linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] uio: documentation fixups

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Date:	Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:11:23 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Geoff Thorpe <geoff@...ffthorpe.net>,
	"Hans J. Koch" <hjk@...sjkoch.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] uio: documentation fixups

From: Geoff Thorpe <geoff@...ffthorpe.net>

The 'name' attribute of struct uio_mem wasn't documented, and the note
about 'kobj' is stale and needs to be changed to 'map'.

Signed-off-by: Geoff Thorpe <geoff@...ffthorpe.net>
Signed-off-by: "Hans J. Koch" <hjk@...sjkoch.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
---
 Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl |    7 ++++++-
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
index 54883de..ac3d001 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
@@ -521,6 +521,11 @@ Here's a description of the fields of <varname>struct uio_mem</varname>:
 
 <itemizedlist>
 <listitem><para>
+<varname>const char *name</varname>: Optional. Set this to help identify
+the memory region, it will show up in the corresponding sysfs node.
+</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>
 <varname>int memtype</varname>: Required if the mapping is used. Set this to
 <varname>UIO_MEM_PHYS</varname> if you you have physical memory on your
 card to be mapped. Use <varname>UIO_MEM_LOGICAL</varname> for logical
@@ -553,7 +558,7 @@ instead to remember such an address.
 </itemizedlist>
 
 <para>
-Please do not touch the <varname>kobj</varname> element of
+Please do not touch the <varname>map</varname> element of
 <varname>struct uio_mem</varname>! It is used by the UIO framework
 to set up sysfs files for this mapping. Simply leave it alone.
 </para>
-- 
1.7.7.3

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