Merge tag 'v4.11-rc1' into regulator-arizona

Rudolf Marek <R.Marek@sh.cvut.cz>

Rui Saraiva <rmps@joel.ist.utl.pt>

Sachin P Sant <ssant@in.ibm.com>

Sarangdhar Joshi <spjoshi@codeaurora.org>

Sam Ravnborg <sam@mars.ravnborg.org>

Santosh Shilimkar <ssantosh@kernel.org>

Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@oracle.org>

Simon Kelley <simon@thekelleys.org.uk>

Stéphane Witzmann <stephane.witzmann@ubpmes.univ-bpclermont.fr>

Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>

Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan <subashab@codeaurora.org>

Subhash Jadavani <subhashj@codeaurora.org>

Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> Sudeep KarkadaNagesha <sudeep.karkadanagesha@arm.com>

Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@ti.com>

Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>

Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>

Thomas Pedersen <twp@codeaurora.org>

Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>

Tsuneo Yoshioka <Tsuneo.Yoshioka@f-secure.com>

Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@informatik.uni-freiburg.de>

S: Germany

N: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

E: acme@ghostprotocols.net

E: acme@kernel.org

E: arnaldo.melo@gmail.com

E: acme@redhat.com

W: http://oops.ghostprotocols.net:81/blog/

P: 1024D/9224DF01 D5DF E3BB E3C8 BCBB F8AD  841A B6AB 4681 9224 DF01

D: IPX, LLC, DCCP, cyc2x, wl3501_cs, net/ hacks

D: tools/, IPX, LLC, DCCP, cyc2x, wl3501_cs, net/ hacks

S: Brazil

N: Karsten Merker

S: Valladolid 47009

S: Spain

N: Peter Oruba

D: AMD Microcode loader driver

S: Germany

N: Jens Osterkamp

E: jens@de.ibm.com

D: Maintainer of Spidernet network driver for Cell

D: Ralink rt2x00 WLAN driver

D: Minix V2 file-system

D: Misc fixes

S: Geessinkweg 177

S: 7544 TX Enschede

S: The Netherlands

N: Lars Wirzenius

	- this file.

ABI/

	- info on kernel <-> userspace ABI and relative interface stability.

BUG-HUNTING

	- brute force method of doing binary search of patches to find bug.

Changes

	- list of changes that break older software packages.

CodingStyle

	- how the maintainers expect the C code in the kernel to look.

	- nothing here, just a pointer to process/coding-style.rst.

DMA-API.txt

	- DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines.

DMA-API-HOWTO.txt

	- directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation.

EDID/

	- directory with info on customizing EDID for broken gfx/displays.

HOWTO

	- the process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development.

IPMI.txt

	- info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver.

IRQ-affinity.txt

Intel-IOMMU.txt

	- basic info on the Intel IOMMU virtualization support.

Makefile

	- This file does nothing. Removing it breaks make htmldocs and

	  make distclean.

ManagementStyle

	- how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers.

	- It's not of interest for those who aren't touching the build system.

Makefile.sphinx

	- It's not of interest for those who aren't touching the build system.

PCI/

	- info related to PCI drivers.

RCU/

	- directory with info on RCU (read-copy update).

SAK.txt

	- info on Secure Attention Keys.

SM501.txt

	- Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia companion chip

SecurityBugs

	- procedure for reporting security bugs found in the kernel.

SubmitChecklist

	- Linux kernel patch submission checklist.

SubmittingDrivers

	- procedure to get a new driver source included into the kernel tree.

SubmittingPatches

	- procedure to get a source patch included into the kernel tree.

VGA-softcursor.txt

	- how to change your VGA cursor from a blinking underscore.

	- nothing here, just a pointer to process/coding-style.rst.

accounting/

	- documentation on accounting and taskstats.

acpi/

	- info on ACPI-specific hooks in the kernel.

admin-guide/

	- info related to Linux users and system admins.

aoe/

	- description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples.

applying-patches.txt

	- description of various trees and how to apply their patches.

arm/

	- directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture.

arm64/

	- directory with info about Linux on the 64 bit ARM architecture.

assoc_array.txt

	- generic associative array intro.

atomic_ops.txt

	- semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations.

auxdisplay/

	- misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108).

backlight/

	- directory with info on controlling backlights in flat panel displays

bad_memory.txt

	- how to use kernel parameters to exclude bad RAM regions.

basic_profiling.txt

	- basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel.

bcache.txt

	- Block-layer cache on fast SSDs to improve slow (raid) I/O performance.

binfmt_misc.txt

	- info on the kernel support for extra binary formats.

blackfin/

	- directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch.

block/

	- info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer.

blockdev/

	- info on block devices & drivers

braille-console.txt

	- info on how to use serial devices for Braille support.

bt8xxgpio.txt

	- info on how to modify a bt8xx video card for GPIO usage.

btmrvl.txt

	- describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses.

cdrom/

	- directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.

cgroups/

	- cgroups features, including cpusets and memory controller.

cgroup-v1/

	- cgroups v1 features, including cpusets and memory controller.

cgroup-v2.txt

	- cgroups v2 features, including cpusets and memory controller.

circular-buffers.txt

	- how to make use of the existing circular buffer infrastructure

clk.txt

	- info on the common clock framework

coccinelle.txt

	- info on how to get and use the Coccinelle code checking tool.

cma/

	- Continuous Memory Area (CMA) debugfs interface.

conf.py

	- It's not of interest for those who aren't touching the build system.

connector/

	- docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod.

console/

	- documentation on Linux console drivers.

core-api/

	- documentation on kernel core components.

cpu-freq/

	- info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling.

cpu-hotplug.txt

	- how to use firewire like a hardware debugger memory reader.

dell_rbu.txt

	- document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver.

development-process/

	- how to work with the mainline kernel development process.

dev-tools/

	- directory with info on development tools for the kernel.

device-mapper/

	- directory with info on Device Mapper.

devices.txt

	- plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s.

dmaengine/

	- the DMA engine and controller API guides.

devicetree/

	- directory with info on device tree files used by OF/PowerPC/ARM

digsig.txt

	-info on the Digital Signature Verification API

dma-buf-sharing.txt

	- the DMA Buffer Sharing API Guide

docutils.conf

	- nothing here. Just a configuration file for docutils.

dontdiff

	- file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed.

driver-api/

	- the Linux driver implementer's API guide.

driver-model/

	- directory with info about Linux driver model.

dvb/

	- info on Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem.

dynamic-debug-howto.txt

	- how to use the dynamic debug (dyndbg) feature.

early-userspace/

	- info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot.

edac.txt

	- information on EDAC - Error Detection And Correction

efi-stub.txt

	- How to use the EFI boot stub to bypass GRUB or elilo on EFI systems.

eisa.txt

	- info on EISA bus support.

email-clients.txt

	- info on how to use e-mail to send un-mangled (git) patches.

extcon/

	- directory with porting guide for Android kernel switch driver.

isa.txt

	- info on EISA bus support.

fault-injection/

	- dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure.

fb/

	- directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer.

features/

	- status of feature implementation on different architectures.

filesystems/

	- info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports.

firmware_class/

	- how to make use of flexible sized arrays in linux

fmc/

	- information about the FMC bus abstraction

fpga/

	- FPGA Manager Core.

frv/

	- Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation.

futex-requeue-pi.txt

	- info on requeueing of tasks from a non-PI futex to a PI futex

gcov.txt

	- use of GCC's coverage testing tool "gcov" with the Linux kernel

gcc-plugins.txt

	- GCC plugin infrastructure.

gpio/

	- gpio related documentation

gpu/

	- directory with information on GPU driver developer's guide.

hid/

	- directory with information on human interface devices

highuid.txt

	- notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs.

hsi.txt

	- HSI subsystem overview.

hwspinlock.txt

	- hardware spinlock provides hardware assistance for synchronization

timers/

	- directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers.

i2c/

	- directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed).

i2o/

	- directory with info about the Linux I2O subsystem.

x86/i386/

	- directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture.

ia64/

	- directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture.

ide/

	- Information regarding the Enhanced IDE drive.

iio/

	- info on industrial IIO configfs support.

index.rst

	- main index for the documentation at ReST format.

infiniband/

	- directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support.

init.txt

	- what to do when the kernel can't find the 1st process to run.

initrd.txt

	- how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem.

input/

	- info on Linux input device support.

intel_txt.txt

	- info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support.

isdn/

	- directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards.

java.txt

	- info on the in-kernel binary support for Java(tm).

ja_JP/

	- directory with Japanese translations of various documents

kbuild/

	- directory with info about the kernel build process.

kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt

	- outdated info about kernel-doc documentation.

kdump/

	- directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work.

kernel-docs.txt

	- listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals.

kernel-documentation.rst

doc-guide/

	- how to write and format reStructuredText kernel documentation

kernel-parameters.txt

	- summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel.

kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt

	- List of all per-CPU kthreads and how they introduce jitter.

kmemcheck.txt

	- info on dynamic checker that detects uses of uninitialized memory.

kmemleak.txt

	- info on how to make use of the kernel memory leak detection system

ko_KR/

	- directory with Korean translations of various documents

kobject.txt

	- info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel.

kprobes.txt

	- a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks).

leds/

	- directory with info about LED handling under Linux.

local_ops.txt

	- semantics and behavior of local atomic operations.

livepatch/

	- info on kernel live patching.

locking/

	- directory with info about kernel locking primitives

lockup-watchdogs.txt

	- kernel LZO decompressor input formats

m68k/

	- directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture.

magic-number.txt

	- list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures.

mailbox.txt

	- How to write drivers for the common mailbox framework (IPC).

md.txt

	- info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver.

media-framework.txt

	- info on media framework, its data structures, functions and usage.

md/

	- directory with info about Linux Software RAID

media/

	- info on media drivers: uAPI, kAPI and driver documentation.

memory-barriers.txt

	- info on Linux kernel memory barriers.

memory-devices/

	- directory with info on parts like the Texas Instruments EMIF driver

memory-hotplug.txt

	- Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status.

men-chameleon-bus.txt

	- info on MEN chameleon bus.

metag/

	- directory with info about Linux on Meta architecture.

mic/

	- Intel Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture device driver.

mips/

	- directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture.

misc-devices/

	- directory with info about the MMC subsystem

mn10300/

	- directory with info about the mn10300 architecture port

module-signing.txt

	- Kernel module signing for increased security when loading modules.

mtd/

	- directory with info about memory technology devices (flash)

mono.txt

	- how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC.

namespaces/

	- directory with various information about namespaces

netlabel/

	- directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux.

nfc/

	- directory relating info about Near Field Communications support.

nios2/

	- Linux on the Nios II architecture.

nommu-mmap.txt

	- documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support.

numastat.txt

	- info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs.

oops-tracing.txt

	- how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages.

ntb.txt

	- info on Non-Transparent Bridge (NTB) drivers.

nvdimm/

	- info on non-volatile devices.

nvmem/

	- info on non volatile memory framework.

output/

	- default directory where html/LaTeX/pdf files will be written.

padata.txt

	- An introduction to the "padata" parallel execution API

parisc/

	- directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture.

parport.txt

	- how to use the parallel-port driver.

parport-lowlevel.txt

	- description and usage of the low level parallel port functions.

pcmcia/

	- info on the Linux PCMCIA driver.

percpu-rw-semaphore.txt

	- RCU based read-write semaphore optimized for locking for reading

perf/

	- info about the APM X-Gene SoC Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU).

phy/

	- ino on Samsung USB 2.0 PHY adaptation layer.

phy.txt

	- Description of the generic PHY framework.

pi-futex.txt

	- documentation on lightweight priority inheritance futexes.

pinctrl.txt

	- info on pinctrl subsystem and the PINMUX/PINCONF and drivers

platform/

	- List of supported hardware by compal and Dell laptop.

pnp.txt

	- Linux Plug and Play documentation.

power/

	- info on locking under a preemptive kernel.

printk-formats.txt

	- how to get printk format specifiers right

process/

	- how to work with the mainline kernel development process.

pps/

	- directory with information on the pulse-per-second support

pti/

	- directory with info on Intel MID PTI.

ptp/

	- directory with info on support for IEEE 1588 PTP clocks in Linux.

pwm.txt

	- info on the pulse width modulation driver subsystem

ramoops.txt

	- documentation of the ramoops oops/panic logging module.

rapidio/

	- directory with info on RapidIO packet-based fabric interconnect

rbtree.txt

	- directory that contains security-related info

serial/

	- directory with info on the low level serial API.

serial-console.txt

	- how to set up Linux with a serial line console as the default.

sgi-ioc4.txt

	- description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device.

sh/

	-info on the smsc Keyboard Scan Expansion/GPIO Expansion device.

sound/

	- directory with info on sound card support.

sparse.txt

	- info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking.

spi/

	- overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support.

stable_api_nonsense.txt

	- info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi.

stable_kernel_rules.txt

	- rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases.

sphinx/

	- no documentation here, just files required by Sphinx toolchain.

sphinx-static/

	- no documentation here, just files required by Sphinx toolchain.

static-keys.txt

	- info on how static keys allow debug code in hotpaths via patching

svga.txt

	- short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS.

sysfs-rules.txt

	- How not to use sysfs.

sync_file.txt

	- Sync file API guide.

sysctl/

	- directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files.

sysrq.txt

	- info on the magic SysRq key.

target/

	- directory with info on generating TCM v4 fabric .ko modules

this_cpu_ops.txt

	- directory with information on managing thermal issues (CPU/temp)

trace/

	- directory with info on tracing technologies within linux

translations/

	- translations of this document from English to another language

unaligned-memory-access.txt

	- info on how to avoid arch breaking unaligned memory access in code.

unicode.txt

	- info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux.

unshare.txt

	- description of the Linux unshare system call.

usb/

	- directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus.

vDSO/

	- directory with info regarding virtual dynamic shared objects

vfio.txt

	- info on Virtual Function I/O used in guest/hypervisor instances.

vgaarbiter.txt

	- info on enable/disable the legacy decoding on different VGA devices

video-output.txt

	- sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device.

video4linux/

	- directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux.

virtual/

	- directory with information on the various linux virtualizations.

vm/

	- directory with info on the Linux vm code.

vme_api.txt

	- file relating info on the VME bus API in linux

volatile-considered-harmful.txt

	- Why the "volatile" type class should not be used

w1/

	- directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem.

watchdog/

	- how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-)

wimax/

	- directory with info about Intel Wireless Wimax Connections

workqueue.txt

core-api/workqueue.rst

	- information on the Concurrency Managed Workqueue implementation

x86/x86_64/

	- directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines.

	- directory with documents relating to arch/xtensa port/implementation

xz.txt

	- how to make use of the XZ data compression within linux kernel

zh_CN/

	- directory with Chinese translations of various documents

zorro.txt

	- info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas.

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project = "Linux 802.11 Driver Developer's Guide"

tags.add("subproject")

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Linux 802.11 Driver Developer's Guide

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.. toctree::

   introduction

   cfg80211

   mac80211

   mac80211-advanced

.. only::  subproject

   Indices

   =======

   * :ref:`genindex`