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Linus Torvalds dd27111e32 Driver core changes for 5.9-rc1
Here is the "big" set of changes to the driver core, and some drivers
 using the changes, for 5.9-rc1.
 
 "Biggest" thing in here is the device link exposure in sysfs, to help
 to tame the madness that is SoC device tree representations and driver
 interactions with it.
 
 Other stuff in here that is interesting is:
 	- device probe log helper so that drivers can report problems in
 	  a unified way easier.
 	- devres functions added
 	- DEVICE_ATTR_ADMIN_* macro added to make it harder to write
 	  incorrect sysfs file permissions
 	- documentation cleanups
 	- ability for debugfs to be present in the kernel, yet not
 	  exposed to userspace.  Needed for systems that want it
 	  enabled, but do not trust users, so they can still use some
 	  kernel functions that were otherwise disabled.
 	- other minor fixes and cleanups
 
 The patches outside of drivers/base/ all have acks from the respective
 subsystem maintainers to go through this tree instead of theirs.
 
 All of these have been in linux-next with no reported issues.
 
 Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Merge tag 'driver-core-5.9-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core

Pull driver core updates from Greg KH:
 "Here is the "big" set of changes to the driver core, and some drivers
  using the changes, for 5.9-rc1.

  "Biggest" thing in here is the device link exposure in sysfs, to help
  to tame the madness that is SoC device tree representations and driver
  interactions with it.

  Other stuff in here that is interesting is:

   - device probe log helper so that drivers can report problems in a
     unified way easier.

   - devres functions added

   - DEVICE_ATTR_ADMIN_* macro added to make it harder to write
     incorrect sysfs file permissions

   - documentation cleanups

   - ability for debugfs to be present in the kernel, yet not exposed to
     userspace. Needed for systems that want it enabled, but do not
     trust users, so they can still use some kernel functions that were
     otherwise disabled.

   - other minor fixes and cleanups

  The patches outside of drivers/base/ all have acks from the respective
  subsystem maintainers to go through this tree instead of theirs.

  All of these have been in linux-next with no reported issues"

* tag 'driver-core-5.9-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (39 commits)
  drm/bridge: lvds-codec: simplify error handling
  drm/bridge/sii8620: fix resource acquisition error handling
  driver core: add deferring probe reason to devices_deferred property
  driver core: add device probe log helper
  driver core: Avoid binding drivers to dead devices
  Revert "test_firmware: Test platform fw loading on non-EFI systems"
  firmware_loader: EFI firmware loader must handle pre-allocated buffer
  selftest/firmware: Add selftest timeout in settings
  test_firmware: Test platform fw loading on non-EFI systems
  driver core: Change delimiter in devlink device's name to "--"
  debugfs: Add access restriction option
  tracefs: Remove unnecessary debug_fs checks.
  driver core: Fix probe_count imbalance in really_probe()
  kobject: remove unused KOBJ_MAX action
  driver core: Fix sleeping in invalid context during device link deletion
  driver core: Add waiting_for_supplier sysfs file for devices
  driver core: Add state_synced sysfs file for devices that support it
  driver core: Expose device link details in sysfs
  driver core: Drop mention of obsolete bus rwsem from kernel-doc
  debugfs: file: Remove unnecessary cast in kfree()
  ...
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arch It's been a busy cycle for documentation - hopefully the busiest for a 2020-08-04 22:47:54 -07:00
block for-5.9/block-merge-20200804 2020-08-05 11:12:34 -07:00
certs .gitignore: add SPDX License Identifier 2020-03-25 11:50:48 +01:00
crypto It's been a busy cycle for documentation - hopefully the busiest for a 2020-08-04 22:47:54 -07:00
Documentation Driver core changes for 5.9-rc1 2020-08-05 11:52:17 -07:00
drivers Driver core changes for 5.9-rc1 2020-08-05 11:52:17 -07:00
fs Driver core changes for 5.9-rc1 2020-08-05 11:52:17 -07:00
include Driver core changes for 5.9-rc1 2020-08-05 11:52:17 -07:00
init It's been a busy cycle for documentation - hopefully the busiest for a 2020-08-04 22:47:54 -07:00
ipc mmap locking API: use coccinelle to convert mmap_sem rwsem call sites 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
kernel Driver core changes for 5.9-rc1 2020-08-05 11:52:17 -07:00
lib Driver core changes for 5.9-rc1 2020-08-05 11:52:17 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Rename other to deprecated 2019-05-03 06:34:32 -06:00
mm It's been a busy cycle for documentation - hopefully the busiest for a 2020-08-04 22:47:54 -07:00
net It's been a busy cycle for documentation - hopefully the busiest for a 2020-08-04 22:47:54 -07:00
samples It's been a busy cycle for documentation - hopefully the busiest for a 2020-08-04 22:47:54 -07:00
scripts Driver core changes for 5.9-rc1 2020-08-05 11:52:17 -07:00
security cap-checkpoint-restore-v5.9 2020-08-04 15:02:07 -07:00
sound Remove uninitialized_var() macro for v5.9-rc1 2020-08-04 13:49:43 -07:00
tools Driver core changes for 5.9-rc1 2020-08-05 11:52:17 -07:00
usr usr: Add support for zstd compressed initramfs 2020-07-31 11:49:08 +02:00
virt entry: Provide infrastructure for work before transitioning to guest mode 2020-07-24 15:03:42 +02:00
.clang-format block: add bio_for_each_bvec_all() 2020-05-25 11:25:24 +02:00
.cocciconfig
.get_maintainer.ignore Opt out of scripts/get_maintainer.pl 2019-05-16 10:53:40 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: use 'dts' diff driver for dts files 2019-12-04 19:44:11 -08:00
.gitignore .gitignore: Add ZSTD-compressed files 2020-07-31 11:50:49 +02:00
.mailmap It's been a busy cycle for documentation - hopefully the busiest for a 2020-08-04 22:47:54 -07:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS CREDITS: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones 2020-07-23 14:53:58 -06:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Char/Misc driver patches for 5.9-rc1 2020-08-05 11:43:47 -07:00
Makefile Automatic variable initialization updates for v5.9-rc1 2020-08-04 13:38:35 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.