Cornelia Huck 5739411acb Driver core: Clarify device cleanup. ...

Make the comments on how to use device_initialize(), device_add()
and device_register() a bit clearer - in particular, explicitly
note that put_device() must be used once we tried to add the device
to the hierarchy.

Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

2008-10-16 09:24:48 -07:00

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accessibility

braille_console: only register notifiers when the braille console is used

2008-10-02 15:53:13 -07:00

acpi

rtc-cmos: move wake setup from ACPI glue into RTC driver

2008-10-14 16:08:21 -07:00

amba

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ata

Merge commit 'origin'

2008-10-15 11:31:54 +11:00

atm

Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6

2008-10-11 12:39:35 -07:00

auxdisplay

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base

Driver core: Clarify device cleanup.

2008-10-16 09:24:48 -07:00

block

device create: block: convert device_create_drvdata to device_create

2008-10-16 09:24:41 -07:00

bluetooth

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/pcmcia-2.6

2008-10-13 14:12:40 -07:00

cdrom

gdrom: change to use __blk_end_request()

2008-10-09 08:56:21 +02:00

char

device create: char: convert device_create_drvdata to device_create

2008-10-16 09:24:42 -07:00

clocksource

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connector

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cpufreq

[CPUFREQ] Fix BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible code

2008-10-09 13:52:44 -04:00

cpuidle

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crypto

crypto: talitos - Avoid consecutive packets going out with same IV

2008-09-14 13:41:19 -07:00

dca

device create: misc: convert device_create_drvdata to device_create

2008-10-16 09:24:43 -07:00

dio

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dma

dw_dmac: fix copy/paste bug in tasklet

2008-10-03 18:22:18 -07:00

edac

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eisa

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firewire

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firmware

drivers/firmware/iscsi_ibft.c: make 3 functions static

2008-10-16 09:24:48 -07:00

gpio

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gpu

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hid

device create: misc: convert device_create_drvdata to device_create

2008-10-16 09:24:43 -07:00

hwmon

device create: misc: convert device_create_drvdata to device_create

2008-10-16 09:24:43 -07:00

i2c

device create: misc: convert device_create_drvdata to device_create

2008-10-16 09:24:43 -07:00

ide

device create: ide: convert device_create_drvdata to device_create

2008-10-16 09:24:45 -07:00

ieee1394

device create: ieee1394: convert device_create_drvdata to device_create

2008-10-16 09:24:42 -07:00

infiniband

device create: infiniband: convert device_create_drvdata to device_create

2008-10-16 09:24:42 -07:00

input

Merge commit 'origin'

2008-10-15 11:31:54 +11:00

isdn

device create: misc: convert device_create_drvdata to device_create

2008-10-16 09:24:43 -07:00

leds

device create: misc: convert device_create_drvdata to device_create

2008-10-16 09:24:43 -07:00

lguest

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macintosh

device create: misc: convert device_create_drvdata to device_create

2008-10-16 09:24:43 -07:00

mca

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md

raid, fastboot: hide RAID autodetect option if MD is compiled as a module

2008-10-12 08:25:14 -07:00

media

device create: misc: convert device_create_drvdata to device_create

2008-10-16 09:24:43 -07:00

memstick

memstick: change to use __blk_end_request()

2008-10-09 08:56:20 +02:00

message

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mfd

mfd: Fix warning in WM8350

2008-10-13 21:51:57 +01:00

misc

device create: misc: convert device_create_drvdata to device_create

2008-10-16 09:24:43 -07:00

mmc

Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6

2008-10-13 17:13:56 +01:00

mtd

device create: misc: convert device_create_drvdata to device_create

2008-10-16 09:24:43 -07:00

net

device create: net: convert device_create_drvdata to device_create

2008-10-16 09:24:43 -07:00

nubus

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of

Merge commit 'gcl/gcl-next'

2008-10-14 10:11:27 +11:00

oprofile

Merge branch 'linus' into oprofile-v2

2008-10-13 11:05:51 +02:00

parisc

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parport

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/pcmcia-2.6

2008-10-13 14:12:40 -07:00

pci

Merge commit 'origin'

2008-10-15 11:31:54 +11:00

pcmcia

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/pcmcia-2.6

2008-10-13 14:12:40 -07:00

pnp

Merge commit 'origin'

2008-10-15 11:31:54 +11:00

power

device create: misc: convert device_create_drvdata to device_create

2008-10-16 09:24:43 -07:00

ps3

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rapidio

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regulator

da903x: add regulator support for DA9030/DA9034

2008-10-13 21:51:57 +01:00

rtc

RTC: M48T35: new RTC driver

2008-10-15 12:46:51 +01:00

s390

device create: s390: convert device_create_drvdata to device_create

2008-10-16 09:24:44 -07:00

sbus

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scsi

device create: scsi: convert device_create_drvdata to device_create

2008-10-16 09:24:44 -07:00

serial

Merge commit 'origin'

2008-10-15 11:31:54 +11:00

sh

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sn

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spi

device create: misc: convert device_create_drvdata to device_create

2008-10-16 09:24:43 -07:00

ssb

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/pcmcia-2.6

2008-10-13 14:12:40 -07:00

tc

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telephony

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thermal

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uio

device create: misc: convert device_create_drvdata to device_create

2008-10-16 09:24:43 -07:00

usb

usb gadget: link fixes for network gadget

2008-10-16 09:24:47 -07:00

video

device create: video: convert device_create_drvdata to device_create

2008-10-16 09:24:45 -07:00

virtio

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w1

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watchdog

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wim/linux-2.6-watchdog

2008-10-12 11:51:32 -07:00

xen

xen: remove unused balloon.h

2008-10-03 10:04:10 +02:00

zorro

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Kconfig

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Makefile

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