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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-03-06 23:18:59 +0100 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-03-06 23:18:59 +0100 |
commit | 45763bf4bc1ebdf8eb95697607e1fd042a3e1221 (patch) | |
tree | c5b26c2d5d1190247b59d6d1fe68b8a247351362 /drivers/char/Kconfig | |
parent | Merge tag 'sound-5.1-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ti... (diff) | |
parent | habanalabs: adjust Kconfig to fix build errors (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'char-misc-5.1-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc
Pull char/misc driver updates from Greg KH:
"Here is the big char/misc driver patch pull request for 5.1-rc1.
The largest thing by far is the new habanalabs driver for their AI
accelerator chip. For now it is in the drivers/misc directory but will
probably move to a new directory soon along with other drivers of this
type.
Other than that, just the usual set of individual driver updates and
fixes. There's an "odd" merge in here from the DRM tree that they
asked me to do as the MEI driver is starting to interact with the i915
driver, and it needed some coordination. All of those patches have
been properly acked by the relevant subsystem maintainers.
All of these have been in linux-next with no reported issues, most for
quite some time"
* tag 'char-misc-5.1-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc: (219 commits)
habanalabs: adjust Kconfig to fix build errors
habanalabs: use %px instead of %p in error print
habanalabs: use do_div for 64-bit divisions
intel_th: gth: Fix an off-by-one in output unassigning
habanalabs: fix little-endian<->cpu conversion warnings
habanalabs: use NULL to initialize array of pointers
habanalabs: fix little-endian<->cpu conversion warnings
habanalabs: soft-reset device if context-switch fails
habanalabs: print pointer using %p
habanalabs: fix memory leak with CBs with unaligned size
habanalabs: return correct error code on MMU mapping failure
habanalabs: add comments in uapi/misc/habanalabs.h
habanalabs: extend QMAN0 job timeout
habanalabs: set DMA0 completion to SOB 1007
habanalabs: fix validation of WREG32 to DMA completion
habanalabs: fix mmu cache registers init
habanalabs: disable CPU access on timeouts
habanalabs: add MMU DRAM default page mapping
habanalabs: Dissociate RAZWI info from event types
misc/habanalabs: adjust Kconfig to fix build errors
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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/Kconfig | 19 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig index 2e2ffe7010aa..72866a004f07 100644 --- a/drivers/char/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig @@ -244,26 +244,23 @@ source "drivers/char/hw_random/Kconfig" config NVRAM tristate "/dev/nvram support" - depends on ATARI || X86 || GENERIC_NVRAM + depends on X86 || HAVE_ARCH_NVRAM_OPS + default M68K || PPC ---help--- If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/nvram with major number 10 and minor number 144 using mknod ("man mknod"), - you get read and write access to the extra bytes of non-volatile - memory in the real time clock (RTC), which is contained in every PC - and most Ataris. The actual number of bytes varies, depending on the - nvram in the system, but is usually 114 (128-14 for the RTC). - - This memory is conventionally called "CMOS RAM" on PCs and "NVRAM" - on Ataris. /dev/nvram may be used to view settings there, or to - change them (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently + you get read and write access to the non-volatile memory. + + /dev/nvram may be used to view settings in NVRAM or to change them + (with some utility). It could also be used to frequently save a few bits of very important data that may not be lost over power-off and for which writing to disk is too insecure. Note however that most NVRAM space in a PC belongs to the BIOS and you should NEVER idly tamper with it. See Ralf Brown's interrupt list for a guide to the use of CMOS bytes by your BIOS. - On Atari machines, /dev/nvram is always configured and does not need - to be selected. + This memory is conventionally called "NVRAM" on PowerPC machines, + "CMOS RAM" on PCs, "NVRAM" on Ataris and "PRAM" on Macintoshes. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called nvram. |