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| author | Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pretzel.yyz.us> | 2005-06-26 17:11:03 -0400 |
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| committer | Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> | 2005-06-26 17:11:03 -0400 |
| commit | 8b0ee07e108b2eefdab5bb73f33223f18926c3b2 (patch) | |
| tree | f68ca04180c5488301a40ec212ef2eb2467cf56c /Documentation/driver-model/device.txt | |
| parent | 4638aef40ba9ebb9734caeed1f373c24015259fd (diff) | |
| parent | 8678887e7fb43cd6c9be6c9807b05e77848e0920 (diff) | |
| download | linux-next-8b0ee07e108b2eefdab5bb73f33223f18926c3b2.tar.gz | |
Merge upstream (approx. 2.6.12-git8) into 'janitor' branch of netdev-2.6.
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-model/device.txt b/Documentation/driver-model/device.txt index 58cc5dc8fd3e..a05ec50f8004 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-model/device.txt +++ b/Documentation/driver-model/device.txt @@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ driver_data: Driver-specific data. platform_data: Platform data specific to the device. + Example: for devices on custom boards, as typical of embedded + and SOC based hardware, Linux often uses platform_data to point + to board-specific structures describing devices and how they + are wired. That can include what ports are available, chip + variants, which GPIO pins act in what additional roles, and so + on. This shrinks the "Board Support Packages" (BSPs) and + minimizes board-specific #ifdefs in drivers. + current_state: Current power state of the device. saved_state: Pointer to saved state of the device. This is usable by |