From: Greg Kroah-Hartman Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 00:44:38 +0000 (+0900) Subject: Merge tag 'extcon-next-for-3.16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git... X-Git-Tag: firefly_0821_release~176^2~3465^2~41^2~21 X-Git-Url: http://demsky.eecs.uci.edu/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6a57bad6e78ba0355f0f6df8cca1f7df42b58bfd;p=firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git Merge tag 'extcon-next-for-3.16' of git://git./linux/kernel/git/chanwoo/extcon into char-misc-next Chanwoo writes: Update extcon for v3.16 This patchset add resource-managed functions to automatically control the memory and unregistration operation of extcon. Also, This series support new MAX77836 extcon device driver on existing MAX14577 device because existed a little difference between MAX77836 and MAX14577. Finally, Fix minor issue of extcon driver. Detailed description for patchset: 1. Add resource-managed functions - Add resource-managed functions to automatically free the memory of extcon structure and to control unregistration behavior as following. This new devm_* functions applied all of extcon drivers in drivers/extcon/. : devm_extcon_dev_register/unregister() : devm_extcon_dev_allocate/free() : extcon_dev_allocate/free() for devm_extcon_dev_allocate/free() 2. Add new MAX77836 extcon device - Support MAX77836 device on existing MAX14577 device driver using different compatible string. This patchset has dependency on MFD/ Regulator/Extcon. So, Lee Jones(MFD Maintainer) created Immutable branch between MFD and Extcon due for v3.16 merge-window and then I merged this patchset from MFD git repo[1] to Extcon git repo. : [1] git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lee/mfd (branch: ib-mfd-extcon-3.16) 3. Fix minor issue of extcon driver - extcon-palmas driver : Fix issue of extcon device name for probe - extcon-max14577 : Fix probe failure about handling wrong return value. : Properly Handle return value of regmap_irq_get_virq function. - extcon-max8997/max77693 driver : Fix NULL pointer exception on missing pdata 4. Code clean for extcon driver - extcon-max8997/max77693 : Use power efficient workqueue for delayed cable detection --- 6a57bad6e78ba0355f0f6df8cca1f7df42b58bfd