Significant refactoring of Dell laptop drivers, modularizing the smbios code. Multiple new platforms added for ideapad, asus, dell, and alienware using existing quirks. A few fixes and cleanups. hp-wmi: - Remove GPS rfkill support via pre-2009 interface - fix unregister order in hp_wmi_rfkill_setup() once again ideapad-laptop: - Add ideapad Y700 (15) to the no_hw_rfkill DMI list fujitsu-laptop: - Support radio toggle button intel-hid: - allocate correct amount of memory for private struct platform/x86: - Make intel_scu_ipc explicitly non-modular intel_pmc_ipc: - Avoid pending IPC1 command during legacy suspend - Fix GCR register base address and length asus-nb-wmi: - add wapf=4 quirk for ASUS X75VD intel_telemetry_pltdrv: - Change verbosity control bits dell-rbtn: - Add a comment about the XPS 13 9350 dell-wmi, dell-laptop: - depends DMI dell-wmi: - support Dell Inspiron M5110 - properly process Dell Instant Launch hotkey - enable receiving WMI events on Dell Vostro V131 - Support new hotkeys on the XPS 13 9350 (Skylake) - Clean up hotkey table size check - Stop storing pointers to DMI tables dell-laptop: - move dell_smi_error() to dell-smbios - use dell_smbios_find_token() instead of find_token_location() - use dell_smbios_find_token() instead of find_token_id() - extract SMBIOS-related code to a separate module dell-smbios: - rename dell_smi_error() to dell_smbios_error() - make da_tokens static - remove find_token_{id,location}() - implement new function for finding DMI table 0xDA tokens - make the SMBIOS buffer static - return the SMBIOS buffer from dell_smbios_get_buffer() - don't return an SMBIOS buffer from dell_smbios_send_request() - don't pass an SMBIOS buffer to dell_smbios_send_request() - rename dell_send_request() to dell_smbios_send_request() - rename release_buffer() to dell_smbios_release_buffer() - rename clear_buffer() to dell_smbios_clear_buffer() - rename get_buffer() to dell_smbios_get_buffer() dell-led: - use dell_smbios_send_request() for performing SMBIOS calls - use dell_smbios_find_token() for finding mic DMI tokens toshiba_acpi: - Add a module parameter to disable hotkeys registration - Add sysfs entries for the Cooling Method feature - Add support for cooling method feature Documentation/ABI: - Update sysfs-driver-toshiba_acpi file thinkpad_acpi: - Remove ambiguous logging for "Unsupported brightness interface" alienware-wmi: - whitespace improvements - Add support for two new systems: ASM200 and ASM201. - Add support for deep sleep control. - Add initial support for alienware graphics amplifier. - Add support for new platform: X51-R3 - Clean up whitespace for ASM100 platform -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEcBAABAgAGBQJW8s77AAoJEKbMaAwKp364iVgH/18Tpefbc7uOrNak4zfTmvVO CQjLdbnbCYoeNjwgdYSZNlaR+E2TuMdqmBXXLEr3kqicpmX15l+V5y8xJkDmGpxw 0RmwJnkdIpmkZcjb3/2abOtIuOj1Y/tXCp5mY1FoaDYBQVzO+ZsPEGNQcMu5uJpa qZTw9UwiSPUspTrHHbS7/Bzv7yFnxlWC1nmt6G5zL4OMEv2AGbuVSstXVGySIML5 TfFdisUBIXQplzwpDytHGqtGUJMc0NnT1s66beuo1oBdEFTFtBNpFySW3goV2nrZ JPbvyaV3tD24NYNmU9WH653InX4KuaGiJRWVT31a/I5HVVlx7mZdUYRI+EYAnmE= =e0E4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Merge tag 'platform-drivers-x86-v4.6-1' of git://git.infradead.org/users/dvhart/linux-platform-drivers-x86 Pull x86 platform driver updates from Darren Hart: "Significant refactoring of Dell laptop drivers, modularizing the smbios code. Multiple new platforms added for ideapad, asus, dell, and alienware using existing quirks. A few fixes and cleanups. hp-wmi: - Remove GPS rfkill support via pre-2009 interface - fix unregister order in hp_wmi_rfkill_setup() once again ideapad-laptop: - Add ideapad Y700 (15) to the no_hw_rfkill DMI list fujitsu-laptop: - Support radio toggle button intel-hid: - allocate correct amount of memory for private struct platform/x86: - Make intel_scu_ipc explicitly non-modular intel_pmc_ipc: - Avoid pending IPC1 command during legacy suspend - Fix GCR register base address and length asus-nb-wmi: - add wapf=4 quirk for ASUS X75VD intel_telemetry_pltdrv: - Change verbosity control bits dell-rbtn: - Add a comment about the XPS 13 9350 dell-wmi, dell-laptop: - depends DMI dell-wmi: - support Dell Inspiron M5110 - properly process Dell Instant Launch hotkey - enable receiving WMI events on Dell Vostro V131 - Support new hotkeys on the XPS 13 9350 (Skylake) - Clean up hotkey table size check - Stop storing pointers to DMI tables dell-laptop: - move dell_smi_error() to dell-smbios - use dell_smbios_find_token() instead of find_token_location() - use dell_smbios_find_token() instead of find_token_id() - extract SMBIOS-related code to a separate module dell-smbios: - rename dell_smi_error() to dell_smbios_error() - make da_tokens static - remove find_token_{id,location}() - implement new function for finding DMI table 0xDA tokens - make the SMBIOS buffer static - return the SMBIOS buffer from dell_smbios_get_buffer() - don't return an SMBIOS buffer from dell_smbios_send_request() - don't pass an SMBIOS buffer to dell_smbios_send_request() - rename dell_send_request() to dell_smbios_send_request() - rename release_buffer() to dell_smbios_release_buffer() - rename clear_buffer() to dell_smbios_clear_buffer() - rename get_buffer() to dell_smbios_get_buffer() dell-led: - use dell_smbios_send_request() for performing SMBIOS calls - use dell_smbios_find_token() for finding mic DMI tokens toshiba_acpi: - Add a module parameter to disable hotkeys registration - Add sysfs entries for the Cooling Method feature - Add support for cooling method feature Documentation/ABI: - Update sysfs-driver-toshiba_acpi file thinkpad_acpi: - Remove ambiguous logging for "Unsupported brightness interface" alienware-wmi: - whitespace improvements - Add support for two new systems: ASM200 and ASM201. - Add support for deep sleep control. - Add initial support for alienware graphics amplifier. - Add support for new platform: X51-R3 - Clean up whitespace for ASM100 platform" * tag 'platform-drivers-x86-v4.6-1' of git://git.infradead.org/users/dvhart/linux-platform-drivers-x86: (47 commits) hp-wmi: Remove GPS rfkill support via pre-2009 interface hp-wmi: fix unregister order in hp_wmi_rfkill_setup() once again dell-wmi: support Dell Inspiron M5110 dell-wmi: properly process Dell Instant Launch hotkey dell-wmi: enable receiving WMI events on Dell Vostro V131 dell-smbios: rename dell_smi_error() to dell_smbios_error() dell-laptop: move dell_smi_error() to dell-smbios ideapad-laptop: Add ideapad Y700 (15) to the no_hw_rfkill DMI list fujitsu-laptop: Support radio toggle button intel-hid: allocate correct amount of memory for private struct platform/x86: Make intel_scu_ipc explicitly non-modular intel_pmc_ipc: Avoid pending IPC1 command during legacy suspend intel_pmc_ipc: Fix GCR register base address and length asus-nb-wmi: add wapf=4 quirk for ASUS X75VD intel_telemetry_pltdrv: Change verbosity control bits dell-rbtn: Add a comment about the XPS 13 9350 dell-wmi: Support new hotkeys on the XPS 13 9350 (Skylake) dell-wmi: Clean up hotkey table size check dell-wmi, dell-laptop: depends DMI dell-wmi: Stop storing pointers to DMI tables ... |
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This directory attempts to document the ABI between the Linux kernel and userspace, and the relative stability of these interfaces. Due to the everchanging nature of Linux, and the differing maturity levels, these interfaces should be used by userspace programs in different ways. We have four different levels of ABI stability, as shown by the four different subdirectories in this location. Interfaces may change levels of stability according to the rules described below. The different levels of stability are: stable/ This directory documents the interfaces that the developer has defined to be stable. Userspace programs are free to use these interfaces with no restrictions, and backward compatibility for them will be guaranteed for at least 2 years. Most interfaces (like syscalls) are expected to never change and always be available. testing/ This directory documents interfaces that are felt to be stable, as the main development of this interface has been completed. The interface can be changed to add new features, but the current interface will not break by doing this, unless grave errors or security problems are found in them. Userspace programs can start to rely on these interfaces, but they must be aware of changes that can occur before these interfaces move to be marked stable. Programs that use these interfaces are strongly encouraged to add their name to the description of these interfaces, so that the kernel developers can easily notify them if any changes occur (see the description of the layout of the files below for details on how to do this.) obsolete/ This directory documents interfaces that are still remaining in the kernel, but are marked to be removed at some later point in time. The description of the interface will document the reason why it is obsolete and when it can be expected to be removed. removed/ This directory contains a list of the old interfaces that have been removed from the kernel. Every file in these directories will contain the following information: What: Short description of the interface Date: Date created KernelVersion: Kernel version this feature first showed up in. Contact: Primary contact for this interface (may be a mailing list) Description: Long description of the interface and how to use it. Users: All users of this interface who wish to be notified when it changes. This is very important for interfaces in the "testing" stage, so that kernel developers can work with userspace developers to ensure that things do not break in ways that are unacceptable. It is also important to get feedback for these interfaces to make sure they are working in a proper way and do not need to be changed further. How things move between levels: Interfaces in stable may move to obsolete, as long as the proper notification is given. Interfaces may be removed from obsolete and the kernel as long as the documented amount of time has gone by. Interfaces in the testing state can move to the stable state when the developers feel they are finished. They cannot be removed from the kernel tree without going through the obsolete state first. It's up to the developer to place their interfaces in the category they wish for it to start out in. Notable bits of non-ABI, which should not under any circumstances be considered stable: - Kconfig. Userspace should not rely on the presence or absence of any particular Kconfig symbol, in /proc/config.gz, in the copy of .config commonly installed to /boot, or in any invocation of the kernel build process. - Kernel-internal symbols. Do not rely on the presence, absence, location, or type of any kernel symbol, either in System.map files or the kernel binary itself. See Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt.