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Linus Torvalds 6f51ab9440 MTD core changes:
* partition parser: Support MTD names containing one or more colons.
 * mtdblock: clear cache_state to avoid writing to bad blocks repeatedly.
 
 Raw NAND core changes:
 
 * Stop using nand_release(), patched all drivers.
 * Give more information about the ECC weakness when not matching the
   chip's requirement.
 * MAINTAINERS updates.
 * Support emulated SLC mode on MLC NANDs.
 * Support "constrained" controllers, adapt the core and ONFI/JEDEC
   table parsing and Micron's code.
 * Take check_only into account.
 * Add an invalid ECC mode to discriminate with valid ones.
 * Return an enum from of_get_nand_ecc_algo().
 * Drop OOB_FIRST placement scheme.
 * Introduce nand_extract_bits().
 * Ensure a consistent bitflips numbering.
 * BCH lib:
   - Allow easy bit swapping.
   - Rework a little bit the exported function names.
 * Fix nand_gpio_waitrdy().
 * Propage CS selection to sub operations.
 * Add a NAND_NO_BBM_QUIRK flag.
 * Give the possibility to verify a read operation is supported.
 * Add a helper to check supported operations.
 * Avoid indirect access to ->data_buf().
 * Rename the use_bufpoi variables.
 * Fix comments about the use of bufpoi.
 * Rename a NAND chip option.
 * Reorder the nand_chip->options flags.
 * Translate obscure bitfields into readable macros.
 * Timings:
   - Fix default values.
   - Add mode information to the timings structure.
 
 Raw NAND controller driver changes:
 
 * Fixed many error paths.
 * Arasan
   - New driver
 * Au1550nd:
   - Various cleanups
   - Migration to ->exec_op()
 * brcmnand:
   - Misc cleanup.
   - Support v2.1-v2.2 controllers.
   - Remove unused including <linux/version.h>.
   - Correctly verify erased pages.
   - Fix Hamming OOB layout.
 * Cadence
   - Make cadence_nand_attach_chip static.
 * Cafe:
   - Set the NAND_NO_BBM_QUIRK flag
 * cmx270:
   - Remove this controller driver.
 * cs553x:
   - Misc cleanup
   - Migration to ->exec_op()
 * Davinci:
   - Misc cleanup.
   - Migration to ->exec_op()
 * Denali:
   - Add more delays before latching incoming data
 * Diskonchip:
    - Misc cleanup
    - Migration to ->exec_op()
 * Fsmc:
   - Change to non-atomic bit operations.
 * GPMI:
   - Use nand_extract_bits()
   - Fix runtime PM imbalance.
 * Ingenic:
   - Migration to exec_op()
   - Fix the RB gpio active-high property on qi, lb60
   - Make qi_lb60_ooblayout_ops static.
 * Marvell:
    - Misc cleanup and small fixes
 * Nandsim:
   - Fix the error paths, driver wide.
 * Omap_elm:
   - Fix runtime PM imbalance.
 * STM32_FMC2:
   - Misc cleanups (error cases, comments, timeout valus, cosmetic
     changes).
 
 SPI NOR core changes:
 
 * Add, update support and fix few flashes.
 * Prepare BFPT parsing for JESD216 rev D.
 * Kernel doc fixes.
 
 CFI changes:
 
 * Support the absence of protection registers for Intel CFI flashes.
 * Replace zero-length array with flexible-arrays.
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Merge tag 'mtd/for-5.8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mtd/linux

Pull MTD updates from Richard Weinberger:
 "MTD core changes:
   - partition parser: Support MTD names containing one or more colons.
   - mtdblock: clear cache_state to avoid writing to bad blocks
     repeatedly.

  Raw NAND core changes:
   - Stop using nand_release(), patched all drivers.
   - Give more information about the ECC weakness when not matching the
     chip's requirement.
   - MAINTAINERS updates.
   - Support emulated SLC mode on MLC NANDs.
   - Support "constrained" controllers, adapt the core and ONFI/JEDEC
     table parsing and Micron's code.
   - Take check_only into account.
   - Add an invalid ECC mode to discriminate with valid ones.
   - Return an enum from of_get_nand_ecc_algo().
   - Drop OOB_FIRST placement scheme.
   - Introduce nand_extract_bits().
   - Ensure a consistent bitflips numbering.
   - BCH lib:
      - Allow easy bit swapping.
      - Rework a little bit the exported function names.
   - Fix nand_gpio_waitrdy().
   - Propage CS selection to sub operations.
   - Add a NAND_NO_BBM_QUIRK flag.
   - Give the possibility to verify a read operation is supported.
   - Add a helper to check supported operations.
   - Avoid indirect access to ->data_buf().
   - Rename the use_bufpoi variables.
   - Fix comments about the use of bufpoi.
   - Rename a NAND chip option.
   - Reorder the nand_chip->options flags.
   - Translate obscure bitfields into readable macros.
   - Timings:
      - Fix default values.
      - Add mode information to the timings structure.

  Raw NAND controller driver changes:
   - Fixed many error paths.
   - Arasan
      - New driver
   - Au1550nd:
      - Various cleanups
      - Migration to ->exec_op()
   - brcmnand:
      - Misc cleanup.
      - Support v2.1-v2.2 controllers.
      - Remove unused including <linux/version.h>.
      - Correctly verify erased pages.
      - Fix Hamming OOB layout.
   - Cadence
      - Make cadence_nand_attach_chip static.
   - Cafe:
      - Set the NAND_NO_BBM_QUIRK flag
   - cmx270:
      - Remove this controller driver.
   - cs553x:
      - Misc cleanup
      - Migration to ->exec_op()
   - Davinci:
      - Misc cleanup.
      - Migration to ->exec_op()
   - Denali:
      - Add more delays before latching incoming data
   - Diskonchip:
      - Misc cleanup
      - Migration to ->exec_op()
   - Fsmc:
      - Change to non-atomic bit operations.
   - GPMI:
      - Use nand_extract_bits()
      - Fix runtime PM imbalance.
   - Ingenic:
      - Migration to exec_op()
      - Fix the RB gpio active-high property on qi, lb60
      - Make qi_lb60_ooblayout_ops static.
   - Marvell:
      - Misc cleanup and small fixes
   - Nandsim:
      - Fix the error paths, driver wide.
   - Omap_elm:
      - Fix runtime PM imbalance.
   - STM32_FMC2:
      - Misc cleanups (error cases, comments, timeout valus, cosmetic
        changes).

  SPI NOR core changes:
   - Add, update support and fix few flashes.
   - Prepare BFPT parsing for JESD216 rev D.
   - Kernel doc fixes.

  CFI changes:
   - Support the absence of protection registers for Intel CFI flashes.
   - Replace zero-length array with flexible-arrays"

* tag 'mtd/for-5.8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mtd/linux: (208 commits)
  mtd: clear cache_state to avoid writing to bad blocks repeatedly
  mtd: parser: cmdline: Support MTD names containing one or more colons
  mtd: physmap_of_gemini: remove defined but not used symbol 'syscon_match'
  mtd: rawnand: Add an invalid ECC mode to discriminate with valid ones
  mtd: rawnand: Return an enum from of_get_nand_ecc_algo()
  mtd: rawnand: Drop OOB_FIRST placement scheme
  mtd: rawnand: Avoid a typedef
  mtd: Fix typo in mtd_ooblayout_set_databytes() description
  mtd: rawnand: Stop using nand_release()
  mtd: rawnand: nandsim: Reorganize ns_cleanup_module()
  mtd: rawnand: nandsim: Rename a label in ns_init_module()
  mtd: rawnand: nandsim: Manage lists on error in ns_init_module()
  mtd: rawnand: nandsim: Fix the label pointing on nand_cleanup()
  mtd: rawnand: nandsim: Free erase_block_wear on error
  mtd: rawnand: nandsim: Use an additional label when freeing the nandsim object
  mtd: rawnand: nandsim: Stop using nand_release()
  mtd: rawnand: nandsim: Free the partition names in ns_free()
  mtd: rawnand: nandsim: Free the allocated device on error in ns_init()
  mtd: rawnand: nandsim: Free partition names on error in ns_init()
  mtd: rawnand: nandsim: Fix the two ns_alloc_device() error paths
  ...
2020-06-10 13:15:17 -07:00
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80211 docs: prevent warnings due to autosectionlabel 2020-03-20 17:01:29 -06:00
acpi Documentation: ACPI: move scan_handlers.txt to driver-api/acpi and convert to reST 2019-04-25 23:07:19 +02:00
backlight docs: lp855x-driver.rst: add it to the driver-api book 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
dmaengine This has been a busy cycle for documentation work. Highlights include: 2020-03-30 12:45:23 -07:00
driver-model Driver core patches for 5.8-rc1 2020-06-07 10:53:36 -07:00
early-userspace docs: add SPDX tags to new index files 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
firmware Merge branch 'efi-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2020-03-30 16:13:08 -07:00
fpga docs: fpga: document programming fpgas using regions 2018-10-16 11:13:50 +02:00
gpio gpiolib: Add support for GPIO lookup by line name 2020-05-18 10:12:42 +02:00
i3c docs: driver-api: Add I3C documentation 2018-11-12 10:33:49 +01:00
iio iio: core: drop devm_iio_trigger_free() API call 2020-04-19 16:56:37 +01:00
md docs: add SPDX tags to new index files 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
media media: Documentation: media: Refer to mbus format documentation from CSI-2 docs 2020-05-25 15:47:02 +02:00
mei mei: docs: update mei documentation 2019-06-06 16:51:37 +02:00
memory-devices docs: add SPDX tags to new index files 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
mmc docs: add SPDX tags to new index files 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
mtd docs: mtd: Update spi nor reference driver 2019-09-06 08:51:39 -06:00
nfc docs: add SPDX tags to new index files 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
nvdimm doc: nvdimm: remove reference to non-existent CONFIG_NFIT_TEST 2020-04-28 12:46:07 -06:00
pci Documentation: Kill all references to mmiowb() 2019-04-08 12:00:45 +01:00
phy docs: phy: Drop duplicate 'be made' 2019-07-26 08:15:26 -06:00
pm Merge branch 'pm-cpuidle' 2020-06-01 15:19:30 +02:00
rapidio docs: add SPDX tags to new index files 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
serial tty: n_gsm: add ioctl to map serial device to mux'ed tty 2019-09-04 12:43:54 +02:00
soundwire soundwire: bus: rename sdw_bus_master_add/delete, add arguments 2020-05-19 12:44:34 +05:30
thermal doc: thermal: add cpu-idle-cooling to index tree 2020-05-05 09:57:14 -06:00
usb A handful of late-arriving fixes for the documentation tree. 2020-04-10 17:53:43 -07:00
xilinx docs: driver-api: add xilinx driver API documentation 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
basics.rst docs: Do not seek comments in kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h 2019-05-24 14:23:40 -06:00
clk.rst docs: clk: fix struct syntax 2019-06-07 11:35:15 -06:00
component.rst drm/doc: document recommended component helper usage 2019-02-19 12:22:24 +01:00
connector.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
console.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
dcdbas.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
devfreq.rst docs: Add initial documentation for devfreq 2019-11-19 13:16:53 -07:00
device_connection.rst Documentation: driver-api: fix device_connection.rst kernel-doc error 2018-04-27 17:17:34 -06:00
device_link.rst driver core: Add support for linking devices during device addition 2019-10-04 17:29:50 +02:00
device-io.rst Documentation: Kill all references to mmiowb() 2019-04-08 12:00:45 +01:00
dma-buf.rst dma-buf: Couple of documentation typo fixes 2020-04-20 17:00:34 -06:00
edac.rst edac.rst: move concepts dictionary from edac.h 2016-12-15 08:58:12 -02:00
eisa.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
firewire.rst FireWire: add driver-api Introduction section 2018-09-06 09:41:16 -06:00
frame-buffer.rst
generic-counter.rst docs: driver-api: generic-counter: Update Count and Signal data types 2019-10-18 19:47:38 +01:00
hsi.rst docs: split up serial-interfaces.rst 2016-09-06 09:14:52 -06:00
i2c.rst Merge branch 'i2c/for-4.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wsa/linux 2017-07-12 10:04:56 -07:00
index.rst media updates for v5.8-rc1 2020-06-03 20:59:38 -07:00
infiniband.rst RDMA/core: Remove FMR pool API 2020-06-02 20:32:53 -03:00
infrastructure.rst docs: No structured comments in kernel/dma/coherent.c 2019-10-01 08:43:21 -06:00
input.rst
interconnect.rst interconnect: Add interconnect_graph file to debugfs 2019-12-16 09:49:54 +02:00
io_ordering.rst Documentation: Add io_ordering.rst to driver-api manual 2020-03-10 11:33:19 -06:00
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ipmb.rst drivers: ipmi: Support raw i2c packet in IPMB 2019-12-11 13:21:36 -06:00
ipmi.rst docs: move IPMI.txt to the driver API book 2020-05-15 11:55:04 -06:00
isa.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
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libata.rst scsi: docs: convert scsi_eh.txt to ReST 2020-03-11 23:08:01 -04:00
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men-chameleon-bus.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
message-based.rst docs: Don't format internal MPT docs 2016-09-06 09:15:48 -06:00
misc_devices.rst docs-rst: core_api: move driver-specific stuff to drivers_api 2017-04-02 14:17:43 -06:00
miscellaneous.rst docs: driver-api: Remove trailing blank line 2017-08-07 14:27:45 -06:00
mtdnand.rst mtd: rawnand: Stop using nand_release() 2020-05-31 10:53:40 +02:00
ntb.rst New feature to add support for NTB virtual MSI interrupts, the ability 2019-07-21 09:46:59 -07:00
nvmem.rst nvmem: core: add nvmem_device_find 2019-10-07 09:47:37 -07:00
parport-lowlevel.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
pinctl.rst docs/pinctrl: fix compile errors in example code 2019-07-29 00:20:09 +02:00
pps.rst docs: driver-api: add remaining converted dirs to it 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
pti_intel_mid.rst docs: driver-api: pti_intel_mid: Enable syntax highlighting for C code block 2019-10-18 09:40:13 -06:00
ptp.rst docs: driver-api: add remaining converted dirs to it 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
pwm.rst docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
regulator.rst docs: Convert the regulator docbook to RST 2017-01-31 17:31:41 -07:00
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s390-drivers.rst docs: s390: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst 2019-06-11 09:48:14 +02:00
scsi.rst scsi: target: add driver-api document 2018-04-20 19:14:40 -04:00
slimbus.rst slimbus: stream: add stream support 2018-07-07 17:25:23 +02:00
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sound.rst
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vme.rst docs: Update VME documentation to include kerneldoc comments 2017-03-17 15:10:49 +09:00
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