Hi, Here are some driver core and kobject/kref updates for 2.6.11. They have all been in the -mm releases for some time now. There is also a documentation update for the schedule removal feature list.
Please pull from: bk://kernel.bkbits.net/gregkh/linux/2.6.11/driver Individual patches will follow, sent to the linux-kernel list. thanks, greg k-h Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 23 +++++- drivers/base/bus.c | 4 - drivers/base/class.c | 98 +++++++++++++---------------- drivers/base/class_simple.c | 21 ------ drivers/base/driver.c | 13 +-- drivers/base/map.c | 21 ++---- drivers/base/platform.c | 2 drivers/base/sys.c | 39 +++++------ drivers/block/floppy.c | 19 +---- drivers/block/genhd.c | 55 ++++++++++------ drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c | 9 -- drivers/media/video/videodev.c | 11 --- drivers/usb/core/file.c | 64 +++++------------- fs/char_dev.c | 26 ++----- include/linux/device.h | 5 - include/linux/kobj_map.h | 2 include/linux/kobject.h | 2 include/linux/kref.h | 2 lib/kobject.c | 15 ++-- lib/kref.c | 11 ++- 20 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 240 deletions(-) ----- Arjan van de Ven: o Kobject: remove some unneeded exports Dominik Brodowski: o cpufreq 2.4 interface removal schedule Greg Kroah-Hartman: o class: add a semaphore to struct class, and use that instead of the subsystem rwsem o sysdev: remove the rwsem usage from this subsystem o sysdev: fix the name of the list of drivers to be a sane name o kmap: remove usage of rwsem from kobj_map o USB: move usb core to use class_simple instead of it's own class functions o kref: make kref_put return if this was the last put call o sysdev: make system_subsys static as no one else needs access to it o kset: make ksets have a spinlock, and use that to lock their lists Kay Sievers: o floppy.c: pass physical device to device registration o Driver core: add "bus" symlink to class/block devices o videodev: pass dev_t to the class core o i2c: class driver pass dev_t to the class core o usb: class driver pass dev_t to the class core o class_simple: pass dev_t to the class core o block core: export MAJOR/MINOR to the hotplug env o class core: export MAJOR/MINOR to the hotplug env Mike Waychison: o driver core: clean driver unload Randy Dunlap: o Add 2.4.x cpufreq /proc and sysctl interface removal feature-removal-schedule Russell King: o driver core: Separate platform device name from platform device number - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
