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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/Changes | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dontdiff | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt | 77 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt | 29 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/infiniband/core_locking.txt | 114 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/infiniband/user_mad.txt | 53 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt | 44 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | 58 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt | 10 |
13 files changed, 325 insertions, 93 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes index dfec7569d450..5eaab0441d76 100644 --- a/Documentation/Changes +++ b/Documentation/Changes @@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ o isdn4k-utils 3.1pre1 # isdnctrl 2>&1|grep version o nfs-utils 1.0.5 # showmount --version o procps 3.2.0 # ps --version o oprofile 0.9 # oprofiled --version +o udev 058 # udevinfo -V Kernel compilation ================== diff --git a/Documentation/dontdiff b/Documentation/dontdiff index d4fda25db868..b974cf595d01 100644 --- a/Documentation/dontdiff +++ b/Documentation/dontdiff @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ COPYING CREDITS CVS ChangeSet +Image Kerntypes MODS.txt Module.symvers @@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ logo_*.c logo_*_clut224.c logo_*_mono.c lxdialog +mach-types.h make_times_h map maui_boot.h diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 12dde43fe657..8b1430b46655 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -103,11 +103,11 @@ Who: Jody McIntyre <scjody@steamballoon.com> --------------------------- What: register_serial/unregister_serial -When: December 2005 +When: September 2005 Why: This interface does not allow serial ports to be registered against a struct device, and as such does not allow correct power management of such ports. 8250-based ports should use serial8250_register_port - and serial8250_unregister_port instead. + and serial8250_unregister_port, or platform devices instead. Who: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> --------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt index 2c716041f578..6d501903f68e 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt @@ -1,18 +1,22 @@ - inotify - a powerful yet simple file change notification system + inotify + a powerful yet simple file change notification system Document started 15 Mar 2005 by Robert Love <rml@novell.com> + (i) User Interface -Inotify is controlled by a set of three sys calls +Inotify is controlled by a set of three system calls and normal file I/O on a +returned file descriptor. -First step in using inotify is to initialise an inotify instance +First step in using inotify is to initialise an inotify instance: int fd = inotify_init (); +Each instance is associated with a unique, ordered queue. + Change events are managed by "watches". A watch is an (object,mask) pair where the object is a file or directory and the mask is a bit mask of one or more inotify events that the application wishes to receive. See <linux/inotify.h> @@ -22,43 +26,52 @@ Watches are added via a path to the file. Watches on a directory will return events on any files inside of the directory. -Adding a watch is simple, +Adding a watch is simple: int wd = inotify_add_watch (fd, path, mask); -You can add a large number of files via something like - - for each file to watch { - int wd = inotify_add_watch (fd, file, mask); - } +Where "fd" is the return value from inotify_init(), path is the path to the +object to watch, and mask is the watch mask (see <linux/inotify.h>). You can update an existing watch in the same manner, by passing in a new mask. -An existing watch is removed via the INOTIFY_IGNORE ioctl, for example +An existing watch is removed via - inotify_rm_watch (fd, wd); + int ret = inotify_rm_watch (fd, wd); Events are provided in the form of an inotify_event structure that is read(2) -from a inotify instance fd. The filename is of dynamic length and follows the -struct. It is of size len. The filename is padded with null bytes to ensure -proper alignment. This padding is reflected in len. +from a given inotify instance. The filename is of dynamic length and follows +the struct. It is of size len. The filename is padded with null bytes to +ensure proper alignment. This padding is reflected in len. You can slurp multiple events by passing a large buffer, for example size_t len = read (fd, buf, BUF_LEN); -Will return as many events as are available and fit in BUF_LEN. +Where "buf" is a pointer to an array of "inotify_event" structures at least +BUF_LEN bytes in size. The above example will return as many events as are +available and fit in BUF_LEN. -each inotify instance fd is also select()- and poll()-able. +Each inotify instance fd is also select()- and poll()-able. -You can find the size of the current event queue via the FIONREAD ioctl. +You can find the size of the current event queue via the standard FIONREAD +ioctl on the fd returned by inotify_init(). All watches are destroyed and cleaned up on close. -(ii) Internal Kernel Implementation +(ii) + +Prototypes: + + int inotify_init (void); + int inotify_add_watch (int fd, const char *path, __u32 mask); + int inotify_rm_watch (int fd, __u32 mask); + -Each open inotify instance is associated with an inotify_device structure. +(iii) Internal Kernel Implementation + +Each inotify instance is associated with an inotify_device structure. Each watch is associated with an inotify_watch structure. Watches are chained off of each associated device and each associated inode. @@ -66,7 +79,7 @@ off of each associated device and each associated inode. See fs/inotify.c for the locking and lifetime rules. -(iii) Rationale +(iv) Rationale Q: What is the design decision behind not tying the watch to the open fd of the watched object? @@ -75,9 +88,9 @@ A: Watches are associated with an open inotify device, not an open file. This solves the primary problem with dnotify: keeping the file open pins the file and thus, worse, pins the mount. Dnotify is therefore infeasible for use on a desktop system with removable media as the media cannot be - unmounted. + unmounted. Watching a file should not require that it be open. -Q: What is the design decision behind using an-fd-per-device as opposed to +Q: What is the design decision behind using an-fd-per-instance as opposed to an fd-per-watch? A: An fd-per-watch quickly consumes more file descriptors than are allowed, @@ -86,8 +99,8 @@ A: An fd-per-watch quickly consumes more file descriptors than are allowed, can use epoll, but requiring both is a silly and extraneous requirement. A watch consumes less memory than an open file, separating the number spaces is thus sensible. The current design is what user-space developers - want: Users initialize inotify, once, and add n watches, requiring but one fd - and no twiddling with fd limits. Initializing an inotify instance two + want: Users initialize inotify, once, and add n watches, requiring but one + fd and no twiddling with fd limits. Initializing an inotify instance two thousand times is silly. If we can implement user-space's preferences cleanly--and we can, the idr layer makes stuff like this trivial--then we should. @@ -111,9 +124,6 @@ A: An fd-per-watch quickly consumes more file descriptors than are allowed, example, love it. Trust me, I asked. It is not a surprise: Who'd want to manage and block on 1000 fd's via select? - - You'd have to manage the fd's, as an example: Call close() when you - received a delete event. - - No way to get out of band data. - 1024 is still too low. ;-) @@ -122,6 +132,11 @@ A: An fd-per-watch quickly consumes more file descriptors than are allowed, scales to 1000s of directories, juggling 1000s of fd's just does not seem the right interface. It is too heavy. + Additionally, it _is_ possible to more than one instance and + juggle more than one queue and thus more than one associated fd. There + need not be a one-fd-per-process mapping; it is one-fd-per-queue and a + process can easily want more than one queue. + Q: Why the system call approach? A: The poor user-space interface is the second biggest problem with dnotify. @@ -131,8 +146,6 @@ A: The poor user-space interface is the second biggest problem with dnotify. Obtaining the fd and managing the watches could have been done either via a device file or a family of new system calls. We decided to implement a family of system calls because that is the preffered approach for new kernel - features and it means our user interface requirements. - - Additionally, it _is_ possible to more than one instance and - juggle more than one queue and thus more than one associated fd. + interfaces. The only real difference was whether we wanted to use open(2) + and ioctl(2) or a couple of new system calls. System calls beat ioctls. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt index f89b440fad1d..eef4aca0c753 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Overview ======== Linux-NTFS comes with a number of user-space programs known as ntfsprogs. -These include mkntfs, a full-featured ntfs file system format utility, +These include mkntfs, a full-featured ntfs filesystem format utility, ntfsundelete used for recovering files that were unintentionally deleted from an NTFS volume and ntfsresize which is used to resize an NTFS partition. See the web site for more information. @@ -149,7 +149,14 @@ case_sensitive=<BOOL> If case_sensitive is specified, treat all file names as name, if it exists. If case_sensitive, you will need to provide the correct case of the short file name. -errors=opt What to do when critical file system errors are found. +disable_sparse=<BOOL> If disable_sparse is specified, creation of sparse + regions, i.e. holes, inside files is disabled for the + volume (for the duration of this mount only). By + default, creation of sparse regions is enabled, which + is consistent with the behaviour of traditional Unix + filesystems. + +errors=opt What to do when critical filesystem errors are found. Following values can be used for "opt": continue: DEFAULT, try to clean-up as much as possible, e.g. marking a corrupt inode as @@ -432,6 +439,24 @@ ChangeLog Note, a technical ChangeLog aimed at kernel hackers is in fs/ntfs/ChangeLog. +2.1.23: + - Stamp the user space journal, aka transaction log, aka $UsnJrnl, if + it is present and active thus telling Windows and applications using + the transaction log that changes can have happened on the volume + which are not recorded in $UsnJrnl. + - Detect the case when Windows has been hibernated (suspended to disk) + and if this is the case do not allow (re)mounting read-write to + prevent data corruption when you boot back into the suspended + Windows session. + - Implement extension of resident files using the normal file write + code paths, i.e. most very small files can be extended to be a little + bit bigger but not by much. + - Add new mount option "disable_sparse". (See list of mount options + above for details.) + - Improve handling of ntfs volumes with errors and strange boot sectors + in particular. + - Fix various bugs including a nasty deadlock that appeared in recent + kernels (around 2.6.11-2.6.12 timeframe). 2.1.22: - Improve handling of ntfs volumes with errors. - Fix various bugs and race conditions. diff --git a/Documentation/infiniband/core_locking.txt b/Documentation/infiniband/core_locking.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e1678542279a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/infiniband/core_locking.txt @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@ +INFINIBAND MIDLAYER LOCKING + + This guide is an attempt to make explicit the locking assumptions + made by the InfiniBand midlayer. It describes the requirements on + both low-level drivers that sit below the midlayer and upper level + protocols that use the midlayer. + +Sleeping and interrupt context + + With the following exceptions, a low-level driver implementation of + all of the methods in struct ib_device may sleep. The exceptions + are any methods from the list: + + create_ah + modify_ah + query_ah + destroy_ah + bind_mw + post_send + post_recv + poll_cq + req_notify_cq + map_phys_fmr + + which may not sleep and must be callable from any context. + + The corresponding functions exported to upper level protocol + consumers: + + ib_create_ah + ib_modify_ah + ib_query_ah + ib_destroy_ah + ib_bind_mw + ib_post_send + ib_post_recv + ib_req_notify_cq + ib_map_phys_fmr + + are therefore safe to call from any context. + + In addition, the function + + ib_dispatch_event + + used by low-level drivers to dispatch asynchronous events through + the midlayer is also safe to call from any context. + +Reentrancy + + All of the methods in struct ib_device exported by a low-level + driver must be fully reentrant. The low-level driver is required to + perform all synchronization necessary to maintain consistency, even + if multiple function calls using the same object are run + simultaneously. + + The IB midlayer does not perform any serialization of function calls. + + Because low-level drivers are reentrant, upper level protocol + consumers are not required to perform any serialization. However, + some serialization may be required to get sensible results. For + example, a consumer may safely call ib_poll_cq() on multiple CPUs + simultaneously. However, the ordering of the work completion + information between different calls of ib_poll_cq() is not defined. + +Callbacks + + A low-level driver must not perform a callback directly from the + same callchain as an ib_device method call. For example, it is not + allowed for a low-level driver to call a consumer's completion event + handler directly from its post_send method. Instead, the low-level + driver should defer this callback by, for example, scheduling a + tasklet to perform the callback. + + The low-level driver is responsible for ensuring that multiple + completion event handlers for the same CQ are not called + simultaneously. The driver must guarantee that only one CQ event + handler for a given CQ is running at a time. In other words, the + following situation is not allowed: + + CPU1 CPU2 + + low-level driver -> + consumer CQ event callback: + /* ... */ + ib_req_notify_cq(cq, ...); + low-level driver -> + /* ... */ consumer CQ event callback: + /* ... */ + return from CQ event handler + + The context in which completion event and asynchronous event + callbacks run is not defined. Depending on the low-level driver, it + may be process context, softirq context, or interrupt context. + Upper level protocol consumers may not sleep in a callback. + +Hot-plug + + A low-level driver announces that a device is ready for use by + consumers when it calls ib_register_device(), all initialization + must be complete before this call. The device must remain usable + until the driver's call to ib_unregister_device() has returned. + + A low-level driver must call ib_register_device() and + ib_unregister_device() from process context. It must not hold any + semaphores that could cause deadlock if a consumer calls back into + the driver across these calls. + + An upper level protocol consumer may begin using an IB device as + soon as the add method of its struct ib_client is called for that + device. A consumer must finish all cleanup and free all resources + relating to a device before returning from the remove method. + + A consumer is permitted to sleep in its add and remove methods. diff --git a/Documentation/infiniband/user_mad.txt b/Documentation/infiniband/user_mad.txt index cae0c83f1ee9..750fe5e80ebc 100644 --- a/Documentation/infiniband/user_mad.txt +++ b/Documentation/infiniband/user_mad.txt @@ -28,13 +28,37 @@ Creating MAD agents Receiving MADs - MADs are received using read(). The buffer passed to read() must be - large enough to hold at least one struct ib_user_mad. For example: - - struct ib_user_mad mad; - ret = read(fd, &mad, sizeof mad); - if (ret != sizeof mad) + MADs are received using read(). The receive side now supports + RMPP. The buffer passed to read() must be at least one + struct ib_user_mad + 256 bytes. For example: + + If the buffer passed is not large enough to hold the received + MAD (RMPP), the errno is set to ENOSPC and the length of the + buffer needed is set in mad.length. + + Example for normal MAD (non RMPP) reads: + struct ib_user_mad *mad; + mad = malloc(sizeof *mad + 256); + ret = read(fd, mad, sizeof *mad + 256); + if (ret != sizeof mad + 256) { + perror("read"); + free(mad); + } + + Example for RMPP reads: + struct ib_user_mad *mad; + mad = malloc(sizeof *mad + 256); + ret = read(fd, mad, sizeof *mad + 256); + if (ret == -ENOSPC)) { + length = mad.length; + free(mad); + mad = malloc(sizeof *mad + length); + ret = read(fd, mad, sizeof *mad + length); + } + if (ret < 0) { perror("read"); + free(mad); + } In addition to the actual MAD contents, the other struct ib_user_mad fields will be filled in with information on the received MAD. For @@ -50,18 +74,21 @@ Sending MADs MADs are sent using write(). The agent ID for sending should be filled into the id field of the MAD, the destination LID should be - filled into the lid field, and so on. For example: + filled into the lid field, and so on. The send side does support + RMPP so arbitrary length MAD can be sent. For example: + + struct ib_user_mad *mad; - struct ib_user_mad mad; + mad = malloc(sizeof *mad + mad_length); - /* fill in mad.data */ + /* fill in mad->data */ - mad.id = my_agent; /* req.id from agent registration */ - mad.lid = my_dest; /* in network byte order... */ + mad->hdr.id = my_agent; /* req.id from agent registration */ + mad->hdr.lid = my_dest; /* in network byte order... */ /* etc. */ - ret = write(fd, &mad, sizeof mad); - if (ret != sizeof mad) + ret = write(fd, &mad, sizeof *mad + mad_length); + if (ret != sizeof *mad + mad_length) perror("write"); Setting IsSM Capability Bit diff --git a/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt b/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt index 59ccc63838c1..403e7b4dcdd4 100644 --- a/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt +++ b/Documentation/pcmcia/driver-changes.txt @@ -56,3 +56,12 @@ This file details changes in 2.6 which affect PCMCIA card driver authors: memory regions in-use. The name argument should be a pointer to your driver name. Eg, for pcnet_cs, name should point to the string "pcnet_cs". + +* CardServices is gone + CardServices() in 2.4 is just a big switch statement to call various + services. In 2.6, all of those entry points are exported and called + directly (except for pcmcia_report_error(), just use cs_error() instead). + +* struct pcmcia_driver + You need to use struct pcmcia_driver and pcmcia_{un,}register_driver + instead of {un,}register_pccard_driver diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt b/Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt index da176c95d0fb..7536823c0cb1 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt +++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt @@ -388,7 +388,6 @@ Summary: scsi_remove_device - detach and remove a SCSI device scsi_remove_host - detach and remove all SCSI devices owned by host scsi_report_bus_reset - report scsi _bus_ reset observed - scsi_set_device - place device reference in host structure scsi_track_queue_full - track successive QUEUE_FULL events scsi_unblock_requests - allow further commands to be queued to given host scsi_unregister - [calls scsi_host_put()] @@ -741,20 +740,6 @@ void scsi_report_bus_reset(struct Scsi_Host * shost, int channel) /** - * scsi_set_device - place device reference in host structure - * @shost: a pointer to a scsi host instance - * @pdev: pointer to device instance to assign - * - * Returns nothing - * - * Might block: no - * - * Defined in: include/scsi/scsi_host.h . - **/ -void scsi_set_device(struct Scsi_Host * shost, struct device * dev) - - -/** * scsi_track_queue_full - track successive QUEUE_FULL events on given * device to determine if and when there is a need * to adjust the queue depth on the device. diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt index 104a994b8289..a18ecb92b356 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt @@ -636,11 +636,16 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed. 3stack-digout 3-jack in back, a HP out and a SPDIF out 5stack 5-jack in back, 2-jack in front 5stack-digout 5-jack in back, 2-jack in front, a SPDIF out + 6stack 6-jack in back, 2-jack in front + 6stack-digout 6-jack with a SPDIF out w810 3-jack z71v 3-jack (HP shared SPDIF) asus 3-jack uniwill 3-jack F1734 2-jack + test for testing/debugging purpose, almost all controls can be + adjusted. Appearing only when compiled with + $CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y CMI9880 minimal 3-jack in back @@ -1054,6 +1059,13 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed. The power-management is supported. + Module snd-pxa2xx-ac97 (on arm only) + ------------------------------------ + + Module for AC97 driver for the Intel PXA2xx chip + + For ARM architecture only. + Module snd-rme32 ---------------- @@ -1173,6 +1185,13 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed. Module supports up to 8 cards. + Module snd-sun-dbri (on sparc only) + ----------------------------------- + + Module for DBRI sound chips found on Sparcs. + + Module supports up to 8 cards. + Module snd-wavefront -------------------- @@ -1371,7 +1390,7 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed. Module snd-vxpocket ------------------- - Module for Digigram VX-Pocket VX2 PCMCIA card. + Module for Digigram VX-Pocket VX2 and 440 PCMCIA cards. ibl - Capture IBL size. (default = 0, minimum size) @@ -1391,29 +1410,6 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed. Note: the driver is build only when CONFIG_ISA is set. - Module snd-vxp440 - ----------------- - - Module for Digigram VX-Pocket 440 PCMCIA card. - - ibl - Capture IBL size. (default = 0, minimum size) - - Module supports up to 8 cards. The module is compiled only when - PCMCIA is supported on kernel. - - To activate the driver via the card manager, you'll need to set - up /etc/pcmcia/vxp440.conf. See the sound/pcmcia/vx/vxp440.c. - - When the driver is compiled as a module and the hotplug firmware - is supported, the firmware data is loaded via hotplug automatically. - Install the necessary firmware files in alsa-firmware package. - When no hotplug fw loader is available, you need to load the - firmware via vxloader utility in alsa-tools package. - - About capture IBL, see the description of snd-vx222 module. - - Note: the driver is build only when CONFIG_ISA is set. - Module snd-ymfpci ----------------- diff --git a/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt b/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt index 3cea13875277..f39c9d714db3 100644 --- a/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt +++ b/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ to extra work for the USB developers. Since all Linux USB developers do their work on their own time, asking programmers to do extra work for no gain, for free, is not a possibility. -Security issues are also a very important for Linux. When a +Security issues are also very important for Linux. When a security issue is found, it is fixed in a very short amount of time. A number of times this has caused internal kernel interfaces to be reworked to prevent the security problem from occurring. When this diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2c81305090df --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +Everything you ever wanted to know about Linux 2.6 -stable releases. + +Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and what ones are not, into +the "-stable" tree: + + - It must be obviously correct and tested. + - It can not bigger than 100 lines, with context. + - It must fix only one thing. + - It must fix a real bug that bothers people (not a, "This could be a + problem..." type thing.) + - It must fix a problem that causes a build error (but not for things + marked CONFIG_BROKEN), an oops, a hang, data corruption, a real + security issue, or some "oh, that's not good" issue. In short, + something critical. + - No "theoretical race condition" issues, unless an explanation of how + the race can be exploited. + - It can not contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes, + whitespace cleanups, etc.) + - It must be accepted by the relevant subsystem maintainer. + - It must follow Documentation/SubmittingPatches rules. + + +Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree: + + - Send the patch, after verifying that it follows the above rules, to + stable@kernel.org. + - The sender will receive an ack when the patch has been accepted into + the queue, or a nak if the patch is rejected. This response might + take a few days, according to the developer's schedules. + - If accepted, the patch will be added to the -stable queue, for review + by other developers. + - Security patches should not be sent to this alias, but instead to the + documented security@kernel.org. + + +Review cycle: + + - When the -stable maintainers decide for a review cycle, the patches + will be sent to the review committee, and the maintainer of the + affected area of the patch (unless the submitter is the maintainer of + the area) and CC: to the linux-kernel mailing list. + - The review committee has 48 hours in which to ack or nak the patch. + - If the patch is rejected by a member of the committee, or linux-kernel + members object to the patch, bringing up issues that the maintainers + and members did not realize, the patch will be dropped from the + queue. + - At the end of the review cycle, the acked patches will be added to + the latest -stable release, and a new -stable release will happen. + - Security patches will be accepted into the -stable tree directly from + the security kernel team, and not go through the normal review cycle. + Contact the kernel security team for more details on this procedure. + + +Review committe: + + - This will be made up of a number of kernel developers who have + volunteered for this task, and a few that haven't. + diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt index b9e6be00cadf..476c0c22fbb7 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Timing notsc Don't use the CPU time stamp counter to read the wall time. This can be used to work around timing problems on multiprocessor systems - with not properly synchronized CPUs. Only useful with a SMP kernel + with not properly synchronized CPUs. report_lost_ticks Report when timer interrupts are lost because some code turned off @@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ Idle loop event. This will make the CPUs eat a lot more power, but may be useful to get slightly better performance in multiprocessor benchmarks. It also makes some profiling using performance counters more accurate. + Please note that on systems with MONITOR/MWAIT support (like Intel EM64T + CPUs) this option has no performance advantage over the normal idle loop. + It may also interact badly with hyperthreading. Rebooting @@ -178,6 +181,5 @@ Debugging Misc noreplacement Don't replace instructions with more appropiate ones - for the CPU. This may be useful on asymmetric MP systems - where some CPU have less capabilities than the others. - + for the CPU. This may be useful on asymmetric MP systems + where some CPU have less capabilities than the others. |