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Jacob Keller fb0c90ab92 doc: fix typo of snapshot in documentation
A couple of locations accidentally misspelled snapshot as shapshot.

Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2020-01-11 14:30:24 -08:00
Ian Abbott d62e8055a5 devices.txt: improve entry for comedi (char major 98)
Describe how the comedi minor device numbers are split across comedi
devices and comedi subdevices.

Replace the current, long dead URL with an official URL for the Comedi
project.

Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-09-14 01:51:46 -06:00
Mark Greer ecd6bf67da serial: mpsc: Remove obsolete MPSC driver
Support for the Marvell MV64x60 line of bridge chips that contained
MPSC controllers has been removed and there are no other components
that have that controller so remove its driver.

Signed-off-by: Mark Greer <mgreer@animalcreek.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190626160553.28518-1-mgreer@animalcreek.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2019-07-03 19:28:40 +02:00
Nicolas Pitre 13aa0a1218 vt: add /dev/vcsu* to devices.txt
Also mention that the traditional devices provide glyph values whereas
/dev/vcsu* is unicode based.

Suggested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2018-07-21 09:18:27 +02:00
Logan Gunthorpe a5d31a3f81 char_dev: extend dynamic allocation of majors into a higher range
We've run into problems with running out of dynamicly assign char
device majors particullarly on automated test systems with
all-yes-configs. Roughly 40 dynamic assignments can be made with such
kernels at this time while space is reserved for only 20.

Currently, the kernel only prints a warning when dynamic allocation
overflows the reserved region. And when this happens drivers that have
fixed assignments can randomly fail depending on the order of
initialization of other drivers. Thus, adding a new char device can cause
unexpected failures in completely unrelated parts of the kernel.

This patch solves the problem by extending dynamic major number
allocations down from 511 once the 234-254 region fills up. Fixed
majors already exist above 255 so the infrastructure to support
high number majors is already in place. The patch reserves an
additional 128 major numbers which should hopefully last us a while.

Kernels that don't require more than 20 dynamic majors assigned (which
is pretty typical) should not be affected by this change.

Signed-off-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Link: https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/6/4/107
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2017-07-17 15:09:17 +02:00
Stefan Hajnoczi f4660cc994 vhost/vsock: use static minor number
Vhost-vsock is a software device so there is no probe call that causes
the driver to register its misc char device node.  This creates a
chicken and egg problem: userspace applications must open
/dev/vhost-vsock to use the driver but the file doesn't exist until the
kernel module has been loaded.

Use the devname modalias mechanism so that /dev/vhost-vsock is created
at boot.  The vhost_vsock kernel module is automatically loaded when the
first application opens /dev/host-vsock.

Note that the "reserved for local use" range in
Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt is incorrect.  The userio driver
already occupies part of that range.  I've updated the documentation
accordingly.

Cc: device@lanana.org
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2017-05-18 16:59:06 +02:00
Jani Nikula 07c7e30c18 Documentation/admin-guide: split the device list to a separate file
Include the literal device list from a separate file. This helps the pdf
build.

Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
2016-11-03 12:39:23 +02:00