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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-12-31 10:31:57 +0300
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-12-31 10:31:57 +0300
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parentb2aaf8f74cdc84a9182f6cabf198b7763bcb9d40 (diff)
parent6a94cb73064c952255336cc57731904174b2c58f (diff)
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Merge branch 'linus' into stackprotector
Conflicts: arch/x86/include/asm/pda.h kernel/fork.c
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@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ need pass only as many optional fields as necessary:
o class and classmask fields default to 0
o driver_data defaults to 0UL.
+Note that driver_data must match the value used by any of the pci_device_id
+entries defined in the driver. This makes the driver_data field mandatory
+if all the pci_device_id entries have a non-zero driver_data value.
+
Once added, the driver probe routine will be invoked for any unclaimed
PCI devices listed in its (newly updated) pci_ids list.