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Aaron Lu 86393865f0 ACPI / video: update video_extension.txt for backlight control 
The ACPI video driver has changed a lot, and it doesn't export
interfaces in /proc any more, so the documentation for it should
be updated.

This update focuses on ACPI video driver's backlight control.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Lu <aaron.lu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
2013-06-21 00:16:05 +02:00
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ABI
ACPI: Add sysfs ABI documentation
2013-06-21 00:13:15 +02:00
accounting
doc: Remove unnecessary declarations from Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c
2012-11-26 14:22:21 +01:00
acpi
ACPI / video: update video_extension.txt for backlight control
2013-06-21 00:16:05 +02:00
aoe
aoe: allow user to disable target failure timeout
2012-12-17 17:15:25 -08:00
arm
ARM: platform specific firmware interfaces for 3.10
2013-05-04 12:33:36 -07:00
arm64
arm64: Add simple earlyprintk support
2013-01-22 17:51:01 +00:00
auxdisplay
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backlight
backlight: lp855x: remove duplicate platform data
2013-04-29 18:28:19 -07:00
blackfin
Documentation: Fix typo in multiple files in Documentation
2012-04-16 14:37:13 +02:00
block
Documentation: cfq-iosched: update documentation help for cfq tunables
2013-04-09 14:57:06 +02:00
blockdev
nbd: update documentation and link to mailinglist
2013-02-27 19:10:22 -08:00
bus-devices
ARM: OMAP2+: gpmc: generic timing calculation
2012-11-09 18:07:11 +05:30
cdrom
doc: fix broken references
2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
cgroups
mm, memcg: add rss_huge stat to memory.stat
2013-05-07 18:38:26 -07:00
connector
connector: Move cn_test.c away from NLMSG_PUT().
2012-06-26 21:19:02 -07:00
console
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cpu-freq
Merge branch 'timers-nohz-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
2013-05-05 13:23:27 -07:00
cpuidle
cpuidle: make a single register function for all
2013-04-23 13:45:22 +02:00
cris
CRIS: Update documentation
2012-04-03 13:09:18 +02:00
crypto
KEYS: Document asymmetric key type
2012-10-08 13:50:12 +10:30
development-process
Documentation: Update stable address
2011-12-12 14:14:31 -08:00
device-mapper
DM RAID: Add message/status support for changing sync action
2013-04-24 11:42:43 +10:00
devicetree
rtc-at91rm9200: use shadow IMR on at91sam9x5
2013-06-12 16:29:46 -07:00
DocBook
sound updates for v3.10-rc1
2013-05-03 09:10:23 -07:00
driver-model
lib: devres: Introduce devm_ioremap_resource()
2013-01-22 09:41:43 -08:00
dvb
[media] get_dvb_firmware: Fix the location of firmware for Terratec HTC
2013-01-01 11:18:26 -02:00
early-userspace
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EDID
drm: Add 1600x1200 (UXGA) screen resolution to the built-in EDIDs
2013-04-12 14:06:16 +10:00
extcon
Documentation/extcon: porting guide for Android kernel switch driver.
2012-04-20 09:24:27 -07:00
fault-injection
doc: fix quite a few typos within Documentation
2012-11-19 14:28:24 +01:00
fb
Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf
2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
filesystems
xfs: disable noattr2/attr2 mount options for CRC enabled filesystems
2013-06-06 10:51:34 -05:00
firmware_class
firmware loader: document firmware cache mechanism
2012-11-14 15:07:18 -08:00
frv
doc: fix broken references
2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
hid
HID: remove x bit from sensor doc
2012-12-14 08:48:59 +01:00
hwmon
hwmon: (lm75) Add support for the Dallas/Maxim DS7505
2013-05-04 14:49:36 +02:00
i2c
i2c: Fix my e-mail address in drivers and documentation
2013-03-22 11:18:34 +01:00
i2o
Documentation: Fix multiple typo in Documentation
2012-03-07 16:08:24 +01:00
ia64
Fix example error_injection_tool
2013-04-02 09:39:55 -07:00
ide
Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf
2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
infiniband
IB/ipoib: Add rtnl_link_ops support
2012-09-20 16:49:17 -04:00
input
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input
2013-03-11 07:49:37 -07:00
ioctl
USB: cdc-wdm: implement IOCTL_WDM_MAX_COMMAND
2013-03-25 13:32:20 -07:00
isdn
Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf
2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
ja_JP
Merge branch 'driver-core-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6
2011-07-25 23:06:24 -07:00
kbuild
Merge branch 'misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild
2013-05-07 07:59:19 -07:00
kdump
Add size restriction to the kdump documentation
2013-04-02 09:40:03 -07:00
ko_KR
driver-core: documentation: fix up Greg's email address
2012-02-15 14:48:01 -08:00
laptops
Documentation/laptops: remove depends on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
2013-01-21 14:52:42 -08:00
leds
leds: lp55xx: configure the clock detection
2013-04-01 11:04:53 -07:00
m68k
block: remove refs to XD disks from documentation
2013-05-17 15:17:12 +02:00
make
kbuild: introduce HDR_ARCH_LIST for headers_install_all
2010-12-14 22:16:19 +01:00
memory-devices
memory: emif: add basic infrastructure for EMIF driver
2012-05-02 00:10:49 -07:00
metag
metag: Basic documentation
2013-03-02 20:09:50 +00:00
mips
Fix common misspellings
2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
misc-devices
mei: bus: Add device enabling and disabling API
2013-04-08 16:57:15 -07:00
mmc
mmc: core: Add in support to expose PRV for v4 MMCs
2013-03-22 12:10:42 -04:00
mn10300
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mtd
Documentation: update broken web addresses.
2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
namespaces
userns: Recommend use of memory control groups.
2013-01-26 22:20:06 -08:00
netlabel
Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate
2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
networking
packet: doc: update timestamping part
2013-04-25 01:22:22 -04:00
nfc
NFC: Update pn544 documentation
2013-01-10 01:27:46 +01:00
parisc
Documentation: Fix typo in multiple files in Documentation
2012-04-16 14:37:13 +02:00
PCI
PCI/MSI: Enable multiple MSIs with pci_enable_msi_block_auto()
2013-01-24 17:25:13 +01:00
pcmcia
pcmcia: use autoconfiguration feature for ioports and iomem
2010-09-29 17:20:24 +02:00
power
ACPI / video: move video_extension.txt to Documentation/acpi
2013-06-21 00:15:59 +02:00
powerpc
powerpc/tm: Fix userspace stack corruption on signal delivery for active transactions
2013-06-01 08:29:23 +10:00
pps
pps: add parallel port PPS signal generator
2011-01-13 08:03:21 -08:00
prctl
seccomp: Make syscall skipping and nr changes more consistent
2012-10-02 21:14:29 +10:00
pti
Kernel documentation for the PTI feature.
2011-05-13 16:31:00 -07:00
ptp
ptp: Added a brand new class driver for ptp clocks.
2011-05-23 13:01:00 -07:00
rapidio
rapidio: documentation update for enumeration changes
2013-05-24 16:22:50 -07:00
RCU
Merge commit '8700c95adb03' into timers/nohz
2013-05-02 17:54:19 +02:00
s390
s390/cio: add condev keyword to cio_ignore
2013-05-02 15:50:20 +02:00
scheduler
sched: Remove __ARCH_WANT_INTERRUPTS_ON_CTXSW
2012-09-13 16:52:04 +02:00
scsi
[SCSI] qla2xxx: Update copyright dates information in LICENSE.qla2xxx file.
2013-04-06 11:31:30 +01:00
security
Smack: add support for modification of existing rules
2013-03-19 14:16:42 -07:00
serial
tty: Update serial core API documentation
2013-01-15 21:57:44 -08:00
sh
sh: clkfwk: Kill off unused clk_set_rate_ex().
2010-11-15 18:25:12 +09:00
sound
ASoC: Updates for v3.10
2013-04-15 19:45:16 +02:00
spi
Documentation: remove __dev* attributes.
2013-01-03 15:57:16 -08:00
sysctl
mm: replace hardcoded 3% with admin_reserve_pages knob
2013-04-29 15:54:36 -07:00
target
target: Simplify fabric sense data length handling
2012-09-17 17:12:58 -07:00
thermal
Thermal: update documentation for thermal_zone_device_register
2013-04-27 09:16:04 +08:00
timers
nohz_full: Add documentation.
2013-04-27 16:41:43 -07:00
trace
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial
2013-04-30 09:36:50 -07:00
usb
USB: remove CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND from Documentation
2013-03-28 14:45:56 -07:00
vDSO
Document the vDSO and add a reference parser
2011-07-14 17:57:09 -07:00
video4linux
[media] v4l2: Add a V4L2 driver for SI476X MFD
2013-04-18 21:20:34 -03:00
virtual
Merge tag 'kvm-3.10-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm
2013-05-05 14:47:31 -07:00
vm
mm: limit growth of 3% hardcoded other user reserve
2013-04-29 15:54:36 -07:00
w1
w1: w1_therm: Add force-pullup option for "broken" sensors
2013-02-18 13:55:24 -08:00
watchdog
watchdog: core: dt: add support for the timeout-sec dt property
2013-03-01 12:48:36 +01:00
wimax
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x86
Merge branch 'x86-debug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
2013-04-30 08:35:20 -07:00
xtensa
xtensa: document MMUv3 setup sequence
2013-05-09 01:07:09 -07:00
zh_CN
gpio: update gpio Chinese documentation
2013-04-16 18:47:22 +09:00
.gitignore
add random binaries to .gitignore
2010-04-08 11:34:34 +02:00
00-INDEX
ImgTec Meta architecture changes for v3.9-rc1
2013-03-03 12:06:09 -08:00
applying-patches.txt
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atomic_ops.txt
Documentation: Memory barrier semantics of atomic_xchg()
2013-01-08 14:14:55 -08:00
bad_memory.txt
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basic_profiling.txt
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bcache.txt
bcache: clarify free/available/unused space
2013-05-15 00:42:52 -07:00
binfmt_misc.txt
Documentation: update broken web addresses.
2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
braille-console.txt
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bt8xxgpio.txt
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btmrvl.txt
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BUG-HUNTING
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bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt
doc: fix broken references
2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
cachetlb.txt
mm: convert mm->cpu_vm_cpumask into cpumask_var_t
2011-05-25 08:39:21 -07:00
Changes
Documentation/Changes: remove some really obsolete text
2011-07-11 16:48:38 -07:00
circular-buffers.txt
Document Linux's circular buffering capabilities
2010-03-24 16:31:22 -07:00
clk.txt
clk: add clk_ignore_unused option to keep boot clocks on
2013-04-27 23:03:43 -07:00
coccinelle.txt
Coccinelle: Add support to the SPFLAGS variable
2013-04-08 15:42:03 +02:00
CodingStyle
Documentation: remove depends on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
2013-01-11 11:38:03 -08:00
cpu-hotplug.txt
doc: Add x86 CPU0 online/offline feature
2012-11-14 09:39:44 -08:00
cpu-load.txt
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cputopology.txt
topology/sysfs: Provide book id and siblings attributes
2010-09-09 20:41:25 +02:00
crc32.txt
crc32: move long comment about crc32 fundamentals to Documentation/
2012-03-23 16:58:37 -07:00
dcdbas.txt
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debugging-modules.txt
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debugging-via-ohci1394.txt
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dell_rbu.txt
Fix common misspellings
2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
devices.txt
block: remove refs to XD disks from documentation
2013-05-17 15:17:12 +02:00
digsig.txt
crypto: digital signature verification support
2011-11-09 12:10:37 +02:00
DMA-API-HOWTO.txt
Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt: fix typo
2013-02-27 19:10:23 -08:00
DMA-API.txt
dma-debug: New interfaces to debug dma mapping errors
2012-10-24 17:06:43 +02:00
DMA-attributes.txt
common: DMA-mapping: add DMA_ATTR_FORCE_CONTIGUOUS attribute
2012-11-29 03:30:34 -08:00
dma-buf-sharing.txt
dma-buf: replace dma_buf_export() with dma_buf_export_named()
2013-05-01 16:35:36 +05:30
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
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dmaengine.txt
Documentation: Fix multiple typo in Documentation
2012-03-07 16:08:24 +01:00
dmatest.txt
dmatest: do not allow to interrupt ongoing tests
2013-06-08 02:13:44 +05:30
dontdiff
x86: remove offsets.h from .gitignore and dontdiff
2012-11-19 14:10:53 +01:00
dynamic-debug-howto.txt
dynamic_debug: dynamic hex dump
2013-01-17 12:19:09 -08:00
edac.txt
Merge branch 'devel'
2012-07-29 21:11:05 -03:00
eisa.txt
MCA: delete all remaining traces of microchannel bus support.
2012-05-17 19:06:13 -04:00
email-clients.txt
Documentation: email-clients: Add better Thunderbird information
2011-08-13 18:34:03 -07:00
flexible-arrays.txt
flex_array: flex_array_prealloc takes a number of elements, not an end
2011-04-28 16:12:47 -04:00
futex-requeue-pi.txt
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gcov.txt
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gpio.txt
Remove GENERIC_GPIO config option
2013-04-16 18:47:19 +09:00
highuid.txt
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HOWTO
HOWTO: fix double words typo
2012-12-10 15:54:27 +01:00
hw_random.txt
hwrng: Fix a wrong comment in Documentation/hw_random.txt
2013-03-10 18:16:36 +08:00
hwspinlock.txt
hwspinlock/core: register a bank of hwspinlocks in a single API call
2011-09-21 19:45:34 +03:00
init.txt
init/main.c: improve usability in case of init binary failure
2010-03-06 11:26:29 -08:00
initrd.txt
Documentation/initrd.txt: Change the location of util-linux
2012-05-25 16:18:34 +02:00
intel_txt.txt
Documentation: remove depends on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
2013-01-11 11:38:03 -08:00
Intel-IOMMU.txt
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io_ordering.txt
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io-mapping.txt
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iostats.txt
iostats.txt: add easy-to-find description for field 6
2013-04-29 15:18:50 +02:00
IPMI.txt
ipmi: add options to disable openfirmware and PCI scanning
2013-02-27 19:10:21 -08:00
IRQ-affinity.txt
bitmap, irq: add smp_affinity_list interface to /proc/irq
2011-05-25 08:39:45 -07:00
IRQ-domain.txt
irqdomain: update documentation
2012-12-05 23:52:10 +00:00
IRQ.txt
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irqflags-tracing.txt
Fix common misspellings
2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
isapnp.txt
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java.txt
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kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
Kernel-doc: Convention: Use a "Return" section to describe return values
2012-11-27 21:08:57 +01:00
kernel-docs.txt
doc: fix broken references
2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
kernel-parameters.txt
ACPI / video: add description for brightness_switch_enabled
2013-06-21 00:13:15 +02:00
kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt
kthread: Document ways of reducing OS jitter due to per-CPU kthreads
2013-04-27 16:52:47 -07:00
kmemcheck.txt
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kmemleak.txt
kmemleak: Handle percpu memory allocation
2011-12-02 16:12:42 +00:00
kobject.txt
Documentation: Fix "struct kobj_type" to include newer members.
2012-09-04 16:06:34 -07:00
kprobes.txt
tree-wide: fix comment/printk typos
2010-11-01 15:38:34 -04:00
kref.txt
kref: Add kref_get_unless_zero documentation
2012-11-28 18:36:06 +10:00
ldm.txt
Documentation: update broken web addresses.
2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
local_ops.txt
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lockdep-design.txt
lockdep: Update documentation for lock-class leak detection
2011-12-11 10:31:23 -08:00
lockstat.txt
locking/stat: Fix a typo
2013-02-19 08:42:37 +01:00
lockup-watchdogs.txt
watchdog: Update documentation
2012-02-11 15:11:28 +01:00
logo.gif
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logo.txt
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magic-number.txt
wanrouter: completely decouple obsolete code from kernel.
2013-01-31 19:20:33 -05:00
Makefile
mei: move doc files Documentation/misc-devices/mei
2012-05-09 13:59:09 -07:00
ManagementStyle
Documentation: ManagementStyle: fixed typo
2012-06-28 12:03:15 +02:00
md.txt
MD: Fix typos in MD documentation
2013-04-24 11:42:42 +10:00
media-framework.txt
[media] Documentation/media-framework.txt: fix a sentence
2013-02-08 13:27:13 -02:00
memory-barriers.txt
Documentation: Memory barrier semantics of atomic_xchg()
2013-01-08 14:14:55 -08:00
memory-hotplug.txt
hotplug: update nodemasks management
2012-12-12 17:38:33 -08:00
mono.txt
Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf
2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
mutex-design.txt
mutex: Fix annotations to include it in kernel-locking docbook
2010-09-03 08:19:51 +02:00
nommu-mmap.txt
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numastat.txt
Doc: Update numastat.txt
2012-02-28 16:05:06 +01:00
oops-tracing.txt
module,bug: Add TAINT_OOT_MODULE flag for modules not built in-tree
2011-11-07 07:54:42 +10:30
padata.txt
Documentation/padata.txt: fix typos etc.
2010-08-11 08:59:18 -07:00
parport-lowlevel.txt
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parport.txt
Documentation: remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf
2012-03-30 16:03:15 -07:00
percpu-rw-semaphore.txt
percpu-rw-semaphore: fix documentation typos
2012-09-26 19:56:15 +02:00
pi-futex.txt
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pinctrl.txt
pinctrl: document the "GPIO mode" pitfall
2013-03-18 11:03:29 +01:00
pnp.txt
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preempt-locking.txt
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printk-formats.txt
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial
2013-04-30 13:47:37 -07:00
pwm.txt
pwm: add devm_pwm_get() and devm_pwm_put()
2012-09-10 17:05:45 +02:00
ramoops.txt
pstore/ftrace: Convert to its own enable/disable debugfs knob
2012-09-06 22:16:58 -07:00
rbtree.txt
rbtree: move augmented rbtree functionality to rbtree_augmented.h
2012-10-09 16:22:40 +09:00
remoteproc.txt
remoteproc: add rproc_report_crash function to notify rproc crashes
2012-09-18 12:53:22 +03:00
rfkill.txt
doc: fix broken references
2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
robust-futex-ABI.txt
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robust-futexes.txt
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rpmsg.txt
Documentation: remove __dev* attributes.
2013-01-03 15:57:16 -08:00
rt-mutex-design.txt
variable name fix to Documentation/rt-mutex-design.txt
2010-06-05 17:39:09 +02:00
rt-mutex.txt
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rtc.txt
rtc-proc: permit the /proc/driver/rtc device to use other devices
2012-10-06 03:05:01 +09:00
SAK.txt
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SecurityBugs
Fix common misspellings
2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
serial-console.txt
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sgi-ioc4.txt
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sgi-visws.txt
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SM501.txt
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smsc_ece1099.txt
mfd: smsc: Add support for smsc gpio io/keypad driver
2012-10-01 15:27:48 +02:00
sparse.txt
Documentation/sparse.txt: document context annotations for lock checking
2012-12-17 17:15:23 -08:00
spinlocks.txt
Documentation/spinlocks.txt: Remove reference to sti()/cli()
2011-07-11 12:45:04 -07:00
stable_api_nonsense.txt
doc: stable_api_nonsense.txt: fix paragraph to make more sense.
2011-03-30 12:02:05 +02:00
stable_kernel_rules.txt
stable: Allow merging of backports for serious user-visible performance issues
2012-06-25 12:11:58 -07:00
static-keys.txt
Documentation: Fix typo in multiple files in Documentation
2012-04-16 14:37:13 +02:00
SubmitChecklist
Documentation/SubmitChecklist: add RCU debug config options
2011-07-25 20:57:17 -07:00
SubmittingDrivers
Documentation: SubmittingDrivers: fix Linus's git tree URL
2011-08-13 18:34:03 -07:00
SubmittingPatches
checkpatch: add Suggested-by as a standard signature
2013-04-29 18:28:20 -07:00
svga.txt
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sysfs-rules.txt
Fix typos in comments
2010-03-16 11:47:56 +01:00
sysrq.txt
Documentation/sysrq: fix inconstistent help message of sysrq key
2013-04-30 17:04:10 -07:00
this_cpu_ops.txt
percpu: add documentation on this_cpu operations
2013-04-04 10:24:53 -07:00
unaligned-memory-access.txt
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unicode.txt
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unshare.txt
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vfio.txt
vfio: Trivial Documentation correction
2012-09-21 10:48:03 -06:00
VGA-softcursor.txt
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vgaarbiter.txt
misc latin1 to utf8 conversions
2012-01-02 13:04:55 +01:00
video-output.txt
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vme_api.txt
VME: Move API documentation to Documentation folder
2012-05-08 16:01:34 -07:00
volatile-considered-harmful.txt
Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt: correct cpu_relax() documentation
2010-03-24 16:31:20 -07:00
workqueue.txt
workqueue: reimplement WQ_HIGHPRI using a separate worker_pool
2012-07-13 22:24:45 -07:00
xz.txt
decompressors: add XZ decompressor module
2011-01-13 08:03:24 -08:00
zorro.txt
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