From: Greg KH To: torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [BK PATCH] Driver Core patches for 2.6.8-rc1 Hi, Here are a some driver core and assorted patches for 2.6.8-rc1. They contain: - some driver core fixes. - a raw.c fix - a root_plug.c fix - add a new attribute for block devices. Most of these have all been in the last few -mm tree releases. Please pull from: bk://kernel.bkbits.net/gregkh/linux/driver-2.6 thanks, greg k-h p.s. I'll send these as patches in response to this email to lkml for those who want to see them. drivers/base/Kconfig | 2 - drivers/base/bus.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++- drivers/base/core.c | 10 +++++ drivers/base/driver.c | 19 ++++++++++ drivers/base/platform.c | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- drivers/block/genhd.c | 11 +++++ drivers/char/raw.c | 15 ++++---- drivers/pci/hotplug/rpaphp_vio.c | 9 ++++ include/linux/device.h | 4 ++ lib/kobject.c | 7 ++- security/root_plug.c | 6 +-- 11 files changed, 175 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) ----- : o Upgrade security/root_plug.c to new module parameter syntax Andrew Morton: o raw.c cleanups Dmitry Torokhov: o Driver core: Fix OOPS in device_platform_unregister o Driver core: add driver_find helper to find a driver by its name o Driver core: kset_find_obj should increment refcount of the found object o Driver core: add default driver attributes to struct bus_type o Driver core: add platform_device_register_simple to register platform Greg Kroah-Hartman: o Driver Core: remove extra space in Kconfig file Olaf Hering: o add removeable sysfs block device attribute