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2008-07-15Merge branch 'i2c-for-linus' of git://jdelvare.pck.nerim.net/jdelvare-2.6Linus Torvalds7-116/+169
* 'i2c-for-linus' of git://jdelvare.pck.nerim.net/jdelvare-2.6: (56 commits) i2c: Add detection capability to new-style drivers i2c: Call client_unregister for new-style devices too i2c: Clean up old chip drivers i2c-ibm_iic: Register child nodes i2c: New-style EEPROM driver using device IDs i2c: Export the i2c_bus_type symbol i2c-au1550: Fix PM support i2c-dev: Delete empty detach_client callback i2c: Drop stray references to lm_sensors i2c: Check for ACPI resource conflicts i2c-ocores: basic PM support i2c-sibyte: SWARM I2C board initialization i2c-i801: Fix handling of error conditions i2c-i801: Rename local variable temp to status i2c-i801: Properly report bus arbitration loss i2c-i801: Remove verbose debugging messages i2c-algo-pcf: Drop unused struct members i2c-algo-pcf: Multi-master lost-arbitration improvement i2c: Deprecate the legacy gpio drivers i2c-pxa: Initialize early ...
2008-07-15Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6Linus Torvalds1-3/+0
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6: (80 commits) ide-floppy: fix unfortunate function naming ide-tape: unify idetape_create_read/write_cmd ide: add ide_pc_intr() helper ide-{floppy,scsi}: read Status Register before stopping DMA engine ide-scsi: add more debugging to idescsi_pc_intr() ide-scsi: use pc->callback ide-floppy: add more debugging to idefloppy_pc_intr() ide-tape: always log debug info in idetape_pc_intr() if debugging is enabled ide-tape: add ide_tape_io_buffers() helper ide-tape: factor out DSC handling from idetape_pc_intr() ide-{floppy,tape}: move checking of ->failed_pc to ->callback ide: add ide_issue_pc() helper ide: add PC_FLAG_DRQ_INTERRUPT pc flag ide-scsi: move idescsi_map_sg() call out from idescsi_issue_pc() ide: add ide_transfer_pc() helper ide-scsi: set drive->scsi flag for devices handled by the driver ide-{cd,floppy,tape}: remove checking for drive->scsi ide: add PC_FLAG_ZIP_DRIVE pc flag ide-tape: factor out waiting for good ireason from idetape_transfer_pc() ide-tape: set PC_FLAG_DMA_IN_PROGRESS flag in idetape_transfer_pc() ...
2008-07-15ide: remove obsoleted "hdx=" kernel parametersBartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz1-3/+0
* Remove obsoleted "hdx=" kernel parameters. * Remove no longer used stridx() and match_parm(). Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
2008-07-15Merge branch 'timers/for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-0/+4
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'timers/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86: add PCI ID for 6300ESB force hpet x86: add another PCI ID for ICH6 force-hpet kernel-paramaters: document pmtmr= command line option acpi_pm clccksource: fix printk format warning nohz: don't stop idle tick if softirqs are pending. pmtmr: allow command line override of ioport nohz: reduce jiffies polling overhead hrtimer: Remove unused variables in ktime_divns() hrtimer: remove warning in hres_timers_resume posix-timers: print RT watchdog message
2008-07-15Merge branch 'genirq' of ↵Linus Torvalds2-20/+46
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'genirq' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: genirq: remove extraneous checks in manage.c genirq: Expose default irq affinity mask (take 3)
2008-07-15Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6-nmwLinus Torvalds1-0/+114
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6-nmw: [GFS2] Fix GFS2's use of do_div() in its quota calculations [GFS2] Remove unused declaration [GFS2] Remove support for unused and pointless flag [GFS2] Replace rgrp "recent list" with mru list [GFS2] Allow local DF locks when holding a cached EX glock [GFS2] Fix delayed demote race [GFS2] don't call permission() [GFS2] Fix module building [GFS2] Glock documentation [GFS2] Remove all_list from lock_dlm [GFS2] Remove obsolete conversion deadlock avoidance code [GFS2] Remove remote lock dropping code [GFS2] kernel panic mounting volume [GFS2] Revise readpage locking [GFS2] Fix ordering of args for list_add [GFS2] trivial sparse lock annotations [GFS2] No lock_nolock [GFS2] Fix ordering bug in lock_dlm [GFS2] Clean up the glock core
2008-07-15Merge branch 'core/topology' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-17/+9
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'core/topology' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: cputopology: always define CPU topology information, clean up cpu topology: always define CPU topology information
2008-07-15Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-0/+2
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86: Fix compile error with CONFIG_AS_CFI=n Documentation: document debugpat commandline option x86: sanitize Kconfig x86, suspend, acpi: correct and add comments about Big Real Mode x86, suspend, acpi: enter Big Real Mode Fixed trivial conflict in include/asm-x86/dwarf2.h due to just using different names for "cfi_ignore" (vs "__cfi_ignore") macro.
2008-07-15Merge branch 'for_linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-50/+75
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4 * 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: (61 commits) ext4: Documention update for new ordered mode and delayed allocation ext4: do not set extents feature from the kernel ext4: Don't allow nonextenst mount option for large filesystem ext4: Enable delalloc by default. ext4: delayed allocation i_blocks fix for stat ext4: fix delalloc i_disksize early update issue ext4: Handle page without buffers in ext4_*_writepage() ext4: Add ordered mode support for delalloc ext4: Invert lock ordering of page_lock and transaction start in delalloc mm: Add range_cont mode for writeback ext4: delayed allocation ENOSPC handling percpu_counter: new function percpu_counter_sum_and_set ext4: Add delayed allocation support in data=writeback mode vfs: add hooks for ext4's delayed allocation support jbd2: Remove data=ordered mode support using jbd buffer heads ext4: Use new framework for data=ordered mode in JBD2 jbd2: Implement data=ordered mode handling via inodes vfs: export filemap_fdatawrite_range() ext4: Fix lock inversion in ext4_ext_truncate() ext4: Invert the locking order of page_lock and transaction start ...
2008-07-15Documentation: document debugpat commandline optionThomas Gleixner1-0/+2
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-07-15Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-armLinus Torvalds1-0/+5
* 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm: (241 commits) [ARM] 5171/1: ep93xx: fix compilation of modules using clocks [ARM] 5133/2: at91sam9g20 defconfig file [ARM] 5130/4: Support for the at91sam9g20 [ARM] 5160/1: IOP3XX: gpio/gpiolib support [ARM] at91: Fix NAND FLASH timings for at91sam9x evaluation kits. [ARM] 5084/1: zylonite: Register AC97 device [ARM] 5085/2: PXA: Move AC97 over to the new central device declaration model [ARM] 5120/1: pxa: correct platform driver names for PXA25x and PXA27x UDC drivers [ARM] 5147/1: pxaficp_ir: drop pxa_gpio_mode calls, as pin setting [ARM] 5145/1: PXA2xx: provide api to control IrDA pins state [ARM] 5144/1: pxaficp_ir: cleanup includes [ARM] pxa: remove pxa_set_cken() [ARM] pxa: allow clk aliases [ARM] Feroceon: don't disable BPU on boot [ARM] Orion: LED support for HP mv2120 [ARM] Orion: add RD88F5181L-FXO support [ARM] Orion: add RD88F5181L-GE support [ARM] Orion: add Netgear WNR854T support [ARM] s3c2410_defconfig: update for current build [ARM] Acer n30: Minor style and indentation fixes. ...
2008-07-15Merge branch 'tracing/for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-0/+164
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'tracing/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (228 commits) ftrace: build fix for ftraced_suspend ftrace: separate out the function enabled variable ftrace: add ftrace_kill_atomic ftrace: use current CPU for function startup ftrace: start wakeup tracing after setting function tracer ftrace: check proper config for preempt type ftrace: trace schedule ftrace: define function trace nop ftrace: move sched_switch enable after markers ftrace: prevent ftrace modifications while being kprobe'd, v2 fix "ftrace: store mcount address in rec->ip" mmiotrace broken in linux-next (8-bit writes only) ftrace: avoid modifying kprobe'd records ftrace: freeze kprobe'd records kprobes: enable clean usage of get_kprobe ftrace: store mcount address in rec->ip ftrace: build fix with gcc 4.3 namespacecheck: fixes ftrace: fix "notrace" filtering priority ftrace: fix printout ...
2008-07-15ftrace: document updatesSteven Rostedt1-63/+71
The following updates were recommended by Elias Oltmanns and Randy Dunlap. [ updates based on Andrew Morton's comments are still to come. ] Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-15Merge branch 'sched/for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds2-7/+4
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'sched/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (76 commits) sched_clock: and multiplier for TSC to gtod drift sched_clock: record TSC after gtod sched_clock: only update deltas with local reads. sched_clock: fix calculation of other CPU sched_clock: stop maximum check on NO HZ sched_clock: widen the max and min time sched_clock: record from last tick sched: fix accounting in task delay accounting & migration sched: add avg-overlap support to RT tasks sched: terminate newidle balancing once at least one task has moved over sched: fix warning sched: build fix sched: sched_clock_cpu() based cpu_clock(), lockdep fix sched: export cpu_clock sched: make sched_{rt,fair}.c ifdefs more readable sched: bias effective_load() error towards failing wake_affine(). sched: incremental effective_load() sched: correct wakeup weight calculations sched: fix mult overflow sched: update shares on wakeup ...
2008-07-15Merge branch 'x86/for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds16-46/+168
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (821 commits) x86: make 64bit hpet_set_mapping to use ioremap too, v2 x86: get x86_phys_bits early x86: max_low_pfn_mapped fix #4 x86: change _node_to_cpumask_ptr to return const ptr x86: I/O APIC: remove an IRQ2-mask hack x86: fix numaq_tsc_disable calling x86, e820: remove end_user_pfn x86: max_low_pfn_mapped fix, #3 x86: max_low_pfn_mapped fix, #2 x86: max_low_pfn_mapped fix, #1 x86_64: fix delayed signals x86: remove conflicting nx6325 and nx6125 quirks x86: Recover timer_ack lost in the merge of the NMI watchdog x86: I/O APIC: Never configure IRQ2 x86: L-APIC: Always fully configure IRQ0 x86: L-APIC: Set IRQ0 as edge-triggered x86: merge dwarf2 headers x86: use AS_CFI instead of UNWIND_INFO x86: use ignore macro instead of hash comment x86: use matching CFI_ENDPROC ...
2008-07-15i2c: Add detection capability to new-style driversJean Delvare1-0/+29
Add a mechanism to let new-style i2c drivers optionally autodetect devices they would support on selected buses and ask i2c-core to instantiate them. This is a replacement for legacy i2c drivers, much cleaner. Where drivers had to implement both a legacy i2c_driver and a new-style i2c_driver so far, this mechanism makes it possible to get rid of the legacy i2c_driver and implement both enumerated and detected device support with just one (new-style) i2c_driver. Here is a quick conversion guide for these drivers, step by step: * Delete the legacy driver definition, registration and removal. Delete the attach_adapter and detach_client methods of the legacy driver. * Change the prototype of the legacy detect function from static int foo_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address, int kind); to static int foo_detect(struct i2c_client *client, int kind, struct i2c_board_info *info); * Set the new-style driver detect callback to this new function, and set its address_data to &addr_data (addr_data is generally provided by I2C_CLIENT_INSMOD.) * Add the appropriate class to the new-style driver. This is typically the class the legacy attach_adapter method was checking for. Class checking is now mandatory (done by i2c-core.) See <linux/i2c.h> for the list of available classes. * Remove the i2c_client allocation and freeing from the detect function. A pre-allocated client is now handed to you by i2c-core, and is freed automatically. * Make the detect function fill the type field of the i2c_board_info structure it was passed as a parameter, and return 0, on success. If the detection fails, return -ENODEV. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-07-15i2c: Delete unused function i2c_smbus_write_quickJean Delvare2-9/+9
Function i2c_smbus_write_quick has no users left, so we can delete it. Also update the list of these helper functions which are gone but could be added back if needed. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-07-15i2c-core: Return -Errno, not -1David Brownell1-4/+4
More updates to the I2C stack's fault reporting: make the core stop returning "-1" (usually "-EPERM") for all faults. Instead, pass lower level fault code up the stack, or return some appropriate errno. This patch happens to touch almost exclusively SMBus calls. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-07-15i2c: Document standard fault codesDavid Brownell1-0/+127
Create Documentation/i2c/fault-codes to help standardize fault/error code usage in the I2C stack. It turns out that returning -1 (-EPERM) for everything was not at all helpful. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-07-15i2c: Remove 3 deprecated bus driversAdrian Bunk4-103/+0
This patch contains the scheduled removal of i2c-i810, i2c-prosavage and i2c-savage4. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-07-15Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.alsa-project.org/alsa-kernelLinus Torvalds2-5/+16
* 'for-linus' of git://git.alsa-project.org/alsa-kernel: (179 commits) ALSA: Release v1.0.17 ALSA: correct kcalloc usage ALSA: ALSA driver for SGI O2 audio board ALSA: asoc: kbuild - only show menus for the current ASoC CPU platform. ALSA: ALSA driver for SGI HAL2 audio device ALSA: hda - Fix FSC V5505 model ALSA: hda - Fix missing init for unsol events on micsense model ALSA: hda - Fix internal mic vref pin setup ALSA: hda: 92hd71bxx PC Beep ALSA: HDA - HP dc7600 with pci sub IDs 0x103c/0x3011 belongs to hp-3013 model ALSA: usb-audio: add some Yamaha USB MIDI quirks ALSA: usb-audio: fix Yamaha KX quirk ALSA: ASoC: Au12x0/Au1550 PSC Audio support ALSA: Add Yamaha KX49 (USB MIDI controller) to usbquirks.h ALSA: ASoC: pxa2xx-ac97: fix warning due to missing argument in fuction declaration ALSA: tosa: fix compilation with new DAPM API ALSA: wavefront - add const ALSA: remove CONFIG_KMOD from sound ALSA: Fix a const to non-const assignment in the Digigram VXpocket sound driver ALSA: Fix a const pointer usage warning in the Digigram VX soundcard driver ...
2008-07-15Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds2-0/+36
* 'for-linus' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6: (71 commits) [S390] sclp_tty: Fix scheduling while atomic bug. [S390] sclp_tty: remove ioctl interface. [S390] Remove P390 support. [S390] Cleanup vmcp printk messages. [S390] Cleanup lcs printk messages. [S390] Cleanup kprobes printk messages. [S390] Cleanup vmwatch printk messages. [S390] Cleanup dcssblk printk messages. [S390] Cleanup zfcp dumper printk messages. [S390] Cleanup vmlogrdr printk messages. [S390] Cleanup s390 debug feature print messages. [S390] Cleanup monreader printk messages. [S390] Cleanup appldata printk messages. [S390] Cleanup smsgiucv printk messages. [S390] Cleanup cpacf printk messages. [S390] Cleanup qeth print messages. [S390] Cleanup netiucv printk messages. [S390] Cleanup iucv printk messages. [S390] Cleanup sclp printk messages. [S390] Cleanup zcrypt printk messages. ...
2008-07-15Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds2-0/+361
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (37 commits) splice: fix generic_file_splice_read() race with page invalidation ramfs: enable splice write drivers/block/pktcdvd.c: avoid useless memset cdrom: revert commit 22a9189 (cdrom: use kmalloced buffers instead of buffers on stack) scsi: sr avoids useless buffer allocation block: blk_rq_map_kern uses the bounce buffers for stack buffers block: add blk_queue_update_dma_pad DAC960: push down BKL pktcdvd: push BKL down into driver paride: push ioctl down into driver block: use get_unaligned_* helpers block: extend queue_flag bitops block: request_module(): use format string Add bvec_merge_data to handle stacked devices and ->merge_bvec() block: integrity flags can't use bit ops on unsigned short cmdfilter: extend default read filter sg: fix odd style (extra parenthesis) introduced by cmd filter patch block: add bounce support to blk_rq_map_user_iov cfq-iosched: get rid of enable_idle being unused warning allow userspace to modify scsi command filter on per device basis ...
2008-07-14Merge commit '900cfa46191a7d87cf1891924cb90499287fd235'; branches ↵Thomas Gleixner1-0/+4
'timers/nohz', 'timers/clocksource' and 'timers/posixtimers' into timers/for-linus
2008-07-14Merge branch 'auto-ftrace-next' into tracing/for-linusIngo Molnar1-0/+164
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c arch/x86/lib/Makefile include/asm-x86/irqflags.h kernel/Makefile kernel/sched.c Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-14Merge branch 'sched/for-linus' into tracing/for-linusIngo Molnar2-7/+4
2008-07-14Merge commit 'v2.6.26' into sched/develIngo Molnar1-1/+1
2008-07-14Merge commit 'v2.6.26' into x86/coreIngo Molnar1-1/+1
2008-07-14[S390] cio: Add chsc subchannel driver.Cornelia Huck1-0/+1
This patch adds a driver for subchannels of type chsc. A device /dev/chsc is created which may be used to issue ioctls to: - obtain information about the machine's I/O configuration - dynamically change the machine's I/O configuration via asynchronous chsc commands Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
2008-07-14[S390] cio: Introduce modalias for css bus.Cornelia Huck1-0/+35
Add modalias and subchannel type attributes for all subchannels. I/O subchannel specific attributes are now created in io_subchannel_probe(). modalias and subchannel type are also added to the uevent for the css bus. Also make the css modalias known. Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
2008-07-13Documentation/HOWTO: correct wrong kernel bugzilla FAQ URLJiri Pirko1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-13Merge branch 'linus' into sched/develIngo Molnar2-42/+1567
2008-07-12Merge branch 'linus' into x86/coreIngo Molnar2-42/+1567
Conflicts: arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-12kernel-paramaters: document pmtmr= command line optionThomas Gleixner1-0/+4
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-07-12ext4: Documention update for new ordered mode and delayed allocationMingming Cao1-7/+14
Adding some documentations for delayed allocation and new ordered mode. Signed-off-by: Mingming Cao <cmm@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2008-07-12ext4: Documentation updates.Jose R. Santos1-44/+62
Some of the information in Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt is out of date and in need of an update. Signed-off-by: Jose R. Santos <jrs@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2008-07-11Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds1-42/+214
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (27 commits) tun: Persistent devices can get stuck in xoff state xfrm: Add a XFRM_STATE_AF_UNSPEC flag to xfrm_usersa_info ipv6: missed namespace context in ipv6_rthdr_rcv netlabel: netlink_unicast calls kfree_skb on error path by itself ipv4: fib_trie: Fix lookup error return tcp: correct kcalloc usage ip: sysctl documentation cleanup Documentation: clarify tcp_{r,w}mem sysctl docs netfilter: nf_nat_snmp_basic: fix a range check in NAT for SNMP netfilter: nf_conntrack_tcp: fix endless loop libertas: fix memory alignment problems on the blackfin zd1211rw: stop beacons on remove_interface rt2x00: Disable synchronization during initialization rc80211_pid: Fix fast_start parameter handling sctp: Add documentation for sctp sysctl variable ipv6: fix race between ipv6_del_addr and DAD timer irda: Fix netlink error path return value irda: New device ID for nsc-ircc irda: via-ircc proper dma freeing sctp: Mark the tsn as received after all allocations finish ...
2008-07-11ip: sysctl documentation cleanupStephen Hemminger1-31/+29
Reduced version of the spelling cleanup patch. Take out the confusing language in tcp_frto, and organize the undocumented values. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-07-11Documentation: clarify tcp_{r,w}mem sysctl docsJ. Bruce Fields1-11/+15
Fix some of the defaults and attempt to clarify some language. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-07-10ftrace: DocumentationSteven Rostedt1-0/+1353
This is the long awaited ftrace.txt. It explains in quite detail how to use ftrace and the various tracers. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-10Merge branches 'at91', 'dyntick', 'ep93xx', 'iop', 'ixp', 'misc', 'orion', ↵Russell King6-16/+36
'omap-reviewed', 'rpc', 'rtc' and 's3c' into devel
2008-07-09sctp: Add documentation for sctp sysctl variableVlad Yasevich1-0/+170
Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-07-08sysfs: add /sys/firmware/memmapBernhard Walle1-0/+71
This patch adds /sys/firmware/memmap interface that represents the BIOS (or Firmware) provided memory map. The tree looks like: /sys/firmware/memmap/0/start (hex number) end (hex number) type (string) ... /1/start end type With the following shell snippet one can print the memory map in the same form the kernel prints itself when booting on x86 (the E820 map). --------- 8< -------------------------- #!/bin/sh cd /sys/firmware/memmap for dir in * ; do start=$(cat $dir/start) end=$(cat $dir/end) type=$(cat $dir/type) printf "%016x-%016x (%s)\n" $start $[ $end +1] "$type" done --------- >8 -------------------------- That patch only provides the needed interface: 1. The sysfs interface. 2. The structure and enumeration definition. 3. The function firmware_map_add() and firmware_map_add_early() that should be called from architecture code (E820/EFI, for example) to add the contents to the interface. If the kernel is compiled without CONFIG_FIRMWARE_MEMMAP, the interface does nothing without cluttering the architecture-specific code with #ifdef's. The purpose of the new interface is kexec: While /proc/iomem represents the *used* memory map (e.g. modified via kernel parameters like 'memmap' and 'mem'), the /sys/firmware/memmap tree represents the unmodified memory map provided via the firmware. So kexec can: - use the original memory map for rebooting, - use the /proc/iomem for setting up the ELF core headers for kdump case that should only represent the memory of the system. The patch has been tested on i386 and x86_64. Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de> Acked-by: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org Cc: yhlu.kernel@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-08x86: fix documentation bug about relocatabilityBernhard Walle1-1/+1
This patch fixes a small bug in documentation: x86_64 also has now the ability to build a relocatable kernel. Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de> Cc: vgoyal@redhat.com Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-08x86: nmi_watchdog - documentation fix - v2Ingo Molnar1-1/+1
typo fixes from Randy Dunlap and Alan Cox. Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-08x86: nmi_watchdog - documentation fixCyrill Gorcunov1-9/+7
nmi_watchdog is set to NMI_NONE by default (ie disabled) on _any_ mode so lets fix documentation too. Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com> Cc: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-08x86 boot: only pick up additional EFI memmap if add_efi_memmap flagPaul Jackson2-0/+7
Applies on top of the previous patch: x86 boot: add code to add BIOS provided EFI memory entries to kernel Instead of always adding EFI memory map entries (if present) to the memory map after initially finding either E820 BIOS memory map entries and/or kernel command line memmap entries, -instead- only add such additional EFI memory map entries if the kernel boot option: add_efi_memmap is specified. Requiring this 'add_efi_memmap' option is backward compatible with kernels that didn't load such additional EFI memory map entries in the first place, and it doesn't override a configuration that tries to replace all E820 or EFI BIOS memory map entries with ones given entirely on the kernel command line. Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Cc: "Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com> Cc: "Jack Steiner" <steiner@sgi.com> Cc: "Mike Travis" <travis@sgi.com> Cc: "Huang Cc: Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com> Cc: "Andi Kleen" <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: "Andrew Morton" <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-08Merge branch 'x86/mpparse' into x86/develIngo Molnar1-0/+23
Conflicts: arch/x86/Kconfig arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_32.c arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c arch/x86/mm/init_32.c Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-08Merge branch 'linus' into tmp.x86.mpparse.newIngo Molnar35-90/+420
2008-07-08Merge branches 'x86/mmio', 'x86/delay', 'x86/idle', 'x86/oprofile', ↵Ingo Molnar1-0/+11
'x86/debug', 'x86/ptrace' and 'x86/amd-iommu' into x86/devel