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-rw-r--r--Documentation/DMA-API.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm/mem_alignment2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt36
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/input/input-programming.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt33
-rw-r--r--Documentation/local_ops.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/spi/spi-summary2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/tracers/mmiotrace.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/boot.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/pat.txt24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt2
21 files changed, 147 insertions, 61 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt
index b8e86460046..b462bb14954 100644
--- a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt
+++ b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt
@@ -316,12 +316,10 @@ reduce current DMA mapping usage or delay and try again later).
pci_map_sg(struct pci_dev *hwdev, struct scatterlist *sg,
int nents, int direction)
-Maps a scatter gather list from the block layer.
-
Returns: the number of physical segments mapped (this may be shorter
-than <nents> passed in if the block layer determines that some
-elements of the scatter/gather list are physically adjacent and thus
-may be mapped with a single entry).
+than <nents> passed in if some elements of the scatter/gather list are
+physically or virtually adjacent and an IOMMU maps them with a single
+entry).
Please note that the sg cannot be mapped again if it has been mapped once.
The mapping process is allowed to destroy information in the sg.
diff --git a/Documentation/arm/mem_alignment b/Documentation/arm/mem_alignment
index d145ccca169..c7c7a114c78 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm/mem_alignment
+++ b/Documentation/arm/mem_alignment
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ real bad - it changes the behaviour of all unaligned instructions in user
space, and might cause programs to fail unexpectedly.
To change the alignment trap behavior, simply echo a number into
-/proc/sys/debug/alignment. The number is made up from various bits:
+/proc/cpu/alignment. The number is made up from various bits:
bit behavior when set
--- -----------------
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt
index 6c442d8426b..4f3f3840320 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Contents:
1.3 sparc64
1.4 ppc
1.5 SuperH
+1.6 Blackfin
2. "Policy" / "Governor"?
2.1 Policy
@@ -97,6 +98,17 @@ The following SuperH processors are supported by cpufreq:
SH-3
SH-4
+1.6 Blackfin
+------------
+
+The following Blackfin processors are supported by cpufreq:
+
+BF522, BF523, BF524, BF525, BF526, BF527, Rev 0.1 or higher
+BF531, BF532, BF533, Rev 0.3 or higher
+BF534, BF536, BF537, Rev 0.2 or higher
+BF561, Rev 0.3 or higher
+BF542, BF544, BF547, BF548, BF549, Rev 0.1 or higher
+
2. "Policy" / "Governor" ?
==========================
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index c28a2ac88f9..1a8af7354e7 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -244,18 +244,6 @@ Who: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
---------------------------
-What: init_mm export
-When: 2.6.26
-Why: Not used in-tree. The current out-of-tree users used it to
- work around problems in the CPA code which should be resolved
- by now. One usecase was described to provide verification code
- of the CPA operation. That's a good idea in general, but such
- code / infrastructure should be in the kernel and not in some
- out-of-tree driver.
-Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
-
-----------------------------
-
What: usedac i386 kernel parameter
When: 2.6.27
Why: replaced by allowdac and no dac combination
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt
index 4340cc82579..67310fbbb7d 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt
@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ Manish Singh <manish.singh@oracle.com>
Caveats
=======
Features which OCFS2 does not support yet:
- - extended attributes
- quotas
- - cluster aware flock
- - cluster aware lockf
- Directory change notification (F_NOTIFY)
- Distributed Caching (F_SETLEASE/F_GETLEASE/break_lease)
- POSIX ACLs
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index bcceb99b81d..71df353e367 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Table of Contents
2.14 /proc/<pid>/io - Display the IO accounting fields
2.15 /proc/<pid>/coredump_filter - Core dump filtering settings
2.16 /proc/<pid>/mountinfo - Information about mounts
+ 2.17 /proc/sys/fs/epoll - Configuration options for the epoll interface
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Preface
@@ -1338,10 +1339,13 @@ nmi_watchdog
Enables/Disables the NMI watchdog on x86 systems. When the value is non-zero
the NMI watchdog is enabled and will continuously test all online cpus to
-determine whether or not they are still functioning properly.
+determine whether or not they are still functioning properly. Currently,
+passing "nmi_watchdog=" parameter at boot time is required for this function
+to work.
-Because the NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile, by disabling the NMI
-watchdog, oprofile may have more registers to utilize.
+If LAPIC NMI watchdog method is in use (nmi_watchdog=2 kernel parameter), the
+NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile. By disabling the NMI watchdog,
+oprofile may have more registers to utilize.
msgmni
------
@@ -2483,4 +2487,30 @@ For more information on mount propagation see:
Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt
+2.17 /proc/sys/fs/epoll - Configuration options for the epoll interface
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+This directory contains configuration options for the epoll(7) interface.
+
+max_user_instances
+------------------
+
+This is the maximum number of epoll file descriptors that a single user can
+have open at a given time. The default value is 128, and should be enough
+for normal users.
+
+max_user_watches
+----------------
+
+Every epoll file descriptor can store a number of files to be monitored
+for event readiness. Each one of these monitored files constitutes a "watch".
+This configuration option sets the maximum number of "watches" that are
+allowed for each user.
+Each "watch" costs roughly 90 bytes on a 32bit kernel, and roughly 160 bytes
+on a 64bit one.
+The current default value for max_user_watches is the 1/32 of the available
+low memory, divided for the "watch" cost in bytes.
+
+
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt
index 62fe9b1e089..a8273d5fad2 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt
@@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ The 2.6 kernel build process always creates a gzipped cpio format initramfs
archive and links it into the resulting kernel binary. By default, this
archive is empty (consuming 134 bytes on x86).
-The config option CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE (for some reason buried under
-devices->block devices in menuconfig, and living in usr/Kconfig) can be used
-to specify a source for the initramfs archive, which will automatically be
-incorporated into the resulting binary. This option can point to an existing
-gzipped cpio archive, a directory containing files to be archived, or a text
-file specification such as the following example:
+The config option CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE (in General Setup in menuconfig,
+and living in usr/Kconfig) can be used to specify a source for the
+initramfs archive, which will automatically be incorporated into the
+resulting binary. This option can point to an existing gzipped cpio
+archive, a directory containing files to be archived, or a text file
+specification such as the following example:
dir /dev 755 0 0
nod /dev/console 644 0 0 c 5 1
diff --git a/Documentation/input/input-programming.txt b/Documentation/input/input-programming.txt
index 81905e81585..7f8b9d97bc4 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/input-programming.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/input-programming.txt
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ pressed or released a BUTTON_IRQ happens. The driver could look like:
static struct input_dev *button_dev;
-static void button_interrupt(int irq, void *dummy, struct pt_regs *fp)
+static irqreturn_t button_interrupt(int irq, void *dummy)
{
input_report_key(button_dev, BTN_0, inb(BUTTON_PORT) & 1);
input_sync(button_dev);
+ return IRQ_HANDLED;
}
static int __init button_init(void)
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index e0f346d201e..d5418d52891 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1393,7 +1393,20 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
when a NMI is triggered.
Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
- nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels
+ nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32,X86-64] Debugging features for SMP kernels
+ Format: [panic,][num]
+ Valid num: 0,1,2
+ 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off
+ 1 - use the IO-APIC timer for the NMI watchdog
+ 2 - use the local APIC for the NMI watchdog using
+ a performance counter. Note: This will use one performance
+ counter and the local APIC's performance vector.
+ When panic is specified panic when an NMI watchdog timeout occurs.
+ This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and need the box
+ quickly up again.
+ Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following
+ symbolic names: lapic and ioapic
+ Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic
no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
@@ -1626,6 +1639,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
+ noioapicquirk [APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
+ Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
+ should never be necessary.
+ ioapicreroute [APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
+ primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
+ boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
+ when the system masks IRQs.
+ noioapicreroute [APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
+ boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
+ a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
+ The opposite of ioapicreroute.
biosirq [X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
on several machines and they hang the machine
@@ -2255,6 +2279,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
Format:
<io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
+ tsc= Disable clocksource-must-verify flag for TSC.
+ Format: <string>
+ [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
+ disables clocksource verification at runtime.
+ Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older
+ hardware, and in virtualized environment.
+
turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY]
TurboGraFX parallel port interface
Format:
diff --git a/Documentation/local_ops.txt b/Documentation/local_ops.txt
index f4f8b1c6c8b..23045b8b50f 100644
--- a/Documentation/local_ops.txt
+++ b/Documentation/local_ops.txt
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static void do_test_timer(unsigned long data)
int cpu;
/* Increment the counters */
- on_each_cpu(test_each, NULL, 0, 1);
+ on_each_cpu(test_each, NULL, 1);
/* Read all the counters */
printk("Counters read from CPU %d\n", smp_processor_id());
for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
diff --git a/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt b/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt
index 90aa4531cb6..bf9f80a9828 100644
--- a/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ to the overall system performance.
On x86 nmi_watchdog is disabled by default so you have to enable it with
a boot time parameter.
+It's possible to disable the NMI watchdog in run-time by writing "0" to
+/proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog. Writing "1" to the same file will re-enable
+the NMI watchdog. Notice that you still need to use "nmi_watchdog=" parameter
+at boot time.
+
NOTE: In kernels prior to 2.4.2-ac18 the NMI-oopser is enabled unconditionally
on x86 SMP boxes.
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
index e0e54a27fc1..394d7d378dc 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
@@ -1063,6 +1063,7 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed.
STAC9227/9228/9229/927x
ref Reference board
+ ref-no-jd Reference board without HP/Mic jack detection
3stack D965 3stack
5stack D965 5stack + SPDIF
dell-3stack Dell Dimension E520
@@ -1072,10 +1073,14 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed.
ref Reference board
dell-m4-1 Dell desktops
dell-m4-2 Dell desktops
+ dell-m4-3 Dell desktops
STAC92HD73*
ref Reference board
- dell-m6 Dell desktops
+ no-jd BIOS setup but without jack-detection
+ dell-m6-amic Dell desktops/laptops with analog mics
+ dell-m6-dmic Dell desktops/laptops with digital mics
+ dell-m6 Dell desktops/laptops with both type of mics
STAC9872
vaio Setup for VAIO FE550G/SZ110
diff --git a/Documentation/spi/spi-summary b/Documentation/spi/spi-summary
index 8bae2f018d3..0f5122eb282 100644
--- a/Documentation/spi/spi-summary
+++ b/Documentation/spi/spi-summary
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ So for example arch/.../mach-*/board-*.c files might have code like:
/* if your mach-* infrastructure doesn't support kernels that can
* run on multiple boards, pdata wouldn't benefit from "__init".
*/
- static struct mysoc_spi_data __init pdata = { ... };
+ static struct mysoc_spi_data __initdata pdata = { ... };
static __init board_init(void)
{
diff --git a/Documentation/tracers/mmiotrace.txt b/Documentation/tracers/mmiotrace.txt
index 5bbbe209622..cde23b4a12a 100644
--- a/Documentation/tracers/mmiotrace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/tracers/mmiotrace.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ $ echo mmiotrace > /debug/tracing/current_tracer
$ cat /debug/tracing/trace_pipe > mydump.txt &
Start X or whatever.
$ echo "X is up" > /debug/tracing/trace_marker
-$ echo none > /debug/tracing/current_tracer
+$ echo nop > /debug/tracing/current_tracer
Check for lost events.
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ which action. It is recommended to place descriptive markers about what you
do.
Shut down mmiotrace (requires root privileges):
-$ echo none > /debug/tracing/current_tracer
+$ echo nop > /debug/tracing/current_tracer
The 'cat' process exits. If it does not, kill it by issuing 'fg' command and
pressing ctrl+c.
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ are:
$ cat /debug/tracing/trace_entries
gives you a number. Approximately double this number and write it back, for
instance:
+$ echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled
$ echo 128000 > /debug/tracing/trace_entries
+$ echo 1 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled
Then start again from the top.
If you are doing a trace for a driver project, e.g. Nouveau, you should also
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt b/Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt
index 9b22bd14c34..eac7df94d8e 100644
--- a/Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt
@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ modules.
Then you must load the gadget serial driver. To load it as an
ACM device (recommended for interoperability), do this:
- modprobe g_serial use_acm=1
+ modprobe g_serial
To load it as a vendor specific bulk in/out device, do this:
- modprobe g_serial
+ modprobe g_serial use_acm=0
This will also automatically load the underlying gadget peripheral
controller driver. This must be done each time you reboot the gadget
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt b/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt
index 077e9032d0c..fafcd472326 100644
--- a/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt
+++ b/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt
@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ it and 002/048 sometime later.
These files can be read as binary data. The binary data consists
of first the device descriptor, then the descriptors for each
-configuration of the device. That information is also shown in
-text form by the /proc/bus/usb/devices file, described later.
+configuration of the device. Multi-byte fields in the device and
+configuration descriptors, but not other descriptors, are converted
+to host endianness by the kernel. This information is also shown
+in text form by the /proc/bus/usb/devices file, described later.
These files may also be used to write user-level drivers for the USB
devices. You would open the /proc/bus/usb/BBB/DDD file read/write,
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt b/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt
index 2917ce4ffdc..270481906dc 100644
--- a/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt
+++ b/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt
@@ -34,11 +34,12 @@ if usbmon is built into the kernel.
Verify that bus sockets are present.
# ls /sys/kernel/debug/usbmon
-0s 0t 0u 1s 1t 1u 2s 2t 2u 3s 3t 3u 4s 4t 4u
+0s 0u 1s 1t 1u 2s 2t 2u 3s 3t 3u 4s 4t 4u
#
-Now you can choose to either use the sockets numbered '0' (to capture packets on
-all buses), and skip to step #3, or find the bus used by your device with step #2.
+Now you can choose to either use the socket '0u' (to capture packets on all
+buses), and skip to step #3, or find the bus used by your device with step #2.
+This allows to filter away annoying devices that talk continuously.
2. Find which bus connects to the desired device
@@ -99,8 +100,9 @@ on the event type, but there is a set of words, common for all types.
Here is the list of words, from left to right:
-- URB Tag. This is used to identify URBs is normally a kernel mode address
- of the URB structure in hexadecimal.
+- URB Tag. This is used to identify URBs, and is normally an in-kernel address
+ of the URB structure in hexadecimal, but can be a sequence number or any
+ other unique string, within reason.
- Timestamp in microseconds, a decimal number. The timestamp's resolution
depends on available clock, and so it can be much worse than a microsecond
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
index 83c0033ee9e..fcdc62b3c3d 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ Protocol: 2.00+
3 SYSLINUX
4 EtherBoot
5 ELILO
- 7 GRuB
+ 7 GRUB
8 U-BOOT
9 Xen
A Gujin
@@ -537,8 +537,8 @@ Type: read
Offset/size: 0x248/4
Protocol: 2.08+
- If non-zero then this field contains the offset from the end of the
- real-mode code to the payload.
+ If non-zero then this field contains the offset from the beginning
+ of the protected-mode code to the payload.
The payload may be compressed. The format of both the compressed and
uncompressed data should be determined using the standard magic
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/pat.txt b/Documentation/x86/pat.txt
index c93ff5f4c0d..cf08c9fff3c 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/pat.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/pat.txt
@@ -80,6 +80,30 @@ pci proc | -- | -- | WC |
| | | |
-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Advanced APIs for drivers
+-------------------------
+A. Exporting pages to users with remap_pfn_range, io_remap_pfn_range,
+vm_insert_pfn
+
+Drivers wanting to export some pages to userspace do it by using mmap
+interface and a combination of
+1) pgprot_noncached()
+2) io_remap_pfn_range() or remap_pfn_range() or vm_insert_pfn()
+
+With PAT support, a new API pgprot_writecombine is being added. So, drivers can
+continue to use the above sequence, with either pgprot_noncached() or
+pgprot_writecombine() in step 1, followed by step 2.
+
+In addition, step 2 internally tracks the region as UC or WC in memtype
+list in order to ensure no conflicting mapping.
+
+Note that this set of APIs only works with IO (non RAM) regions. If driver
+wants to export a RAM region, it has to do set_memory_uc() or set_memory_wc()
+as step 0 above and also track the usage of those pages and use set_memory_wb()
+before the page is freed to free pool.
+
+
+
Notes:
-- in the above table mean "Not suggested usage for the API". Some of the --'s
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
index f6d561a1a9b..34c13040a71 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
@@ -79,17 +79,6 @@ Timing
Report when timer interrupts are lost because some code turned off
interrupts for too long.
- nmi_watchdog=NUMBER[,panic]
- NUMBER can be:
- 0 don't use an NMI watchdog
- 1 use the IO-APIC timer for the NMI watchdog
- 2 use the local APIC for the NMI watchdog using a performance counter. Note
- This will use one performance counter and the local APIC's performance
- vector.
- When panic is specified panic when an NMI watchdog timeout occurs.
- This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and need the box
- quickly up again.
-
nohpet
Don't use the HPET timer.
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
index efce7509736..29b52b14d0b 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Virtual memory map with 4 level page tables:
0000000000000000 - 00007fffffffffff (=47 bits) user space, different per mm
hole caused by [48:63] sign extension
ffff800000000000 - ffff80ffffffffff (=40 bits) guard hole
-ffff810000000000 - ffffc0ffffffffff (=46 bits) direct mapping of all phys. memory
+ffff880000000000 - ffffc0ffffffffff (=57 TB) direct mapping of all phys. memory
ffffc10000000000 - ffffc1ffffffffff (=40 bits) hole
ffffc20000000000 - ffffe1ffffffffff (=45 bits) vmalloc/ioremap space
ffffe20000000000 - ffffe2ffffffffff (=40 bits) virtual memory map (1TB)