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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/armada-38x.txt | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/samsung/exynos-adc.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/ntc_thermistor.txt | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/qcom,spi-qup.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/email-clients.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/ntc_thermistor | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ptp/testptp.c | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 3 |
14 files changed, 89 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c b/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c index c6a06b71594d..f40578026a04 100644 --- a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c +++ b/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c @@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) break; case 'm': strncpy(cpumask, optarg, sizeof(cpumask)); + cpumask[sizeof(cpumask) - 1] = '\0'; maskset = 1; printf("cpumask %s maskset %d\n", cpumask, maskset); break; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/armada-38x.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/armada-38x.txt index 11f2330a6554..ad9f8ed4d9bd 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/armada-38x.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/armada-38x.txt @@ -6,5 +6,15 @@ following property: Required root node property: - - compatible: must contain either "marvell,armada380" or - "marvell,armada385" depending on the variant of the SoC being used. + - compatible: must contain "marvell,armada380" + +In addition, boards using the Marvell Armada 385 SoC shall have the +following property before the previous one: + +Required root node property: + +compatible: must contain "marvell,armada385" + +Example: + +compatible = "marvell,a385-rd", "marvell,armada385", "marvell,armada380"; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/samsung/exynos-adc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/samsung/exynos-adc.txt index 5d49f2b37f68..832fe8cc24d7 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/samsung/exynos-adc.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/samsung/exynos-adc.txt @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ adc@12D10000 { /* NTC thermistor is a hwmon device */ ncp15wb473@0 { - compatible = "ntc,ncp15wb473"; + compatible = "murata,ncp15wb473"; pullup-uv = <1800000>; pullup-ohm = <47000>; pulldown-ohm = <0>; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/ntc_thermistor.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/ntc_thermistor.txt index c6f66674f19c..b117b2e9e1a7 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/ntc_thermistor.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/hwmon/ntc_thermistor.txt @@ -3,11 +3,19 @@ NTC Thermistor hwmon sensors Requires node properties: - "compatible" value : one of - "ntc,ncp15wb473" - "ntc,ncp18wb473" - "ntc,ncp21wb473" - "ntc,ncp03wb473" - "ntc,ncp15wl333" + "murata,ncp15wb473" + "murata,ncp18wb473" + "murata,ncp21wb473" + "murata,ncp03wb473" + "murata,ncp15wl333" + +/* Usage of vendor name "ntc" is deprecated */ +<DEPRECATED> "ntc,ncp15wb473" +<DEPRECATED> "ntc,ncp18wb473" +<DEPRECATED> "ntc,ncp21wb473" +<DEPRECATED> "ntc,ncp03wb473" +<DEPRECATED> "ntc,ncp15wl333" + - "pullup-uv" Pull up voltage in micro volts - "pullup-ohm" Pull up resistor value in ohms - "pulldown-ohm" Pull down resistor value in ohms @@ -21,7 +29,7 @@ Read more about iio bindings at Example: ncp15wb473@0 { - compatible = "ntc,ncp15wb473"; + compatible = "murata,ncp15wb473"; pullup-uv = <1800000>; pullup-ohm = <47000>; pulldown-ohm = <0>; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/qcom,spi-qup.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/qcom,spi-qup.txt index b82a268f1bd4..bee6ff204baf 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/qcom,spi-qup.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/qcom,spi-qup.txt @@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ Optional properties: - spi-max-frequency: Specifies maximum SPI clock frequency, Units - Hz. Definition as per Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-bus.txt +- num-cs: total number of chipselects +- cs-gpios: should specify GPIOs used for chipselects. + The gpios will be referred to as reg = <index> in the SPI child + nodes. If unspecified, a single SPI device without a chip + select can be used. + SPI slave nodes must be children of the SPI master node and can contain properties described in Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-bus.txt diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt index 4d7f3758d1b4..46a311e728a8 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt @@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ mosaixtech Mosaix Technologies, Inc. moxa Moxa mpl MPL AG mundoreader Mundo Reader S.L. +murata Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. mxicy Macronix International Co., Ltd. national National Semiconductor neonode Neonode Inc. diff --git a/Documentation/email-clients.txt b/Documentation/email-clients.txt index 4e30ebaa9e5b..9af538be3751 100644 --- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt +++ b/Documentation/email-clients.txt @@ -1,6 +1,17 @@ Email clients info for Linux ====================================================================== +Git +---------------------------------------------------------------------- +These days most developers use `git send-email` instead of regular +email clients. The man page for this is quite good. On the receiving +end, maintainers use `git am` to apply the patches. + +If you are new to git then send your first patch to yourself. Save it +as raw text including all the headers. Run `git am raw_email.txt` and +then review the changelog with `git log`. When that works then send +the patch to the appropriate mailing list(s). + General Preferences ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Patches for the Linux kernel are submitted via email, preferably as diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ntc_thermistor b/Documentation/hwmon/ntc_thermistor index 3bfda94096fd..057b77029f26 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/ntc_thermistor +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ntc_thermistor @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Kernel driver ntc_thermistor ================= -Supported thermistors: +Supported thermistors from Murata: * Murata NTC Thermistors NCP15WB473, NCP18WB473, NCP21WB473, NCP03WB473, NCP15WL333 Prefixes: 'ncp15wb473', 'ncp18wb473', 'ncp21wb473', 'ncp03wb473', 'ncp15wl333' Datasheet: Publicly available at Murata @@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ Authors: Description ----------- -The NTC thermistor is a simple thermistor that requires users to provide the -resistance and lookup the corresponding compensation table to get the -temperature input. +The NTC (Negative Temperature Coefficient) thermistor is a simple thermistor +that requires users to provide the resistance and lookup the corresponding +compensation table to get the temperature input. The NTC driver provides lookup tables with a linear approximation function and four circuit models with an option not to use any of the four models. diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 884904975d0b..c1b9aa8c5a52 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -3130,6 +3130,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. [KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics. Format: <integer> + softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace= + [KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate + backtraces on all cpus. + Format: <integer> + sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver See Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt diff --git a/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt index f304edb8fbe7..45134dc23854 100644 --- a/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt +++ b/Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt @@ -209,15 +209,12 @@ If memory device is found, memory hotplug code will be called. 4.2 Notify memory hot-add event by hand ------------ -On powerpc, the firmware does not notify a memory hotplug event to the kernel. -Therefore, "probe" interface is supported to notify the event to the kernel. -This interface depends on CONFIG_ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE. - -CONFIG_ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE is supported on powerpc only. On x86, this config -option is disabled by default since ACPI notifies a memory hotplug event to -the kernel, which performs its hotplug operation as the result. Please -enable this option if you need the "probe" interface for testing purposes -on x86. +On some architectures, the firmware may not notify the kernel of a memory +hotplug event. Therefore, the memory "probe" interface is supported to +explicitly notify the kernel. This interface depends on +CONFIG_ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE and can be configured on powerpc, sh, and x86 +if hotplug is supported, although for x86 this should be handled by ACPI +notification. Probe interface is located at /sys/devices/system/memory/probe diff --git a/Documentation/ptp/testptp.c b/Documentation/ptp/testptp.c index f1ac2dae999e..ba1d50200c46 100644 --- a/Documentation/ptp/testptp.c +++ b/Documentation/ptp/testptp.c @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */ +#define _GNU_SOURCE #include <errno.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <inttypes.h> @@ -46,12 +47,14 @@ #define CLOCK_INVALID -1 #endif -/* When glibc offers the syscall, this will go away. */ +/* clock_adjtime is not available in GLIBC < 2.14 */ +#if !__GLIBC_PREREQ(2, 14) #include <sys/syscall.h> static int clock_adjtime(clockid_t id, struct timex *tx) { return syscall(__NR_clock_adjtime, id, tx); } +#endif static clockid_t get_clockid(int fd) { diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt index 85c362d8ea34..d1ab5e17eb13 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt @@ -286,6 +286,11 @@ STAC92HD83* hp-inv-led HP with broken BIOS for inverted mute LED auto BIOS setup (default) +STAC92HD95 +========== + hp-led LED support for HP laptops + hp-bass Bass HPF setup for HP Spectre 13 + STAC9872 ======== vaio VAIO laptop without SPDIF diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 708bb7f1b7e0..c14374e71775 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - shmall - shmmax [ sysv ipc ] - shmmni +- softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace - stop-a [ SPARC only ] - sysrq ==> Documentation/sysrq.txt - sysctl_writes_strict @@ -783,6 +784,22 @@ via the /proc/sys interface: ============================================================== +softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace: + +This value controls the soft lockup detector thread's behavior +when a soft lockup condition is detected as to whether or not +to gather further debug information. If enabled, each cpu will +be issued an NMI and instructed to capture stack trace. + +This feature is only applicable for architectures which support +NMI. + +0: do nothing. This is the default behavior. + +1: on detection capture more debug information. + +============================================================== + tainted: Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted. Numeric values, which diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index bd4b34c03738..4415aa915681 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -702,7 +702,8 @@ The batch value of each per cpu pagelist is also updated as a result. It is set to pcp->high/4. The upper limit of batch is (PAGE_SHIFT * 8) The initial value is zero. Kernel does not use this value at boot time to set -the high water marks for each per cpu page list. +the high water marks for each per cpu page list. If the user writes '0' to this +sysctl, it will revert to this default behavior. ============================================================== |