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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led index 9e4541d71cb6..edff6630c805 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led @@ -26,3 +26,12 @@ Description: scheduler is chosen. Trigger specific parameters can appear in /sys/class/leds/<led> once a given trigger is selected. +What: /sys/class/leds/<led>/inverted +Date: January 2011 +KernelVersion: 2.6.38 +Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> +Description: + Invert the LED on/off state. This parameter is specific to + gpio and backlight triggers. In case of the backlight trigger, + it is usefull when driving a LED which is intended to indicate + a device in a standby like state. diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl index 020ac80d4682..620eb3f6a90a 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static void board_hwcontrol(struct mtd_info *mtd, int cmd) <title>Device ready function</title> <para> If the hardware interface has the ready busy pin of the NAND chip connected to a - GPIO or other accesible I/O pin, this function is used to read back the state of the + GPIO or other accessible I/O pin, this function is used to read back the state of the pin. The function has no arguments and should return 0, if the device is busy (R/B pin is low) and 1, if the device is ready (R/B pin is high). If the hardware interface does not give access to the ready busy pin, then diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroup_event_listener.c b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroup_event_listener.c index 8c2bfc4a6358..3e082f96dc12 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroup_event_listener.c +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroup_event_listener.c @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) if (ret == -1) { perror("cgroup.event_control " - "is not accessable any more"); + "is not accessible any more"); break; } diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt index 190018b0c649..44b8b7af8019 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt @@ -355,13 +355,13 @@ subsystems, type: To change the set of subsystems bound to a mounted hierarchy, just remount with different options: -# mount -o remount,cpuset,ns hier1 /dev/cgroup +# mount -o remount,cpuset,blkio hier1 /dev/cgroup -Now memory is removed from the hierarchy and ns is added. +Now memory is removed from the hierarchy and blkio is added. -Note this will add ns to the hierarchy but won't remove memory or +Note this will add blkio to the hierarchy but won't remove memory or cpuset, because the new options are appended to the old ones: -# mount -o remount,ns /dev/cgroup +# mount -o remount,blkio /dev/cgroup To Specify a hierarchy's release_agent: # mount -t cgroup -o cpuset,release_agent="/sbin/cpuset_release_agent" \ diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt index b7eececfb195..fc8fa97a09ac 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt @@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ Under below explanation, we assume CONFIG_MEM_RES_CTRL_SWAP=y. written to move_charge_at_immigrate. 9.10 Memory thresholds - Memory controler implements memory thresholds using cgroups notification + Memory controller implements memory thresholds using cgroups notification API. You can use Documentation/cgroups/cgroup_event_listener.c to test it. diff --git a/Documentation/email-clients.txt b/Documentation/email-clients.txt index 945ff3fda433..a0b58e29f911 100644 --- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt +++ b/Documentation/email-clients.txt @@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ Then from the "Message" menu item, select insert file and choose your patch. As an added bonus you can customise the message creation toolbar menu and put the "insert file" icon there. +Make the the composer window wide enough so that no lines wrap. As of +KMail 1.13.5 (KDE 4.5.4), KMail will apply word wrapping when sending +the email if the lines wrap in the composer window. Having word wrapping +disabled in the Options menu isn't enough. Thus, if your patch has very +long lines, you must make the composer window very wide before sending +the email. See: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=174034 + You can safely GPG sign attachments, but inlined text is preferred for patches so do not GPG sign them. Signing patches that have been inserted as inlined text will make them tricky to extract from their 7-bit encoding. @@ -179,26 +186,8 @@ Sylpheed (GUI) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thunderbird (GUI) -By default, thunderbird likes to mangle text, but there are ways to -coerce it into being nice. - -- Under account settings, composition and addressing, uncheck "Compose - messages in HTML format". - -- Edit your Thunderbird config settings to tell it not to wrap lines: - user_pref("mailnews.wraplength", 0); - -- Edit your Thunderbird config settings so that it won't use format=flowed: - user_pref("mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed", false); - -- You need to get Thunderbird into preformat mode: -. If you compose HTML messages by default, it's not too hard. Just select - "Preformat" from the drop-down box just under the subject line. -. If you compose in text by default, you have to tell it to compose a new - message in HTML (just as a one-off), and then force it from there back to - text, else it will wrap lines. To do this, use shift-click on the Write - icon to compose to get HTML compose mode, then select "Preformat" from - the drop-down box just under the subject line. +Thunderbird is an Outlook clone that likes to mangle text, but there are ways +to coerce it into behaving. - Allows use of an external editor: The easiest thing to do with Thunderbird and patches is to use an @@ -208,6 +197,27 @@ coerce it into being nice. View->Toolbars->Customize... and finally just click on it when in the Compose dialog. +To beat some sense out of the internal editor, do this: + +- Under account settings, composition and addressing, uncheck "Compose + messages in HTML format". + +- Edit your Thunderbird config settings so that it won't use format=flowed. + Go to "edit->preferences->advanced->config editor" to bring up the + thunderbird's registry editor, and set "mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed" to + "false". + +- Enable "preformat" mode: Shft-click on the Write icon to bring up the HTML + composer, select "Preformat" from the drop-down box just under the subject + line, then close the message without saving. (This setting also applies to + the text composer, but the only control for it is in the HTML composer.) + +- Install the "toggle wordwrap" extension. Download the file from: + https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/2351/ + Then go to "tools->add ons", select "install" at the bottom of the screen, + and browse to where you saved the .xul file. This adds an "Enable + Wordwrap" entry under the Options menu of the message composer. + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TkRat (GUI) diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 22f10818c2b3..6cbbd20534cf 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -193,6 +193,20 @@ Why: /proc/<pid>/oom_adj allows userspace to influence the oom killer's --------------------------- +What: CS5535/CS5536 obsolete GPIO driver +When: June 2011 +Files: drivers/staging/cs5535_gpio/* +Check: drivers/staging/cs5535_gpio/cs5535_gpio.c +Why: A newer driver replaces this; it is drivers/gpio/cs5535-gpio.c, and + integrates with the Linux GPIO subsystem. The old driver has been + moved to staging, and will be removed altogether around 2.6.40. + Please test the new driver, and ensure that the functionality you + need and any bugfixes from the old driver are available in the new + one. +Who: Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net> + +-------------------------- + What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread) When: August 2006 Files: arch/*/kernel/*_ksyms.c @@ -576,3 +590,13 @@ Why: The functions have been superceded by cancel_delayed_work_sync() Who: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> ---------------------------- + +What: Legacy, non-standard chassis intrusion detection interface. +When: June 2011 +Why: The adm9240, w83792d and w83793 hardware monitoring drivers have + legacy interfaces for chassis intrusion detection. A standard + interface has been added to each driver, so the legacy interface + can be removed. +Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> + +---------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt index ac2a261c5f7d..6ef8cf3bc9a3 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt @@ -457,6 +457,9 @@ ChangeLog Note, a technical ChangeLog aimed at kernel hackers is in fs/ntfs/ChangeLog. +2.1.30: + - Fix writev() (it kept writing the first segment over and over again + instead of moving onto subsequent segments). 2.1.29: - Fix a deadlock when mounting read-write. 2.1.28: diff --git a/Documentation/gpio.txt b/Documentation/gpio.txt index 792faa3c06cf..a492d92bb098 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpio.txt +++ b/Documentation/gpio.txt @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ setting up a platform_device using the GPIO, is mark its direction: int gpio_direction_input(unsigned gpio); int gpio_direction_output(unsigned gpio, int value); -The return value is zero for success, else a negative errno. It should +The return value is zero for success, else a negative errno. It must be checked, since the get/set calls don't have error returns and since misconfiguration is possible. You should normally issue these calls from a task context. However, for spinlock-safe GPIOs it's OK to use them diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/adm9240 b/Documentation/hwmon/adm9240 index 2c6f1fed4618..36e8ec6aa868 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/adm9240 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/adm9240 @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ connected to a normally open switch. The ADM9240 provides an internal open drain on this line, and may output a 20 ms active low pulse to reset an external Chassis Intrusion latch. -Clear the CI latch by writing value 1 to the sysfs chassis_clear file. +Clear the CI latch by writing value 0 to the sysfs intrusion0_alarm file. Alarm flags reported as 16-bit word diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ads7828 b/Documentation/hwmon/ads7828 index 75bc4beaf447..2bbebe6f771f 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/ads7828 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ads7828 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Supported chips: http://focus.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/ads7828.pdf Authors: - Steve Hardy <steve@linuxrealtime.co.uk> + Steve Hardy <shardy@redhat.com> Module Parameters ----------------- diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/dme1737 b/Documentation/hwmon/dme1737 index fc5df7654d63..4d2935145a1c 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/dme1737 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/dme1737 @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Description This driver implements support for the hardware monitoring capabilities of the SMSC DME1737 and Asus A8000 (which are the same), SMSC SCH5027, SCH311x, and SCH5127 Super-I/O chips. These chips feature monitoring of 3 temp sensors -temp[1-3] (2 remote diodes and 1 internal), 7 voltages in[0-6] (6 external and +temp[1-3] (2 remote diodes and 1 internal), 8 voltages in[0-7] (7 external and 1 internal) and up to 6 fan speeds fan[1-6]. Additionally, the chips implement up to 5 PWM outputs pwm[1-3,5-6] for controlling fan speeds both manually and automatically. @@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ SCH5127: in4: V1_IN 0V - 1.5V in5: VTR (+3.3V standby) 0V - 4.38V in6: Vbat (+3.0V) 0V - 4.38V + in7: Vtrip (+1.5V) 0V - 1.99V Each voltage input has associated min and max limits which trigger an alarm when crossed. @@ -217,10 +218,10 @@ cpu0_vid RO CPU core reference voltage in vrm RW Voltage regulator module version number. -in[0-6]_input RO Measured voltage in millivolts. -in[0-6]_min RW Low limit for voltage input. -in[0-6]_max RW High limit for voltage input. -in[0-6]_alarm RO Voltage input alarm. Returns 1 if +in[0-7]_input RO Measured voltage in millivolts. +in[0-7]_min RW Low limit for voltage input. +in[0-7]_max RW High limit for voltage input. +in[0-7]_alarm RO Voltage input alarm. Returns 1 if voltage input is or went outside the associated min-max range, 0 otherwise. @@ -324,3 +325,4 @@ fan5 opt opt pwm5 opt opt fan6 opt opt pwm6 opt opt +in7 yes diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf b/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf index fb145e5e722a..8432e1118173 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf @@ -91,3 +91,25 @@ isaset -y -f 0x2e 0xaa The above sequence assumes a Super-I/O config space at 0x2e/0x2f, but 0x4e/0x4f is also possible. + +Voltage pin mapping +------------------- + +Here is a summary of the voltage pin mapping for the W83627THF. This +can be useful to convert data provided by board manufacturers into +working libsensors configuration statements. + + W83627THF | + Pin | Name | Register | Sysfs attribute +----------------------------------------------------- + 100 | CPUVCORE | 20h | in0 + 99 | VIN0 | 21h | in1 + 98 | VIN1 | 22h | in2 + 97 | VIN2 | 24h | in4 + 114 | AVCC | 23h | in3 + 61 | 5VSB | 50h (bank 5) | in7 + 74 | VBAT | 51h (bank 5) | in8 + +For other supported devices, you'll have to take the hard path and +look up the information in the datasheet yourself (and then add it +to this document please.) diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/w83793 b/Documentation/hwmon/w83793 index 51171a83165b..6cc5f639b721 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/w83793 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/w83793 @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ This driver implements support for Winbond W83793G/W83793R chips. * Chassis If the case open alarm triggers, it will stay in this state unless cleared - by any write to the sysfs file "chassis". + by writing 0 to the sysfs file "intrusion0_alarm". * VID and VRM The VRM version is detected automatically, don't modify the it unless you diff --git a/Documentation/input/ff.txt b/Documentation/input/ff.txt index ded4d5f53109..b3867bf49f8f 100644 --- a/Documentation/input/ff.txt +++ b/Documentation/input/ff.txt @@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ This information is subject to change. #include <linux/input.h> #include <sys/ioctl.h> -unsigned long features[1 + FF_MAX/sizeof(unsigned long)]; +#define BITS_TO_LONGS(x) \ + (((x) + 8 * sizeof (unsigned long) - 1) / (8 * sizeof (unsigned long))) +unsigned long features[BITS_TO_LONGS(FF_CNT)]; int ioctl(int file_descriptor, int request, unsigned long *features); "request" must be EVIOCGBIT(EV_FF, size of features array in bytes ) diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt index d6a63c7b4478..ac293e955308 100644 --- a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt +++ b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ Code Seq#(hex) Include File Comments 'p' 40-7F linux/nvram.h 'p' 80-9F linux/ppdev.h user-space parport <mailto:tim@cyberelk.net> -'p' A1-A4 linux/pps.h LinuxPPS +'p' A1-A5 linux/pps.h LinuxPPS <mailto:giometti@linux.it> 'q' 00-1F linux/serio.h 'q' 80-FF linux/telephony.h Internet PhoneJACK, Internet LineJACK diff --git a/Documentation/iostats.txt b/Documentation/iostats.txt index 59a69ec67c40..f6dece5b7014 100644 --- a/Documentation/iostats.txt +++ b/Documentation/iostats.txt @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Field 9 -- # of I/Os currently in progress The only field that should go to zero. Incremented as requests are given to appropriate struct request_queue and decremented as they finish. Field 10 -- # of milliseconds spent doing I/Os - This field is increases so long as field 9 is nonzero. + This field increases so long as field 9 is nonzero. Field 11 -- weighted # of milliseconds spent doing I/Os This field is incremented at each I/O start, I/O completion, I/O merge, or read of these stats by the number of I/Os in progress diff --git a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt index cab61d842259..7a9e0b4b2903 100644 --- a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt +++ b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt @@ -65,18 +65,21 @@ Install kexec-tools 2) Download the kexec-tools user-space package from the following URL: -http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/horms/kexec-tools/kexec-tools.tar.gz +http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kexec/kexec-tools.tar.gz This is a symlink to the latest version. The latest kexec-tools git tree is available at: -git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/horms/kexec-tools.git -or -http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/horms/kexec-tools.git +git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kexec/kexec-tools.git +and +http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kexec/kexec-tools.git + +There is also a gitweb interface available at +http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=utils/kernel/kexec/kexec-tools.git More information about kexec-tools can be found at -http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/horms/kexec-tools/README.html +http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kexec/README.html 3) Unpack the tarball with the tar command, as follows: @@ -439,6 +442,6 @@ To Do Contact ======= -Vivek Goyal (vgoyal@in.ibm.com) +Vivek Goyal (vgoyal@redhat.com) Maneesh Soni (maneesh@in.ibm.com) diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index ed3708f8d0db..55fe7599bc8e 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -659,11 +659,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file dscc4.setup= [NET] - dynamic_printk Enables pr_debug()/dev_dbg() calls if - CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG has been enabled. - These can also be switched on/off via - <debugfs>/dynamic_printk/modules - earlycon= [KNL] Output early console device and options. uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options] uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options] @@ -888,6 +883,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file controller i8042.nopnp [HW] Don't use ACPIPnP / PnPBIOS to discover KBD/AUX controllers + i8042.notimeout [HW] Ignore timeout condition signalled by conroller i8042.reset [HW] Reset the controller during init and cleanup i8042.unlock [HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock @@ -1709,6 +1705,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file no-kvmclock [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized KVM clock driver + no-kvmapf [X86,KVM] Disable paravirtualized asynchronous page + fault handling. + nolapic [X86-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC. nolapic_timer [X86-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer. diff --git a/Documentation/ko_KR/HOWTO b/Documentation/ko_KR/HOWTO index e3a55b6091e9..ab5189ae3428 100644 --- a/Documentation/ko_KR/HOWTO +++ b/Documentation/ko_KR/HOWTO @@ -391,8 +391,8 @@ bugme-new 메일링 리스트나(새로운 버그 리포트들만이 이곳에 bugme-janitor 메일링 리스트(bugzilla에 모든 변화들이 여기서 메일로 전해진다) 에 등록하면 된다. - http://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/bugme-new - http://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/bugme-janitors + https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bugme-new + https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bugme-janitors diff --git a/Documentation/kprobes.txt b/Documentation/kprobes.txt index 741fe66d6eca..0cfb00fd86ff 100644 --- a/Documentation/kprobes.txt +++ b/Documentation/kprobes.txt @@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ a 5-byte jump instruction. So there are several limitations. a) The instructions in DCR must be relocatable. b) The instructions in DCR must not include a call instruction. c) JTPR must not be targeted by any jump or call instruction. -d) DCR must not straddle the border betweeen functions. +d) DCR must not straddle the border between functions. Anyway, these limitations are checked by the in-kernel instruction decoder, so you don't need to worry about that. diff --git a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt index b336266bea5e..ad85797c1cf0 100644 --- a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt @@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ Possible values are: - KVM_MP_STATE_HALTED: the vcpu has executed a HLT instruction and is waiting for an interrupt - KVM_MP_STATE_SIPI_RECEIVED: the vcpu has just received a SIPI (vector - accesible via KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS) + accessible via KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS) This ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Without an in-kernel irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace. @@ -1085,6 +1085,184 @@ of 4 instructions that make up a hypercall. If any additional field gets added to this structure later on, a bit for that additional piece of information will be set in the flags bitmap. +4.47 KVM_ASSIGN_PCI_DEVICE + +Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_ASSIGNMENT +Architectures: x86 ia64 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_pci_dev (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Assigns a host PCI device to the VM. + +struct kvm_assigned_pci_dev { + __u32 assigned_dev_id; + __u32 busnr; + __u32 devfn; + __u32 flags; + __u32 segnr; + union { + __u32 reserved[11]; + }; +}; + +The PCI device is specified by the triple segnr, busnr, and devfn. +Identification in succeeding service requests is done via assigned_dev_id. The +following flags are specified: + +/* Depends on KVM_CAP_IOMMU */ +#define KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_ENABLE_IOMMU (1 << 0) + +4.48 KVM_DEASSIGN_PCI_DEVICE + +Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_DEASSIGNMENT +Architectures: x86 ia64 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_pci_dev (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Ends PCI device assignment, releasing all associated resources. + +See KVM_CAP_DEVICE_ASSIGNMENT for the data structure. Only assigned_dev_id is +used in kvm_assigned_pci_dev to identify the device. + +4.49 KVM_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ + +Capability: KVM_CAP_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ +Architectures: x86 ia64 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_irq (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Assigns an IRQ to a passed-through device. + +struct kvm_assigned_irq { + __u32 assigned_dev_id; + __u32 host_irq; + __u32 guest_irq; + __u32 flags; + union { + struct { + __u32 addr_lo; + __u32 addr_hi; + __u32 data; + } guest_msi; + __u32 reserved[12]; + }; +}; + +The following flags are defined: + +#define KVM_DEV_IRQ_HOST_INTX (1 << 0) +#define KVM_DEV_IRQ_HOST_MSI (1 << 1) +#define KVM_DEV_IRQ_HOST_MSIX (1 << 2) + +#define KVM_DEV_IRQ_GUEST_INTX (1 << 8) +#define KVM_DEV_IRQ_GUEST_MSI (1 << 9) +#define KVM_DEV_IRQ_GUEST_MSIX (1 << 10) + +It is not valid to specify multiple types per host or guest IRQ. However, the +IRQ type of host and guest can differ or can even be null. + +4.50 KVM_DEASSIGN_DEV_IRQ + +Capability: KVM_CAP_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ +Architectures: x86 ia64 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_irq (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Ends an IRQ assignment to a passed-through device. + +See KVM_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ for the data structure. The target device is specified +by assigned_dev_id, flags must correspond to the IRQ type specified on +KVM_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ. Partial deassignment of host or guest IRQ is allowed. + +4.51 KVM_SET_GSI_ROUTING + +Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING +Architectures: x86 ia64 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_irq_routing (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Sets the GSI routing table entries, overwriting any previously set entries. + +struct kvm_irq_routing { + __u32 nr; + __u32 flags; + struct kvm_irq_routing_entry entries[0]; +}; + +No flags are specified so far, the corresponding field must be set to zero. + +struct kvm_irq_routing_entry { + __u32 gsi; + __u32 type; + __u32 flags; + __u32 pad; + union { + struct kvm_irq_routing_irqchip irqchip; + struct kvm_irq_routing_msi msi; + __u32 pad[8]; + } u; +}; + +/* gsi routing entry types */ +#define KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_IRQCHIP 1 +#define KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_MSI 2 + +No flags are specified so far, the corresponding field must be set to zero. + +struct kvm_irq_routing_irqchip { + __u32 irqchip; + __u32 pin; +}; + +struct kvm_irq_routing_msi { + __u32 address_lo; + __u32 address_hi; + __u32 data; + __u32 pad; +}; + +4.52 KVM_ASSIGN_SET_MSIX_NR + +Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_MSIX +Architectures: x86 ia64 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_msix_nr (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Set the number of MSI-X interrupts for an assigned device. This service can +only be called once in the lifetime of an assigned device. + +struct kvm_assigned_msix_nr { + __u32 assigned_dev_id; + __u16 entry_nr; + __u16 padding; +}; + +#define KVM_MAX_MSIX_PER_DEV 256 + +4.53 KVM_ASSIGN_SET_MSIX_ENTRY + +Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_MSIX +Architectures: x86 ia64 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_msix_entry (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Specifies the routing of an MSI-X assigned device interrupt to a GSI. Setting +the GSI vector to zero means disabling the interrupt. + +struct kvm_assigned_msix_entry { + __u32 assigned_dev_id; + __u32 gsi; + __u16 entry; /* The index of entry in the MSI-X table */ + __u16 padding[3]; +}; + 5. The kvm_run structure Application code obtains a pointer to the kvm_run structure by diff --git a/Documentation/kvm/cpuid.txt b/Documentation/kvm/cpuid.txt index 14a12ea92b7f..882068538c9c 100644 --- a/Documentation/kvm/cpuid.txt +++ b/Documentation/kvm/cpuid.txt @@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ KVM_FEATURE_MMU_OP || 2 || deprecated. KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE2 || 3 || kvmclock available at msrs || || 0x4b564d00 and 0x4b564d01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF || 4 || async pf can be enabled by + || || writing to msr 0x4b564d02 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT || 24 || host will warn if no guest-side || || per-cpu warps are expected in || || kvmclock. diff --git a/Documentation/kvm/msr.txt b/Documentation/kvm/msr.txt index 8ddcfe84c09a..d079aed27e03 100644 --- a/Documentation/kvm/msr.txt +++ b/Documentation/kvm/msr.txt @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ Glauber Costa <glommer@redhat.com>, Red Hat Inc, 2010 ===================================================== KVM makes use of some custom MSRs to service some requests. -At present, this facility is only used by kvmclock. Custom MSRs have a range reserved for them, that goes from 0x4b564d00 to 0x4b564dff. There are MSRs outside this area, @@ -151,3 +150,38 @@ MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME: 0x12 return PRESENT; } else return NON_PRESENT; + +MSR_KVM_ASYNC_PF_EN: 0x4b564d02 + data: Bits 63-6 hold 64-byte aligned physical address of a + 64 byte memory area which must be in guest RAM and must be + zeroed. Bits 5-2 are reserved and should be zero. Bit 0 is 1 + when asynchronous page faults are enabled on the vcpu 0 when + disabled. Bit 2 is 1 if asynchronous page faults can be injected + when vcpu is in cpl == 0. + + First 4 byte of 64 byte memory location will be written to by + the hypervisor at the time of asynchronous page fault (APF) + injection to indicate type of asynchronous page fault. Value + of 1 means that the page referred to by the page fault is not + present. Value 2 means that the page is now available. Disabling + interrupt inhibits APFs. Guest must not enable interrupt + before the reason is read, or it may be overwritten by another + APF. Since APF uses the same exception vector as regular page + fault guest must reset the reason to 0 before it does + something that can generate normal page fault. If during page + fault APF reason is 0 it means that this is regular page + fault. + + During delivery of type 1 APF cr2 contains a token that will + be used to notify a guest when missing page becomes + available. When page becomes available type 2 APF is sent with + cr2 set to the token associated with the page. There is special + kind of token 0xffffffff which tells vcpu that it should wake + up all processes waiting for APFs and no individual type 2 APFs + will be sent. + + If APF is disabled while there are outstanding APFs, they will + not be delivered. + + Currently type 2 APF will be always delivered on the same vcpu as + type 1 was, but guest should not rely on that. diff --git a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.txt b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.txt index efb3a6a045a2..6ccaf8e1a00e 100644 --- a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.txt +++ b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.txt @@ -111,8 +111,11 @@ Running Lguest: Then use --tunnet=bridge:lg0 when launching the guest. - See http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/Bridge for general information - on how to get bridging working. + See: + + http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/bridge + + for general information on how to get bridging to work. There is a helpful mailing list at http://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/lguest diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bridge.txt b/Documentation/networking/bridge.txt index bec69a8a1697..a7ba5e4e2c91 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bridge.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bridge.txt @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ In order to use the Ethernet bridging functionality, you'll need the userspace tools. These programs and documentation are available -at http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Net:Bridge. The download page is +at http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Net:Bridge. The download page is http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/bridge. If you still have questions, don't hesitate to post to the mailing list -(more info http://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge). +(more info https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge). diff --git a/Documentation/networking/caif/spi_porting.txt b/Documentation/networking/caif/spi_porting.txt index 61d7c9247453..0cb8cb9098f4 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/caif/spi_porting.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/caif/spi_porting.txt @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ the physical hardware, both with regard to SPI and to GPIOs. This function is called by the CAIF SPI interface to give you a chance to set up your hardware to be ready to receive a stream of data from the master. The xfer structure contains - both physical and logical adresses, as well as the total length + both physical and logical addresses, as well as the total length of the transfer in both directions.The dev parameter can be used to map to different CAIF SPI slave devices. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt b/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt index 811872b45bee..d718bc2ff1cf 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt @@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ The Linux DCCP implementation does not currently support all the features that a specified in RFCs 4340...42. The known bugs are at: - http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/TODO#DCCP + http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/todo#DCCP For more up-to-date versions of the DCCP implementation, please consider using the experimental DCCP test tree; instructions for checking this out are on: -http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/DCCP_Testing#Experimental_DCCP_source_tree +http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/dccp_testing#Experimental_DCCP_source_tree Socket options diff --git a/Documentation/networking/generic_netlink.txt b/Documentation/networking/generic_netlink.txt index d4f8b8b9b53c..3e071115ca90 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/generic_netlink.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/generic_netlink.txt @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ A wiki document on how to use Generic Netlink can be found here: - * http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/Generic_Netlink_HOWTO + * http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/generic_netlink_howto diff --git a/Documentation/nfc/nfc-pn544.txt b/Documentation/nfc/nfc-pn544.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2fcac9f5996e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/nfc/nfc-pn544.txt @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@ +Kernel driver for the NXP Semiconductors PN544 Near Field +Communication chip + +Author: Jari Vanhala +Contact: Matti Aaltonen (matti.j.aaltonen at nokia.com) + +General +------- + +The PN544 is an integrated transmission module for contactless +communication. The driver goes under drives/nfc/ and is compiled as a +module named "pn544". It registers a misc device and creates a device +file named "/dev/pn544". + +Host Interfaces: I2C, SPI and HSU, this driver supports currently only I2C. + +The Interface +------------- + +The driver offers a sysfs interface for a hardware test and an IOCTL +interface for selecting between two operating modes. There are read, +write and poll functions for transferring messages. The two operating +modes are the normal (HCI) mode and the firmware update mode. + +PN544 is controlled by sending messages from the userspace to the +chip. The main function of the driver is just to pass those messages +without caring about the message content. + + +Protocols +--------- + +In the normal (HCI) mode and in the firmware update mode read and +write functions behave a bit differently because the message formats +or the protocols are different. + +In the normal (HCI) mode the protocol used is derived from the ETSI +HCI specification. The firmware is updated using a specific protocol, +which is different from HCI. + +HCI messages consist of an eight bit header and the message body. The +header contains the message length. Maximum size for an HCI message is +33. In HCI mode sent messages are tested for a correct +checksum. Firmware update messages have the length in the second (MSB) +and third (LSB) bytes of the message. The maximum FW message length is +1024 bytes. + +For the ETSI HCI specification see +http://www.etsi.org/WebSite/Technologies/ProtocolSpecification.aspx + +The Hardware Test +----------------- + +The idea of the test is that it can performed by reading from the +corresponding sysfs file. The test is implemented in the board file +and it should test that PN544 can be put into the firmware update +mode. If the test is not implemented the sysfs file does not get +created. + +Example: +> cat /sys/module/pn544/drivers/i2c\:pn544/3-002b/nfc_test +1 + +Normal Operation +---------------- + +PN544 is powered up when the device file is opened, otherwise it's +turned off. Only one instance can use the device at a time. + +Userspace applications control PN544 with HCI messages. The hardware +sends an interrupt when data is available for reading. Data is +physically read when the read function is called by a userspace +application. Poll() checks the read interrupt state. Configuration and +self testing are also done from the userspace using read and write. + +Example platform data: + +static int rx71_pn544_nfc_request_resources(struct i2c_client *client) +{ + /* Get and setup the HW resources for the device */ +} + +static void rx71_pn544_nfc_free_resources(void) +{ + /* Release the HW resources */ +} + +static void rx71_pn544_nfc_enable(int fw) +{ + /* Turn the device on */ +} + +static int rx71_pn544_nfc_test(void) +{ + /* + * Put the device into the FW update mode + * and then back to the normal mode. + * Check the behavior and return one on success, + * zero on failure. + */ +} + +static void rx71_pn544_nfc_disable(void) +{ + /* turn the power off */ +} + +static struct pn544_nfc_platform_data rx71_nfc_data = { + .request_resources = rx71_pn544_nfc_request_resources, + .free_resources = rx71_pn544_nfc_free_resources, + .enable = rx71_pn544_nfc_enable, + .test = rx71_pn544_nfc_test, + .disable = rx71_pn544_nfc_disable, +}; diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt index 3272ed59dec7..7400d7555dc3 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt @@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ supported currently at the toplevel. * an arbitrary array of bytes */ - childnode@addresss { /* define a child node named "childnode" + childnode@address { /* define a child node named "childnode" * whose unit name is "childnode at * address" */ diff --git a/Documentation/pps/pps.txt b/Documentation/pps/pps.txt index 125f4ab48998..d35dcdd82ff6 100644 --- a/Documentation/pps/pps.txt +++ b/Documentation/pps/pps.txt @@ -170,3 +170,49 @@ and the run ppstest as follow: Please, note that to compile userland programs you need the file timepps.h (see Documentation/pps/). + + +Generators +---------- + +Sometimes one needs to be able not only to catch PPS signals but to produce +them also. For example, running a distributed simulation, which requires +computers' clock to be synchronized very tightly. One way to do this is to +invent some complicated hardware solutions but it may be neither necessary +nor affordable. The cheap way is to load a PPS generator on one of the +computers (master) and PPS clients on others (slaves), and use very simple +cables to deliver signals using parallel ports, for example. + +Parallel port cable pinout: +pin name master slave +1 STROBE *------ * +2 D0 * | * +3 D1 * | * +4 D2 * | * +5 D3 * | * +6 D4 * | * +7 D5 * | * +8 D6 * | * +9 D7 * | * +10 ACK * ------* +11 BUSY * * +12 PE * * +13 SEL * * +14 AUTOFD * * +15 ERROR * * +16 INIT * * +17 SELIN * * +18-25 GND *-----------* + +Please note that parallel port interrupt occurs only on high->low transition, +so it is used for PPS assert edge. PPS clear edge can be determined only +using polling in the interrupt handler which actually can be done way more +precisely because interrupt handling delays can be quite big and random. So +current parport PPS generator implementation (pps_gen_parport module) is +geared towards using the clear edge for time synchronization. + +Clear edge polling is done with disabled interrupts so it's better to select +delay between assert and clear edge as small as possible to reduce system +latencies. But if it is too small slave won't be able to capture clear edge +transition. The default of 30us should be good enough in most situations. +The delay can be selected using 'delay' pps_gen_parport module parameter. diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/00-INDEX b/Documentation/scheduler/00-INDEX index 3c00c9c3219e..d2651c47ae27 100644 --- a/Documentation/scheduler/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/scheduler/00-INDEX @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ sched-arch.txt - CPU Scheduler implementation hints for architecture specific code. sched-design-CFS.txt - - goals, design and implementation of the Complete Fair Scheduler. + - goals, design and implementation of the Completely Fair Scheduler. sched-domains.txt - information on scheduling domains. sched-nice-design.txt diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.lpfc b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.lpfc index 337c924cc81f..5e83769c6aa9 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.lpfc +++ b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.lpfc @@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ Changes from 20041018 to 20041123 * Backround nodev_timeout processing to DPC This enables us to unblock (stop dev_loss_tmo) when appopriate. * Fix array discovery with multiple luns. The max_luns was 0 at - the time the host structure was intialized. lpfc_cfg_params + the time the host structure was initialized. lpfc_cfg_params then set the max_luns to the correct value afterwards. * Remove unused define LPFC_MAX_LUN and set the default value of lpfc_max_lun parameter to 512. diff --git a/Documentation/serial/tty.txt b/Documentation/serial/tty.txt index 7c900507279f..540db41dfd5d 100644 --- a/Documentation/serial/tty.txt +++ b/Documentation/serial/tty.txt @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ write_wakeup() - May be called at any point between open and close. dcd_change() - Report to the tty line the current DCD pin status changes and the relative timestamp. The timestamp - can be NULL. + cannot be NULL. Driver Access diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/00-INDEX b/Documentation/sysctl/00-INDEX index 1286f455992f..8cf5d493fd03 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/00-INDEX @@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ README - general information about /proc/sys/ sysctl files. abi.txt - documentation for /proc/sys/abi/*. -ctl_unnumbered.txt - - explanation of why one should not add new binary sysctl numbers. fs.txt - documentation for /proc/sys/fs/*. kernel.txt diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 574067194f38..11d5ceda5bb0 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - hotplug - java-appletviewer [ binfmt_java, obsolete ] - java-interpreter [ binfmt_java, obsolete ] +- kptr_restrict - kstack_depth_to_print [ X86 only ] - l2cr [ PPC only ] - modprobe ==> Documentation/debugging-modules.txt @@ -261,6 +262,19 @@ This flag controls the L2 cache of G3 processor boards. If ============================================================== +kptr_restrict: + +This toggle indicates whether restrictions are placed on +exposing kernel addresses via /proc and other interfaces. When +kptr_restrict is set to (0), there are no restrictions. When +kptr_restrict is set to (1), the default, kernel pointers +printed using the %pK format specifier will be replaced with 0's +unless the user has CAP_SYSLOG. When kptr_restrict is set to +(2), kernel pointers printed using %pK will be replaced with 0's +regardless of privileges. + +============================================================== + kstack_depth_to_print: (X86 only) Controls the number of words to print when dumping the raw diff --git a/Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt b/Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt index 9bd00fc2e823..8abd40b22b7f 100644 --- a/Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt +++ b/Documentation/timers/timer_stats.txt @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Linux system over a sample period: - the pid of the task(process) which initialized the timer - the name of the process which initialized the timer -- the function where the timer was intialized +- the function where the timer was initialized - the callback function which is associated to the timer - the number of events (callbacks) diff --git a/Documentation/trace/events.txt b/Documentation/trace/events.txt index 09bd8e902989..b510564aac7e 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/events.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/events.txt @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ is the size of the data item, in bytes. For example, here's the information displayed for the 'sched_wakeup' event: -# cat /debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/format +# cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup/format name: sched_wakeup ID: 60 @@ -201,19 +201,19 @@ to the 'filter' file for the given event. For example: -# cd /debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup +# cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_wakeup # echo "common_preempt_count > 4" > filter A slightly more involved example: -# cd /debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_signal_send +# cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/signal/signal_generate # echo "((sig >= 10 && sig < 15) || sig == 17) && comm != bash" > filter If there is an error in the expression, you'll get an 'Invalid argument' error when setting it, and the erroneous string along with an error message can be seen by looking at the filter e.g.: -# cd /debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_signal_send +# cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/signal/signal_generate # echo "((sig >= 10 && sig < 15) || dsig == 17) && comm != bash" > filter -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument # cat filter diff --git a/Documentation/w1/slaves/00-INDEX b/Documentation/w1/slaves/00-INDEX index f8101d6b07b7..75613c9ac4db 100644 --- a/Documentation/w1/slaves/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/w1/slaves/00-INDEX @@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ - This file w1_therm - The Maxim/Dallas Semiconductor ds18*20 temperature sensor. +w1_ds2423 + - The Maxim/Dallas Semiconductor ds2423 counter device. diff --git a/Documentation/w1/slaves/w1_ds2423 b/Documentation/w1/slaves/w1_ds2423 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..90a65d23cf59 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/w1/slaves/w1_ds2423 @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +Kernel driver w1_ds2423 +======================= + +Supported chips: + * Maxim DS2423 based counter devices. + +supported family codes: + W1_THERM_DS2423 0x1D + +Author: Mika Laitio <lamikr@pilppa.org> + +Description +----------- + +Support is provided through the sysfs w1_slave file. Each opening and +read sequence of w1_slave file initiates the read of counters and ram +available in DS2423 pages 12 - 15. + +Result of each page is provided as an ASCII output where each counter +value and associated ram buffer is outpputed to own line. + +Each lines will contain the values of 42 bytes read from the counter and +memory page along the crc=YES or NO for indicating whether the read operation +was successfull and CRC matched. +If the operation was successfull, there is also in the end of each line +a counter value expressed as an integer after c= + +Meaning of 42 bytes represented is following: + - 1 byte from ram page + - 4 bytes for the counter value + - 4 zero bytes + - 2 bytes for crc16 which was calculated from the data read since the previous crc bytes + - 31 remaining bytes from the ram page + - crc=YES/NO indicating whether read was ok and crc matched + - c=<int> current counter value + +example from the successfull read: +00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 6d 38 00 ff ff 00 00 fe ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff crc=YES c=2 +00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 1f 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff crc=YES c=2 +00 29 c6 5d 18 00 00 00 00 04 37 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff crc=YES c=408798761 +00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 8d 39 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff crc=YES c=5 + +example from the read with crc errors: +00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 6d 38 00 ff ff 00 00 fe ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff crc=YES c=2 +00 02 00 00 22 00 00 00 00 e0 1f 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff crc=NO +00 e1 61 5d 19 00 00 00 00 df 0b 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 ff ff crc=NO +00 05 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 8d 39 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff crc=NO diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt index bdeb81ccb5f6..9b7221a86df2 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt @@ -622,9 +622,9 @@ Protocol: 2.08+ The payload may be compressed. The format of both the compressed and uncompressed data should be determined using the standard magic numbers. The currently supported compression formats are gzip - (magic numbers 1F 8B or 1F 9E), bzip2 (magic number 42 5A) and LZMA - (magic number 5D 00). The uncompressed payload is currently always ELF - (magic number 7F 45 4C 46). + (magic numbers 1F 8B or 1F 9E), bzip2 (magic number 42 5A), LZMA + (magic number 5D 00), and XZ (magic number FD 37). The uncompressed + payload is currently always ELF (magic number 7F 45 4C 46). Field name: payload_length Type: read diff --git a/Documentation/xz.txt b/Documentation/xz.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2cf3e2608de3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/xz.txt @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@ + +XZ data compression in Linux +============================ + +Introduction + + XZ is a general purpose data compression format with high compression + ratio and relatively fast decompression. The primary compression + algorithm (filter) is LZMA2. Additional filters can be used to improve + compression ratio even further. E.g. Branch/Call/Jump (BCJ) filters + improve compression ratio of executable data. + + The XZ decompressor in Linux is called XZ Embedded. It supports + the LZMA2 filter and optionally also BCJ filters. CRC32 is supported + for integrity checking. The home page of XZ Embedded is at + <http://tukaani.org/xz/embedded.html>, where you can find the + latest version and also information about using the code outside + the Linux kernel. + + For userspace, XZ Utils provide a zlib-like compression library + and a gzip-like command line tool. XZ Utils can be downloaded from + <http://tukaani.org/xz/>. + +XZ related components in the kernel + + The xz_dec module provides XZ decompressor with single-call (buffer + to buffer) and multi-call (stateful) APIs. The usage of the xz_dec + module is documented in include/linux/xz.h. + + The xz_dec_test module is for testing xz_dec. xz_dec_test is not + useful unless you are hacking the XZ decompressor. xz_dec_test + allocates a char device major dynamically to which one can write + .xz files from userspace. The decompressed output is thrown away. + Keep an eye on dmesg to see diagnostics printed by xz_dec_test. + See the xz_dec_test source code for the details. + + For decompressing the kernel image, initramfs, and initrd, there + is a wrapper function in lib/decompress_unxz.c. Its API is the + same as in other decompress_*.c files, which is defined in + include/linux/decompress/generic.h. + + scripts/xz_wrap.sh is a wrapper for the xz command line tool found + from XZ Utils. The wrapper sets compression options to values suitable + for compressing the kernel image. + + For kernel makefiles, two commands are provided for use with + $(call if_needed). The kernel image should be compressed with + $(call if_needed,xzkern) which will use a BCJ filter and a big LZMA2 + dictionary. It will also append a four-byte trailer containing the + uncompressed size of the file, which is needed by the boot code. + Other things should be compressed with $(call if_needed,xzmisc) + which will use no BCJ filter and 1 MiB LZMA2 dictionary. + +Notes on compression options + + Since the XZ Embedded supports only streams with no integrity check or + CRC32, make sure that you don't use some other integrity check type + when encoding files that are supposed to be decoded by the kernel. With + liblzma, you need to use either LZMA_CHECK_NONE or LZMA_CHECK_CRC32 + when encoding. With the xz command line tool, use --check=none or + --check=crc32. + + Using CRC32 is strongly recommended unless there is some other layer + which will verify the integrity of the uncompressed data anyway. + Double checking the integrity would probably be waste of CPU cycles. + Note that the headers will always have a CRC32 which will be validated + by the decoder; you can only change the integrity check type (or + disable it) for the actual uncompressed data. + + In userspace, LZMA2 is typically used with dictionary sizes of several + megabytes. The decoder needs to have the dictionary in RAM, thus big + dictionaries cannot be used for files that are intended to be decoded + by the kernel. 1 MiB is probably the maximum reasonable dictionary + size for in-kernel use (maybe more is OK for initramfs). The presets + in XZ Utils may not be optimal when creating files for the kernel, + so don't hesitate to use custom settings. Example: + + xz --check=crc32 --lzma2=dict=512KiB inputfile + + An exception to above dictionary size limitation is when the decoder + is used in single-call mode. Decompressing the kernel itself is an + example of this situation. In single-call mode, the memory usage + doesn't depend on the dictionary size, and it is perfectly fine to + use a big dictionary: for maximum compression, the dictionary should + be at least as big as the uncompressed data itself. + +Future plans + + Creating a limited XZ encoder may be considered if people think it is + useful. LZMA2 is slower to compress than e.g. Deflate or LZO even at + the fastest settings, so it isn't clear if LZMA2 encoder is wanted + into the kernel. + + Support for limited random-access reading is planned for the + decompression code. I don't know if it could have any use in the + kernel, but I know that it would be useful in some embedded projects + outside the Linux kernel. + +Conformance to the .xz file format specification + + There are a couple of corner cases where things have been simplified + at expense of detecting errors as early as possible. These should not + matter in practice all, since they don't cause security issues. But + it is good to know this if testing the code e.g. with the test files + from XZ Utils. + +Reporting bugs + + Before reporting a bug, please check that it's not fixed already + at upstream. See <http://tukaani.org/xz/embedded.html> to get the + latest code. + + Report bugs to <lasse.collin@tukaani.org> or visit #tukaani on + Freenode and talk to Larhzu. I don't actively read LKML or other + kernel-related mailing lists, so if there's something I should know, + you should email to me personally or use IRC. + + Don't bother Igor Pavlov with questions about the XZ implementation + in the kernel or about XZ Utils. While these two implementations + include essential code that is directly based on Igor Pavlov's code, + these implementations aren't maintained nor supported by him. diff --git a/Documentation/zh_CN/HOWTO b/Documentation/zh_CN/HOWTO index 69160779e432..faf976c0c731 100644 --- a/Documentation/zh_CN/HOWTO +++ b/Documentation/zh_CN/HOWTO @@ -347,8 +347,8 @@ bugzilla.kernel.org是Linux内核开发者们用来跟踪内核Bug的网站。 最新bug的通知，可以订阅bugme-new邮件列表（只有新的bug报告会被寄到这里） 或者订阅bugme-janitor邮件列表（所有bugzilla的变动都会被寄到这里）。 - http://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/bugme-new - http://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/bugme-janitors + https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bugme-new + https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bugme-janitors 邮件列表 diff --git a/Documentation/zh_CN/SubmittingDrivers b/Documentation/zh_CN/SubmittingDrivers index c27b0f6cdd39..5889f8df6312 100644 --- a/Documentation/zh_CN/SubmittingDrivers +++ b/Documentation/zh_CN/SubmittingDrivers @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Linux 2.4: Linux 2.6: 除了遵循和 2.4 版内核同样的规则外，你还需要在 linux-kernel 邮件 列表上跟踪最新的 API 变化。向 Linux 2.6 内核提交驱动的顶级联系人 - 是 Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>。 + 是 Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>。 决定设备驱动能否被接受的条件 ---------------------------- |