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diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX index f08ca9535733..8b0563633442 100644 --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Following translations are available on the WWW: 00-INDEX - this file. +ABI/ + - info on kernel <-> userspace ABI and relative interface stability. BUG-HUNTING - brute force method of doing binary search of patches to find bug. Changes @@ -25,37 +27,57 @@ DMA-mapping.txt DocBook/ - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation. HOWTO - - The process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development. + - the process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development. IO-mapping.txt - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers. IPMI.txt - info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver. IRQ-affinity.txt - how to select which CPU(s) handle which interrupt events on SMP. +IRQ.txt + - description of what an IRQ is. ManagementStyle - how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers. MSI-HOWTO.txt - the Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) Driver Guide HOWTO and FAQ. +PCIEBUS-HOWTO.txt + - a guide describing the PCI Express Port Bus driver. RCU/ - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update). README.DAC960 - info on Mylex DAC960/DAC1100 PCI RAID Controller Driver for Linux. +README.cycladesZ + - info on Cyclades-Z firmware loading. SAK.txt - info on Secure Attention Keys. +SecurityBugs + - procedure for reporting security bugs found in the kernel. +SubmitChecklist + - Linux kernel patch submission checklist. SubmittingDrivers - procedure to get a new driver source included into the kernel tree. SubmittingPatches - procedure to get a source patch included into the kernel tree. VGA-softcursor.txt - how to change your VGA cursor from a blinking underscore. +accounting/ + - documentation on accounting and taskstats. +aoe/ + - description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples. applying-patches.txt - description of various trees and how to apply their patches. arm/ - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture. +atomic_ops.txt + - semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations. +auxdisplay/ + - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108). basic_profiling.txt - basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel. binfmt_misc.txt - info on the kernel support for extra binary formats. +blackfin/ + - directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch. block/ - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer. cachetlb.txt @@ -68,16 +90,32 @@ cli-sti-removal.txt - cli()/sti() removal guide. computone.txt - info on Computone Intelliport II/Plus Multiport Serial Driver. +connector/ + - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod. +console/ + - documentation on Linux console drivers. cpqarray.txt - info on using Compaq's SMART2 Intelligent Disk Array Controllers. cpu-freq/ - info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling. +cpu-hotplug.txt + - document describing CPU hotplug support in the Linux kernel. +cpu-load.txt + - document describing how CPU load statistics are collected. +cpusets.txt + - documents the cpusets feature; assign CPUs and Mem to a set of tasks. +cputopology.txt + - documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs. cris/ - directory with info about Linux on CRIS architecture. crypto/ - directory with info on the Crypto API. +dcdbas.txt + - information on the Dell Systems Management Base Driver. debugging-modules.txt - some notes on debugging modules after Linux 2.6.3. +dell_rbu.txt + - document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver. device-mapper/ - directory with info on Device Mapper. devices.txt @@ -86,32 +124,52 @@ digiepca.txt - info on Digi Intl. {PC,PCI,EISA}Xx and Xem series cards. dnotify.txt - info about directory notification in Linux. +dontdiff + - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed. driver-model/ - directory with info about Linux driver model. +drivers/ + - directory with driver documentation (currently only EDAC). dvb/ - info on Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem. early-userspace/ - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot. +ecryptfs.txt + - docs on eCryptfs: stacked cryptographic filesystem for Linux. eisa.txt - info on EISA bus support. exception.txt - how Linux v2.2 handles exceptions without verify_area etc. +fault-injection/ + - dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure. fb/ - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer. +feature-removal-schedule.txt + - list of files and features that are going to be removed. filesystems/ - directory with info on the various filesystems that Linux supports. firmware_class/ - request_firmware() hotplug interface info. floppy.txt - notes and driver options for the floppy disk driver. +fujitsu/ + - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation. +gpio.txt + - overview of GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) access conventions. hayes-esp.txt - info on using the Hayes ESP serial driver. highuid.txt - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs. hpet.txt - High Precision Event Timer Driver for Linux. +hrtimer/ + - info on the timer_stats debugging facility for timer (ab)use. +hrtimers/ + - info on the hrtimers subsystem for high-resolution kernel timers. hw_random.txt - info on Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets. +hwmon/ + - directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers. i2c/ - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed). i2o/ @@ -122,16 +180,22 @@ ia64/ - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture. ide.txt - important info for users of ATA devices (IDE/EIDE disks and CD-ROMS). +infiniband/ + - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support. initrd.txt - how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem. input/ - info on Linux input device support. io_ordering.txt - info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses. +ioctl/ + - directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls. ioctl-number.txt - how to implement and register device/driver ioctl calls. iostats.txt - info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides. +irqflags-tracing.txt + - how to use the irq-flags tracing feature. isapnp.txt - info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support. isdn/ @@ -140,26 +204,40 @@ java.txt - info on the in-kernel binary support for Java(tm). kbuild/ - directory with info about the kernel build process. -kdumpt.txt - - mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work. +kdump/ + - directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work. kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt - mini HowTo on generation and location of kernel documentation files. kernel-docs.txt - listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals. kernel-parameters.txt - summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel. +keys-request-key.txt + - description of the kernel key request service. +keys.txt + - description of the kernel key retention service. kobject.txt - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel. +kprobes.txt + - documents the kernel probes debugging feature. +kref.txt + - docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects. laptop-mode.txt - - How to conserve battery power using laptop-mode. + - how to conserve battery power using laptop-mode. ldm.txt - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks). +leds-class.txt + - documents LED handling under Linux. +local_ops.txt + - semantics and behavior of local atomic operations. +lockdep-design.txt + - documentation on the runtime locking correctness validator. locks.txt - info on file locking implementations, flock() vs. fcntl(), etc. logo.gif - - Full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin). + - full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin - Tux). logo.txt - - Info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from. + - info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from. m68k/ - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture. magic-number.txt @@ -170,6 +248,8 @@ mca.txt - info on supporting Micro Channel Architecture (e.g. PS/2) systems. md.txt - info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver. +memory-barriers.txt + - info on Linux kernel memory barriers. memory.txt - info on typical Linux memory problems. mips/ @@ -177,9 +257,11 @@ mips/ mono.txt - how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC. moxa-smartio - - info on installing/using Moxa multiport serial driver. + - file with info on installing/using Moxa multiport serial driver. mtrr.txt - how to use PPro Memory Type Range Registers to increase performance. +mutex-design.txt + - info on the generic mutex subsystem. nbd.txt - info on a TCP implementation of a network block device. netlabel/ @@ -190,6 +272,8 @@ nfsroot.txt - short guide on setting up a diskless box with NFS root filesystem. nmi_watchdog.txt - info on NMI watchdog for SMP systems. +nommu-mmap.txt + - documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support. numastat.txt - info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs. oops-tracing.txt @@ -202,8 +286,16 @@ parport.txt - how to use the parallel-port driver. parport-lowlevel.txt - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions. +pci-error-recovery.txt + - info on PCI error recovery. pci.txt - info on the PCI subsystem for device driver authors. +pcieaer-howto.txt + - the PCI Express Advanced Error Reporting Driver Guide HOWTO. +pcmcia/ + - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver. +pi-futex.txt + - documentation on lightweight PI-futexes. pm.txt - info on Linux power management support. pnp.txt @@ -214,18 +306,32 @@ powerpc/ - directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC. preempt-locking.txt - info on locking under a preemptive kernel. +prio_tree.txt + - info on radix-priority-search-tree use for indexing vmas. ramdisk.txt - short guide on how to set up and use the RAM disk. +rbtree.txt + - info on what red-black trees are and what they are for. riscom8.txt - notes on using the RISCom/8 multi-port serial driver. +robust-futex-ABI.txt + - documentation of the robust futex ABI. +robust-futexes.txt + - a description of what robust futexes are. rocket.txt - info on the Comtrol RocketPort multiport serial driver. rpc-cache.txt - introduction to the caching mechanisms in the sunrpc layer. +rt-mutex-design.txt + - description of the RealTime mutex implementation design. +rt-mutex.txt + - desc. of RT-mutex subsystem with PI (Priority Inheritance) support. rtc.txt - notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver. s390/ - directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390. +sched-arch.txt + - CPU Scheduler implementation hints for architecture specific code. sched-coding.txt - reference for various scheduler-related methods in the O(1) scheduler. sched-design.txt @@ -240,22 +346,32 @@ serial/ - directory with info on the low level serial API. serial-console.txt - how to set up Linux with a serial line console as the default. +sgi-ioc4.txt + - description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device. sgi-visws.txt - short blurb on the SGI Visual Workstations. sh/ - directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture. +sharedsubtree.txt + - a description of shared subtrees for namespaces. smart-config.txt - description of the Smart Config makefile feature. smp.txt - a few notes on symmetric multi-processing. +sony-laptop.txt + - Sony Notebook Control Driver (SNC) Readme. sonypi.txt - info on Linux Sony Programmable I/O Device support. sound/ - directory with info on sound card support. sparc/ - directory with info on using Linux on Sparc architecture. +sparse.txt + - info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking. specialix.txt - info on hardware/driver for specialix IO8+ multiport serial card. +spi/ + - overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support. spinlocks.txt - info on using spinlocks to provide exclusive access in kernel. stable_api_nonsense.txt @@ -274,24 +390,32 @@ sysrq.txt - info on the magic SysRq key. telephony/ - directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support. +thinkpad-acpi.txt + - information on the (IBM and Lenovo) ThinkPad ACPI Extras driver. time_interpolators.txt - info on time interpolators. tipar.txt - information about Parallel link cable for Texas Instruments handhelds. tty.txt - guide to the locking policies of the tty layer. -unicode.txt - - info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux. uml/ - directory with information about User Mode Linux. +unicode.txt + - info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux. +unshare.txt + - description of the Linux unshare system call. usb/ - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus. +video-output.txt + - sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device. video4linux/ - directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux. vm/ - directory with info on the Linux vm code. voyager.txt - guide to running Linux on the Voyager architecture. +w1/ + - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem. watchdog/ - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-) x86_64/ diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/removed/raw1394_legacy_isochronous b/Documentation/ABI/removed/raw1394_legacy_isochronous new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..1b629622d883 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/removed/raw1394_legacy_isochronous @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +What: legacy isochronous ABI of raw1394 (1st generation iso ABI) +Date: June 2007 (scheduled), removed in kernel v2.6.23 +Contact: linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net +Description: + The two request types RAW1394_REQ_ISO_SEND, RAW1394_REQ_ISO_LISTEN have + been deprecated for quite some time. They are very inefficient as they + come with high interrupt load and several layers of callbacks for each + packet. Because of these deficiencies, the video1394 and dv1394 drivers + and the 3rd-generation isochronous ABI in raw1394 (rawiso) were created. + +Users: + libraw1394 users via the long deprecated API raw1394_iso_write, + raw1394_start_iso_write, raw1394_start_iso_rcv, raw1394_stop_iso_rcv + + libdc1394, which optionally uses these old libraw1394 calls + alternatively to the more efficient video1394 ABI diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb index f9937add033d..9734577d1711 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb @@ -39,3 +39,16 @@ Description: If you want to suspend a device immediately but leave it free to wake up in response to I/O requests, you should write "0" to power/autosuspend. + +What: /sys/bus/usb/devices/.../power/persist +Date: May 2007 +KernelVersion: 2.6.23 +Contact: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> +Description: + If CONFIG_USB_PERSIST is set, then each USB device directory + will contain a file named power/persist. The file holds a + boolean value (0 or 1) indicating whether or not the + "USB-Persist" facility is enabled for the device. Since the + facility is inherently dangerous, it is disabled by default + for all devices except hubs. For more information, see + Documentation/usb/persist.txt. diff --git a/Documentation/BUG-HUNTING b/Documentation/BUG-HUNTING index 65b97e1dbf70..35f5bd243336 100644 --- a/Documentation/BUG-HUNTING +++ b/Documentation/BUG-HUNTING @@ -191,6 +191,30 @@ e.g. crash dump output as shown by Dave Miller. > mov 0x8(%ebp), %ebx ! %ebx = skb->sk > mov 0x13c(%ebx), %eax ! %eax = inet_sk(sk)->opt +In addition, you can use GDB to figure out the exact file and line +number of the OOPS from the vmlinux file. If you have +CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO enabled, you can simply copy the EIP value from the +OOPS: + + EIP: 0060:[<c021e50e>] Not tainted VLI + +And use GDB to translate that to human-readable form: + + gdb vmlinux + (gdb) l *0xc021e50e + +If you don't have CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO enabled, you use the function +offset from the OOPS: + + EIP is at vt_ioctl+0xda8/0x1482 + +And recompile the kernel with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO enabled: + + make vmlinux + gdb vmlinux + (gdb) p vt_ioctl + (gdb) l *(0x<address of vt_ioctl> + 0xda8) + Another very useful option of the Kernel Hacking section in menuconfig is Debug memory allocations. This will help you see whether data has been initialised and not set before use etc. To see the values that get assigned diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle index afc286775891..a667eb1fc26e 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingStyle +++ b/Documentation/CodingStyle @@ -218,6 +218,18 @@ no space after the prefix increment & decrement unary operators: and no space around the '.' and "->" structure member operators. +Do not leave trailing whitespace at the ends of lines. Some editors with +"smart" indentation will insert whitespace at the beginning of new lines as +appropriate, so you can start typing the next line of code right away. +However, some such editors do not remove the whitespace if you end up not +putting a line of code there, such as if you leave a blank line. As a result, +you end up with lines containing trailing whitespace. + +Git will warn you about patches that introduce trailing whitespace, and can +optionally strip the trailing whitespace for you; however, if applying a series +of patches, this may make later patches in the series fail by changing their +context lines. + Chapter 4: Naming @@ -495,29 +507,40 @@ re-formatting you may want to take a look at the man page. But remember: "indent" is not a fix for bad programming. - Chapter 10: Configuration-files - -For configuration options (arch/xxx/Kconfig, and all the Kconfig files), -somewhat different indentation is used. + Chapter 10: Kconfig configuration files -Help text is indented with 2 spaces. +For all of the Kconfig* configuration files throughout the source tree, +the indentation is somewhat different. Lines under a "config" definition +are indented with one tab, while help text is indented an additional two +spaces. Example: -if CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL - tristate CONFIG_BOOM - default n +config AUDIT + bool "Auditing support" + depends on NET help - Apply nitroglycerine inside the keyboard (DANGEROUS) - bool CONFIG_CHEER - depends on CONFIG_BOOM - default y - help - Output nice messages when you explode -endif + Enable auditing infrastructure that can be used with another + kernel subsystem, such as SELinux (which requires this for + logging of avc messages output). Does not do system-call + auditing without CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL. + +Features that might still be considered unstable should be defined as +dependent on "EXPERIMENTAL": + +config SLUB + depends on EXPERIMENTAL && !ARCH_USES_SLAB_PAGE_STRUCT + bool "SLUB (Unqueued Allocator)" + ... + +while seriously dangerous features (such as write support for certain +filesystems) should advertise this prominently in their prompt string: + +config ADFS_FS_RW + bool "ADFS write support (DANGEROUS)" + depends on ADFS_FS + ... -Generally, CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL should surround all options not considered -stable. All options that are known to trash data (experimental write- -support for file-systems, for instance) should be denoted (DANGEROUS), other -experimental options should be denoted (EXPERIMENTAL). +For full documentation on the configuration files, see the file +Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt. Chapter 11: Data structures @@ -715,6 +738,33 @@ need them. Feel free to peruse that header file to see what else is already defined that you shouldn't reproduce in your code. + Chapter 18: Editor modelines and other cruft + +Some editors can interpret configuration information embedded in source files, +indicated with special markers. For example, emacs interprets lines marked +like this: + +-*- mode: c -*- + +Or like this: + +/* +Local Variables: +compile-command: "gcc -DMAGIC_DEBUG_FLAG foo.c" +End: +*/ + +Vim interprets markers that look like this: + +/* vim:set sw=8 noet */ + +Do not include any of these in source files. People have their own personal +editor configurations, and your source files should not override them. This +includes markers for indentation and mode configuration. People may use their +own custom mode, or may have some other magic method for making indentation +work correctly. + + Appendix I: References diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt b/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt index 028614cdd062..e07f2530326b 100644 --- a/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt +++ b/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt @@ -664,109 +664,6 @@ It is that simple. Well, not for some odd devices. See the next section for information about that. - DAC Addressing for Address Space Hungry Devices - -There exists a class of devices which do not mesh well with the PCI -DMA mapping API. By definition these "mappings" are a finite -resource. The number of total available mappings per bus is platform -specific, but there will always be a reasonable amount. - -What is "reasonable"? Reasonable means that networking and block I/O -devices need not worry about using too many mappings. - -As an example of a problematic device, consider compute cluster cards. -They can potentially need to access gigabytes of memory at once via -DMA. Dynamic mappings are unsuitable for this kind of access pattern. - -To this end we've provided a small API by which a device driver -may use DAC cycles to directly address all of physical memory. -Not all platforms support this, but most do. It is easy to determine -whether the platform will work properly at probe time. - -First, understand that there may be a SEVERE performance penalty for -using these interfaces on some platforms. Therefore, you MUST only -use these interfaces if it is absolutely required. %99 of devices can -use the normal APIs without any problems. - -Note that for streaming type mappings you must either use these -interfaces, or the dynamic mapping interfaces above. You may not mix -usage of both for the same device. Such an act is illegal and is -guaranteed to put a banana in your tailpipe. - -However, consistent mappings may in fact be used in conjunction with -these interfaces. Remember that, as defined, consistent mappings are -always going to be SAC addressable. - -The first thing your driver needs to do is query the PCI platform -layer if it is capable of handling your devices DAC addressing -capabilities: - - int pci_dac_dma_supported(struct pci_dev *hwdev, u64 mask); - -You may not use the following interfaces if this routine fails. - -Next, DMA addresses using this API are kept track of using the -dma64_addr_t type. It is guaranteed to be big enough to hold any -DAC address the platform layer will give to you from the following -routines. If you have consistent mappings as well, you still -use plain dma_addr_t to keep track of those. - -All mappings obtained here will be direct. The mappings are not -translated, and this is the purpose of this dialect of the DMA API. - -All routines work with page/offset pairs. This is the _ONLY_ way to -portably refer to any piece of memory. If you have a cpu pointer -(which may be validly DMA'd too) you may easily obtain the page -and offset using something like this: - - struct page *page = virt_to_page(ptr); - unsigned long offset = offset_in_page(ptr); - -Here are the interfaces: - - dma64_addr_t pci_dac_page_to_dma(struct pci_dev *pdev, - struct page *page, - unsigned long offset, - int direction); - -The DAC address for the tuple PAGE/OFFSET are returned. The direction -argument is the same as for pci_{map,unmap}_single(). The same rules -for cpu/device access apply here as for the streaming mapping -interfaces. To reiterate: - - The cpu may touch the buffer before pci_dac_page_to_dma. - The device may touch the buffer after pci_dac_page_to_dma - is made, but the cpu may NOT. - -When the DMA transfer is complete, invoke: - - void pci_dac_dma_sync_single_for_cpu(struct pci_dev *pdev, - dma64_addr_t dma_addr, - size_t len, int direction); - -This must be done before the CPU looks at the buffer again. -This interface behaves identically to pci_dma_sync_{single,sg}_for_cpu(). - -And likewise, if you wish to let the device get back at the buffer after -the cpu has read/written it, invoke: - - void pci_dac_dma_sync_single_for_device(struct pci_dev *pdev, - dma64_addr_t dma_addr, - size_t len, int direction); - -before letting the device access the DMA area again. - -If you need to get back to the PAGE/OFFSET tuple from a dma64_addr_t -the following interfaces are provided: - - struct page *pci_dac_dma_to_page(struct pci_dev *pdev, - dma64_addr_t dma_addr); - unsigned long pci_dac_dma_to_offset(struct pci_dev *pdev, - dma64_addr_t dma_addr); - -This is possible with the DAC interfaces purely because they are -not translated in any way. - Optimizing Unmap State Space Consumption On many platforms, pci_unmap_{single,page}() is simply a nop. diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/gadget.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/gadget.tmpl index e7fc96433408..6996d977bf8f 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/gadget.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/gadget.tmpl @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ <toc></toc> -<chapter><title>Introduction</title> +<chapter id="intro"><title>Introduction</title> <para>This document presents a Linux-USB "Gadget" kernel mode diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl index 38f88b6ae405..fd2ef4d29b6d 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl @@ -139,8 +139,10 @@ X!Ilib/string.c !Elib/cmdline.c </sect1> - <sect1><title>CRC Functions</title> + <sect1 id="crc"><title>CRC Functions</title> +!Elib/crc7.c !Elib/crc16.c +!Elib/crc-itu-t.c !Elib/crc32.c !Elib/crc-ccitt.c </sect1> @@ -643,4 +645,70 @@ X!Idrivers/video/console/fonts.c !Edrivers/spi/spi.c </chapter> + <chapter id="i2c"> + <title>I<superscript>2</superscript>C and SMBus Subsystem</title> + + <para> + I<superscript>2</superscript>C (or without fancy typography, "I2C") + is an acronym for the "Inter-IC" bus, a simple bus protocol which is + widely used where low data rate communications suffice. + Since it's also a licensed trademark, some vendors use another + name (such as "Two-Wire Interface", TWI) for the same bus. + I2C only needs two signals (SCL for clock, SDA for data), conserving + board real estate and minimizing signal quality issues. + Most I2C devices use seven bit addresses, and bus speeds of up + to 400 kHz; there's a high speed extension (3.4 MHz) that's not yet + found wide use. + I2C is a multi-master bus; open drain signaling is used to + arbitrate between masters, as well as to handshake and to + synchronize clocks from slower clients. + </para> + + <para> + The Linux I2C programming interfaces support only the master + side of bus interactions, not the slave side. + The programming interface is structured around two kinds of driver, + and two kinds of device. + An I2C "Adapter Driver" abstracts the controller hardware; it binds + to a physical device (perhaps a PCI device or platform_device) and + exposes a <structname>struct i2c_adapter</structname> representing + each I2C bus segment it manages. + On each I2C bus segment will be I2C devices represented by a + <structname>struct i2c_client</structname>. Those devices will + be bound to a <structname>struct i2c_driver</structname>, + which should follow the standard Linux driver model. + (At this writing, a legacy model is more widely used.) + There are functions to perform various I2C protocol operations; at + this writing all such functions are usable only from task context. + </para> + + <para> + The System Management Bus (SMBus) is a sibling protocol. Most SMBus + systems are also I2C conformant. The electrical constraints are + tighter for SMBus, and it standardizes particular protocol messages + and idioms. Controllers that support I2C can also support most + SMBus operations, but SMBus controllers don't support all the protocol + options that an I2C controller will. + There are functions to perform various SMBus protocol operations, + either using I2C primitives or by issuing SMBus commands to + i2c_adapter devices which don't support those I2C operations. + </para> + +!Iinclude/linux/i2c.h +!Fdrivers/i2c/i2c-boardinfo.c i2c_register_board_info +!Edrivers/i2c/i2c-core.c + </chapter> + + <chapter id="splice"> + <title>splice API</title> + <para>) + splice is a method for moving blocks of data around inside the + kernel, without continually transferring it between the kernel + and user space. + </para> +!Iinclude/linux/splice.h +!Ffs/splice.c + </chapter> + + </book> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/procfs-guide.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/procfs-guide.tmpl index 45cad23efefa..2de84dc195a8 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/procfs-guide.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/procfs-guide.tmpl @@ -352,49 +352,93 @@ entry->write_proc = write_proc_foo; <funcsynopsis> <funcprototype> <funcdef>int <function>read_func</function></funcdef> - <paramdef>char* <parameter>page</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>char* <parameter>buffer</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef>char** <parameter>start</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef>off_t <parameter>off</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef>int <parameter>count</parameter></paramdef> - <paramdef>int* <parameter>eof</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>int* <parameter>peof</parameter></paramdef> <paramdef>void* <parameter>data</parameter></paramdef> </funcprototype> </funcsynopsis> <para> The read function should write its information into the - <parameter>page</parameter>. For proper use, the function - should start writing at an offset of - <parameter>off</parameter> in <parameter>page</parameter> and - write at most <parameter>count</parameter> bytes, but because - most read functions are quite simple and only return a small - amount of information, these two parameters are usually - ignored (it breaks pagers like <literal>more</literal> and - <literal>less</literal>, but <literal>cat</literal> still - works). + <parameter>buffer</parameter>, which will be exactly + <literal>PAGE_SIZE</literal> bytes long. </para> <para> - If the <parameter>off</parameter> and - <parameter>count</parameter> parameters are properly used, - <parameter>eof</parameter> should be used to signal that the + The parameter + <parameter>peof</parameter> should be used to signal that the end of the file has been reached by writing <literal>1</literal> to the memory location - <parameter>eof</parameter> points to. + <parameter>peof</parameter> points to. </para> <para> - The parameter <parameter>start</parameter> doesn't seem to be - used anywhere in the kernel. The <parameter>data</parameter> + The <parameter>data</parameter> parameter can be used to create a single call back function for several files, see <xref linkend="usingdata"/>. </para> <para> - The <function>read_func</function> function must return the - number of bytes written into the <parameter>page</parameter>. + The rest of the parameters and the return value are described + by a comment in <filename>fs/proc/generic.c</filename> as follows: </para> + <blockquote> + <para> + You have three ways to return data: + </para> + <orderedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + Leave <literal>*start = NULL</literal>. (This is the default.) + Put the data of the requested offset at that + offset within the buffer. Return the number (<literal>n</literal>) + of bytes there are from the beginning of the + buffer up to the last byte of data. If the + number of supplied bytes (<literal>= n - offset</literal>) is + greater than zero and you didn't signal eof + and the reader is prepared to take more data + you will be called again with the requested + offset advanced by the number of bytes + absorbed. This interface is useful for files + no larger than the buffer. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Set <literal>*start</literal> to an unsigned long value less than + the buffer address but greater than zero. + Put the data of the requested offset at the + beginning of the buffer. Return the number of + bytes of data placed there. If this number is + greater than zero and you didn't signal eof + and the reader is prepared to take more data + you will be called again with the requested + offset advanced by <literal>*start</literal>. This interface is + useful when you have a large file consisting + of a series of blocks which you want to count + and return as wholes. + (Hack by Paul.Russell@rustcorp.com.au) + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Set <literal>*start</literal> to an address within the buffer. + Put the data of the requested offset at <literal>*start</literal>. + Return the number of bytes of data placed there. + If this number is greater than zero and you + didn't signal eof and the reader is prepared to + take more data you will be called again with the + requested offset advanced by the number of bytes + absorbed. + </para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> + </blockquote> + <para> <xref linkend="example"/> shows how to use a read call back function. diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl index a2ebd651b05a..af293606fbe3 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ </chapter> -<chapter><title>USB-Standard Types</title> +<chapter id="types"><title>USB-Standard Types</title> <para>In <filename><linux/usb/ch9.h></filename> you will find the USB data types defined in chapter 9 of the USB specification. @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ </chapter> -<chapter><title>Host-Side Data Types and Macros</title> +<chapter id="hostside"><title>Host-Side Data Types and Macros</title> <para>The host side API exposes several layers to drivers, some of which are more necessary than others. @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ </chapter> - <chapter><title>USB Core APIs</title> + <chapter id="usbcore"><title>USB Core APIs</title> <para>There are two basic I/O models in the USB API. The most elemental one is asynchronous: drivers submit requests @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ !Edrivers/usb/core/hub.c </chapter> - <chapter><title>Host Controller APIs</title> + <chapter id="hcd"><title>Host Controller APIs</title> <para>These APIs are only for use by host controller drivers, most of which implement standard register interfaces such as @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ !Idrivers/usb/core/buffer.c </chapter> - <chapter> + <chapter id="usbfs"> <title>The USB Filesystem (usbfs)</title> <para>This chapter presents the Linux <emphasis>usbfs</emphasis>. @@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ not it has a kernel driver. </para> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="usbfs-files"> <title>What files are in "usbfs"?</title> <para>Conventionally mounted at @@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="usbfs-fstab"> <title>Mounting and Access Control</title> <para>There are a number of mount options for usbfs, which will @@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="usbfs-devices"> <title>/proc/bus/usb/devices</title> <para>This file is handy for status viewing tools in user @@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ for (;;) { </para> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="usbfs-bbbddd"> <title>/proc/bus/usb/BBB/DDD</title> <para>Use these files in one of these basic ways: @@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ for (;;) { </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="usbfs-lifecycle"> <title>Life Cycle of User Mode Drivers</title> <para>Such a driver first needs to find a device file @@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ for (;;) { </sect1> - <sect1><title>The ioctl() Requests</title> + <sect1 id="usbfs-ioctl"><title>The ioctl() Requests</title> <para>To use these ioctls, you need to include the following headers in your userspace program: @@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ for (;;) { </para> - <sect2> + <sect2 id="usbfs-mgmt"> <title>Management/Status Requests</title> <para>A number of usbfs requests don't deal very directly @@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ usbdev_ioctl (int fd, int ifno, unsigned request, void *param) </sect2> - <sect2> + <sect2 id="usbfs-sync"> <title>Synchronous I/O Support</title> <para>Synchronous requests involve the kernel blocking @@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ usbdev_ioctl (int fd, int ifno, unsigned request, void *param) </variablelist> </sect2> - <sect2> + <sect2 id="usbfs-async"> <title>Asynchronous I/O Support</title> <para>As mentioned above, there are situations where it may be diff --git a/Documentation/HOWTO b/Documentation/HOWTO index 48123dba5e6a..98e2701c746f 100644 --- a/Documentation/HOWTO +++ b/Documentation/HOWTO @@ -322,39 +322,34 @@ kernel releases as described above. Here is a list of some of the different kernel trees available: git trees: - Kbuild development tree, Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> - kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild.git + git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild.git - ACPI development tree, Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> - kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git + git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git - Block development tree, Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> - kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-2.6-block.git + git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-2.6-block.git - DRM development tree, Dave Airlie <airlied@linux.ie> - kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6.git + git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6.git - ia64 development tree, Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> - kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6.git - - - ieee1394 development tree, Jody McIntyre <scjody@modernduck.com> - kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/scjody/ieee1394.git + git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6.git - infiniband, Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com> - kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband.git + git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband.git - libata, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> - kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev.git + git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev.git - network drivers, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> - kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6.git + git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6.git - pcmcia, Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> - kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/pcmcia-2.6.git + git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/pcmcia-2.6.git - SCSI, James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com> - kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6.git - - Other git kernel trees can be found listed at http://kernel.org/git + git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6.git quilt trees: - USB, PCI, Driver Core, and I2C, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> @@ -362,6 +357,9 @@ Here is a list of some of the different kernel trees available: - x86-64, partly i386, Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> ftp.firstfloor.org:/pub/ak/x86_64/quilt/ + Other kernel trees can be found listed at http://git.kernel.org/ and in + the MAINTAINERS file. + Bug Reporting ------------- @@ -396,26 +394,6 @@ bugme-janitor mailing list (every change in the bugzilla is mailed here) -Managing bug reports --------------------- - -One of the best ways to put into practice your hacking skills is by fixing -bugs reported by other people. Not only you will help to make the kernel -more stable, you'll learn to fix real world problems and you will improve -your skills, and other developers will be aware of your presence. Fixing -bugs is one of the best ways to get merits among other developers, because -not many people like wasting time fixing other people's bugs. - -To work in the already reported bug reports, go to http://bugzilla.kernel.org. -If you want to be advised of the future bug reports, you can subscribe to the -bugme-new mailing list (only new bug reports are mailed here) or to the -bugme-janitor mailing list (every change in the bugzilla is mailed here) - - http://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/bugme-new - http://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/bugme-janitors - - - Mailing lists ------------- diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt index f4dffadbcb00..42b01bc2e1b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt @@ -222,7 +222,15 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome! deadlock as soon as the RCU callback happens to interrupt that acquisition's critical section. -13. SRCU (srcu_read_lock(), srcu_read_unlock(), and synchronize_srcu()) +13. RCU callbacks can be and are executed in parallel. In many cases, + the callback code simply wrappers around kfree(), so that this + is not an issue (or, more accurately, to the extent that it is + an issue, the memory-allocator locking handles it). However, + if the callbacks do manipulate a shared data structure, they + must use whatever locking or other synchronization is required + to safely access and/or modify that data structure. + +14. SRCU (srcu_read_lock(), srcu_read_unlock(), and synchronize_srcu()) may only be invoked from process context. Unlike other forms of RCU, it -is- permissible to block in an SRCU read-side critical section (demarked by srcu_read_lock() and srcu_read_unlock()), diff --git a/Documentation/SM501.txt b/Documentation/SM501.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..3a1bd95d3767 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/SM501.txt @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ + SM501 Driver + ============ + +Copyright 2006, 2007 Simtec Electronics + +Core +---- + +The core driver in drivers/mfd provides common services for the +drivers which manage the specific hardware blocks. These services +include locking for common registers, clock control and resource +management. + +The core registers drivers for both PCI and generic bus based +chips via the platform device and driver system. + +On detection of a device, the core initialises the chip (which may +be specified by the platform data) and then exports the selected +peripheral set as platform devices for the specific drivers. + +The core re-uses the platform device system as the platform device +system provides enough features to support the drivers without the +need to create a new bus-type and the associated code to go with it. + + +Resources +--------- + +Each peripheral has a view of the device which is implicitly narrowed to +the specific set of resources that peripheral requires in order to +function correctly. + +The centralised memory allocation allows the driver to ensure that the +maximum possible resource allocation can be made to the video subsystem +as this is by-far the most resource-sensitive of the on-chip functions. + +The primary issue with memory allocation is that of moving the video +buffers once a display mode is chosen. Indeed when a video mode change +occurs the memory footprint of the video subsystem changes. + +Since video memory is difficult to move without changing the display +(unless sufficient contiguous memory can be provided for the old and new +modes simultaneously) the video driver fully utilises the memory area +given to it by aligning fb0 to the start of the area and fb1 to the end +of it. Any memory left over in the middle is used for the acceleration +functions, which are transient and thus their location is less critical +as it can be moved. + + +Configuration +------------- + +The platform device driver uses a set of platform data to pass +configurations through to the core and the subsidiary drivers +so that there can be support for more than one system carrying +an SM501 built into a single kernel image. + +The PCI driver assumes that the PCI card behaves as per the Silicon +Motion reference design. + +There is an errata (AB-5) affecting the selection of the +of the M1XCLK and M1CLK frequencies. These two clocks +must be sourced from the same PLL, although they can then +be divided down individually. If this is not set, then SM501 may +lock and hang the whole system. The driver will refuse to +attach if the PLL selection is different. diff --git a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist index 3af3e65cf43b..19e7f65c269f 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist +++ b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Linux Kernel patch sumbittal checklist +Linux Kernel patch submission checklist ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here are some basic things that developers should do if they want to see their @@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ Documentation/SubmittingPatches and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux kernel patches. - 1: Builds cleanly with applicable or modified CONFIG options =y, =m, and =n. No gcc warnings/errors, no linker warnings/errors. @@ -84,3 +83,9 @@ kernel patches. 24: Avoid whitespace damage such as indenting with spaces or whitespace at the end of lines. You can test this by feeding the patch to "git apply --check --whitespace=error-all" + +25: Check your patch for general style as detailed in + Documentation/CodingStyle. Check for trivial violations with the + patch style checker prior to submission (scripts/checkpatch.pl). + You should be able to justify all violations that remain in + your patch. diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index a417b25fb1aa..3f9a7912e69b 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -118,7 +118,20 @@ then only post say 15 or so at a time and wait for review and integration. -4) Select e-mail destination. +4) Style check your changes. + +Check your patch for basic style violations, details of which can be +found in Documentation/CodingStyle. Failure to do so simply wastes +the reviewers time and will get your patch rejected, probabally +without even being read. + +At a minimum you should check your patches with the patch style +checker prior to submission (scripts/patchcheck.pl). You should +be able to justify all violations that remain in your patch. + + + +5) Select e-mail destination. Look through the MAINTAINERS file and the source code, and determine if your change applies to a specific subsystem of the kernel, with @@ -146,7 +159,7 @@ discussed should the patch then be submitted to Linus. -5) Select your CC (e-mail carbon copy) list. +6) Select your CC (e-mail carbon copy) list. Unless you have a reason NOT to do so, CC linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org. @@ -187,8 +200,7 @@ URL: <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/bunk/trivial/> - -6) No MIME, no links, no compression, no attachments. Just plain text. +7) No MIME, no links, no compression, no attachments. Just plain text. Linus and other kernel developers need to be able to read and comment on the changes you are submitting. It is important for a kernel @@ -223,9 +235,9 @@ pref("mailnews.display.disable_format_flowed_support", true); -7) E-mail size. +8) E-mail size. -When sending patches to Linus, always follow step #6. +When sending patches to Linus, always follow step #7. Large changes are not appropriate for mailing lists, and some maintainers. If your patch, uncompressed, exceeds 40 kB in size, @@ -234,7 +246,7 @@ server, and provide instead a URL (link) pointing to your patch. -8) Name your kernel version. +9) Name your kernel version. It is important to note, either in the subject line or in the patch description, the kernel version to which this patch applies. @@ -244,7 +256,7 @@ Linus will not apply it. -9) Don't get discouraged. Re-submit. +10) Don't get discouraged. Re-submit. After you have submitted your change, be patient and wait. If Linus likes your change and applies it, it will appear in the next version @@ -270,7 +282,7 @@ When in doubt, solicit comments on linux-kernel mailing list. -10) Include PATCH in the subject +11) Include PATCH in the subject Due to high e-mail traffic to Linus, and to linux-kernel, it is common convention to prefix your subject line with [PATCH]. This lets Linus @@ -279,7 +291,7 @@ e-mail discussions. -11) Sign your work +12) Sign your work To improve tracking of who did what, especially with patches that can percolate to their final resting place in the kernel through several @@ -328,7 +340,32 @@ now, but you can do this to mark internal company procedures or just point out some special detail about the sign-off. -12) The canonical patch format +13) When to use Acked-by: + +The Signed-off-by: tag indicates that the signer was involved in the +development of the patch, or that he/she was in the patch's delivery path. + +If a person was not directly involved in the preparation or handling of a +patch but wishes to signify and record their approval of it then they can +arrange to have an Acked-by: line added to the patch's changelog. + +Acked-by: is often used by the maintainer of the affected code when that +maintainer neither contributed to nor forwarded the patch. + +Acked-by: is not as formal as Signed-off-by:. It is a record that the acker +has at least reviewed the patch and has indicated acceptance. Hence patch +mergers will sometimes manually convert an acker's "yep, looks good to me" +into an Acked-by:. + +Acked-by: does not necessarily indicate acknowledgement of the entire patch. +For example, if a patch affects multiple subsystems and has an Acked-by: from +one subsystem maintainer then this usually indicates acknowledgement of just +the part which affects that maintainer's code. Judgement should be used here. + When in doubt people should refer to the original discussion in the mailing +list archives. + + +14) The canonical patch format The canonical patch subject line is: @@ -427,6 +464,26 @@ section Linus Computer Science 101. Nuff said. If your code deviates too much from this, it is likely to be rejected without further review, and without comment. +Once significant exception is when moving code from one file to +another in this case you should not modify the moved code at all in +the same patch which moves it. This clearly delineates the act of +moving the code and your changes. This greatly aids review of the +actual differences and allows tools to better track the history of +the code itself. + +Check your patches with the patch style checker prior to submission +(scripts/checkpatch.pl). The style checker should be viewed as +a guide not as the final word. If your code looks better with +a violation then its probably best left alone. + +The checker reports at three levels: + - ERROR: things that are very likely to be wrong + - WARNING: things requiring careful review + - CHECK: things requiring thought + +You should be able to justify all violations that remain in your +patch. + 2) #ifdefs are ugly diff --git a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c b/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c index 71acc28ed0d1..24c5aade8998 100644 --- a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c +++ b/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ char name[100]; int dbg; int print_delays; int print_io_accounting; +int print_task_context_switch_counts; __u64 stime, utime; #define PRINTF(fmt, arg...) { \ @@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ void print_delayacct(struct taskstats *t) "IO %15s%15s\n" " %15llu%15llu\n" "MEM %15s%15s\n" - " %15llu%15llu\n\n", + " %15llu%15llu\n" "count", "real total", "virtual total", "delay total", t->cpu_count, t->cpu_run_real_total, t->cpu_run_virtual_total, t->cpu_delay_total, @@ -204,6 +205,14 @@ void print_delayacct(struct taskstats *t) "count", "delay total", t->swapin_count, t->swapin_delay_total); } +void task_context_switch_counts(struct taskstats *t) +{ + printf("\n\nTask %15s%15s\n" + " %15lu%15lu\n", + "voluntary", "nonvoluntary", + t->nvcsw, t->nivcsw); +} + void print_ioacct(struct taskstats *t) { printf("%s: read=%llu, write=%llu, cancelled_write=%llu\n", @@ -235,7 +244,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) struct msgtemplate msg; while (1) { - c = getopt(argc, argv, "diw:r:m:t:p:vl"); + c = getopt(argc, argv, "qdiw:r:m:t:p:vl"); if (c < 0) break; @@ -248,6 +257,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) printf("printing IO accounting\n"); print_io_accounting = 1; break; + case 'q': + printf("printing task/process context switch rates\n"); + print_task_context_switch_counts = 1; + break; case 'w': logfile = strdup(optarg); printf("write to file %s\n", logfile); @@ -389,6 +402,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) print_delayacct((struct taskstats *) NLA_DATA(na)); if (print_io_accounting) print_ioacct((struct taskstats *) NLA_DATA(na)); + if (print_task_context_switch_counts) + task_context_switch_counts((struct taskstats *) NLA_DATA(na)); if (fd) { if (write(fd, NLA_DATA(na), na->nla_len) < 0) { err(1,"write error\n"); diff --git a/Documentation/accounting/taskstats-struct.txt b/Documentation/accounting/taskstats-struct.txt index 661c797eaf79..8aa7529f8258 100644 --- a/Documentation/accounting/taskstats-struct.txt +++ b/Documentation/accounting/taskstats-struct.txt @@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ There are three different groups of fields in the struct taskstats: /* Extended accounting fields end */ Their values are collected if CONFIG_TASK_XACCT is set. +4) Per-task and per-thread context switch count statistics + Future extension should add fields to the end of the taskstats struct, and should not change the relative position of each field within the struct. @@ -158,4 +160,8 @@ struct taskstats { /* Extended accounting fields end */ +4) Per-task and per-thread statistics + __u64 nvcsw; /* Context voluntary switch counter */ + __u64 nivcsw; /* Context involuntary switch counter */ + } diff --git a/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt b/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt index 2a63d5662a93..05851e9982ed 100644 --- a/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt +++ b/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ defined which accomplish this: void smp_mb__before_atomic_dec(void); void smp_mb__after_atomic_dec(void); void smp_mb__before_atomic_inc(void); - void smp_mb__after_atomic_dec(void); + void smp_mb__after_atomic_inc(void); For example, smp_mb__before_atomic_dec() can be used like so: diff --git a/Documentation/blackfin/kgdb.txt b/Documentation/blackfin/kgdb.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..84f6a484ae9a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/blackfin/kgdb.txt @@ -0,0 +1,155 @@ + A Simple Guide to Configure KGDB + + Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang@analog.com> + Aug. 24th 2006 + + +This KGDB patch enables the kernel developer to do source level debugging on +the kernel for the Blackfin architecture. The debugging works over either the +ethernet interface or one of the uarts. Both software breakpoints and +hardware breakpoints are supported in this version. +http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=kgdb + + +2 known issues: +1. This bug: + http://blackfin.uclinux.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=544&group_id=18&atid=145 + The GDB client for Blackfin uClinux causes incorrect values of local + variables to be displayed when the user breaks the running of kernel in GDB. +2. Because of a hardware bug in Blackfin 533 v1.0.3: + 05000067 - Watchpoints (Hardware Breakpoints) are not supported + Hardware breakpoints cannot be set properly. + + +Debug over Ethernet: + +1. Compile and install the cross platform version of gdb for blackfin, which + can be found at $(BINROOT)/bfin-elf-gdb. + +2. Apply this patch to the 2.6.x kernel. Select the menuconfig option under + "Kernel hacking" -> "Kernel debugging" -> "KGDB: kernel debug with remote gdb". + With this selected, option "Full Symbolic/Source Debugging support" and + "Compile the kernel with frame pointers" are also selected. + +3. Select option "KGDB: connect over (Ethernet)". Add "kgdboe=@target-IP/,@host-IP/" to + the option "Compiled-in Kernel Boot Parameter" under "Kernel hacking". + +4. Connect minicom to the serial port and boot the kernel image. + +5. Configure the IP "/> ifconfig eth0 target-IP" + +6. Start GDB client "bfin-elf-gdb vmlinux". + +7. Connect to the target "(gdb) target remote udp:target-IP:6443". + +8. Set software breakpoint "(gdb) break sys_open". + +9. Continue "(gdb) c". + +10. Run ls in the target console "/> ls". + +11. Breakpoint hits. "Breakpoint 1: sys_open(..." + +12. Display local variables and function paramters. + (*) This operation gives wrong results, see known issue 1. + +13. Single stepping "(gdb) si". + +14. Remove breakpoint 1. "(gdb) del 1" + +15. Set hardware breakpoint "(gdb) hbreak sys_open". + +16. Continue "(gdb) c". + +17. Run ls in the target console "/> ls". + +18. Hardware breakpoint hits. "Breakpoint 1: sys_open(...". + (*) This hardware breakpoint will not be hit, see known issue 2. + +19. Continue "(gdb) c". + +20. Interrupt the target in GDB "Ctrl+C". + +21. Detach from the target "(gdb) detach". + +22. Exit GDB "(gdb) quit". + + +Debug over the UART: + +1. Compile and install the cross platform version of gdb for blackfin, which + can be found at $(BINROOT)/bfin-elf-gdb. + +2. Apply this patch to the 2.6.x kernel. Select the menuconfig option under + "Kernel hacking" -> "Kernel debugging" -> "KGDB: kernel debug with remote gdb". + With this selected, option "Full Symbolic/Source Debugging support" and + "Compile the kernel with frame pointers" are also selected. + +3. Select option "KGDB: connect over (UART)". Set "KGDB: UART port number" to be + a different one from the console. Don't forget to change the mode of + blackfin serial driver to PIO. Otherwise kgdb works incorrectly on UART. + +4. If you want connect to kgdb when the kernel boots, enable + "KGDB: Wait for gdb connection early" + +5. Compile kernel. + +6. Connect minicom to the serial port of the console and boot the kernel image. + +7. Start GDB client "bfin-elf-gdb vmlinux". + +8. Set the baud rate in GDB "(gdb) set remotebaud 57600". + +9. Connect to the target on the second serial port "(gdb) target remote /dev/ttyS1". + +10. Set software breakpoint "(gdb) break sys_open". + +11. Continue "(gdb) c". + +12. Run ls in the target console "/> ls". + +13. A breakpoint is hit. "Breakpoint 1: sys_open(..." + +14. All other operations are the same as that in KGDB over Ethernet. + + +Debug over the same UART as console: + +1. Compile and install the cross platform version of gdb for blackfin, which + can be found at $(BINROOT)/bfin-elf-gdb. + +2. Apply this patch to the 2.6.x kernel. Select the menuconfig option under + "Kernel hacking" -> "Kernel debugging" -> "KGDB: kernel debug with remote gdb". + With this selected, option "Full Symbolic/Source Debugging support" and + "Compile the kernel with frame pointers" are also selected. + +3. Select option "KGDB: connect over UART". Set "KGDB: UART port number" to console. + Don't forget to change the mode of blackfin serial driver to PIO. + Otherwise kgdb works incorrectly on UART. + +4. If you want connect to kgdb when the kernel boots, enable + "KGDB: Wait for gdb connection early" + +5. Connect minicom to the serial port and boot the kernel image. + +6. (Optional) Ask target to wait for gdb connection by entering Ctrl+A. In minicom, you should enter Ctrl+A+A. + +7. Start GDB client "bfin-elf-gdb vmlinux". + +8. Set the baud rate in GDB "(gdb) set remotebaud 57600". + +9. Connect to the target "(gdb) target remote /dev/ttyS0". + +10. Set software breakpoint "(gdb) break sys_open". + +11. Continue "(gdb) c". Then enter Ctrl+C twice to stop GDB connection. + +12. Run ls in the target console "/> ls". Dummy string can be seen on the console. + +13. Then connect the gdb to target again. "(gdb) target remote /dev/ttyS0". + Now you will find a breakpoint is hit. "Breakpoint 1: sys_open(..." + +14. All other operations are the same as that in KGDB over Ethernet. The only + difference is that after continue command in GDB, please stop GDB + connection by 2 "Ctrl+C"s and connect again after breakpoints are hit or + Ctrl+A is entered. diff --git a/Documentation/block/barrier.txt b/Documentation/block/barrier.txt index a272c3db8094..7d279f2f5bb2 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/barrier.txt +++ b/Documentation/block/barrier.txt @@ -82,23 +82,12 @@ including draining and flushing. typedef void (prepare_flush_fn)(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq); int blk_queue_ordered(request_queue_t *q, unsigned ordered, - prepare_flush_fn *prepare_flush_fn, - unsigned gfp_mask); - -int blk_queue_ordered_locked(request_queue_t *q, unsigned ordered, - prepare_flush_fn *prepare_flush_fn, - unsigned gfp_mask); - -The only difference between the two functions is whether or not the -caller is holding q->queue_lock on entry. The latter expects the -caller is holding the lock. + prepare_flush_fn *prepare_flush_fn); @q : the queue in question @ordered : the ordered mode the driver/device supports @prepare_flush_fn : this function should prepare @rq such that it flushes cache to physical medium when executed -@gfp_mask : gfp_mask used when allocating data structures - for ordered processing For example, SCSI disk driver's prepare_flush_fn looks like the following. @@ -106,9 +95,10 @@ following. static void sd_prepare_flush(request_queue_t *q, struct request *rq) { memset(rq->cmd, 0, sizeof(rq->cmd)); - rq->flags |= REQ_BLOCK_PC; + rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC; rq->timeout = SD_TIMEOUT; rq->cmd[0] = SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE; + rq->cmd_len = 10; } The following seven ordered modes are supported. The following table diff --git a/Documentation/block/capability.txt b/Documentation/block/capability.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2f1729424ef4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/block/capability.txt @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Generic Block Device Capability +=============================================================================== +This file documents the sysfs file block/<disk>/capability + +capability is a hex word indicating which capabilities a specific disk +supports. For more information on bits not listed here, see +include/linux/genhd.h + +Capability Value +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +GENHD_FL_MEDIA_CHANGE_NOTIFY 4 + When this bit is set, the disk supports Asynchronous Notification + of media change events. These events will be broadcast to user + space via kernel uevent. + diff --git a/Documentation/cachetlb.txt b/Documentation/cachetlb.txt index debf6813934a..866b76139420 100644 --- a/Documentation/cachetlb.txt +++ b/Documentation/cachetlb.txt @@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ Here are the routines, one by one: The first of these two routines is invoked after map_vm_area() has installed the page table entries. The second is invoked - before unmap_vm_area() deletes the page table entries. + before unmap_kernel_range() deletes the page table entries. There exists another whole class of cpu cache issues which currently require a whole different set of interfaces to handle properly. diff --git a/Documentation/cdrom/00-INDEX b/Documentation/cdrom/00-INDEX index 916dafe29d3f..433edf23dc49 100644 --- a/Documentation/cdrom/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/cdrom/00-INDEX @@ -2,32 +2,10 @@ - this file (info on CD-ROMs and Linux) Makefile - only used to generate TeX output from the documentation. -aztcd - - info on Aztech/Orchid/Okano/Wearnes/Conrad/CyCDROM driver. cdrom-standard.tex - LaTeX document on standardizing the CD-ROM programming interface. -cdu31a - - info on the Sony CDU31A/CDU33A CD-ROM driver. -cm206 - - info on the Philips/LMS cm206/cm260 CD-ROM driver. -gscd - - info on the Goldstar R420 CD-ROM driver. ide-cd - info on setting up and using ATAPI (aka IDE) CD-ROMs. -isp16 - - info on the CD-ROM interface on ISP16, MAD16 or Mozart sound card. -mcd - - info on limitations of standard Mitsumi CD-ROM driver. -mcdx - - info on improved Mitsumi CD-ROM driver. -optcd - - info on the Optics Storage 8000 AT CD-ROM driver packet-writing.txt - Info on the CDRW packet writing module -sbpcd - - info on the SoundBlaster/Panasonic CD-ROM interface driver. -sjcd - - info on the SANYO CDR-H94A CD-ROM interface driver. -sonycd535 - - info on the Sony CDU-535 (and 531) CD-ROM driver. diff --git a/Documentation/cdrom/aztcd b/Documentation/cdrom/aztcd deleted file mode 100644 index 6bf0290ef7ce..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/cdrom/aztcd +++ /dev/null @@ -1,822 +0,0 @@ -$Id: README.aztcd,v 2.60 1997/11/29 09:51:25 root Exp root $ - Readme-File Documentation/cdrom/aztcd - for - AZTECH CD-ROM CDA268-01A, ORCHID CD-3110, - OKANO/WEARNES CDD110, CONRAD TXC, CyCDROM CR520, CR540 - CD-ROM Drives - Version 2.6 and newer - (for other drives see 6.-8.) - -NOTE: THIS DRIVER WILL WORK WITH THE CD-ROM DRIVES LISTED, WHICH HAVE - A PROPRIETARY INTERFACE (implemented on a sound card or on an - ISA-AT-bus card). - IT WILL DEFINITELY NOT WORK WITH CD-ROM DRIVES WITH *IDE*-INTERFACE, - such as the Aztech CDA269-031SE !!! (The only known exceptions are - 'faked' IDE drives like the CyCDROM CR520ie which work with aztcd - under certain conditions, see 7.). IF YOU'RE USING A CD-ROM DRIVE - WITH IDE-INTERFACE, SOMETIMES ALSO CALLED ATAPI-COMPATIBLE, PLEASE - USE THE ide-cd.c DRIVER, WRITTEN BY MARK LORD AND SCOTT SNYDER ! - THE STANDARD-KERNEL 1.2.x NOW ALSO SUPPORTS IDE-CDROM-DRIVES, SEE THE - HARDDISK (!) SECTION OF make config, WHEN COMPILING A NEW KERNEL!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -Contents of this file: - 1. NOTE - 2. INSTALLATION - 3. CONFIGURING YOUR KERNEL - 4. RECOMPILING YOUR KERNEL - 4.1 AZTCD AS A RUN-TIME LOADABLE MODULE - 4.2 CDROM CONNECTED TO A SOUNDCARD - 5. KNOWN PROBLEMS, FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS - 5.1 MULTISESSION SUPPORT - 5.2 STATUS RECOGNITION - 5.3 DOSEMU's CDROM SUPPORT - 6. BUG REPORTS - 7. OTHER DRIVES - 8. IF YOU DON'T SUCCEED ... DEBUGGING - 9. TECHNICAL HISTORY OF THE DRIVER - 10. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - 11. PROGRAMMING ADD ONS: CDPLAY.C - APPENDIX: Source code of cdplay.c ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -1. NOTE -This software has been successfully in alpha and beta test and is part of -the standard kernel since kernel 1.1.8x since December 1994. It works with -AZTECH CDA268-01A, ORCHID CDS-3110, ORCHID/WEARNES CDD110 and CONRAD TXC -(Nr.99 31 23 -series 04) and has proven to be stable with kernel -versions 1.0.9 and newer. But with any software there still may be bugs in it. -So if you encounter problems, you are invited to help us improve this software. -Please send me a detailed bug report (see chapter BUG REPORTS). You are also -invited in helping us to increase the number of drives, which are supported. - -Please read the README-files carefully and always keep a backup copy of your -old kernel, in order to reboot if something goes wrong! - -2. INSTALLATION -The driver consists of a header file 'aztcd.h', which normally should reside -in /usr/src/linux/drivers/cdrom and the source code 'aztcd.c', which normally -resides in the same place. It uses /dev/aztcd (/dev/aztcd0 in some distri- -butions), which must be a valid block device with major number 29 and reside -in directory /dev. To mount a CD-ROM, your kernel needs to have the ISO9660- -filesystem support included. - -PLEASE NOTE: aztcd.c has been developed in parallel to the linux kernel, -which had and is having many major and minor changes which are not backward -compatible. Quite definitely aztcd.c version 1.80 and newer will NOT work -in kernels older than 1.3.33. So please always use the most recent version -of aztcd.c with the appropriate linux-kernel. - -3. CONFIGURING YOUR KERNEL -If your kernel is already configured for using the AZTECH driver you will -see the following message while Linux boots: - Aztech CD-ROM Init: DriverVersion=<version number> BaseAddress=<baseaddress> - Aztech CD-ROM Init: FirmwareVersion=<firmware version id of your I/O-card>>> - Aztech CD-ROM Init: <drive type> detected - Aztech CD-ROM Init: End -If the message looks different and you are sure to have a supported drive, -it may have a different base address. The Aztech driver does look for the -CD-ROM drive at the base address specified in aztcd.h at compile time. This -address can be overwritten by boot parameter aztcd=....You should reboot and -start Linux with boot parameter aztcd=<base address>, e.g. aztcd=0x320. If -you do not know the base address, start your PC with DOS and look at the boot -message of your CD-ROM's DOS driver. If that still does not help, use boot -parameter aztcd=<base address>,0x79 , this tells aztcd to try a little harder. -aztcd may be configured to use autoprobing the base address by recompiling -it (see chapter 4.). - -If the message looks correct, as user 'root' you should be able to mount the -drive by - mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/aztcd0 /mnt -and use it as any other filesystem. (If this does not work, check if -/dev/aztcd0 and /mnt do exist and create them, if necessary by doing - mknod /dev/aztcd0 b 29 0 - mkdir /mnt - -If you still get a different message while Linux boots or when you get the -message, that the ISO9660-filesystem is not supported by your kernel, when -you try to mount the CD-ROM drive, you have to recompile your kernel. - -If you do *not* have an Aztech/Orchid/Okano/Wearnes/TXC drive and want to -bypass drive detection during Linux boot up, start with boot parameter aztcd=0. - -Most distributions nowadays do contain a boot disk image containing aztcd. -Please note, that this driver will not work with IDE/ATAPI drives! With these -you must use ide-cd.c instead. - -4. RECOMPILING YOUR KERNEL -If your kernel is not yet configured for the AZTECH driver and the ISO9660- -filesystem, you have to recompile your kernel: - -- Edit aztcd.h to set the I/O-address to your I/O-Base address (AZT_BASE_ADDR), - the driver does not use interrupts or DMA, so if you are using an AZTECH - CD268, an ORCHID CD-3110 or ORCHID/WEARNES CDD110 that's the only item you - have to set up. If you have a soundcard, read chapter 4.2. - Users of other drives should read chapter OTHER DRIVES of this file. - You also can configure that address by kernel boot parameter aztcd=... -- aztcd may be configured to use autoprobing the base address by setting - AZT_BASE_ADDR to '-1'. In that case aztcd probes the addresses listed - under AZT_BASE_AUTO. But please remember, that autoprobing always may - incorrectly influence other hardware components too! -- There are some other points, which may be configured, e.g. auto-eject the - CD when unmounting a drive, tray locking etc., see aztcd.h for details. -- If you're using a linux kernel version prior to 2.1.0, in aztcd.h - uncomment the line '#define AZT_KERNEL_PRIOR_2_1' -- Build a new kernel, configure it for 'Aztech/Orchid/Okano/Wearnes support' - (if you want aztcd to be part of the kernel). Do not configure it for - 'Aztech... support', if you want to use aztcd as a run time loadable module. - But in any case you must have the ISO9660-filesystem included in your - kernel. -- Activate the new kernel, normally this is done by running LILO (don't for- - get to configure it before and to keep a copy of your old kernel in case - something goes wrong!). -- Reboot -- If you've included aztcd in your kernel, you now should see during boot - some messages like - Aztech CD-ROM Init: DriverVersion=<version number> BaseAddress=<baseaddress> - Aztech CD-ROM Init: FirmwareVersion=<firmware version id of your I/O-card> - Aztech CD-ROM Init: <drive type> detected - Aztech CD-ROM Init: End -- If you have not included aztcd in your kernel, but want to load aztcd as a - run time loadable module see 4.1. -- If the message looks correct, as user 'root' you should be able to mount - the drive by - mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/aztcd0 /mnt - and use it as any other filesystem. (If this does not work, check if - /dev/aztcd0 and /mnt do exist and create them, if necessary by doing - mknod /dev/aztcd0 b 29 0 - mkdir /mnt -- If this still does not help, see chapters OTHER DRIVES and DEBUGGING. - -4.1 AZTCD AS A RUN-TIME LOADABLE MODULE -If you do not need aztcd permanently, you can also load and remove the driver -during runtime via insmod and rmmod. To build aztcd as a loadable module you -must configure your kernel for AZTECH module support (answer 'm' when con- -figuring the kernel). Anyhow, you may run into problems, if the version of -your boot kernel is not the same than the source kernel version, from which -you create the modules. So rebuild your kernel, if necessary. - -Now edit the base address of your AZTECH interface card in -/usr/src/linux/drivers/cdrom/aztcd.h to the appropriate value. -aztcd may be configured to use autoprobing the base address by setting -AZT_BASE_ADDR to '-1'. In that case aztcd probes the addresses listed -under AZT_BASE_AUTO. But please remember, that autoprobing always may -incorrectly influence other hardware components too! -There are also some special features which may be configured, e.g. -auto-eject a CD when unmounting the drive etc; see aztcd.h for details. -Then change to /usr/src/linux and do a - make modules - make modules_install -After that you can run-time load the driver via - insmod /lib/modules/X.X.X/misc/aztcd.o -and remove it via rmmod aztcd. -If you did not set the correct base address in aztcd.h, you can also supply the -base address when loading the driver via - insmod /lib/modules/X.X.X/misc/aztcd.o aztcd=<base address> -Again specifying aztcd=-1 will cause autoprobing. -If you do not have the iso9660-filesystem in your boot kernel, you also have -to load it before you can mount the CDROM: - insmod /lib/modules/X.X.X/fs/isofs.o -The mount procedure works as described in 4. above. -(In all commands 'X.X.X' is the current linux kernel version number) - -4.2 CDROM CONNECTED TO A SOUNDCARD -Most soundcards do have a bus interface to the CDROM-drive. In many cases -this soundcard needs to be configured, before the CDROM can be used. This -configuration procedure consists of writing some kind of initialization -data to the soundcard registers. The AZTECH-CDROM driver in the moment does -only support one type of soundcard (SoundWave32). Users of other soundcards -should try to boot DOS first and let their DOS drivers initialize the -soundcard and CDROM, then warm boot (or use loadlin) their PC to start -Linux. -Support for the CDROM-interface of SoundWave32-soundcards is directly -implemented in the AZTECH driver. Please edit linux/drivers/cdrom/aztdc.h, -uncomment line '#define AZT_SW32' and set the appropriate value for -AZT_BASE_ADDR and AZT_SW32_BASE_ADDR. This support was tested with an Orchid -CDS-3110 connected to a SoundWave32. -If you want your soundcard to be supported, find out, how it needs to be -configured and mail me (see 6.) the appropriate information. - -5. KNOWN PROBLEMS, FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS -5.1 MULTISESSION SUPPORT -Multisession support for CD's still is a myth. I implemented and tested a basic -support for multisession and XA CDs, but I still have not enough CDs and appli- -cations to test it rigorously. So if you'd like to help me, please contact me -(Email address see below). As of version 1.4 and newer you can enable the -multisession support in aztcd.h by setting AZT_MULTISESSION to 1. Doing so -will cause the ISO9660-filesystem to deal with multisession CDs, ie. redirect -requests to the Table of Contents (TOC) information from the last session, -which contains the info of all previous sessions etc.. If you do set -AZT_MULTISESSION to 0, you can use multisession CDs anyway. In that case the -drive's firmware will do automatic redirection. For the ISO9660-filesystem any -multisession CD will then look like a 'normal' single session CD. But never- -theless the data of all sessions are viewable and accessible. So with practical- -ly all real world applications you won't notice the difference. But as future -applications may make use of advanced multisession features, I've started to -implement the interface for the ISO9660 multisession interface via ioctl -CDROMMULTISESSION. - -5.2 STATUS RECOGNITION -The drive status recognition does not work correctly in all cases. Changing -a disk or having the door open, when a drive is already mounted, is detected -by the Aztech driver itself, but nevertheless causes multiple read attempts -by the different layers of the ISO9660-filesystem driver, which finally timeout, -so you have to wait quite a little... But isn't it bad style to change a disk -in a mounted drive, anyhow ?! - -The driver uses busy wait in most cases for the drive handshake (macros -STEN_LOW and DTEN_LOW). I tested with a 486/DX2 at 66MHz and a Pentium at -60MHz and 90MHz. Whenever you use a much faster machine you are likely to get -timeout messages. In that case edit aztcd.h and increase the timeout value -AZT_TIMEOUT. - -For some 'slow' drive commands I implemented waiting with a timer waitqueue -(macro STEN_LOW_WAIT). If you get this timeout message, you may also edit -aztcd.h and increase the timeout value AZT_STATUS_DELAY. The waitqueue has -shown to be a little critical. If you get kernel panic messages, edit aztcd.c -and substitute STEN_LOW_WAIT by STEN_LOW. Busy waiting with STEN_LOW is more -stable, but also causes CPU overhead. - -5.3 DOSEMU's CD-ROM SUPPORT -With release 1.20 aztcd was modified to allow access to CD-ROMS when running -under dosemu-0.60.0 aztcd-versions before 1.20 are most likely to crash -Linux, when a CD-ROM is accessed under dosemu. This problem has partly been -fixed, but still when accessing a directory for the first time the system -might hang for some 30sec. So be patient, when using dosemu's CD-ROM support -in combination with aztcd :-) ! -This problem has now (July 1995) been fixed by a modification to dosemu's -CD-ROM driver. The new version came with dosemu-0.60.2, see dosemu's -README.CDROM. - -6. BUG REPORTS -Please send detailed bug reports and bug fixes via EMail to - - Werner.Zimmermann@fht-esslingen.de - -Please include a description of your CD-ROM drive type and interface card, -the exact firmware message during Linux bootup, the version number of the -AZTECH-CDROM-driver and the Linux kernel version. Also a description of your -system's other hardware could be of interest, especially microprocessor type, -clock frequency, other interface cards such as soundcards, ethernet adapter, -game cards etc.. - -I will try to collect the reports and make the necessary modifications from -time to time. I may also come back to you directly with some bug fixes and -ask you to do further testing and debugging. - -Editors of CD-ROMs are invited to send a 'cooperation' copy of their -CD-ROMs to the volunteers, who provided the CD-ROM support for Linux. My -snail mail address for such 'stuff' is - Prof. Dr. W. Zimmermann - Fachhochschule fuer Technik Esslingen - Fachbereich IT - Flandernstrasse 101 - D-73732 Esslingen - Germany - - -7. OTHER DRIVES -The following drives ORCHID CDS3110, OKANO CDD110, WEARNES CDD110 and Conrad -TXC Nr. 993123-series 04 nearly look the same as AZTECH CDA268-01A, especially -they seem to use the same command codes. So it was quite simple to make the -AZTECH driver work with these drives. - -Unfortunately I do not have any of these drives available, so I couldn't test -it myself. In some installations, it seems necessary to initialize the drive -with the DOS driver before (especially if combined with a sound card) and then -do a warm boot (CTRL-ALT-RESET) or start Linux from DOS, e.g. with 'loadlin'. - -If you do not succeed, read chapter DEBUGGING. Thanks in advance! - -Sorry for the inconvenience, but it is difficult to develop for hardware, -which you don't have available for testing. So if you like, please help us. - -If you do have a CyCDROM CR520ie thanks to Hilmar Berger's help your chances -are good, that it will work with aztcd. The CR520ie is sold as an IDE-drive -and really is connected to the IDE interface (primary at 0x1F0 or secondary -at 0x170, configured as slave, not as master). Nevertheless it is not ATAPI -compatible but still uses Aztech's command codes. - - -8. DEBUGGING : IF YOU DON'T SUCCEED, TRY THE FOLLOWING --reread the complete README file --make sure, that your drive is hardware configured for - transfer mode: polled - IRQ: not used - DMA: not used - Base Address: something like 300, 320 ... - You can check this, when you start the DOS driver, which came with your - drive. By appropriately configuring the drive and the DOS driver you can - check, whether your drive does operate in this mode correctly under DOS. If - it does not operate under DOS, it won't under Linux. - If your drive's base address is something like 0x170 or 0x1F0 (and it is - not a CyCDROM CR520ie or CR 940ie) you most likely are having an IDE/ATAPI- - compatible drive, which is not supported by aztcd.c, use ide-cd.c instead. - Make sure the Base Address is configured correctly in aztcd.h, also make - sure, that /dev/aztcd0 exists with the correct major number (compare it with - the entry in file /usr/include/linux/major.h for the Aztech drive). --insert a CD-ROM and close the tray --cold boot your PC (i.e. via the power on switch or the reset button) --if you start Linux via DOS, e.g. using loadlin, make sure, that the DOS - driver for the CD-ROM drive is not loaded (comment out the calling lines - in DOS' config.sys!) --look for the aztcd: init message during Linux init and note them exactly --log in as root and do a mount -t iso9660 /dev/aztcd0 /mnt --if you don't succeed in the first time, try several times. Try also to open - and close the tray, then mount again. Please note carefully all commands - you typed in and the aztcd-messages, which you get. --if you get an 'Aztech CD-ROM init: aborted' message, read the remarks about - the version string below. - -If this does not help, do the same with the following differences --start DOS before; make now sure, that the DOS driver for the CD-ROM is - loaded under DOS (i.e. uncomment it again in config.sys) --warm boot your PC (i.e. via CTRL-ALT-DEL) - if you have it, you can also start via loadlin (try both). - ... - Again note all commands and the aztcd-messages. - -If you see STEN_LOW or STEN_LOW_WAIT error messages, increase the timeout -values. - -If this still does not help, --look in aztcd.c for the lines #if 0 - #define AZT_TEST1 - ... - #endif - and substitute '#if 0' by '#if 1'. --recompile your kernel and repeat the above two procedures. You will now get - a bundle of debugging messages from the driver. Again note your commands - and the appropriate messages. If you have syslogd running, these messages - may also be found in syslogd's kernel log file. Nevertheless in some - installations syslogd does not yet run, when init() is called, thus look for - the aztcd-messages during init, before the login-prompt appears. - Then look in aztcd.c, to find out, what happened. The normal calling sequence - is: aztcd_init() during Linux bootup procedure init() - after doing a 'mount -t iso9660 /dev/aztcd0 /mnt' the normal calling sequence is - aztcd_open() -> Status 2c after cold reboot with CDROM or audio CD inserted - -> Status 8 after warm reboot with CDROM inserted - -> Status 2e after cold reboot with no disk, closed tray - -> Status 6e after cold reboot, mount with door open - aztUpdateToc() - aztGetDiskInfo() - aztGetQChannelInfo() repeated several times - aztGetToc() - aztGetQChannelInfo() repeated several times - a list of track information - do_aztcd_request() } - azt_transfer() } repeated several times - azt_poll } - Check, if there is a difference in the calling sequence or the status flags! - - There are a lot of other messages, eg. the ACMD-command code (defined in - aztcd.h), status info from the getAztStatus-command and the state sequence of - the finite state machine in azt_poll(). The most important are the status - messages, look how they are defined and try to understand, if they make - sense in the context where they appear. With a CD-ROM inserted the status - should always be 8, except in aztcd_open(). Try to open the tray, insert an - audio disk, insert no disk or reinsert the CD-ROM and check, if the status - bits change accordingly. The status bits are the most likely point, where - the drive manufacturers may implement changes. - -If you still don't succeed, a good point to start is to look in aztcd.c in -function aztcd_init, where the drive should be detected during init. Do the -following: --reboot the system with boot parameter 'aztcd=<your base address>,0x79'. With - parameter 0x79 most of the drive version detection is bypassed. After that - you should see the complete version string including leading and trailing - blanks during init. - Now adapt the statement - if ((result[1]=='A')&&(result[2]=='Z' ...) - in aztcd_init() to exactly match the first 3 or 4 letters you have seen. --Another point is the 'smart' card detection feature in aztcd_init(). Normally - the CD-ROM drive is ready, when aztcd_init is trying to read the version - string and a time consuming ACMD_SOFT_RESET command can be avoided. This is - detected by looking, if AFL_OP_OK can be read correctly. If the CD-ROM drive - hangs in some unknown state, e.g. because of an error before a warm start or - because you first operated under DOS, even the version string may be correct, - but the following commands will not. Then change the code in such a way, - that the ACMD_SOFT_RESET is issued in any case, by substituting the - if-statement 'if ( ...=AFL_OP_OK)' by 'if (1)'. - -If you succeed, please mail me the exact version string of your drive and -the code modifications, you have made together with a short explanation. -If you don't succeed, you may mail me the output of the debugging messages. -But remember, they are only useful, if they are exact and complete and you -describe in detail your hardware setup and what you did (cold/warm reboot, -with/without DOS, DOS-driver started/not started, which Linux-commands etc.) - - -9. TECHNICAL HISTORY OF THE DRIVER -The AZTECH-Driver is a rework of the Mitsumi-Driver. Four major items had to -be reworked: - -a) The Mitsumi drive does issue complete status information acknowledging -each command, the Aztech drive does only signal that the command was -processed. So whenever the complete status information is needed, an extra -ACMD_GET_STATUS command is issued. The handshake procedure for the drive -can be found in the functions aztSendCmd(), sendAztCmd() and getAztStatus(). - -b) The Aztech Drive does not have a ACMD_GET_DISK_INFO command, so the -necessary info about the number of tracks (firstTrack, lastTrack), disk -length etc. has to be read from the TOC in the lead in track (see function -aztGetDiskInfo()). - -c) Whenever data is read from the drive, the Mitsumi drive is started with a -command to read an indefinite (0xffffff) number of sectors. When the appropriate -number of sectors is read, the drive is stopped by a ACDM_STOP command. This -does not work with the Aztech drive. I did not find a way to stop it. The -stop and pause commands do only work in AUDIO mode but not in DATA mode. -Therefore I had to modify the 'finite state machine' in function azt_poll to -only read a certain number of sectors and then start a new read on demand. As I -have not completely understood, how the buffer/caching scheme of the Mitsumi -driver was implemented, I am not sure, if I have covered all cases correctly, -whenever you get timeout messages, the bug is most likely to be in that -function azt_poll() around switch(cmd) .... case ACD_S_DATA. - -d) I did not get information about changing drive mode. So I doubt, that the -code around function azt_poll() case AZT_S_MODE does work. In my test I have -not been able to switch to reading in raw mode. For reading raw mode, Aztech -uses a different command than for cooked mode, which I only have implemen- -ted in the ioctl-section but not in the section which is used by the ISO9660. - -The driver was developed on an AST PC with Intel 486/DX2, 8MB RAM, 340MB IDE -hard disk and on an AST PC with Intel Pentium 60MHz, 16MB RAM, 520MB IDE -running Linux kernel version 1.0.9 from the LST 1.8 Distribution. The kernel -was compiled with gcc.2.5.8. My CD-ROM drive is an Aztech CDA268-01A. My -drive says, that it has Firmware Version AZT26801A1.3. It came with an ISA-bus -interface card and works with polled I/O without DMA and without interrupts. -The code for all other drives was 'remote' tested and debugged by a number of -volunteers on the Internet. - -Points, where I feel that possible problems might be and all points where I -did not completely understand the drive's behaviour or trust my own code are -marked with /*???*/ in the source code. There are also some parts in the -Mitsumi driver, where I did not completely understand their code. - - -10. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -Without the help of P.Bush, Aztech, who delivered technical information -about the Aztech Drive and without the help of E.Moenkeberg, GWDG, who did a -great job in analyzing the command structure of various CD-ROM drives, this -work would not have been possible. E.Moenkeberg was also a great help in -making the software 'kernel ready' and in answering many of the CDROM-related -questions in the newsgroups. He really is *the* Linux CD-ROM guru. Thanks -also to all the guys on the Internet, who collected valuable technical -information about CDROMs. - -Joe Nardone (joe@access.digex.net) was a patient tester even for my first -trial, which was more than slow, and made suggestions for code improvement. -Especially the 'finite state machine' azt_poll() was rewritten by Joe to get -clean C code and avoid the ugly 'gotos', which I copied from mcd.c. - -Robby Schirmer (schirmer@fmi.uni-passau.de) tested the audio stuff (ioctls) -and suggested a lot of patches for them. - -Joseph Piskor and Peter Nugent were the first users with the ORCHID CD3110 -and also were very patient with the problems which occurred. - -Reinhard Max delivered the information for the CDROM-interface of the -SoundWave32 soundcards. - -Jochen Kunz and Olaf Kaluza delivered the information for supporting Conrad's -TXC drive. - -Hilmar Berger delivered the patches for supporting CyCDROM CR520ie. - -Anybody, who is interested in these items should have a look at 'ftp.gwdg.de', -directory 'pub/linux/cdrom' and at 'ftp.cdrom.com', directory 'pub/cdrom'. - -11. PROGRAMMING ADD ONs: cdplay.c -You can use the ioctl-functions included in aztcd.c in your own programs. As -an example on how to do this, you will find a tiny CD Player for audio CDs -named 'cdplay.c'. It allows you to play audio CDs. You can play a specified -track, pause and resume or skip tracks forward and backwards. If you quit the -program without stopping the drive, playing is continued. You can also -(mis)use cdplay to read and hexdump data disks. You can find the code in the -APPENDIX of this file, which you should cut out with an editor and store in a -separate file 'cdplay.c'. To compile it and make it executable, do - gcc -s -Wall -O2 -L/usr/lib cdplay.c -o /usr/local/bin/cdplay # compiles it - chmod +755 /usr/local/bin/cdplay # makes it executable - ln -s /dev/aztcd0 /dev/cdrom # creates a link - (for /usr/lib substitute the top level directory, where your include files - reside, and for /usr/local/bin the directory, where you want the executable - binary to reside ) - -You have to set the correct permissions for cdplay *and* for /dev/mcd0 or -/dev/aztcd0 in order to use it. Remember, that you should not have /dev/cdrom -mounted, when you're playing audio CDs. - -This program is just a hack for testing the ioctl-functions in aztcd.c. I will -not maintain it, so if you run into problems, discard it or have a look into -the source code 'cdplay.c'. The program does only contain a minimum of user -protection and input error detection. If you use the commands in the wrong -order or if you try to read a CD at wrong addresses, you may get error messages -or even hang your machine. If you get STEN_LOW, STEN_LOW_WAIT or segment violation -error messages when using cdplay, after that, the system might not be stable -any more, so you'd better reboot. As the ioctl-functions run in kernel mode, -most normal Linux-multitasking protection features do not work. By using -uninitialized 'wild' pointers etc., it is easy to write to other users' data -and program areas, destroy kernel tables etc.. So if you experiment with ioctls -as always when you are doing systems programming and kernel hacking, you -should have a backup copy of your system in a safe place (and you also -should try restoring from a backup copy first)! - -A reworked and improved version called 'cdtester.c', which has yet more -features for testing CDROM-drives can be found in -Documentation/cdrom/sbpcd, written by E.Moenkeberg. - -Werner Zimmermann -Fachhochschule fuer Technik Esslingen -(EMail: Werner.Zimmermann@fht-esslingen.de) -October, 1997 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -APPENDIX: Source code of cdplay.c - -/* Tiny Audio CD Player - - Copyright 1994, 1995, 1996 Werner Zimmermann (Werner.Zimmermann@fht-esslingen.de) - -This program originally was written to test the audio functions of the -AZTECH.CDROM-driver, but it should work with every CD-ROM drive. Before -using it, you should set a symlink from /dev/cdrom to your real CDROM -device. - -The GNU General Public License applies to this program. - -History: V0.1 W.Zimmermann: First release. Nov. 8, 1994 - V0.2 W.Zimmermann: Enhanced functionality. Nov. 9, 1994 - V0.3 W.Zimmermann: Additional functions. Nov. 28, 1994 - V0.4 W.Zimmermann: fixed some bugs. Dec. 17, 1994 - V0.5 W.Zimmermann: clean 'scanf' commands without compiler warnings - Jan. 6, 1995 - V0.6 W.Zimmermann: volume control (still experimental). Jan. 24, 1995 - V0.7 W.Zimmermann: read raw modified. July 26, 95 -*/ - -#include <stdio.h> -#include <ctype.h> -#include <sys/ioctl.h> -#include <sys/types.h> -#include <fcntl.h> -#include <unistd.h> -#include <linux/cdrom.h> -#include <linux/../../drivers/cdrom/aztcd.h> - -void help(void) -{ printf("Available Commands: STOP s EJECT/CLOSE e QUIT q\n"); - printf(" PLAY TRACK t PAUSE p RESUME r\n"); - printf(" NEXT TRACK n REPEAT LAST l HELP h\n"); - printf(" SUB CHANNEL c TRACK INFO i PLAY AT a\n"); - printf(" READ d READ RAW w VOLUME v\n"); -} - -int main(void) -{ int handle; - unsigned char command=' ', ini=0, first=1, last=1; - unsigned int cmd, i,j,k, arg1,arg2,arg3; - struct cdrom_ti ti; - struct cdrom_tochdr tocHdr; - struct cdrom_subchnl subchnl; - struct cdrom_tocentry entry; - struct cdrom_msf msf; - union { struct cdrom_msf msf; - unsigned char buf[CD_FRAMESIZE_RAW]; - } azt; - struct cdrom_volctrl volctrl; - - printf("\nMini-Audio CD-Player V0.72 (C) 1994,1995,1996 W.Zimmermann\n"); - handle=open("/dev/cdrom",O_RDWR); - ioctl(handle,CDROMRESUME); - - if (handle<=0) - { printf("Drive Error: already playing, no audio disk, door open\n"); - printf(" or no permission (you must be ROOT in order to use this program)\n"); - } - else - { help(); - while (1) - { printf("Type command (h = help): "); - scanf("%s",&command); - switch (command) - { case 'e': cmd=CDROMEJECT; - ioctl(handle,cmd); - break; - case 'p': if (!ini) - { printf("Command not allowed - play track first\n"); - } - else - { cmd=CDROMPAUSE; - if (ioctl(handle,cmd)) printf("Drive Error\n"); - } - break; - case 'r': if (!ini) - { printf("Command not allowed - play track first\n"); - } - else - { cmd=CDROMRESUME; - if (ioctl(handle,cmd)) printf("Drive Error\n"); - } - break; - case 's': cmd=CDROMPAUSE; - if (ioctl(handle,cmd)) printf("Drive error or already stopped\n"); - cmd=CDROMSTOP; - if (ioctl(handle,cmd)) printf("Drive error\n"); - break; - case 't': cmd=CDROMREADTOCHDR; - if (ioctl(handle,cmd,&tocHdr)) printf("Drive Error\n"); - first=tocHdr.cdth_trk0; - last= tocHdr.cdth_trk1; - if ((first==0)||(first>last)) - { printf ("--could not read TOC\n"); - } - else - { printf("--first track: %d --last track: %d --enter track number: ",first,last); - cmd=CDROMPLAYTRKIND; - scanf("%i",&arg1); - ti.cdti_trk0=arg1; - if (ti.cdti_trk0<first) ti.cdti_trk0=first; - if (ti.cdti_trk0>last) ti.cdti_trk0=last; - ti.cdti_ind0=0; - ti.cdti_trk1=last; - ti.cdti_ind1=0; - if (ioctl(handle,cmd,&ti)) printf("Drive Error\n"); - ini=1; - } - break; - case 'n': if (!ini++) - { if (ioctl(handle,CDROMREADTOCHDR,&tocHdr)) printf("Drive Error\n"); - first=tocHdr.cdth_trk0; - last= tocHdr.cdth_trk1; - ti.cdti_trk0=first-1; - } - if ((first==0)||(first>last)) - { printf ("--could not read TOC\n"); - } - else - { cmd=CDROMPLAYTRKIND; - if (++ti.cdti_trk0 > last) ti.cdti_trk0=last; - ti.cdti_ind0=0; - ti.cdti_trk1=last; - ti.cdti_ind1=0; - if (ioctl(handle,cmd,&ti)) printf("Drive Error\n"); - ini=1; - } - break; - case 'l': if (!ini++) - { if (ioctl(handle,CDROMREADTOCHDR,&tocHdr)) printf("Drive Error\n"); - first=tocHdr.cdth_trk0; - last= tocHdr.cdth_trk1; - ti.cdti_trk0=first+1; - } - if ((first==0)||(first>last)) - { printf ("--could not read TOC\n"); - } - else - { cmd=CDROMPLAYTRKIND; - if (--ti.cdti_trk0 < first) ti.cdti_trk0=first; - ti.cdti_ind0=0; - ti.cdti_trk1=last; - ti.cdti_ind1=0; - if (ioctl(handle,cmd,&ti)) printf("Drive Error\n"); - ini=1; - } - break; - case 'c': subchnl.cdsc_format=CDROM_MSF; - if (ioctl(handle,CDROMSUBCHNL,&subchnl)) - printf("Drive Error\n"); - else - { printf("AudioStatus:%s Track:%d Mode:%d MSF=%d:%d:%d\n", \ - subchnl.cdsc_audiostatus==CDROM_AUDIO_PLAY ? "PLAYING":"NOT PLAYING",\ - subchnl.cdsc_trk,subchnl.cdsc_adr, \ - subchnl.cdsc_absaddr.msf.minute, subchnl.cdsc_absaddr.msf.second, \ - subchnl.cdsc_absaddr.msf.frame); - } - break; - case 'i': if (!ini) - { printf("Command not allowed - play track first\n"); - } - else - { cmd=CDROMREADTOCENTRY; - printf("Track No.: "); - scanf("%d",&arg1); - entry.cdte_track=arg1; - if (entry.cdte_track<first) entry.cdte_track=first; - if (entry.cdte_track>last) entry.cdte_track=last; - entry.cdte_format=CDROM_MSF; - if (ioctl(handle,cmd,&entry)) - { printf("Drive error or invalid track no.\n"); - } - else - { printf("Mode %d Track, starts at %d:%d:%d\n", \ - entry.cdte_adr,entry.cdte_addr.msf.minute, \ - entry.cdte_addr.msf.second,entry.cdte_addr.msf.frame); - } - } - break; - case 'a': cmd=CDROMPLAYMSF; - printf("Address (min:sec:frame) "); - scanf("%d:%d:%d",&arg1,&arg2,&arg3); - msf.cdmsf_min0 =arg1; - msf.cdmsf_sec0 =arg2; - msf.cdmsf_frame0=arg3; - if (msf.cdmsf_sec0 > 59) msf.cdmsf_sec0 =59; - if (msf.cdmsf_frame0> 74) msf.cdmsf_frame0=74; - msf.cdmsf_min1=60; - msf.cdmsf_sec1=00; - msf.cdmsf_frame1=00; - if (ioctl(handle,cmd,&msf)) - { printf("Drive error or invalid address\n"); - } - break; -#ifdef AZT_PRIVATE_IOCTLS /*not supported by every CDROM driver*/ - case 'd': cmd=CDROMREADCOOKED; - printf("Address (min:sec:frame) "); - scanf("%d:%d:%d",&arg1,&arg2,&arg3); - azt.msf.cdmsf_min0 =arg1; - azt.msf.cdmsf_sec0 =arg2; - azt.msf.cdmsf_frame0=arg3; - if (azt.msf.cdmsf_sec0 > 59) azt.msf.cdmsf_sec0 =59; - if (azt.msf.cdmsf_frame0> 74) azt.msf.cdmsf_frame0=74; - if (ioctl(handle,cmd,&azt.msf)) - { printf("Drive error, invalid address or unsupported command\n"); - } - k=0; - getchar(); - for (i=0;i<128;i++) - { printf("%4d:",i*16); - for (j=0;j<16;j++) - { printf("%2x ",azt.buf[i*16+j]); - } - for (j=0;j<16;j++) - { if (isalnum(azt.buf[i*16+j])) - printf("%c",azt.buf[i*16+j]); - else - printf("."); - } - printf("\n"); - k++; - if (k>=20) - { printf("press ENTER to continue\n"); - getchar(); - k=0; - } - } - break; - case 'w': cmd=CDROMREADRAW; - printf("Address (min:sec:frame) "); - scanf("%d:%d:%d",&arg1,&arg2,&arg3); - azt.msf.cdmsf_min0 =arg1; - azt.msf.cdmsf_sec0 =arg2; - azt.msf.cdmsf_frame0=arg3; - if (azt.msf.cdmsf_sec0 > 59) azt.msf.cdmsf_sec0 =59; - if (azt.msf.cdmsf_frame0> 74) azt.msf.cdmsf_frame0=74; - if (ioctl(handle,cmd,&azt)) - { printf("Drive error, invalid address or unsupported command\n"); - } - k=0; - for (i=0;i<147;i++) - { printf("%4d:",i*16); - for (j=0;j<16;j++) - { printf("%2x ",azt.buf[i*16+j]); - } - for (j=0;j<16;j++) - { if (isalnum(azt.buf[i*16+j])) - printf("%c",azt.buf[i*16+j]); - else - printf("."); - } - printf("\n"); - k++; - if (k>=20) - { getchar(); - k=0; - } - } - break; -#endif - case 'v': cmd=CDROMVOLCTRL; - printf("--Channel 0 Left (0-255): "); - scanf("%d",&arg1); - printf("--Channel 1 Right (0-255): "); - scanf("%d",&arg2); - volctrl.channel0=arg1; - volctrl.channel1=arg2; - volctrl.channel2=0; - volctrl.channel3=0; - if (ioctl(handle,cmd,&volctrl)) - { printf("Drive error or unsupported command\n"); - } - break; - case 'q': if (close(handle)) printf("Drive Error: CLOSE\n"); - exit(0); - case 'h': help(); - break; - default: printf("unknown command\n"); - break; - } - } - } - return 0; -} diff --git a/Documentation/cdrom/cdu31a b/Documentation/cdrom/cdu31a deleted file mode 100644 index c0667da09c00..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/cdrom/cdu31a +++ /dev/null @@ -1,196 +0,0 @@ - - CDU31A/CDU33A Driver Info - ------------------------- - -Information on the Sony CDU31A/CDU33A CDROM driver for the Linux -kernel. - - Corey Minyard (minyard@metronet.com) - - Colossians 3:17 - -Crude Table of Contents ------------------------ - - Setting Up the Hardware - Configuring the Kernel - Configuring as a Module - Driver Special Features - - -This device driver handles Sony CDU31A/CDU33A CDROM drives and -provides a complete block-level interface as well as an ioctl() -interface as specified in include/linux/cdrom.h). With this -interface, CDROMs can be accessed, standard audio CDs can be played -back normally, and CD audio information can be read off the drive. - -Note that this will only work for CDU31A/CDU33A drives. Some vendors -market their drives as CDU31A compatible. They lie. Their drives are -really CDU31A hardware interface compatible (they can plug into the -same card). They are not software compatible. - -Setting Up the Hardware ------------------------ - -The CDU31A driver is unable to safely tell if an interface card is -present that it can use because the interface card does not announce -its presence in any way besides placing 4 I/O locations in memory. It -used to just probe memory and attempt commands, but Linus wisely asked -me to remove that because it could really screw up other hardware in -the system. - -Because of this, you must tell the kernel where the drive interface -is, what interrupts are used, and possibly if you are on a PAS-16 -soundcard. - -If you have the Sony CDU31A/CDU33A drive interface card, the following -diagram will help you set it up. If you have another card, you are on -your own. You need to make sure that the I/O address and interrupt is -not used by another card in the system. You will need to know the I/O -address and interrupt you have set. Note that use of interrupts is -highly recommended, if possible, it really cuts down on CPU used. -Unfortunately, most soundcards do not support interrupts for their -CDROM interfaces. By default, the Sony interface card comes with -interrupts disabled. - - +----------+-----------------+----------------------+ - | JP1 | 34 Pin Conn | | - | JP2 +-----------------+ | - | JP3 | - | JP4 | - | +--+ - | | +-+ - | | | | External - | | | | Connector - | | | | - | | +-+ - | +--+ - | | - | +--------+ - | | - +------------------------------------------+ - - JP1 sets the Base Address, using the following settings: - - Address Pin 1 Pin 2 - ------- ----- ----- - 0x320 Short Short - 0x330 Short Open - 0x340 Open Short - 0x360 Open Open - - JP2 and JP3 configure the DMA channel; they must be set the same. - - DMA Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 - --- ----- ----- ----- - 1 On Off On - 2 Off On Off - 3 Off Off On - - JP4 Configures the IRQ: - - IRQ Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4 - --- ----- ----- ----- ----- - 3 Off Off On Off - 4 Off Off* Off On - 5 On Off Off Off - 6 Off On Off Off - - The documentation states to set this for interrupt - 4, but I think that is a mistake. - -Note that if you have another interface card, you will need to look at -the documentation to find the I/O base address. This is specified to -the SLCD.SYS driver for DOS with the /B: parameter, so you can look at -you DOS driver setup to find the address, if necessary. - -Configuring the Kernel ----------------------- - -You must tell the kernel where the drive is at boot time. This can be -done at the Linux boot prompt, by using LILO, or by using Bootlin. -Note that this is no substitute for HOWTOs and LILO documentation, if -you are confused please read those for info on bootline configuration -and LILO. - -At the linux boot prompt, press the ALT key and add the following line -after the boot name (you can let the kernel boot, it will tell you the -default boot name while booting): - - cdu31a=<base address>,<interrupt>[,PAS] - -The base address needs to have "0x" in front of it, since it is in -hex. For instance, to configure a drive at address 320 on interrupt 5, -use the following: - - cdu31a=0x320,5 - -I use the following boot line: - - cdu31a=0x1f88,0,PAS - -because I have a PAS-16 which does not support interrupt for the -CDU31A interface. - -Adding this as an append line at the beginning of the /etc/lilo.conf -file will set it for lilo configurations. I have the following as the -first line in my lilo.conf file: - - append="cdu31a=0x1f88,0" - -I'm not sure how to set up Bootlin (I have never used it), if someone -would like to fill in this section please do. - - -Configuring as a Module ------------------------ - -The driver supports loading as a module. However, you must specify -the boot address and interrupt on the boot line to insmod. You can't -use modprobe to load it, since modprobe doesn't support setting -variables. - -Anyway, I use the following line to load my driver as a module - - /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/cdu31a.o cdu31a_port=0x1f88 - -You can set the following variables in the driver: - - cdu31a_port=<I/O address> - sets the base I/O. If hex, put 0x in - front of it. This must be specified. - - cdu31a_irq=<interrupt> - Sets the interrupt number. Leaving this - off will turn interrupts off. - - -Driver Special Features ------------------------ - -This section describes features beyond the normal audio and CD-ROM -functions of the drive. - -2048 byte buffer mode - -If a disk is mounted with -o block=2048, data is copied straight from -the drive data port to the buffer. Otherwise, the readahead buffer -must be involved to hold the other 1K of data when a 1K block -operation is done. Note that with 2048 byte blocks you cannot execute -files from the CD. - -XA compatibility - -The driver should support XA disks for both the CDU31A and CDU33A. It -does this transparently, the using program doesn't need to set it. - -Multi-Session - -A multi-session disk looks just like a normal disk to the user. Just -mount one normally, and all the data should be there. A special -thanks to Koen for help with this! - -Raw sector I/O - -Using the CDROMREADAUDIO it is possible to read raw audio and data -tracks. Both operations return 2352 bytes per sector. On the data -tracks, the first 12 bytes is not returned by the drive and the value -of that data is indeterminate. diff --git a/Documentation/cdrom/cm206 b/Documentation/cdrom/cm206 deleted file mode 100644 index 810368f4f7c4..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/cdrom/cm206 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,185 +0,0 @@ -This is the readme file for the driver for the Philips/LMS cdrom drive -cm206 in combination with the cm260 host adapter card. - - (c) 1995 David A. van Leeuwen - -Changes since version 0.99 --------------------------- -- Interfacing to the kernel is routed though an extra interface layer, - cdrom.c. This allows runtime-configurable `behavior' of the cdrom-drive, - independent of the driver. - -Features since version 0.33 ---------------------------- -- Full audio support, that is, both workman, workbone and cdp work - now reasonably. Reading TOC still takes some time. xmcd has been - reported to run successfully. -- Made auto-probe code a little better, I hope - -Features since version 0.28 ---------------------------- -- Full speed transfer rate (300 kB/s). -- Minimum kernel memory usage for buffering (less than 3 kB). -- Multisession support. -- Tray locking. -- Statistics of driver accessible to the user. -- Module support. -- Auto-probing of adapter card's base port and irq line, - also configurable at boot time or module load time. - - -Decide how you are going to use the driver. There are two -options: - - (a) installing the driver as a resident part of the kernel - (b) compiling the driver as a loadable module - - Further, you must decide if you are going to specify the base port - address and the interrupt request line of the adapter card cm260 as - boot options for (a), module parameters for (b), use automatic - probing of these values, or hard-wire your adaptor card's settings - into the source code. If you don't care, you can choose - autoprobing, which is the default. In that case you can move on to - the next step. - -Compiling the kernel --------------------- -1) move to /usr/src/linux and do a - - make config - - If you have chosen option (a), answer yes to CONFIG_CM206 and - CONFIG_ISO9660_FS. - - If you have chosen option (b), answer yes to CONFIG_MODVERSIONS - and no (!) to CONFIG_CM206 and CONFIG_ISO9660_FS. - -2) then do a - - make clean; make zImage; make modules - -3) do the usual things to install a new image (backup the old one, run - `rdev -R zImage 1', copy the new image in place, run lilo). Might - be `make zlilo'. - -Using the driver as a module ----------------------------- -If you will only occasionally use the cd-rom driver, you can choose -option (b), install as a loadable module. You may have to re-compile -the module when you upgrade the kernel to a new version. - -Since version 0.96, much of the functionality has been transferred to -a generic cdrom interface in the file cdrom.c. The module cm206.o -depends on cdrom.o. If the latter is not compiled into the kernel, -you must explicitly load it before cm206.o: - - insmod /usr/src/linux/modules/cdrom.o - -To install the module, you use the command, as root - - insmod /usr/src/linux/modules/cm206.o - -You can specify the base address on the command line as well as the irq -line to be used, e.g. - - insmod /usr/src/linux/modules/cm206.o cm206=0x300,11 - -The order of base port and irq line doesn't matter; if you specify only -one, the other will have the value of the compiled-in default. You -may also have to install the file-system module `iso9660.o', if you -didn't compile that into the kernel. - - -Using the driver as part of the kernel --------------------------------------- -If you have chosen option (a), you can specify the base-port -address and irq on the lilo boot command line, e.g.: - - LILO: linux cm206=0x340,11 - -This assumes that your linux kernel image keyword is `linux'. -If you specify either IRQ (3--11) or base port (0x300--0x370), -auto probing is turned off for both settings, thus setting the -other value to the compiled-in default. - -Note that you can also put these parameters in the lilo configuration file: - -# linux config -image = /vmlinuz - root = /dev/hda1 - label = Linux - append = "cm206=0x340,11" - read-only - - -If module parameters and LILO config options don't work -------------------------------------------------------- -If autoprobing does not work, you can hard-wire the default values -of the base port address (CM206_BASE) and interrupt request line -(CM206_IRQ) into the file /usr/src/linux/drivers/cdrom/cm206.h. Change -the defines of CM206_IRQ and CM206_BASE. - - -Mounting the cdrom ------------------- -1) Make sure that the right device is installed in /dev. - - mknod /dev/cm206cd b 32 0 - -2) Make sure there is a mount point, e.g., /cdrom - - mkdir /cdrom - -3) mount using a command like this (run as root): - - mount -rt iso9660 /dev/cm206cd /cdrom - -4) For user-mounts, add a line in /etc/fstab - - /dev/cm206cd /cdrom iso9660 ro,noauto,user - - This will allow users to give the commands - - mount /cdrom - umount /cdrom - -If things don't work --------------------- - -- Try to do a `dmesg' to find out if the driver said anything about - what is going wrong during the initialization. - -- Try to do a `dd if=/dev/cm206cd | od -tc | less' to read from the - CD. - -- Look in the /proc directory to see if `cm206' shows up under one of - `interrupts', `ioports', `devices' or `modules' (if applicable). - - -DISCLAIMER ----------- -I cannot guarantee that this driver works, or that the hardware will -not be harmed, although I consider it most unlikely. - -I hope that you'll find this driver in some way useful. - - David van Leeuwen - david@tm.tno.nl - -Note for Linux CDROM vendors ------------------------------ -You are encouraged to include this driver on your Linux CDROM. If -you do, you might consider sending me a free copy of that cd-rom. -You can contact me through my e-mail address, david@tm.tno.nl. -If this driver is compiled into a kernel to boot off a cdrom, -you should actually send me a free copy of that cd-rom. - -Copyright ---------- -The copyright of the cm206 driver for Linux is - - (c) 1995 David A. van Leeuwen - -The driver is released under the conditions of the GNU general public -license, which can be found in the file COPYING in the root of this -source tree. diff --git a/Documentation/cdrom/gscd b/Documentation/cdrom/gscd deleted file mode 100644 index d01ca36b5c43..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/cdrom/gscd +++ /dev/null @@ -1,60 +0,0 @@ - Goldstar R420 CD-Rom device driver README - -For all kind of other information about the GoldStar R420 CDROM -and this Linux device driver see the WWW page: - - http://linux.rz.fh-hannover.de/~raupach - - - If you are the editor of a Linux CD, you should - enable gscd.c within your boot floppy kernel. Please, - send me one of your CDs for free. - - -This current driver version 0.4a only supports reading data from the disk. -Currently we have no audio and no multisession or XA support. -The polling interface is used, no DMA. - - -Sometimes the GoldStar R420 is sold in a 'Reveal Multimedia Kit'. This kit's -drive interface is compatible, too. - - -Installation ------------- - -Change to '/usr/src/linux/drivers/cdrom' and edit the file 'gscd.h'. Insert -the i/o address of your interface card. - -The default base address is 0x340. This will work for most applications. -Address selection is accomplished by jumpers PN801-1 to PN801-4 on the -GoldStar Interface Card. -Appropriate settings are: 0x300, 0x310, 0x320, 0x330, 0x340, 0x350, 0x360 -0x370, 0x380, 0x390, 0x3A0, 0x3B0, 0x3C0, 0x3D0, 0x3E0, 0x3F0 - -Then go back to '/usr/src/linux/' and 'make config' to build the new -configuration for your kernel. If you want to use the GoldStar driver -like a module, don't select 'GoldStar CDROM support'. By the way, you -have to include the iso9660 filesystem. - -Now start compiling the kernel with 'make zImage'. -If you want to use the driver as a module, you have to do 'make modules' -and 'make modules_install', additionally. -Install your new kernel as usual - maybe you do it with 'make zlilo'. - -Before you can use the driver, you have to - mknod /dev/gscd0 b 16 0 -to create the appropriate device file (you only need to do this once). - -If you use modules, you can try to insert the driver. -Say: 'insmod /usr/src/linux/modules/gscd.o' -or: 'insmod /usr/src/linux/modules/gscd.o gscd=<address>' -The driver should report its results. - -That's it! Mount a disk, i.e. 'mount -rt iso9660 /dev/gscd0 /cdrom' - -Feel free to report errors and suggestions to the following address. -Be sure, I'm very happy to receive your comments! - - Oliver Raupach Hannover, Juni 1995 -(raupach@nwfs1.rz.fh-hannover.de) diff --git a/Documentation/cdrom/isp16 b/Documentation/cdrom/isp16 deleted file mode 100644 index cc86533ac9f3..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/cdrom/isp16 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,100 +0,0 @@ - -- Documentation/cdrom/isp16 - -Docs by Eric van der Maarel <H.T.M.v.d.Maarel@marin.nl> - -This is the README for version 0.6 of the cdrom interface on an -ISP16, MAD16 or Mozart sound card. - -The detection and configuration of this interface used to be included -in both the sjcd and optcd cdrom driver. Drives supported by these -drivers came packed with Media Magic's multi media kit, which also -included the ISP16 card. The idea (thanks Leo Spiekman) -to move it from these drivers into a separate module and moreover, not to -rely on the MAD16 sound driver, are as follows: --duplication of code in the kernel is a waste of resources and should - be avoided; --however, kernels and notably those included with Linux distributions - (cf Slackware 3.0 included version 0.5 of the isp16 configuration - code included in the drivers) don't always come with sound support - included. Especially when they already include a bunch of cdrom drivers. - Hence, the cdrom interface should be configurable _independently_ of - sound support. - -The ISP16, MAD16 and Mozart sound cards have an OPTi 82C928 or an -OPTi 82C929 chip. The interface on these cards should work with -any cdrom attached to the card, which is 'electrically' compatible -with Sanyo/Panasonic, Sony or Mitsumi non-ide drives. However, the -command sets for any proprietary drives may differ -(and hence may not be supported in the kernel) from these four types. -For a fact I know the interface works and the way of configuration -as described in this documentation works in combination with the -sjcd (in Sanyo/Panasonic compatibility mode) cdrom drivers -(probably with the optcd (in Sony compatibility mode) as well). -If you have such an OPTi based sound card and you want to use the -cdrom interface with a cdrom drive supported by any of the other cdrom -drivers, it will probably work. Please let me know any experience you -might have). -I understand that cards based on the OPTi 82C929 chips may be configured -(hardware jumpers that is) as an IDE interface. Initialisation of such a -card in this mode is not supported (yet?). - -The suggestion to configure the ISP16 etc. sound card by booting DOS and -do a warm reboot to boot Linux somehow doesn't work, at least not -on my machine (IPC P90), with the OPTi 82C928 based card. - -Booting the kernel through the boot manager LILO allows the use -of some command line options on the 'LILO boot:' prompt. At boot time -press Alt or Shift while the LILO prompt is written on the screen and enter -any kernel options. Alternatively these options may be used in -the appropriate section in /etc/lilo.conf. Adding 'append="<cmd_line_options>"' -will do the trick as well. -The syntax of 'cmd_line_options' is - - isp16=[<port>[,<irq>[,<dma>]]][[,]<drive_type>] - -If there is no ISP16 or compatibles detected, there's probably no harm done. -These options indicate the values that your cdrom drive has been (or will be) -configured to use. -Valid values for the base i/o address are: - port=0x340,0x320,0x330,0x360 -for the interrupt request number - irq=0,3,5,7,9,10,11 -for the direct memory access line - dma=0,3,5,6,7 -and for the type of drive - drive_type=noisp16,Sanyo,Panasonic,Sony,Mitsumi. -Note that these options are case sensitive. -The values 0 for irq and dma indicate that they are not used, and -the drive will be used in 'polling' mode. The values 5 and 7 for irq -should be avoided in order to avoid any conflicts with optional -sound card configuration. -The syntax of the command line does not allow the specification of -irq when there's nothing specified for the base address and no -specification of dma when there is no specification of irq. -The value 'noisp16' for drive_type, which may be used as the first -non-integer option value (e.g. 'isp16=noisp16'), makes sure that probing -for and subsequent configuration of an ISP16-compatible card is skipped -all together. This can be useful to overcome possible conflicts which -may arise while the kernel is probing your hardware. -The default values are - port=0x340 - irq=0 - dma=0 - drive_type=Sanyo -reflecting my own configuration. The defaults can be changed in -the file linux/drivers/cdrom/ips16.h. - -The cdrom interface can be configured at run time by loading the -initialisation driver as a module. In that case, the interface -parameters can be set by giving appropriate values on the command -line. Configuring the driver can then be done by the following -command (assuming you have iso16.o installed in a proper place): - - insmod isp16.o isp16_cdrom_base=<port> isp16_cdrom_irq=<irq> \ - isp16_cdrom_dma=<dma> isp16_cdrom_type=<drive_type> - -where port, irq, dma and drive_type can have any of the values mentioned -above. - - -Have fun! diff --git a/Documentation/cdrom/mcdx b/Documentation/cdrom/mcdx deleted file mode 100644 index 2bac4b7ff6da..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/cdrom/mcdx +++ /dev/null @@ -1,29 +0,0 @@ -If you are using the driver as a module, you can specify your ports and IRQs -like - - # insmod mcdx.o mcdx=0x300,11,0x304,5 - -and so on ("address,IRQ" pairs). -This will override the configuration in mcdx.h. - -This driver: - - o handles XA and (hopefully) multi session CDs as well as - ordinary CDs; - o supports up to 5 drives (of course, you'll need free - IRQs, i/o ports and slots); - o plays audio - -This version doesn't support yet: - - o shared IRQs (but it seems to be possible - I've successfully - connected two drives to the same irq. So it's `only' a - problem of the driver.) - -This driver never will: - - o Read digital audio (i.e. copy directly), due to missing - hardware features. - - -heiko@lotte.sax.de diff --git a/Documentation/cdrom/optcd b/Documentation/cdrom/optcd deleted file mode 100644 index 6f46c7adb243..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/cdrom/optcd +++ /dev/null @@ -1,57 +0,0 @@ -This is the README file for the Optics Storage 8000 AT CDROM device driver. - -This is the driver for the so-called 'DOLPHIN' drive, with the 34-pin -Sony-compatible interface. For the IDE-compatible Optics Storage 8001 -drive, you will want the ATAPI CDROM driver. The driver also seems to -work with the Lasermate CR328A. If you have a drive that works with -this driver, and that doesn't report itself as DOLPHIN, please drop me -a mail. - -The support for multisession CDs is in ALPHA stage. If you use it, -please mail me your experiences. Multisession support can be disabled -at compile time. - -You can find some older versions of the driver at - dutette.et.tudelft.nl:/pub/linux/ -and at Eberhard's mirror - ftp.gwdg.de:/pub/linux/cdrom/drivers/optics/ - -Before you can use the driver, you have to create the device file once: - # mknod /dev/optcd0 b 17 0 - -To specify the base address if the driver is "compiled-in" to your kernel, -you can use the kernel command line item (LILO option) - optcd=0x340 -with the right address. - -If you have compiled optcd as a module, you can load it with - # insmod /usr/src/linux/modules/optcd.o -or - # insmod /usr/src/linux/modules/optcd.o optcd=0x340 -with the matching address value of your interface card. - -The driver employs a number of buffers to do read-ahead and block size -conversion. The number of buffers is configurable in optcd.h, and has -influence on the driver performance. For my machine (a P75), 6 buffers -seems optimal, as can be seen from this table: - -#bufs kb/s %cpu -1 97 0.1 -2 191 0.3 -3 188 0.2 -4 246 0.3 -5 189 19 -6 280 0.4 -7 281 7.0 -8 246 2.8 -16 281 3.4 - -If you get a throughput significantly below 300 kb/s, try tweaking -N_BUFS, and don't forget to mail me your results! - -I'd appreciate success/failure reports. If you find a bug, try -recompiling the driver with some strategically chosen debug options -(these can be found in optcd.h) and include the messages generated in -your bug report. Good luck. - -Leo Spiekman (spiekman@dutette.et.tudelft.nl) diff --git a/Documentation/cdrom/sbpcd b/Documentation/cdrom/sbpcd deleted file mode 100644 index b3ba63f4ce3e..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/cdrom/sbpcd +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1061 +0,0 @@ -This README belongs to release 4.2 or newer of the SoundBlaster Pro -(Matsushita, Kotobuki, Panasonic, CreativeLabs, Longshine and Teac) -CD-ROM driver for Linux. - -sbpcd really, really is NOT for ANY IDE/ATAPI drive! -Not even if you have an "original" SoundBlaster card with an IDE interface! -So, you'd better have a look into README.ide if your port address is 0x1F0, -0x170, 0x1E8, 0x168 or similar. -I get tons of mails from IDE/ATAPI drive users - I really can't continue -any more to answer them all. So, if your drive/interface information sheets -mention "IDE" (primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary) and the DOS driver -invoking line within your CONFIG.SYS is using an address below 0x230: -DON'T ROB MY LAST NERVE - jumper your interface to address 0x170 and IRQ 15 -(that is the "secondary IDE" configuration), set your drive to "master" and -use ide-cd as your driver. If you do not have a second IDE hard disk, use the -LILO commands - hdb=noprobe hdc=cdrom -and get lucky. -To make it fully clear to you: if you mail me about IDE/ATAPI drive problems, -my answer is above, and I simply will discard your mail, hoping to stop the -flood and to find time to lead my 12-year old son towards happy computing. - -The driver is able to drive the whole family of "traditional" AT-style (that -is NOT the new "Enhanced IDE" or "ATAPI" drive standard) Matsushita, -Kotobuki, Panasonic drives, sometimes labelled as "CreativeLabs". The -well-known drives are CR-521, CR-522, CR-523, CR-562, CR-563. -CR-574 is an IDE/ATAPI drive. - -The Longshine LCS-7260 is a double-speed drive which uses the "old" -Matsushita command set. It is supported - with help by Serge Robyns. -Vertos ("Elitegroup Computer Systems", ECS) has a similar drive - support -has started; get in contact if you have such a "Vertos 100" or "ECS-AT" -drive. - -There exists an "IBM External ISA CD-ROM Drive" which in fact is a CR-563 -with a special controller board. This drive is supported (the interface is -of the "LaserMate" type), and it is possibly the best buy today (cheaper than -an internal drive, and you can use it as an internal, too - e.g. plug it into -a soundcard). - -CreativeLabs has a new drive "CD200" and a similar drive "CD200F". The latter -is made by Funai and sometimes named "E2550UA", newer models may be named -"MK4015". The CD200F drives should fully work. -CD200 drives without "F" are still giving problems: drive detection and -playing audio should work, data access will result in errors. I need qualified -feedback about the bugs within the data functions or a drive (I never saw a -CD200). - -The quad-speed Teac CD-55A drive is supported, but still does not reach "full -speed". The data rate already reaches 500 kB/sec if you set SBP_BUFFER_FRAMES -to 64 (it is not recommended to do that for normal "file access" usage, but it -can speed up things a lot if you use something like "dd" to read from the -drive; I use it for verifying self-written CDs this way). -The drive itself is able to deliver 600 kB/sec, so this needs -work; with the normal setup, the performance currently is not even as good as -double-speed. - -This driver is NOT for Mitsumi or Sony or Aztech or Philips or XXX drives, -and again: this driver is in no way usable for any IDE/ATAPI drive. If you -think your drive should work and it doesn't: send me the DOS driver for your -beast (gzipped + uuencoded) and your CONFIG.SYS if you want to ask me for help, -and include an original log message excerpt, and try to give all information -a complete idiot needs to understand your hassle already with your first -mail. And if you want to say "as I have mailed you before", be sure that I -don't remember your "case" by such remarks; at the moment, I have some -hundreds of open correspondences about Linux CDROM questions (hope to reduce if -the IDE/ATAPI user questions disappear). - - -This driver will work with the soundcard interfaces (SB Pro, SB 16, Galaxy, -SoundFX, Mozart, MAD16 ...) and with the "no-sound" cards (Panasonic CI-101P, -LaserMate, WDH-7001C, Longshine LCS-6853, Teac ...). - -It works with the "configurable" interface "Sequoia S-1000", too, which is -used on the Spea Media FX and Ensonic Soundscape sound cards. You have to -specify the type "SBPRO 2" and the true CDROM port address with it, not the -"configuration port" address. - -If you have a sound card which needs a "configuration driver" instead of -jumpers for interface types and addresses (like Mozart cards) - those -drivers get invoked before the DOS CDROM driver in your CONFIG.SYS, typical -names are "cdsetup.sys" and "mztinit.sys" - let the sound driver do the -CDROM port configuration (the leading comments in linux/drivers/sound/mad16.c -are just for you!). Hannu Savolainen's mad16.c code is able to set up my -Mozart card - I simply had to add - #define MAD16_CONF 0x06 - #define MAD16_CDSEL 0x03 -to configure the CDROM interface for type "Panasonic" (LaserMate) and address -0x340. - -The interface type has to get configured in linux/drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.h, -because the register layout is different between the "SoundBlaster" and the -"LaserMate" type. - -I got a report that the Teac interface card "I/F E117098" is of type -"SoundBlaster" (i.e. you have to set SBPRO to 1) even with the addresses -0x300 and above. This is unusual, and it can't get covered by the auto -probing scheme. -The Teac 16-bit interface cards (like P/N E950228-00A, default address 0x2C0) -need the SBPRO 3 setup. - -If auto-probing found the drive, the address is correct. The reported type -may be wrong. A "mount" will give success only if the interface type is set -right. Playing audio should work with a wrong set interface type, too. - -With some Teac and some CD200 drives I have seen interface cards which seem -to lack the "drive select" lines; always drive 0 gets addressed. To avoid -"mirror drives" (four drives detected where you only have one) with such -interface cards, set MAX_DRIVES to 1 and jumper your drive to ID 0 (if -possible). - - -Up to 4 drives per interface card, and up to 4 interface cards are supported. -All supported drive families can be mixed, but the CR-521 drives are -hard-wired to drive ID 0. The drives have to use different drive IDs, and each -drive has to get a unique minor number (0...3), corresponding indirectly to -its drive ID. -The drive IDs may be selected freely from 0 to 3 - they do not have to be in -consecutive order. - -As Don Carroll, don@ds9.us.dell.com or FIDO 1:382/14, told me, it is possible -to change old drives to any ID, too. He writes in this sense: - "In order to be able to use more than one single speed drive - (they do not have the ID jumpers) you must add a DIP switch - and two resistors. The pads are already on the board next to - the power connector. You will see the silkscreen for the - switch if you remove the top cover. - 1 2 3 4 - ID 0 = x F F x O = "on" - ID 1 = x O F x F = "off" - ID 2 = x F O x x = "don't care" - ID 3 = x O O x - Next to the switch are the positions for R76 (7k) and R78 - (12k). I had to play around with the resistor values - ID 3 - did not work with other values. If the values are not good, - ID 3 behaves like ID 0." - -To use more than 4 drives, you simply need a second controller card at a -different address and a second cable. - -The driver supports reading of data from the CD and playing of audio tracks. -The audio part should run with WorkMan, xcdplayer, with the "non-X11" products -CDplayer and WorkBone - tell me if it is not compatible with other software. -The only accepted measure for correctness with the audio functions is the -"cdtester" utility (appended) - most audio player programmers seem to be -better musicians than programmers. ;-) - -With the CR-56x and the CD200 drives, the reading of audio frames is possible. -This is implemented by an IOCTL function which reads READ_AUDIO frames of -2352 bytes at once (configurable with the "READ_AUDIO" define, default is 0). -Reading the same frame a second time gives different data; the frame data -start at a different position, but all read bytes are valid, and we always -read 98 consecutive chunks (of 24 Bytes) as a frame. Reading more than 1 frame -at once possibly misses some chunks at each frame boundary. This lack has to -get corrected by external, "higher level" software which reads the same frame -again and tries to find and eliminate overlapping chunks (24-byte-pieces). - -The transfer rate with reading audio (1-frame-pieces) currently is very slow. -This can be better reading bigger chunks, but the "missing" chunks possibly -occur at the beginning of each single frame. -The software interface possibly may change a bit the day the SCSI driver -supports it too. - -With all but the CR-52x drives, MultiSession is supported. -Photo CDs work (the "old" drives like CR-521 can access only the first -session of a photoCD). -At ftp.gwdg.de:/pub/linux/hpcdtoppm/ you will find Hadmut Danisch's package to -convert photo CD image files and Gerd Knorr's viewing utility. - -The transfer rate will reach 150 kB/sec with CR-52x drives, 300 kB/sec with -CR-56x drives, and currently not more than 500 kB/sec (usually less than -250 kB/sec) with the Teac quad speed drives. -XA (PhotoCD) disks with "old" drives give only 50 kB/sec. - -This release consists of -- this README file -- the driver file linux/drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.c -- the stub files linux/drivers/cdrom/sbpcd[234].c -- the header file linux/drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.h. - - -To install: ------------ - -1. Setup your hardware parameters. Though the driver does "auto-probing" at a - lot of (not all possible!) addresses, this step is recommended for - everyday use. You should let sbpcd auto-probe once and use the reported - address if a drive got found. The reported type may be incorrect; it is - correct if you can mount a data CD. There is no choice for you with the - type; only one is right, the others are deadly wrong. - - a. Go into /usr/src/linux/drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.h and configure it for your - hardware (near the beginning): - a1. Set it up for the appropriate type of interface board. - "Original" CreativeLabs sound cards need "SBPRO 1". - Most "compatible" sound cards (almost all "non-CreativeLabs" cards) - need "SBPRO 0". - The "no-sound" board from OmniCd needs the "SBPRO 1" setup. - The Teac 8-bit "no-sound" boards need the "SBPRO 1" setup. - The Teac 16-bit "no-sound" boards need the "SBPRO 3" setup. - All other "no-sound" boards need the "SBPRO 0" setup. - The Spea Media FX and Ensoniq SoundScape cards need "SBPRO 2". - sbpcd.c holds some examples in its auto-probe list. - If you configure "SBPRO" wrong, the playing of audio CDs will work, - but you will not be able to mount a data CD. - a2. Tell the address of your CDROM_PORT (not of the sound port). - a3. If 4 drives get found, but you have only one, set MAX_DRIVES to 1. - a4. Set DISTRIBUTION to 0. - b. Additionally for 2.a1 and 2.a2, the setup may be done during - boot time (via the "kernel command line" or "LILO option"): - sbpcd=0x320,LaserMate - or - sbpcd=0x230,SoundBlaster - or - sbpcd=0x338,SoundScape - or - sbpcd=0x2C0,Teac16bit - This is especially useful if you install a fresh distribution. - If the second parameter is a number, it gets taken as the type - setting; 0 is "LaserMate", 1 is "SoundBlaster", 2 is "SoundScape", - 3 is "Teac16bit". - So, for example - sbpcd=0x230,1 - is equivalent to - sbpcd=0x230,SoundBlaster - -2. "cd /usr/src/linux" and do a "make config" and select "y" for Matsushita - CD-ROM support and for ISO9660 FileSystem support. If you do not have a - second, third, or fourth controller installed, do not say "y" to the - secondary Matsushita CD-ROM questions. - -3. Then make the kernel image ("make zlilo" or similar). - -4. Make the device file(s). This step usually already has been done by the - MAKEDEV script. - The driver uses MAJOR 25, so, if necessary, do - mknod /dev/sbpcd b 25 0 (if you have only one drive) - and/or - mknod /dev/sbpcd0 b 25 0 - mknod /dev/sbpcd1 b 25 1 - mknod /dev/sbpcd2 b 25 2 - mknod /dev/sbpcd3 b 25 3 - to make the node(s). - - The "first found" drive gets MINOR 0 (regardless of its jumpered ID), the - "next found" (at the same cable) gets MINOR 1, ... - - For a second interface board, you have to make nodes like - mknod /dev/sbpcd4 b 26 0 - mknod /dev/sbpcd5 b 26 1 - and so on. Use the MAJORs 26, 27, 28. - - If you further make a link like - ln -s sbpcd /dev/cdrom - you can use the name /dev/cdrom, too. - -5. Reboot with the new kernel. - -You should now be able to do - mkdir /CD -and - mount -rt iso9660 /dev/sbpcd /CD -or - mount -rt iso9660 -o block=2048 /dev/sbpcd /CD -and see the contents of your CD in the /CD directory. -To use audio CDs, a mounting is not recommended (and it would fail if the -first track is not a data track). - - -Using sbpcd as a "loadable module": ------------------------------------ - -If you do NOT select "Matsushita/Panasonic CDROM driver support" during the -"make config" of your kernel, you can build the "loadable module" sbpcd.o. - -If sbpcd gets used as a module, the support of more than one interface -card (i.e. drives 4...15) is disabled. - -You can specify interface address and type with the "insmod" command like: - # insmod /usr/src/linux/modules/sbpcd.o sbpcd=0x340,0 -or - # insmod /usr/src/linux/modules/sbpcd.o sbpcd=0x230,1 -or - # insmod /usr/src/linux/modules/sbpcd.o sbpcd=0x338,2 -where the last number represents the SBPRO setting (no strings allowed here). - - -Things of interest: -------------------- - -The driver is configured to try the LaserMate type of interface at I/O port -0x0340 first. If this is not appropriate, sbpcd.h should get changed -(you will find the right place - just at the beginning). - -No DMA and no IRQ is used. - -To reduce or increase the amount of kernel messages, edit sbpcd.c and play -with the "DBG_xxx" switches (initialization of the variable "sbpcd_debug"). -Don't forget to reflect on what you do; enabling all DBG_xxx switches at once -may crash your system, and each message line is accompanied by a delay. - -The driver uses the "variable BLOCK_SIZE" feature. To use it, you have to -specify "block=2048" as a mount option. Doing this will disable the direct -execution of a binary from the CD; you have to copy it to a device with the -standard BLOCK_SIZE (1024) first. So, do not use this if your system is -directly "running from the CDROM" (like some of Yggdrasil's installation -variants). There are CDs on the market (like the German "unifix" Linux -distribution) which MUST get handled with a block_size of 1024. Generally, -one can say all the CDs which hold files of the name YMTRANS.TBL are defective; -do not use block=2048 with those. - -Within sbpcd.h, you will find some "#define"s (e.g. EJECT and JUKEBOX). With -these, you can configure the driver for some special things. -You can use the appended program "cdtester" to set the auto-eject feature -during runtime. Jeff Tranter's "eject" utility can do this, too (and more) -for you. - -There is an ioctl CDROMMULTISESSION to obtain with a user program if -the CD is an XA disk and - if it is - where the last session starts. The -"cdtester" program illustrates how to call it. - - -Auto-probing at boot time: --------------------------- - -The driver does auto-probing at many well-known interface card addresses, -but not all: -Some probings can cause a hang if an NE2000 ethernet card gets touched, because -SBPCD's auto-probing happens before the initialization of the net drivers. -Those "hazardous" addresses are excluded from auto-probing; the "kernel -command line" feature has to be used during installation if you have your -drive at those addresses. The "module" version is allowed to probe at those -addresses, too. - -The auto-probing looks first at the configured address resp. the address -submitted by the kernel command line. With this, it is possible to use this -driver within installation boot floppies, and for any non-standard address, -too. - -Auto-probing will make an assumption about the interface type ("SBPRO" or not), -based upon the address. That assumption may be wrong (initialization will be -o.k., but you will get I/O errors during mount). In that case, use the "kernel -command line" feature and specify address & type at boot time to find out the -right setup. - -For everyday use, address and type should get configured within sbpcd.h. That -will stop the auto-probing due to success with the first try. - -The kernel command "sbpcd=0" suppresses each auto-probing and causes -the driver not to find any drive; it is meant for people who love sbpcd -so much that they do not want to miss it, even if they miss the drives. ;-) - -If you configure "#define CDROM_PORT 0" in sbpcd.h, the auto-probing is -initially disabled and needs an explicit kernel command to get activated. -Once activated, it does not stop before success or end-of-list. This may be -useful within "universal" CDROM installation boot floppies (but using the -loadable module would be better because it allows an "extended" auto-probing -without fearing NE2000 cards). - -To shorten the auto-probing list to a single entry, set DISTRIBUTION 0 within -sbpcd.h. - - -Setting up address and interface type: --------------------------------------- - -If your I/O port address is not 0x340, you have to look for the #defines near -the beginning of sbpcd.h and configure them: set SBPRO to 0 or 1 or 2, and -change CDROM_PORT to the address of your CDROM I/O port. - -Almost all of the "SoundBlaster compatible" cards behave like the no-sound -interfaces, i.e. need SBPRO 0! - -With "original" SB Pro cards, an initial setting of CD_volume through the -sound card's MIXER register gets done. -If you are using a "compatible" sound card of types "LaserMate" or "SPEA", -you can set SOUND_BASE (in sbpcd.h) to get it done with your card, too... - - -Using audio CDs: ----------------- - -Workman, WorkBone, xcdplayer, cdplayer and the nice little tool "cdplay" (see -README.aztcd from the Aztech driver package) should work. - -The program CDplayer likes to talk to "/dev/mcd" only, xcdplayer wants -"/dev/rsr0", workman loves "/dev/sr0" or "/dev/cdrom" - so, make the -appropriate links to use them without the need to supply parameters. - - -Copying audio tracks: ---------------------- - -The following program will copy track 1 (or a piece of it) from an audio CD -into the file "track01": - -/*=================== begin program ========================================*/ -/* - * read an audio track from a CD - * - * (c) 1994 Eberhard Moenkeberg <emoenke@gwdg.de> - * may be used & enhanced freely - * - * Due to non-existent sync bytes at the beginning of each audio frame (or due - * to a firmware bug within all known drives?), it is currently a kind of - * fortune if two consecutive frames fit together. - * Usually, they overlap, or a little piece is missing. This happens in units - * of 24-byte chunks. It has to get fixed by higher-level software (reading - * until an overlap occurs, and then eliminate the overlapping chunks). - * ftp.gwdg.de:/pub/linux/misc/cdda2wav-sbpcd.*.tar.gz holds an example of - * such an algorithm. - * This example program further is missing to obtain the SubChannel data - * which belong to each frame. - * - * This is only an example of the low-level access routine. The read data are - * pure 16-bit CDDA values; they have to get converted to make sound out of - * them. - * It is no fun to listen to it without prior overlap/underlap correction! - */ -#include <stdio.h> -#include <sys/ioctl.h> -#include <sys/types.h> -#include <linux/cdrom.h> - -static struct cdrom_tochdr hdr; -static struct cdrom_tocentry entry[101]; -static struct cdrom_read_audio arg; -static u_char buffer[CD_FRAMESIZE_RAW]; -static int datafile, drive; -static int i, j, limit, track, err; -static char filename[32]; - -int main(int argc, char *argv[]) -{ -/* - * open /dev/cdrom - */ - drive=open("/dev/cdrom", 0); - if (drive<0) - { - fprintf(stderr, "can't open drive.\n"); - exit (-1); - } -/* - * get TocHeader - */ - fprintf(stdout, "getting TocHeader...\n"); - err=ioctl(drive, CDROMREADTOCHDR, &hdr); - if (err!=0) - { - fprintf(stderr, "can't get TocHeader (error %d).\n", err); - exit (-1); - } - else - fprintf(stdout, "TocHeader: %d %d\n", hdr.cdth_trk0, hdr.cdth_trk1); -/* - * get and display all TocEntries - */ - fprintf(stdout, "getting TocEntries...\n"); - for (i=1;i<=hdr.cdth_trk1+1;i++) - { - if (i!=hdr.cdth_trk1+1) entry[i].cdte_track = i; - else entry[i].cdte_track = CDROM_LEADOUT; - entry[i].cdte_format = CDROM_LBA; - err=ioctl(drive, CDROMREADTOCENTRY, &entry[i]); - if (err!=0) - { - fprintf(stderr, "can't get TocEntry #%d (error %d).\n", i, err); - exit (-1); - } - else - { - fprintf(stdout, "TocEntry #%d: %1X %1X %06X %02X\n", - entry[i].cdte_track, - entry[i].cdte_adr, - entry[i].cdte_ctrl, - entry[i].cdte_addr.lba, - entry[i].cdte_datamode); - } - } - fprintf(stdout, "got all TocEntries.\n"); -/* - * ask for track number (not implemented here) - */ -track=1; -#if 0 /* just read a little piece (4 seconds) */ -entry[track+1].cdte_addr.lba=entry[track].cdte_addr.lba+300; -#endif -/* - * read track into file - */ - sprintf(filename, "track%02d\0", track); - datafile=creat(filename, 0755); - if (datafile<0) - { - fprintf(stderr, "can't open datafile %s.\n", filename); - exit (-1); - } - arg.addr.lba=entry[track].cdte_addr.lba; - arg.addr_format=CDROM_LBA; /* CDROM_MSF would be possible here, too. */ - arg.nframes=1; - arg.buf=&buffer[0]; - limit=entry[track+1].cdte_addr.lba; - for (;arg.addr.lba<limit;arg.addr.lba++) - { - err=ioctl(drive, CDROMREADAUDIO, &arg); - if (err!=0) - { - fprintf(stderr, "can't read abs. frame #%d (error %d).\n", - arg.addr.lba, err); - } - j=write(datafile, &buffer[0], CD_FRAMESIZE_RAW); - if (j!=CD_FRAMESIZE_RAW) - { - fprintf(stderr,"I/O error (datafile) at rel. frame %d\n", - arg.addr.lba-entry[track].cdte_addr.lba); - } - arg.addr.lba++; - } - return 0; -} -/*===================== end program ========================================*/ - -At ftp.gwdg.de:/pub/linux/misc/cdda2wav-sbpcd.*.tar.gz is an adapted version of -Heiko Eissfeldt's digital-audio to .WAV converter (the original is there, too). -This is preliminary, as Heiko himself will care about it. - - -Known problems: ---------------- - -Currently, the detection of disk change or removal is actively disabled. - -Most attempts to read the UPC/EAN code result in a stream of zeroes. All my -drives are mostly telling there is no UPC/EAN code on disk or there is, but it -is an all-zero number. I guess now almost no CD holds such a number. - -Bug reports, comments, wishes, donations (technical information is a donation, -too :-) etc. to emoenke@gwdg.de. - -SnailMail address, preferable for CD editors if they want to submit a free -"cooperation" copy: - Eberhard Moenkeberg - Reinholdstr. 14 - D-37083 Goettingen - Germany ---- - - -Appendix -- the "cdtester" utility: - -/* - * cdtester.c -- test the audio functions of a CD driver - * - * (c) 1995 Eberhard Moenkeberg <emoenke@gwdg.de> - * published under the GPL - * - * made under heavy use of the "Tiny Audio CD Player" - * from Werner Zimmermann <zimmerma@rz.fht-esslingen.de> - * (see linux/drivers/block/README.aztcd) - */ -#undef AZT_PRIVATE_IOCTLS /* not supported by every CDROM driver */ -#define SBP_PRIVATE_IOCTLS /* not supported by every CDROM driver */ - -#include <stdio.h> -#include <stdio.h> -#include <malloc.h> -#include <sys/ioctl.h> -#include <sys/types.h> -#include <linux/cdrom.h> - -#ifdef AZT_PRIVATE_IOCTLS -#include <linux/../../drivers/cdrom/aztcd.h> -#endif /* AZT_PRIVATE_IOCTLS */ -#ifdef SBP_PRIVATE_IOCTLS -#include <linux/../../drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.h> -#include <linux/fs.h> -#endif /* SBP_PRIVATE_IOCTLS */ - -struct cdrom_tochdr hdr; -struct cdrom_tochdr tocHdr; -struct cdrom_tocentry TocEntry[101]; -struct cdrom_tocentry entry; -struct cdrom_multisession ms_info; -struct cdrom_read_audio read_audio; -struct cdrom_ti ti; -struct cdrom_subchnl subchnl; -struct cdrom_msf msf; -struct cdrom_volctrl volctrl; -#ifdef AZT_PRIVATE_IOCTLS -union -{ - struct cdrom_msf msf; - unsigned char buf[CD_FRAMESIZE_RAW]; -} azt; -#endif /* AZT_PRIVATE_IOCTLS */ -int i, i1, i2, i3, j, k; -unsigned char sequence=0; -unsigned char command[80]; -unsigned char first=1, last=1; -char *default_device="/dev/cdrom"; -char dev[20]; -char filename[20]; -int drive; -int datafile; -int rc; - -void help(void) -{ - printf("Available Commands:\n"); - printf("STOP s EJECT e QUIT q\n"); - printf("PLAY TRACK t PAUSE p RESUME r\n"); - printf("NEXT TRACK n REPEAT LAST l HELP h\n"); - printf("SUBCHANNEL_Q c TRACK INFO i PLAY AT a\n"); - printf("READ d READ RAW w READ AUDIO A\n"); - printf("MS-INFO M TOC T START S\n"); - printf("SET EJECTSW X DEVICE D DEBUG Y\n"); - printf("AUDIO_BUFSIZ Z RESET R SET VOLUME v\n"); - printf("GET VOLUME V\n"); -} - -/* - * convert MSF number (3 bytes only) to Logical_Block_Address - */ -int msf2lba(u_char *msf) -{ - int i; - - i=(msf[0] * CD_SECS + msf[1]) * CD_FRAMES + msf[2] - CD_BLOCK_OFFSET; - if (i<0) return (0); - return (i); -} -/* - * convert logical_block_address to m-s-f_number (3 bytes only) - */ -void lba2msf(int lba, unsigned char *msf) -{ - lba += CD_BLOCK_OFFSET; - msf[0] = lba / (CD_SECS*CD_FRAMES); - lba %= CD_SECS*CD_FRAMES; - msf[1] = lba / CD_FRAMES; - msf[2] = lba % CD_FRAMES; -} - -int init_drive(char *dev) -{ - unsigned char msf_ent[3]; - - /* - * open the device - */ - drive=open(dev,0); - if (drive<0) return (-1); - /* - * get TocHeader - */ - printf("getting TocHeader...\n"); - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMREADTOCHDR,&hdr); - if (rc!=0) - { - printf("can't get TocHeader (error %d).\n",rc); - return (-2); - } - else - first=hdr.cdth_trk0; - last=hdr.cdth_trk1; - printf("TocHeader: %d %d\n",hdr.cdth_trk0,hdr.cdth_trk1); - /* - * get and display all TocEntries - */ - printf("getting TocEntries...\n"); - for (i=1;i<=hdr.cdth_trk1+1;i++) - { - if (i!=hdr.cdth_trk1+1) TocEntry[i].cdte_track = i; - else TocEntry[i].cdte_track = CDROM_LEADOUT; - TocEntry[i].cdte_format = CDROM_LBA; - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMREADTOCENTRY,&TocEntry[i]); - if (rc!=0) - { - printf("can't get TocEntry #%d (error %d).\n",i,rc); - } - else - { - lba2msf(TocEntry[i].cdte_addr.lba,&msf_ent[0]); - if (TocEntry[i].cdte_track==CDROM_LEADOUT) - { - printf("TocEntry #%02X: %1X %1X %02d:%02d:%02d (lba: 0x%06X) %02X\n", - TocEntry[i].cdte_track, - TocEntry[i].cdte_adr, - TocEntry[i].cdte_ctrl, - msf_ent[0], - msf_ent[1], - msf_ent[2], - TocEntry[i].cdte_addr.lba, - TocEntry[i].cdte_datamode); - } - else - { - printf("TocEntry #%02d: %1X %1X %02d:%02d:%02d (lba: 0x%06X) %02X\n", - TocEntry[i].cdte_track, - TocEntry[i].cdte_adr, - TocEntry[i].cdte_ctrl, - msf_ent[0], - msf_ent[1], - msf_ent[2], - TocEntry[i].cdte_addr.lba, - TocEntry[i].cdte_datamode); - } - } - } - return (hdr.cdth_trk1); /* number of tracks */ -} - -void display(int size,unsigned char *buffer) -{ - k=0; - getchar(); - for (i=0;i<(size+1)/16;i++) - { - printf("%4d:",i*16); - for (j=0;j<16;j++) - { - printf(" %02X",buffer[i*16+j]); - } - printf(" "); - for (j=0;j<16;j++) - { - if (isalnum(buffer[i*16+j])) - printf("%c",buffer[i*16+j]); - else - printf("."); - } - printf("\n"); - k++; - if (k>=20) - { - printf("press ENTER to continue\n"); - getchar(); - k=0; - } - } -} - -int main(int argc, char *argv[]) -{ - printf("\nTesting tool for a CDROM driver's audio functions V0.1\n"); - printf("(C) 1995 Eberhard Moenkeberg <emoenke@gwdg.de>\n"); - printf("initializing...\n"); - - rc=init_drive(default_device); - if (rc<0) printf("could not open %s (rc=%d).\n",default_device,rc); - help(); - while (1) - { - printf("Give a one-letter command (h = help): "); - scanf("%s",command); - command[1]=0; - switch (command[0]) - { - case 'D': - printf("device name (f.e. /dev/sbpcd3): ? "); - scanf("%s",&dev); - close(drive); - rc=init_drive(dev); - if (rc<0) printf("could not open %s (rc %d).\n",dev,rc); - break; - case 'e': - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMEJECT); - if (rc<0) printf("CDROMEJECT: rc=%d.\n",rc); - break; - case 'p': - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMPAUSE); - if (rc<0) printf("CDROMPAUSE: rc=%d.\n",rc); - break; - case 'r': - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMRESUME); - if (rc<0) printf("CDROMRESUME: rc=%d.\n",rc); - break; - case 's': - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMSTOP); - if (rc<0) printf("CDROMSTOP: rc=%d.\n",rc); - break; - case 'S': - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMSTART); - if (rc<0) printf("CDROMSTART: rc=%d.\n",rc); - break; - case 't': - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMREADTOCHDR,&tocHdr); - if (rc<0) - { - printf("CDROMREADTOCHDR: rc=%d.\n",rc); - break; - } - first=tocHdr.cdth_trk0; - last= tocHdr.cdth_trk1; - if ((first==0)||(first>last)) - { - printf ("--got invalid TOC data.\n"); - } - else - { - printf("--enter track number(first=%d, last=%d): ",first,last); - scanf("%d",&i1); - ti.cdti_trk0=i1; - if (ti.cdti_trk0<first) ti.cdti_trk0=first; - if (ti.cdti_trk0>last) ti.cdti_trk0=last; - ti.cdti_ind0=0; - ti.cdti_trk1=last; - ti.cdti_ind1=0; - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMSTOP); - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMPLAYTRKIND,&ti); - if (rc<0) printf("CDROMPLAYTRKIND: rc=%d.\n",rc); - } - break; - case 'n': - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMSTOP); - if (++ti.cdti_trk0>last) ti.cdti_trk0=last; - ti.cdti_ind0=0; - ti.cdti_trk1=last; - ti.cdti_ind1=0; - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMPLAYTRKIND,&ti); - if (rc<0) printf("CDROMPLAYTRKIND: rc=%d.\n",rc); - break; - case 'l': - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMSTOP); - if (--ti.cdti_trk0<first) ti.cdti_trk0=first; - ti.cdti_ind0=0; - ti.cdti_trk1=last; - ti.cdti_ind1=0; - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMPLAYTRKIND,&ti); - if (rc<0) printf("CDROMPLAYTRKIND: rc=%d.\n",rc); - break; - case 'c': - subchnl.cdsc_format=CDROM_MSF; - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMSUBCHNL,&subchnl); - if (rc<0) printf("CDROMSUBCHNL: rc=%d.\n",rc); - else - { - printf("AudioStatus:%s Track:%d Mode:%d MSF=%02d:%02d:%02d\n", - subchnl.cdsc_audiostatus==CDROM_AUDIO_PLAY ? "PLAYING":"NOT PLAYING", - subchnl.cdsc_trk,subchnl.cdsc_adr, - subchnl.cdsc_absaddr.msf.minute, - subchnl.cdsc_absaddr.msf.second, - subchnl.cdsc_absaddr.msf.frame); - } - break; - case 'i': - printf("Track No.: "); - scanf("%d",&i1); - entry.cdte_track=i1; - if (entry.cdte_track<first) entry.cdte_track=first; - if (entry.cdte_track>last) entry.cdte_track=last; - entry.cdte_format=CDROM_MSF; - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMREADTOCENTRY,&entry); - if (rc<0) printf("CDROMREADTOCENTRY: rc=%d.\n",rc); - else - { - printf("Mode %d Track, starts at %02d:%02d:%02d\n", - entry.cdte_adr, - entry.cdte_addr.msf.minute, - entry.cdte_addr.msf.second, - entry.cdte_addr.msf.frame); - } - break; - case 'a': - printf("Address (min:sec:frm) "); - scanf("%d:%d:%d",&i1,&i2,&i3); - msf.cdmsf_min0=i1; - msf.cdmsf_sec0=i2; - msf.cdmsf_frame0=i3; - if (msf.cdmsf_sec0>59) msf.cdmsf_sec0=59; - if (msf.cdmsf_frame0>74) msf.cdmsf_frame0=74; - lba2msf(TocEntry[last+1].cdte_addr.lba-1,&msf.cdmsf_min1); - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMSTOP); - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMPLAYMSF,&msf); - if (rc<0) printf("CDROMPLAYMSF: rc=%d.\n",rc); - break; - case 'V': - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMVOLREAD,&volctrl); - if (rc<0) printf("CDROMVOLCTRL: rc=%d.\n",rc); - printf("Volume: channel 0 (left) %d, channel 1 (right) %d\n",volctrl.channel0,volctrl.channel1); - break; - case 'R': - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMRESET); - if (rc<0) printf("CDROMRESET: rc=%d.\n",rc); - break; -#ifdef AZT_PRIVATE_IOCTLS /*not supported by every CDROM driver*/ - case 'd': - printf("Address (min:sec:frm) "); - scanf("%d:%d:%d",&i1,&i2,&i3); - azt.msf.cdmsf_min0=i1; - azt.msf.cdmsf_sec0=i2; - azt.msf.cdmsf_frame0=i3; - if (azt.msf.cdmsf_sec0>59) azt.msf.cdmsf_sec0=59; - if (azt.msf.cdmsf_frame0>74) azt.msf.cdmsf_frame0=74; - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMREADMODE1,&azt.msf); - if (rc<0) printf("CDROMREADMODE1: rc=%d.\n",rc); - else display(CD_FRAMESIZE,azt.buf); - break; - case 'w': - printf("Address (min:sec:frame) "); - scanf("%d:%d:%d",&i1,&i2,&i3); - azt.msf.cdmsf_min0=i1; - azt.msf.cdmsf_sec0=i2; - azt.msf.cdmsf_frame0=i3; - if (azt.msf.cdmsf_sec0>59) azt.msf.cdmsf_sec0=59; - if (azt.msf.cdmsf_frame0>74) azt.msf.cdmsf_frame0=74; - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMREADMODE2,&azt.msf); - if (rc<0) printf("CDROMREADMODE2: rc=%d.\n",rc); - else display(CD_FRAMESIZE_RAW,azt.buf); /* currently only 2336 */ - break; -#endif - case 'v': - printf("--Channel 0 (Left) (0-255): "); - scanf("%d",&i1); - volctrl.channel0=i1; - printf("--Channel 1 (Right) (0-255): "); - scanf("%d",&i1); - volctrl.channel1=i1; - volctrl.channel2=0; - volctrl.channel3=0; - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMVOLCTRL,&volctrl); - if (rc<0) printf("CDROMVOLCTRL: rc=%d.\n",rc); - break; - case 'q': - close(drive); - exit(0); - case 'h': - help(); - break; - case 'T': /* display TOC entry - without involving the driver */ - scanf("%d",&i); - if ((i<hdr.cdth_trk0)||(i>hdr.cdth_trk1)) - printf("invalid track number.\n"); - else - printf("TocEntry %02d: adr=%01X ctrl=%01X msf=%02d:%02d:%02d mode=%02X\n", - TocEntry[i].cdte_track, - TocEntry[i].cdte_adr, - TocEntry[i].cdte_ctrl, - TocEntry[i].cdte_addr.msf.minute, - TocEntry[i].cdte_addr.msf.second, - TocEntry[i].cdte_addr.msf.frame, - TocEntry[i].cdte_datamode); - break; - case 'A': /* read audio data into file */ - printf("Address (min:sec:frm) ? "); - scanf("%d:%d:%d",&i1,&i2,&i3); - read_audio.addr.msf.minute=i1; - read_audio.addr.msf.second=i2; - read_audio.addr.msf.frame=i3; - read_audio.addr_format=CDROM_MSF; - printf("# of frames ? "); - scanf("%d",&i1); - read_audio.nframes=i1; - k=read_audio.nframes*CD_FRAMESIZE_RAW; - read_audio.buf=malloc(k); - if (read_audio.buf==NULL) - { - printf("can't malloc %d bytes.\n",k); - break; - } - sprintf(filename,"audio_%02d%02d%02d_%02d.%02d\0", - read_audio.addr.msf.minute, - read_audio.addr.msf.second, - read_audio.addr.msf.frame, - read_audio.nframes, - ++sequence); - datafile=creat(filename, 0755); - if (datafile<0) - { - printf("can't open datafile %s.\n",filename); - break; - } - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMREADAUDIO,&read_audio); - if (rc!=0) - { - printf("CDROMREADAUDIO: rc=%d.\n",rc); - } - else - { - rc=write(datafile,&read_audio.buf,k); - if (rc!=k) printf("datafile I/O error (%d).\n",rc); - } - close(datafile); - break; - case 'X': /* set EJECT_SW (0: disable, 1: enable auto-ejecting) */ - scanf("%d",&i); - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMEJECT_SW,i); - if (rc!=0) - printf("CDROMEJECT_SW: rc=%d.\n",rc); - else - printf("EJECT_SW set to %d\n",i); - break; - case 'M': /* get the multisession redirection info */ - ms_info.addr_format=CDROM_LBA; - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMMULTISESSION,&ms_info); - if (rc!=0) - { - printf("CDROMMULTISESSION(lba): rc=%d.\n",rc); - } - else - { - if (ms_info.xa_flag) printf("MultiSession offset (lba): %d (0x%06X)\n",ms_info.addr.lba,ms_info.addr.lba); - else - { - printf("this CD is not an XA disk.\n"); - break; - } - } - ms_info.addr_format=CDROM_MSF; - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMMULTISESSION,&ms_info); - if (rc!=0) - { - printf("CDROMMULTISESSION(msf): rc=%d.\n",rc); - } - else - { - if (ms_info.xa_flag) - printf("MultiSession offset (msf): %02d:%02d:%02d (0x%02X%02X%02X)\n", - ms_info.addr.msf.minute, - ms_info.addr.msf.second, - ms_info.addr.msf.frame, - ms_info.addr.msf.minute, - ms_info.addr.msf.second, - ms_info.addr.msf.frame); - else printf("this CD is not an XA disk.\n"); - } - break; -#ifdef SBP_PRIVATE_IOCTLS - case 'Y': /* set the driver's message level */ -#if 0 /* not implemented yet */ - printf("enter switch name (f.e. DBG_CMD): "); - scanf("%s",&dbg_switch); - j=get_dbg_num(dbg_switch); -#else - printf("enter DDIOCSDBG switch number: "); - scanf("%d",&j); -#endif - printf("enter 0 for \"off\", 1 for \"on\": "); - scanf("%d",&i); - if (i==0) j|=0x80; - printf("calling \"ioctl(drive,DDIOCSDBG,%d)\"\n",j); - rc=ioctl(drive,DDIOCSDBG,j); - printf("DDIOCSDBG: rc=%d.\n",rc); - break; - case 'Z': /* set the audio buffer size */ - printf("# frames wanted: ? "); - scanf("%d",&j); - rc=ioctl(drive,CDROMAUDIOBUFSIZ,j); - printf("%d frames granted.\n",rc); - break; -#endif /* SBP_PRIVATE_IOCTLS */ - default: - printf("unknown command: \"%s\".\n",command); - break; - } - } - return 0; -} -/*==========================================================================*/ - diff --git a/Documentation/cdrom/sjcd b/Documentation/cdrom/sjcd deleted file mode 100644 index 74a14847b93a..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/cdrom/sjcd +++ /dev/null @@ -1,60 +0,0 @@ - -- Documentation/cdrom/sjcd - 80% of the work takes 20% of the time, - 20% of the work takes 80% of the time... - (Murphy's law) - - Once started, training can not be stopped... - (Star Wars) - -This is the README for the sjcd cdrom driver, version 1.6. - -This file is meant as a tips & tricks edge for the usage of the SANYO CDR-H94A -cdrom drive. It will grow as the questions arise. ;-) -For info on configuring the ISP16 sound card look at Documentation/cdrom/isp16. - -The driver should work with any of the Panasonic, Sony or Mitsumi style -CDROM interfaces. -The cdrom interface on Media Magic's soft configurable sound card ISP16, -which used to be included in the driver, is now supported in a separate module. -This initialisation module will probably also work with other interfaces -based on an OPTi 82C928 or 82C929 chip (like MAD16 and Mozart): see the -documentation Documentation/cdrom/isp16. - -The device major for sjcd is 18, and minor is 0. Create a block special -file in your /dev directory (e.g., /dev/sjcd) with these numbers. -(For those who don't know, being root and doing the following should do -the trick: - mknod -m 644 /dev/sjcd b 18 0 -and mount the cdrom by /dev/sjcd). - -The default configuration parameters are: - base address 0x340 - no irq - no dma -(Actually the CDR-H94A doesn't know how to use irq and dma.) -As of version 1.2, setting base address at boot time is supported -through the use of command line options: type at the "boot:" prompt: - linux sjcd=<base_address> -(where you would use the kernel labeled "linux" in lilo's configuration -file /etc/lilo.conf). You could also use 'append="sjcd=<configuration_info>"' -in the appropriate section of /etc/lilo.conf -If you're building a kernel yourself you can set your default base -i/o address with SJCD_BASE_ADDR in /usr/src/linux/drivers/cdrom/sjcd.h. - -The sjcd driver supports being loaded as a module. The following -command will set the base i/o address on the fly (assuming you -have installed the module in an appropriate place). - insmod sjcd.o sjcd_base=<base_address> - - -Have fun! - -If something is wrong, please email to vadim@rbrf.ru - or vadim@ipsun.ras.ru - or model@cecmow.enet.dec.com - or H.T.M.v.d.Maarel@marin.nl - -It happens sometimes that Vadim is not reachable by mail. For these -instances, Eric van der Maarel will help too. - - Vadim V. Model, Eric van der Maarel, Eberhard Moenkeberg diff --git a/Documentation/cdrom/sonycd535 b/Documentation/cdrom/sonycd535 deleted file mode 100644 index b81e109970aa..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/cdrom/sonycd535 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,122 +0,0 @@ - README FOR LINUX SONY CDU-535/531 DRIVER - ======================================== - -This is the Sony CDU-535 (and 531) driver version 0.7 for Linux. -I do not think I have the documentation to add features like DMA support -so if anyone else wants to pursue it or help me with it, please do. -(I need to see what was done for the CDU-31A driver -- perhaps I can -steal some of that code.) - -This is a Linux device driver for the Sony CDU-535 CDROM drive. This is -one of the older Sony drives with its own interface card (Sony bus). -The DOS driver for this drive is named SONY_CDU.SYS - when you boot DOS -your drive should be identified as a SONY CDU-535. The driver works -with a CDU-531 also. One user reported that the driver worked on drives -OEM'ed by Procomm, drive and interface board were labelled Procomm. - -The Linux driver is based on Corey Minyard's sonycd 0.3 driver for -the CDU-31A. Ron Jeppesen just changed the commands that were sent -to the drive to correspond to the CDU-535 commands and registers. -There were enough changes to let bugs creep in but it seems to be stable. -Ron was able to tar an entire CDROM (should read all blocks) and built -ghostview and xfig off Walnut Creek's X11R5/GNU CDROM. xcdplayer and -workman work with the driver. Others have used the driver without -problems except those dealing with wait loops (fixed in third release). -Like Minyard's original driver this one uses a polled interface (this -is also the default setup for the DOS driver). It has not been tried -with interrupts or DMA enabled on the board. - -REQUIREMENTS -============ - - - Sony CDU-535 drive, preferably without interrupts and DMA - enabled on the card. - - - Drive must be set up as unit 1. Only the first unit will be - recognized - - - You must enter your interface address into - /usr/src/linux/drivers/cdrom/sonycd535.h and build the - appropriate kernel or use the "kernel command line" parameter - sonycd535=0x320 - with the correct interface address. - -NOTES: -====== - -1) The drive MUST be turned on when booting or it will not be recognized! - (but see comments on modularized version below) - -2) when the cdrom device is opened the eject button is disabled to keep the - user from ejecting a mounted disk and replacing it with another. - Unfortunately xcdplayer and workman also open the cdrom device so you - have to use the eject button in the software. Keep this in mind if your - cdrom player refuses to give up its disk -- exit workman or xcdplayer, or - umount the drive if it has been mounted. - -THANKS -====== - -Many thanks to Ron Jeppesen (ronj.an@site007.saic.com) for getting -this project off the ground. He wrote the initial release -and the first two patches to this driver (0.1, 0.2, and 0.3). -Thanks also to Eberhard Moenkeberg (emoenke@gwdg.de) for prodding -me to place this code into the mainstream Linux source tree -(as of Linux version 1.1.91), as well as some patches to make -it a better device citizen. Further thanks to Joel Katz -<joelkatz@webchat.org> for his MODULE patches (see details below), -Porfiri Claudio <C.Porfiri@nisms.tei.ericsson.se> for patches -to make the driver work with the older CDU-510/515 series, and -Heiko Eissfeldt <heiko@colossus.escape.de> for pointing out that -the verify_area() checks were ignoring the results of said checks -(note: verify_area() has since been replaced by access_ok()). - -(Acknowledgments from Ron Jeppesen in the 0.3 release:) -Thanks to Corey Minyard who wrote the original CDU-31A driver on which -this driver is based. Thanks to Ken Pizzini and Bob Blair who provided -patches and feedback on the first release of this driver. - -Ken Pizzini -ken@halcyon.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -(The following is from Joel Katz <joelkatz@webchat.org>.) - - To build a version of sony535.o that can be installed as a module, -use the following command: - -gcc -c -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -O2 sonycd535.c -o sonycd535.o - - To install the module, simply type: - -insmod sony535.o - or -insmod sony535.o sonycd535=<address> - - And to remove it: - -rmmod sony535 - - The code checks to see if MODULE is defined and behaves as it used -to if MODULE is not defined. That means your patched file should behave -exactly as it used to if compiled into the kernel. - - I have an external drive, and I usually leave it powered off. I used -to have to reboot if I needed to use the CDROM drive. Now I don't. - - Even if you have an internal drive, why waste the 96K of memory -(unswappable) that the driver uses if you use your CD-ROM drive infrequently? - - This driver will not install (whether compiled in or loaded as a -module) if the CDROM drive is not available during its initialization. This -means that you can have the driver compiled into the kernel and still load -the module later (assuming the driver doesn't install itself during -power-on). This only wastes 12K when you boot with the CDROM drive off. - - This is what I usually do; I leave the driver compiled into the -kernel, but load it as a module if I powered the system up with the drive -off and then later decided to use the CDROM drive. - - Since the driver only uses a single page to point to the chunks, -attempting to set the buffer cache to more than 2 Megabytes would be very -bad; don't do that. diff --git a/Documentation/dontdiff b/Documentation/dontdiff index 64e9f6c4826b..595a5ea4c690 100644 --- a/Documentation/dontdiff +++ b/Documentation/dontdiff @@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ *.grp *.gz *.html +*.i *.jpeg *.ko *.log *.lst +*.moc *.mod.c *.o *.orig @@ -25,6 +27,9 @@ *.s *.sgml *.so +*.symtypes +*.tab.c +*.tab.h *.tex *.ver *.xml @@ -32,9 +37,13 @@ *_vga16.c *cscope* *~ +*.9 +*.9.gz .* .cscope 53c700_d.h +53c7xx_d.h +53c7xx_u.h 53c8xx_d.h* BitKeeper COPYING @@ -70,9 +79,11 @@ bzImage* classlist.h* comp*.log compile.h* +conf config config-* config_data.h* +config_data.gz* conmakehash consolemap_deftbl.c* crc32table.h* @@ -81,18 +92,23 @@ defkeymap.c* devlist.h* docproc dummy_sym.c* +elf2ecoff elfconfig.h* filelist fixdep fore200e_mkfirm fore200e_pca_fw.c* +gconf gen-devlist gen-kdb_cmds.c* gen_crc32table gen_init_cpio genksyms gentbl +*_gray256.c ikconfig.h* +initramfs_data.cpio +initramfs_data.cpio.gz initramfs_list kallsyms kconfig @@ -100,19 +116,30 @@ kconfig.tk keywords.c* ksym.c* ksym.h* +kxgettext +lkc_defs.h lex.c* +lex.*.c +lk201-map.c logo_*.c logo_*_clut224.c logo_*_mono.c lxdialog mach-types mach-types.h +machtypes.h make_times_h map maui_boot.h +mconf +miboot* mk_elfconfig +mkboot +mkbugboot mkdep +mkprep mktables +mktree modpost modversions.h* offset.h @@ -120,18 +147,28 @@ offsets.h oui.c* parse.c* parse.h* +patches* +pca200e.bin +pca200e_ecd.bin2 +piggy.gz +piggyback pnmtologo ppc_defs.h* promcon_tbl.c* pss_boot.h +qconf raid6altivec*.c raid6int*.c raid6tables.c +relocs +series setup sim710_d.h* +sImage sm_tbl* split-include tags +tftpboot.img times.h* tkparse trix_boot.h @@ -139,8 +176,11 @@ utsrelease.h* version.h* vmlinux vmlinux-* +vmlinux.aout vmlinux.lds vsyscall.lds wanxlfw.inc uImage -zImage +unifdef +zImage* +zconf.hash.c diff --git a/Documentation/driver-model/platform.txt b/Documentation/driver-model/platform.txt index 19c4a6e13676..2a97320ee17f 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-model/platform.txt +++ b/Documentation/driver-model/platform.txt @@ -96,6 +96,46 @@ System setup also associates those clocks with the device, so that that calls to clk_get(&pdev->dev, clock_name) return them as needed. +Legacy Drivers: Device Probing +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Some drivers are not fully converted to the driver model, because they take +on a non-driver role: the driver registers its platform device, rather than +leaving that for system infrastructure. Such drivers can't be hotplugged +or coldplugged, since those mechanisms require device creation to be in a +different system component than the driver. + +The only "good" reason for this is to handle older system designs which, like +original IBM PCs, rely on error-prone "probe-the-hardware" models for hardware +configuration. Newer systems have largely abandoned that model, in favor of +bus-level support for dynamic configuration (PCI, USB), or device tables +provided by the boot firmware (e.g. PNPACPI on x86). There are too many +conflicting options about what might be where, and even educated guesses by +an operating system will be wrong often enough to make trouble. + +This style of driver is discouraged. If you're updating such a driver, +please try to move the device enumeration to a more appropriate location, +outside the driver. This will usually be cleanup, since such drivers +tend to already have "normal" modes, such as ones using device nodes that +were created by PNP or by platform device setup. + +None the less, there are some APIs to support such legacy drivers. Avoid +using these calls except with such hotplug-deficient drivers. + + struct platform_device *platform_device_alloc( + char *name, unsigned id); + +You can use platform_device_alloc() to dynamically allocate a device, which +you will then initialize with resources and platform_device_register(). +A better solution is usually: + + struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple( + char *name, unsigned id, + struct resource *res, unsigned nres); + +You can use platform_device_register_simple() as a one-step call to allocate +and register a device. + + Device Naming and Driver Binding ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The platform_device.dev.bus_id is the canonical name for the devices. diff --git a/Documentation/fault-injection/failcmd.sh b/Documentation/fault-injection/failcmd.sh deleted file mode 100644 index 63177aba8106..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/fault-injection/failcmd.sh +++ /dev/null @@ -1,4 +0,0 @@ -#!/bin/bash - -echo 1 > /proc/self/make-it-fail -exec $* diff --git a/Documentation/fault-injection/failmodule.sh b/Documentation/fault-injection/failmodule.sh deleted file mode 100644 index 474a8b971f9c..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/fault-injection/failmodule.sh +++ /dev/null @@ -1,31 +0,0 @@ -#!/bin/bash -# -# Usage: failmodule <failname> <modulename> [stacktrace-depth] -# -# <failname>: "failslab", "fail_alloc_page", or "fail_make_request" -# -# <modulename>: module name that you want to inject faults. -# -# [stacktrace-depth]: the maximum number of stacktrace walking allowed -# - -STACKTRACE_DEPTH=5 -if [ $# -gt 2 ]; then - STACKTRACE_DEPTH=$3 -fi - -if [ ! -d /debug/$1 ]; then - echo "Fault-injection $1 does not exist" >&2 - exit 1 -fi -if [ ! -d /sys/module/$2 ]; then - echo "Module $2 does not exist" >&2 - exit 1 -fi - -# Disable any fault injection -echo 0 > /debug/$1/stacktrace-depth - -echo `cat /sys/module/$2/sections/.text` > /debug/$1/require-start -echo `cat /sys/module/$2/sections/.exit.text` > /debug/$1/require-end -echo $STACKTRACE_DEPTH > /debug/$1/stacktrace-depth diff --git a/Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.txt b/Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.txt index b7ca560b9340..4bc374a14345 100644 --- a/Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.txt +++ b/Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.txt @@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ configuration of fault-injection capabilities. default is 'N', setting it to 'Y' will inject failures only into non-sleep allocations (GFP_ATOMIC allocations). +- /debug/fail_page_alloc/min-order: + + specifies the minimum page allocation order to be injected + failures. + o Boot option In order to inject faults while debugfs is not available (early boot time), @@ -156,70 +161,77 @@ o add a hook to insert failures Application Examples -------------------- -o inject slab allocation failures into module init/cleanup code +o Inject slab allocation failures into module init/exit code ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/bash -FAILCMD=Documentation/fault-injection/failcmd.sh -BLACKLIST="root_plug evbug" - -FAILNAME=failslab -echo Y > /debug/$FAILNAME/task-filter -echo 10 > /debug/$FAILNAME/probability -echo 100 > /debug/$FAILNAME/interval -echo -1 > /debug/$FAILNAME/times -echo 2 > /debug/$FAILNAME/verbose -echo 1 > /debug/$FAILNAME/ignore-gfp-wait +FAILTYPE=failslab +echo Y > /debug/$FAILTYPE/task-filter +echo 10 > /debug/$FAILTYPE/probability +echo 100 > /debug/$FAILTYPE/interval +echo -1 > /debug/$FAILTYPE/times +echo 0 > /debug/$FAILTYPE/space +echo 2 > /debug/$FAILTYPE/verbose +echo 1 > /debug/$FAILTYPE/ignore-gfp-wait -blacklist() +faulty_system() { - echo $BLACKLIST | grep $1 > /dev/null 2>&1 + bash -c "echo 1 > /proc/self/make-it-fail && exec $*" } -oops() -{ - dmesg | grep BUG > /dev/null 2>&1 -} +if [ $# -eq 0 ] +then + echo "Usage: $0 modulename [ modulename ... ]" + exit 1 +fi + +for m in $* +do + echo inserting $m... + faulty_system modprobe $m -find /lib/modules/`uname -r` -name '*.ko' -exec basename {} .ko \; | - while read i - do - oops && exit 1 - - if ! blacklist $i - then - echo inserting $i... - bash $FAILCMD modprobe $i - fi - done - -lsmod | awk '{ if ($3 == 0) { print $1 } }' | - while read i - do - oops && exit 1 - - if ! blacklist $i - then - echo removing $i... - bash $FAILCMD modprobe -r $i - fi - done + echo removing $m... + faulty_system modprobe -r $m +done ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -o inject slab allocation failures only for a specific module +o Inject page allocation failures only for a specific module ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/bash -FAILMOD=Documentation/fault-injection/failmodule.sh +FAILTYPE=fail_page_alloc +module=$1 -echo injecting errors into the module $1... +if [ -z $module ] +then + echo "Usage: $0 <modulename>" + exit 1 +fi -modprobe $1 -bash $FAILMOD failslab $1 10 -echo 25 > /debug/failslab/probability +modprobe $module ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +if [ ! -d /sys/module/$module/sections ] +then + echo Module $module is not loaded + exit 1 +fi + +cat /sys/module/$module/sections/.text > /debug/$FAILTYPE/require-start +cat /sys/module/$module/sections/.data > /debug/$FAILTYPE/require-end + +echo N > /debug/$FAILTYPE/task-filter +echo 10 > /debug/$FAILTYPE/probability +echo 100 > /debug/$FAILTYPE/interval +echo -1 > /debug/$FAILTYPE/times +echo 0 > /debug/$FAILTYPE/space +echo 2 > /debug/$FAILTYPE/verbose +echo 1 > /debug/$FAILTYPE/ignore-gfp-wait +echo 1 > /debug/$FAILTYPE/ignore-gfp-highmem +echo 10 > /debug/$FAILTYPE/stacktrace-depth + +trap "echo 0 > /debug/$FAILTYPE/probability" SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT + +echo "Injecting errors into the module $module... (interrupt to stop)" +sleep 1000000 diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 5c8695a3d139..d05e6243b4df 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -41,28 +41,10 @@ Who: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> --------------------------- -What: RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER) -When: December 2005 -Why: declared obsolete since kernel 2.6.3 - O_DIRECT can be used instead -Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> - ---------------------------- - -What: raw1394: requests of type RAW1394_REQ_ISO_SEND, RAW1394_REQ_ISO_LISTEN -When: June 2007 -Why: Deprecated in favour of the more efficient and robust rawiso interface. - Affected are applications which use the deprecated part of libraw1394 - (raw1394_iso_write, raw1394_start_iso_write, raw1394_start_iso_rcv, - raw1394_stop_iso_rcv) or bypass libraw1394. -Who: Dan Dennedy <dan@dennedy.org>, Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> - ---------------------------- - What: old NCR53C9x driver When: October 2007 Why: Replaced by the much better esp_scsi driver. Actual low-level - driver can ported over almost trivially. + driver can be ported over almost trivially. Who: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> @@ -70,6 +52,7 @@ Who: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> What: Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices. When: December 2006 +Files: include/linux/video_decoder.h Why: V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API. during migration from 2.4 to 2.6 series. The old API have lots of drawbacks and don't provide enough means to work with all video and audio standards. The newer API is @@ -103,6 +86,7 @@ Who: Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de> What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread) When: August 2006 Files: arch/*/kernel/*_ksyms.c +Funcs: kernel_thread Why: kernel_thread is a low-level implementation detail. Drivers should use the <linux/kthread.h> API instead which shields them from implementation details and provides a higherlevel interface that @@ -127,13 +111,6 @@ Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> --------------------------- -What: drivers depending on OSS_OBSOLETE_DRIVER -When: options in 2.6.20, code in 2.6.22 -Why: OSS drivers with ALSA replacements -Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> - ---------------------------- - What: Unused EXPORT_SYMBOL/EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL exports (temporary transition config option provided until then) The transition config option will also be removed at the same time. @@ -204,28 +181,6 @@ Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> --------------------------- -What: ACPI hooks (X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO_ACPI) in speedstep-centrino driver -When: December 2006 -Why: Speedstep-centrino driver with ACPI hooks and acpi-cpufreq driver are - functionally very much similar. They talk to ACPI in same way. Only - difference between them is the way they do frequency transitions. - One uses MSRs and the other one uses IO ports. Functionaliy of - speedstep_centrino with ACPI hooks is now merged into acpi-cpufreq. - That means one common driver will support all Intel Enhanced Speedstep - capable CPUs. That means less confusion over name of - speedstep-centrino driver (with that driver supposed to be used on - non-centrino platforms). That means less duplication of code and - less maintenance effort and no possibility of these two drivers - going out of sync. - Current users of speedstep_centrino with ACPI hooks are requested to - switch over to acpi-cpufreq driver. speedstep-centrino will continue - to work using older non-ACPI static table based scheme even after this - date. - -Who: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> - ---------------------------- - What: /sys/firmware/acpi/namespace When: 2.6.21 Why: The ACPI namespace is effectively the symbol list for @@ -256,14 +211,6 @@ Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> --------------------------- -What: sk98lin network driver -When: July 2007 -Why: In kernel tree version of driver is unmaintained. Sk98lin driver - replaced by the skge driver. -Who: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> - ---------------------------- - What: Compaq touchscreen device emulation When: Oct 2007 Files: drivers/input/tsdev.c @@ -278,25 +225,6 @@ Who: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> --------------------------- -What: Multipath cached routing support in ipv4 -When: in 2.6.23 -Why: Code was merged, then submitter immediately disappeared leaving - us with no maintainer and lots of bugs. The code should not have - been merged in the first place, and many aspects of it's - implementation are blocking more critical core networking - development. It's marked EXPERIMENTAL and no distribution - enables it because it cause obscure crashes due to unfixable bugs - (interfaces don't return errors so memory allocation can't be - handled, calling contexts of these interfaces make handling - errors impossible too because they get called after we've - totally commited to creating a route object, for example). - This problem has existed for years and no forward progress - has ever been made, and nobody steps up to try and salvage - this code, so we're going to finally just get rid of it. -Who: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - ---------------------------- - What: read_dev_chars(), read_conf_data{,_lpm}() (s390 common I/O layer) When: December 2007 Why: These functions are a leftover from 2.4 times. They have several @@ -321,6 +249,14 @@ Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> --------------------------- +What: 'time' kernel boot parameter +When: January 2008 +Why: replaced by 'printk.time=<value>' so that printk timestamps can be + enabled or disabled as needed +Who: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> + +--------------------------- + What: drivers depending on OSS_OBSOLETE When: options in 2.6.23, code in 2.6.25 Why: obsolete OSS drivers @@ -346,3 +282,31 @@ Who: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> --------------------------- +What: Legacy RTC drivers (under drivers/i2c/chips) +When: November 2007 +Why: Obsolete. We have a RTC subsystem with better drivers. +Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> + +--------------------------- + +What: iptables SAME target +When: 1.1. 2008 +Files: net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_SAME.c, include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_SAME.h +Why: Obsolete for multiple years now, NAT core provides the same behaviour. + Unfixable broken wrt. 32/64 bit cleanness. +Who: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> + +--------------------------- + +What: The arch/ppc and include/asm-ppc directories +When: Jun 2008 +Why: The arch/powerpc tree is the merged architecture for ppc32 and ppc64 + platforms. Currently there are efforts underway to port the remaining + arch/ppc platforms to the merged tree. New submissions to the arch/ppc + tree have been frozen with the 2.6.22 kernel release and that tree will + remain in bug-fix only mode until its scheduled removal. Platforms + that are not ported by June 2008 will be removed due to the lack of an + interested maintainer. +Who: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org + +--------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt index b34cdb50eab4..d1b98257d000 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt @@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ config_item_type. struct config_group *(*make_group)(struct config_group *group, const char *name); int (*commit_item)(struct config_item *item); + void (*disconnect_notify)(struct config_group *group, + struct config_item *item); void (*drop_item)(struct config_group *group, struct config_item *item); }; @@ -268,6 +270,16 @@ the item in other threads, the memory is safe. It may take some time for the item to actually disappear from the subsystem's usage. But it is gone from configfs. +When drop_item() is called, the item's linkage has already been torn +down. It no longer has a reference on its parent and has no place in +the item hierarchy. If a client needs to do some cleanup before this +teardown happens, the subsystem can implement the +ct_group_ops->disconnect_notify() method. The method is called after +configfs has removed the item from the filesystem view but before the +item is removed from its parent group. Like drop_item(), +disconnect_notify() is void and cannot fail. Client subsystems should +not drop any references here, as they still must do it in drop_item(). + A config_group cannot be removed while it still has child items. This is implemented in the configfs rmdir(2) code. ->drop_item() will not be called, as the item has not been dropped. rmdir(2) will fail, as the @@ -280,18 +292,18 @@ tells configfs to make the subsystem appear in the file tree. struct configfs_subsystem { struct config_group su_group; - struct semaphore su_sem; + struct mutex su_mutex; }; int configfs_register_subsystem(struct configfs_subsystem *subsys); void configfs_unregister_subsystem(struct configfs_subsystem *subsys); - A subsystem consists of a toplevel config_group and a semaphore. + A subsystem consists of a toplevel config_group and a mutex. The group is where child config_items are created. For a subsystem, this group is usually defined statically. Before calling configfs_register_subsystem(), the subsystem must have initialized the group via the usual group _init() functions, and it must also have -initialized the semaphore. +initialized the mutex. When the register call returns, the subsystem is live, and it will be visible via configfs. At that point, mkdir(2) can be called and the subsystem must be ready for it. @@ -303,7 +315,7 @@ subsystem/group and the simple_child item in configfs_example.c It shows a trivial object displaying and storing an attribute, and a simple group creating and destroying these children. -[Hierarchy Navigation and the Subsystem Semaphore] +[Hierarchy Navigation and the Subsystem Mutex] There is an extra bonus that configfs provides. The config_groups and config_items are arranged in a hierarchy due to the fact that they @@ -314,19 +326,19 @@ and config_item->ci_parent structure members. A subsystem can navigate the cg_children list and the ci_parent pointer to see the tree created by the subsystem. This can race with configfs' -management of the hierarchy, so configfs uses the subsystem semaphore to +management of the hierarchy, so configfs uses the subsystem mutex to protect modifications. Whenever a subsystem wants to navigate the hierarchy, it must do so under the protection of the subsystem -semaphore. +mutex. -A subsystem will be prevented from acquiring the semaphore while a newly +A subsystem will be prevented from acquiring the mutex while a newly allocated item has not been linked into this hierarchy. Similarly, it -will not be able to acquire the semaphore while a dropping item has not +will not be able to acquire the mutex while a dropping item has not yet been unlinked. This means that an item's ci_parent pointer will never be NULL while the item is in configfs, and that an item will only be in its parent's cg_children list for the same duration. This allows a subsystem to trust ci_parent and cg_children while they hold the -semaphore. +mutex. [Item Aggregation Via symlink(2)] @@ -386,6 +398,33 @@ As a consequence of this, default_groups cannot be removed directly via rmdir(2). They also are not considered when rmdir(2) on the parent group is checking for children. +[Dependant Subsystems] + +Sometimes other drivers depend on particular configfs items. For +example, ocfs2 mounts depend on a heartbeat region item. If that +region item is removed with rmdir(2), the ocfs2 mount must BUG or go +readonly. Not happy. + +configfs provides two additional API calls: configfs_depend_item() and +configfs_undepend_item(). A client driver can call +configfs_depend_item() on an existing item to tell configfs that it is +depended on. configfs will then return -EBUSY from rmdir(2) for that +item. When the item is no longer depended on, the client driver calls +configfs_undepend_item() on it. + +These API cannot be called underneath any configfs callbacks, as +they will conflict. They can block and allocate. A client driver +probably shouldn't calling them of its own gumption. Rather it should +be providing an API that external subsystems call. + +How does this work? Imagine the ocfs2 mount process. When it mounts, +it asks for a heartbeat region item. This is done via a call into the +heartbeat code. Inside the heartbeat code, the region item is looked +up. Here, the heartbeat code calls configfs_depend_item(). If it +succeeds, then heartbeat knows the region is safe to give to ocfs2. +If it fails, it was being torn down anyway, and heartbeat can gracefully +pass up an error. + [Committable Items] NOTE: Committable items are currently unimplemented. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example.c b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example.c index 2d6a14a463e0..e56d49264b39 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example.c +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example.c @@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ static int __init configfs_example_init(void) subsys = example_subsys[i]; config_group_init(&subsys->su_group); - init_MUTEX(&subsys->su_sem); + mutex_init(&subsys->su_mutex); ret = configfs_register_subsystem(subsys); if (ret) { printk(KERN_ERR "Error %d while registering subsystem %s\n", diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking b/Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking index d7099a9266fb..ff7b611abf33 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ Locking scheme used for directory operations is based on two -kinds of locks - per-inode (->i_sem) and per-filesystem (->s_vfs_rename_sem). +kinds of locks - per-inode (->i_mutex) and per-filesystem +(->s_vfs_rename_mutex). For our purposes all operations fall in 5 classes: @@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ objects - A < B iff A is an ancestor of B. attempt to acquire some lock and already holds at least one lock. Let's consider the set of contended locks. First of all, filesystem lock is not contended, since any process blocked on it is not holding any locks. -Thus all processes are blocked on ->i_sem. +Thus all processes are blocked on ->i_mutex. Non-directory objects are not contended due to (3). Thus link creation can't be a part of deadlock - it can't be blocked on source diff --git a/Documentation/ecryptfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ecryptfs.txt index 01d8a08351ac..01d8a08351ac 100644 --- a/Documentation/ecryptfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ecryptfs.txt diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting index 5531694059ab..dac45c92d872 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ free to drop it... --- [informational] -->link() callers hold ->i_sem on the object we are linking to. Some of your +->link() callers hold ->i_mutex on the object we are linking to. Some of your problems might be over... --- @@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ went in - and hadn't been documented ;-/). Just remove it from fs_flags --- [mandatory] -->setattr() is called without BKL now. Caller _always_ holds ->i_sem, so -watch for ->i_sem-grabbing code that might be used by your ->setattr(). -Callers of notify_change() need ->i_sem now. +->setattr() is called without BKL now. Caller _always_ holds ->i_mutex, so +watch for ->i_mutex-grabbing code that might be used by your ->setattr(). +Callers of notify_change() need ->i_mutex now. --- [recommended] diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index 8756a07f4dc3..ebffdffb3d99 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -171,7 +171,9 @@ read the file /proc/PID/status: This shows you nearly the same information you would get if you viewed it with the ps command. In fact, ps uses the proc file system to obtain its information. The statm file contains more detailed information about the -process memory usage. Its seven fields are explained in Table 1-2. +process memory usage. Its seven fields are explained in Table 1-2. The stat +file contains details information about the process itself. Its fields are +explained in Table 1-3. Table 1-2: Contents of the statm files (as of 2.6.8-rc3) @@ -188,16 +190,65 @@ Table 1-2: Contents of the statm files (as of 2.6.8-rc3) dt number of dirty pages (always 0 on 2.6) .............................................................................. + +Table 1-3: Contents of the stat files (as of 2.6.22-rc3) +.............................................................................. + Field Content + pid process id + tcomm filename of the executable + state state (R is running, S is sleeping, D is sleeping in an + uninterruptible wait, Z is zombie, T is traced or stopped) + ppid process id of the parent process + pgrp pgrp of the process + sid session id + tty_nr tty the process uses + tty_pgrp pgrp of the tty + flags task flags + min_flt number of minor faults + cmin_flt number of minor faults with child's + maj_flt number of major faults + cmaj_flt number of major faults with child's + utime user mode jiffies + stime kernel mode jiffies + cutime user mode jiffies with child's + cstime kernel mode jiffies with child's + priority priority level + nice nice level + num_threads number of threads + start_time time the process started after system boot + vsize virtual memory size + rss resident set memory size + rsslim current limit in bytes on the rss + start_code address above which program text can run + end_code address below which program text can run + start_stack address of the start of the stack + esp current value of ESP + eip current value of EIP + pending bitmap of pending signals (obsolete) + blocked bitmap of blocked signals (obsolete) + sigign bitmap of ignored signals (obsolete) + sigcatch bitmap of catched signals (obsolete) + wchan address where process went to sleep + 0 (place holder) + 0 (place holder) + exit_signal signal to send to parent thread on exit + task_cpu which CPU the task is scheduled on + rt_priority realtime priority + policy scheduling policy (man sched_setscheduler) + blkio_ticks time spent waiting for block IO +.............................................................................. + + 1.2 Kernel data --------------- Similar to the process entries, the kernel data files give information about the running kernel. The files used to obtain this information are contained in -/proc and are listed in Table 1-3. Not all of these will be present in your +/proc and are listed in Table 1-4. Not all of these will be present in your system. It depends on the kernel configuration and the loaded modules, which files are there, and which are missing. -Table 1-3: Kernel info in /proc +Table 1-4: Kernel info in /proc .............................................................................. File Content apm Advanced power management info @@ -473,10 +524,10 @@ IDE devices: More detailed information can be found in the controller specific subdirectories. These are named ide0, ide1 and so on. Each of these -directories contains the files shown in table 1-4. +directories contains the files shown in table 1-5. -Table 1-4: IDE controller info in /proc/ide/ide? +Table 1-5: IDE controller info in /proc/ide/ide? .............................................................................. File Content channel IDE channel (0 or 1) @@ -486,11 +537,11 @@ Table 1-4: IDE controller info in /proc/ide/ide? .............................................................................. Each device connected to a controller has a separate subdirectory in the -controllers directory. The files listed in table 1-5 are contained in these +controllers directory. The files listed in table 1-6 are contained in these directories. -Table 1-5: IDE device information +Table 1-6: IDE device information .............................................................................. File Content cache The cache @@ -1297,6 +1348,21 @@ nr_hugepages configures number of hugetlb page reserved for the system. hugetlb_shm_group contains group id that is allowed to create SysV shared memory segment using hugetlb page. +hugepages_treat_as_movable +-------------------------- + +This parameter is only useful when kernelcore= is specified at boot time to +create ZONE_MOVABLE for pages that may be reclaimed or migrated. Huge pages +are not movable so are not normally allocated from ZONE_MOVABLE. A non-zero +value written to hugepages_treat_as_movable allows huge pages to be allocated +from ZONE_MOVABLE. + +Once enabled, the ZONE_MOVABLE is treated as an area of memory the huge +pages pool can easily grow or shrink within. Assuming that applications are +not running that mlock() a lot of memory, it is likely the huge pages pool +can grow to the size of ZONE_MOVABLE by repeatedly entering the desired value +into nr_hugepages and triggering page reclaim. + laptop_mode ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt index 6dd050878a20..145e44086358 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt @@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ largest node numbers in the range. For example, mpol=bind:0-3,5,7,9-15 Note that trying to mount a tmpfs with an mpol option will fail if the running kernel does not support NUMA; and will fail if its nodelist -specifies a node >= MAX_NUMNODES. If your system relies on that tmpfs -being mounted, but from time to time runs a kernel built without NUMA -capability (perhaps a safe recovery kernel), or configured to support -fewer nodes, then it is advisable to omit the mpol option from automatic +specifies a node which is not online. If your system relies on that +tmpfs being mounted, but from time to time runs a kernel built without +NUMA capability (perhaps a safe recovery kernel), or with fewer nodes +online, then it is advisable to omit the mpol option from automatic mount options. It can be added later, when the tmpfs is already mounted on MountPoint, by 'mount -o remount,mpol=Policy:NodeList MountPoint'. @@ -121,4 +121,4 @@ RAM/SWAP in 10240 inodes and it is only accessible by root. Author: Christoph Rohland <cr@sap.com>, 1.12.01 Updated: - Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>, 19 February 2006 + Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>, 4 June 2007 diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt index a47cc819f37b..045f3e055a28 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Original author: Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au> - Last updated on October 28, 2005 + Last updated on June 24, 2007. Copyright (C) 1999 Richard Gooch Copyright (C) 2005 Pekka Enberg @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ file /proc/filesystems. struct file_system_type ----------------------- -This describes the filesystem. As of kernel 2.6.13, the following +This describes the filesystem. As of kernel 2.6.22, the following members are defined: struct file_system_type { @@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ struct file_system_type { struct module *owner; struct file_system_type * next; struct list_head fs_supers; + struct lock_class_key s_lock_key; + struct lock_class_key s_umount_key; }; name: the name of the filesystem type, such as "ext2", "iso9660", @@ -137,11 +139,12 @@ struct file_system_type { next: for internal VFS use: you should initialize this to NULL + s_lock_key, s_umount_key: lockdep-specific + The get_sb() method has the following arguments: - struct super_block *sb: the superblock structure. This is partially - initialized by the VFS and the rest must be initialized by the - get_sb() method + struct file_system_type *fs_type: decribes the filesystem, partly initialized + by the specific filesystem code int flags: mount flags @@ -150,12 +153,13 @@ The get_sb() method has the following arguments: void *data: arbitrary mount options, usually comes as an ASCII string - int silent: whether or not to be silent on error + struct vfsmount *mnt: a vfs-internal representation of a mount point The get_sb() method must determine if the block device specified -in the superblock contains a filesystem of the type the method -supports. On success the method returns the superblock pointer, on -failure it returns NULL. +in the dev_name and fs_type contains a filesystem of the type the method +supports. If it succeeds in opening the named block device, it initializes a +struct super_block descriptor for the filesystem contained by the block device. +On failure it returns an error. The most interesting member of the superblock structure that the get_sb() method fills in is the "s_op" field. This is a pointer to @@ -193,7 +197,7 @@ struct super_operations ----------------------- This describes how the VFS can manipulate the superblock of your -filesystem. As of kernel 2.6.13, the following members are defined: +filesystem. As of kernel 2.6.22, the following members are defined: struct super_operations { struct inode *(*alloc_inode)(struct super_block *sb); @@ -216,8 +220,6 @@ struct super_operations { void (*clear_inode) (struct inode *); void (*umount_begin) (struct super_block *); - void (*sync_inodes) (struct super_block *sb, - struct writeback_control *wbc); int (*show_options)(struct seq_file *, struct vfsmount *); ssize_t (*quota_read)(struct super_block *, int, char *, size_t, loff_t); @@ -300,9 +302,6 @@ or bottom half). umount_begin: called when the VFS is unmounting a filesystem. - sync_inodes: called when the VFS is writing out dirty data associated with - a superblock. - show_options: called by the VFS to show mount options for /proc/<pid>/mounts. quota_read: called by the VFS to read from filesystem quota file. @@ -324,7 +323,7 @@ struct inode_operations ----------------------- This describes how the VFS can manipulate an inode in your -filesystem. As of kernel 2.6.13, the following members are defined: +filesystem. As of kernel 2.6.22, the following members are defined: struct inode_operations { int (*create) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,int, struct nameidata *); @@ -348,6 +347,7 @@ struct inode_operations { ssize_t (*getxattr) (struct dentry *, const char *, void *, size_t); ssize_t (*listxattr) (struct dentry *, char *, size_t); int (*removexattr) (struct dentry *, const char *); + void (*truncate_range)(struct inode *, loff_t, loff_t); }; Again, all methods are called without any locks being held, unless @@ -444,6 +444,9 @@ otherwise noted. removexattr: called by the VFS to remove an extended attribute from a file. This method is called by removexattr(2) system call. + truncate_range: a method provided by the underlying filesystem to truncate a + range of blocks , i.e. punch a hole somewhere in a file. + The Address Space Object ======================== @@ -522,7 +525,7 @@ struct address_space_operations ------------------------------- This describes how the VFS can manipulate mapping of a file to page cache in -your filesystem. As of kernel 2.6.16, the following members are defined: +your filesystem. As of kernel 2.6.22, the following members are defined: struct address_space_operations { int (*writepage)(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc); @@ -543,6 +546,7 @@ struct address_space_operations { int); /* migrate the contents of a page to the specified target */ int (*migratepage) (struct page *, struct page *); + int (*launder_page) (struct page *); }; writepage: called by the VM to write a dirty page to backing store. @@ -689,6 +693,10 @@ struct address_space_operations { transfer any private data across and update any references that it has to the page. + launder_page: Called before freeing a page - it writes back the dirty page. To + prevent redirtying the page, it is kept locked during the whole + operation. + The File Object =============== @@ -699,9 +707,10 @@ struct file_operations ---------------------- This describes how the VFS can manipulate an open file. As of kernel -2.6.17, the following members are defined: +2.6.22, the following members are defined: struct file_operations { + struct module *owner; loff_t (*llseek) (struct file *, loff_t, int); ssize_t (*read) (struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *); ssize_t (*write) (struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *); @@ -728,10 +737,8 @@ struct file_operations { int (*check_flags)(int); int (*dir_notify)(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg); int (*flock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *); - ssize_t (*splice_write)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *, size_t, unsigned -int); - ssize_t (*splice_read)(struct file *, struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned -int); + ssize_t (*splice_write)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *, size_t, unsigned int); + ssize_t (*splice_read)(struct file *, struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned int); }; Again, all methods are called without any locks being held, unless diff --git a/Documentation/firmware_class/README b/Documentation/firmware_class/README index e9cc8bb26f7d..c3480aa66ba8 100644 --- a/Documentation/firmware_class/README +++ b/Documentation/firmware_class/README @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ request_firmware() hotplug interface: ------------------------------------ - Copyright (C) 2003 Manuel Estrada Sainz <ranty@debian.org> + Copyright (C) 2003 Manuel Estrada Sainz Why: --- diff --git a/Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_driver.c b/Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_driver.c index 87feccdb5c9f..6865cbe075ec 100644 --- a/Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_driver.c +++ b/Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_driver.c @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ /* * firmware_sample_driver.c - * - * Copyright (c) 2003 Manuel Estrada Sainz <ranty@debian.org> + * Copyright (c) 2003 Manuel Estrada Sainz * * Sample code on how to use request_firmware() from drivers. * diff --git a/Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_firmware_class.c b/Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_firmware_class.c index 9e1b0e4051cd..fba943aacf93 100644 --- a/Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_firmware_class.c +++ b/Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_firmware_class.c @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ /* * firmware_sample_firmware_class.c - * - * Copyright (c) 2003 Manuel Estrada Sainz <ranty@debian.org> + * Copyright (c) 2003 Manuel Estrada Sainz * * NOTE: This is just a probe of concept, if you think that your driver would * be well served by this mechanism please contact me first. @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ #include <linux/firmware.h> -MODULE_AUTHOR("Manuel Estrada Sainz <ranty@debian.org>"); +MODULE_AUTHOR("Manuel Estrada Sainz"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Hackish sample for using firmware class directly"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); @@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ static CLASS_DEVICE_ATTR(loading, 0644, firmware_loading_show, firmware_loading_store); static ssize_t firmware_data_read(struct kobject *kobj, + struct bin_attribute *bin_attr, char *buffer, loff_t offset, size_t count) { struct class_device *class_dev = to_class_dev(kobj); @@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ static ssize_t firmware_data_read(struct kobject *kobj, return count; } static ssize_t firmware_data_write(struct kobject *kobj, + struct bin_attribute *bin_attr, char *buffer, loff_t offset, size_t count) { struct class_device *class_dev = to_class_dev(kobj); diff --git a/Documentation/hrtimer/timer_stats.txt b/Documentation/hrtimer/timer_stats.txt index 27f782e3593f..20d368c59814 100644 --- a/Documentation/hrtimer/timer_stats.txt +++ b/Documentation/hrtimer/timer_stats.txt @@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ timer_stats - timer usage statistics ------------------------------------ timer_stats is a debugging facility to make the timer (ab)usage in a Linux -system visible to kernel and userspace developers. It is not intended for -production usage as it adds significant overhead to the (hr)timer code and the -(hr)timer data structures. +system visible to kernel and userspace developers. If enabled in the config +but not used it has almost zero runtime overhead, and a relatively small +data structure overhead. Even if collection is enabled runtime all the +locking is per-CPU and lookup is hashed. timer_stats should be used by kernel and userspace developers to verify that their code does not make unduly use of timers. This helps to avoid unnecessary @@ -66,3 +67,7 @@ executed on expiry. Thomas, Ingo +Added flag to indicate 'deferrable timer' in /proc/timer_stats. A deferrable +timer will appear as follows + 10D, 1 swapper queue_delayed_work_on (delayed_work_timer_fn) + diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i801 b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i801 index c34f0db78a30..fe6406f2f9a6 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i801 +++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i801 @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ Supported adapters: '810' and '810E' chipsets) * Intel 82801BA (ICH2 - part of the '815E' chipset) * Intel 82801CA/CAM (ICH3) - * Intel 82801DB (ICH4) (HW PEC supported, 32 byte buffer not supported) - * Intel 82801EB/ER (ICH5) (HW PEC supported, 32 byte buffer not supported) + * Intel 82801DB (ICH4) (HW PEC supported) + * Intel 82801EB/ER (ICH5) (HW PEC supported) * Intel 6300ESB * Intel 82801FB/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6) * Intel 82801G (ICH7) diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4 b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4 index 7cbe43fa2701..fa0c786a8bf5 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4 +++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Supported adapters: Datasheet: Publicly available at the Intel website * ServerWorks OSB4, CSB5, CSB6 and HT-1000 southbridges Datasheet: Only available via NDA from ServerWorks - * ATI IXP200, IXP300, IXP400 and SB600 southbridges + * ATI IXP200, IXP300, IXP400, SB600 and SB700 southbridges Datasheet: Not publicly available * Standard Microsystems (SMSC) SLC90E66 (Victory66) southbridge Datasheet: Publicly available at the SMSC website http://www.smsc.com diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-taos-evm b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-taos-evm new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9146e33be6dd --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-taos-evm @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +Kernel driver i2c-taos-evm + +Author: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> + +This is a driver for the evaluation modules for TAOS I2C/SMBus chips. +The modules include an SMBus master with limited capabilities, which can +be controlled over the serial port. Virtually all evaluation modules +are supported, but a few lines of code need to be added for each new +module to instantiate the right I2C chip on the bus. Obviously, a driver +for the chip in question is also needed. + +Currently supported devices are: + +* TAOS TSL2550 EVM + +For addtional information on TAOS products, please see + http://www.taosinc.com/ + + +Using this driver +----------------- + +In order to use this driver, you'll need the serport driver, and the +inputattach tool, which is part of the input-utils package. The following +commands will tell the kernel that you have a TAOS EVM on the first +serial port: + +# modprobe serport +# inputattach --taos-evm /dev/ttyS0 + + +Technical details +----------------- + +Only 4 SMBus transaction types are supported by the TAOS evaluation +modules: +* Receive Byte +* Send Byte +* Read Byte +* Write Byte + +The communication protocol is text-based and pretty simple. It is +described in a PDF document on the CD which comes with the evaluation +module. The communication is rather slow, because the serial port has +to operate at 1200 bps. However, I don't think this is a big concern in +practice, as these modules are meant for evaluation and testing only. diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/chips/max6875 b/Documentation/i2c/chips/max6875 index 96fec562a8e9..a0cd8af2f408 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/chips/max6875 +++ b/Documentation/i2c/chips/max6875 @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ And then read the data or - count = i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data(fd, 0x84, buffer); + count = i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data(fd, 0x84, 16, buffer); The block read should read 16 bytes. 0x84 is the block read command. diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/chips/x1205 b/Documentation/i2c/chips/x1205 deleted file mode 100644 index 09407c991fe5..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/i2c/chips/x1205 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,38 +0,0 @@ -Kernel driver x1205 -=================== - -Supported chips: - * Xicor X1205 RTC - Prefix: 'x1205' - Addresses scanned: none - Datasheet: http://www.intersil.com/cda/deviceinfo/0,1477,X1205,00.html - -Authors: - Karen Spearel <kas11@tampabay.rr.com>, - Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it> - -Description ------------ - -This module aims to provide complete access to the Xicor X1205 RTC. -Recently Xicor has merged with Intersil, but the chip is -still sold under the Xicor brand. - -This chip is located at address 0x6f and uses a 2-byte register addressing. -Two bytes need to be written to read a single register, while most -other chips just require one and take the second one as the data -to be written. To prevent corrupting unknown chips, the user must -explicitely set the probe parameter. - -example: - -modprobe x1205 probe=0,0x6f - -The module supports one more option, hctosys, which is used to set the -software clock from the x1205. On systems where the x1205 is the -only hardware rtc, this parameter could be used to achieve a correct -date/time earlier in the system boot sequence. - -example: - -modprobe x1205 probe=0,0x6f hctosys=1 diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/summary b/Documentation/i2c/summary index aea60bf7e8f0..003c7319b8c7 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/summary +++ b/Documentation/i2c/summary @@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ i2c-proc: The /proc/sys/dev/sensors interface for device (client) drivers Algorithm drivers ----------------- -i2c-algo-8xx: An algorithm for CPM's I2C device in Motorola 8xx processors (NOT BUILT BY DEFAULT) i2c-algo-bit: A bit-banging algorithm i2c-algo-pcf: A PCF 8584 style algorithm i2c-algo-ibm_ocp: An algorithm for the I2C device in IBM 4xx processors (NOT BUILT BY DEFAULT) @@ -81,6 +80,5 @@ i2c-pcf-epp: PCF8584 on a EPP parallel port (uses i2c-algo-pcf) (NOT mkpatch i2c-philips-par: Philips style parallel port adapter (uses i2c-algo-bit) i2c-adap-ibm_ocp: IBM 4xx processor I2C device (uses i2c-algo-ibm_ocp) (NOT BUILT BY DEFAULT) i2c-pport: Primitive parallel port adapter (uses i2c-algo-bit) -i2c-rpx: RPX board Motorola 8xx I2C device (uses i2c-algo-8xx) (NOT BUILT BY DEFAULT) i2c-velleman: Velleman K8000 parallel port adapter (uses i2c-algo-bit) diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients index 3d8d36b0ad12..2c170032bf37 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients +++ b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients @@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ SMBus communication u8 command, u8 length, u8 *values); extern s32 i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data(struct i2c_client * client, - u8 command, u8 *values); + u8 command, u8 length, u8 *values); These ones were removed in Linux 2.6.10 because they had no users, but could be added back later if needed: diff --git a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt index 66fa67fec2a7..35985b34d5a6 100644 --- a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt +++ b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ---------------------------- H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> - Last update 2007-05-16 + Last update 2007-05-23 On the i386 platform, the Linux kernel uses a rather complicated boot convention. This has evolved partially due to historical aspects, as @@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ All general purpose boot loaders should write the fields marked nonstandard address should fill in the fields marked (reloc); other boot loaders can ignore those fields. +The byte order of all fields is littleendian (this is x86, after all.) + Field name: setup_secs Type: read Offset/size: 0x1f1/1 @@ -280,14 +282,16 @@ Type: read Offset/size: 0x206/2 Protocol: 2.00+ - Contains the boot protocol version, e.g. 0x0204 for version 2.04. + Contains the boot protocol version, in (major << 8)+minor format, + e.g. 0x0204 for version 2.04, and 0x0a11 for a hypothetical version + 10.17. Field name: readmode_swtch Type: modify (optional) Offset/size: 0x208/4 Protocol: 2.00+ - Boot loader hook (see separate chapter.) + Boot loader hook (see ADVANCED BOOT LOADER HOOKS below.) Field name: start_sys Type: read @@ -304,10 +308,17 @@ Protocol: 2.00+ If set to a nonzero value, contains a pointer to a NUL-terminated human-readable kernel version number string, less 0x200. This can be used to display the kernel version to the user. This value - should be less than (0x200*setup_sects). For example, if this value - is set to 0x1c00, the kernel version number string can be found at - offset 0x1e00 in the kernel file. This is a valid value if and only - if the "setup_sects" field contains the value 14 or higher. + should be less than (0x200*setup_sects). + + For example, if this value is set to 0x1c00, the kernel version + number string can be found at offset 0x1e00 in the kernel file. + This is a valid value if and only if the "setup_sects" field + contains the value 15 or higher, as: + + 0x1c00 < 15*0x200 (= 0x1e00) but + 0x1c00 >= 14*0x200 (= 0x1c00) + + 0x1c00 >> 9 = 14, so the minimum value for setup_secs is 15. Field name: type_of_loader Type: write (obligatory) @@ -377,7 +388,7 @@ Protocol: 2.00+ This field can be modified for two purposes: - 1. as a boot loader hook (see separate chapter.) + 1. as a boot loader hook (see ADVANCED BOOT LOADER HOOKS below.) 2. if a bootloader which does not install a hook loads a relocatable kernel at a nonstandard address it will have to modify @@ -715,7 +726,7 @@ switched off, especially if the loaded kernel has the floppy driver as a demand-loaded module! -**** ADVANCED BOOT TIME HOOKS +**** ADVANCED BOOT LOADER HOOKS If the boot loader runs in a particularly hostile environment (such as LOADLIN, which runs under DOS) it may be impossible to follow the @@ -740,4 +751,5 @@ IMPORTANT: All the hooks are required to preserve %esp, %ebp, %esi and set them up to BOOT_DS (0x18) yourself. After completing your hook, you should jump to the address - that was in this field before your boot loader overwrote it. + that was in this field before your boot loader overwrote it + (relocated, if appropriate.) diff --git a/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt b/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt index c04a421f4a7c..75b3680c41eb 100644 --- a/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt +++ b/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Offset Type Description 0x1d0 unsigned long EFI memory descriptor map pointer 0x1d4 unsigned long EFI memory descriptor map size 0x1e0 unsigned long ALT_MEM_K, alternative mem check, in Kb +0x1e4 unsigned long Scratch field for the kernel setup code 0x1e8 char number of entries in E820MAP (below) 0x1e9 unsigned char number of entries in EDDBUF (below) 0x1ea unsigned char number of entries in EDD_MBR_SIG_BUFFER (below) diff --git a/Documentation/ia64/aliasing-test.c b/Documentation/ia64/aliasing-test.c index 3153167b41c3..773a814d4093 100644 --- a/Documentation/ia64/aliasing-test.c +++ b/Documentation/ia64/aliasing-test.c @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ #include <sys/mman.h> #include <sys/stat.h> #include <unistd.h> +#include <linux/pci.h> int sum; @@ -34,13 +35,19 @@ int map_mem(char *path, off_t offset, size_t length, int touch) return -1; } + if (fnmatch("/proc/bus/pci/*", path, 0) == 0) { + rc = ioctl(fd, PCIIOC_MMAP_IS_MEM); + if (rc == -1) + perror("PCIIOC_MMAP_IS_MEM ioctl"); + } + addr = mmap(NULL, length, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, offset); if (addr == MAP_FAILED) return 1; if (touch) { c = (int *) addr; - while (c < (int *) (offset + length)) + while (c < (int *) (addr + length)) sum += *c++; } @@ -54,7 +61,7 @@ int map_mem(char *path, off_t offset, size_t length, int touch) return 0; } -int scan_sysfs(char *path, char *file, off_t offset, size_t length, int touch) +int scan_tree(char *path, char *file, off_t offset, size_t length, int touch) { struct dirent **namelist; char *name, *path2; @@ -93,7 +100,7 @@ int scan_sysfs(char *path, char *file, off_t offset, size_t length, int touch) } else { r = lstat(path2, &buf); if (r == 0 && S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode)) { - rc = scan_sysfs(path2, file, offset, length, touch); + rc = scan_tree(path2, file, offset, length, touch); if (rc < 0) return rc; } @@ -197,7 +204,7 @@ skip: return rc; } -main() +int main() { int rc; @@ -238,10 +245,15 @@ main() else fprintf(stderr, "FAIL: /dev/mem 0x0-0x100000 not accessible\n"); - scan_sysfs("/sys/class/pci_bus", "legacy_mem", 0, 0xA0000, 1); - scan_sysfs("/sys/class/pci_bus", "legacy_mem", 0xA0000, 0x20000, 0); - scan_sysfs("/sys/class/pci_bus", "legacy_mem", 0xC0000, 0x40000, 1); - scan_sysfs("/sys/class/pci_bus", "legacy_mem", 0, 1024*1024, 0); + scan_tree("/sys/class/pci_bus", "legacy_mem", 0, 0xA0000, 1); + scan_tree("/sys/class/pci_bus", "legacy_mem", 0xA0000, 0x20000, 0); + scan_tree("/sys/class/pci_bus", "legacy_mem", 0xC0000, 0x40000, 1); + scan_tree("/sys/class/pci_bus", "legacy_mem", 0, 1024*1024, 0); scan_rom("/sys/devices", "rom"); + + scan_tree("/proc/bus/pci", "??.?", 0, 0xA0000, 1); + scan_tree("/proc/bus/pci", "??.?", 0xA0000, 0x20000, 0); + scan_tree("/proc/bus/pci", "??.?", 0xC0000, 0x40000, 1); + scan_tree("/proc/bus/pci", "??.?", 0, 1024*1024, 0); } diff --git a/Documentation/ia64/aliasing.txt b/Documentation/ia64/aliasing.txt index 9a431a7d0f5d..aa3e953f0f7b 100644 --- a/Documentation/ia64/aliasing.txt +++ b/Documentation/ia64/aliasing.txt @@ -112,6 +112,18 @@ POTENTIAL ATTRIBUTE ALIASING CASES The /dev/mem mmap constraints apply. + mmap of /proc/bus/pci/.../??.? + + This is an MMIO mmap of PCI functions, which additionally may or + may not be requested as using the WC attribute. + + If WC is requested, and the region in kern_memmap is either WC + or UC, and the EFI memory map designates the region as WC, then + the WC mapping is allowed. + + Otherwise, the user mapping must use the same attribute as the + kernel mapping. + read/write of /dev/mem This uses copy_from_user(), which implicitly uses a kernel diff --git a/Documentation/initrd.txt b/Documentation/initrd.txt index 15f1b35deb34..d3dc505104da 100644 --- a/Documentation/initrd.txt +++ b/Documentation/initrd.txt @@ -27,16 +27,20 @@ When using initrd, the system typically boots as follows: 1) the boot loader loads the kernel and the initial RAM disk 2) the kernel converts initrd into a "normal" RAM disk and frees the memory used by initrd - 3) initrd is mounted read-write as root - 4) /linuxrc is executed (this can be any valid executable, including + 3) if the root device is not /dev/ram0, the old (deprecated) + change_root procedure is followed. see the "Obsolete root change + mechanism" section below. + 4) root device is mounted. if it is /dev/ram0, the initrd image is + then mounted as root + 5) /sbin/init is executed (this can be any valid executable, including shell scripts; it is run with uid 0 and can do basically everything - init can do) - 5) linuxrc mounts the "real" root file system - 6) linuxrc places the root file system at the root directory using the + init can do). + 6) init mounts the "real" root file system + 7) init places the root file system at the root directory using the pivot_root system call - 7) the usual boot sequence (e.g. invocation of /sbin/init) is performed - on the root file system - 8) the initrd file system is removed + 8) init execs the /sbin/init on the new root filesystem, performing + the usual boot sequence + 9) the initrd file system is removed Note that changing the root directory does not involve unmounting it. It is therefore possible to leave processes running on initrd during that @@ -70,7 +74,7 @@ initrd adds the following new options: root=/dev/ram0 initrd is mounted as root, and the normal boot procedure is followed, - with the RAM disk still mounted as root. + with the RAM disk mounted as root. Compressed cpio images ---------------------- @@ -137,11 +141,11 @@ We'll describe the loopback device method: # mkdir /mnt/dev # mknod /mnt/dev/console c 5 1 5) copy all the files that are needed to properly use the initrd - environment. Don't forget the most important file, /linuxrc - Note that /linuxrc's permissions must include "x" (execute). + environment. Don't forget the most important file, /sbin/init + Note that /sbin/init's permissions must include "x" (execute). 6) correct operation the initrd environment can frequently be tested even without rebooting with the command - # chroot /mnt /linuxrc + # chroot /mnt /sbin/init This is of course limited to initrds that do not interfere with the general system state (e.g. by reconfiguring network interfaces, overwriting mounted devices, trying to start already running demons, @@ -154,7 +158,7 @@ We'll describe the loopback device method: # gzip -9 initrd For experimenting with initrd, you may want to take a rescue floppy and -only add a symbolic link from /linuxrc to /bin/sh. Alternatively, you +only add a symbolic link from /sbin/init to /bin/sh. Alternatively, you can try the experimental newlib environment [2] to create a small initrd. @@ -163,15 +167,14 @@ boot loaders support initrd. Since the boot process is still compatible with an older mechanism, the following boot command line parameters have to be given: - root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc rw + root=/dev/ram0 rw (rw is only necessary if writing to the initrd file system.) With LOADLIN, you simply execute LOADLIN <kernel> initrd=<disk_image> -e.g. LOADLIN C:\LINUX\BZIMAGE initrd=C:\LINUX\INITRD.GZ root=/dev/ram0 - init=/linuxrc rw +e.g. LOADLIN C:\LINUX\BZIMAGE initrd=C:\LINUX\INITRD.GZ root=/dev/ram0 rw With LILO, you add the option INITRD=<path> to either the global section or to the section of the respective kernel in /etc/lilo.conf, and pass @@ -179,7 +182,7 @@ the options using APPEND, e.g. image = /bzImage initrd = /boot/initrd.gz - append = "root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc rw" + append = "root=/dev/ram0 rw" and run /sbin/lilo @@ -191,7 +194,7 @@ Now you can boot and enjoy using initrd. Changing the root device ------------------------ -When finished with its duties, linuxrc typically changes the root device +When finished with its duties, init typically changes the root device and proceeds with starting the Linux system on the "real" root device. The procedure involves the following steps: @@ -217,7 +220,7 @@ must exist before calling pivot_root. Example: # mkdir initrd # pivot_root . initrd -Now, the linuxrc process may still access the old root via its +Now, the init process may still access the old root via its executable, shared libraries, standard input/output/error, and its current root directory. All these references are dropped by the following command: @@ -249,10 +252,6 @@ disk can be freed: It is also possible to use initrd with an NFS-mounted root, see the pivot_root(8) man page for details. -Note: if linuxrc or any program exec'ed from it terminates for some -reason, the old change_root mechanism is invoked (see section "Obsolete -root change mechanism"). - Usage scenarios --------------- @@ -264,15 +263,15 @@ as follows: 1) system boots from floppy or other media with a minimal kernel (e.g. support for RAM disks, initrd, a.out, and the Ext2 FS) and loads initrd - 2) /linuxrc determines what is needed to (1) mount the "real" root FS + 2) /sbin/init determines what is needed to (1) mount the "real" root FS (i.e. device type, device drivers, file system) and (2) the distribution media (e.g. CD-ROM, network, tape, ...). This can be done by asking the user, by auto-probing, or by using a hybrid approach. - 3) /linuxrc loads the necessary kernel modules - 4) /linuxrc creates and populates the root file system (this doesn't + 3) /sbin/init loads the necessary kernel modules + 4) /sbin/init creates and populates the root file system (this doesn't have to be a very usable system yet) - 5) /linuxrc invokes pivot_root to change the root file system and + 5) /sbin/init invokes pivot_root to change the root file system and execs - via chroot - a program that continues the installation 6) the boot loader is installed 7) the boot loader is configured to load an initrd with the set of @@ -291,7 +290,7 @@ different hardware configurations in a single administrative domain. In such cases, it is desirable to generate only a small set of kernels (ideally only one) and to keep the system-specific part of configuration information as small as possible. In this case, a common initrd could be -generated with all the necessary modules. Then, only /linuxrc or a file +generated with all the necessary modules. Then, only /sbin/init or a file read by it would have to be different. A third scenario are more convenient recovery disks, because information @@ -337,6 +336,25 @@ This old, deprecated mechanism is commonly called "change_root", while the new, supported mechanism is called "pivot_root". +Mixed change_root and pivot_root mechanism +------------------------------------------ + +In case you did not want to use root=/dev/ram0 to trig the pivot_root mechanism, +you may create both /linuxrc and /sbin/init in your initrd image. + +/linuxrc would contain only the following: + +#! /bin/sh +mount -n -t proc proc /proc +echo 0x0100 >/proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev +umount -n /proc + +Once linuxrc exited, the kernel would mount again your initrd as root, +this time executing /sbin/init. Again, it would be duty of this init +to build the right environment (maybe using the root= device passed on +the cmdline) before the final execution of the real /sbin/init. + + Resources --------- diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl-number.txt b/Documentation/ioctl-number.txt index 3de7d379cf07..5c7fbf9d96b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/ioctl-number.txt +++ b/Documentation/ioctl-number.txt @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Code Seq# Include File Comments 0x00 00-1F linux/wavefront.h conflict! 0x02 all linux/fd.h 0x03 all linux/hdreg.h -0x04 all linux/umsdos_fs.h +0x04 D2-DC linux/umsdos_fs.h Dead since 2.6.11, but don't reuse these. 0x06 all linux/lp.h 0x09 all linux/md.h 0x12 all linux/fs.h diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 09220a1e22d9..9a541486fb7e 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ parameter is applicable: APIC APIC support is enabled. APM Advanced Power Management support is enabled. AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled. - CD Appropriate CD support is enabled. DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled. EDD BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled @@ -170,7 +169,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file acpi_os_name= [HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows" - acpi_osi= [HW,ACPI] empty param disables _OSI + acpi_osi= [HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings + acpi_osi="string1" # add string1 -- only one string + acpi_osi="!string2" # remove built-in string2 + acpi_osi= # disable all strings acpi_serialize [HW,ACPI] force serialization of AML methods @@ -220,11 +222,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file acpi_fake_ecdt [HW,ACPI] Workaround failure due to BIOS lacking ECDT - acpi_generic_hotkey [HW,ACPI] - Allow consolidated generic hotkey driver to - override platform specific driver. - See also Documentation/acpi-hotkey.txt. - acpi_pm_good [IA-32,X86-64] Override the pmtimer bug detection: force the kernel to assume that this machine's pmtimer latches its value @@ -240,16 +237,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer Can be useful to work around chipset bugs. - ad1816= [HW,OSS] - Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2> - See also Documentation/sound/oss/AD1816. - ad1848= [HW,OSS] Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<type> - adlib= [HW,OSS] - Format: <io> - advansys= [HW,SCSI] See header of drivers/scsi/advansys.c. @@ -328,9 +318,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file autotest [IA64] - aztcd= [HW,CD] Aztech CD268 CDROM driver - Format: <io>,0x79 (?) - baycom_epp= [HW,AX25] Format: <io>,<mode> @@ -373,10 +360,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file possible to determine what the correct size should be. This option provides an override for these situations. - cdu31a= [HW,CD] - Format: <io>,<irq>[,PAS] - See header of drivers/cdrom/cdu31a.c. - chandev= [HW,NET] Generic channel device initialisation checkreqprot [SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value. @@ -396,6 +379,26 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT. Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr } + clocksource= [GENERIC_TIME] Override the default clocksource + Format: <string> + Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource + with the name specified. + Some clocksource names to choose from, depending on + the platform: + [all] jiffies (this is the base, fallback clocksource) + [ACPI] acpi_pm + [ARM] imx_timer1,OSTS,netx_timer,mpu_timer2, + pxa_timer,timer3,32k_counter,timer0_1 + [AVR32] avr32 + [IA-32] pit,hpet,tsc,vmi-timer; + scx200_hrt on Geode; cyclone on IBM x440 + [MIPS] MIPS + [PARISC] cr16 + [S390] tod + [SH] SuperH + [SPARC64] tick + [X86-64] hpet,tsc + code_bytes [IA32] How many bytes of object code to print in an oops report. Range: 0 - 8192 @@ -410,9 +413,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file hpet= [IA-32,HPET] option to disable HPET and use PIT. Format: disable - cm206= [HW,CD] - Format: { auto | [<io>,][<irq>] } - com20020= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]] @@ -444,13 +444,20 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt for an alternative. - uart,io,<addr>[,options] - uart,mmio,<addr>[,options] + uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options] + uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options] Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550 UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address, switching to the matching ttyS device later. The options are the same as for ttyS, above. + earlycon= [KNL] Output early console device and options. + uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options] + uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options] + Start an early, polled-mode console on the 8250/16550 + UART at the specified I/O port or MMIO address. + The options are the same as for ttyS, above. + cpcihp_generic= [HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver Format: <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>] @@ -642,9 +649,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file gpt [EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. - gscd= [HW,CD] - Format: <io> - gvp11= [HW,SCSI] hashdist= [KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot @@ -808,14 +812,37 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file tasks in the system -- can cause problems and suboptimal load balancer performance. - isp16= [HW,CD] - Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<setup> - iucv= [HW,NET] js= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick See Documentation/input/joystick.txt. + kernelcore=nn[KMG] [KNL,IA-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter + specifies the amount of memory usable by the kernel + for non-movable allocations. The requested amount is + spread evenly throughout all nodes in the system. The + remaining memory in each node is used for Movable + pages. In the event, a node is too small to have both + kernelcore and Movable pages, kernelcore pages will + take priority and other nodes will have a larger number + of kernelcore pages. The Movable zone is used for the + allocation of pages that may be reclaimed or moved + by the page migration subsystem. This means that + HugeTLB pages may not be allocated from this zone. + Note that allocations like PTEs-from-HighMem still + use the HighMem zone if it exists, and the Normal + zone if it does not. + + movablecore=nn[KMG] [KNL,IA-32,IA-64,PPC,X86-64] This parameter + is similar to kernelcore except it specifies the + amount of memory used for migratable allocations. + If both kernelcore and movablecore is specified, + then kernelcore will be at *least* the specified + value but may be more. If movablecore on its own + is specified, the administrator must be careful + that the amount of memory usable for all allocations + is not too small. + keepinitrd [HW,ARM] kstack=N [IA-32,X86-64] Print N words from the kernel stack @@ -949,11 +976,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file mcatest= [IA-64] - mcd= [HW,CD] - Format: <port>,<irq>,<mitsumi_bug_93_wait> - - mcdx= [HW,CD] - mce [IA-32] Machine Check Exception md= [HW] RAID subsystems devices and level @@ -996,49 +1018,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file mga= [HW,DRM] - migration_cost= - [KNL,SMP] debug: override scheduler migration costs - Format: <level-1-usecs>,<level-2-usecs>,... - This debugging option can be used to override the - default scheduler migration cost matrix. The numbers - are indexed by 'CPU domain distance'. - E.g. migration_cost=1000,2000,3000 on an SMT NUMA - box will set up an intra-core migration cost of - 1 msec, an inter-core migration cost of 2 msecs, - and an inter-node migration cost of 3 msecs. - - WARNING: using the wrong values here can break - scheduler performance, so it's only for scheduler - development purposes, not production environments. - - migration_debug= - [KNL,SMP] migration cost auto-detect verbosity - Format=<0|1|2> - If a system's migration matrix reported at bootup - seems erroneous then this option can be used to - increase verbosity of the detection process. - We default to 0 (no extra messages), 1 will print - some more information, and 2 will be really - verbose (probably only useful if you also have a - serial console attached to the system). - - migration_factor= - [KNL,SMP] multiply/divide migration costs by a factor - Format=<percent> - This debug option can be used to proportionally - increase or decrease the auto-detected migration - costs for all entries of the migration matrix. - E.g. migration_factor=150 will increase migration - costs by 50%. (and thus the scheduler will be less - eager migrating cache-hot tasks) - migration_factor=80 will decrease migration costs - by 20%. (thus the scheduler will be more eager to - migrate tasks) - - WARNING: using the wrong values here can break - scheduler performance, so it's only for scheduler - development purposes, not production environments. - mousedev.tap_time= [MOUSE] Maximum time between finger touching and leaving touchpad surface for touch to be considered @@ -1112,9 +1091,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file when set. Format: <int> - noaliencache [MM, NUMA] Disables the allcoation of alien caches in - the slab allocator. Saves per-node memory, but will - impact performance on real NUMA hardware. + noaliencache [MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien + caches in the slab allocator. Saves per-node memory, + but will impact performance. noalign [KNL,ARM] @@ -1206,6 +1185,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file nosmp [SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel. + nosoftlockup [KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector. + nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices. notsc [BUGS=IA-32] Disable Time Stamp Counter @@ -1214,20 +1195,19 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file nowb [ARM] + numa_zonelist_order= [KNL, BOOT] Select zonelist order for NUMA. + one of ['zone', 'node', 'default'] can be specified + This can be set from sysctl after boot. + See Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt for details. + nr_uarts= [SERIAL] maximum number of UARTs to be registered. opl3= [HW,OSS] Format: <io> - opl3sa2= [HW,OSS] Format: - <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mss_io>,<mpu_io>,<ymode>,<loopback>[,<isapnp>,<multiple] - oprofile.timer= [HW] Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters - optcd= [HW,CD] - Format: <io> - osst= [HW,SCSI] SCSI Tape Driver Format: <buffer_size>,<write_threshold> See also Documentation/scsi/st.txt. @@ -1406,6 +1386,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file autoconfiguration. Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size). + print-fatal-signals= + [KNL] debug: print fatal signals + print-fatal-signals=1: print segfault info to + the kernel console. + default: off. + + printk.time= Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line + Format: <bool> (1/Y/y=enable, 0/N/n=disable) + profile= [KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile Format: [schedule,]<number> Param: "schedule" - profile schedule points. @@ -1518,6 +1507,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file rootfstype= [KNL] Set root filesystem type + rootwait [KNL] Wait (indefinitely) for root device to show up. + Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously + (e.g. USB and MMC devices). + rw [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot S [KNL] Run init in single mode @@ -1530,11 +1523,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file sbni= [NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter - sbpcd= [HW,CD] Soundblaster CD adapter - Format: <io>,<type> - See a comment before function sbpcd_setup() in - drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.c. - sc1200wdt= [HW,WDT] SC1200 WDT (watchdog) driver Format: <io>[,<timeout>[,<isapnp>]] @@ -1587,12 +1575,43 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file simeth= [IA-64] simscsi= - sjcd= [HW,CD] - Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma> - See header of drivers/cdrom/sjcd.c. - slram= [HW,MTD] + slub_debug[=options[,slabs]] [MM, SLUB] + Enabling slub_debug allows one to determine the + culprit if slab objects become corrupted. Enabling + slub_debug can create guard zones around objects and + may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the + last alloc / free. For more information see + Documentation/vm/slub.txt. + + slub_max_order= [MM, SLUB] + Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs. + A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory + fragmentation. For more information see + Documentation/vm/slub.txt. + + slub_min_objects= [MM, SLUB] + The minimum number of objects per slab. SLUB will + increase the slab order up to slub_max_order to + generate a sufficiently large slab able to contain + the number of objects indicated. The higher the number + of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs + and the less frequently locks need to be acquired. + For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt. + + slub_min_order= [MM, SLUB] + Determines the mininum page order for slabs. Must be + lower than slub_max_order. + For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt. + + slub_nomerge [MM, SLUB] + Disable merging of slabs with similar size. May be + necessary if there is some reason to distinguish + allocs to different slabs. Debug options disable + merging on their own. + For more information see Documentation/vm/slub.txt. + smart2= [HW] Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]] @@ -1732,9 +1751,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file snd-ymfpci= [HW,ALSA] - sonycd535= [HW,CD] - Format: <io>[,<irq>] - sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver See Documentation/sonypi.txt @@ -1806,10 +1822,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Set number of hash buckets for TCP connection time Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line - - clocksource= [GENERIC_TIME] Override the default clocksource - Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource - with the name specified. + [deprecated, see 'printk.time'] tipar.timeout= [HW,PPT] Set communications timeout in tenths of a second diff --git a/Documentation/ldm.txt b/Documentation/ldm.txt index e266e11c19a3..718085bc9f1a 100644 --- a/Documentation/ldm.txt +++ b/Documentation/ldm.txt @@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ LDM - Logical Disk Manager (Dynamic Disks) ------------------------------------------ +Originally Written by FlatCap - Richard Russon <ldm@flatcap.org>. +Last Updated by Anton Altaparmakov on 30 March 2007 for Windows Vista. + Overview -------- -Windows 2000 and XP use a new partitioning scheme. It is a complete +Windows 2000, XP, and Vista use a new partitioning scheme. It is a complete replacement for the MSDOS style partitions. It stores its information in a 1MiB journalled database at the end of the physical disk. The size of partitions is limited only by disk space. The maximum number of partitions is @@ -23,7 +26,11 @@ Once the LDM driver has divided up the disk, you can use the MD driver to assemble any multi-partition volumes, e.g. Stripes, RAID5. To prevent legacy applications from repartitioning the disk, the LDM creates a -dummy MSDOS partition containing one disk-sized partition. +dummy MSDOS partition containing one disk-sized partition. This is what is +supported with the Linux LDM driver. + +A newer approach that has been implemented with Vista is to put LDM on top of a +GPT label disk. This is not supported by the Linux LDM driver yet. Example @@ -88,13 +95,13 @@ and cannot boot from a Dynamic Disk. More Documentation ------------------ -There is an Overview of the LDM online together with complete Technical -Documentation. It can also be downloaded in html. +There is an Overview of the LDM together with complete Technical Documentation. +It is available for download. - http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/ldm/index.html - http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/downloads.html + http://www.linux-ntfs.org/content/view/19/37/ -If you have any LDM questions that aren't answered on the website, email me. +If you have any LDM questions that aren't answered in the documentation, email +me. Cheers, FlatCap - Richard Russon diff --git a/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt b/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt index 1c41db21d3c1..59108cebe163 100644 --- a/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt @@ -82,13 +82,6 @@ Valid names are: /dev/fd : -> 0x0200 (floppy disk) /dev/xda: -> 0x0c00 (first XT disk, unused in Linux/m68k) /dev/xdb: -> 0x0c40 (second XT disk, unused in Linux/m68k) - /dev/ada: -> 0x1c00 (first ACSI device) - /dev/adb: -> 0x1c10 (second ACSI device) - /dev/adc: -> 0x1c20 (third ACSI device) - /dev/add: -> 0x1c30 (forth ACSI device) - -The last four names are available only if the kernel has been compiled -with Atari and ACSI support. The name must be followed by a decimal number, that stands for the partition number. Internally, the value of the number is just diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt index 58408dd023c7..650657c54733 100644 --- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt +++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Contents: (*) Explicit kernel barriers. - Compiler barrier. - - The CPU memory barriers. + - CPU memory barriers. - MMIO write barrier. (*) Implicit kernel memory barriers. @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ Memory barriers are such interventions. They impose a perceived partial ordering over the memory operations on either side of the barrier. Such enforcement is important because the CPUs and other devices in a system -can use a variety of tricks to improve performance - including reordering, +can use a variety of tricks to improve performance, including reordering, deferral and combination of memory operations; speculative loads; speculative branch prediction and various types of caching. Memory barriers are used to override or suppress these tricks, allowing the code to sanely control the @@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ sequence, Q must be either &A or &B, and that: (Q == &A) implies (D == 1) (Q == &B) implies (D == 4) -But! CPU 2's perception of P may be updated _before_ its perception of B, thus +But! CPU 2's perception of P may be updated _before_ its perception of B, thus leading to the following situation: (Q == &B) and (D == 2) ???? @@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ Basically, the read barrier always has to be there, even though it can be of the "weaker" type. [!] Note that the stores before the write barrier would normally be expected to -match the loads after the read barrier or data dependency barrier, and vice +match the loads after the read barrier or the data dependency barrier, and vice versa: CPU 1 CPU 2 @@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ versa: EXAMPLES OF MEMORY BARRIER SEQUENCES ------------------------------------ -Firstly, write barriers act as a partial orderings on store operations. +Firstly, write barriers act as partial orderings on store operations. Consider the following sequence of events: CPU 1 @@ -608,15 +608,15 @@ STORE B, STORE C } all occurring before the unordered set of { STORE D, STORE E +-------+ : : | | +------+ | |------>| C=3 | } /\ - | | : +------+ }----- \ -----> Events perceptible - | | : | A=1 | } \/ to rest of system + | | : +------+ }----- \ -----> Events perceptible to + | | : | A=1 | } \/ the rest of the system | | : +------+ } | CPU 1 | : | B=2 | } | | +------+ } | | wwwwwwwwwwwwwwww } <--- At this point the write barrier | | +------+ } requires all stores prior to the | | : | E=5 | } barrier to be committed before - | | : +------+ } further stores may be take place. + | | : +------+ } further stores may take place | |------>| D=4 | } | | +------+ +-------+ : : @@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ STORE B, STORE C } all occurring before the unordered set of { STORE D, STORE E V -Secondly, data dependency barriers act as a partial orderings on data-dependent +Secondly, data dependency barriers act as partial orderings on data-dependent loads. Consider the following sequence of events: CPU 1 CPU 2 @@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ compiler from moving the memory accesses either side of it to the other side: barrier(); -This a general barrier - lesser varieties of compiler barrier do not exist. +This is a general barrier - lesser varieties of compiler barrier do not exist. The compiler barrier has no direct effect on the CPU, which may then reorder things however it wishes. @@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ The Linux kernel has eight basic CPU memory barriers: All CPU memory barriers unconditionally imply compiler barriers. SMP memory barriers are reduced to compiler barriers on uniprocessor compiled -systems because it is assumed that a CPU will be appear to be self-consistent, +systems because it is assumed that a CPU will appear to be self-consistent, and will order overlapping accesses correctly with respect to itself. [!] Note that SMP memory barriers _must_ be used to control the ordering of @@ -1146,9 +1146,9 @@ for each construct. These operations all imply certain barriers: Therefore, from (1), (2) and (4) an UNLOCK followed by an unconditional LOCK is equivalent to a full barrier, but a LOCK followed by an UNLOCK is not. -[!] Note: one of the consequence of LOCKs and UNLOCKs being only one-way - barriers is that the effects instructions outside of a critical section may - seep into the inside of the critical section. +[!] Note: one of the consequences of LOCKs and UNLOCKs being only one-way + barriers is that the effects of instructions outside of a critical section + may seep into the inside of the critical section. A LOCK followed by an UNLOCK may not be assumed to be full memory barrier because it is possible for an access preceding the LOCK to happen after the @@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ three CPUs; then should the following sequence of events occur: UNLOCK M UNLOCK Q *D = d; *H = h; -Then there is no guarantee as to what order CPU #3 will see the accesses to *A +Then there is no guarantee as to what order CPU 3 will see the accesses to *A through *H occur in, other than the constraints imposed by the separate locks on the separate CPUs. It might, for example, see: @@ -1269,12 +1269,12 @@ However, if the following occurs: UNLOCK M [2] *H = h; -CPU #3 might see: +CPU 3 might see: *E, LOCK M [1], *C, *B, *A, UNLOCK M [1], LOCK M [2], *H, *F, *G, UNLOCK M [2], *D -But assuming CPU #1 gets the lock first, it won't see any of: +But assuming CPU 1 gets the lock first, CPU 3 won't see any of: *B, *C, *D, *F, *G or *H preceding LOCK M [1] *A, *B or *C following UNLOCK M [1] @@ -1327,12 +1327,12 @@ spinlock, for example: mmiowb(); spin_unlock(Q); -this will ensure that the two stores issued on CPU #1 appear at the PCI bridge -before either of the stores issued on CPU #2. +this will ensure that the two stores issued on CPU 1 appear at the PCI bridge +before either of the stores issued on CPU 2. -Furthermore, following a store by a load to the same device obviates the need -for an mmiowb(), because the load forces the store to complete before the load +Furthermore, following a store by a load from the same device obviates the need +for the mmiowb(), because the load forces the store to complete before the load is performed: CPU 1 CPU 2 @@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ circumstances in which reordering definitely _could_ be a problem: (*) Atomic operations. - (*) Accessing devices (I/O). + (*) Accessing devices. (*) Interrupts. @@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ To wake up a particular waiter, the up_read() or up_write() functions have to: (1) read the next pointer from this waiter's record to know as to where the next waiter record is; - (4) read the pointer to the waiter's task structure; + (2) read the pointer to the waiter's task structure; (3) clear the task pointer to tell the waiter it has been given the semaphore; @@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ To wake up a particular waiter, the up_read() or up_write() functions have to: (5) release the reference held on the waiter's task struct. -In otherwords, it has to perform this sequence of events: +In other words, it has to perform this sequence of events: LOAD waiter->list.next; LOAD waiter->task; @@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@ operations and adjusting reference counters towards object destruction, and as such the implicit memory barrier effects are necessary. -The following operation are potential problems as they do _not_ imply memory +The following operations are potential problems as they do _not_ imply memory barriers, but might be used for implementing such things as UNLOCK-class operations: @@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ With these the appropriate explicit memory barrier should be used if necessary The following also do _not_ imply memory barriers, and so may require explicit memory barriers under some circumstances (smp_mb__before_atomic_dec() for -instance)): +instance): atomic_add(); atomic_sub(); @@ -1641,8 +1641,8 @@ functions: indeed have special I/O space access cycles and instructions, but many CPUs don't have such a concept. - The PCI bus, amongst others, defines an I/O space concept - which on such - CPUs as i386 and x86_64 cpus readily maps to the CPU's concept of I/O + The PCI bus, amongst others, defines an I/O space concept which - on such + CPUs as i386 and x86_64 - readily maps to the CPU's concept of I/O space. However, it may also be mapped as a virtual I/O space in the CPU's memory map, particularly on those CPUs that don't support alternate I/O spaces. @@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@ functions: i386 architecture machines, for example, this is controlled by way of the MTRR registers. - Ordinarily, these will be guaranteed to be fully ordered and uncombined,, + Ordinarily, these will be guaranteed to be fully ordered and uncombined, provided they're not accessing a prefetchable device. However, intermediary hardware (such as a PCI bridge) may indulge in @@ -1689,7 +1689,7 @@ functions: (*) ioreadX(), iowriteX() - These will perform as appropriate for the type of access they're actually + These will perform appropriately for the type of access they're actually doing, be it inX()/outX() or readX()/writeX(). @@ -1705,7 +1705,7 @@ of arch-specific code. This means that it must be considered that the CPU will execute its instruction stream in any order it feels like - or even in parallel - provided that if an -instruction in the stream depends on the an earlier instruction, then that +instruction in the stream depends on an earlier instruction, then that earlier instruction must be sufficiently complete[*] before the later instruction may proceed; in other words: provided that the appearance of causality is maintained. @@ -1795,8 +1795,8 @@ eventually become visible on all CPUs, there's no guarantee that they will become apparent in the same order on those other CPUs. -Consider dealing with a system that has pair of CPUs (1 & 2), each of which has -a pair of parallel data caches (CPU 1 has A/B, and CPU 2 has C/D): +Consider dealing with a system that has a pair of CPUs (1 & 2), each of which +has a pair of parallel data caches (CPU 1 has A/B, and CPU 2 has C/D): : : +--------+ @@ -1835,7 +1835,7 @@ Imagine the system has the following properties: (*) the coherency queue is not flushed by normal loads to lines already present in the cache, even though the contents of the queue may - potentially effect those loads. + potentially affect those loads. Imagine, then, that two writes are made on the first CPU, with a write barrier between them to guarantee that they will appear to reach that CPU's caches in @@ -1845,7 +1845,7 @@ the requisite order: =============== =============== ======================================= u == 0, v == 1 and p == &u, q == &u v = 2; - smp_wmb(); Make sure change to v visible before + smp_wmb(); Make sure change to v is visible before change to p <A:modify v=2> v is now in cache A exclusively p = &v; @@ -1853,7 +1853,7 @@ the requisite order: The write memory barrier forces the other CPUs in the system to perceive that the local CPU's caches have apparently been updated in the correct order. But -now imagine that the second CPU that wants to read those values: +now imagine that the second CPU wants to read those values: CPU 1 CPU 2 COMMENT =============== =============== ======================================= @@ -1861,7 +1861,7 @@ now imagine that the second CPU that wants to read those values: q = p; x = *q; -The above pair of reads may then fail to happen in expected order, as the +The above pair of reads may then fail to happen in the expected order, as the cacheline holding p may get updated in one of the second CPU's caches whilst the update to the cacheline holding v is delayed in the other of the second CPU's caches by some other cache event: @@ -1916,7 +1916,7 @@ access depends on a read, not all do, so it may not be relied on. Other CPUs may also have split caches, but must coordinate between the various cachelets for normal memory accesses. The semantics of the Alpha removes the -need for coordination in absence of memory barriers. +need for coordination in the absence of memory barriers. CACHE COHERENCY VS DMA @@ -1931,10 +1931,10 @@ invalidate them as well). In addition, the data DMA'd to RAM by a device may be overwritten by dirty cache lines being written back to RAM from a CPU's cache after the device has -installed its own data, or cache lines simply present in a CPUs cache may -simply obscure the fact that RAM has been updated, until at such time as the -cacheline is discarded from the CPU's cache and reloaded. To deal with this, -the appropriate part of the kernel must invalidate the overlapping bits of the +installed its own data, or cache lines present in the CPU's cache may simply +obscure the fact that RAM has been updated, until at such time as the cacheline +is discarded from the CPU's cache and reloaded. To deal with this, the +appropriate part of the kernel must invalidate the overlapping bits of the cache on each CPU. See Documentation/cachetlb.txt for more information on cache management. @@ -1944,7 +1944,7 @@ CACHE COHERENCY VS MMIO ----------------------- Memory mapped I/O usually takes place through memory locations that are part of -a window in the CPU's memory space that have different properties assigned than +a window in the CPU's memory space that has different properties assigned than the usual RAM directed window. Amongst these properties is usually the fact that such accesses bypass the @@ -1960,7 +1960,7 @@ THE THINGS CPUS GET UP TO ========================= A programmer might take it for granted that the CPU will perform memory -operations in exactly the order specified, so that if a CPU is, for example, +operations in exactly the order specified, so that if the CPU is, for example, given the following piece of code to execute: a = *A; @@ -1969,7 +1969,7 @@ given the following piece of code to execute: d = *D; *E = e; -They would then expect that the CPU will complete the memory operation for each +they would then expect that the CPU will complete the memory operation for each instruction before moving on to the next one, leading to a definite sequence of operations as seen by external observers in the system: @@ -1986,8 +1986,8 @@ assumption doesn't hold because: (*) loads may be done speculatively, and the result discarded should it prove to have been unnecessary; - (*) loads may be done speculatively, leading to the result having being - fetched at the wrong time in the expected sequence of events; + (*) loads may be done speculatively, leading to the result having been fetched + at the wrong time in the expected sequence of events; (*) the order of the memory accesses may be rearranged to promote better use of the CPU buses and caches; @@ -2069,12 +2069,12 @@ AND THEN THERE'S THE ALPHA The DEC Alpha CPU is one of the most relaxed CPUs there is. Not only that, some versions of the Alpha CPU have a split data cache, permitting them to have -two semantically related cache lines updating at separate times. This is where +two semantically-related cache lines updated at separate times. This is where the data dependency barrier really becomes necessary as this synchronises both caches with the memory coherence system, thus making it seem like pointer changes vs new data occur in the right order. -The Alpha defines the Linux's kernel's memory barrier model. +The Alpha defines the Linux kernel's memory barrier model. See the subsection on "Cache Coherency" above. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX index e06b6e3c1db5..d63f480afb74 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX @@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ cops.txt - info on the COPS LocalTalk Linux driver cs89x0.txt - the Crystal LAN (CS8900/20-based) Ethernet ISA adapter driver +cxacru.txt + - Conexant AccessRunner USB ADSL Modem de4x5.txt - the Digital EtherWORKS DE4?? and DE5?? PCI Ethernet driver decnet.txt @@ -94,9 +96,6 @@ routing.txt - the new routing mechanism shaper.txt - info on the module that can shape/limit transmitted traffic. -sk98lin.txt - - Marvell Yukon Chipset / SysKonnect SK-98xx compliant Gigabit - Ethernet Adapter family driver info skfp.txt - SysKonnect FDDI (SK-5xxx, Compaq Netelligent) driver info. smc9.txt diff --git a/Documentation/networking/cxacru.txt b/Documentation/networking/cxacru.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b074681a963e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/cxacru.txt @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +Firmware is required for this device: http://accessrunner.sourceforge.net/ + +While it is capable of managing/maintaining the ADSL connection without the +module loaded, the device will sometimes stop responding after unloading the +driver and it is necessary to unplug/remove power to the device to fix this. + +Detected devices will appear as ATM devices named "cxacru". In /sys/class/atm/ +these are directories named cxacruN where N is the device number. A symlink +named device points to the USB interface device's directory which contains +several sysfs attribute files for retrieving device statistics: + +* adsl_controller_version + +* adsl_headend +* adsl_headend_environment + Information about the remote headend. + +* downstream_attenuation (dB) +* downstream_bits_per_frame +* downstream_rate (kbps) +* downstream_snr_margin (dB) + Downstream stats. + +* upstream_attenuation (dB) +* upstream_bits_per_frame +* upstream_rate (kbps) +* upstream_snr_margin (dB) +* transmitter_power (dBm/Hz) + Upstream stats. + +* downstream_crc_errors +* downstream_fec_errors +* downstream_hec_errors +* upstream_crc_errors +* upstream_fec_errors +* upstream_hec_errors + Error counts. + +* line_startable + Indicates that ADSL support on the device + is/can be enabled, see adsl_start. + +* line_status + "initialising" + "down" + "attempting to activate" + "training" + "channel analysis" + "exchange" + "waiting" + "up" + + Changes between "down" and "attempting to activate" + if there is no signal. + +* link_status + "not connected" + "connected" + "lost" + +* mac_address + +* modulation + "ANSI T1.413" + "ITU-T G.992.1 (G.DMT)" + "ITU-T G.992.2 (G.LITE)" + +* startup_attempts + Count of total attempts to initialise ADSL. + +To enable/disable ADSL, the following can be written to the adsl_state file: + "start" + "stop + "restart" (stops, waits 1.5s, then starts) + "poll" (used to resume status polling if it was disabled due to failure) + +Changes in adsl/line state are reported via kernel log messages: + [4942145.150704] ATM dev 0: ADSL state: running + [4942243.663766] ATM dev 0: ADSL line: down + [4942249.665075] ATM dev 0: ADSL line: attempting to activate + [4942253.654954] ATM dev 0: ADSL line: training + [4942255.666387] ATM dev 0: ADSL line: channel analysis + [4942259.656262] ATM dev 0: ADSL line: exchange + [2635357.696901] ATM dev 0: ADSL line: up (8128 kb/s down | 832 kb/s up) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index af6a63ab9026..32c2e9da5f3a 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -433,6 +433,12 @@ tcp_workaround_signed_windows - BOOLEAN not receive a window scaling option from them. Default: 0 +tcp_dma_copybreak - INTEGER + Lower limit, in bytes, of the size of socket reads that will be + offloaded to a DMA copy engine, if one is present in the system + and CONFIG_NET_DMA is enabled. + Default: 4096 + CIPSOv4 Variables: cipso_cache_enable - BOOLEAN @@ -874,8 +880,7 @@ accept_redirects - BOOLEAN accept_source_route - INTEGER Accept source routing (routing extension header). - > 0: Accept routing header. - = 0: Accept only routing header type 2. + >= 0: Accept only routing header type 2. < 0: Do not accept routing header. Default: 0 diff --git a/Documentation/networking/l2tp.txt b/Documentation/networking/l2tp.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2451f551c505 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/l2tp.txt @@ -0,0 +1,169 @@ +This brief document describes how to use the kernel's PPPoL2TP driver +to provide L2TP functionality. L2TP is a protocol that tunnels one or +more PPP sessions over a UDP tunnel. It is commonly used for VPNs +(L2TP/IPSec) and by ISPs to tunnel subscriber PPP sessions over an IP +network infrastructure. + +Design +====== + +The PPPoL2TP driver, drivers/net/pppol2tp.c, provides a mechanism by +which PPP frames carried through an L2TP session are passed through +the kernel's PPP subsystem. The standard PPP daemon, pppd, handles all +PPP interaction with the peer. PPP network interfaces are created for +each local PPP endpoint. + +The L2TP protocol http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2661.html defines L2TP +control and data frames. L2TP control frames carry messages between +L2TP clients/servers and are used to setup / teardown tunnels and +sessions. An L2TP client or server is implemented in userspace and +will use a regular UDP socket per tunnel. L2TP data frames carry PPP +frames, which may be PPP control or PPP data. The kernel's PPP +subsystem arranges for PPP control frames to be delivered to pppd, +while data frames are forwarded as usual. + +Each tunnel and session within a tunnel is assigned a unique tunnel_id +and session_id. These ids are carried in the L2TP header of every +control and data packet. The pppol2tp driver uses them to lookup +internal tunnel and/or session contexts. Zero tunnel / session ids are +treated specially - zero ids are never assigned to tunnels or sessions +in the network. In the driver, the tunnel context keeps a pointer to +the tunnel UDP socket. The session context keeps a pointer to the +PPPoL2TP socket, as well as other data that lets the driver interface +to the kernel PPP subsystem. + +Note that the pppol2tp kernel driver handles only L2TP data frames; +L2TP control frames are simply passed up to userspace in the UDP +tunnel socket. The kernel handles all datapath aspects of the +protocol, including data packet resequencing (if enabled). + +There are a number of requirements on the userspace L2TP daemon in +order to use the pppol2tp driver. + +1. Use a UDP socket per tunnel. + +2. Create a single PPPoL2TP socket per tunnel bound to a special null + session id. This is used only for communicating with the driver but + must remain open while the tunnel is active. Opening this tunnel + management socket causes the driver to mark the tunnel socket as an + L2TP UDP encapsulation socket and flags it for use by the + referenced tunnel id. This hooks up the UDP receive path via + udp_encap_rcv() in net/ipv4/udp.c. PPP data frames are never passed + in this special PPPoX socket. + +3. Create a PPPoL2TP socket per L2TP session. This is typically done + by starting pppd with the pppol2tp plugin and appropriate + arguments. A PPPoL2TP tunnel management socket (Step 2) must be + created before the first PPPoL2TP session socket is created. + +When creating PPPoL2TP sockets, the application provides information +to the driver about the socket in a socket connect() call. Source and +destination tunnel and session ids are provided, as well as the file +descriptor of a UDP socket. See struct pppol2tp_addr in +include/linux/if_ppp.h. Note that zero tunnel / session ids are +treated specially. When creating the per-tunnel PPPoL2TP management +socket in Step 2 above, zero source and destination session ids are +specified, which tells the driver to prepare the supplied UDP file +descriptor for use as an L2TP tunnel socket. + +Userspace may control behavior of the tunnel or session using +setsockopt and ioctl on the PPPoX socket. The following socket +options are supported:- + +DEBUG - bitmask of debug message categories. See below. +SENDSEQ - 0 => don't send packets with sequence numbers + 1 => send packets with sequence numbers +RECVSEQ - 0 => receive packet sequence numbers are optional + 1 => drop receive packets without sequence numbers +LNSMODE - 0 => act as LAC. + 1 => act as LNS. +REORDERTO - reorder timeout (in millisecs). If 0, don't try to reorder. + +Only the DEBUG option is supported by the special tunnel management +PPPoX socket. + +In addition to the standard PPP ioctls, a PPPIOCGL2TPSTATS is provided +to retrieve tunnel and session statistics from the kernel using the +PPPoX socket of the appropriate tunnel or session. + +Debugging +========= + +The driver supports a flexible debug scheme where kernel trace +messages may be optionally enabled per tunnel and per session. Care is +needed when debugging a live system since the messages are not +rate-limited and a busy system could be swamped. Userspace uses +setsockopt on the PPPoX socket to set a debug mask. + +The following debug mask bits are available: + +PPPOL2TP_MSG_DEBUG verbose debug (if compiled in) +PPPOL2TP_MSG_CONTROL userspace - kernel interface +PPPOL2TP_MSG_SEQ sequence numbers handling +PPPOL2TP_MSG_DATA data packets + +Sample Userspace Code +===================== + +1. Create tunnel management PPPoX socket + + kernel_fd = socket(AF_PPPOX, SOCK_DGRAM, PX_PROTO_OL2TP); + if (kernel_fd >= 0) { + struct sockaddr_pppol2tp sax; + struct sockaddr_in const *peer_addr; + + peer_addr = l2tp_tunnel_get_peer_addr(tunnel); + memset(&sax, 0, sizeof(sax)); + sax.sa_family = AF_PPPOX; + sax.sa_protocol = PX_PROTO_OL2TP; + sax.pppol2tp.fd = udp_fd; /* fd of tunnel UDP socket */ + sax.pppol2tp.addr.sin_addr.s_addr = peer_addr->sin_addr.s_addr; + sax.pppol2tp.addr.sin_port = peer_addr->sin_port; + sax.pppol2tp.addr.sin_family = AF_INET; + sax.pppol2tp.s_tunnel = tunnel_id; + sax.pppol2tp.s_session = 0; /* special case: mgmt socket */ + sax.pppol2tp.d_tunnel = 0; + sax.pppol2tp.d_session = 0; /* special case: mgmt socket */ + + if(connect(kernel_fd, (struct sockaddr *)&sax, sizeof(sax) ) < 0 ) { + perror("connect failed"); + result = -errno; + goto err; + } + } + +2. Create session PPPoX data socket + + struct sockaddr_pppol2tp sax; + int fd; + + /* Note, the target socket must be bound already, else it will not be ready */ + sax.sa_family = AF_PPPOX; + sax.sa_protocol = PX_PROTO_OL2TP; + sax.pppol2tp.fd = tunnel_fd; + sax.pppol2tp.addr.sin_addr.s_addr = addr->sin_addr.s_addr; + sax.pppol2tp.addr.sin_port = addr->sin_port; + sax.pppol2tp.addr.sin_family = AF_INET; + sax.pppol2tp.s_tunnel = tunnel_id; + sax.pppol2tp.s_session = session_id; + sax.pppol2tp.d_tunnel = peer_tunnel_id; + sax.pppol2tp.d_session = peer_session_id; + + /* session_fd is the fd of the session's PPPoL2TP socket. + * tunnel_fd is the fd of the tunnel UDP socket. + */ + fd = connect(session_fd, (struct sockaddr *)&sax, sizeof(sax)); + if (fd < 0 ) { + return -errno; + } + return 0; + +Miscellanous +============ + +The PPPoL2TP driver was developed as part of the OpenL2TP project by +Katalix Systems Ltd. OpenL2TP is a full-featured L2TP client / server, +designed from the ground up to have the L2TP datapath in the +kernel. The project also implemented the pppol2tp plugin for pppd +which allows pppd to use the kernel driver. Details can be found at +http://openl2tp.sourceforge.net. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.txt b/Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..53ef7a06f49c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.txt @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +How to use packet injection with mac80211 +========================================= + +mac80211 now allows arbitrary packets to be injected down any Monitor Mode +interface from userland. The packet you inject needs to be composed in the +following format: + + [ radiotap header ] + [ ieee80211 header ] + [ payload ] + +The radiotap format is discussed in +./Documentation/networking/radiotap-headers.txt. + +Despite 13 radiotap argument types are currently defined, most only make sense +to appear on received packets. Currently three kinds of argument are used by +the injection code, although it knows to skip any other arguments that are +present (facilitating replay of captured radiotap headers directly): + + - IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_RATE - u8 arg in 500kbps units (0x02 --> 1Mbps) + + - IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_ANTENNA - u8 arg, 0x00 = ant1, 0x01 = ant2 + + - IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DBM_TX_POWER - u8 arg, dBm + +Here is an example valid radiotap header defining these three parameters + + 0x00, 0x00, // <-- radiotap version + 0x0b, 0x00, // <- radiotap header length + 0x04, 0x0c, 0x00, 0x00, // <-- bitmap + 0x6c, // <-- rate + 0x0c, //<-- tx power + 0x01 //<-- antenna + +The ieee80211 header follows immediately afterwards, looking for example like +this: + + 0x08, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, + 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, + 0x13, 0x22, 0x33, 0x44, 0x55, 0x66, + 0x13, 0x22, 0x33, 0x44, 0x55, 0x66, + 0x10, 0x86 + +Then lastly there is the payload. + +After composing the packet contents, it is sent by send()-ing it to a logical +mac80211 interface that is in Monitor mode. Libpcap can also be used, +(which is easier than doing the work to bind the socket to the right +interface), along the following lines: + + ppcap = pcap_open_live(szInterfaceName, 800, 1, 20, szErrbuf); +... + r = pcap_inject(ppcap, u8aSendBuffer, nLength); + +You can also find sources for a complete inject test applet here: + +http://penumbra.warmcat.com/_twk/tiki-index.php?page=packetspammer + +Andy Green <andy@warmcat.com> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/multiqueue.txt b/Documentation/networking/multiqueue.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..00b60cce2224 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/multiqueue.txt @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@ + + HOWTO for multiqueue network device support + =========================================== + +Section 1: Base driver requirements for implementing multiqueue support +Section 2: Qdisc support for multiqueue devices +Section 3: Brief howto using PRIO or RR for multiqueue devices + + +Intro: Kernel support for multiqueue devices +--------------------------------------------------------- + +Kernel support for multiqueue devices is only an API that is presented to the +netdevice layer for base drivers to implement. This feature is part of the +core networking stack, and all network devices will be running on the +multiqueue-aware stack. If a base driver only has one queue, then these +changes are transparent to that driver. + + +Section 1: Base driver requirements for implementing multiqueue support +----------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Base drivers are required to use the new alloc_etherdev_mq() or +alloc_netdev_mq() functions to allocate the subqueues for the device. The +underlying kernel API will take care of the allocation and deallocation of +the subqueue memory, as well as netdev configuration of where the queues +exist in memory. + +The base driver will also need to manage the queues as it does the global +netdev->queue_lock today. Therefore base drivers should use the +netif_{start|stop|wake}_subqueue() functions to manage each queue while the +device is still operational. netdev->queue_lock is still used when the device +comes online or when it's completely shut down (unregister_netdev(), etc.). + +Finally, the base driver should indicate that it is a multiqueue device. The +feature flag NETIF_F_MULTI_QUEUE should be added to the netdev->features +bitmap on device initialization. Below is an example from e1000: + +#ifdef CONFIG_E1000_MQ + if ( (adapter->hw.mac.type == e1000_82571) || + (adapter->hw.mac.type == e1000_82572) || + (adapter->hw.mac.type == e1000_80003es2lan)) + netdev->features |= NETIF_F_MULTI_QUEUE; +#endif + + +Section 2: Qdisc support for multiqueue devices +----------------------------------------------- + +Currently two qdiscs support multiqueue devices. A new round-robin qdisc, +sch_rr, and sch_prio. The qdisc is responsible for classifying the skb's to +bands and queues, and will store the queue mapping into skb->queue_mapping. +Use this field in the base driver to determine which queue to send the skb +to. + +sch_rr has been added for hardware that doesn't want scheduling policies from +software, so it's a straight round-robin qdisc. It uses the same syntax and +classification priomap that sch_prio uses, so it should be intuitive to +configure for people who've used sch_prio. + +The PRIO qdisc naturally plugs into a multiqueue device. If PRIO has been +built with NET_SCH_PRIO_MQ, then upon load, it will make sure the number of +bands requested is equal to the number of queues on the hardware. If they +are equal, it sets a one-to-one mapping up between the queues and bands. If +they're not equal, it will not load the qdisc. This is the same behavior +for RR. Once the association is made, any skb that is classified will have +skb->queue_mapping set, which will allow the driver to properly queue skb's +to multiple queues. + + +Section 3: Brief howto using PRIO and RR for multiqueue devices +--------------------------------------------------------------- + +The userspace command 'tc,' part of the iproute2 package, is used to configure +qdiscs. To add the PRIO qdisc to your network device, assuming the device is +called eth0, run the following command: + +# tc qdisc add dev eth0 root handle 1: prio bands 4 multiqueue + +This will create 4 bands, 0 being highest priority, and associate those bands +to the queues on your NIC. Assuming eth0 has 4 Tx queues, the band mapping +would look like: + +band 0 => queue 0 +band 1 => queue 1 +band 2 => queue 2 +band 3 => queue 3 + +Traffic will begin flowing through each queue if your TOS values are assigning +traffic across the various bands. For example, ssh traffic will always try to +go out band 0 based on TOS -> Linux priority conversion (realtime traffic), +so it will be sent out queue 0. ICMP traffic (pings) fall into the "normal" +traffic classification, which is band 1. Therefore pings will be send out +queue 1 on the NIC. + +Note the use of the multiqueue keyword. This is only in versions of iproute2 +that support multiqueue networking devices; if this is omitted when loading +a qdisc onto a multiqueue device, the qdisc will load and operate the same +if it were loaded onto a single-queue device (i.e. - sends all traffic to +queue 0). + +Another alternative to multiqueue band allocation can be done by using the +multiqueue option and specify 0 bands. If this is the case, the qdisc will +allocate the number of bands to equal the number of queues that the device +reports, and bring the qdisc online. + +The behavior of tc filters remains the same, where it will override TOS priority +classification. + + +Author: Peter P. Waskiewicz Jr. <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt b/Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt index 0b27863f155c..98c4392dd0fd 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt @@ -146,12 +146,6 @@ at1700.c: irq = 0 (Probes ports: 0x260, 0x280, 0x2A0, 0x240, 0x340, 0x320, 0x380, 0x300) -atari_bionet.c: - Supports full autoprobing. (m68k/Atari) - -atari_pamsnet.c: - Supports full autoprobing. (m68k/Atari) - atarilance.c: Supports full autoprobing. (m68k/Atari) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt index ce1361f95243..37869295fc70 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt @@ -20,6 +20,30 @@ private data which gets freed when the network device is freed. If separately allocated data is attached to the network device (dev->priv) then it is up to the module exit handler to free that. +MTU +=== +Each network device has a Maximum Transfer Unit. The MTU does not +include any link layer protocol overhead. Upper layer protocols must +not pass a socket buffer (skb) to a device to transmit with more data +than the mtu. The MTU does not include link layer header overhead, so +for example on Ethernet if the standard MTU is 1500 bytes used, the +actual skb will contain up to 1514 bytes because of the Ethernet +header. Devices should allow for the 4 byte VLAN header as well. + +Segmentation Offload (GSO, TSO) is an exception to this rule. The +upper layer protocol may pass a large socket buffer to the device +transmit routine, and the device will break that up into separate +packets based on the current MTU. + +MTU is symmetrical and applies both to receive and transmit. A device +must be able to receive at least the maximum size packet allowed by +the MTU. A network device may use the MTU as mechanism to size receive +buffers, but the device should allow packets with VLAN header. With +standard Ethernet mtu of 1500 bytes, the device should allow up to +1518 byte packets (1500 + 14 header + 4 tag). The device may either: +drop, truncate, or pass up oversize packets, but dropping oversize +packets is preferred. + struct net_device synchronization rules ======================================= @@ -43,16 +67,17 @@ dev->get_stats: dev->hard_start_xmit: Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock. + When the driver sets NETIF_F_LLTX in dev->features this will be called without holding netif_tx_lock. In this case the driver has to lock by itself when needed. It is recommended to use a try lock - for this and return -1 when the spin lock fails. + for this and return NETDEV_TX_LOCKED when the spin lock fails. The locking there should also properly protect against - set_multicast_list - Context: Process with BHs disabled or BH (timer). - Notes: netif_queue_stopped() is guaranteed false - Interrupts must be enabled when calling hard_start_xmit. - (Interrupts must also be enabled when enabling the BH handler.) + set_multicast_list. + + Context: Process with BHs disabled or BH (timer), + will be called with interrupts disabled by netconsole. + Return codes: o NETDEV_TX_OK everything ok. o NETDEV_TX_BUSY Cannot transmit packet, try later @@ -74,4 +99,5 @@ dev->poll: Synchronization: __LINK_STATE_RX_SCHED bit in dev->state. See dev_close code and comments in net/core/dev.c for more info. Context: softirq + will be called with interrupts disabled by netconsole. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/radiotap-headers.txt b/Documentation/networking/radiotap-headers.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..953331c7984f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/radiotap-headers.txt @@ -0,0 +1,152 @@ +How to use radiotap headers +=========================== + +Pointer to the radiotap include file +------------------------------------ + +Radiotap headers are variable-length and extensible, you can get most of the +information you need to know on them from: + +./include/net/ieee80211_radiotap.h + +This document gives an overview and warns on some corner cases. + + +Structure of the header +----------------------- + +There is a fixed portion at the start which contains a u32 bitmap that defines +if the possible argument associated with that bit is present or not. So if b0 +of the it_present member of ieee80211_radiotap_header is set, it means that +the header for argument index 0 (IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TSFT) is present in the +argument area. + + < 8-byte ieee80211_radiotap_header > + [ <possible argument bitmap extensions ... > ] + [ <argument> ... ] + +At the moment there are only 13 possible argument indexes defined, but in case +we run out of space in the u32 it_present member, it is defined that b31 set +indicates that there is another u32 bitmap following (shown as "possible +argument bitmap extensions..." above), and the start of the arguments is moved +forward 4 bytes each time. + +Note also that the it_len member __le16 is set to the total number of bytes +covered by the ieee80211_radiotap_header and any arguments following. + + +Requirements for arguments +-------------------------- + +After the fixed part of the header, the arguments follow for each argument +index whose matching bit is set in the it_present member of +ieee80211_radiotap_header. + + - the arguments are all stored little-endian! + + - the argument payload for a given argument index has a fixed size. So + IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TSFT being present always indicates an 8-byte argument is + present. See the comments in ./include/net/ieee80211_radiotap.h for a nice + breakdown of all the argument sizes + + - the arguments must be aligned to a boundary of the argument size using + padding. So a u16 argument must start on the next u16 boundary if it isn't + already on one, a u32 must start on the next u32 boundary and so on. + + - "alignment" is relative to the start of the ieee80211_radiotap_header, ie, + the first byte of the radiotap header. The absolute alignment of that first + byte isn't defined. So even if the whole radiotap header is starting at, eg, + address 0x00000003, still the first byte of the radiotap header is treated as + 0 for alignment purposes. + + - the above point that there may be no absolute alignment for multibyte + entities in the fixed radiotap header or the argument region means that you + have to take special evasive action when trying to access these multibyte + entities. Some arches like Blackfin cannot deal with an attempt to + dereference, eg, a u16 pointer that is pointing to an odd address. Instead + you have to use a kernel API get_unaligned() to dereference the pointer, + which will do it bytewise on the arches that require that. + + - The arguments for a given argument index can be a compound of multiple types + together. For example IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_CHANNEL has an argument payload + consisting of two u16s of total length 4. When this happens, the padding + rule is applied dealing with a u16, NOT dealing with a 4-byte single entity. + + +Example valid radiotap header +----------------------------- + + 0x00, 0x00, // <-- radiotap version + pad byte + 0x0b, 0x00, // <- radiotap header length + 0x04, 0x0c, 0x00, 0x00, // <-- bitmap + 0x6c, // <-- rate (in 500kHz units) + 0x0c, //<-- tx power + 0x01 //<-- antenna + + +Using the Radiotap Parser +------------------------- + +If you are having to parse a radiotap struct, you can radically simplify the +job by using the radiotap parser that lives in net/wireless/radiotap.c and has +its prototypes available in include/net/cfg80211.h. You use it like this: + +#include <net/cfg80211.h> + +/* buf points to the start of the radiotap header part */ + +int MyFunction(u8 * buf, int buflen) +{ + int pkt_rate_100kHz = 0, antenna = 0, pwr = 0; + struct ieee80211_radiotap_iterator iterator; + int ret = ieee80211_radiotap_iterator_init(&iterator, buf, buflen); + + while (!ret) { + + ret = ieee80211_radiotap_iterator_next(&iterator); + + if (ret) + continue; + + /* see if this argument is something we can use */ + + switch (iterator.this_arg_index) { + /* + * You must take care when dereferencing iterator.this_arg + * for multibyte types... the pointer is not aligned. Use + * get_unaligned((type *)iterator.this_arg) to dereference + * iterator.this_arg for type "type" safely on all arches. + */ + case IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_RATE: + /* radiotap "rate" u8 is in + * 500kbps units, eg, 0x02=1Mbps + */ + pkt_rate_100kHz = (*iterator.this_arg) * 5; + break; + + case IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_ANTENNA: + /* radiotap uses 0 for 1st ant */ + antenna = *iterator.this_arg); + break; + + case IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DBM_TX_POWER: + pwr = *iterator.this_arg; + break; + + default: + break; + } + } /* while more rt headers */ + + if (ret != -ENOENT) + return TXRX_DROP; + + /* discard the radiotap header part */ + buf += iterator.max_length; + buflen -= iterator.max_length; + + ... + +} + +Andy Green <andy@warmcat.com> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/sk98lin.txt b/Documentation/networking/sk98lin.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 8590a954df1d..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/networking/sk98lin.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,568 +0,0 @@ -(C)Copyright 1999-2004 Marvell(R). -All rights reserved -=========================================================================== - -sk98lin.txt created 13-Feb-2004 - -Readme File for sk98lin v6.23 -Marvell Yukon/SysKonnect SK-98xx Gigabit Ethernet Adapter family driver for LINUX - -This file contains - 1 Overview - 2 Required Files - 3 Installation - 3.1 Driver Installation - 3.2 Inclusion of adapter at system start - 4 Driver Parameters - 4.1 Per-Port Parameters - 4.2 Adapter Parameters - 5 Large Frame Support - 6 VLAN and Link Aggregation Support (IEEE 802.1, 802.1q, 802.3ad) - 7 Troubleshooting - -=========================================================================== - - -1 Overview -=========== - -The sk98lin driver supports the Marvell Yukon and SysKonnect -SK-98xx/SK-95xx compliant Gigabit Ethernet Adapter on Linux. It has -been tested with Linux on Intel/x86 machines. -*** - - -2 Required Files -================= - -The linux kernel source. -No additional files required. -*** - - -3 Installation -=============== - -It is recommended to download the latest version of the driver from the -SysKonnect web site www.syskonnect.com. If you have downloaded the latest -driver, the Linux kernel has to be patched before the driver can be -installed. For details on how to patch a Linux kernel, refer to the -patch.txt file. - -3.1 Driver Installation ------------------------- - -The following steps describe the actions that are required to install -the driver and to start it manually. These steps should be carried -out for the initial driver setup. Once confirmed to be ok, they can -be included in the system start. - -NOTE 1: To perform the following tasks you need 'root' access. - -NOTE 2: In case of problems, please read the section "Troubleshooting" - below. - -The driver can either be integrated into the kernel or it can be compiled -as a module. Select the appropriate option during the kernel -configuration. - -Compile/use the driver as a module ----------------------------------- -To compile the driver, go to the directory /usr/src/linux and -execute the command "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig" and proceed as -follows: - -To integrate the driver permanently into the kernel, proceed as follows: - -1. Select the menu "Network device support" and then "Ethernet(1000Mbit)" -2. Mark "Marvell Yukon Chipset / SysKonnect SK-98xx family support" - with (*) -3. Build a new kernel when the configuration of the above options is - finished. -4. Install the new kernel. -5. Reboot your system. - -To use the driver as a module, proceed as follows: - -1. Enable 'loadable module support' in the kernel. -2. For automatic driver start, enable the 'Kernel module loader'. -3. Select the menu "Network device support" and then "Ethernet(1000Mbit)" -4. Mark "Marvell Yukon Chipset / SysKonnect SK-98xx family support" - with (M) -5. Execute the command "make modules". -6. Execute the command "make modules_install". - The appropriate modules will be installed. -7. Reboot your system. - - -Load the module manually ------------------------- -To load the module manually, proceed as follows: - -1. Enter "modprobe sk98lin". -2. If a Marvell Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx adapter is installed in - your computer and you have a /proc file system, execute the command: - "ls /proc/net/sk98lin/" - This should produce an output containing a line with the following - format: - eth0 eth1 ... - which indicates that your adapter has been found and initialized. - - NOTE 1: If you have more than one Marvell Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx - adapter installed, the adapters will be listed as 'eth0', - 'eth1', 'eth2', etc. - For each adapter, repeat steps 3 and 4 below. - - NOTE 2: If you have other Ethernet adapters installed, your Marvell - Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx adapter will be mapped to the - next available number, e.g. 'eth1'. The mapping is executed - automatically. - The module installation message (displayed either in a system - log file or on the console) prints a line for each adapter - found containing the corresponding 'ethX'. - -3. Select an IP address and assign it to the respective adapter by - entering: - ifconfig eth0 <ip-address> - With this command, the adapter is connected to the Ethernet. - - SK-98xx Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapters: The yellow LED on the adapter - is now active, the link status LED of the primary port is active and - the link status LED of the secondary port (on dual port adapters) is - blinking (if the ports are connected to a switch or hub). - SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapters: The link status LED is active. - In addition, you will receive a status message on the console stating - "ethX: network connection up using port Y" and showing the selected - connection parameters (x stands for the ethernet device number - (0,1,2, etc), y stands for the port name (A or B)). - - NOTE: If you are in doubt about IP addresses, ask your network - administrator for assistance. - -4. Your adapter should now be fully operational. - Use 'ping <otherstation>' to verify the connection to other computers - on your network. -5. To check the adapter configuration view /proc/net/sk98lin/[devicename]. - For example by executing: - "cat /proc/net/sk98lin/eth0" - -Unload the module ------------------ -To stop and unload the driver modules, proceed as follows: - -1. Execute the command "ifconfig eth0 down". -2. Execute the command "rmmod sk98lin". - -3.2 Inclusion of adapter at system start ------------------------------------------ - -Since a large number of different Linux distributions are -available, we are unable to describe a general installation procedure -for the driver module. -Because the driver is now integrated in the kernel, installation should -be easy, using the standard mechanism of your distribution. -Refer to the distribution's manual for installation of ethernet adapters. - -*** - -4 Driver Parameters -==================== - -Parameters can be set at the command line after the module has been -loaded with the command 'modprobe'. -In some distributions, the configuration tools are able to pass parameters -to the driver module. - -If you use the kernel module loader, you can set driver parameters -in the file /etc/modprobe.conf (or /etc/modules.conf in 2.4 or earlier). -To set the driver parameters in this file, proceed as follows: - -1. Insert a line of the form : - options sk98lin ... - For "...", the same syntax is required as described for the command - line parameters of modprobe below. -2. To activate the new parameters, either reboot your computer - or - unload and reload the driver. - The syntax of the driver parameters is: - - modprobe sk98lin parameter=value1[,value2[,value3...]] - - where value1 refers to the first adapter, value2 to the second etc. - -NOTE: All parameters are case sensitive. Write them exactly as shown - below. - -Example: -Suppose you have two adapters. You want to set auto-negotiation -on the first adapter to ON and on the second adapter to OFF. -You also want to set DuplexCapabilities on the first adapter -to FULL, and on the second adapter to HALF. -Then, you must enter: - - modprobe sk98lin AutoNeg_A=On,Off DupCap_A=Full,Half - -NOTE: The number of adapters that can be configured this way is - limited in the driver (file skge.c, constant SK_MAX_CARD_PARAM). - The current limit is 16. If you happen to install - more adapters, adjust this and recompile. - - -4.1 Per-Port Parameters ------------------------- - -These settings are available for each port on the adapter. -In the following description, '?' stands for the port for -which you set the parameter (A or B). - -Speed ------ -Parameter: Speed_? -Values: 10, 100, 1000, Auto -Default: Auto - -This parameter is used to set the speed capabilities. It is only valid -for the SK-98xx V2.0 copper adapters. -Usually, the speed is negotiated between the two ports during link -establishment. If this fails, a port can be forced to a specific setting -with this parameter. - -Auto-Negotiation ----------------- -Parameter: AutoNeg_? -Values: On, Off, Sense -Default: On - -The "Sense"-mode automatically detects whether the link partner supports -auto-negotiation or not. - -Duplex Capabilities -------------------- -Parameter: DupCap_? -Values: Half, Full, Both -Default: Both - -This parameters is only relevant if auto-negotiation for this port is -not set to "Sense". If auto-negotiation is set to "On", all three values -are possible. If it is set to "Off", only "Full" and "Half" are allowed. -This parameter is useful if your link partner does not support all -possible combinations. - -Flow Control ------------- -Parameter: FlowCtrl_? -Values: Sym, SymOrRem, LocSend, None -Default: SymOrRem - -This parameter can be used to set the flow control capabilities the -port reports during auto-negotiation. It can be set for each port -individually. -Possible modes: - -- Sym = Symmetric: both link partners are allowed to send - PAUSE frames - -- SymOrRem = SymmetricOrRemote: both or only remote partner - are allowed to send PAUSE frames - -- LocSend = LocalSend: only local link partner is allowed - to send PAUSE frames - -- None = no link partner is allowed to send PAUSE frames - -NOTE: This parameter is ignored if auto-negotiation is set to "Off". - -Role in Master-Slave-Negotiation (1000Base-T only) --------------------------------------------------- -Parameter: Role_? -Values: Auto, Master, Slave -Default: Auto - -This parameter is only valid for the SK-9821 and SK-9822 adapters. -For two 1000Base-T ports to communicate, one must take the role of the -master (providing timing information), while the other must be the -slave. Usually, this is negotiated between the two ports during link -establishment. If this fails, a port can be forced to a specific setting -with this parameter. - - -4.2 Adapter Parameters ------------------------ - -Connection Type (SK-98xx V2.0 copper adapters only) ---------------- -Parameter: ConType -Values: Auto, 100FD, 100HD, 10FD, 10HD -Default: Auto - -The parameter 'ConType' is a combination of all five per-port parameters -within one single parameter. This simplifies the configuration of both ports -of an adapter card! The different values of this variable reflect the most -meaningful combinations of port parameters. - -The following table shows the values of 'ConType' and the corresponding -combinations of the per-port parameters: - - ConType | DupCap AutoNeg FlowCtrl Role Speed - ----------+------------------------------------------------------ - Auto | Both On SymOrRem Auto Auto - 100FD | Full Off None Auto (ignored) 100 - 100HD | Half Off None Auto (ignored) 100 - 10FD | Full Off None Auto (ignored) 10 - 10HD | Half Off None Auto (ignored) 10 - -Stating any other port parameter together with this 'ConType' variable -will result in a merged configuration of those settings. This due to -the fact, that the per-port parameters (e.g. Speed_? ) have a higher -priority than the combined variable 'ConType'. - -NOTE: This parameter is always used on both ports of the adapter card. - -Interrupt Moderation --------------------- -Parameter: Moderation -Values: None, Static, Dynamic -Default: None - -Interrupt moderation is employed to limit the maximum number of interrupts -the driver has to serve. That is, one or more interrupts (which indicate any -transmit or receive packet to be processed) are queued until the driver -processes them. When queued interrupts are to be served, is determined by the -'IntsPerSec' parameter, which is explained later below. - -Possible modes: - - -- None - No interrupt moderation is applied on the adapter card. - Therefore, each transmit or receive interrupt is served immediately - as soon as it appears on the interrupt line of the adapter card. - - -- Static - Interrupt moderation is applied on the adapter card. - All transmit and receive interrupts are queued until a complete - moderation interval ends. If such a moderation interval ends, all - queued interrupts are processed in one big bunch without any delay. - The term 'static' reflects the fact, that interrupt moderation is - always enabled, regardless how much network load is currently - passing via a particular interface. In addition, the duration of - the moderation interval has a fixed length that never changes while - the driver is operational. - - -- Dynamic - Interrupt moderation might be applied on the adapter card, - depending on the load of the system. If the driver detects that the - system load is too high, the driver tries to shield the system against - too much network load by enabling interrupt moderation. If - at a later - time - the CPU utilization decreases again (or if the network load is - negligible) the interrupt moderation will automatically be disabled. - -Interrupt moderation should be used when the driver has to handle one or more -interfaces with a high network load, which - as a consequence - leads also to a -high CPU utilization. When moderation is applied in such high network load -situations, CPU load might be reduced by 20-30%. - -NOTE: The drawback of using interrupt moderation is an increase of the round- -trip-time (RTT), due to the queueing and serving of interrupts at dedicated -moderation times. - -Interrupts per second ---------------------- -Parameter: IntsPerSec -Values: 30...40000 (interrupts per second) -Default: 2000 - -This parameter is only used if either static or dynamic interrupt moderation -is used on a network adapter card. Using this parameter if no moderation is -applied will lead to no action performed. - -This parameter determines the length of any interrupt moderation interval. -Assuming that static interrupt moderation is to be used, an 'IntsPerSec' -parameter value of 2000 will lead to an interrupt moderation interval of -500 microseconds. - -NOTE: The duration of the moderation interval is to be chosen with care. -At first glance, selecting a very long duration (e.g. only 100 interrupts per -second) seems to be meaningful, but the increase of packet-processing delay -is tremendous. On the other hand, selecting a very short moderation time might -compensate the use of any moderation being applied. - - -Preferred Port --------------- -Parameter: PrefPort -Values: A, B -Default: A - -This is used to force the preferred port to A or B (on dual-port network -adapters). The preferred port is the one that is used if both are detected -as fully functional. - -RLMT Mode (Redundant Link Management Technology) ------------------------------------------------- -Parameter: RlmtMode -Values: CheckLinkState,CheckLocalPort, CheckSeg, DualNet -Default: CheckLinkState - -RLMT monitors the status of the port. If the link of the active port -fails, RLMT switches immediately to the standby link. The virtual link is -maintained as long as at least one 'physical' link is up. - -Possible modes: - - -- CheckLinkState - Check link state only: RLMT uses the link state - reported by the adapter hardware for each individual port to - determine whether a port can be used for all network traffic or - not. - - -- CheckLocalPort - In this mode, RLMT monitors the network path - between the two ports of an adapter by regularly exchanging packets - between them. This mode requires a network configuration in which - the two ports are able to "see" each other (i.e. there must not be - any router between the ports). - - -- CheckSeg - Check local port and segmentation: This mode supports the - same functions as the CheckLocalPort mode and additionally checks - network segmentation between the ports. Therefore, this mode is only - to be used if Gigabit Ethernet switches are installed on the network - that have been configured to use the Spanning Tree protocol. - - -- DualNet - In this mode, ports A and B are used as separate devices. - If you have a dual port adapter, port A will be configured as eth0 - and port B as eth1. Both ports can be used independently with - distinct IP addresses. The preferred port setting is not used. - RLMT is turned off. - -NOTE: RLMT modes CLP and CLPSS are designed to operate in configurations - where a network path between the ports on one adapter exists. - Moreover, they are not designed to work where adapters are connected - back-to-back. -*** - - -5 Large Frame Support -====================== - -The driver supports large frames (also called jumbo frames). Using large -frames can result in an improved throughput if transferring large amounts -of data. -To enable large frames, set the MTU (maximum transfer unit) of the -interface to the desired value (up to 9000), execute the following -command: - ifconfig eth0 mtu 9000 -This will only work if you have two adapters connected back-to-back -or if you use a switch that supports large frames. When using a switch, -it should be configured to allow large frames and auto-negotiation should -be set to OFF. The setting must be configured on all adapters that can be -reached by the large frames. If one adapter is not set to receive large -frames, it will simply drop them. - -You can switch back to the standard ethernet frame size by executing the -following command: - ifconfig eth0 mtu 1500 - -To permanently configure this setting, add a script with the 'ifconfig' -line to the system startup sequence (named something like "S99sk98lin" -in /etc/rc.d/rc2.d). -*** - - -6 VLAN and Link Aggregation Support (IEEE 802.1, 802.1q, 802.3ad) -================================================================== - -The Marvell Yukon/SysKonnect Linux drivers are able to support VLAN and -Link Aggregation according to IEEE standards 802.1, 802.1q, and 802.3ad. -These features are only available after installation of open source -modules available on the Internet: -For VLAN go to: http://www.candelatech.com/~greear/vlan.html -For Link Aggregation go to: http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~yumo - -NOTE: SysKonnect GmbH does not offer any support for these open source - modules and does not take the responsibility for any kind of - failures or problems arising in connection with these modules. - -NOTE: Configuring Link Aggregation on a SysKonnect dual link adapter may - cause problems when unloading the driver. - - -7 Troubleshooting -================== - -If any problems occur during the installation process, check the -following list: - - -Problem: The SK-98xx adapter cannot be found by the driver. -Solution: In /proc/pci search for the following entry: - 'Ethernet controller: SysKonnect SK-98xx ...' - If this entry exists, the SK-98xx or SK-98xx V2.0 adapter has - been found by the system and should be operational. - If this entry does not exist or if the file '/proc/pci' is not - found, there may be a hardware problem or the PCI support may - not be enabled in your kernel. - The adapter can be checked using the diagnostics program which - is available on the SysKonnect web site: - www.syskonnect.com - - Some COMPAQ machines have problems dealing with PCI under Linux. - This problem is described in the 'PCI howto' document - (included in some distributions or available from the - web, e.g. at 'www.linux.org'). - - -Problem: Programs such as 'ifconfig' or 'route' cannot be found or the - error message 'Operation not permitted' is displayed. -Reason: You are not logged in as user 'root'. -Solution: Logout and login as 'root' or change to 'root' via 'su'. - - -Problem: Upon use of the command 'ping <address>' the message - "ping: sendto: Network is unreachable" is displayed. -Reason: Your route is not set correctly. -Solution: If you are using RedHat, you probably forgot to set up the - route in the 'network configuration'. - Check the existing routes with the 'route' command and check - if an entry for 'eth0' exists, and if so, if it is set correctly. - - -Problem: The driver can be started, the adapter is connected to the - network, but you cannot receive or transmit any packets; - e.g. 'ping' does not work. -Reason: There is an incorrect route in your routing table. -Solution: Check the routing table with the command 'route' and read the - manual help pages dealing with routes (enter 'man route'). - -NOTE: Although the 2.2.x kernel versions generate the routing entry - automatically, problems of this kind may occur here as well. We've - come across a situation in which the driver started correctly at - system start, but after the driver has been removed and reloaded, - the route of the adapter's network pointed to the 'dummy0'device - and had to be corrected manually. - - -Problem: Your computer should act as a router between multiple - IP subnetworks (using multiple adapters), but computers in - other subnetworks cannot be reached. -Reason: Either the router's kernel is not configured for IP forwarding - or the routing table and gateway configuration of at least one - computer is not working. - -Problem: Upon driver start, the following error message is displayed: - "eth0: -- ERROR -- - Class: internal Software error - Nr: 0xcc - Msg: SkGeInitPort() cannot init running ports" -Reason: You are using a driver compiled for single processor machines - on a multiprocessor machine with SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessor) - kernel. -Solution: Configure your kernel appropriately and recompile the kernel or - the modules. - - - -If your problem is not listed here, please contact SysKonnect's technical -support for help (linux@syskonnect.de). -When contacting our technical support, please ensure that the following -information is available: -- System Manufacturer and HW Informations (CPU, Memory... ) -- PCI-Boards in your system -- Distribution -- Kernel version -- Driver version -*** - - - -***End of Readme File*** diff --git a/Documentation/networking/spider_net.txt b/Documentation/networking/spider_net.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4b4adb8eb14f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/spider_net.txt @@ -0,0 +1,204 @@ + + The Spidernet Device Driver + =========================== + +Written by Linas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com> + +Version of 7 June 2007 + +Abstract +======== +This document sketches the structure of portions of the spidernet +device driver in the Linux kernel tree. The spidernet is a gigabit +ethernet device built into the Toshiba southbridge commonly used +in the SONY Playstation 3 and the IBM QS20 Cell blade. + +The Structure of the RX Ring. +============================= +The receive (RX) ring is a circular linked list of RX descriptors, +together with three pointers into the ring that are used to manage its +contents. + +The elements of the ring are called "descriptors" or "descrs"; they +describe the received data. This includes a pointer to a buffer +containing the received data, the buffer size, and various status bits. + +There are three primary states that a descriptor can be in: "empty", +"full" and "not-in-use". An "empty" or "ready" descriptor is ready +to receive data from the hardware. A "full" descriptor has data in it, +and is waiting to be emptied and processed by the OS. A "not-in-use" +descriptor is neither empty or full; it is simply not ready. It may +not even have a data buffer in it, or is otherwise unusable. + +During normal operation, on device startup, the OS (specifically, the +spidernet device driver) allocates a set of RX descriptors and RX +buffers. These are all marked "empty", ready to receive data. This +ring is handed off to the hardware, which sequentially fills in the +buffers, and marks them "full". The OS follows up, taking the full +buffers, processing them, and re-marking them empty. + +This filling and emptying is managed by three pointers, the "head" +and "tail" pointers, managed by the OS, and a hardware current +descriptor pointer (GDACTDPA). The GDACTDPA points at the descr +currently being filled. When this descr is filled, the hardware +marks it full, and advances the GDACTDPA by one. Thus, when there is +flowing RX traffic, every descr behind it should be marked "full", +and everything in front of it should be "empty". If the hardware +discovers that the current descr is not empty, it will signal an +interrupt, and halt processing. + +The tail pointer tails or trails the hardware pointer. When the +hardware is ahead, the tail pointer will be pointing at a "full" +descr. The OS will process this descr, and then mark it "not-in-use", +and advance the tail pointer. Thus, when there is flowing RX traffic, +all of the descrs in front of the tail pointer should be "full", and +all of those behind it should be "not-in-use". When RX traffic is not +flowing, then the tail pointer can catch up to the hardware pointer. +The OS will then note that the current tail is "empty", and halt +processing. + +The head pointer (somewhat mis-named) follows after the tail pointer. +When traffic is flowing, then the head pointer will be pointing at +a "not-in-use" descr. The OS will perform various housekeeping duties +on this descr. This includes allocating a new data buffer and +dma-mapping it so as to make it visible to the hardware. The OS will +then mark the descr as "empty", ready to receive data. Thus, when there +is flowing RX traffic, everything in front of the head pointer should +be "not-in-use", and everything behind it should be "empty". If no +RX traffic is flowing, then the head pointer can catch up to the tail +pointer, at which point the OS will notice that the head descr is +"empty", and it will halt processing. + +Thus, in an idle system, the GDACTDPA, tail and head pointers will +all be pointing at the same descr, which should be "empty". All of the +other descrs in the ring should be "empty" as well. + +The show_rx_chain() routine will print out the the locations of the +GDACTDPA, tail and head pointers. It will also summarize the contents +of the ring, starting at the tail pointer, and listing the status +of the descrs that follow. + +A typical example of the output, for a nearly idle system, might be + +net eth1: Total number of descrs=256 +net eth1: Chain tail located at descr=20 +net eth1: Chain head is at 20 +net eth1: HW curr desc (GDACTDPA) is at 21 +net eth1: Have 1 descrs with stat=x40800101 +net eth1: HW next desc (GDACNEXTDA) is at 22 +net eth1: Last 255 descrs with stat=xa0800000 + +In the above, the hardware has filled in one descr, number 20. Both +head and tail are pointing at 20, because it has not yet been emptied. +Meanwhile, hw is pointing at 21, which is free. + +The "Have nnn decrs" refers to the descr starting at the tail: in this +case, nnn=1 descr, starting at descr 20. The "Last nnn descrs" refers +to all of the rest of the descrs, from the last status change. The "nnn" +is a count of how many descrs have exactly the same status. + +The status x4... corresponds to "full" and status xa... corresponds +to "empty". The actual value printed is RXCOMST_A. + +In the device driver source code, a different set of names are +used for these same concepts, so that + +"empty" == SPIDER_NET_DESCR_CARDOWNED == 0xa +"full" == SPIDER_NET_DESCR_FRAME_END == 0x4 +"not in use" == SPIDER_NET_DESCR_NOT_IN_USE == 0xf + + +The RX RAM full bug/feature +=========================== + +As long as the OS can empty out the RX buffers at a rate faster than +the hardware can fill them, there is no problem. If, for some reason, +the OS fails to empty the RX ring fast enough, the hardware GDACTDPA +pointer will catch up to the head, notice the not-empty condition, +ad stop. However, RX packets may still continue arriving on the wire. +The spidernet chip can save some limited number of these in local RAM. +When this local ram fills up, the spider chip will issue an interrupt +indicating this (GHIINT0STS will show ERRINT, and the GRMFLLINT bit +will be set in GHIINT1STS). When the RX ram full condition occurs, +a certain bug/feature is triggered that has to be specially handled. +This section describes the special handling for this condition. + +When the OS finally has a chance to run, it will empty out the RX ring. +In particular, it will clear the descriptor on which the hardware had +stopped. However, once the hardware has decided that a certain +descriptor is invalid, it will not restart at that descriptor; instead +it will restart at the next descr. This potentially will lead to a +deadlock condition, as the tail pointer will be pointing at this descr, +which, from the OS point of view, is empty; the OS will be waiting for +this descr to be filled. However, the hardware has skipped this descr, +and is filling the next descrs. Since the OS doesn't see this, there +is a potential deadlock, with the OS waiting for one descr to fill, +while the hardware is waiting for a different set of descrs to become +empty. + +A call to show_rx_chain() at this point indicates the nature of the +problem. A typical print when the network is hung shows the following: + +net eth1: Spider RX RAM full, incoming packets might be discarded! +net eth1: Total number of descrs=256 +net eth1: Chain tail located at descr=255 +net eth1: Chain head is at 255 +net eth1: HW curr desc (GDACTDPA) is at 0 +net eth1: Have 1 descrs with stat=xa0800000 +net eth1: HW next desc (GDACNEXTDA) is at 1 +net eth1: Have 127 descrs with stat=x40800101 +net eth1: Have 1 descrs with stat=x40800001 +net eth1: Have 126 descrs with stat=x40800101 +net eth1: Last 1 descrs with stat=xa0800000 + +Both the tail and head pointers are pointing at descr 255, which is +marked xa... which is "empty". Thus, from the OS point of view, there +is nothing to be done. In particular, there is the implicit assumption +that everything in front of the "empty" descr must surely also be empty, +as explained in the last section. The OS is waiting for descr 255 to +become non-empty, which, in this case, will never happen. + +The HW pointer is at descr 0. This descr is marked 0x4.. or "full". +Since its already full, the hardware can do nothing more, and thus has +halted processing. Notice that descrs 0 through 254 are all marked +"full", while descr 254 and 255 are empty. (The "Last 1 descrs" is +descr 254, since tail was at 255.) Thus, the system is deadlocked, +and there can be no forward progress; the OS thinks there's nothing +to do, and the hardware has nowhere to put incoming data. + +This bug/feature is worked around with the spider_net_resync_head_ptr() +routine. When the driver receives RX interrupts, but an examination +of the RX chain seems to show it is empty, then it is probable that +the hardware has skipped a descr or two (sometimes dozens under heavy +network conditions). The spider_net_resync_head_ptr() subroutine will +search the ring for the next full descr, and the driver will resume +operations there. Since this will leave "holes" in the ring, there +is also a spider_net_resync_tail_ptr() that will skip over such holes. + +As of this writing, the spider_net_resync() strategy seems to work very +well, even under heavy network loads. + + +The TX ring +=========== +The TX ring uses a low-watermark interrupt scheme to make sure that +the TX queue is appropriately serviced for large packet sizes. + +For packet sizes greater than about 1KBytes, the kernel can fill +the TX ring quicker than the device can drain it. Once the ring +is full, the netdev is stopped. When there is room in the ring, +the netdev needs to be reawakened, so that more TX packets are placed +in the ring. The hardware can empty the ring about four times per jiffy, +so its not appropriate to wait for the poll routine to refill, since +the poll routine runs only once per jiffy. The low-watermark mechanism +marks a descr about 1/4th of the way from the bottom of the queue, so +that an interrupt is generated when the descr is processed. This +interrupt wakes up the netdev, which can then refill the queue. +For large packets, this mechanism generates a relatively small number +of interrupts, about 1K/sec. For smaller packets, this will drop to zero +interrupts, as the hardware can empty the queue faster than the kernel +can fill it. + + + ======= END OF DOCUMENT ======== + diff --git a/Documentation/networking/xfrm_sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/xfrm_sysctl.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..5bbd16792fe1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/xfrm_sysctl.txt @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +/proc/sys/net/core/xfrm_* Variables: + +xfrm_acq_expires - INTEGER + default 30 - hard timeout in seconds for acquire requests diff --git a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt index 7d5b60dea551..7f60dfe642ca 100644 --- a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt +++ b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt @@ -86,6 +86,20 @@ stuff are the values reported by the Oops - you can just cut-and-paste and do a replace of spaces to "\x" - that's what I do, as I'm too lazy to write a program to automate this all). +Alternatively, you can use the shell script in scripts/decodecode. +Its usage is: decodecode < oops.txt + +The hex bytes that follow "Code:" may (in some architectures) have a series +of bytes that precede the current instruction pointer as well as bytes at and +following the current instruction pointer. In some cases, one instruction +byte or word is surrounded by <> or (), as in "<86>" or "(f00d)". These +<> or () markings indicate the current instruction pointer. Example from +i386, split into multiple lines for readability: + +Code: f9 0f 8d f9 00 00 00 8d 42 0c e8 dd 26 11 c7 a1 60 ea 2b f9 8b 50 08 a1 +64 ea 2b f9 8d 34 82 8b 1e 85 db 74 6d 8b 15 60 ea 2b f9 <8b> 43 04 39 42 54 +7e 04 40 89 42 54 8b 43 04 3b 05 00 f6 52 c0 + Finally, if you want to see where the code comes from, you can do cd /usr/src/linux @@ -237,6 +251,8 @@ characters, each representing a particular tainted value. 7: 'U' if a user or user application specifically requested that the Tainted flag be set, ' ' otherwise. + 8: 'D' if the kernel has died recently, i.e. there was an OOPS or BUG. + The primary reason for the 'Tainted: ' string is to tell kernel debuggers if this is a clean kernel or if anything unusual has occurred. Tainting is permanent: even if an offending module is diff --git a/Documentation/pci.txt b/Documentation/pci.txt index d38261b67905..7754f5aea4e9 100644 --- a/Documentation/pci.txt +++ b/Documentation/pci.txt @@ -113,9 +113,6 @@ initialization with a pointer to a structure describing the driver (Please see Documentation/power/pci.txt for descriptions of PCI Power Management and the related functions.) - enable_wake Enable device to generate wake events from a low power - state. - shutdown Hook into reboot_notifier_list (kernel/sys.c). Intended to stop any idling DMA operations. Useful for enabling wake-on-lan (NIC) or changing @@ -299,7 +296,10 @@ If the PCI device can use the PCI Memory-Write-Invalidate transaction, call pci_set_mwi(). This enables the PCI_COMMAND bit for Mem-Wr-Inval and also ensures that the cache line size register is set correctly. Check the return value of pci_set_mwi() as not all architectures -or chip-sets may support Memory-Write-Invalidate. +or chip-sets may support Memory-Write-Invalidate. Alternatively, +if Mem-Wr-Inval would be nice to have but is not required, call +pci_try_set_mwi() to have the system do its best effort at enabling +Mem-Wr-Inval. 3.2 Request MMIO/IOP resources diff --git a/Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt b/Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..af1a282c71a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt @@ -0,0 +1,160 @@ +Freezing of tasks + (C) 2007 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>, GPL + +I. What is the freezing of tasks? + +The freezing of tasks is a mechanism by which user space processes and some +kernel threads are controlled during hibernation or system-wide suspend (on some +architectures). + +II. How does it work? + +There are four per-task flags used for that, PF_NOFREEZE, PF_FROZEN, TIF_FREEZE +and PF_FREEZER_SKIP (the last one is auxiliary). The tasks that have +PF_NOFREEZE unset (all user space processes and some kernel threads) are +regarded as 'freezable' and treated in a special way before the system enters a +suspend state as well as before a hibernation image is created (in what follows +we only consider hibernation, but the description also applies to suspend). + +Namely, as the first step of the hibernation procedure the function +freeze_processes() (defined in kernel/power/process.c) is called. It executes +try_to_freeze_tasks() that sets TIF_FREEZE for all of the freezable tasks and +sends a fake signal to each of them. A task that receives such a signal and has +TIF_FREEZE set, should react to it by calling the refrigerator() function +(defined in kernel/power/process.c), which sets the task's PF_FROZEN flag, +changes its state to TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE and makes it loop until PF_FROZEN is +cleared for it. Then, we say that the task is 'frozen' and therefore the set of +functions handling this mechanism is called 'the freezer' (these functions are +defined in kernel/power/process.c and include/linux/freezer.h). User space +processes are generally frozen before kernel threads. + +It is not recommended to call refrigerator() directly. Instead, it is +recommended to use the try_to_freeze() function (defined in +include/linux/freezer.h), that checks the task's TIF_FREEZE flag and makes the +task enter refrigerator() if the flag is set. + +For user space processes try_to_freeze() is called automatically from the +signal-handling code, but the freezable kernel threads need to call it +explicitly in suitable places. The code to do this may look like the following: + + do { + hub_events(); + wait_event_interruptible(khubd_wait, + !list_empty(&hub_event_list)); + try_to_freeze(); + } while (!signal_pending(current)); + +(from drivers/usb/core/hub.c::hub_thread()). + +If a freezable kernel thread fails to call try_to_freeze() after the freezer has +set TIF_FREEZE for it, the freezing of tasks will fail and the entire +hibernation operation will be cancelled. For this reason, freezable kernel +threads must call try_to_freeze() somewhere. + +After the system memory state has been restored from a hibernation image and +devices have been reinitialized, the function thaw_processes() is called in +order to clear the PF_FROZEN flag for each frozen task. Then, the tasks that +have been frozen leave refrigerator() and continue running. + +III. Which kernel threads are freezable? + +Kernel threads are not freezable by default. However, a kernel thread may clear +PF_NOFREEZE for itself by calling set_freezable() (the resetting of PF_NOFREEZE +directly is strongly discouraged). From this point it is regarded as freezable +and must call try_to_freeze() in a suitable place. + +IV. Why do we do that? + +Generally speaking, there is a couple of reasons to use the freezing of tasks: + +1. The principal reason is to prevent filesystems from being damaged after +hibernation. At the moment we have no simple means of checkpointing +filesystems, so if there are any modifications made to filesystem data and/or +metadata on disks, we cannot bring them back to the state from before the +modifications. At the same time each hibernation image contains some +filesystem-related information that must be consistent with the state of the +on-disk data and metadata after the system memory state has been restored from +the image (otherwise the filesystems will be damaged in a nasty way, usually +making them almost impossible to repair). We therefore freeze tasks that might +cause the on-disk filesystems' data and metadata to be modified after the +hibernation image has been created and before the system is finally powered off. +The majority of these are user space processes, but if any of the kernel threads +may cause something like this to happen, they have to be freezable. + +2. The second reason is to prevent user space processes and some kernel threads +from interfering with the suspending and resuming of devices. A user space +process running on a second CPU while we are suspending devices may, for +example, be troublesome and without the freezing of tasks we would need some +safeguards against race conditions that might occur in such a case. + +Although Linus Torvalds doesn't like the freezing of tasks, he said this in one +of the discussions on LKML (http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/27/608): + +"RJW:> Why we freeze tasks at all or why we freeze kernel threads? + +Linus: In many ways, 'at all'. + +I _do_ realize the IO request queue issues, and that we cannot actually do +s2ram with some devices in the middle of a DMA. So we want to be able to +avoid *that*, there's no question about that. And I suspect that stopping +user threads and then waiting for a sync is practically one of the easier +ways to do so. + +So in practice, the 'at all' may become a 'why freeze kernel threads?' and +freezing user threads I don't find really objectionable." + +Still, there are kernel threads that may want to be freezable. For example, if +a kernel that belongs to a device driver accesses the device directly, it in +principle needs to know when the device is suspended, so that it doesn't try to +access it at that time. However, if the kernel thread is freezable, it will be +frozen before the driver's .suspend() callback is executed and it will be +thawed after the driver's .resume() callback has run, so it won't be accessing +the device while it's suspended. + +3. Another reason for freezing tasks is to prevent user space processes from +realizing that hibernation (or suspend) operation takes place. Ideally, user +space processes should not notice that such a system-wide operation has occurred +and should continue running without any problems after the restore (or resume +from suspend). Unfortunately, in the most general case this is quite difficult +to achieve without the freezing of tasks. Consider, for example, a process +that depends on all CPUs being online while it's running. Since we need to +disable nonboot CPUs during the hibernation, if this process is not frozen, it +may notice that the number of CPUs has changed and may start to work incorrectly +because of that. + +V. Are there any problems related to the freezing of tasks? + +Yes, there are. + +First of all, the freezing of kernel threads may be tricky if they depend one +on another. For example, if kernel thread A waits for a completion (in the +TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE state) that needs to be done by freezable kernel thread B +and B is frozen in the meantime, then A will be blocked until B is thawed, which +may be undesirable. That's why kernel threads are not freezable by default. + +Second, there are the following two problems related to the freezing of user +space processes: +1. Putting processes into an uninterruptible sleep distorts the load average. +2. Now that we have FUSE, plus the framework for doing device drivers in +userspace, it gets even more complicated because some userspace processes are +now doing the sorts of things that kernel threads do +(https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/linux-pm/2007-May/012309.html). + +The problem 1. seems to be fixable, although it hasn't been fixed so far. The +other one is more serious, but it seems that we can work around it by using +hibernation (and suspend) notifiers (in that case, though, we won't be able to +avoid the realization by the user space processes that the hibernation is taking +place). + +There are also problems that the freezing of tasks tends to expose, although +they are not directly related to it. For example, if request_firmware() is +called from a device driver's .resume() routine, it will timeout and eventually +fail, because the user land process that should respond to the request is frozen +at this point. So, seemingly, the failure is due to the freezing of tasks. +Suppose, however, that the firmware file is located on a filesystem accessible +only through another device that hasn't been resumed yet. In that case, +request_firmware() will fail regardless of whether or not the freezing of tasks +is used. Consequently, the problem is not really related to the freezing of +tasks, since it generally exists anyway. [The solution to this particular +problem is to keep the firmware in memory after it's loaded for the first time +and upload if from memory to the device whenever necessary.] diff --git a/Documentation/power/kernel_threads.txt b/Documentation/power/kernel_threads.txt deleted file mode 100644 index fb57784986b1..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/power/kernel_threads.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,40 +0,0 @@ -KERNEL THREADS - - -Freezer - -Upon entering a suspended state the system will freeze all -tasks. This is done by delivering pseudosignals. This affects -kernel threads, too. To successfully freeze a kernel thread -the thread has to check for the pseudosignal and enter the -refrigerator. Code to do this looks like this: - - do { - hub_events(); - wait_event_interruptible(khubd_wait, !list_empty(&hub_event_list)); - try_to_freeze(); - } while (!signal_pending(current)); - -from drivers/usb/core/hub.c::hub_thread() - - -The Unfreezable - -Some kernel threads however, must not be frozen. The kernel must -be able to finish pending IO operations and later on be able to -write the memory image to disk. Kernel threads needed to do IO -must stay awake. Such threads must mark themselves unfreezable -like this: - - /* - * This thread doesn't need any user-level access, - * so get rid of all our resources. - */ - daemonize("usb-storage"); - - current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE; - -from drivers/usb/storage/usb.c::usb_stor_control_thread() - -Such drivers are themselves responsible for staying quiet during -the actual snapshotting. diff --git a/Documentation/power/pci.txt b/Documentation/power/pci.txt index e00b099a4b86..dd8fe43888d3 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/pci.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/pci.txt @@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ struct pci_driver: int (*suspend) (struct pci_dev *dev, pm_message_t state); int (*resume) (struct pci_dev *dev); - int (*enable_wake) (struct pci_dev *dev, pci_power_t state, int enable); suspend @@ -251,42 +250,6 @@ The driver should update the current_state field in its pci_dev structure in this function, except for PM-capable devices when pci_set_power_state is used. -enable_wake ------------ - -Usage: - -if (dev->driver && dev->driver->enable_wake) - dev->driver->enable_wake(dev,state,enable); - -This callback is generally only relevant for devices that support the PCI PM -spec and have the ability to generate a PME# (Power Management Event Signal) -to wake the system up. (However, it is possible that a device may support -some non-standard way of generating a wake event on sleep.) - -Bits 15:11 of the PMC (Power Mgmt Capabilities) Register in a device's -PM Capabilities describe what power states the device supports generating a -wake event from: - -+------------------+ -| Bit | State | -+------------------+ -| 11 | D0 | -| 12 | D1 | -| 13 | D2 | -| 14 | D3hot | -| 15 | D3cold | -+------------------+ - -A device can use this to enable wake events: - - pci_enable_wake(dev,state,enable); - -Note that to enable PME# from D3cold, a value of 4 should be passed to -pci_enable_wake (since it uses an index into a bitmask). If a driver gets -a request to enable wake events from D3, two calls should be made to -pci_enable_wake (one for both D3hot and D3cold). - A reference implementation ------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt b/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt index 5b8d6953f05e..aea7e9209667 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/swsusp.txt @@ -140,21 +140,11 @@ should be sent to the mailing list available through the suspend2 website, and not to the Linux Kernel Mailing List. We are working toward merging suspend2 into the mainline kernel. -Q: A kernel thread must voluntarily freeze itself (call 'refrigerator'). -I found some kernel threads that don't do it, and they don't freeze -so the system can't sleep. Is this a known behavior? - -A: All such kernel threads need to be fixed, one by one. Select the -place where the thread is safe to be frozen (no kernel semaphores -should be held at that point and it must be safe to sleep there), and -add: - - try_to_freeze(); - -If the thread is needed for writing the image to storage, you should -instead set the PF_NOFREEZE process flag when creating the thread (and -be very careful). +Q: What is the freezing of tasks and why are we using it? +A: The freezing of tasks is a mechanism by which user space processes and some +kernel threads are controlled during hibernation or system-wide suspend (on some +architectures). See freezing-of-tasks.txt for details. Q: What is the difference between "platform" and "shutdown"? @@ -393,6 +383,9 @@ safest thing is to unmount all filesystems on removable media (such USB, Firewire, CompactFlash, MMC, external SATA, or even IDE hotplug bays) before suspending; then remount them after resuming. +There is a work-around for this problem. For more information, see +Documentation/usb/persist.txt. + Q: I upgraded the kernel from 2.6.15 to 2.6.16. Both kernels were compiled with the similar configuration files. Anyway I found that suspend to disk (and resume) is much slower on 2.6.16 compared to diff --git a/Documentation/power_supply_class.txt b/Documentation/power_supply_class.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9758cf433c06 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power_supply_class.txt @@ -0,0 +1,167 @@ +Linux power supply class +======================== + +Synopsis +~~~~~~~~ +Power supply class used to represent battery, UPS, AC or DC power supply +properties to user-space. + +It defines core set of attributes, which should be applicable to (almost) +every power supply out there. Attributes are available via sysfs and uevent +interfaces. + +Each attribute has well defined meaning, up to unit of measure used. While +the attributes provided are believed to be universally applicable to any +power supply, specific monitoring hardware may not be able to provide them +all, so any of them may be skipped. + +Power supply class is extensible, and allows to define drivers own attributes. +The core attribute set is subject to the standard Linux evolution (i.e. +if it will be found that some attribute is applicable to many power supply +types or their drivers, it can be added to the core set). + +It also integrates with LED framework, for the purpose of providing +typically expected feedback of battery charging/fully charged status and +AC/USB power supply online status. (Note that specific details of the +indication (including whether to use it at all) are fully controllable by +user and/or specific machine defaults, per design principles of LED +framework). + + +Attributes/properties +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Power supply class has predefined set of attributes, this eliminates code +duplication across drivers. Power supply class insist on reusing its +predefined attributes *and* their units. + +So, userspace gets predictable set of attributes and their units for any +kind of power supply, and can process/present them to a user in consistent +manner. Results for different power supplies and machines are also directly +comparable. + +See drivers/power/ds2760_battery.c and drivers/power/pda_power.c for the +example how to declare and handle attributes. + + +Units +~~~~~ +Quoting include/linux/power_supply.h: + + All voltages, currents, charges, energies, time and temperatures in µV, + µA, µAh, µWh, seconds and tenths of degree Celsius unless otherwise + stated. It's driver's job to convert its raw values to units in which + this class operates. + + +Attributes/properties detailed +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charge/Energy/Capacity - how to not confuse ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ +~ ~ +~ Because both "charge" (µAh) and "energy" (µWh) represents "capacity" ~ +~ of battery, this class distinguish these terms. Don't mix them! ~ +~ ~ +~ CHARGE_* attributes represents capacity in µAh only. ~ +~ ENERGY_* attributes represents capacity in µWh only. ~ +~ CAPACITY attribute represents capacity in *percents*, from 0 to 100. ~ +~ ~ +~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ + +Postfixes: +_AVG - *hardware* averaged value, use it if your hardware is really able to +report averaged values. +_NOW - momentary/instantaneous values. + +STATUS - this attribute represents operating status (charging, full, +discharging (i.e. powering a load), etc.). This corresponds to +BATTERY_STATUS_* values, as defined in battery.h. + +HEALTH - represents health of the battery, values corresponds to +POWER_SUPPLY_HEALTH_*, defined in battery.h. + +VOLTAGE_MAX_DESIGN, VOLTAGE_MIN_DESIGN - design values for maximal and +minimal power supply voltages. Maximal/minimal means values of voltages +when battery considered "full"/"empty" at normal conditions. Yes, there is +no direct relation between voltage and battery capacity, but some dumb +batteries use voltage for very approximated calculation of capacity. +Battery driver also can use this attribute just to inform userspace +about maximal and minimal voltage thresholds of a given battery. + +CHARGE_FULL_DESIGN, CHARGE_EMPTY_DESIGN - design charge values, when +battery considered full/empty. + +ENERGY_FULL_DESIGN, ENERGY_EMPTY_DESIGN - same as above but for energy. + +CHARGE_FULL, CHARGE_EMPTY - These attributes means "last remembered value +of charge when battery became full/empty". It also could mean "value of +charge when battery considered full/empty at given conditions (temperature, +age)". I.e. these attributes represents real thresholds, not design values. + +ENERGY_FULL, ENERGY_EMPTY - same as above but for energy. + +CAPACITY - capacity in percents. +CAPACITY_LEVEL - capacity level. This corresponds to +POWER_SUPPLY_CAPACITY_LEVEL_*. + +TEMP - temperature of the power supply. +TEMP_AMBIENT - ambient temperature. + +TIME_TO_EMPTY - seconds left for battery to be considered empty (i.e. +while battery powers a load) +TIME_TO_FULL - seconds left for battery to be considered full (i.e. +while battery is charging) + + +Battery <-> external power supply interaction +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Often power supplies are acting as supplies and supplicants at the same +time. Batteries are good example. So, batteries usually care if they're +externally powered or not. + +For that case, power supply class implements notification mechanism for +batteries. + +External power supply (AC) lists supplicants (batteries) names in +"supplied_to" struct member, and each power_supply_changed() call +issued by external power supply will notify supplicants via +external_power_changed callback. + + +QA +~~ +Q: Where is POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_XYZ attribute? +A: If you cannot find attribute suitable for your driver needs, feel free + to add it and send patch along with your driver. + + The attributes available currently are the ones currently provided by the + drivers written. + + Good candidates to add in future: model/part#, cycle_time, manufacturer, + etc. + + +Q: I have some very specific attribute (e.g. battery color), should I add + this attribute to standard ones? +A: Most likely, no. Such attribute can be placed in the driver itself, if + it is useful. Of course, if the attribute in question applicable to + large set of batteries, provided by many drivers, and/or comes from + some general battery specification/standard, it may be a candidate to + be added to the core attribute set. + + +Q: Suppose, my battery monitoring chip/firmware does not provides capacity + in percents, but provides charge_{now,full,empty}. Should I calculate + percentage capacity manually, inside the driver, and register CAPACITY + attribute? The same question about time_to_empty/time_to_full. +A: Most likely, no. This class is designed to export properties which are + directly measurable by the specific hardware available. + + Inferring not available properties using some heuristics or mathematical + model is not subject of work for a battery driver. Such functionality + should be factored out, and in fact, apm_power, the driver to serve + legacy APM API on top of power supply class, uses a simple heuristic of + approximating remaining battery capacity based on its charge, current, + voltage and so on. But full-fledged battery model is likely not subject + for kernel at all, as it would require floating point calculation to deal + with things like differential equations and Kalman filters. This is + better be handled by batteryd/libbattery, yet to be written. diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt index b49ce169a63a..0c2434822094 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ Booting the Linux/ppc kernel without Open Firmware -------------------------------------------------- - (c) 2005 Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>, IBM Corp. (c) 2005 Becky Bruce <becky.bruce at freescale.com>, @@ -9,6 +8,63 @@ (c) 2006 MontaVista Software, Inc. Flash chip node definition +Table of Contents +================= + + I - Introduction + 1) Entry point for arch/powerpc + 2) Board support + + II - The DT block format + 1) Header + 2) Device tree generalities + 3) Device tree "structure" block + 4) Device tree "strings" block + + III - Required content of the device tree + 1) Note about cells and address representation + 2) Note about "compatible" properties + 3) Note about "name" properties + 4) Note about node and property names and character set + 5) Required nodes and properties + a) The root node + b) The /cpus node + c) The /cpus/* nodes + d) the /memory node(s) + e) The /chosen node + f) the /soc<SOCname> node + + IV - "dtc", the device tree compiler + + V - Recommendations for a bootloader + + VI - System-on-a-chip devices and nodes + 1) Defining child nodes of an SOC + 2) Representing devices without a current OF specification + a) MDIO IO device + b) Gianfar-compatible ethernet nodes + c) PHY nodes + d) Interrupt controllers + e) I2C + f) Freescale SOC USB controllers + g) Freescale SOC SEC Security Engines + h) Board Control and Status (BCSR) + i) Freescale QUICC Engine module (QE) + j) Flash chip nodes + k) Global Utilities Block + + VII - Specifying interrupt information for devices + 1) interrupts property + 2) interrupt-parent property + 3) OpenPIC Interrupt Controllers + 4) ISA Interrupt Controllers + + Appendix A - Sample SOC node for MPC8540 + + +Revision Information +==================== + May 18, 2005: Rev 0.1 - Initial draft, no chapter III yet. May 19, 2005: Rev 0.2 - Add chapter III and bits & pieces here or @@ -571,6 +627,14 @@ So the node content can be summarized as a start token, a full path, a list of properties, a list of child nodes, and an end token. Every child node is a full node structure itself as defined above. +NOTE: The above definition requires that all property definitions for +a particular node MUST precede any subnode definitions for that node. +Although the structure would not be ambiguous if properties and +subnodes were intermingled, the kernel parser requires that the +properties come first (up until at least 2.6.22). Any tools +manipulating a flattened tree must take care to preserve this +constraint. + 4) Device tree "strings" block In order to save space, property names, which are generally redundant, @@ -1687,7 +1751,7 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model. }; }; - g) Flash chip nodes + j) Flash chip nodes Flash chips (Memory Technology Devices) are often used for solid state file systems on embedded devices. @@ -1727,6 +1791,33 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model. partition-names = "fs\0firmware"; }; + k) Global Utilities Block + + The global utilities block controls power management, I/O device + enabling, power-on-reset configuration monitoring, general-purpose + I/O signal configuration, alternate function selection for multiplexed + signals, and clock control. + + Required properties: + + - compatible : Should define the compatible device type for + global-utilities. + - reg : Offset and length of the register set for the device. + + Recommended properties: + + - fsl,has-rstcr : Indicates that the global utilities register set + contains a functioning "reset control register" (i.e. the board + is wired to reset upon setting the HRESET_REQ bit in this register). + + Example: + + global-utilities@e0000 { /* global utilities block */ + compatible = "fsl,mpc8548-guts"; + reg = <e0000 1000>; + fsl,has-rstcr; + }; + More devices will be defined as this spec matures. VII - Specifying interrupt information for devices diff --git a/Documentation/rtc.txt b/Documentation/rtc.txt index 7c701b88d6d5..c931d613f641 100644 --- a/Documentation/rtc.txt +++ b/Documentation/rtc.txt @@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ test_PIE: /* not all RTCs support periodic IRQs */ if (errno == ENOTTY) { fprintf(stderr, "\nNo periodic IRQ support\n"); - return 0; + goto done; } perror("RTC_IRQP_READ ioctl"); exit(errno); diff --git a/Documentation/s390/cds.txt b/Documentation/s390/cds.txt index 05a2b4f7e38f..58919d6a593a 100644 --- a/Documentation/s390/cds.txt +++ b/Documentation/s390/cds.txt @@ -51,13 +51,8 @@ The major changes are: * The interrupt handlers must be adapted to use a ccw_device as argument. Moreover, they don't return a devstat, but an irb. * Before initiating an io, the options must be set via ccw_device_set_options(). - -read_dev_chars() - read device characteristics - -read_conf_data() -read_conf_data_lpm() - read configuration data. +* Instead of calling read_dev_chars()/read_conf_data(), the driver issues + the channel program and handles the interrupt itself. ccw_device_get_ciw() get commands from extended sense data. @@ -130,11 +125,6 @@ present their hardware status by the same (shared) IRQ, the operating system has to call every single device driver registered on this IRQ in order to determine the device driver owning the device that raised the interrupt. -In order not to introduce a new I/O concept to the common Linux code, -Linux/390 preserves the IRQ concept and semantically maps the ESA/390 -subchannels to Linux as IRQs. This allows Linux/390 to support up to 64k -different IRQs, uniquely representing a single device each. - Up to kernel 2.4, Linux/390 used to provide interfaces via the IRQ (subchannel). For internal use of the common I/O layer, these are still there. However, device drivers should use the new calling interface via the ccw_device only. @@ -151,9 +141,8 @@ information during their initialization step to recognize the devices they support using the information saved in the struct ccw_device given to them. This methods implies that Linux/390 doesn't require to probe for free (not armed) interrupt request lines (IRQs) to drive its devices with. Where -applicable, the device drivers can use the read_dev_chars() to retrieve device -characteristics. This can be done without having to request device ownership -previously. +applicable, the device drivers can use issue the READ DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS +ccw to retrieve device characteristics in its online routine. In order to allow for easy I/O initiation the CDS layer provides a ccw_device_start() interface that takes a device specific channel program (one @@ -170,69 +159,6 @@ SUBCHANNEL (HSCH) command without having pending I/O requests. This function is also covered by ccw_device_halt(). -read_dev_chars() - Read Device Characteristics - -This routine returns the characteristics for the device specified. - -The function is meant to be called with the device already enabled; that is, -at earliest during set_online() processing. - -The ccw_device must not be locked prior to calling read_dev_chars(). - -The function may be called enabled or disabled. - -int read_dev_chars(struct ccw_device *cdev, void **buffer, int length ); - -cdev - the ccw_device the information is requested for. -buffer - pointer to a buffer pointer. The buffer pointer itself - must contain a valid buffer area. -length - length of the buffer provided. - -The read_dev_chars() function returns : - - 0 - successful completion --ENODEV - cdev invalid --EINVAL - an invalid parameter was detected, or the function was called early. --EBUSY - an irrecoverable I/O error occurred or the device is not - operational. - - -read_conf_data(), read_conf_data_lpm() - Read Configuration Data - -Retrieve the device dependent configuration data. Please have a look at your -device dependent I/O commands for the device specific layout of the node -descriptor elements. read_conf_data_lpm() will retrieve the configuration data -for a specific path. - -The function is meant to be called with the device already enabled; that is, -at earliest during set_online() processing. - -The function may be called enabled or disabled, but the device must not be -locked - -int read_conf_data(struct ccw_device, void **buffer, int *length); -int read_conf_data_lpm(struct ccw_device, void **buffer, int *length, __u8 lpm); - -cdev - the ccw_device the data is requested for. -buffer - Pointer to a buffer pointer. The read_conf_data() routine - will allocate a buffer and initialize the buffer pointer - accordingly. It's the device driver's responsibility to - release the kernel memory if no longer needed. -length - Length of the buffer allocated and retrieved. -lpm - Logical path mask to be used for retrieving the data. If - zero the data is retrieved on the next path available. - -The read_conf_data() function returns : - 0 - Successful completion --ENODEV - cdev invalid. --EINVAL - An invalid parameter was detected, or the function was called early. --EIO - An irrecoverable I/O error occurred or the device is - not operational. --ENOMEM - The read_conf_data() routine couldn't obtain storage. --EOPNOTSUPP - The device doesn't support the read configuration - data command. - - get_ciw() - get command information word This call enables a device driver to get information about supported commands diff --git a/Documentation/sched-design-CFS.txt b/Documentation/sched-design-CFS.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..16feebb7bdc0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/sched-design-CFS.txt @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@ + +This is the CFS scheduler. + +80% of CFS's design can be summed up in a single sentence: CFS basically +models an "ideal, precise multi-tasking CPU" on real hardware. + +"Ideal multi-tasking CPU" is a (non-existent :-)) CPU that has 100% +physical power and which can run each task at precise equal speed, in +parallel, each at 1/nr_running speed. For example: if there are 2 tasks +running then it runs each at 50% physical power - totally in parallel. + +On real hardware, we can run only a single task at once, so while that +one task runs, the other tasks that are waiting for the CPU are at a +disadvantage - the current task gets an unfair amount of CPU time. In +CFS this fairness imbalance is expressed and tracked via the per-task +p->wait_runtime (nanosec-unit) value. "wait_runtime" is the amount of +time the task should now run on the CPU for it to become completely fair +and balanced. + +( small detail: on 'ideal' hardware, the p->wait_runtime value would + always be zero - no task would ever get 'out of balance' from the + 'ideal' share of CPU time. ) + +CFS's task picking logic is based on this p->wait_runtime value and it +is thus very simple: it always tries to run the task with the largest +p->wait_runtime value. In other words, CFS tries to run the task with +the 'gravest need' for more CPU time. So CFS always tries to split up +CPU time between runnable tasks as close to 'ideal multitasking +hardware' as possible. + +Most of the rest of CFS's design just falls out of this really simple +concept, with a few add-on embellishments like nice levels, +multiprocessing and various algorithm variants to recognize sleepers. + +In practice it works like this: the system runs a task a bit, and when +the task schedules (or a scheduler tick happens) the task's CPU usage is +'accounted for': the (small) time it just spent using the physical CPU +is deducted from p->wait_runtime. [minus the 'fair share' it would have +gotten anyway]. Once p->wait_runtime gets low enough so that another +task becomes the 'leftmost task' of the time-ordered rbtree it maintains +(plus a small amount of 'granularity' distance relative to the leftmost +task so that we do not over-schedule tasks and trash the cache) then the +new leftmost task is picked and the current task is preempted. + +The rq->fair_clock value tracks the 'CPU time a runnable task would have +fairly gotten, had it been runnable during that time'. So by using +rq->fair_clock values we can accurately timestamp and measure the +'expected CPU time' a task should have gotten. All runnable tasks are +sorted in the rbtree by the "rq->fair_clock - p->wait_runtime" key, and +CFS picks the 'leftmost' task and sticks to it. As the system progresses +forwards, newly woken tasks are put into the tree more and more to the +right - slowly but surely giving a chance for every task to become the +'leftmost task' and thus get on the CPU within a deterministic amount of +time. + +Some implementation details: + + - the introduction of Scheduling Classes: an extensible hierarchy of + scheduler modules. These modules encapsulate scheduling policy + details and are handled by the scheduler core without the core + code assuming about them too much. + + - sched_fair.c implements the 'CFS desktop scheduler': it is a + replacement for the vanilla scheduler's SCHED_OTHER interactivity + code. + + I'd like to give credit to Con Kolivas for the general approach here: + he has proven via RSDL/SD that 'fair scheduling' is possible and that + it results in better desktop scheduling. Kudos Con! + + The CFS patch uses a completely different approach and implementation + from RSDL/SD. My goal was to make CFS's interactivity quality exceed + that of RSDL/SD, which is a high standard to meet :-) Testing + feedback is welcome to decide this one way or another. [ and, in any + case, all of SD's logic could be added via a kernel/sched_sd.c module + as well, if Con is interested in such an approach. ] + + CFS's design is quite radical: it does not use runqueues, it uses a + time-ordered rbtree to build a 'timeline' of future task execution, + and thus has no 'array switch' artifacts (by which both the vanilla + scheduler and RSDL/SD are affected). + + CFS uses nanosecond granularity accounting and does not rely on any + jiffies or other HZ detail. Thus the CFS scheduler has no notion of + 'timeslices' and has no heuristics whatsoever. There is only one + central tunable: + + /proc/sys/kernel/sched_granularity_ns + + which can be used to tune the scheduler from 'desktop' (low + latencies) to 'server' (good batching) workloads. It defaults to a + setting suitable for desktop workloads. SCHED_BATCH is handled by the + CFS scheduler module too. + + Due to its design, the CFS scheduler is not prone to any of the + 'attacks' that exist today against the heuristics of the stock + scheduler: fiftyp.c, thud.c, chew.c, ring-test.c, massive_intr.c all + work fine and do not impact interactivity and produce the expected + behavior. + + the CFS scheduler has a much stronger handling of nice levels and + SCHED_BATCH: both types of workloads should be isolated much more + agressively than under the vanilla scheduler. + + ( another detail: due to nanosec accounting and timeline sorting, + sched_yield() support is very simple under CFS, and in fact under + CFS sched_yield() behaves much better than under any other + scheduler i have tested so far. ) + + - sched_rt.c implements SCHED_FIFO and SCHED_RR semantics, in a simpler + way than the vanilla scheduler does. It uses 100 runqueues (for all + 100 RT priority levels, instead of 140 in the vanilla scheduler) + and it needs no expired array. + + - reworked/sanitized SMP load-balancing: the runqueue-walking + assumptions are gone from the load-balancing code now, and + iterators of the scheduling modules are used. The balancing code got + quite a bit simpler as a result. + diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/aacraid.txt b/Documentation/scsi/aacraid.txt index ce3cb42507bd..cc12b55d4b3d 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/aacraid.txt +++ b/Documentation/scsi/aacraid.txt @@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ Supported Cards/Chipsets 9005:0285:9005:02be Adaptec 31605 (Marauder160) 9005:0285:9005:02c3 Adaptec 51205 (Voodoo120) 9005:0285:9005:02c4 Adaptec 51605 (Voodoo160) + 9005:0285:9005:02ce Adaptec 51245 (Voodoo124) + 9005:0285:9005:02cf Adaptec 51645 (Voodoo164) + 9005:0285:9005:02d0 Adaptec 52445 (Voodoo244) 1011:0046:9005:0364 Adaptec 5400S (Mustang) 9005:0287:9005:0800 Adaptec Themisto (Jupiter) 9005:0200:9005:0200 Adaptec Themisto (Jupiter) diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi_fc_transport.txt b/Documentation/scsi/scsi_fc_transport.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d403e46d8463 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi_fc_transport.txt @@ -0,0 +1,450 @@ + SCSI FC Tansport + ============================================= + +Date: 4/12/2007 +Kernel Revisions for features: + rports : <<TBS>> + vports : 2.6.22 (? TBD) + + +Introduction +============ +This file documents the features and components of the SCSI FC Transport. +It also provides documents the API between the transport and FC LLDDs. +The FC transport can be found at: + drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c + include/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.h + include/scsi/scsi_netlink_fc.h + +This file is found at Documentation/scsi/scsi_fc_transport.txt + + +FC Remote Ports (rports) +======================================================================== +<< To Be Supplied >> + + +FC Virtual Ports (vports) +======================================================================== + +Overview: +------------------------------- + + New FC standards have defined mechanisms which allows for a single physical + port to appear on as multiple communication ports. Using the N_Port Id + Virtualization (NPIV) mechanism, a point-to-point connection to a Fabric + can be assigned more than 1 N_Port_ID. Each N_Port_ID appears as a + separate port to other endpoints on the fabric, even though it shares one + physical link to the switch for communication. Each N_Port_ID can have a + unique view of the fabric based on fabric zoning and array lun-masking + (just like a normal non-NPIV adapter). Using the Virtual Fabric (VF) + mechanism, adding a fabric header to each frame allows the port to + interact with the Fabric Port to join multiple fabrics. The port will + obtain an N_Port_ID on each fabric it joins. Each fabric will have its + own unique view of endpoints and configuration parameters. NPIV may be + used together with VF so that the port can obtain multiple N_Port_IDs + on each virtual fabric. + + The FC transport is now recognizing a new object - a vport. A vport is + an entity that has a world-wide unique World Wide Port Name (wwpn) and + World Wide Node Name (wwnn). The transport also allows for the FC4's to + be specified for the vport, with FCP_Initiator being the primary role + expected. Once instantiated by one of the above methods, it will have a + distinct N_Port_ID and view of fabric endpoints and storage entities. + The fc_host associated with the physical adapter will export the ability + to create vports. The transport will create the vport object within the + Linux device tree, and instruct the fc_host's driver to instantiate the + virtual port. Typically, the driver will create a new scsi_host instance + on the vport, resulting in a unique <H,C,T,L> namespace for the vport. + Thus, whether a FC port is based on a physical port or on a virtual port, + each will appear as a unique scsi_host with its own target and lun space. + + Note: At this time, the transport is written to create only NPIV-based + vports. However, consideration was given to VF-based vports and it + should be a minor change to add support if needed. The remaining + discussion will concentrate on NPIV. + + Note: World Wide Name assignment (and uniqueness guarantees) are left + up to an administrative entity controling the vport. For example, + if vports are to be associated with virtual machines, a XEN mgmt + utility would be responsible for creating wwpn/wwnn's for the vport, + using it's own naming authority and OUI. (Note: it already does this + for virtual MAC addresses). + + +Device Trees and Vport Objects: +------------------------------- + + Today, the device tree typically contains the scsi_host object, + with rports and scsi target objects underneath it. Currently the FC + transport creates the vport object and places it under the scsi_host + object corresponding to the physical adapter. The LLDD will allocate + a new scsi_host for the vport and link it's object under the vport. + The remainder of the tree under the vports scsi_host is the same + as the non-NPIV case. The transport is written currently to easily + allow the parent of the vport to be something other than the scsi_host. + This could be used in the future to link the object onto a vm-specific + device tree. If the vport's parent is not the physical port's scsi_host, + a symbolic link to the vport object will be placed in the physical + port's scsi_host. + + Here's what to expect in the device tree : + The typical Physical Port's Scsi_Host: + /sys/devices/.../host17/ + and it has the typical decendent tree: + /sys/devices/.../host17/rport-17:0-0/target17:0:0/17:0:0:0: + and then the vport is created on the Physical Port: + /sys/devices/.../host17/vport-17:0-0 + and the vport's Scsi_Host is then created: + /sys/devices/.../host17/vport-17:0-0/host18 + and then the rest of the tree progresses, such as: + /sys/devices/.../host17/vport-17:0-0/host18/rport-18:0-0/target18:0:0/18:0:0:0: + + Here's what to expect in the sysfs tree : + scsi_hosts: + /sys/class/scsi_host/host17 physical port's scsi_host + /sys/class/scsi_host/host18 vport's scsi_host + fc_hosts: + /sys/class/fc_host/host17 physical port's fc_host + /sys/class/fc_host/host18 vport's fc_host + fc_vports: + /sys/class/fc_vports/vport-17:0-0 the vport's fc_vport + fc_rports: + /sys/class/fc_remote_ports/rport-17:0-0 rport on the physical port + /sys/class/fc_remote_ports/rport-18:0-0 rport on the vport + + +Vport Attributes: +------------------------------- + + The new fc_vport class object has the following attributes + + node_name: Read_Only + The WWNN of the vport + + port_name: Read_Only + The WWPN of the vport + + roles: Read_Only + Indicates the FC4 roles enabled on the vport. + + symbolic_name: Read_Write + A string, appended to the driver's symbolic port name string, which + is registered with the switch to identify the vport. For example, + a hypervisor could set this string to "Xen Domain 2 VM 5 Vport 2", + and this set of identifiers can be seen on switch management screens + to identify the port. + + vport_delete: Write_Only + When written with a "1", will tear down the vport. + + vport_disable: Write_Only + When written with a "1", will transition the vport to a disabled. + state. The vport will still be instantiated with the Linux kernel, + but it will not be active on the FC link. + When written with a "0", will enable the vport. + + vport_last_state: Read_Only + Indicates the previous state of the vport. See the section below on + "Vport States". + + vport_state: Read_Only + Indicates the state of the vport. See the section below on + "Vport States". + + vport_type: Read_Only + Reflects the FC mechanism used to create the virtual port. + Only NPIV is supported currently. + + + For the fc_host class object, the following attributes are added for vports: + + max_npiv_vports: Read_Only + Indicates the maximum number of NPIV-based vports that the + driver/adapter can support on the fc_host. + + npiv_vports_inuse: Read_Only + Indicates how many NPIV-based vports have been instantiated on the + fc_host. + + vport_create: Write_Only + A "simple" create interface to instantiate a vport on an fc_host. + A "<WWPN>:<WWNN>" string is written to the attribute. The transport + then instantiates the vport object and calls the LLDD to create the + vport with the role of FCP_Initiator. Each WWN is specified as 16 + hex characters and may *not* contain any prefixes (e.g. 0x, x, etc). + + vport_delete: Write_Only + A "simple" delete interface to teardown a vport. A "<WWPN>:<WWNN>" + string is written to the attribute. The transport will locate the + vport on the fc_host with the same WWNs and tear it down. Each WWN + is specified as 16 hex characters and may *not* contain any prefixes + (e.g. 0x, x, etc). + + +Vport States: +------------------------------- + + Vport instantiation consists of two parts: + - Creation with the kernel and LLDD. This means all transport and + driver data structures are built up, and device objects created. + This is equivalent to a driver "attach" on an adapter, which is + independent of the adapter's link state. + - Instantiation of the vport on the FC link via ELS traffic, etc. + This is equivalent to a "link up" and successfull link initialization. + Futher information can be found in the interfaces section below for + Vport Creation. + + Once a vport has been instantiated with the kernel/LLDD, a vport state + can be reported via the sysfs attribute. The following states exist: + + FC_VPORT_UNKNOWN - Unknown + An temporary state, typically set only while the vport is being + instantiated with the kernel and LLDD. + + FC_VPORT_ACTIVE - Active + The vport has been successfully been created on the FC link. + It is fully functional. + + FC_VPORT_DISABLED - Disabled + The vport instantiated, but "disabled". The vport is not instantiated + on the FC link. This is equivalent to a physical port with the + link "down". + + FC_VPORT_LINKDOWN - Linkdown + The vport is not operational as the physical link is not operational. + + FC_VPORT_INITIALIZING - Initializing + The vport is in the process of instantiating on the FC link. + The LLDD will set this state just prior to starting the ELS traffic + to create the vport. This state will persist until the vport is + successfully created (state becomes FC_VPORT_ACTIVE) or it fails + (state is one of the values below). As this state is transitory, + it will not be preserved in the "vport_last_state". + + FC_VPORT_NO_FABRIC_SUPP - No Fabric Support + The vport is not operational. One of the following conditions were + encountered: + - The FC topology is not Point-to-Point + - The FC port is not connected to an F_Port + - The F_Port has indicated that NPIV is not supported. + + FC_VPORT_NO_FABRIC_RSCS - No Fabric Resources + The vport is not operational. The Fabric failed FDISC with a status + indicating that it does not have sufficient resources to complete + the operation. + + FC_VPORT_FABRIC_LOGOUT - Fabric Logout + The vport is not operational. The Fabric has LOGO'd the N_Port_ID + associated with the vport. + + FC_VPORT_FABRIC_REJ_WWN - Fabric Rejected WWN + The vport is not operational. The Fabric failed FDISC with a status + indicating that the WWN's are not valid. + + FC_VPORT_FAILED - VPort Failed + The vport is not operational. This is a catchall for all other + error conditions. + + + The following state table indicates the different state transitions: + + State Event New State + -------------------------------------------------------------------- + n/a Initialization Unknown + Unknown: Link Down Linkdown + Link Up & Loop No Fabric Support + Link Up & no Fabric No Fabric Support + Link Up & FLOGI response No Fabric Support + indicates no NPIV support + Link Up & FDISC being sent Initializing + Disable request Disable + Linkdown: Link Up Unknown + Initializing: FDISC ACC Active + FDISC LS_RJT w/ no resources No Fabric Resources + FDISC LS_RJT w/ invalid Fabric Rejected WWN + pname or invalid nport_id + FDISC LS_RJT failed for Vport Failed + other reasons + Link Down Linkdown + Disable request Disable + Disable: Enable request Unknown + Active: LOGO received from fabric Fabric Logout + Link Down Linkdown + Disable request Disable + Fabric Logout: Link still up Unknown + + The following 4 error states all have the same transitions: + No Fabric Support: + No Fabric Resources: + Fabric Rejected WWN: + Vport Failed: + Disable request Disable + Link goes down Linkdown + + +Transport <-> LLDD Interfaces : +------------------------------- + +Vport support by LLDD: + + The LLDD indicates support for vports by supplying a vport_create() + function in the transport template. The presense of this function will + cause the creation of the new attributes on the fc_host. As part of + the physical port completing its initialization relative to the + transport, it should set the max_npiv_vports attribute to indicate the + maximum number of vports the driver and/or adapter supports. + + +Vport Creation: + + The LLDD vport_create() syntax is: + + int vport_create(struct fc_vport *vport, bool disable) + + where: + vport: Is the newly allocated vport object + disable: If "true", the vport is to be created in a disabled stated. + If "false", the vport is to be enabled upon creation. + + When a request is made to create a new vport (via sgio/netlink, or the + vport_create fc_host attribute), the transport will validate that the LLDD + can support another vport (e.g. max_npiv_vports > npiv_vports_inuse). + If not, the create request will be failed. If space remains, the transport + will increment the vport count, create the vport object, and then call the + LLDD's vport_create() function with the newly allocated vport object. + + As mentioned above, vport creation is divided into two parts: + - Creation with the kernel and LLDD. This means all transport and + driver data structures are built up, and device objects created. + This is equivalent to a driver "attach" on an adapter, which is + independent of the adapter's link state. + - Instantiation of the vport on the FC link via ELS traffic, etc. + This is equivalent to a "link up" and successfull link initialization. + + The LLDD's vport_create() function will not synchronously wait for both + parts to be fully completed before returning. It must validate that the + infrastructure exists to support NPIV, and complete the first part of + vport creation (data structure build up) before returning. We do not + hinge vport_create() on the link-side operation mainly because: + - The link may be down. It is not a failure if it is. It simply + means the vport is in an inoperable state until the link comes up. + This is consistent with the link bouncing post vport creation. + - The vport may be created in a disabled state. + - This is consistent with a model where: the vport equates to a + FC adapter. The vport_create is synonymous with driver attachment + to the adapter, which is independent of link state. + + Note: special error codes have been defined to delineate infrastructure + failure cases for quicker resolution. + + The expected behavior for the LLDD's vport_create() function is: + - Validate Infrastructure: + - If the driver or adapter cannot support another vport, whether + due to improper firmware, (a lie about) max_npiv, or a lack of + some other resource - return VPCERR_UNSUPPORTED. + - If the driver validates the WWN's against those already active on + the adapter and detects an overlap - return VPCERR_BAD_WWN. + - If the driver detects the topology is loop, non-fabric, or the + FLOGI did not support NPIV - return VPCERR_NO_FABRIC_SUPP. + - Allocate data structures. If errors are encountered, such as out + of memory conditions, return the respective negative Exxx error code. + - If the role is FCP Initiator, the LLDD is to : + - Call scsi_host_alloc() to allocate a scsi_host for the vport. + - Call scsi_add_host(new_shost, &vport->dev) to start the scsi_host + and bind it as a child of the vport device. + - Initializes the fc_host attribute values. + - Kick of further vport state transitions based on the disable flag and + link state - and return success (zero). + + LLDD Implementers Notes: + - It is suggested that there be a different fc_function_templates for + the physical port and the virtual port. The physical port's template + would have the vport_create, vport_delete, and vport_disable functions, + while the vports would not. + - It is suggested that there be different scsi_host_templates + for the physical port and virtual port. Likely, there are driver + attributes, embedded into the scsi_host_template, that are applicable + for the physical port only (link speed, topology setting, etc). This + ensures that the attributes are applicable to the respective scsi_host. + + +Vport Disable/Enable: + + The LLDD vport_disable() syntax is: + + int vport_disable(struct fc_vport *vport, bool disable) + + where: + vport: Is vport to to be enabled or disabled + disable: If "true", the vport is to be disabled. + If "false", the vport is to be enabled. + + When a request is made to change the disabled state on a vport, the + transport will validate the request against the existing vport state. + If the request is to disable and the vport is already disabled, the + request will fail. Similarly, if the request is to enable, and the + vport is not in a disabled state, the request will fail. If the request + is valid for the vport state, the transport will call the LLDD to + change the vport's state. + + Within the LLDD, if a vport is disabled, it remains instantiated with + the kernel and LLDD, but it is not active or visible on the FC link in + any way. (see Vport Creation and the 2 part instantiation discussion). + The vport will remain in this state until it is deleted or re-enabled. + When enabling a vport, the LLDD reinstantiates the vport on the FC + link - essentially restarting the LLDD statemachine (see Vport States + above). + + +Vport Deletion: + + The LLDD vport_delete() syntax is: + + int vport_delete(struct fc_vport *vport) + + where: + vport: Is vport to delete + + When a request is made to delete a vport (via sgio/netlink, or via the + fc_host or fc_vport vport_delete attributes), the transport will call + the LLDD to terminate the vport on the FC link, and teardown all other + datastructures and references. If the LLDD completes successfully, + the transport will teardown the vport objects and complete the vport + removal. If the LLDD delete request fails, the vport object will remain, + but will be in an indeterminate state. + + Within the LLDD, the normal code paths for a scsi_host teardown should + be followed. E.g. If the vport has a FCP Initiator role, the LLDD + will call fc_remove_host() for the vports scsi_host, followed by + scsi_remove_host() and scsi_host_put() for the vports scsi_host. + + +Other: + fc_host port_type attribute: + There is a new fc_host port_type value - FC_PORTTYPE_NPIV. This value + must be set on all vport-based fc_hosts. Normally, on a physical port, + the port_type attribute would be set to NPORT, NLPORT, etc based on the + topology type and existence of the fabric. As this is not applicable to + a vport, it makes more sense to report the FC mechanism used to create + the vport. + + Driver unload: + FC drivers are required to call fc_remove_host() prior to calling + scsi_remove_host(). This allows the fc_host to tear down all remote + ports prior the scsi_host being torn down. The fc_remove_host() call + was updated to remove all vports for the fc_host as well. + + +Credits +======= +The following people have contributed to this document: + + + + + + +James Smart +james.smart@emulex.com + diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt index 57b878cc393c..355ff0a2bb7c 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt @@ -917,6 +917,7 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed. ref Reference board, base config m2-2 Some Gateway MX series laptops m6 Some Gateway NX series laptops + pa6 Gateway NX860 series STAC9227/9228/9229/927x ref Reference board diff --git a/Documentation/sound/oss/AD1816 b/Documentation/sound/oss/AD1816 deleted file mode 100644 index 14bd8f25d523..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/sound/oss/AD1816 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,84 +0,0 @@ -Documentation for the AD1816(A) sound driver -============================================ - -Installation: -------------- - -To get your AD1816(A) based sound card work, you'll have to enable support for -experimental code ("Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers") -and isapnp ("Plug and Play support", "ISA Plug and Play support"). Enable -"Sound card support", "OSS modules support" and "Support for AD1816(A) based -cards (EXPERIMENTAL)" in the sound configuration menu, too. Now build, install -and reboot the new kernel as usual. - -Features: ---------- - -List of features supported by this driver: -- full-duplex support -- supported audio formats: unsigned 8bit, signed 16bit little endian, - signed 16bit big endian, µ-law, A-law -- supported channels: mono and stereo -- supported recording sources: Master, CD, Line, Line1, Line2, Mic -- supports phat 3d stereo circuit (Line 3) - - -Supported cards: ----------------- - -The following cards are known to work with this driver: -- Terratec Base 1 -- Terratec Base 64 -- HP Kayak -- Acer FX-3D -- SY-1816 -- Highscreen Sound-Boostar 32 Wave 3D -- Highscreen Sound-Boostar 16 -- AVM Apex Pro card -- (Aztech SC-16 3D) -- (Newcom SC-16 3D) -- (Terratec EWS64S) - -Cards listed in brackets are not supported reliable. If you have such a card -you should add the extra parameter: - options=1 -when loading the ad1816 module via modprobe. - - -Troubleshooting: ----------------- - -First of all you should check, if the driver has been loaded -properly. - -If loading of the driver succeeds, but playback/capture fails, check -if you used the correct values for irq, dma and dma2 when loading the module. -If one of them is wrong you usually get the following error message: - -Nov 6 17:06:13 tek01 kernel: Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error? - -If playback/capture is too fast or to slow, you should have a look at -the clock chip of your sound card. The AD1816 was designed for a 33MHz -oscillator, however most sound card manufacturer use slightly -different oscillators as they are cheaper than 33MHz oscillators. If -you have such a card you have to adjust the ad1816_clockfreq parameter -above. For example: For a card using a 32.875MHz oscillator use -ad1816_clockfreq=32875 instead of ad1816_clockfreq=33000. - - -Updates, bugfixes and bugreports: --------------------------------- - -As the driver is still experimental and under development, you should -watch out for updates. Updates of the driver are available on the -Internet from one of my home pages: - http://www.student.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/~tek/projects/linux.html -or: - http://www.tu-darmstadt.de/~tek01/projects/linux.html - -Bugreports, bugfixes and related questions should be sent via E-Mail to: - tek@rbg.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de - -Thorsten Knabe <tek@rbg.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de> -Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - Last modified: 2000/09/20 diff --git a/Documentation/sound/oss/NM256 b/Documentation/sound/oss/NM256 deleted file mode 100644 index b503217488b3..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/sound/oss/NM256 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,280 +0,0 @@ -======================================================= -Documentation for the NeoMagic 256AV/256ZX sound driver -======================================================= - -You're looking at version 1.1 of the driver. (Woohoo!) It has been -successfully tested against the following laptop models: - - Sony Z505S/Z505SX/Z505DX/Z505RX - Sony F150, F160, F180, F250, F270, F280, PCG-F26 - Dell Latitude CPi, CPt (various submodels) - -There are a few caveats, which is why you should read the entirety of -this document first. - -This driver was developed without any support or assistance from -NeoMagic. There is no warranty, expressed, implied, or otherwise. It -is free software in the public domain; feel free to use it, sell it, -give it to your best friends, even claim that you wrote it (but why?!) -but don't go whining to me, NeoMagic, Sony, Dell, or anyone else -when it blows up your computer. - -Version 1.1 contains a change to try and detect non-AC97 versions of -the hardware, and not install itself appropriately. It should also -reinitialize the hardware on an APM resume event, assuming that APM -was configured into your kernel. - -============ -Installation -============ - -Enable the sound drivers, the OSS sound drivers, and then the NM256 -driver. The NM256 driver *must* be configured as a module (it won't -give you any other choice). - -Next, do the usual "make modules" and "make modules_install". -Finally, insmod the soundcore, sound and nm256 modules. - -When the nm256 driver module is loaded, you should see a couple of -confirmation messages in the kernel logfile indicating that it found -the device (the device does *not* use any I/O ports or DMA channels). -Now try playing a wav file, futz with the CD-ROM if you have one, etc. - -The NM256 is entirely a PCI-based device, and all the necessary -information is automatically obtained from the card. It can only be -configured as a module in a vain attempt to prevent people from -hurting themselves. It works correctly if it shares an IRQ with -another device (it normally shares IRQ 9 with the builtin eepro100 -ethernet on the Sony Z505 laptops). - -It does not run the card in any sort of compatibility mode. It will -not work on laptops that have the SB16-compatible, AD1848-compatible -or CS4232-compatible codec/mixer; you will want to use the appropriate -compatible OSS driver with these chipsets. I cannot provide any -assistance with machines using the SB16, AD1848 or CS4232 compatible -versions. (The driver now attempts to detect the mixer version, and -will refuse to load if it believes the hardware is not -AC97-compatible.) - -The sound support is very basic, but it does include simultaneous -playback and record capability. The mixer support is also quite -simple, although this is in keeping with the rather limited -functionality of the chipset. - -There is no hardware synthesizer available, as the Losedows OPL-3 and -MIDI support is done via hardware emulation. - -Only three recording devices are available on the Sony: the -microphone, the CD-ROM input, and the volume device (which corresponds -to the stereo output). (Other devices may be available on other -models of laptops.) The Z505 series does not have a builtin CD-ROM, -so of course the CD-ROM input doesn't work. It does work on laptops -with a builtin CD-ROM drive. - -The mixer device does not appear to have any tone controls, at least -on the Z505 series. The mixer module checks for tone controls in the -AC97 mixer, and will enable them if they are available. - -============== -Known problems -============== - - * There are known problems with PCMCIA cards and the eepro100 ethernet - driver on the Z505S/Z505SX/Z505DX. Keep reading. - - * There are also potential problems with using a virtual X display, and - also problems loading the module after the X server has been started. - Keep reading. - - * The volume control isn't anywhere near linear. Sorry. This will be - fixed eventually, when I get sufficiently annoyed with it. (I doubt - it will ever be fixed now, since I've never gotten sufficiently - annoyed with it and nobody else seems to care.) - - * There are reports that the CD-ROM volume is very low. Since I do not - have a CD-ROM equipped laptop, I cannot test this (it's kinda hard to - do remotely). - - * Only 8 fixed-rate speeds are supported. This is mainly a chipset - limitation. It may be possible to support other speeds in the future. - - * There is no support for the telephone mixer/codec. There is support - for a phonein/phoneout device in the mixer driver; whether or not - it does anything is anyone's guess. (Reports on this would be - appreciated. You'll have to figure out how to get the phone to - go off-hook before it'll work, tho.) - - * This driver was not written with any cooperation or support from - NeoMagic. If you have any questions about this, see their website - for their official stance on supporting open source drivers. - -============ -Video memory -============ - -The NeoMagic sound engine uses a portion of the display memory to hold -the sound buffer. (Crazy, eh?) The NeoMagic video BIOS sets up a -special pointer at the top of video RAM to indicate where the top of -the audio buffer should be placed. - -At the present time XFree86 is apparently not aware of this. It will -thus write over either the pointer or the sound buffer with abandon. -(Accelerated-X seems to do a better job here.) - -This implies a few things: - - * Sometimes the NM256 driver has to guess at where the buffer - should be placed, especially if the module is loaded after the - X server is started. It's usually correct, but it will consistently - fail on the Sony F250. - - * Virtual screens greater than 1024x768x16 under XFree86 are - problematic on laptops with only 2.5MB of screen RAM. This - includes all of the 256AV-equipped laptops. (Virtual displays - may or may not work on the 256ZX, which has at least 4MB of - video RAM.) - -If you start having problems with random noise being output either -constantly (this is the usual symptom on the F250), or when windows -are moved around (this is the usual symptom when using a virtual -screen), the best fix is to - - * Don't use a virtual frame buffer. - * Make sure you load the NM256 module before the X server is - started. - -On the F250, it is possible to force the driver to load properly even -after the XFree86 server is started by doing: - - insmod nm256 buffertop=0x25a800 - -This forces the audio buffers to the correct offset in screen RAM. - -One user has reported a similar problem on the Sony F270, although -others apparently aren't seeing any problems. His suggested command -is - - insmod nm256 buffertop=0x272800 - -================= -Official WWW site -================= - -The official site for the NM256 driver is: - - http://www.uglx.org/sony.html - -You should always be able to get the latest version of the driver there, -and the driver will be supported for the foreseeable future. - -============== -Z505RX and IDE -============== - -There appears to be a problem with the IDE chipset on the Z505RX; one -of the symptoms is that sound playback periodically hangs (when the -disk is accessed). The user reporting the problem also reported that -enabling all of the IDE chipset workarounds in the kernel solved the -problem, tho obviously only one of them should be needed--if someone -can give me more details I would appreciate it. - -============================== -Z505S/Z505SX on-board Ethernet -============================== - -If you're using the on-board Ethernet Pro/100 ethernet support on the Z505 -series, I strongly encourage you to download the latest eepro100 driver from -Donald Becker's site: - - ftp://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/test/eepro100.c - -There was a reported problem on the Z505SX that if the ethernet -interface is disabled and reenabled while the sound driver is loaded, -the machine would lock up. I have included a workaround that is -working satisfactorily. However, you may occasionally see a message -about "Releasing interrupts, over 1000 bad interrupts" which indicates -that the workaround is doing its job. - -================================== -PCMCIA and the Z505S/Z505SX/Z505DX -================================== - -There is also a known problem with the Sony Z505S and Z505SX hanging -if a PCMCIA card is inserted while the ethernet driver is loaded, or -in some cases if the laptop is suspended. This is caused by tons of -spurious IRQ 9s, probably generated from the PCMCIA or ACPI bridges. - -There is currently no fix for the problem that works in every case. -The only known workarounds are to disable the ethernet interface -before inserting or removing a PCMCIA card, or with some cards -disabling the PCMCIA card before ejecting it will also help the -problem with the laptop hanging when the card is ejected. - -One user has reported that setting the tcic's cs_irq to some value -other than 9 (like 11) fixed the problem. This doesn't work on my -Z505S, however--changing the value causes the cardmgr to stop seeing -card insertions and removals, cards don't seem to work correctly, and -I still get hangs if a card is inserted when the kernel is booted. - -Using the latest ethernet driver and pcmcia package allows me to -insert an Adaptec 1480A SlimScsi card without the laptop hanging, -although I still have to shut down the card before ejecting or -powering down the laptop. However, similar experiments with a DE-660 -ethernet card still result in hangs when the card is inserted. I am -beginning to think that the interrupts are CardBus-related, since the -Adaptec card is a CardBus card, and the DE-660 is not; however, I -don't have any other CardBus cards to test with. - -====== -Thanks -====== - -First, I want to thank everyone (except NeoMagic of course) for their -generous support and encouragement. I'd like to list everyone's name -here that replied during the development phase, but the list is -amazingly long. - -I will be rather unfair and single out a few people, however: - - Justin Maurer, for being the first random net.person to try it, - and for letting me login to his Z505SX to get it working there - - Edi Weitz for trying out several different versions, and giving - me a lot of useful feedback - - Greg Rumple for letting me login remotely to get the driver - functional on the 256ZX, for his assistance on tracking - down all sorts of random stuff, and for trying out Accel-X - - Zach Brown, for the initial AC97 mixer interface design - - Jeff Garzik, for various helpful suggestions on the AC97 - interface - - "Mr. Bumpy" for feedback on the Z505RX - - Bill Nottingham, for generous assistance in getting the mixer ID - code working - -================= -Previous versions -================= - -Versions prior to 0.3 (aka `noname') had problems with weird artifacts -in the output and failed to set the recording rate properly. These -problems have long since been fixed. - -Versions prior to 0.5 had problems with clicks in the output when -anything other than 16-bit stereo sound was being played, and also had -periodic clicks when recording. - -Version 0.7 first incorporated support for the NM256ZX chipset, which -is found on some Dell Latitude laptops (the CPt, and apparently -some CPi models as well). It also included the generic AC97 -mixer module. - -Version 0.75 renamed all the functions and files with slightly more -generic names. - -Note that previous versions of this document claimed that recording was -8-bit only; it actually has been working for 16-bits all along. diff --git a/Documentation/sound/oss/OPL3-SA2 b/Documentation/sound/oss/OPL3-SA2 deleted file mode 100644 index d8b6d2bbada6..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/sound/oss/OPL3-SA2 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,210 +0,0 @@ -Documentation for the OPL3-SA2, SA3, and SAx driver (opl3sa2.o) ---------------------------------------------------------------- - -Scott Murray, scott@spiteful.org -January 7, 2001 - -NOTE: All trade-marked terms mentioned below are properties of their - respective owners. - - -Supported Devices ------------------ - -This driver is for PnP soundcards based on the following Yamaha audio -controller chipsets: - -YMF711 aka OPL3-SA2 -YMF715 and YMF719 aka OPL3-SA3 - -Up until recently (December 2000), I'd thought the 719 to be a -different chipset, the OPL3-SAx. After an email exhange with -Yamaha, however, it turns out that the 719 is just a re-badged -715, and the chipsets are identical. The chipset detection code -has been updated to reflect this. - -Anyways, all of these chipsets implement the following devices: - -OPL3 FM synthesizer -Soundblaster Pro -Microsoft/Windows Sound System -MPU401 MIDI interface - -Note that this driver uses the MSS device, and to my knowledge these -chipsets enforce an either/or situation with the Soundblaster Pro -device and the MSS device. Since the MSS device has better -capabilities, I have implemented the driver to use it. - - -Mixer Channels --------------- - -Older versions of this driver (pre-December 2000) had two mixers, -an OPL3-SA2 or SA3 mixer and a MSS mixer. The OPL3-SA[23] mixer -device contained a superset of mixer channels consisting of its own -channels and all of the MSS mixer channels. To simplify the driver -considerably, and to partition functionality better, the OPL3-SA[23] -mixer device now contains has its own specific mixer channels. They -are: - -Volume - Hardware master volume control -Bass - SA3 only, now supports left and right channels -Treble - SA3 only, now supports left and right channels -Microphone - Hardware microphone input volume control -Digital1 - Yamaha 3D enhancement "Wide" mixer - -All other mixer channels (e.g. "PCM", "CD", etc.) now have to be -controlled via the "MS Sound System (CS4231)" mixer. To facilitate -this, the mixer device creation order has been switched so that -the MSS mixer is created first. This allows accessing the majority -of the useful mixer channels even via single mixer-aware tools -such as "aumix". - - -Plug 'n Play ------------- - -In previous kernels (2.2.x), some configuration was required to -get the driver to talk to the card. Being the new millennium and -all, the 2.4.x kernels now support auto-configuration if ISA PnP -support is configured in. Theoretically, the driver even supports -having more than one card in this case. - -With the addition of PnP support to the driver, two new parameters -have been added to control it: - -isapnp - set to 0 to disable ISA PnP card detection - -multiple - set to 0 to disable multiple PnP card detection - - -Optional Parameters -------------------- - -Recent (December 2000) additions to the driver (based on a patch -provided by Peter Englmaier) are two new parameters: - -ymode - Set Yamaha 3D enhancement mode: - 0 = Desktop/Normal 5-12 cm speakers - 1 = Notebook PC (1) 3 cm speakers - 2 = Notebook PC (2) 1.5 cm speakers - 3 = Hi-Fi 16-38 cm speakers - -loopback - Set A/D input source. Useful for echo cancellation: - 0 = Mic Right channel (default) - 1 = Mono output loopback - -The ymode parameter has been tested and does work. The loopback -parameter, however, is untested. Any feedback on its usefulness -would be appreciated. - - -Manual Configuration --------------------- - -If for some reason you decide not to compile ISA PnP support into -your kernel, or disabled the driver's usage of it by setting the -isapnp parameter as discussed above, then you will need to do some -manual configuration. There are two ways of doing this. The most -common is to use the isapnptools package to initialize the card, and -use the kernel module form of the sound subsystem and sound drivers. -Alternatively, some BIOS's allow manual configuration of installed -PnP devices in a BIOS menu, which should allow using the non-modular -sound drivers, i.e. built into the kernel. - -I personally use isapnp and modules, and do not have access to a PnP -BIOS machine to test. If you have such a beast, configuring the -driver to be built into the kernel should just work (thanks to work -done by David Luyer <luyer@ucs.uwa.edu.au>). You will still need -to specify settings, which can be done by adding: - -opl3sa2=<io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mssio>,<mpuio> - -to the kernel command line. For example: - -opl3sa2=0x370,5,0,1,0x530,0x330 - -If you are instead using the isapnp tools (as most people have been -before Linux 2.4.x), follow the directions in their documentation to -produce a configuration file. Here is the relevant excerpt I used to -use for my SA3 card from my isapnp.conf: - -(CONFIGURE YMH0800/-1 (LD 0 - -# NOTE: IO 0 is for the unused SoundBlaster part of the chipset. -(IO 0 (BASE 0x0220)) -(IO 1 (BASE 0x0530)) -(IO 2 (BASE 0x0388)) -(IO 3 (BASE 0x0330)) -(IO 4 (BASE 0x0370)) -(INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E))) -(DMA 0 (CHANNEL 0)) -(DMA 1 (CHANNEL 1)) - -Here, note that: - -Port Acceptable Range Purpose ----- ---------------- ------- -IO 0 0x0220 - 0x0280 SB base address, unused. -IO 1 0x0530 - 0x0F48 MSS base address -IO 2 0x0388 - 0x03F8 OPL3 base address -IO 3 0x0300 - 0x0334 MPU base address -IO 4 0x0100 - 0x0FFE card's own base address for its control I/O ports - -The IRQ and DMA values can be any that are considered acceptable for a -MSS. Assuming you've got isapnp all happy, then you should be able to -do something like the following (which matches up with the isapnp -configuration above): - -modprobe mpu401 -modprobe ad1848 -modprobe opl3sa2 io=0x370 mss_io=0x530 mpu_io=0x330 irq=5 dma=0 dma2=1 -modprobe opl3 io=0x388 - -See the section "Automatic Module Loading" below for how to set up -/etc/modprobe.conf to automate this. - -An important thing to remember that the opl3sa2 module's io argument is -for it's own control port, which handles the card's master mixer for -volume (on all cards), and bass and treble (on SA3 cards). - - -Troubleshooting ---------------- - -If all goes well and you see no error messages, you should be able to -start using the sound capabilities of your system. If you get an -error message while trying to insert the opl3sa2 module, then make -sure that the values of the various arguments match what you specified -in your isapnp configuration file, and that there is no conflict with -another device for an I/O port or interrupt. Checking the contents of -/proc/ioports and /proc/interrupts can be useful to see if you're -butting heads with another device. - -If you still cannot get the module to load, look at the contents of -your system log file, usually /var/log/messages. If you see the -message "opl3sa2: Unknown Yamaha audio controller version", then you -have a different chipset version than I've encountered so far. Look -for all messages in the log file that start with "opl3sa2: " and see -if they provide any clues. If you do not see the chipset version -message, and none of the other messages present in the system log are -helpful, email me some details and I'll try my best to help. - - -Automatic Module Loading ------------------------- - -Lastly, if you're using modules and want to set up automatic module -loading with kmod, the kernel module loader, here is the section I -currently use in my modprobe.conf file: - -# Sound -alias sound-slot-0 opl3sa2 -options opl3sa2 io=0x370 mss_io=0x530 mpu_io=0x330 irq=7 dma=0 dma2=3 -options opl3 io=0x388 - -That's all it currently takes to get an OPL3-SA3 card working on my -system. Once again, if you have any other problems, email me at the -address listed above. - -Scott diff --git a/Documentation/sound/oss/VIA-chipset b/Documentation/sound/oss/VIA-chipset deleted file mode 100644 index 37865234e54d..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/sound/oss/VIA-chipset +++ /dev/null @@ -1,43 +0,0 @@ -Running sound cards on VIA chipsets - -o There are problems with VIA chipsets and sound cards that appear to - lock the hardware solidly. Test programs under DOS have verified the - problem exists on at least some (but apparently not all) VIA boards - -o VIA have so far failed to bother to answer support mail on the subject - so if you are a VIA engineer feeling aggrieved as you read this - document go chase your own people. If there is a workaround please - let us know so we can implement it. - - -Certain patterns of ISA DMA access used for most PC sound cards cause the -VIA chipsets to lock up. From the collected reports this appears to cover a -wide range of boards. Some also lock up with sound cards under Win* as well. - -Linux implements a workaround providing your chipset is PCI and you compiled -with PCI Quirks enabled. If so you will see a message - "Activating ISA DMA bug workarounds" - -during booting. If you have a VIA PCI chipset that hangs when you use the -sound and is not generating this message even with PCI quirks enabled -please report the information to the linux-kernel list (see REPORTING-BUGS). - -If you are one of the tiny number of unfortunates with a 486 ISA/VLB VIA -chipset board you need to do the following to build a special kernel for -your board - - edit linux/include/asm-i386/dma.h - -change - -#define isa_dma_bridge_buggy (0) - -to - -#define isa_dma_bridge_buggy (1) - -and rebuild a kernel without PCI quirk support. - - -Other than this particular glitch the VIA [M]VP* chipsets appear to work -perfectly with Linux. diff --git a/Documentation/sound/oss/cs46xx b/Documentation/sound/oss/cs46xx deleted file mode 100644 index b54432709863..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/sound/oss/cs46xx +++ /dev/null @@ -1,138 +0,0 @@ - -Documentation for the Cirrus Logic/Crystal SoundFusion cs46xx/cs4280 audio -controller chips (2001/05/11) - -The cs46xx audio driver supports the DSP line of Cirrus controllers. -Specifically, the cs4610, cs4612, cs4614, cs4622, cs4624, cs4630 and the cs4280 -products. This driver uses the generic ac97_codec driver for AC97 codec -support. - - -Features: - -Full Duplex Playback/Capture supported from 8k-48k. -16Bit Signed LE & 8Bit Unsigned, with Mono or Stereo supported. - -APM/PM - 2.2.x PM is enabled and functional. APM can also -be enabled for 2.4.x by modifying the CS46XX_ACPI_SUPPORT macro -definition. - -DMA playback buffer size is configurable from 16k (defaultorder=2) up to 2Meg -(defaultorder=11). DMA capture buffer size is fixed at a single 4k page as -two 2k fragments. - -MMAP seems to work well with QuakeIII, and test XMMS plugin. - -Myth2 works, but the polling logic is not fully correct, but is functional. - -The 2.4.4-ac6 gameport code in the cs461x joystick driver has been tested -with a Microsoft Sidewinder joystick (cs461x.o and sidewinder.o). This -audio driver must be loaded prior to the joystick driver to enable the -DSP task image supporting the joystick device. - - -Limitations: - -SPDIF is currently not supported. - -Primary codec support only. No secondary codec support is implemented. - - - -NOTES: - -Hercules Game Theatre XP - the EGPIO2 pin controls the external Amp, -and has been tested. -Module parameter hercules_egpio_disable set to 1, will force a 0 to EGPIODR -to disable the external amplifier. - -VTB Santa Cruz - the GPIO7/GPIO8 on the Secondary Codec control -the external amplifier for the "back" speakers, since we do not -support the secondary codec then this external amp is not -turned on. The primary codec external amplifier is supported but -note that the AC97 EAPD bit is inverted logic (amp_voyetra()). - -DMA buffer size - there are issues with many of the Linux applications -concerning the optimal buffer size. Several applications request a -certain fragment size and number and then do not verify that the driver -has the ability to support the requested configuration. -SNDCTL_DSP_SETFRAGMENT ioctl is used to request a fragment size and -number of fragments. Some applications exit if an error is returned -on this particular ioctl. Therefore, in alignment with the other OSS audio -drivers, no error is returned when a SETFRAGs IOCTL is received, but the -values passed from the app are not used in any buffer calculation -(ossfragshift/ossmaxfrags are not used). -Use the "defaultorder=N" module parameter to change the buffer size if -you have an application that requires a specific number of fragments -or a specific buffer size (see below). - -Debug Interface ---------------- -There is an ioctl debug interface to allow runtime modification of the -debug print levels. This debug interface code can be disabled from the -compilation process with commenting the following define: -#define CSDEBUG_INTERFACE 1 -There is also a debug print methodolgy to select printf statements from -different areas of the driver. A debug print level is also used to allow -additional printfs to be active. Comment out the following line in the -driver to disable compilation of the CS_DBGOUT print statements: -#define CSDEBUG 1 - -Please see the definitions for cs_debuglevel and cs_debugmask for additional -information on the debug levels and sections. - -There is also a csdbg executable to allow runtime manipulation of these -parameters. for a copy email: twoller@crystal.cirrus.com - - - -MODULE_PARMS definitions ------------------------- -module_param(defaultorder, ulong, 0); -defaultorder=N -where N is a value from 1 to 12 -The buffer order determines the size of the dma buffer for the driver. -under Linux, a smaller buffer allows more responsiveness from many of the -applications (e.g. games). A larger buffer allows some of the apps (esound) -to not underrun the dma buffer as easily. As default, use 32k (order=3) -rather than 64k as some of the games work more responsively. -(2^N) * PAGE_SIZE = allocated buffer size - -module_param(cs_debuglevel, ulong, 0644); -module_param(cs_debugmask, ulong, 0644); -cs_debuglevel=N -cs_debugmask=0xMMMMMMMM -where N is a value from 0 (no debug printfs), to 9 (maximum) -0xMMMMMMMM is a debug mask corresponding to the CS_xxx bits (see driver source). - -module_param(hercules_egpio_disable, ulong, 0); -hercules_egpio_disable=N -where N is a 0 (enable egpio), or a 1 (disable egpio support) - -module_param(initdelay, ulong, 0); -initdelay=N -This value is used to determine the millescond delay during the initialization -code prior to powering up the PLL. On laptops this value can be used to -assist with errors on resume, mostly with IBM laptops. Basically, if the -system is booted under battery power then the mdelay()/udelay() functions fail to -properly delay the required time. Also, if the system is booted under AC power -and then the power removed, the mdelay()/udelay() functions will not delay properly. - -module_param(powerdown, ulong, 0); -powerdown=N -where N is 0 (disable any powerdown of the internal blocks) or 1 (enable powerdown) - - -module_param(external_amp, bool, 0); -external_amp=1 -if N is set to 1, then force enabling the EAPD support in the primary AC97 codec. -override the detection logic and force the external amp bit in the AC97 0x26 register -to be reset (0). EAPD should be 0 for powerup, and 1 for powerdown. The VTB Santa Cruz -card has inverted logic, so there is a special function for these cards. - -module_param(thinkpad, bool, 0); -thinkpad=1 -if N is set to 1, then force enabling the clkrun functionality. -Currently, when the part is being used, then clkrun is disabled for the entire system, -but re-enabled when the driver is released or there is no outstanding open count. - diff --git a/Documentation/spi/spi-lm70llp b/Documentation/spi/spi-lm70llp new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..154bd02220b9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/spi/spi-lm70llp @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +spi_lm70llp : LM70-LLP parport-to-SPI adapter +============================================== + +Supported board/chip: + * National Semiconductor LM70 LLP evaluation board + Datasheet: http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM70.html + +Author: + Kaiwan N Billimoria <kaiwan@designergraphix.com> + +Description +----------- +This driver provides glue code connecting a National Semiconductor LM70 LLP +temperature sensor evaluation board to the kernel's SPI core subsystem. + +In effect, this driver turns the parallel port interface on the eval board +into a SPI bus with a single device, which will be driven by the generic +LM70 driver (drivers/hwmon/lm70.c). + +The hardware interfacing on the LM70 LLP eval board is as follows: + + Parallel LM70 LLP + Port Direction JP2 Header + ----------- --------- ---------------- + D0 2 - - + D1 3 --> V+ 5 + D2 4 --> V+ 5 + D3 5 --> V+ 5 + D4 6 --> V+ 5 + D5 7 --> nCS 8 + D6 8 --> SCLK 3 + D7 9 --> SI/O 5 + GND 25 - GND 7 + Select 13 <-- SI/O 1 + ----------- --------- ---------------- + +Note that since the LM70 uses a "3-wire" variant of SPI, the SI/SO pin +is connected to both pin D7 (as Master Out) and Select (as Master In) +using an arrangment that lets either the parport or the LM70 pull the +pin low. This can't be shared with true SPI devices, but other 3-wire +devices might share the same SI/SO pin. + +The bitbanger routine in this driver (lm70_txrx) is called back from +the bound "hwmon/lm70" protocol driver through its sysfs hook, using a +spi_write_then_read() call. It performs Mode 0 (SPI/Microwire) bitbanging. +The lm70 driver then inteprets the resulting digital temperature value +and exports it through sysfs. + +A "gotcha": National Semiconductor's LM70 LLP eval board circuit schematic +shows that the SI/O line from the LM70 chip is connected to the base of a +transistor Q1 (and also a pullup, and a zener diode to D7); while the +collector is tied to VCC. + +Interpreting this circuit, when the LM70 SI/O line is High (or tristate +and not grounded by the host via D7), the transistor conducts and switches +the collector to zero, which is reflected on pin 13 of the DB25 parport +connector. When SI/O is Low (driven by the LM70 or the host) on the other +hand, the transistor is cut off and the voltage tied to it's collector is +reflected on pin 13 as a High level. + +So: the getmiso inline routine in this driver takes this fact into account, +inverting the value read at pin 13. + + +Thanks to +--------- +o David Brownell for mentoring the SPI-side driver development. +o Dr.Craig Hollabaugh for the (early) "manual" bitbanging driver version. +o Nadir Billimoria for help interpreting the circuit schematic. diff --git a/Documentation/spi/spi-summary b/Documentation/spi/spi-summary index 795fbb48ffa7..76ea6c837be5 100644 --- a/Documentation/spi/spi-summary +++ b/Documentation/spi/spi-summary @@ -1,26 +1,30 @@ Overview of Linux kernel SPI support ==================================== -02-Dec-2005 +21-May-2007 What is SPI? ------------ The "Serial Peripheral Interface" (SPI) is a synchronous four wire serial link used to connect microcontrollers to sensors, memory, and peripherals. +It's a simple "de facto" standard, not complicated enough to acquire a +standardization body. SPI uses a master/slave configuration. The three signal wires hold a clock (SCK, often on the order of 10 MHz), and parallel data lines with "Master Out, Slave In" (MOSI) or "Master In, Slave Out" (MISO) signals. (Other names are also used.) There are four clocking modes through which data is exchanged; mode-0 and mode-3 are most commonly used. Each clock cycle shifts data out and data in; the clock -doesn't cycle except when there is data to shift. +doesn't cycle except when there is a data bit to shift. Not all data bits +are used though; not every protocol uses those full duplex capabilities. -SPI masters may use a "chip select" line to activate a given SPI slave +SPI masters use a fourth "chip select" line to activate a given SPI slave device, so those three signal wires may be connected to several chips -in parallel. All SPI slaves support chipselects. Some devices have +in parallel. All SPI slaves support chipselects; they are usually active +low signals, labeled nCSx for slave 'x' (e.g. nCS0). Some devices have other signals, often including an interrupt to the master. -Unlike serial busses like USB or SMBUS, even low level protocols for +Unlike serial busses like USB or SMBus, even low level protocols for SPI slave functions are usually not interoperable between vendors (except for commodities like SPI memory chips). @@ -33,6 +37,11 @@ SPI slave functions are usually not interoperable between vendors - Some devices may use eight bit words. Others may different word lengths, such as streams of 12-bit or 20-bit digital samples. + - Words are usually sent with their most significant bit (MSB) first, + but sometimes the least significant bit (LSB) goes first instead. + + - Sometimes SPI is used to daisy-chain devices, like shift registers. + In the same way, SPI slaves will only rarely support any kind of automatic discovery/enumeration protocol. The tree of slave devices accessible from a given SPI master will normally be set up manually, with configuration @@ -44,6 +53,14 @@ half-duplex SPI, for request/response protocols), SSP ("Synchronous Serial Protocol"), PSP ("Programmable Serial Protocol"), and other related protocols. +Some chips eliminate a signal line by combining MOSI and MISO, and +limiting themselves to half-duplex at the hardware level. In fact +some SPI chips have this signal mode as a strapping option. These +can be accessed using the same programming interface as SPI, but of +course they won't handle full duplex transfers. You may find such +chips described as using "three wire" signaling: SCK, data, nCSx. +(That data line is sometimes called MOMI or SISO.) + Microcontrollers often support both master and slave sides of the SPI protocol. This document (and Linux) currently only supports the master side of SPI interactions. @@ -74,6 +91,32 @@ interfaces with SPI modes. Given SPI support, they could use MMC or SD cards without needing a special purpose MMC/SD/SDIO controller. +I'm confused. What are these four SPI "clock modes"? +----------------------------------------------------- +It's easy to be confused here, and the vendor documentation you'll +find isn't necessarily helpful. The four modes combine two mode bits: + + - CPOL indicates the initial clock polarity. CPOL=0 means the + clock starts low, so the first (leading) edge is rising, and + the second (trailing) edge is falling. CPOL=1 means the clock + starts high, so the first (leading) edge is falling. + + - CPHA indicates the clock phase used to sample data; CPHA=0 says + sample on the leading edge, CPHA=1 means the trailing edge. + + Since the signal needs to stablize before it's sampled, CPHA=0 + implies that its data is written half a clock before the first + clock edge. The chipselect may have made it become available. + +Chip specs won't always say "uses SPI mode X" in as many words, +but their timing diagrams will make the CPOL and CPHA modes clear. + +In the SPI mode number, CPOL is the high order bit and CPHA is the +low order bit. So when a chip's timing diagram shows the clock +starting low (CPOL=0) and data stabilized for sampling during the +trailing clock edge (CPHA=1), that's SPI mode 1. + + How do these driver programming interfaces work? ------------------------------------------------ The <linux/spi/spi.h> header file includes kerneldoc, as does the diff --git a/Documentation/spinlocks.txt b/Documentation/spinlocks.txt index a661d684768e..471e75389778 100644 --- a/Documentation/spinlocks.txt +++ b/Documentation/spinlocks.txt @@ -1,7 +1,12 @@ -UPDATE March 21 2005 Amit Gud <gud@eth.net> +SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED and RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED defeat lockdep state tracking and +are hence deprecated. -Macros SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED and RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED are deprecated and will be -removed soon. So for any new code dynamic initialization should be used: +Please use DEFINE_SPINLOCK()/DEFINE_RWLOCK() or +__SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED()/__RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED() as appropriate for static +initialization. + +Dynamic initialization, when necessary, may be performed as +demonstrated below. spinlock_t xxx_lock; rwlock_t xxx_rw_lock; @@ -15,12 +20,9 @@ removed soon. So for any new code dynamic initialization should be used: module_init(xxx_init); -Reasons for deprecation - - it hurts automatic lock validators - - it becomes intrusive for the realtime preemption patches - -Following discussion is still valid, however, with the dynamic initialization -of spinlocks instead of static. +The following discussion is still valid, however, with the dynamic +initialization of spinlocks or with DEFINE_SPINLOCK, etc., used +instead of SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED. ----------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/ctl_unnumbered.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/ctl_unnumbered.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..23003a8ea3e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/ctl_unnumbered.txt @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ + +Except for a few extremely rare exceptions user space applications do not use +the binary sysctl interface. Instead everyone uses /proc/sys/... with +readable ascii names. + +Recently the kernel has started supporting setting the binary sysctl value to +CTL_UNNUMBERED so we no longer need to assign a binary sysctl path to allow +sysctls to show up in /proc/sys. + +Assigning binary sysctl numbers is an endless source of conflicts in sysctl.h, +breaking of the user space ABI (because of those conflicts), and maintenance +problems. A complete pass through all of the sysctl users revealed multiple +instances where the sysctl binary interface was broken and had gone undetected +for years. + +So please do not add new binary sysctl numbers. They are unneeded and +problematic. + +If you really need a new binary sysctl number please first merge your sysctl +into the kernel and then as a separate patch allocate a binary sysctl number. + +(ebiederm@xmission.com, June 2007) diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index 1d192565e182..a0ccc5b60260 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -31,12 +31,15 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm: - min_unmapped_ratio - min_slab_ratio - panic_on_oom +- mmap_min_address +- numa_zonelist_order ============================================================== dirty_ratio, dirty_background_ratio, dirty_expire_centisecs, dirty_writeback_centisecs, vfs_cache_pressure, laptop_mode, -block_dump, swap_token_timeout, drop-caches: +block_dump, swap_token_timeout, drop-caches, +hugepages_treat_as_movable: See Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -216,3 +219,61 @@ above-mentioned. The default value is 0. 1 and 2 are for failover of clustering. Please select either according to your policy of failover. + +============================================================== + +mmap_min_addr + +This file indicates the amount of address space which a user process will +be restricted from mmaping. Since kernel null dereference bugs could +accidentally operate based on the information in the first couple of pages +of memory userspace processes should not be allowed to write to them. By +default this value is set to 0 and no protections will be enforced by the +security module. Setting this value to something like 64k will allow the +vast majority of applications to work correctly and provide defense in depth +against future potential kernel bugs. + +============================================================== + +numa_zonelist_order + +This sysctl is only for NUMA. +'where the memory is allocated from' is controlled by zonelists. +(This documentation ignores ZONE_HIGHMEM/ZONE_DMA32 for simple explanation. + you may be able to read ZONE_DMA as ZONE_DMA32...) + +In non-NUMA case, a zonelist for GFP_KERNEL is ordered as following. +ZONE_NORMAL -> ZONE_DMA +This means that a memory allocation request for GFP_KERNEL will +get memory from ZONE_DMA only when ZONE_NORMAL is not available. + +In NUMA case, you can think of following 2 types of order. +Assume 2 node NUMA and below is zonelist of Node(0)'s GFP_KERNEL + +(A) Node(0) ZONE_NORMAL -> Node(0) ZONE_DMA -> Node(1) ZONE_NORMAL +(B) Node(0) ZONE_NORMAL -> Node(1) ZONE_NORMAL -> Node(0) ZONE_DMA. + +Type(A) offers the best locality for processes on Node(0), but ZONE_DMA +will be used before ZONE_NORMAL exhaustion. This increases possibility of +out-of-memory(OOM) of ZONE_DMA because ZONE_DMA is tend to be small. + +Type(B) cannot offer the best locality but is more robust against OOM of +the DMA zone. + +Type(A) is called as "Node" order. Type (B) is "Zone" order. + +"Node order" orders the zonelists by node, then by zone within each node. +Specify "[Nn]ode" for zone order + +"Zone Order" orders the zonelists by zone type, then by node within each +zone. Specify "[Zz]one"for zode order. + +Specify "[Dd]efault" to request automatic configuration. Autoconfiguration +will select "node" order in following case. +(1) if the DMA zone does not exist or +(2) if the DMA zone comprises greater than 50% of the available memory or +(3) if any node's DMA zone comprises greater than 60% of its local memory and + the amount of local memory is big enough. + +Otherwise, "zone" order will be selected. Default order is recommended unless +this is causing problems for your system/application. diff --git a/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..42861bb0bc9b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt @@ -0,0 +1,166 @@ +Rules on how to access information in the Linux kernel sysfs + +The kernel exported sysfs exports internal kernel implementation-details +and depends on internal kernel structures and layout. It is agreed upon +by the kernel developers that the Linux kernel does not provide a stable +internal API. As sysfs is a direct export of kernel internal +structures, the sysfs interface can not provide a stable interface eighter, +it may always change along with internal kernel changes. + +To minimize the risk of breaking users of sysfs, which are in most cases +low-level userspace applications, with a new kernel release, the users +of sysfs must follow some rules to use an as abstract-as-possible way to +access this filesystem. The current udev and HAL programs already +implement this and users are encouraged to plug, if possible, into the +abstractions these programs provide instead of accessing sysfs +directly. + +But if you really do want or need to access sysfs directly, please follow +the following rules and then your programs should work with future +versions of the sysfs interface. + +- Do not use libsysfs + It makes assumptions about sysfs which are not true. Its API does not + offer any abstraction, it exposes all the kernel driver-core + implementation details in its own API. Therefore it is not better than + reading directories and opening the files yourself. + Also, it is not actively maintained, in the sense of reflecting the + current kernel-development. The goal of providing a stable interface + to sysfs has failed, it causes more problems, than it solves. It + violates many of the rules in this document. + +- sysfs is always at /sys + Parsing /proc/mounts is a waste of time. Other mount points are a + system configuration bug you should not try to solve. For test cases, + possibly support a SYSFS_PATH environment variable to overwrite the + applications behavior, but never try to search for sysfs. Never try + to mount it, if you are not an early boot script. + +- devices are only "devices" + There is no such thing like class-, bus-, physical devices, + interfaces, and such that you can rely on in userspace. Everything is + just simply a "device". Class-, bus-, physical, ... types are just + kernel implementation details, which should not be expected by + applications that look for devices in sysfs. + + The properties of a device are: + o devpath (/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0) + - identical to the DEVPATH value in the event sent from the kernel + at device creation and removal + - the unique key to the device at that point in time + - the kernels path to the device-directory without the leading + /sys, and always starting with with a slash + - all elements of a devpath must be real directories. Symlinks + pointing to /sys/devices must always be resolved to their real + target, and the target path must be used to access the device. + That way the devpath to the device matches the devpath of the + kernel used at event time. + - using or exposing symlink values as elements in a devpath string + is a bug in the application + + o kernel name (sda, tty, 0000:00:1f.2, ...) + - a directory name, identical to the last element of the devpath + - applications need to handle spaces and characters like '!' in + the name + + o subsystem (block, tty, pci, ...) + - simple string, never a path or a link + - retrieved by reading the "subsystem"-link and using only the + last element of the target path + + o driver (tg3, ata_piix, uhci_hcd) + - a simple string, which may contain spaces, never a path or a + link + - it is retrieved by reading the "driver"-link and using only the + last element of the target path + - devices which do not have "driver"-link, just do not have a + driver; copying the driver value in a child device context, is a + bug in the application + + o attributes + - the files in the device directory or files below a subdirectories + of the same device directory + - accessing attributes reached by a symlink pointing to another device, + like the "device"-link, is a bug in the application + + Everything else is just a kernel driver-core implementation detail, + that should not be assumed to be stable across kernel releases. + +- Properties of parent devices never belong into a child device. + Always look at the parent devices themselves for determining device + context properties. If the device 'eth0' or 'sda' does not have a + "driver"-link, then this device does not have a driver. Its value is empty. + Never copy any property of the parent-device into a child-device. Parent + device-properties may change dynamically without any notice to the + child device. + +- Hierarchy in a single device-tree + There is only one valid place in sysfs where hierarchy can be examined + and this is below: /sys/devices. + It is planned, that all device directories will end up in the tree + below this directory. + +- Classification by subsystem + There are currently three places for classification of devices: + /sys/block, /sys/class and /sys/bus. It is planned that these will + not contain any device-directories themselves, but only flat lists of + symlinks pointing to the unified /sys/devices tree. + All three places have completely different rules on how to access + device information. It is planned to merge all three + classification-directories into one place at /sys/subsystem, + following the layout of the bus-directories. All buses and + classes, including the converted block-subsystem, will show up + there. + The devices belonging to a subsystem will create a symlink in the + "devices" directory at /sys/subsystem/<name>/devices. + + If /sys/subsystem exists, /sys/bus, /sys/class and /sys/block can be + ignored. If it does not exist, you have always to scan all three + places, as the kernel is free to move a subsystem from one place to + the other, as long as the devices are still reachable by the same + subsystem name. + + Assuming /sys/class/<subsystem> and /sys/bus/<subsystem>, or + /sys/block and /sys/class/block are not interchangeable, is a bug in + the application. + +- Block + The converted block-subsystem at /sys/class/block, or + /sys/subsystem/block will contain the links for disks and partitions + at the same level, never in a hierarchy. Assuming the block-subsytem to + contain only disks and not partition-devices in the same flat list is + a bug in the application. + +- "device"-link and <subsystem>:<kernel name>-links + Never depend on the "device"-link. The "device"-link is a workaround + for the old layout, where class-devices are not created in + /sys/devices/ like the bus-devices. If the link-resolving of a + device-directory does not end in /sys/devices/, you can use the + "device"-link to find the parent devices in /sys/devices/. That is the + single valid use of the "device"-link, it must never appear in any + path as an element. Assuming the existence of the "device"-link for + a device in /sys/devices/ is a bug in the application. + Accessing /sys/class/net/eth0/device is a bug in the application. + + Never depend on the class-specific links back to the /sys/class + directory. These links are also a workaround for the design mistake + that class-devices are not created in /sys/devices. If a device + directory does not contain directories for child devices, these links + may be used to find the child devices in /sys/class. That is the single + valid use of these links, they must never appear in any path as an + element. Assuming the existence of these links for devices which are + real child device directories in the /sys/devices tree, is a bug in + the application. + + It is planned to remove all these links when when all class-device + directories live in /sys/devices. + +- Position of devices along device chain can change. + Never depend on a specific parent device position in the devpath, + or the chain of parent devices. The kernel is free to insert devices into + the chain. You must always request the parent device you are looking for + by its subsystem value. You need to walk up the chain until you find + the device that matches the expected subsystem. Depending on a specific + position of a parent device, or exposing relative paths, using "../" to + access the chain of parents, is a bug in the application. + diff --git a/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt index 2d4803359a04..9e6b94face4b 100644 --- a/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt +++ b/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Hot keys -------- procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -sysfs device attribute: hotkey/* +sysfs device attribute: hotkey_* Without this driver, only the Fn-F4 key (sleep button) generates an ACPI event. With the driver loaded, the hotkey feature enabled and the @@ -196,10 +196,7 @@ The following commands can be written to the /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey file: sysfs notes: - The hot keys attributes are in a hotkey/ subdirectory off the - thinkpad device. - - bios_enabled: + hotkey_bios_enabled: Returns the status of the hot keys feature when thinkpad-acpi was loaded. Upon module unload, the hot key feature status will be restored to this value. @@ -207,19 +204,19 @@ sysfs notes: 0: hot keys were disabled 1: hot keys were enabled - bios_mask: + hotkey_bios_mask: Returns the hot keys mask when thinkpad-acpi was loaded. Upon module unload, the hot keys mask will be restored to this value. - enable: + hotkey_enable: Enables/disables the hot keys feature, and reports current status of the hot keys feature. 0: disables the hot keys feature / feature disabled 1: enables the hot keys feature / feature enabled - mask: + hotkey_mask: bit mask to enable ACPI event generation for each hot key (see above). Returns the current status of the hot keys mask, and allows one to modify it. @@ -229,7 +226,7 @@ Bluetooth --------- procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth -sysfs device attribute: bluetooth/enable +sysfs device attribute: bluetooth_enable This feature shows the presence and current state of a ThinkPad Bluetooth device in the internal ThinkPad CDC slot. @@ -244,7 +241,7 @@ If Bluetooth is installed, the following commands can be used: Sysfs notes: If the Bluetooth CDC card is installed, it can be enabled / - disabled through the "bluetooth/enable" thinkpad-acpi device + disabled through the "bluetooth_enable" thinkpad-acpi device attribute, and its current status can also be queried. enable: @@ -252,7 +249,7 @@ Sysfs notes: 1: enables Bluetooth / Bluetooth is enabled. Note: this interface will be probably be superseeded by the - generic rfkill class. + generic rfkill class, so it is NOT to be considered stable yet. Video output control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/video -------------------------------------------- @@ -898,7 +895,7 @@ EXPERIMENTAL: WAN ----------------- procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/wan -sysfs device attribute: wwan/enable +sysfs device attribute: wwan_enable This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE @@ -921,7 +918,7 @@ If the W-WAN card is installed, the following commands can be used: Sysfs notes: If the W-WAN card is installed, it can be enabled / - disabled through the "wwan/enable" thinkpad-acpi device + disabled through the "wwan_enable" thinkpad-acpi device attribute, and its current status can also be queried. enable: @@ -929,7 +926,7 @@ Sysfs notes: 1: enables WWAN card / WWAN card is enabled. Note: this interface will be probably be superseeded by the - generic rfkill class. + generic rfkill class, so it is NOT to be considered stable yet. Multiple Commands, Module Parameters ------------------------------------ diff --git a/Documentation/usb/dma.txt b/Documentation/usb/dma.txt index 62844aeba69c..e8b50b7de9d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/dma.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/dma.txt @@ -32,12 +32,15 @@ ELIMINATING COPIES It's good to avoid making CPUs copy data needlessly. The costs can add up, and effects like cache-trashing can impose subtle penalties. -- When you're allocating a buffer for DMA purposes anyway, use the buffer - primitives. Think of them as kmalloc and kfree that give you the right - kind of addresses to store in urb->transfer_buffer and urb->transfer_dma, - while guaranteeing that no hidden copies through DMA "bounce" buffers will - slow things down. You'd also set URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP in - urb->transfer_flags: +- If you're doing lots of small data transfers from the same buffer all + the time, that can really burn up resources on systems which use an + IOMMU to manage the DMA mappings. It can cost MUCH more to set up and + tear down the IOMMU mappings with each request than perform the I/O! + + For those specific cases, USB has primitives to allocate less expensive + memory. They work like kmalloc and kfree versions that give you the right + kind of addresses to store in urb->transfer_buffer and urb->transfer_dma. + You'd also set URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP in urb->transfer_flags: void *usb_buffer_alloc (struct usb_device *dev, size_t size, int mem_flags, dma_addr_t *dma); @@ -45,6 +48,10 @@ and effects like cache-trashing can impose subtle penalties. void usb_buffer_free (struct usb_device *dev, size_t size, void *addr, dma_addr_t dma); + Most drivers should *NOT* be using these primitives; they don't need + to use this type of memory ("dma-coherent"), and memory returned from + kmalloc() will work just fine. + For control transfers you can use the buffer primitives or not for each of the transfer buffer and setup buffer independently. Set the flag bits URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP and URB_NO_SETUP_DMA_MAP to indicate which @@ -54,29 +61,39 @@ and effects like cache-trashing can impose subtle penalties. The memory buffer returned is "dma-coherent"; sometimes you might need to force a consistent memory access ordering by using memory barriers. It's not using a streaming DMA mapping, so it's good for small transfers on - systems where the I/O would otherwise tie up an IOMMU mapping. (See + systems where the I/O would otherwise thrash an IOMMU mapping. (See Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt for definitions of "coherent" and "streaming" DMA mappings.) Asking for 1/Nth of a page (as well as asking for N pages) is reasonably space-efficient. + On most systems the memory returned will be uncached, because the + semantics of dma-coherent memory require either bypassing CPU caches + or using cache hardware with bus-snooping support. While x86 hardware + has such bus-snooping, many other systems use software to flush cache + lines to prevent DMA conflicts. + - Devices on some EHCI controllers could handle DMA to/from high memory. - Driver probe() routines can notice this using a generic DMA call, then - tell higher level code (network, scsi, etc) about it like this: - if (dma_supported (&intf->dev, 0xffffffffffffffffULL)) - net->features |= NETIF_F_HIGHDMA; + Unfortunately, the current Linux DMA infrastructure doesn't have a sane + way to expose these capabilities ... and in any case, HIGHMEM is mostly a + design wart specific to x86_32. So your best bet is to ensure you never + pass a highmem buffer into a USB driver. That's easy; it's the default + behavior. Just don't override it; e.g. with NETIF_F_HIGHDMA. - That can eliminate dma bounce buffering of requests that originate (or - terminate) in high memory, in cases where the buffers aren't allocated - with usb_buffer_alloc() but instead are dma-mapped. + This may force your callers to do some bounce buffering, copying from + high memory to "normal" DMA memory. If you can come up with a good way + to fix this issue (for x86_32 machines with over 1 GByte of memory), + feel free to submit patches. WORKING WITH EXISTING BUFFERS Existing buffers aren't usable for DMA without first being mapped into the -DMA address space of the device. +DMA address space of the device. However, most buffers passed to your +driver can safely be used with such DMA mapping. (See the first section +of DMA-mapping.txt, titled "What memory is DMA-able?") - When you're using scatterlists, you can map everything at once. On some systems, this kicks in an IOMMU and turns the scatterlists into single @@ -114,3 +131,8 @@ DMA address space of the device. The calls manage urb->transfer_dma for you, and set URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP so that usbcore won't map or unmap the buffer. The same goes for urb->setup_dma and URB_NO_SETUP_DMA_MAP for control requests. + +Note that several of those interfaces are currently commented out, since +they don't have current users. See the source code. Other than the dmasync +calls (where the underlying DMA primitives have changed), most of them can +easily be commented back in if you want to use them. diff --git a/Documentation/usb/persist.txt b/Documentation/usb/persist.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..df54d645cbb5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/usb/persist.txt @@ -0,0 +1,156 @@ + USB device persistence during system suspend + + Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> + + September 2, 2006 (Updated May 29, 2007) + + + What is the problem? + +According to the USB specification, when a USB bus is suspended the +bus must continue to supply suspend current (around 1-5 mA). This +is so that devices can maintain their internal state and hubs can +detect connect-change events (devices being plugged in or unplugged). +The technical term is "power session". + +If a USB device's power session is interrupted then the system is +required to behave as though the device has been unplugged. It's a +conservative approach; in the absence of suspend current the computer +has no way to know what has actually happened. Perhaps the same +device is still attached or perhaps it was removed and a different +device plugged into the port. The system must assume the worst. + +By default, Linux behaves according to the spec. If a USB host +controller loses power during a system suspend, then when the system +wakes up all the devices attached to that controller are treated as +though they had disconnected. This is always safe and it is the +"officially correct" thing to do. + +For many sorts of devices this behavior doesn't matter in the least. +If the kernel wants to believe that your USB keyboard was unplugged +while the system was asleep and a new keyboard was plugged in when the +system woke up, who cares? It'll still work the same when you type on +it. + +Unfortunately problems _can_ arise, particularly with mass-storage +devices. The effect is exactly the same as if the device really had +been unplugged while the system was suspended. If you had a mounted +filesystem on the device, you're out of luck -- everything in that +filesystem is now inaccessible. This is especially annoying if your +root filesystem was located on the device, since your system will +instantly crash. + +Loss of power isn't the only mechanism to worry about. Anything that +interrupts a power session will have the same effect. For example, +even though suspend current may have been maintained while the system +was asleep, on many systems during the initial stages of wakeup the +firmware (i.e., the BIOS) resets the motherboard's USB host +controllers. Result: all the power sessions are destroyed and again +it's as though you had unplugged all the USB devices. Yes, it's +entirely the BIOS's fault, but that doesn't do _you_ any good unless +you can convince the BIOS supplier to fix the problem (lots of luck!). + +On many systems the USB host controllers will get reset after a +suspend-to-RAM. On almost all systems, no suspend current is +available during hibernation (also known as swsusp or suspend-to-disk). +You can check the kernel log after resuming to see if either of these +has happened; look for lines saying "root hub lost power or was reset". + +In practice, people are forced to unmount any filesystems on a USB +device before suspending. If the root filesystem is on a USB device, +the system can't be suspended at all. (All right, it _can_ be +suspended -- but it will crash as soon as it wakes up, which isn't +much better.) + + + What is the solution? + +Setting CONFIG_USB_PERSIST will cause the kernel to work around these +issues. It enables a mode in which the core USB device data +structures are allowed to persist across a power-session disruption. +It works like this. If the kernel sees that a USB host controller is +not in the expected state during resume (i.e., if the controller was +reset or otherwise had lost power) then it applies a persistence check +to each of the USB devices below that controller for which the +"persist" attribute is set. It doesn't try to resume the device; that +can't work once the power session is gone. Instead it issues a USB +port reset and then re-enumerates the device. (This is exactly the +same thing that happens whenever a USB device is reset.) If the +re-enumeration shows that the device now attached to that port has the +same descriptors as before, including the Vendor and Product IDs, then +the kernel continues to use the same device structure. In effect, the +kernel treats the device as though it had merely been reset instead of +unplugged. + +If no device is now attached to the port, or if the descriptors are +different from what the kernel remembers, then the treatment is what +you would expect. The kernel destroys the old device structure and +behaves as though the old device had been unplugged and a new device +plugged in, just as it would without the CONFIG_USB_PERSIST option. + +The end result is that the USB device remains available and usable. +Filesystem mounts and memory mappings are unaffected, and the world is +now a good and happy place. + +Note that even when CONFIG_USB_PERSIST is set, the "persist" feature +will be applied only to those devices for which it is enabled. You +can enable the feature by doing (as root): + + echo 1 >/sys/bus/usb/devices/.../power/persist + +where the "..." should be filled in the with the device's ID. Disable +the feature by writing 0 instead of 1. For hubs the feature is +automatically and permanently enabled, so you only have to worry about +setting it for devices where it really matters. + + + Is this the best solution? + +Perhaps not. Arguably, keeping track of mounted filesystems and +memory mappings across device disconnects should be handled by a +centralized Logical Volume Manager. Such a solution would allow you +to plug in a USB flash device, create a persistent volume associated +with it, unplug the flash device, plug it back in later, and still +have the same persistent volume associated with the device. As such +it would be more far-reaching than CONFIG_USB_PERSIST. + +On the other hand, writing a persistent volume manager would be a big +job and using it would require significant input from the user. This +solution is much quicker and easier -- and it exists now, a giant +point in its favor! + +Furthermore, the USB_PERSIST option applies to _all_ USB devices, not +just mass-storage devices. It might turn out to be equally useful for +other device types, such as network interfaces. + + + WARNING: Using CONFIG_USB_PERSIST can be dangerous!! + +When recovering an interrupted power session the kernel does its best +to make sure the USB device hasn't been changed; that is, the same +device is still plugged into the port as before. But the checks +aren't guaranteed to be 100% accurate. + +If you replace one USB device with another of the same type (same +manufacturer, same IDs, and so on) there's an excellent chance the +kernel won't detect the change. Serial numbers and other strings are +not compared. In many cases it wouldn't help if they were, because +manufacturers frequently omit serial numbers entirely in their +devices. + +Furthermore it's quite possible to leave a USB device exactly the same +while changing its media. If you replace the flash memory card in a +USB card reader while the system is asleep, the kernel will have no +way to know you did it. The kernel will assume that nothing has +happened and will continue to use the partition tables, inodes, and +memory mappings for the old card. + +If the kernel gets fooled in this way, it's almost certain to cause +data corruption and to crash your system. You'll have no one to blame +but yourself. + +YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! + +That having been said, most of the time there shouldn't be any trouble +at all. The "persist" feature can be extremely useful. Make the most +of it. diff --git a/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt b/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt index 687104bfd09a..51ccc48aa763 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt +++ b/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt @@ -77,8 +77,9 @@ If the user applications are going to request hugepages using mmap system call, then it is required that system administrator mount a file system of type hugetlbfs: - mount none /mnt/huge -t hugetlbfs <uid=value> <gid=value> <mode=value> - <size=value> <nr_inodes=value> + mount -t hugetlbfs \ + -o uid=<value>,gid=<value>,mode=<value>,size=<value>,nr_inodes=<value> \ + none /mnt/huge This command mounts a (pseudo) filesystem of type hugetlbfs on the directory /mnt/huge. Any files created on /mnt/huge uses hugepages. The uid and gid @@ -88,11 +89,10 @@ mode of root of file system to value & 0777. This value is given in octal. By default the value 0755 is picked. The size option sets the maximum value of memory (huge pages) allowed for that filesystem (/mnt/huge). The size is rounded down to HPAGE_SIZE. The option nr_inodes sets the maximum number of -inodes that /mnt/huge can use. If the size or nr_inodes options are not +inodes that /mnt/huge can use. If the size or nr_inodes option is not provided on command line then no limits are set. For size and nr_inodes options, you can use [G|g]/[M|m]/[K|k] to represent giga/mega/kilo. For -example, size=2K has the same meaning as size=2048. An example is given at -the end of this document. +example, size=2K has the same meaning as size=2048. read and write system calls are not supported on files that reside on hugetlb file systems. diff --git a/Documentation/vm/slub.txt b/Documentation/vm/slub.txt index 727c8d81aeaf..d17f324db9f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/slub.txt +++ b/Documentation/vm/slub.txt @@ -1,13 +1,9 @@ Short users guide for SLUB -------------------------- -First of all slub should transparently replace SLAB. If you enable -SLUB then everything should work the same (Note the word "should". -There is likely not much value in that word at this point). - The basic philosophy of SLUB is very different from SLAB. SLAB requires rebuilding the kernel to activate debug options for all -SLABS. SLUB always includes full debugging but its off by default. +slab caches. SLUB always includes full debugging but it is off by default. SLUB can enable debugging only for selected slabs in order to avoid an impact on overall system performance which may make a bug more difficult to find. @@ -45,6 +41,8 @@ Possible debug options are P Poisoning (object and padding) U User tracking (free and alloc) T Trace (please only use on single slabs) + - Switch all debugging off (useful if the kernel is + configured with CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON) F.e. in order to boot just with sanity checks and red zoning one would specify: @@ -76,13 +74,28 @@ of objects. Careful with tracing: It may spew out lots of information and never stop if used on the wrong slab. -SLAB Merging +Slab merging ------------ -If no debugging is specified then SLUB may merge similar slabs together +If no debug options are specified then SLUB may merge similar slabs together in order to reduce overhead and increase cache hotness of objects. slabinfo -a displays which slabs were merged together. +Slab validation +--------------- + +SLUB can validate all object if the kernel was booted with slub_debug. In +order to do so you must have the slabinfo tool. Then you can do + +slabinfo -v + +which will test all objects. Output will be generated to the syslog. + +This also works in a more limited way if boot was without slab debug. +In that case slabinfo -v simply tests all reachable objects. Usually +these are in the cpu slabs and the partial slabs. Full slabs are not +tracked by SLUB in a non debug situation. + Getting more performance ------------------------ @@ -91,9 +104,9 @@ list_lock once in a while to deal with partial slabs. That overhead is governed by the order of the allocation for each slab. The allocations can be influenced by kernel parameters: -slub_min_objects=x (default 8) +slub_min_objects=x (default 4) slub_min_order=x (default 0) -slub_max_order=x (default 4) +slub_max_order=x (default 1) slub_min_objects allows to specify how many objects must at least fit into one slab in order for the allocation order to be acceptable. @@ -109,5 +122,148 @@ longer be checked. This is useful to avoid SLUB trying to generate super large order pages to fit slub_min_objects of a slab cache with large object sizes into one high order page. +SLUB Debug output +----------------- + +Here is a sample of slub debug output: + +==================================================================== +BUG kmalloc-8: Redzone overwritten +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + +INFO: 0xc90f6d28-0xc90f6d2b. First byte 0x00 instead of 0xcc +INFO: Slab 0xc528c530 flags=0x400000c3 inuse=61 fp=0xc90f6d58 +INFO: Object 0xc90f6d20 @offset=3360 fp=0xc90f6d58 +INFO: Allocated in get_modalias+0x61/0xf5 age=53 cpu=1 pid=554 + +Bytes b4 0xc90f6d10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ........ZZZZZZZZ + Object 0xc90f6d20: 31 30 31 39 2e 30 30 35 1019.005 + Redzone 0xc90f6d28: 00 cc cc cc . + Padding 0xc90f6d50: 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ZZZZZZZZ + + [<c010523d>] dump_trace+0x63/0x1eb + [<c01053df>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x2f + [<c010601d>] show_trace+0x12/0x14 + [<c0106035>] dump_stack+0x16/0x18 + [<c017e0fa>] object_err+0x143/0x14b + [<c017e2cc>] check_object+0x66/0x234 + [<c017eb43>] __slab_free+0x239/0x384 + [<c017f446>] kfree+0xa6/0xc6 + [<c02e2335>] get_modalias+0xb9/0xf5 + [<c02e23b7>] dmi_dev_uevent+0x27/0x3c + [<c027866a>] dev_uevent+0x1ad/0x1da + [<c0205024>] kobject_uevent_env+0x20a/0x45b + [<c020527f>] kobject_uevent+0xa/0xf + [<c02779f1>] store_uevent+0x4f/0x58 + [<c027758e>] dev_attr_store+0x29/0x2f + [<c01bec4f>] sysfs_write_file+0x16e/0x19c + [<c0183ba7>] vfs_write+0xd1/0x15a + [<c01841d7>] sys_write+0x3d/0x72 + [<c0104112>] sysenter_past_esp+0x5f/0x99 + [<b7f7b410>] 0xb7f7b410 + ======================= + +FIX kmalloc-8: Restoring Redzone 0xc90f6d28-0xc90f6d2b=0xcc + +If SLUB encounters a corrupted object (full detection requires the kernel +to be booted with slub_debug) then the following output will be dumped +into the syslog: + +1. Description of the problem encountered + +This will be a message in the system log starting with + +=============================================== +BUG <slab cache affected>: <What went wrong> +----------------------------------------------- + +INFO: <corruption start>-<corruption_end> <more info> +INFO: Slab <address> <slab information> +INFO: Object <address> <object information> +INFO: Allocated in <kernel function> age=<jiffies since alloc> cpu=<allocated by + cpu> pid=<pid of the process> +INFO: Freed in <kernel function> age=<jiffies since free> cpu=<freed by cpu> + pid=<pid of the process> + +(Object allocation / free information is only available if SLAB_STORE_USER is +set for the slab. slub_debug sets that option) + +2. The object contents if an object was involved. + +Various types of lines can follow the BUG SLUB line: + +Bytes b4 <address> : <bytes> + Shows a few bytes before the object where the problem was detected. + Can be useful if the corruption does not stop with the start of the + object. + +Object <address> : <bytes> + The bytes of the object. If the object is inactive then the bytes + typically contain poison values. Any non-poison value shows a + corruption by a write after free. + +Redzone <address> : <bytes> + The Redzone following the object. The Redzone is used to detect + writes after the object. All bytes should always have the same + value. If there is any deviation then it is due to a write after + the object boundary. + + (Redzone information is only available if SLAB_RED_ZONE is set. + slub_debug sets that option) + +Padding <address> : <bytes> + Unused data to fill up the space in order to get the next object + properly aligned. In the debug case we make sure that there are + at least 4 bytes of padding. This allows the detection of writes + before the object. + +3. A stackdump + +The stackdump describes the location where the error was detected. The cause +of the corruption is may be more likely found by looking at the function that +allocated or freed the object. + +4. Report on how the problem was dealt with in order to ensure the continued +operation of the system. + +These are messages in the system log beginning with + +FIX <slab cache affected>: <corrective action taken> + +In the above sample SLUB found that the Redzone of an active object has +been overwritten. Here a string of 8 characters was written into a slab that +has the length of 8 characters. However, a 8 character string needs a +terminating 0. That zero has overwritten the first byte of the Redzone field. +After reporting the details of the issue encountered the FIX SLUB message +tell us that SLUB has restored the Redzone to its proper value and then +system operations continue. + +Emergency operations: +--------------------- + +Minimal debugging (sanity checks alone) can be enabled by booting with + + slub_debug=F + +This will be generally be enough to enable the resiliency features of slub +which will keep the system running even if a bad kernel component will +keep corrupting objects. This may be important for production systems. +Performance will be impacted by the sanity checks and there will be a +continual stream of error messages to the syslog but no additional memory +will be used (unlike full debugging). + +No guarantees. The kernel component still needs to be fixed. Performance +may be optimized further by locating the slab that experiences corruption +and enabling debugging only for that cache + +I.e. + + slub_debug=F,dentry + +If the corruption occurs by writing after the end of the object then it +may be advisable to enable a Redzone to avoid corrupting the beginning +of other objects. + + slub_debug=FZ,dentry -Christoph Lameter, <clameter@sgi.com>, April 10, 2007 +Christoph Lameter, <clameter@sgi.com>, May 30, 2007 diff --git a/Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt b/Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..10c2e411cca8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@ +Why the "volatile" type class should not be used +------------------------------------------------ + +C programmers have often taken volatile to mean that the variable could be +changed outside of the current thread of execution; as a result, they are +sometimes tempted to use it in kernel code when shared data structures are +being used. In other words, they have been known to treat volatile types +as a sort of easy atomic variable, which they are not. The use of volatile in +kernel code is almost never correct; this document describes why. + +The key point to understand with regard to volatile is that its purpose is +to suppress optimization, which is almost never what one really wants to +do. In the kernel, one must protect shared data structures against +unwanted concurrent access, which is very much a different task. The +process of protecting against unwanted concurrency will also avoid almost +all optimization-related problems in a more efficient way. + +Like volatile, the kernel primitives which make concurrent access to data +safe (spinlocks, mutexes, memory barriers, etc.) are designed to prevent +unwanted optimization. If they are being used properly, there will be no +need to use volatile as well. If volatile is still necessary, there is +almost certainly a bug in the code somewhere. In properly-written kernel +code, volatile can only serve to slow things down. + +Consider a typical block of kernel code: + + spin_lock(&the_lock); + do_something_on(&shared_data); + do_something_else_with(&shared_data); + spin_unlock(&the_lock); + +If all the code follows the locking rules, the value of shared_data cannot +change unexpectedly while the_lock is held. Any other code which might +want to play with that data will be waiting on the lock. The spinlock +primitives act as memory barriers - they are explicitly written to do so - +meaning that data accesses will not be optimized across them. So the +compiler might think it knows what will be in shared_data, but the +spin_lock() call, since it acts as a memory barrier, will force it to +forget anything it knows. There will be no optimization problems with +accesses to that data. + +If shared_data were declared volatile, the locking would still be +necessary. But the compiler would also be prevented from optimizing access +to shared_data _within_ the critical section, when we know that nobody else +can be working with it. While the lock is held, shared_data is not +volatile. When dealing with shared data, proper locking makes volatile +unnecessary - and potentially harmful. + +The volatile storage class was originally meant for memory-mapped I/O +registers. Within the kernel, register accesses, too, should be protected +by locks, but one also does not want the compiler "optimizing" register +accesses within a critical section. But, within the kernel, I/O memory +accesses are always done through accessor functions; accessing I/O memory +directly through pointers is frowned upon and does not work on all +architectures. Those accessors are written to prevent unwanted +optimization, so, once again, volatile is unnecessary. + +Another situation where one might be tempted to use volatile is +when the processor is busy-waiting on the value of a variable. The right +way to perform a busy wait is: + + while (my_variable != what_i_want) + cpu_relax(); + +The cpu_relax() call can lower CPU power consumption or yield to a +hyperthreaded twin processor; it also happens to serve as a memory barrier, +so, once again, volatile is unnecessary. Of course, busy-waiting is +generally an anti-social act to begin with. + +There are still a few rare situations where volatile makes sense in the +kernel: + + - The above-mentioned accessor functions might use volatile on + architectures where direct I/O memory access does work. Essentially, + each accessor call becomes a little critical section on its own and + ensures that the access happens as expected by the programmer. + + - Inline assembly code which changes memory, but which has no other + visible side effects, risks being deleted by GCC. Adding the volatile + keyword to asm statements will prevent this removal. + + - The jiffies variable is special in that it can have a different value + every time it is referenced, but it can be read without any special + locking. So jiffies can be volatile, but the addition of other + variables of this type is strongly frowned upon. Jiffies is considered + to be a "stupid legacy" issue (Linus's words) in this regard; fixing it + would be more trouble than it is worth. + + - Pointers to data structures in coherent memory which might be modified + by I/O devices can, sometimes, legitimately be volatile. A ring buffer + used by a network adapter, where that adapter changes pointers to + indicate which descriptors have been processed, is an example of this + type of situation. + +For most code, none of the above justifications for volatile apply. As a +result, the use of volatile is likely to be seen as a bug and will bring +additional scrutiny to the code. Developers who are tempted to use +volatile should take a step back and think about what they are truly trying +to accomplish. + +Patches to remove volatile variables are generally welcome - as long as +they come with a justification which shows that the concurrency issues have +been properly thought through. + + +NOTES +----- + +[1] http://lwn.net/Articles/233481/ +[2] http://lwn.net/Articles/233482/ + +CREDITS +------- + +Original impetus and research by Randy Dunlap +Written by Jonathan Corbet +Improvements via coments from Satyam Sharma, Johannes Stezenbach, Jesper + Juhl, Heikki Orsila, H. Peter Anvin, Philipp Hahn, and Stefan + Richter. |