linux/drivers/char
David Brownell 64a76f667d hpet: /dev/hpet - fixes and cleanup
Minor /dev/hpet updates and bugfixes:

  * Remove dead code, mostly remnants of an incomplete/unusable
    kernel interface ... noted when addressing "sparse" warnings:
      + hpet_unregister() and a routine it calls
      + hpet_task and all references, including hpet_task_lock
      + hpet_data.hd_flags (and HPET_DATA_PLATFORM)

  * Correct and improve boot message:
      + displays *counter* (shared between comparators) bit width,
        not *timer* bit widths (which are often mixed)
      + relabel "timers" as "comparators"; this is less confusing,
        they are not independent like normal timers are (sigh)
      + display MHz not Hz; it's never less than 10 MHz.

  * Tighten and correct the userspace interface code
      + don't accidentally program comparators in 64-bit mode using
        32-bit values ... always force comparators into 32-bit mode
      + provide the correct bit definition flagging comparators with
        periodic capability ... the ABI is unchanged

  * Update Documentation/hpet.txt
      + be more correct and current
      + expand description a bit
      + don't mention that now-gone kernel interface

Plus, add a FIXME comment for something that could cause big trouble
on systems with more capable HPETs than at least Intel seems to ship.

It seems that few folk use this userspace interface; it's not very
usable given the general lack of HPET IRQ routing.  I'm told that
the only real point of it any more is to mmap for fast timestamps;
IMO that's handled better through the gettimeofday() vsyscall.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Acked-by: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-31 18:45:41 +02:00
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agp Merge branch 'generic-ipi' into generic-ipi-for-linus 2008-07-15 21:55:59 +02:00
hw_random stop_machine: Wean existing callers off stop_machine_run() 2008-07-28 12:16:31 +10:00
ip2 ip2: push BKL down for the firmware interface 2008-07-25 10:53:43 -07:00
ipmi device create: char: convert device_create to device_create_drvdata 2008-07-21 21:54:41 -07:00
mwave mwave: ioctl BKL pushdown 2008-07-25 10:53:43 -07:00
pcmcia ipwireless: fix compile failure 2008-07-28 15:12:37 -07:00
rio rio: push down the BKL into the firmware ioctl handler 2008-07-25 10:53:43 -07:00
tpm tpm: Use correct data types for sizes in tpm_write() and tpm_read() 2008-07-26 12:00:04 -07:00
xilinx_hwicap char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c: Removed duplicated include 2008-07-25 09:23:31 -07:00
.gitignore
amiserial.c tty: rework break handling 2008-07-22 13:03:28 -07:00
apm-emulation.c APM emulation: Notify about all suspend events, not just APM invoked ones (v2) 2008-07-16 23:27:02 +02:00
applicom.c char serial: switch drivers to ioremap_nocache 2008-04-30 08:29:48 -07:00
applicom.h
bfin-otp.c
briq_panel.c briq_panel: BKL pushdown 2008-06-20 14:05:55 -06:00
bsr.c powerpc: Add driver for Barrier Synchronization Register 2008-07-15 12:24:55 +10:00
cd1865.h
ChangeLog
consolemap.c Basic braille screen reader support 2008-04-30 08:29:52 -07:00
cp437.uni
cs5535_gpio.c Add a bunch of cycle_kernel_lock() calls 2008-06-20 14:05:53 -06:00
cyclades.c tty: rework break handling 2008-07-22 13:03:28 -07:00
defkeymap.c_shipped
defkeymap.map
digi1.h
digiFep1.h
digiPCI.h
ds1286.c ds1286: BKL pushdown 2008-06-20 14:05:56 -06:00
ds1302.c ds1302: push down the BKL into the driver ioctl code 2008-07-25 10:53:43 -07:00
ds1620.c ds1620: BKL pushdown 2008-06-20 14:05:56 -06:00
dsp56k.c dsp56k: Fix BKL pushdown 2008-07-26 13:22:56 -07:00
dtlk.c Add a bunch of cycle_kernel_lock() calls 2008-06-20 14:05:53 -06:00
efirtc.c efirtc: push down the BKL 2008-07-25 10:53:43 -07:00
epca.c Fix the epca driver to permit epca_setup() to be invoked from the kernel cmdline 2008-07-22 13:03:28 -07:00
epca.h epca: use tty_port 2008-07-20 17:12:36 -07:00
epcaconfig.h
esp.c tty: rework break handling 2008-07-22 13:03:28 -07:00
generic_nvram.c driver/char/generic_nvram: fix banner 2008-06-12 18:05:41 -07:00
generic_serial.c gs: use tty_port 2008-07-20 17:12:36 -07:00
genrtc.c genrtc: BKL pushdown 2008-06-20 14:05:57 -06:00
hangcheck-timer.c
hpet.c hpet: /dev/hpet - fixes and cleanup 2008-07-31 18:45:41 +02:00
hvc_beat.c
hvc_console.c virtio: console as a config option 2008-07-25 12:06:07 +10:00
hvc_console.h hvc_console: rework setup to replace irq functions with callbacks 2008-07-25 12:06:06 +10:00
hvc_irq.c hvc_console: rework setup to replace irq functions with callbacks 2008-07-25 12:06:06 +10:00
hvc_iseries.c hvc_console: rework setup to replace irq functions with callbacks 2008-07-25 12:06:06 +10:00
hvc_rtas.c
hvc_vio.c hvc_console: rework setup to replace irq functions with callbacks 2008-07-25 12:06:06 +10:00
hvc_xen.c hvc_console: rework setup to replace irq functions with callbacks 2008-07-25 12:06:06 +10:00
hvcs.c
hvsi.c drivers/char: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-30 08:29:54 -07:00
i8k.c i8k: make fan multiplier tunable with a module parameter 2008-05-01 08:04:00 -07:00
ip27-rtc.c ip27-rtc: BKL pushdown 2008-06-20 14:05:57 -06:00
isicom.c isicom: restore using hardware break support 2008-07-22 13:03:28 -07:00
istallion.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6 2008-07-22 13:13:47 -07:00
Kconfig Merge git://git.infradead.org/embedded-2.6 2008-07-25 12:02:08 -07:00
keyboard.c Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 into next 2008-07-21 00:55:14 -04:00
lp.c device create: char: convert device_create to device_create_drvdata 2008-07-21 21:54:41 -07:00
Makefile Merge git://git.infradead.org/embedded-2.6 2008-07-25 12:02:08 -07:00
mbcs.c mbcs: cdev lock_kernel() pushdown 2008-06-20 14:05:48 -06:00
mbcs.h
mem.c use generic_access_phys for /dev/mem mappings 2008-07-24 10:47:15 -07:00
misc.c device create: char: convert device_create to device_create_drvdata 2008-07-21 21:54:41 -07:00
mmtimer.c mmtimer: Push BKL down into the ioctl handler 2008-07-17 11:34:49 -07:00
moxa.c tty: rework break handling 2008-07-22 13:03:28 -07:00
moxa.h Char: moxa, cleanup rx/tx 2008-04-30 08:29:43 -07:00
mspec.c mspec: convert nopfn to fault 2008-07-24 10:47:14 -07:00
mxser.c Char: mxser, various cleanups 2008-07-25 10:53:44 -07:00
mxser.h mxser: convert large macros to functions 2008-04-30 08:29:49 -07:00
n_hdlc.c n_hdlc: honor O_NONBLOCK on write 2008-07-22 13:03:28 -07:00
n_r3964.c tty: Ldisc revamp 2008-07-20 17:12:34 -07:00
n_tty.c tty: Ldisc revamp 2008-07-20 17:12:34 -07:00
nozomi.c drivers/char: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-30 08:29:54 -07:00
nsc_gpio.c
nvram.c drivers/char/nvram.c: Removed duplicated include 2008-07-23 09:36:23 -07:00
nwbutton.c
nwbutton.h
nwflash.c [ARM] fix nwflash.c: 6ee8928d94 2008-07-26 16:29:24 +01:00
pc8736x_gpio.c Add a bunch of cycle_kernel_lock() calls 2008-06-20 14:05:53 -06:00
ppdev.c ppdev: wrap ioctl handler in driver and push lock down 2008-07-25 10:53:43 -07:00
ps3flash.c
pty.c tty: Ldisc revamp 2008-07-20 17:12:34 -07:00
random.c PAGE_ALIGN(): correctly handle 64-bit values on 32-bit architectures 2008-07-24 10:47:21 -07:00
raw.c device create: char: convert device_create to device_create_drvdata 2008-07-21 21:54:41 -07:00
riscom8_reg.h
riscom8.c riscom8: Restore driver using new break functionality 2008-07-22 13:03:28 -07:00
riscom8.h tty: add more tty_port fields 2008-07-20 17:12:38 -07:00
rocket_int.h tty: add more tty_port fields 2008-07-20 17:12:38 -07:00
rocket.c tty: rework break handling 2008-07-22 13:03:28 -07:00
rocket.h tty: add more tty_port fields 2008-07-20 17:12:38 -07:00
rtc.c drivers/char/rtc.c: make 2 functions static 2008-07-26 12:00:12 -07:00
scc.h
scx200_gpio.c Add a bunch of cycle_kernel_lock() calls 2008-06-20 14:05:53 -06:00
selection.c tty: Ldisc revamp 2008-07-20 17:12:34 -07:00
ser_a2232.c m68k: gs: use tty_port fixes 2008-07-26 20:29:03 -07:00
ser_a2232.h
ser_a2232fw.ax
ser_a2232fw.h
serial167.c m68k: serial167 missing return value in cy_put_char() 2008-05-05 12:37:02 -07:00
snsc_event.c byteorder: don't directly include linux/byteorder/generic.h 2008-05-16 12:01:45 -07:00
snsc.c device create: char: convert device_create to device_create_drvdata 2008-07-21 21:54:41 -07:00
snsc.h
sonypi.c sonypi: BKL pushdown 2008-07-02 15:06:25 -06:00
specialix_io8.h tty: add more tty_port fields 2008-07-20 17:12:38 -07:00
specialix.c specialix: restore driver using new break functionality 2008-07-22 13:03:28 -07:00
stallion.c stallion: removed unused variable 2008-07-24 10:47:30 -07:00
sx.c sx: push BKL down into the firmware ioctl handler 2008-07-25 10:53:43 -07:00
sx.h
sxboards.h
sxwindow.h
synclink_gt.c synclink_gt fix locking in error path of rx enable 2008-07-22 13:03:29 -07:00
synclink.c tty: rework break handling 2008-07-22 13:03:28 -07:00
synclinkmp.c tty: rework break handling 2008-07-22 13:03:28 -07:00
sysrq.c fix: "smp_call_function: get rid of the unused nonatomic/retry argument" 2008-06-27 11:52:45 +02:00
tb0219.c Add a bunch of cycle_kernel_lock() calls 2008-06-20 14:05:53 -06:00
tlclk.c tlckl: BKL pushdown 2008-06-20 14:05:51 -06:00
toshiba.c toshiba: use ioremap_cached 2008-04-30 23:15:34 +02:00
tty_audit.c [PATCH] split linux/file.h 2008-05-01 13:08:16 -04:00
tty_io.c unexport proc_clear_tty 2008-07-25 10:53:44 -07:00
tty_ioctl.c tty: Ldisc revamp 2008-07-20 17:12:34 -07:00
tty_ldisc.c tty: Split ldisc code into its own file 2008-07-22 13:03:27 -07:00
vc_screen.c device create: char: convert device_create to device_create_drvdata 2008-07-21 21:54:41 -07:00
viocons.c [POWERPC] iSeries: Remove unused mail address 2008-05-23 16:45:04 +10:00
viotape.c device create: char: convert device_create to device_create_drvdata 2008-07-21 21:54:41 -07:00
virtio_console.c virtio_console: use virtqueue notification for hvc_console 2008-07-25 12:06:06 +10:00
vme_scc.c m68k: gs: use tty_port fixes 2008-07-26 20:29:03 -07:00
vr41xx_giu.c Add a bunch of cycle_kernel_lock() calls 2008-06-20 14:05:53 -06:00
vt_ioctl.c vt_ioctl: Prepare for BKL push down 2008-04-30 08:29:40 -07:00
vt.c Merge git://git.infradead.org/embedded-2.6 2008-07-25 12:02:08 -07:00