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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/aoe/mkshelf.sh | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/fb/intel810.txt | 56 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_driver.c | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/input/appletouch.txt | 84 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt | 5 |
7 files changed, 144 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/aoe/mkshelf.sh b/Documentation/aoe/mkshelf.sh index 8bacf9f2c7c..32615814271 100644 --- a/Documentation/aoe/mkshelf.sh +++ b/Documentation/aoe/mkshelf.sh @@ -8,13 +8,15 @@ fi n_partitions=${n_partitions:-16} dir=$1 shelf=$2 +nslots=16 +maxslot=`echo $nslots 1 - p | dc` MAJOR=152 set -e -minor=`echo 10 \* $shelf \* $n_partitions | bc` +minor=`echo $nslots \* $shelf \* $n_partitions | bc` endp=`echo $n_partitions - 1 | bc` -for slot in `seq 0 9`; do +for slot in `seq 0 $maxslot`; do for part in `seq 0 $endp`; do name=e$shelf.$slot test "$part" != "0" && name=${name}p$part diff --git a/Documentation/fb/intel810.txt b/Documentation/fb/intel810.txt index fd68b162e4a..4f0d6bc789e 100644 --- a/Documentation/fb/intel810.txt +++ b/Documentation/fb/intel810.txt @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Intel 810/815 Framebuffer driver March 17, 2002 First Released: July 2001 + Last Update: September 12, 2005 ================================================================ A. Introduction @@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ B. Features - Hardware Cursor Support + - Supports EDID probing either by DDC/I2C or through the BIOS + C. List of available options a. "video=i810fb" @@ -52,14 +55,17 @@ C. List of available options Recommendation: required b. "xres:<value>" - select horizontal resolution in pixels + select horizontal resolution in pixels. (This parameter will be + ignored if 'mode_option' is specified. See 'o' below). Recommendation: user preference (default = 640) c. "yres:<value>" select vertical resolution in scanlines. If Discrete Video Timings - is enabled, this will be ignored and computed as 3*xres/4. + is enabled, this will be ignored and computed as 3*xres/4. (This + parameter will be ignored if 'mode_option' is specified. See 'o' + below) Recommendation: user preference (default = 480) @@ -86,7 +92,8 @@ C. List of available options g. "hsync1/hsync2:<value>" select the minimum and maximum Horizontal Sync Frequency of the monitor in KHz. If a using a fixed frequency monitor, hsync1 must - be equal to hsync2. + be equal to hsync2. If EDID probing is successful, these will be + ignored and values will be taken from the EDID block. Recommendation: check monitor manual for correct values default (29/30) @@ -94,7 +101,8 @@ C. List of available options h. "vsync1/vsync2:<value>" select the minimum and maximum Vertical Sync Frequency of the monitor in Hz. You can also use this option to lock your monitor's refresh - rate. + rate. If EDID probing is successful, these will be ignored and values + will be taken from the EDID block. Recommendation: check monitor manual for correct values (default = 60/60) @@ -154,7 +162,11 @@ C. List of available options Recommendation: do not set (default = not set) - + o. <xres>x<yres>[-<bpp>][@<refresh>] + The driver will now accept specification of boot mode option. If this + is specified, the options 'xres' and 'yres' will be ignored. See + Documentation/fb/modedb.txt for usage. + D. Kernel booting Separate each option/option-pair by commas (,) and the option from its value @@ -176,7 +188,10 @@ will be computed based on the hsync1/hsync2 and vsync1/vsync2 values. IMPORTANT: You must include hsync1, hsync2, vsync1 and vsync2 to enable video modes -better than 640x480 at 60Hz. +better than 640x480 at 60Hz. HOWEVER, if your chipset/display combination +supports I2C and has an EDID block, you can safely exclude hsync1, hsync2, +vsync1 and vsync2 parameters. These parameters will be taken from the EDID +block. E. Module options @@ -217,32 +232,21 @@ F. Setup This is required. The option is under "Character Devices" d. Under "Graphics Support", select "Intel 810/815" either statically - or as a module. Choose "use VESA GTF for video timings" if you - need to maximize the capability of your display. To be on the + or as a module. Choose "use VESA Generalized Timing Formula" if + you need to maximize the capability of your display. To be on the safe side, you can leave this unselected. - e. If you want a framebuffer console, enable it under "Console + e. If you want support for DDC/I2C probing (Plug and Play Displays), + set 'Enable DDC Support' to 'y'. To make this option appear, set + 'use VESA Generalized Timing Formula' to 'y'. + + f. If you want a framebuffer console, enable it under "Console Drivers" - f. Compile your kernel. + g. Compile your kernel. - g. Load the driver as described in section D and E. + h. Load the driver as described in section D and E. - Optional: - h. If you are going to run XFree86 with its native drivers, the - standard XFree86 4.1.0 and 4.2.0 drivers should work as is. - However, there's a bug in the XFree86 i810 drivers. It attempts - to use XAA even when switched to the console. This will crash - your server. I have a fix at this site: - - http://i810fb.sourceforge.net. - - You can either use the patch, or just replace - - /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/i810_drv.o - - with the one provided at the website. - i. Try the DirectFB (http://www.directfb.org) + the i810 gfxdriver patch to see the chipset in action (or inaction :-). diff --git a/Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_driver.c b/Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_driver.c index e1c56a7e658..4bef8c25172 100644 --- a/Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_driver.c +++ b/Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_driver.c @@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ static void sample_firmware_load(char *firmware, int size) u8 buf[size+1]; memcpy(buf, firmware, size); buf[size] = '\0'; - printk("firmware_sample_driver: firmware: %s\n", buf); + printk(KERN_INFO "firmware_sample_driver: firmware: %s\n", buf); } static void sample_probe_default(void) { /* uses the default method to get the firmware */ const struct firmware *fw_entry; - printk("firmware_sample_driver: a ghost device got inserted :)\n"); + printk(KERN_INFO "firmware_sample_driver: a ghost device got inserted :)\n"); if(request_firmware(&fw_entry, "sample_driver_fw", &ghost_device)!=0) { @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static void sample_probe_specific(void) /* NOTE: This currently doesn't work */ - printk("firmware_sample_driver: a ghost device got inserted :)\n"); + printk(KERN_INFO "firmware_sample_driver: a ghost device got inserted :)\n"); if(request_firmware(NULL, "sample_driver_fw", &ghost_device)!=0) { @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static void sample_probe_async_cont(const struct firmware *fw, void *context) return; } - printk("firmware_sample_driver: device pointer \"%s\"\n", + printk(KERN_INFO "firmware_sample_driver: device pointer \"%s\"\n", (char *)context); sample_firmware_load(fw->data, fw->size); } diff --git a/Documentation/input/appletouch.txt b/Documentation/input/appletouch.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..b48d11d0326 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/input/appletouch.txt @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +Apple Touchpad Driver (appletouch) +---------------------------------- + Copyright (C) 2005 Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net> + +appletouch is a Linux kernel driver for the USB touchpad found on post +February 2005 Apple Alu Powerbooks. + +This driver is derived from Johannes Berg's appletrackpad driver[1], but it has +been improved in some areas: + * appletouch is a full kernel driver, no userspace program is necessary + * appletouch can be interfaced with the synaptics X11 driver, in order + to have touchpad acceleration, scrolling, etc. + +Credits go to Johannes Berg for reverse-engineering the touchpad protocol, +Frank Arnold for further improvements, and Alex Harper for some additional +information about the inner workings of the touchpad sensors. + +Usage: +------ + +In order to use the touchpad in the basic mode, compile the driver and load +the module. A new input device will be detected and you will be able to read +the mouse data from /dev/input/mice (using gpm, or X11). + +In X11, you can configure the touchpad to use the synaptics X11 driver, which +will give additional functionalities, like acceleration, scrolling, 2 finger +tap for middle button mouse emulation, 3 finger tap for right button mouse +emulation, etc. In order to do this, make sure you're using a recent version of +the synaptics driver (tested with 0.14.2, available from [2]), and configure a +new input device in your X11 configuration file (take a look below for an +example). For additional configuration, see the synaptics driver documentation. + + Section "InputDevice" + Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad" + Driver "synaptics" + Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" + Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" + Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" + Option "LeftEdge" "0" + Option "RightEdge" "850" + Option "TopEdge" "0" + Option "BottomEdge" "645" + Option "MinSpeed" "0.4" + Option "MaxSpeed" "1" + Option "AccelFactor" "0.02" + Option "FingerLow" "0" + Option "FingerHigh" "30" + Option "MaxTapMove" "20" + Option "MaxTapTime" "100" + Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0" + Option "VertScrollDelta" "30" + Option "SHMConfig" "on" + EndSection + + Section "ServerLayout" + ... + InputDevice "Mouse" + InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad" + ... + EndSection + +Fuzz problems: +-------------- + +The touchpad sensors are very sensitive to heat, and will generate a lot of +noise when the temperature changes. This is especially true when you power-on +the laptop for the first time. + +The appletouch driver tries to handle this noise and auto adapt itself, but it +is not perfect. If finger movements are not recognized anymore, try reloading +the driver. + +You can activate debugging using the 'debug' module parameter. A value of 0 +deactivates any debugging, 1 activates tracing of invalid samples, 2 activates +full tracing (each sample is being traced): + modprobe appletouch debug=1 + or + echo "1" > /sys/module/appletouch/parameters/debug + +Links: +------ + +[1]: http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/PowerBook/touchpad/ +[2]: http://web.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/index.html diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index db2603ceabb..7086f0a90d1 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -164,6 +164,15 @@ running once the system is up. over-ride platform specific driver. See also Documentation/acpi-hotkey.txt. + enable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64] + Enable PIN 1 of APIC timer + Can be useful to work around chipset bugs (in particular on some ATI chipsets) + The kernel tries to set a reasonable default. + + disable_timer_pin_1 [i386,x86-64] + 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. diff --git a/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt b/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt index 729c72d34c8..f86550fe38e 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ the /proc/bus/usb/BBB/DDD files. to /etc/fstab. This will mount usbfs at each reboot. You can then issue `cat /proc/bus/usb/devices` to extract - USB device information, and user mode drivers can use usbfs + USB device information, and user mode drivers can use usbfs to interact with USB devices. There are a number of mount options supported by usbfs. @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ the /proc/bus/usb/BBB/DDD files. still see references to the older "usbdevfs" name. For more information on mounting the usbfs file system, see the -"USB Device Filesystem" section of the USB Guide. The latest copy +"USB Device Filesystem" section of the USB Guide. The latest copy of the USB Guide can be found at http://www.linux-usb.org/ @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ B: Alloc=ddd/ddd us (xx%), #Int=ddd, #Iso=ddd are the only transfers that reserve bandwidth. Control and bulk transfers use all other bandwidth, including reserved bandwidth that is not used for transfers (such as for short packets). - + The percentage is how much of the "reserved" bandwidth is scheduled by those transfers. For a low or full speed bus (loosely, "USB 1.1"), 90% of the bus bandwidth is reserved. For a high speed bus (loosely, @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ C:* #Ifs=dd Cfg#=dd Atr=xx MPwr=dddmA | | |__NumberOfInterfaces | |__ "*" indicates the active configuration (others are " ") |__Config info tag - + USB devices may have multiple configurations, each of which act rather differently. For example, a bus-powered configuration might be much less capable than one that is self-powered. Only @@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ I: If#=dd Alt=dd #EPs=dd Cls=xx(sssss) Sub=xx Prot=xx Driver=ssss For example, default settings may not use more than a small amount of periodic bandwidth. To use significant fractions of bus bandwidth, drivers must select a non-default altsetting. - + Only one setting for an interface may be active at a time, and only one driver may bind to an interface at a time. Most devices have only one alternate setting per interface. @@ -297,18 +297,21 @@ S: SerialNumber=dce0 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr= 0mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 8 Ivl=255ms + T: Bus=00 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=12 MxCh= 4 D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0451 ProdID=1446 Rev= 1.00 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=100mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 1 Ivl=255ms + T: Bus=00 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 3 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=04b4 ProdID=0001 Rev= 0.00 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=100mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=mouse E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 3 Ivl= 10ms + T: Bus=00 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=02 Cnt=02 Dev#= 4 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0565 ProdID=0001 Rev= 1.08 diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt index 678e8f192db..ffe1c062088 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt @@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ Machine check If your BIOS doesn't do that it's a good idea to enable though to make sure you log even machine check events that result in a reboot. + mce=tolerancelevel (number) + 0: always panic, 1: panic if deadlock possible, + 2: try to avoid panic, 3: never panic or exit (for testing) + default is 1 + Can be also set using sysfs which is preferable. nomce (for compatibility with i386): same as mce=off |