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-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/backlight/lp855x-driver.rst81
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/bt8xxgpio.rst62
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/connector.rst156
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/console.rst152
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/binding.rst98
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/bus.rst146
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/class.rst149
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/design-patterns.rst116
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/device.rst109
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/devres.rst418
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/driver.rst223
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/overview.rst124
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/platform.rst246
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/porting.rst448
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/early-userspace/buffer-format.rst119
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/early-userspace/early_userspace_support.rst154
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/early-userspace/index.rst18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/edid.rst58
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/eisa.rst230
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/gpio/consumer.rst4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/gpio/driver.rst18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/index.rst45
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/interconnect.rst93
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/ipmb.rst105
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/isa.rst122
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/isapnp.rst15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/lightnvm-pblk.rst21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/md/index.rst12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/md/md-cluster.rst385
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/md/raid5-cache.rst111
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/md/raid5-ppl.rst47
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/mei/hdcp.rst32
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/mei/iamt.rst101
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/mei/index.rst23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/mei/mei-client-bus.rst168
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/mei/mei.rst176
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/mei/nfc.rst28
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/memory-devices/index.rst18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/memory-devices/ti-emif.rst64
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/memory-devices/ti-gpmc.rst179
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/men-chameleon-bus.rst175
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/mmc/index.rst13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/mmc/mmc-async-req.rst98
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/mmc/mmc-dev-attrs.rst91
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/mmc/mmc-dev-parts.rst41
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/mmc/mmc-tools.rst37
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/mtd/index.rst12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/mtd/intel-spi.rst90
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/mtd/nand_ecc.rst763
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/mtd/spi-nor.rst66
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/nfc/index.rst11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/nfc/nfc-hci.rst311
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/nfc/nfc-pn544.rst34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/ntb.rst263
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/btt.rst285
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/index.rst12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/nvdimm.rst887
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/security.rst143
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/nvmem.rst189
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/parport-lowlevel.rst1832
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/phy/index.rst18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/phy/phy.rst197
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/phy/samsung-usb2.rst137
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/pm/devices.rst6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/pps.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/pti_intel_mid.rst106
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/ptp.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/pwm.rst165
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/rapidio.rst107
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/rapidio/index.rst15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/rapidio/mport_cdev.rst110
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/rapidio/rapidio.rst362
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/rapidio/rio_cm.rst135
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/rapidio/sysfs.rst7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/rapidio/tsi721.rst112
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/rfkill.rst132
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/s390-drivers.rst4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/serial/cyclades_z.rst11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/serial/driver.rst549
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/serial/index.rst32
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/serial/moxa-smartio.rst615
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/serial/n_gsm.rst103
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/serial/rocket.rst185
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/serial/serial-iso7816.rst90
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/serial/serial-rs485.rst103
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/serial/tty.rst328
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/sgi-ioc4.rst49
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/sm501.rst74
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/smsc_ece1099.rst60
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/soundwire/locking.rst4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/switchtec.rst102
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/sync_file.rst86
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/uio-howto.rst4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/usb/power-management.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst414
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/vfio.rst520
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/xilinx/eemi.rst67
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/xilinx/index.rst16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/xillybus.rst379
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/zorro.rst104
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/80211/mac80211-advanced.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/80211/mac80211-advanced.rst
index 70a89b2163c2..9f1c5bb7ac35 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/80211/mac80211-advanced.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/80211/mac80211-advanced.rst
@@ -226,9 +226,6 @@ TBD
.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
:functions: ieee80211_tx_rate_control
-.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
- :functions: rate_control_send_low
-
TBD
This part of the book describes mac80211 internals.
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/backlight/lp855x-driver.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/backlight/lp855x-driver.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1e0b224fc397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/backlight/lp855x-driver.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+====================
+Kernel driver lp855x
+====================
+
+Backlight driver for LP855x ICs
+
+Supported chips:
+
+ Texas Instruments LP8550, LP8551, LP8552, LP8553, LP8555, LP8556 and
+ LP8557
+
+Author: Milo(Woogyom) Kim <milo.kim@ti.com>
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+* Brightness control
+
+ Brightness can be controlled by the pwm input or the i2c command.
+ The lp855x driver supports both cases.
+
+* Device attributes
+
+ 1) bl_ctl_mode
+
+ Backlight control mode.
+
+ Value: pwm based or register based
+
+ 2) chip_id
+
+ The lp855x chip id.
+
+ Value: lp8550/lp8551/lp8552/lp8553/lp8555/lp8556/lp8557
+
+Platform data for lp855x
+------------------------
+
+For supporting platform specific data, the lp855x platform data can be used.
+
+* name:
+ Backlight driver name. If it is not defined, default name is set.
+* device_control:
+ Value of DEVICE CONTROL register.
+* initial_brightness:
+ Initial value of backlight brightness.
+* period_ns:
+ Platform specific PWM period value. unit is nano.
+ Only valid when brightness is pwm input mode.
+* size_program:
+ Total size of lp855x_rom_data.
+* rom_data:
+ List of new eeprom/eprom registers.
+
+Examples
+========
+
+1) lp8552 platform data: i2c register mode with new eeprom data::
+
+ #define EEPROM_A5_ADDR 0xA5
+ #define EEPROM_A5_VAL 0x4f /* EN_VSYNC=0 */
+
+ static struct lp855x_rom_data lp8552_eeprom_arr[] = {
+ {EEPROM_A5_ADDR, EEPROM_A5_VAL},
+ };
+
+ static struct lp855x_platform_data lp8552_pdata = {
+ .name = "lcd-bl",
+ .device_control = I2C_CONFIG(LP8552),
+ .initial_brightness = INITIAL_BRT,
+ .size_program = ARRAY_SIZE(lp8552_eeprom_arr),
+ .rom_data = lp8552_eeprom_arr,
+ };
+
+2) lp8556 platform data: pwm input mode with default rom data::
+
+ static struct lp855x_platform_data lp8556_pdata = {
+ .device_control = PWM_CONFIG(LP8556),
+ .initial_brightness = INITIAL_BRT,
+ .period_ns = 1000000,
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/bt8xxgpio.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/bt8xxgpio.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a845feb074de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/bt8xxgpio.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+===================================================================
+A driver for a selfmade cheap BT8xx based PCI GPIO-card (bt8xxgpio)
+===================================================================
+
+For advanced documentation, see http://www.bu3sch.de/btgpio.php
+
+A generic digital 24-port PCI GPIO card can be built out of an ordinary
+Brooktree bt848, bt849, bt878 or bt879 based analog TV tuner card. The
+Brooktree chip is used in old analog Hauppauge WinTV PCI cards. You can easily
+find them used for low prices on the net.
+
+The bt8xx chip does have 24 digital GPIO ports.
+These ports are accessible via 24 pins on the SMD chip package.
+
+
+How to physically access the GPIO pins
+======================================
+
+The are several ways to access these pins. One might unsolder the whole chip
+and put it on a custom PCI board, or one might only unsolder each individual
+GPIO pin and solder that to some tiny wire. As the chip package really is tiny
+there are some advanced soldering skills needed in any case.
+
+The physical pinouts are drawn in the following ASCII art.
+The GPIO pins are marked with G00-G23::
+
+ G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G
+ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
+ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ --| ^ ^ |--
+ --| pin 86 pin 67 |--
+ --| |--
+ --| pin 61 > |-- G18
+ --| |-- G19
+ --| |-- G20
+ --| |-- G21
+ --| |-- G22
+ --| pin 56 > |-- G23
+ --| |--
+ --| Brooktree 878/879 |--
+ --| |--
+ --| |--
+ --| |--
+ --| |--
+ --| |--
+ --| |--
+ --| |--
+ --| |--
+ --| |--
+ --| |--
+ --|