Commit ba1a0513 authored by dmitry pervushin's avatar dmitry pervushin Committed by Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] minor SPI doc fix

Because several developers asked me about referenced but missing
spi_add_master(), I think that this patch should be applied ...  it
corrects comments so they refer to spi_register_master() instead.
Signed-off-by: default avatardmitry pervushin <dpervushin@ru.mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
parent ae0718f8
...@@ -338,18 +338,18 @@ static struct class spi_master_class = { ...@@ -338,18 +338,18 @@ static struct class spi_master_class = {
* spi_alloc_master - allocate SPI master controller * spi_alloc_master - allocate SPI master controller
* @dev: the controller, possibly using the platform_bus * @dev: the controller, possibly using the platform_bus
* @size: how much driver-private data to preallocate; the pointer to this * @size: how much driver-private data to preallocate; the pointer to this
* memory is in the class_data field of the returned class_device, * memory is in the class_data field of the returned class_device,
* accessible with spi_master_get_devdata(). * accessible with spi_master_get_devdata().
* *
* This call is used only by SPI master controller drivers, which are the * This call is used only by SPI master controller drivers, which are the
* only ones directly touching chip registers. It's how they allocate * only ones directly touching chip registers. It's how they allocate
* an spi_master structure, prior to calling spi_add_master(). * an spi_master structure, prior to calling spi_register_master().
* *
* This must be called from context that can sleep. It returns the SPI * This must be called from context that can sleep. It returns the SPI
* master structure on success, else NULL. * master structure on success, else NULL.
* *
* The caller is responsible for assigning the bus number and initializing * The caller is responsible for assigning the bus number and initializing
* the master's methods before calling spi_add_master(); and (after errors * the master's methods before calling spi_register_master(); and (after errors
* adding the device) calling spi_master_put() to prevent a memory leak. * adding the device) calling spi_master_put() to prevent a memory leak.
*/ */
struct spi_master * __init_or_module struct spi_master * __init_or_module
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