linux/Documentation/driver-api
Jacek Lawrynowicz 5b8f85d081 docs: driver-api: firmware: clarify userspace requirements
The guidelines mention that firmware updates can't break the kernel,
but it doesn't state directly that they can't break userspace programs.
Make it explicit that firmware updates cannot break UAPI.

Signed-off-by: Jacek Lawrynowicz <jacek.lawrynowicz@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
[jc: fixed "no trailing newline"]
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250314100137.2972355-1-jacek.lawrynowicz@linux.intel.com
2025-03-17 17:04:32 -06:00
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80211 wifi: mac80211: rename ieee80211_tx_status() to ieee80211_tx_status_skb() 2023-10-23 12:26:51 +02:00
acpi
backlight
crypto crypto: iaa - Fix IAA disabling that occurs when sync_mode is set to 'async' 2024-12-28 19:49:23 +08:00
cxl cxl: Add documentation to explain the shared link bandwidth calculation 2024-09-22 21:29:08 -07:00
dmaengine Documentation: dmaengine: Document new dma_vec API 2024-06-21 15:31:57 +05:30
driver-model usb: phy: Remove API devm_usb_put_phy() 2025-01-13 06:12:09 +01:00
early-userspace
firmware docs: driver-api: firmware: clarify userspace requirements 2025-03-17 17:04:32 -06:00
fpga fpga: region: add owner module and take its refcount 2024-04-23 15:37:20 +08:00
gpio gpio updates for v6.11-rc1 2024-07-15 17:53:24 -07:00
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i3c i3c: Fix typo "Provisional ID" to "Provisioned ID" 2023-10-10 12:11:13 +02:00
iio docs: iio: Allow creating cross-references ABI 2025-02-18 13:42:46 -07:00
md
media Documentation/driver-api: fixed spelling mistakes 2025-02-13 09:44:30 -07:00
mei docs: driver-api: properly format ToC headings 2023-11-17 13:05:26 -07:00
memory-devices
mmc Documentation: mmc: Add mmc-test doc 2024-09-05 12:13:39 +02:00
mtd Docs: typos/spelling 2024-05-02 10:02:29 -06:00
nfc
nvdimm Documentation/driver-api: fixed spelling mistakes 2025-02-13 09:44:30 -07:00
pci PCI/TPH: Add TPH documentation 2024-10-21 16:19:32 -05:00
phy
pldmfw
pm Documentation/driver-api: fixed spelling mistakes 2025-02-13 09:44:30 -07:00
rapidio
serial
soundwire soundwire: stream: add missing const to Documentation 2024-01-22 13:57:09 +05:30
surface_aggregator lib: crc_ccitt_false() is identical to crc_itu_t() 2023-12-29 12:22:26 -08:00
thermal thermal: core: Drop unused bind/unbind functions and callbacks 2024-08-23 15:42:58 +02:00
tty Documentation: add console.rst 2024-01-27 18:08:55 -08:00
usb writing_musb_glue_layer.rst: Fix broken URL 2024-07-09 09:12:25 -06:00
virtio virtio: store owner from modules with register_virtio_driver() 2024-04-08 04:11:04 -04:00
xilinx
aperture.rst
auxiliary_bus.rst drivers/base: Remove unused auxiliary_find_device 2024-10-14 08:21:09 +02:00
basics.rst docs: time: make separate section for time and timers 2023-07-14 13:47:07 -06:00
clk.rst
component.rst
connector.rst
console.rst
devfreq.rst
device_link.rst
device-io.rst PCI: Move pci_iomap.c to drivers/pci/ 2024-02-12 10:35:40 -06:00
dma-buf.rst doc: dma-buf: fix grammar typo 2024-04-18 16:20:48 +02:00
dpll.rst dpll: add Embedded SYNC feature for a pin 2024-08-26 19:21:14 -07:00
edac.rst
eisa.rst alpha: remove DECpc AXP150 (Jensen) support 2024-05-03 22:09:50 +02:00
extcon.rst Documentation: extcon: add documentation for Extcon subsystem 2024-12-08 21:59:40 +09:00
firewire.rst firewire: core: expose kernel API to schedule work item to process isochronous context 2024-09-08 13:05:48 +09:00
frame-buffer.rst
generic-counter.rst docs: arm: generic-counter: Allow creating cross-references for ABI 2025-02-18 13:42:46 -07:00
hsi.rst
i2c.rst
index.rst Documentation: extcon: add documentation for Extcon subsystem 2024-12-08 21:59:40 +09:00
infiniband.rst docs: driver-api/infiniband.rst: fix Kerneldoc markup 2025-03-04 09:47:38 -07:00
infrastructure.rst docs: add more driver-model infrastructure interfaces 2023-07-14 13:18:50 -06:00
input.rst Add libps2 to the input section of driver-api 2024-07-03 16:20:49 -06:00
interconnect.rst interconnect: Add debugfs test client 2023-08-22 21:04:50 +03:00
io_ordering.rst
io-mapping.rst
ioctl.rst
ipmb.rst
ipmi.rst ipmi: docs: don't advertise deprecated sysfs entries 2024-09-01 14:35:35 -05:00
isa.rst
libata.rst ata: libata: remove deprecated EH callbacks 2023-08-02 17:45:42 +09:00
mailbox.rst
men-chameleon-bus.rst
message-based.rst
misc_devices.rst
miscellaneous.rst
mtdnand.rst
ntb.rst ntb.rst: Fix copy and paste error 2023-07-08 11:05:05 -04:00
nvmem.rst docs: nvmem: remove function parameters (fixes hyperlink generation) 2023-12-08 15:35:35 -07:00
parport-lowlevel.rst
pin-control.rst docs/pinctrl: fix typo in mapping example 2024-07-16 11:11:14 -06:00
pps.rst Documentation pps.rst: add PPS generators documentation 2025-01-08 13:18:09 +01:00
ptp.rst docs: ptp.rst: Add information about NVIDIA Mellanox devices 2023-06-20 09:02:32 +01:00
pwm.rst pwm: Provide pwmchip_alloc() function and a devm variant of it 2024-02-15 12:59:15 +01:00
pwrseq.rst Documentation: pwrseq: Fix trivial misspellings 2024-11-22 10:36:53 -07:00
regulator.rst
reset.rst
rfkill.rst
s390-drivers.rst docs: move s390 under arch 2023-07-24 12:12:24 +02:00
scsi.rst scsi: driver-api: documentation: Change what is added to docbook 2025-01-10 15:15:25 -05:00
slimbus.rst
sm501.rst
spi.rst
switchtec.rst
sync_file.rst
target.rst
tee.rst Documentation: Destage TEE subsystem documentation 2023-12-08 15:45:10 -07:00
uio-howto.rst
vfio-mediated-device.rst
vfio-pci-device-specific-driver-acceptance.rst
vfio.rst vfio: remove an extra semicolon 2024-05-10 11:15:21 -06:00
vme.rst
w1.rst
wbrf.rst Docs: typos/spelling 2024-05-02 10:02:29 -06:00
wmi.rst platform/x86: wmi: Update WMI driver API documentation 2024-10-06 12:48:52 +02:00
xillybus.rst
zorro.rst