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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.osdl.org>2006-12-08 11:21:55 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.osdl.org>2006-12-08 11:21:55 -0800
commit88032b322a38b37335c8cb2e3473a45c81d280eb (patch)
treecd722ab15b18a10f6b1aa50656b8da713ee8b799 /Documentation
parent63f3861d2fbf8ccbad1386ac9ac8b822c036ea00 (diff)
parent028d9b3cc62cb9dd31f1b5929edb3c23612cfccc (diff)
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6: [S390] Poison init section before freeing it. [S390] Use add_active_range() and free_area_init_nodes(). [S390] Virtual memmap for s390. [S390] Update documentation for dynamic subchannel mapping. [S390] Use dev->groups for adding/removing the subchannel attribute group. [S390] Support for disconnected devices reappearing on another subchannel. [S390] subchannel lock conversion. [S390] Some preparations for the dynamic subchannel mapping patch. [S390] runtime switch for qdio performance statistics [S390] New DASD feature for ERP related logging [S390] add reset call handler to the ap bus. [S390] more workqueue fixes. [S390] workqueue fixes. [S390] uaccess_pt: add missing down_read() and convert to is_init().
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diff --git a/Documentation/s390/driver-model.txt b/Documentation/s390/driver-model.txt
index 77bf450ec39b..e938c442277d 100644
--- a/Documentation/s390/driver-model.txt
+++ b/Documentation/s390/driver-model.txt
@@ -18,11 +18,18 @@ devices/
- 0.0.0002/
- 0.1.0000/0.1.1234/
...
+ - defunct/
In this example, device 0815 is accessed via subchannel 0 in subchannel set 0,
device 4711 via subchannel 1 in subchannel set 0, and subchannel 2 is a non-I/O
subchannel. Device 1234 is accessed via subchannel 0 in subchannel set 1.
+The subchannel named 'defunct' does not represent any real subchannel on the
+system; it is a pseudo subchannel where disconnnected ccw devices are moved to
+if they are displaced by another ccw device becoming operational on their
+former subchannel. The ccw devices will be moved again to a proper subchannel
+if they become operational again on that subchannel.
+
You should address a ccw device via its bus id (e.g. 0.0.4711); the device can
be found under bus/ccw/devices/.