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-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/deviceiobook.tmpl2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/mcabook.tmpl2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/wanbook.tmpl2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/z8530book.tmpl2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ManagementStyle2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/accounting/.gitignore1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/auxdisplay/.gitignore1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/connector/.gitignore1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/Locking12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt39
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ia64/.gitignore1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/isdn/CREDITS2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/.gitignore1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/dmfe.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/pcmcia/.gitignore1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/aacraid.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/spi/.gitignore2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/.gitignore1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CONTRIBUTORS2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/.gitignore1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/watchdog/src/.gitignore2
25 files changed, 60 insertions, 64 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
index fabc06466b9..9b1f6ca100d 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ quiet_cmd_db2ps = PS $@
%.ps : %.xml
$(call cmd,db2ps)
-quiet_cmd_db2pdf = PDF $@
+quiet_cmd_db2pdf = PDF $@
cmd_db2pdf = $(subst TYPE,pdf, $($(PDF_METHOD)template))
%.pdf : %.xml
$(call cmd,db2pdf)
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ build_main_index = rm -rf $(main_idx) && \
echo '<h2>Kernel Version: $(KERNELVERSION)</h2>' >> $(main_idx) && \
cat $(HTML) >> $(main_idx)
-quiet_cmd_db2html = HTML $@
+quiet_cmd_db2html = HTML $@
cmd_db2html = xmlto xhtml $(XMLTOFLAGS) -o $(patsubst %.html,%,$@) $< && \
echo '<a HREF="$(patsubst %.html,%,$(notdir $@))/index.html"> \
$(patsubst %.html,%,$(notdir $@))</a><p>' > $@
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/deviceiobook.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/deviceiobook.tmpl
index 60d6e0b81bd..3ed88126ab8 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/deviceiobook.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/deviceiobook.tmpl
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
<surname>Cox</surname>
<affiliation>
<address>
- <email>alan@redhat.com</email>
+ <email>alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk</email>
</address>
</affiliation>
</author>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/mcabook.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/mcabook.tmpl
index 499eddc2d07..467ccac6ec5 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/mcabook.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/mcabook.tmpl
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
<surname>Cox</surname>
<affiliation>
<address>
- <email>alan@redhat.com</email>
+ <email>alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk</email>
</address>
</affiliation>
</author>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/wanbook.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/wanbook.tmpl
index 9eebcc304de..8c93db122f0 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/wanbook.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/wanbook.tmpl
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
<surname>Cox</surname>
<affiliation>
<address>
- <email>alan@redhat.com</email>
+ <email>alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk</email>
</address>
</affiliation>
</author>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/z8530book.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/z8530book.tmpl
index a42a8a4c768..6f3883be877 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/z8530book.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/z8530book.tmpl
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
<surname>Cox</surname>
<affiliation>
<address>
- <email>alan@redhat.com</email>
+ <email>alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk</email>
</address>
</affiliation>
</author>
diff --git a/Documentation/ManagementStyle b/Documentation/ManagementStyle
index 49a8efa5afe..a5f0ea58c78 100644
--- a/Documentation/ManagementStyle
+++ b/Documentation/ManagementStyle
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ companies. If you sign purchase orders or you have any clue about the
budget of your group, you're almost certainly not a kernel manager.
These suggestions may or may not apply to you.
-First off, I'd suggest buying "Seven Habits of Highly Successful
+First off, I'd suggest buying "Seven Habits of Highly Effective
People", and NOT read it. Burn it, it's a great symbolic gesture.
(*) This document does so not so much by answering the question, but by
diff --git a/Documentation/accounting/.gitignore b/Documentation/accounting/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..86485203c4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/accounting/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+getdelays
diff --git a/Documentation/auxdisplay/.gitignore b/Documentation/auxdisplay/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7af222860a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/auxdisplay/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cfag12864b-example
diff --git a/Documentation/connector/.gitignore b/Documentation/connector/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d2b9c32accd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/connector/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ucon
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 8362860e21a..23d2f4460de 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -161,8 +161,12 @@ prototypes:
int (*set_page_dirty)(struct page *page);
int (*readpages)(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping,
struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages);
- int (*prepare_write)(struct file *, struct page *, unsigned, unsigned);
- int (*commit_write)(struct file *, struct page *, unsigned, unsigned);
+ int (*write_begin)(struct file *, struct address_space *mapping,
+ loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
+ struct page **pagep, void **fsdata);
+ int (*write_end)(struct file *, struct address_space *mapping,
+ loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned copied,
+ struct page *page, void *fsdata);
sector_t (*bmap)(struct address_space *, sector_t);
int (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned long);
int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int);
@@ -180,8 +184,6 @@ sync_page: no maybe
writepages: no
set_page_dirty no no
readpages: no
-prepare_write: no yes yes
-commit_write: no yes yes
write_begin: no locks the page yes
write_end: no yes, unlocks yes
perform_write: no n/a yes
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ releasepage: no yes
direct_IO: no
launder_page: no yes
- ->prepare_write(), ->commit_write(), ->sync_page() and ->readpage()
+ ->write_begin(), ->write_end(), ->sync_page() and ->readpage()
may be called from the request handler (/dev/loop).
->readpage() unlocks the page, either synchronously or via I/O
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index c4d348dabe9..5579bda58a6 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ written-back to storage typically in whole pages, however the
address_space has finer control of write sizes.
The read process essentially only requires 'readpage'. The write
-process is more complicated and uses prepare_write/commit_write or
+process is more complicated and uses write_begin/write_end or
set_page_dirty to write data into the address_space, and writepage,
sync_page, and writepages to writeback data to storage.
@@ -521,8 +521,6 @@ struct address_space_operations {
int (*set_page_dirty)(struct page *page);
int (*readpages)(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping,
struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages);
- int (*prepare_write)(struct file *, struct page *, unsigned, unsigned);
- int (*commit_write)(struct file *, struct page *, unsigned, unsigned);
int (*write_begin)(struct file *, struct address_space *mapping,
loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
struct page **pagep, void **fsdata);
@@ -598,37 +596,7 @@ struct address_space_operations {
readpages is only used for read-ahead, so read errors are
ignored. If anything goes wrong, feel free to give up.
- prepare_write: called by the generic write path in VM to set up a write
- request for a page. This indicates to the address space that
- the given range of bytes is about to be written. The
- address_space should check that the write will be able to
- complete, by allocating space if necessary and doing any other
- internal housekeeping. If the write will update parts of
- any basic-blocks on storage, then those blocks should be
- pre-read (if they haven't been read already) so that the
- updated blocks can be written out properly.
- The page will be locked.
-
- Note: the page _must not_ be marked uptodate in this function
- (or anywhere else) unless it actually is uptodate right now. As
- soon as a page is marked uptodate, it is possible for a concurrent
- read(2) to copy it to userspace.
-
- commit_write: If prepare_write succeeds, new data will be copied
- into the page and then commit_write will be called. It will
- typically update the size of the file (if appropriate) and
- mark the inode as dirty, and do any other related housekeeping
- operations. It should avoid returning an error if possible -
- errors should have been handled by prepare_write.
-
- write_begin: This is intended as a replacement for prepare_write. The
- key differences being that:
- - it returns a locked page (in *pagep) rather than being
- given a pre locked page;
- - it must be able to cope with short writes (where the
- length passed to write_begin is greater than the number
- of bytes copied into the page).
-
+ write_begin:
Called by the generic buffered write code to ask the filesystem to
prepare to write len bytes at the given offset in the file. The
address_space should check that the write will be able to complete,
@@ -640,6 +608,9 @@ struct address_space_operations {
The filesystem must return the locked pagecache page for the specified
offset, in *pagep, for the caller to write into.
+ It must be able to cope with short writes (where the length passed to
+ write_begin is greater than the number of bytes copied into the page).
+
flags is a field for AOP_FLAG_xxx flags, described in
include/linux/fs.h.
diff --git a/Documentation/ia64/.gitignore b/Documentation/ia64/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab806edc873
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ia64/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+aliasing-test
diff --git a/Documentation/isdn/CREDITS b/Documentation/isdn/CREDITS
index 8cac6c2f23e..c1679e913fc 100644
--- a/Documentation/isdn/CREDITS
+++ b/Documentation/isdn/CREDITS
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ I want to thank all who contributed to this project and especially to:
Thomas Bogendörfer (tsbogend@bigbug.franken.de)
Tester, lots of bugfixes and hints.
-Alan Cox (alan@redhat.com)
+Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
For help getting into standard-kernel.
Henner Eisen (eis@baty.hanse.de)
diff --git a/Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO b/Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO
index 0775cf4798b..55476982b5c 100644
--- a/Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO
+++ b/Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ for non English (read: Japanese) speakers and is not intended as a
fork. So if you have any comments or updates for this file, please try
to update the original English file first.
-Last Updated: 2008/08/21
+Last Updated: 2008/10/24
==================================
これは、
-linux-2.6.27/Documentation/HOWTO
+linux-2.6.28/Documentation/HOWTO
の和訳です。
翻訳団体: JF プロジェクト < http://www.linux.or.jp/JF/ >
-翻訳日: 2008/8/5
+翻訳日: 2008/10/24
翻訳者: Tsugikazu Shibata <tshibata at ab dot jp dot nec dot com>
校正者: 松倉さん <nbh--mats at nifty dot com>
小林 雅典さん (Masanori Kobayasi) <zap03216 at nifty dot ne dot jp>
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ Linux カーネルソースツリーは幅広い範囲のドキュメントを
新しいドキュメントファイルも追加することを勧めます。
カーネルの変更が、カーネルがユーザ空間に公開しているインターフェイスの
変更を引き起こす場合、その変更を説明するマニュアルページのパッチや情報
-をマニュアルページのメンテナ mtk.manpages@gmail.com に送ることを勧めま
-す。
+をマニュアルページのメンテナ mtk.manpages@gmail.com に送り、CC を
+linux-api@ver.kernel.org に送ることを勧めます。
以下はカーネルソースツリーに含まれている読んでおくべきファイルの一覧で
す-
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Linux カーネルソースツリーは幅広い範囲のドキュメントを
この他にパッチを作る方法についてのよくできた記述は-
"The Perfect Patch"
- http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/tpp.txt
+ http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt
"Linux kernel patch submission format"
http://linux.yyz.us/patch-format.html
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ Linux カーネルコミュニティは、一度に大量のコードの塊を
これについて全てがどのようにあるべきかについての詳細は、以下のドキュメ
ントの ChangeLog セクションを見てください-
"The Perfect Patch"
- http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/tpp.txt
+ http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt
これらのどれもが、時にはとても困難です。これらの慣例を完璧に実施するに
は数年かかるかもしれません。これは継続的な改善のプロセスであり、そのた
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/.gitignore b/Documentation/networking/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..286a5680f49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/networking/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ifenslave
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dmfe.txt b/Documentation/networking/dmfe.txt
index b1b7499dd9d..8006c227fda 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/dmfe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/dmfe.txt
@@ -60,6 +60,6 @@ Tobias Ringstrom <tori@unhappy.mine.nu> : Current Maintainer
Contributors:
Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>
-Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
+Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
diff --git a/Documentation/pcmcia/.gitignore b/Documentation/pcmcia/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..53d08133675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/pcmcia/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+crc32hash
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/aacraid.txt b/Documentation/scsi/aacraid.txt
index 709ca991a45..ddace3afc83 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/aacraid.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/aacraid.txt
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Supported Cards/Chipsets
People
-------------------------
-Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
+Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> (updates for new-style PCI probing and SCSI host registration,
small cleanups/fixes)
Matt Domsch <matt_domsch@dell.com> (revision ioctl, adapter messages)
diff --git a/Documentation/spi/.gitignore b/Documentation/spi/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4280576397e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/spi/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+spidev_fdx
+spidev_test
diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
index 4cfc78835bc..a452227361b 100644
--- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the
marked CONFIG_BROKEN), an oops, a hang, data corruption, a real
security issue, or some "oh, that's not good" issue. In short, something
critical.
+ - New device IDs and quirks are also accepted.
- No "theoretical race condition" issues, unless an explanation of how the
race can be exploited is also provided.
- It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes,
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index bde799e0659..a4ccdd1981c 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -363,11 +363,21 @@ tainted:
Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted. Numeric values, which
can be ORed together:
- 1 - A module with a non-GPL license has been loaded, this
- includes modules with no license.
- Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
- 2 - A module was force loaded by insmod -f.
- Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
- 4 - Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP.
- 64 - A module from drivers/staging was loaded.
+ 1 - A module with a non-GPL license has been loaded, this
+ includes modules with no license.
+ Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
+ 2 - A module was force loaded by insmod -f.
+ Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
+ 4 - Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP.
+ 8 - A module was forcibly unloaded from the system by rmmod -f.
+ 16 - A hardware machine check error occurred on the system.
+ 32 - A bad page was discovered on the system.
+ 64 - The user has asked that the system be marked "tainted". This
+ could be because they are running software that directly modifies
+ the hardware, or for other reasons.
+ 128 - The system has died.
+ 256 - The ACPI DSDT has been overridden with one supplied by the user
+ instead of using the one provided by the hardware.
+ 512 - A kernel warning has occurred.
+1024 - A module from drivers/staging was loaded.
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/.gitignore b/Documentation/video4linux/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..952703943e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+v4lgrab
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CONTRIBUTORS b/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CONTRIBUTORS
index 8aad6dd93d6..eb41b265086 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Contributors to bttv:
Michael Chu <mmchu@pobox.com>
AverMedia fix and more flexible card recognition
-Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
+Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Video4Linux interface and 2.1.x kernel adaptation
Chris Kleitsch
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/.gitignore b/Documentation/vm/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..33e8a023df0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/vm/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+slabinfo
diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/src/.gitignore b/Documentation/watchdog/src/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac90997dba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/src/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+watchdog-simple
+watchdog-test