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Linus Torvalds 775a2e29c3 . various fixes and improvements to request-based DM and DM multipath 
. some locking improvements in DM bufio
 
 . add Kconfig option to disable the DM block manager's extra locking
   which mainly serves as a developer tool
 
 . a few bug fixes to DM's persistent-data
 
 . a couple changes to prepare for multipage biovec support in the block
   layer
 
 . various improvements and cleanups in the DM core, DM cache, DM raid
   and DM crypt
 
 . add ability to have DM crypt use keys from the kernel key retention
   service
 
 . add a new "error_writes" feature to the DM flakey target, reads are
   left unchanged in this mode
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Merge tag 'dm-4.10-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm

Pull device mapper updates from Mike Snitzer:

 - various fixes and improvements to request-based DM and DM multipath

 - some locking improvements in DM bufio

 - add Kconfig option to disable the DM block manager's extra locking
   which mainly serves as a developer tool

 - a few bug fixes to DM's persistent-data

 - a couple changes to prepare for multipage biovec support in the block
   layer

 - various improvements and cleanups in the DM core, DM cache, DM raid
   and DM crypt

 - add ability to have DM crypt use keys from the kernel key retention
   service

 - add a new "error_writes" feature to the DM flakey target, reads are
   left unchanged in this mode

* tag 'dm-4.10-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm: (40 commits)
  dm flakey: introduce "error_writes" feature
  dm cache policy smq: use hash_32() instead of hash_32_generic()
  dm crypt: reject key strings containing whitespace chars
  dm space map: always set ev if sm_ll_mutate() succeeds
  dm space map metadata: skip useless memcpy in metadata_ll_init_index()
  dm space map metadata: fix 'struct sm_metadata' leak on failed create
  Documentation: dm raid: define data_offset status field
  dm raid: fix discard support regression
  dm raid: don't allow "write behind" with raid4/5/6
  dm mpath: use hw_handler_params if attached hw_handler is same as requested
  dm crypt: add ability to use keys from the kernel key retention service
  dm array: remove a dead assignment in populate_ablock_with_values()
  dm ioctl: use offsetof() instead of open-coding it
  dm rq: simplify use_blk_mq initialization
  dm: use blk_set_queue_dying() in __dm_destroy()
  dm bufio: drop the lock when doing GFP_NOIO allocation
  dm bufio: don't take the lock in dm_bufio_shrink_count
  dm bufio: avoid sleeping while holding the dm_bufio lock
  dm table: simplify dm_table_determine_type()
  dm table: an 'all_blk_mq' table must be loaded for a blk-mq DM device
  ...
 		2016-12-14 11:01:00 -08:00
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ABI Char/Misc driver patches for 4.10-rc1 2016-12-13 12:11:01 -08:00
DocBook doc: Sphinxify the tracepoint docbook 2016-11-29 14:44:23 -07:00
EDID
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PCI PCI changes for the v4.9 merge window: 2016-10-07 11:46:37 -07:00
RCU Documentation/RCU: Fix minor typo 2016-11-14 10:39:48 -08:00
accounting tools: move accounting tool from Documentation 2016-09-23 13:07:15 -06:00
acpi ACPI material for v4.10-rc1 2016-12-13 11:06:21 -08:00
admin-guide TTY/Serial patches for 4.10-rc1 2016-12-13 11:18:24 -08:00
aoe
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arm docs: fix locations of several documents that got moved 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00
arm64 arm64 updates for 4.9: 2016-10-03 08:58:35 -07:00
auxdisplay samples: move auxdisplay example code from Documentation 2016-09-23 11:52:32 -06:00
backlight
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blackfin samples: move blackfin gptimers-example from Documentation 2016-10-10 07:12:02 -06:00
block blk-wbt: allow reset of default latency through sysfs 2016-11-28 10:27:03 -07:00
blockdev docs: fix locations of several documents that got moved 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00
bus-devices
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cdrom
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cgroup-v1 docs: fix locations of several documents that got moved 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00
cma
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connector samples: connector: from Documentation to samples directory 2016-04-28 07:47:35 -06:00
console
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core-api core-api: remove an unexpected unident 2016-12-01 10:46:01 -07:00
cpu-freq Documentation: intel_pstate: Document HWP energy/performance hints 2016-12-08 01:43:05 +01:00
cpuidle
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cris
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crypto crypto: doc - Fix typo 2016-05-31 16:41:55 +08:00
dev-tools Documentation/dev-tools: use code-block with proper language 2016-11-03 12:39:06 +02:00
device-mapper Documentation: dm raid: define data_offset status field 2016-12-08 14:13:13 -05:00
devicetree SCSI misc on 20161213 2016-12-14 10:49:33 -08:00
dmaengine dmaengine: documentation to the new callback mechanism 2016-08-08 08:11:42 +05:30
doc-guide docs-rst: parse-headers.pl: cleanup the documentation 2016-11-30 17:08:09 -07:00
driver-api dma-buf: Extract dma-buf.rst 2016-12-11 13:37:55 -07:00
driver-model devres: add devm_alloc_percpu() 2016-11-15 22:34:25 -05:00
early-userspace
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extcon
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fault-injection net: Add support for CHANGEUPPER notifier error injection 2015-12-03 11:49:23 -05:00
fb Documentation: fb: fix spelling mistakes 2016-05-10 12:05:27 +03:00
features Documentation: MIPS supports HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API 2016-10-13 17:19:19 +02:00
filesystems Just one simple change from Andrzej to drop the pointless return value 2016-12-14 10:31:25 -08:00
firmware_class Documentation: fix common spelling mistakes 2016-04-28 07:51:59 -06:00
fmc
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fpga fpga: Clarify how write_init works streaming modes 2016-11-29 15:51:49 -06:00
frv docs: fix locations of several documents that got moved 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00
gpio Bulk GPIO changes for the v4.10 kernel cycle: 2016-12-13 07:54:57 -08:00
gpu Main pull request for drm for 4.10 kernel 2016-12-13 09:35:09 -08:00
hid Documentation: HID: Intel ISH HID document 2016-08-17 11:13:07 +02:00
hwmon hwmon updates for v4.10 2016-12-13 15:43:56 -08:00
i2c i2c: Documentation: i2c-topology: fix minor whitespace nit 2016-11-10 21:18:56 +01:00
ia64 selftests: move ia64 tests from Documentation/ia64 2016-09-20 09:58:12 -06:00
ide
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iio iio: Documentation: Correct the path used to create triggers. 2016-10-01 00:49:58 -06:00
infiniband IB/hfi1: Document new sysfs entries for hfi1 driver 2016-10-02 08:42:19 -04:00
input Input: ALPS - add V8 protocol documentation 2016-10-04 11:47:02 -07:00
ioctl doc: ioctl: Add some clarifications to botching-up-ioctls 2016-09-06 06:00:22 -06:00
isdn docs: fix locations of several documents that got moved 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00
kbuild Kconfig: Introduce the "imply" keyword 2016-11-16 09:26:33 +01:00
kdump Documentation: kdump: Add description of enable multi-cpus support 2016-09-20 18:02:54 -06:00
laptops tools: move laptops dslm tool from Documentation 2016-09-23 13:07:21 -06:00
leds leds/leds-lp5523.txt: make documentation match reality 2016-11-22 12:07:02 +01:00
livepatch Documentation: livepatch: add section about arch-specific code 2016-08-18 23:41:56 +02:00
locking locking/lglock: Remove lglock implementation 2016-09-22 15:25:56 +02:00
m68k docs: fix locations of several documents that got moved 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00
media Doc: Correct typo, "Introdution" => "Introduction" 2016-12-01 10:44:08 -07:00
memory-devices
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metag
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mic samples: move mic/mpssd example code from Documentation 2016-09-20 12:38:48 -06:00
mips
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misc-devices samples: move misc-devices/mei example code from Documentation 2016-09-23 11:51:43 -06:00
mmc mmc: core: Extend sysfs with DSR register 2016-07-25 10:34:51 +02:00
mn10300
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mtd Documentation: mtd: improve nand_ecc.txt for readability and correctness 2015-11-17 17:05:14 -08:00
namespaces
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netlabel
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networking These are the documentation changes for 4.10. 2016-12-12 21:58:13 -08:00
nfc
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nios2
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nvdimm libnvdimm, btt: update the usage section in Documentation 2016-06-17 16:23:23 -07:00
nvmem
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parisc
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pcmcia tools: move pcmcia crc32hash tool from Documentation 2016-09-23 13:07:27 -06:00
perf perf: xgene: Add APM X-Gene SoC Performance Monitoring Unit driver 2016-09-15 11:20:55 -07:00
phy
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platform
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power Power management material for v4.10-rc1 2016-12-13 10:41:53 -08:00
powerpc powerpc updates for 4.9 2016-10-07 20:19:31 -07:00
pps Documentation: pps: fix spelling mistake 2016-04-28 07:23:59 -06:00
prctl selftests: move prctl tests from Documentation/prctl 2016-09-20 09:09:09 -06:00
process Doc: Correct typo, "Introdution" => "Introduction" 2016-12-01 10:44:08 -07:00
pti
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ptp selftests: move ptp tests from Documentation/ptp 2016-09-20 09:54:38 -06:00
rapidio rapidio/documentation/mport_cdev: add missing parameter description 2016-09-01 17:52:02 -07:00
s390 s390/Documentation: improve sort command for trace buffer 2016-06-13 15:58:23 +02:00
scheduler docs/completion.txt: drop dangling reference to completions-design.txt 2016-11-16 16:27:50 -07:00
scsi docs: fix locations of several documents that got moved 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00
security docs: Add more manuals to the PDF build 2016-11-16 16:07:02 -07:00
serial Documentation: rs485: Do not define manually the ioctl 2016-08-18 11:08:33 -06:00
sh
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sound Merge remote-tracking branch 'sound/topic/restize-docs' into sound 2016-11-18 16:19:28 -07:00
sphinx docs-rst: parse-headers.pl: cleanup the documentation 2016-11-30 17:08:09 -07:00
sphinx-static This is the documentation update pull for the 4.9 merge window. 2016-10-04 13:54:07 -07:00
spi Doc: update 00-INDEX files to reflect the runnable code move 2016-10-10 07:12:09 -06:00
sysctl These are the documentation changes for 4.10. 2016-12-12 21:58:13 -08:00
target target: make close_session optional 2016-05-10 01:19:26 -07:00
thermal thermal: Add support for hardware-tracked trip points 2016-09-27 14:02:16 +08:00
timers Doc: update 00-INDEX files to reflect the runnable code move 2016-10-10 07:12:09 -06:00
trace Char/Misc driver patches for 4.10-rc1 2016-12-13 12:11:01 -08:00
translations docs-rst: doc-guide: split the kernel-documentation.rst contents 2016-11-19 10:22:04 -07:00
usb Documentation: tiny typo fix in usb/gadget_multi.txt 2016-06-23 08:09:10 -06:00
virtual Small release, the most interesting stuff is x86 nested virt improvements. 2016-12-13 15:47:02 -08:00
vm These are the documentation changes for 4.10. 2016-12-12 21:58:13 -08:00
w1 w1: add ability to set (SRAM) and store (EEPROM) configuration for temp sensors like DS18B20 2016-05-01 14:37:49 -07:00
watchdog docs: fix locations of several documents that got moved 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00
wimax
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x86 These are the documentation changes for 4.10. 2016-12-12 21:58:13 -08:00
xtensa xtensa: cleanup MMU setup and kernel layout macros 2016-07-24 06:33:58 +03:00
.gitignore Add .pyc files to .gitignore 2016-06-30 13:07:33 -06:00
00-INDEX Update Documentation/00-INDEX 2016-12-06 06:13:03 -07:00
CodingStyle doc: re-add CodingStyle and SubmittingPatches 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00
DMA-API-HOWTO.txt Documentation: DMA-API-HOWTO: Fix a typo 2016-09-20 17:58:46 -06:00
DMA-API.txt dma-mapping: add dma_{map,unmap}_resource 2016-09-26 22:16:41 +05:30
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
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DMA-attributes.txt dma-mapping: introduce the DMA_ATTR_NO_WARN attribute 2016-10-11 15:06:32 -07:00
IPMI.txt ipmi watchdog : add panic_wdt_timeout parameter 2015-11-16 06:28:43 -06:00
IRQ-affinity.txt
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IRQ-domain.txt Documentation/IRQ-domain.txt: Document irq_domain_create_{linear, tree} 2016-03-31 00:32:59 -06:00
IRQ.txt
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Intel-IOMMU.txt iommu/vt-d: Fix link to Intel IOMMU Specification 2016-01-29 12:32:12 +01:00
Makefile samples: move blackfin gptimers-example from Documentation 2016-10-10 07:12:02 -06:00
Makefile.sphinx docs-rst: fix media cleandocs target 2016-11-30 17:08:03 -07:00
SAK.txt
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SM501.txt
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SubmittingPatches doc: re-add CodingStyle and SubmittingPatches 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00
bcache.txt bcache: documentation formatting, edited for clarity, stripe alignment notes 2016-06-23 07:58:38 -06:00
bt8xxgpio.txt
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btmrvl.txt
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bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt
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cachetlb.txt
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cgroup-v2.txt Merge branch 'for-4.6-ns' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2016-03-21 10:05:13 -07:00
circular-buffers.txt Documentation: circular-buffers: use READ_ONCE() 2016-11-16 16:17:45 -07:00
clk.txt Documentation: clk: update file names containing referenced structures 2016-08-14 12:12:36 -06:00
conf.py docs-rst: doc-guide: split the kernel-documentation.rst contents 2016-11-19 10:22:04 -07:00
cpu-hotplug.txt Documentation: cpu-hotplug: Fix typos 2016-10-25 17:07:52 -06:00
cpu-load.txt
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cputopology.txt topology/sysfs: provide drawer id and siblings attributes 2016-06-13 15:58:27 +02:00
crc32.txt
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dcdbas.txt
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debugging-modules.txt
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debugging-via-ohci1394.txt
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dell_rbu.txt
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digsig.txt
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dma-buf-sharing.txt dma-buf: Update docs for SYNC ioctl 2016-03-21 09:26:45 +01:00
docutils.conf doc-rst: add docutils config file 2016-08-14 11:52:40 -06:00
dontdiff GCC plugin infrastructure 2016-06-07 22:57:10 +02:00
edac.txt EDAC: Remove references to bluesmoke.sourceforge.net 2015-11-26 14:46:06 +01:00
efi-stub.txt doc: efi-stub.txt: Fix arm64 paths 2015-12-14 15:24:03 +00:00
eisa.txt
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flexible-arrays.txt
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futex-requeue-pi.txt
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gcc-plugins.txt GCC plugin infrastructure 2016-06-07 22:57:10 +02:00
highuid.txt
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hw_random.txt hwrng: doc - Fix device node name reference /dev/hw_random => /dev/hwrng 2015-09-21 22:00:41 +08:00
hwspinlock.txt
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index.rst docs: Move the 802.11 guide into the driver-api manual 2016-11-29 14:41:49 -07:00
intel_txt.txt
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io-mapping.txt
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io_ordering.txt
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iostats.txt
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irqflags-tracing.txt
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isa.txt Documentation: Add ISA bus driver documentation 2016-05-02 09:32:04 -07:00
isapnp.txt
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kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt docs-rst: doc-guide: split the kernel-documentation.rst contents 2016-11-19 10:22:04 -07:00
kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt docs: fix locations of several documents that got moved 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00
kobject.txt
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kprobes.txt Documentation: kprobes: Document jprobes stack copying limitations 2016-08-15 10:19:11 -06:00
kref.txt
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kselftest.txt Doc: update kselftest.txt with details on how to run tests after install 2016-11-07 18:04:18 -07:00
ldm.txt
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lockup-watchdogs.txt docs: fix locations of several documents that got moved 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00
logo.gif
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logo.txt
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lzo.txt Documentation: lzo: fix spelling mistakes 2016-04-28 07:23:11 -06:00
mailbox.txt
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md-cluster.txt md-cluster: change array_sectors and update size are not supported 2016-05-04 12:39:35 -07:00
memory-barriers.txt locking/Documentation: Fix a typo of example result 2016-08-12 08:24:13 +02:00
memory-hotplug.txt docs: fix locations of several documents that got moved 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00
men-chameleon-bus.txt
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nommu-mmap.txt
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ntb.txt
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numastat.txt
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padata.txt
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parport-lowlevel.txt
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percpu-rw-semaphore.txt
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phy.txt phy: core: Allow children node to be overridden 2016-04-29 16:39:39 +02:00
pi-futex.txt
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pinctrl.txt pinctrl: Flag strict is a field in struct pinmux_ops 2016-06-23 10:50:10 +02:00
pnp.txt
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preempt-locking.txt
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printk-formats.txt mm, printk: introduce new format string for flags 2016-03-15 16:55:16 -07:00
pwm.txt pwm: Update documentation 2016-05-17 14:48:04 +02:00
rbtree.txt
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remoteproc.txt remoteproc: Split driver and consumer dereferencing 2016-10-02 22:50:21 -07:00
rfkill.txt docs: fix locations of several documents that got moved 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00
robust-futex-ABI.txt
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robust-futexes.txt Documentation: robust-futexes: fix spelling mistakes 2016-04-28 07:26:41 -06:00
rpmsg.txt rpmsg: use module_rpmsg_driver in existing drivers and examples 2016-05-06 11:09:01 -07:00
rtc.txt rtc: implement a sysfs interface for clock offset 2016-03-14 17:08:16 +01:00
sgi-ioc4.txt
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smsc_ece1099.txt
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static-keys.txt jump_labels: Allow array initialisers 2016-09-07 09:41:11 +01:00
svga.txt
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sync_file.txt dma-buf: Rename struct fence to dma_fence 2016-10-25 14:40:39 +02:00
this_cpu_ops.txt
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unaligned-memory-access.txt
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unshare.txt
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vfio-mediated-device.txt docs: Sample driver to demonstrate how to use Mediated device framework. 2016-11-17 09:18:44 -07:00
vfio.txt
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video-output.txt
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xillybus.txt Documentation: xillybus: fix spelling mistake 2016-04-28 07:44:54 -06:00
xz.txt
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zorro.txt
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