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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2016-05-15 13:32:12 -0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2016-05-15 13:32:48 -0400
commit909b27f706433a0b3dff79aa259de63aafe40a42 (patch)
treec13cda633379cdbef701e730027b6a19ba6b267e /Documentation
parent8fbb89c6fbfd1cda9ae413cd1e042837a8edbdeb (diff)
parent272911b889f47aa5bc3e004804fc2382f0ac6ce6 (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
The nf_conntrack_core.c fix in 'net' is not relevant in 'net-next' because we no longer have a per-netns conntrack hash. The ip_gre.c conflict as well as the iwlwifi ones were cases of overlapping changes. Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c net/ipv4/ip_gre.c net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regmap/regmap.txt59
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt2
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 41 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regmap/regmap.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regmap/regmap.txt
index e98a9652ccc8..0127be360fe8 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regmap/regmap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/regmap/regmap.txt
@@ -1,50 +1,29 @@
-Device-Tree binding for regmap
-
-The endianness mode of CPU & Device scenarios:
-Index Device Endianness properties
----------------------------------------------------
-1 BE 'big-endian'
-2 LE 'little-endian'
-3 Native 'native-endian'
-
-For one device driver, which will run in different scenarios above
-on different SoCs using the devicetree, we need one way to simplify
-this.
+Devicetree binding for regmap
Optional properties:
-- {big,little,native}-endian: these are boolean properties, if absent
- then the implementation will choose a default based on the device
- being controlled. These properties are for register values and all
- the buffers only. Native endian means that the CPU and device have
- the same endianness.
-Examples:
-Scenario 1 : CPU in LE mode & device in LE mode.
-dev: dev@40031000 {
- compatible = "name";
- reg = <0x40031000 0x1000>;
- ...
-};
+ little-endian,
+ big-endian,
+ native-endian: See common-properties.txt for a definition
-Scenario 2 : CPU in LE mode & device in BE mode.
-dev: dev@40031000 {
- compatible = "name";
- reg = <0x40031000 0x1000>;
- ...
- big-endian;
-};
+Note:
+Regmap defaults to little-endian register access on MMIO based
+devices, this is by far the most common setting. On CPU
+architectures that typically run big-endian operating systems
+(e.g. PowerPC), registers can be defined as big-endian and must
+be marked that way in the devicetree.
-Scenario 3 : CPU in BE mode & device in BE mode.
-dev: dev@40031000 {
- compatible = "name";
- reg = <0x40031000 0x1000>;
- ...
-};
+On SoCs that can be operated in both big-endian and little-endian
+modes, with a single hardware switch controlling both the endianess
+of the CPU and a byteswap for MMIO registers (e.g. many Broadcom MIPS
+chips), "native-endian" is used to allow using the same device tree
+blob in both cases.
-Scenario 4 : CPU in BE mode & device in LE mode.
+Examples:
+Scenario 1 : a register set in big-endian mode.
dev: dev@40031000 {
- compatible = "name";
+ compatible = "syscon";
reg = <0x40031000 0x1000>;
+ big-endian;
...
- little-endian;
};
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 57653a44b128..fcddfd5ded99 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ allowed to execute.
perf_event_paranoid:
Controls use of the performance events system by unprivileged
-users (without CAP_SYS_ADMIN). The default value is 1.
+users (without CAP_SYS_ADMIN). The default value is 2.
-1: Allow use of (almost) all events by all users
>=0: Disallow raw tracepoint access by users without CAP_IOC_LOCK