diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl index 54883de5d5f9..ac3d0018140c 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl @@ -520,6 +520,11 @@ Here's a description of the fields of struct uio_mem: + +const char *name: Optional. Set this to help identify +the memory region, it will show up in the corresponding sysfs node. + + int memtype: Required if the mapping is used. Set this to UIO_MEM_PHYS if you you have physical memory on your @@ -553,7 +558,7 @@ instead to remember such an address. -Please do not touch the kobj element of +Please do not touch the map element of struct uio_mem! It is used by the UIO framework to set up sysfs files for this mapping. Simply leave it alone.