Eric Lee / smarc-fsl-linux-kernel

18 Nov, 2013

1 commit

  • 487722cf2   watchdog: Get rid of MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV statements ... Browse Code »

    I just can't find any value in MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR)
    and MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(TEMP_MINOR) statements.

    Either the device is enumerated and the driver already has a module
    alias (e.g. PCI, USB etc.) that will get the right driver loaded
    automatically.

    Or the device is not enumerated and loading its driver will lead to
    more or less intrusive hardware poking. Such hardware poking should be
    limited to a bare minimum, so the user should really decide which
    drivers should be tried and in what order. Trying them all in
    arbitrary order can't do any good.

    On top of that, loading that many drivers at once bloats the kernel
    log. Also many drivers will stay loaded afterward, bloating the output
    of "lsmod" and wasting memory. Some modules (cs5535_mfgpt which gets
    loaded as a dependency) can't even be unloaded!

    If defining char-major-10-130 is needed then it should happen in
    user-space.

    Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare
    Acked-by: Guenter Roeck
    Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck
    Cc: Stephen Warren
    Cc: Mike Frysinger
    Cc: Wan ZongShun
    Cc: Ben Dooks
    Cc: Kukjin Kim
    Cc: Zwane Mwaikambo
    Cc: Jim Cromie

    Jean Delvare
     

27 Sep, 2012

1 commit

  • 944c3d81d   m68knommu: clean up ColdFire 54xx General Timer definitions ... Browse Code »

    Convert the ColdFire 54xx CPU General Timer register address definitions to
    include the MCF_MBAR peripheral region offset. This makes them consistent
    with all other 54xx address register definitions (in m54xxsim.h).

    The goal is to reduce different definitions used (some including offsets and
    others not) causing bugs when used incorrectly.

    Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer

    Greg Ungerer
     

28 Mar, 2012

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08 Feb, 2011

1 commit