linux.git/drivers/char/Kconfig, branch v2.6.30

NVRAM depends on RTC_DRV_CMOS

2009-01-31T00:21:59+00:00

drivers/char/nvram.c uses rtc_lock, that (on ARM) is only defined if
RTC_DRV_CMOS is enabled.

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König

powerpc: Fix iseries drivers build failure without CONFIG_VIOPATH

2009-01-08T05:25:14+00:00

iSeries dependent drivers fail to build, when CONFIG_VIOPATH is disabled.

Fix the problem by making those drivers select it.

Signed-off-by: Kamalesh Babulal 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

genrtc: disable genrtc on Blackfin systems

2009-01-06T23:59:23+00:00

Blackfin platforms do not support the hardware which this driver drives.

Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger 
Signed-off-by: Bryan Wu 
Acked-by: Alessandro Zummo 
Cc: David Brownell 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

tty: ESP has been broken for locking etc forver

2009-01-02T18:19:39+00:00

Mark it broken

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Add DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES config token

2009-01-02T18:19:35+00:00

Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu 
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc

2008-12-29T00:54:33+00:00

* 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc: (144 commits)
  powerpc/44x: Support 16K/64K base page sizes on 44x
  powerpc: Force memory size to be a multiple of PAGE_SIZE
  powerpc/32: Wire up the trampoline code for kdump
  powerpc/32: Add the ability for a classic ppc kernel to be loaded at 32M
  powerpc/32: Allow __ioremap on RAM addresses for kdump kernel
  powerpc/32: Setup OF properties for kdump
  powerpc/32/kdump: Implement crash_setup_regs() using ppc_save_regs()
  powerpc: Prepare xmon_save_regs for use with kdump
  powerpc: Remove default kexec/crash_kernel ops assignments
  powerpc: Make default kexec/crash_kernel ops implicit
  powerpc: Setup OF properties for ppc32 kexec
  powerpc/pseries: Fix cpu hotplug
  powerpc: Fix KVM build on ppc440
  powerpc/cell: add QPACE as a separate Cell platform
  powerpc/cell: fix build breakage with CONFIG_SPUFS disabled
  powerpc/mpc5200: fix error paths in PSC UART probe function
  powerpc/mpc5200: add rts/cts handling in PSC UART driver
  powerpc/mpc5200: Make PSC UART driver update serial errors counters
  powerpc/mpc5200: Remove obsolete code from mpc5200 MDIO driver
  powerpc/mpc5200: Add MDMA/UDMA support to MPC5200 ATA driver
  ...

Fix trivial conflict in drivers/char/Makefile as per Paul's directions

[S390] s390/hvc_console: z/VM IUCV hypervisor console support

2008-12-25T12:39:03+00:00

This patch introduces a new hypervisor console (HVC) back-end that provides
terminal access over the z/VM inter-user communication vehicle (IUCV).

The z/VM IUCV communication is independent of the regular tcp/ip network
and allows access even if there is no network connection between two
z/VM guest virtual machines.
The z/VM IUCV hypervisor console back-end helps the user to access a
z/VM guest virtual machine that lacks of network connectivity; and thus,
provides a "full-screen" terminal alternative to 3215/3270 terminal sessions.

Use the hvc_iucv=[0..8] kernel boot parameter to specify the number of
HVC terminals using a z/VM IUCV back-end.

A recent version of the s390-tools package is required to establish a
terminal connection to a z/VM IUCV hypervisor console back-end.

Signed-off-by: Hendrik Brueckner 
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky

Merge branch 'linux-2.6' into next

2008-11-19T05:10:32+00:00

powerpc: udbg-based backend for hvc_console

2008-11-19T05:04:25+00:00

This adds a new backend for the hvc console based on the low-level
udbg callbacks.  This effectively implements a working runtime console
in terms of the simple udbg primitives.  This is kind of a hack -
since udbg isn't something you really want to be using routinely - but
it's really useful during bringup.

This can be used to quickly implement a userspace-usable console while
you're working on a proper driver for whatever console I/O device the
hardware has.  Or, it can be used to avoid writing a full blown
tty/console driver entirely for quick-and-dirty I/O hardware that will
later be replaced by something else.

Signed-off-by: David Gibson 
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras

Create/use more directory structure in the Documentation/ tree.

2008-11-14T17:28:53+00:00

Create Documentation/blockdev/ sub-directory and populate it.
Populate the Documentation/serial/ sub-directory.
Move MSI-HOWTO.txt to Documentation/PCI/.
Move ioctl-number.txt to Documentation/ioctl/.
Update all relevant 00-INDEX files.
Update all relevant Kconfig files and source files.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap