[Linux-parport] [PATCH] docs: driver-api: parport-lowlevel: remove sentence about PARPORT_MODE_PCSPP and direct register writes
Alex Henrie
alexhenrie24 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 14 08:32:06 PDT 2024
According to the discussion on the mailing list, PARPORT_MODE_PCSPP
merely means that the SPP functions are functional; it does not imply
low latency.
Link: http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-parport/2024-March/001308.html
Signed-off-by: Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24 at gmail.com>
---
Documentation/driver-api/parport-lowlevel.rst | 6 +-----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/parport-lowlevel.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/parport-lowlevel.rst
index 0633d70ffda7..0ea17938f1ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/parport-lowlevel.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/parport-lowlevel.rst
@@ -154,11 +154,7 @@ The ``modes`` member summarises the capabilities of the underlying
hardware. It consists of flags which may be bitwise-ored together:
============================= ===============================================
- PARPORT_MODE_PCSPP IBM PC registers are available,
- i.e. functions that act on data,
- control and status registers are
- probably writing directly to the
- hardware.
+ PARPORT_MODE_PCSPP SPP functions are available.
PARPORT_MODE_TRISTATE The data drivers may be turned off.
This allows the data lines to be used
for reverse (peripheral to host)
--
2.47.0
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