Merge commit 'v2.6.36-rc1' into kbuild/rc-fixes

[pandora-kernel.git] / Documentation / filesystems / sysfs-pci.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt
index 26e4b8b..74eaac2 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ files, each with their own function.
        local_cpus         nearby CPU mask (cpumask, ro)
        remove             remove device from kernel's list (ascii, wo)
        resource                   PCI resource host addresses (ascii, ro)
-       resource0..N       PCI resource N, if present (binary, mmap)
+       resource0..N       PCI resource N, if present (binary, mmap, rw[1])
        resource0_wc..N_wc  PCI WC map resource N, if prefetchable (binary, mmap)
        rom                PCI ROM resource, if present (binary, ro)
        subsystem_device           PCI subsystem device (ascii, ro)
@@ -54,13 +54,16 @@ files, each with their own function.
   binary - file contains binary data
   cpumask - file contains a cpumask type
 
+[1] rw for RESOURCE_IO (I/O port) regions only
+
 The read only files are informational, writes to them will be ignored, with
 the exception of the 'rom' file.  Writable files can be used to perform
 actions on the device (e.g. changing config space, detaching a device).
 mmapable files are available via an mmap of the file at offset 0 and can be
 used to do actual device programming from userspace.  Note that some platforms
 don't support mmapping of certain resources, so be sure to check the return
-value from any attempted mmap.
+value from any attempted mmap.  The most notable of these are I/O port
+resources, which also provide read/write access.
 
 The 'enable' file provides a counter that indicates how many times the device 
 has been enabled.  If the 'enable' file currently returns '4', and a '1' is
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ The 'rom' file is special in that it provides read-only access to the device's
 ROM file, if available.  It's disabled by default, however, so applications
 should write the string "1" to the file to enable it before attempting a read
 call, and disable it following the access by writing "0" to the file.  Note
-that the device must be enabled for a rom read to return data succesfully.
+that the device must be enabled for a rom read to return data successfully.
 In the event a driver is not bound to the device, it can be enabled using the
 'enable' file, documented above.