Corporation
avago Avago Technologies
avic Shanghai AVIC Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
+axis Axis Communications AB
bosch Bosch Sensortec GmbH
brcm Broadcom Corporation
buffalo Buffalo, Inc.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/atmel-wdt.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/atmel-wdt.txt
index f90e294d7631..a4d869744f59 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/atmel-wdt.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/atmel-wdt.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ Optional properties:
- atmel,disable : Should be present if you want to disable the watchdog.
- atmel,idle-halt : Should be present if you want to stop the watchdog when
entering idle state.
+ CAUTION: This property should be used with care, it actually makes the
+ watchdog not counting when the CPU is in idle state, therefore the
+ watchdog reset time depends on mean CPU usage and will not reset at all
+ if the CPU stop working while it is in idle state, which is probably
+ not what you want.
- atmel,dbg-halt : Should be present if you want to stop the watchdog when
entering debug state.
diff --git a/Documentation/input/alps.txt b/Documentation/input/alps.txt
index a63e5e013a8c..92ae734c00c3 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/alps.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/alps.txt
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ ALPS Absolute Mode - Protocol Version 2
byte 4: 0 y6 y5 y4 y3 y2 y1 y0
byte 5: 0 z6 z5 z4 z3 z2 z1 z0
+Protocol Version 2 DualPoint devices send standard PS/2 mouse packets for
+the DualPoint Stick.
+
Dualpoint device -- interleaved packet format
---------------------------------------------
@@ -127,6 +130,11 @@ Dualpoint device -- interleaved packet format
byte 7: 0 y6 y5 y4 y3 y2 y1 y0
byte 8: 0 z6 z5 z4 z3 z2 z1 z0
+Devices which use the interleaving format normally send standard PS/2 mouse
+packets for the DualPoint Stick + ALPS Absolute Mode packets for the
+touchpad, switching to the interleaved packet format when both the stick and
+the touchpad are used at the same time.
+
ALPS Absolute Mode - Protocol Version 3
---------------------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/input/event-codes.txt b/Documentation/input/event-codes.txt
index c587a966413e..96705616f582 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/event-codes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/event-codes.txt
@@ -294,6 +294,12 @@ accordingly. This property does not affect kernel behavior.
The kernel does not provide button emulation for such devices but treats
them as any other INPUT_PROP_BUTTONPAD device.
+INPUT_PROP_ACCELEROMETER
+-------------------------
+Directional axes on this device (absolute and/or relative x, y, z) represent
+accelerometer data. All other axes retain their meaning. A device must not mix
+regular directional axes and accelerometer axes on the same event node.
+
Guidelines:
==========
The guidelines below ensure proper single-touch and multi-finger functionality.
diff --git a/Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt b/Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt
index 7b4f59c09ee2..b85d000faeb4 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/multi-touch-protocol.txt
@@ -312,9 +312,12 @@ ABS_MT_TOOL_TYPE
The type of approaching tool. A lot of kernel drivers cannot distinguish
between different tool types, such as a finger or a pen. In such cases, the
-event should be omitted. The protocol currently supports MT_TOOL_FINGER and
-MT_TOOL_PEN [2]. For type B devices, this event is handled by input core;
-drivers should instead use input_mt_report_slot_state().
+event should be omitted. The protocol currently supports MT_TOOL_FINGER,
+MT_TOOL_PEN, and MT_TOOL_PALM [2]. For type B devices, this event is handled
+by input core; drivers should instead use input_mt_report_slot_state().
+A contact's ABS_MT_TOOL_TYPE may change over time while still touching the
+device, because the firmware may not be able to determine which tool is being
+used when it first appears.
ABS_MT_BLOB_ID
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index bfcb1a62a7b4..8b1fa5e129ac 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3462,6 +3462,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
improve throughput, but will also increase the
amount of memory reserved for use by the client.
+ suspend.pm_test_delay=
+ [SUSPEND]
+ Sets the number of seconds to remain in a suspend test
+ mode before resuming the system (see
+ /sys/power/pm_test). Only available when CONFIG_PM_DEBUG
+ is set. Default value is 5.
+
swapaccount=[0|1]
[KNL] Enable accounting of swap in memory resource
controller if no parameter or 1 is given or disable
diff --git a/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt b/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt
index edeecd447d23..b96098ccfe69 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt
@@ -75,12 +75,14 @@ you should do the following:
# echo platform > /sys/power/disk
# echo disk > /sys/power/state
-Then, the kernel will try to freeze processes, suspend devices, wait 5 seconds,
-resume devices and thaw processes. If "platform" is written to
+Then, the kernel will try to freeze processes, suspend devices, wait a few
+seconds (5 by default, but configurable by the suspend.pm_test_delay module
+parameter), resume devices and thaw processes. If "platform" is written to
/sys/power/pm_test , then after suspending devices the kernel will additionally
invoke the global control methods (eg. ACPI global control methods) used to
-prepare the platform firmware for hibernation. Next, it will wait 5 seconds and
-invoke the platform (eg. ACPI) global methods used to cancel hibernation etc.
+prepare the platform firmware for hibernation. Next, it will wait a
+configurable number of seconds and invoke the platform (eg. ACPI) global
+methods used to cancel hibernation etc.
Writing "none" to /sys/power/pm_test causes the kernel to switch to the normal
hibernation/suspend operations. Also, when open for reading, /sys/power/pm_test