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Here's the big staging tree merge for 3.8-rc1 There's a lot of patches in here, the majority being the comedi rework/cleanup that has been ongoing and is causing a huge reduction in overall code size, which is amazing to watch. We also removed some older drivers (telephony and rts_pstor), and added a new one (fwserial which also came in through the tty tree due to tty api changes, take that one if you get merge conflicts.) The iio and ipack drivers are moving out of the staging area into their own part of the kernel as they have been cleaned up sufficiently and are working well. Overall, again a reduction of code: 768 files changed, 31887 insertions(+), 82166 deletions(-) All of this has been in the linux-next tree for a while. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAlDHiRkACgkQMUfUDdst+ykyCgCglEbrWzevtCOl+C2KAmIR+Jnt qUsAoLOXYeQq1aadxzqh3tK+ytlMrWd1 =Ync9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Merge tag 'staging-3.8-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging Pull staging driver tree merge from Greg Kroah-Hartman: "Here's the big staging tree merge for 3.8-rc1 There's a lot of patches in here, the majority being the comedi rework/cleanup that has been ongoing and is causing a huge reduction in overall code size, which is amazing to watch. We also removed some older drivers (telephony and rts_pstor), and added a new one (fwserial which also came in through the tty tree due to tty api changes, take that one if you get merge conflicts.) The iio and ipack drivers are moving out of the staging area into their own part of the kernel as they have been cleaned up sufficiently and are working well. Overall, again a reduction of code: 768 files changed, 31887 insertions(+), 82166 deletions(-) All of this has been in the linux-next tree for a while. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>" * tag 'staging-3.8-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging: (1298 commits) iio: imu: adis16480: remove duplicated include from adis16480.c iio: gyro: adis16136: remove duplicated include from adis16136.c iio:imu: adis16480: show_firmware() buffer too small iio:gyro: adis16136: divide by zero in write_frequency() iio: adc: Add Texas Instruments ADC081C021/027 support iio:ad7793: Add support for the ad7796 and ad7797 iio:ad7793: Add support for the ad7798 and ad7799 staging:iio: Move ad7793 driver out of staging staging:iio:ad7793: Implement stricter id checking staging:iio:ad7793: Move register definitions from header to source staging:iio:ad7793: Rework regulator handling staging:iio:ad7793: Rework platform data staging:iio:ad7793: Use kstrtol instead of strict_strtol staging:iio:ad7793: Use usleep_range instead of msleep staging:iio:ad7793: Fix temperature scale staging:iio:ad7793: Fix VDD monitor scale staging: gdm72xx: unlock on error in init_usb() staging: panel: pass correct lengths to keypad_send_key() staging: comedi: addi_apci_2032: fix interrupt support staging: comedi: addi_apci_2032: move i_APCI2032_ConfigDigitalOutput() ... |
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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. The file Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt may describe some of these interfaces, giving a schedule for when they will 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.