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Arnd Bergmann 30502a6a72 FSL SOC Changes for 7.3
Freescale QUICC Engine:
 - Use generic I/O helpers in interrupt controller for IO Ports
 - Move CONFIG_QE_GPIO out of powerpc
 - Fix DT scan for GPIO nodes
 - Convert IO ports interrupt controller to generic IRQ chip
 - Add support of IRQs in GPIO controller
 - Implement get_direction() in GPIO controller
 - Check platform_driver_register() in interrupt controller for IO Ports
 
 Data Path I/O:
 - Replace maintainer
 - Remove redundant dev_err()
 - Fix kernel-doc typos
 
 Freescale Management Complex:
 - Use strscpy() to copy strings into arrays
 - Remove redundant dev_err()
 - Drop unused assignment of acpi_device_id::driver_data
 
 Other changes:
 - Add kernel and device tree binding support for RCW override,
 completing the SerDes PHY driver functionality
 - Fix kernel-doc warnings and typos in DPAA header
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Merge tag 'soc_fsl-7.3-1' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/chleroy/linux into soc/drivers

FSL SOC Changes for 7.3

Freescale QUICC Engine:
- Use generic I/O helpers in interrupt controller for IO Ports
- Move CONFIG_QE_GPIO out of powerpc
- Fix DT scan for GPIO nodes
- Convert IO ports interrupt controller to generic IRQ chip
- Add support of IRQs in GPIO controller
- Implement get_direction() in GPIO controller
- Check platform_driver_register() in interrupt controller for IO Ports

Data Path I/O:
- Replace maintainer
- Remove redundant dev_err()
- Fix kernel-doc typos

Freescale Management Complex:
- Use strscpy() to copy strings into arrays
- Remove redundant dev_err()
- Drop unused assignment of acpi_device_id::driver_data

Other changes:
- Add kernel and device tree binding support for RCW override,
completing the SerDes PHY driver functionality
- Fix kernel-doc warnings and typos in DPAA header

* tag 'soc_fsl-7.3-1' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/chleroy/linux: (31 commits)
  bus: fsl-mc: drop unused assignment of acpi_device_id::driver_data
  soc: fsl: qe: check platform_driver_register() in qe_ic_of_init()
  phy: lynx-10g: use RCW override procedure for dynamic protocol change
  soc: fsl: guts: implement the RCW override procedure
  dt-bindings: fsl: layerscape-dcfg: define DCFG_DCSR region
  soc: fsl: guts: make fsl_soc_data available after fsl_guts_init()
  soc: fsl: guts: make it easier to determine on which SoC we are running
  soc: fsl: guts: add a central fsl_guts_read() function
  soc: fsl: guts: add a global structure to hold state
  soc: fsl: guts: use a macro to encode the DCFG CCSR space
  soc: fsl: guts: perform fsl_guts_init() error teardown in reverse order of setup
  soc: fsl: dpio: fix kernel-doc typos
  soc: fsl: fix kernel-doc warnings and typos
  bus: fsl-mc: Remove redundant dev_err()
  soc: fsl: qe: Add support of IRQs in QE GPIO
  soc: fsl: qe: Rename irq variable to parent_irq
  soc: fsl: qe: Convert to generic IRQ chip
  soc: fsl: qe: Handle spurious interrupts
  soc: fsl: qe: Iterate over all pending interrupts in cascade handler
  soc: fsl: qe: Use generic_handle_domain_irq()
  ...

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
2026-08-10 10:15:56 +02:00
arch FSL SOC Changes for 7.3 2026-08-10 10:15:56 +02:00
block block: remove redundant GD_NEED_PART_SCAN in add_disk_final() 2026-07-10 09:08:50 -06:00
certs treewide: fix indentation and whitespace in Kconfig files 2026-05-28 21:24:42 -07:00
crypto mm.git review status for mm-hotfixes-stable..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-06-21 13:20:19 -07:00
Documentation FSL SOC Changes for 7.3 2026-08-10 10:15:56 +02:00
drivers FSL SOC Changes for 7.3 2026-08-10 10:15:56 +02:00
fs Misc x86 fixes: 2026-07-11 10:09:23 -07:00
include FSL SOC Changes for 7.3 2026-08-10 10:15:56 +02:00
init mm.git review status for mm-hotfixes-stable..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-06-21 13:20:19 -07:00
io_uring io_uring-7.2-20260710 2026-07-11 09:24:38 -07:00
ipc kernel-7.2-rc1.misc 2026-06-15 03:05:50 +05:30
kernel tracing fixes for 7.2: 2026-07-12 09:46:37 -07:00
lib tracing: Prevent out-of-bounds read in glob matching 2026-07-07 10:42:28 -04:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add modern form of the LGPL-2.1 tags to the usage guide section 2025-10-22 07:58:19 +02:00
mm mm: do file ownership checks with the proper mount idmap 2026-07-01 19:02:56 -07:00
net NFS Client Bugfixes for Linux 7.2-rc3 2026-07-10 18:15:26 -07:00
rust Rust changes for v7.2 (addendum) 2026-06-24 15:11:08 -07:00
samples tracing fixes for 7.2: 2026-07-12 09:46:37 -07:00
scripts scripts/sorttable: Handle RISC-V patchable ftrace entries 2026-06-25 13:15:03 -06:00
security selinux/stable-7.2 PR 20260710 2026-07-10 18:59:29 -07:00
sound sound fixes for 7.2-rc2 2026-07-05 05:26:45 -10:00
tools USB fixes for 7.2-rc3 2026-07-12 12:12:41 -07:00
usr kbuild: uapi: also test UAPI headers against C++ compilers 2026-03-25 13:24:42 +01:00
virt s390: 2026-06-25 10:21:13 -07:00
.clang-format clang-format: fix formatting of guard() and scoped_guard() statements 2026-05-28 21:24:41 -07:00
.clippy.toml rust: bump Clippy's MSRV and clean incompatible_msrv allows 2026-04-07 09:51:39 +02:00
.cocciconfig
.editorconfig editorconfig: add rst extension 2026-01-26 19:07:09 -08:00
.get_maintainer.ignore .get_maintainer.ignore: add myself 2026-04-02 16:48:25 +02:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set diff driver for Rust source code files 2023-05-31 17:48:25 +02:00
.gitignore SPDX patches for 7.2-rc1 2026-06-22 12:06:22 -07:00
.mailmap 20 hotfixes. 17 are for MM. 12 are cc:stable and the remaining 8 2026-07-06 18:51:36 -07:00
.pylintrc docs: Move the python libraries to tools/lib/python 2025-11-18 09:22:40 -07:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS mm.git review status for mm-hotfixes-stable..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-06-21 13:20:19 -07:00
Kbuild checksyscalls: move instance functionality into generic code 2026-04-05 09:21:32 +02:00
Kconfig io_uring: Rename KConfig to Kconfig 2025-02-19 14:53:27 -07:00
MAINTAINERS FSL SOC Changes for 7.3 2026-08-10 10:15:56 +02:00
Makefile Linux 7.2-rc3 2026-07-12 14:16:39 -07:00
README docs: add AI Coding Assistants documentation 2026-01-06 14:55:06 -07:00

Linux kernel
============

The Linux kernel is the core of any Linux operating system. It manages hardware,
system resources, and provides the fundamental services for all other software.

Quick Start
-----------

* Report a bug: See Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst
* Get the latest kernel: https://kernel.org
* Build the kernel: See Documentation/admin-guide/quickly-build-trimmed-linux.rst
* Join the community: https://lore.kernel.org/

Essential Documentation
-----------------------

All users should be familiar with:

* Building requirements: Documentation/process/changes.rst
* Code of Conduct: Documentation/process/code-of-conduct.rst
* License: See COPYING

Documentation can be built with make htmldocs or viewed online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/


Who Are You?
============

Find your role below:

* New Kernel Developer - Getting started with kernel development
* Academic Researcher - Studying kernel internals and architecture
* Security Expert - Hardening and vulnerability analysis
* Backport/Maintenance Engineer - Maintaining stable kernels
* System Administrator - Configuring and troubleshooting
* Maintainer - Leading subsystems and reviewing patches
* Hardware Vendor - Writing drivers for new hardware
* Distribution Maintainer - Packaging kernels for distros
* AI Coding Assistant - LLMs and AI-powered development tools


For Specific Users
==================

New Kernel Developer
--------------------

Welcome! Start your kernel development journey here:

* Getting Started: Documentation/process/development-process.rst
* Your First Patch: Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
* Coding Style: Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
* Build System: Documentation/kbuild/index.rst
* Development Tools: Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst
* Kernel Hacking Guide: Documentation/kernel-hacking/hacking.rst
* Core APIs: Documentation/core-api/index.rst

Academic Researcher
-------------------

Explore the kernel's architecture and internals:

* Researcher Guidelines: Documentation/process/researcher-guidelines.rst
* Memory Management: Documentation/mm/index.rst
* Scheduler: Documentation/scheduler/index.rst
* Networking Stack: Documentation/networking/index.rst
* Filesystems: Documentation/filesystems/index.rst
* RCU (Read-Copy Update): Documentation/RCU/index.rst
* Locking Primitives: Documentation/locking/index.rst
* Power Management: Documentation/power/index.rst

Security Expert
---------------

Security documentation and hardening guides:

* Security Documentation: Documentation/security/index.rst
* LSM Development: Documentation/security/lsm-development.rst
* Self Protection: Documentation/security/self-protection.rst
* Reporting Vulnerabilities: Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst
* CVE Procedures: Documentation/process/cve.rst
* Embargoed Hardware Issues: Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
* Security Features: Documentation/userspace-api/seccomp_filter.rst

Backport/Maintenance Engineer
-----------------------------

Maintain and stabilize kernel versions:

* Stable Kernel Rules: Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
* Backporting Guide: Documentation/process/backporting.rst
* Applying Patches: Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
* Subsystem Profile: Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
* Git for Maintainers: Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst

System Administrator
--------------------

Configure, tune, and troubleshoot Linux systems:

* Admin Guide: Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst
* Kernel Parameters: Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
* Sysctl Tuning: Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/index.rst
* Tracing/Debugging: Documentation/trace/index.rst
* Performance Security: Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst
* Hardware Monitoring: Documentation/hwmon/index.rst

Maintainer
----------

Lead kernel subsystems and manage contributions:

* Maintainer Handbook: Documentation/maintainer/index.rst
* Pull Requests: Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst
* Managing Patches: Documentation/maintainer/modifying-patches.rst
* Rebasing and Merging: Documentation/maintainer/rebasing-and-merging.rst
* Development Process: Documentation/process/maintainer-handbooks.rst
* Maintainer Entry Profile: Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
* Git Configuration: Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst

Hardware Vendor
---------------

Write drivers and support new hardware:

* Driver API Guide: Documentation/driver-api/index.rst
* Driver Model: Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/driver.rst
* Device Drivers: Documentation/driver-api/infrastructure.rst
* Bus Types: Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/bus.rst
* Device Tree Bindings: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/
* Power Management: Documentation/driver-api/pm/index.rst
* DMA API: Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst

Distribution Maintainer
-----------------------

Package and distribute the kernel:

* Stable Kernel Rules: Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
* ABI Documentation: Documentation/ABI/README
* Kernel Configuration: Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.rst
* Module Signing: Documentation/admin-guide/module-signing.rst
* Kernel Parameters: Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
* Tainted Kernels: Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst

AI Coding Assistant
-------------------

CRITICAL: If you are an LLM or AI-powered coding assistant, you MUST read and
follow the AI coding assistants documentation before contributing to the Linux
kernel:

* Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst

This documentation contains essential requirements about licensing, attribution,
and the Developer Certificate of Origin that all AI tools must comply with.


Communication and Support
=========================

* Mailing Lists: https://lore.kernel.org/
* IRC: #kernelnewbies on irc.oftc.net
* Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/
* MAINTAINERS file: Lists subsystem maintainers and mailing lists
* Email Clients: Documentation/process/email-clients.rst