Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6: (60 commits)
  uio: make uio_info's name and version const
  UIO: Documentation for UIO ioport info handling
  UIO: Pass information about ioports to userspace (V2)
  UIO: uio_pdrv_genirq: allow custom irq_flags
  UIO: use pci_ioremap_bar() in drivers/uio
  arm: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name()
  libata: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name()
  avr: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name()
  block: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name()
  chris: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name()
  dmi: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name()
  gadget: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name()
  gpio: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name()
  gpu: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name()
  hwmon: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name()
  i2o: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name()
  IA64: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name()
  i7300_idle: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name()
  infiniband: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name()
  ISDN: struct device - replace bus_id with dev_name(), dev_set_name()
  ...

129 files changed, 1063 insertions, 701 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
index df87d1b93605..b787e4721c90 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ GPL version 2.
 
 <revhistory>
 	<revision>
+	<revnumber>0.6</revnumber>
+	<date>2008-12-05</date>
+	<authorinitials>hjk</authorinitials>
+	<revremark>Added description of portio sysfs attributes.</revremark>
+	</revision>
+	<revision>
 	<revnumber>0.5</revnumber>
 	<date>2008-05-22</date>
 	<authorinitials>hjk</authorinitials>
@@ -318,6 +324,54 @@ interested in translating it, please email me
 offset = N * getpagesize();
 </programlisting>
 
+<para>
+	Sometimes there is hardware with memory-like regions that can not be
+	mapped with the technique described here, but there are still ways to
+	access them from userspace. The most common example are x86 ioports.
+	On x86 systems, userspace can access these ioports using
+	<function>ioperm()</function>, <function>iopl()</function>,
+	<function>inb()</function>, <function>outb()</function>, and similar
+	functions.
+</para>
+<para>
+	Since these ioport regions can not be mapped, they will not appear under
+	<filename>/sys/class/uio/uioX/maps/</filename> like the normal memory
+	described above. Without information about the port regions a hardware
+	has to offer, it becomes difficult for the userspace part of the
+	driver to find out which ports belong to which UIO device.
+</para>
+<para>
+	To address this situation, the new directory
+	<filename>/sys/class/uio/uioX/portio/</filename> was added. It only
+	exists if the driver wants to pass information about one or more port
+	regions to userspace. If that is the case, subdirectories named
+	<filename>port0</filename>, <filename>port1</filename>, and so on,
+	will appear underneath
+	<filename>/sys/class/uio/uioX/portio/</filename>.
+</para>
+<para>
+	Each <filename>portX/</filename> directory contains three read-only
+	files that show start, size, and type of the port region:
+</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem>
+	<para>
+	<filename>start</filename>: The first port of this region.
+	</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+	<para>
+	<filename>size</filename>: The number of ports in this region.
+	</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+	<para>
+	<filename>porttype</filename>: A string describing the type of port.
+	</para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+
 </sect1>
 </chapter>
 
@@ -339,12 +393,12 @@ offset = N * getpagesize();
 
 <itemizedlist>
 <listitem><para>
-<varname>char *name</varname>: Required. The name of your driver as
+<varname>const char *name</varname>: Required. The name of your driver as
 it will appear in sysfs. I recommend using the name of your module for this.
 </para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>
-<varname>char *version</varname>: Required. This string appears in
+<varname>const char *version</varname>: Required. This string appears in
 <filename>/sys/class/uio/uioX/version</filename>.