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2006-09-30Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6: [PATCH] Use early clobber in semaphores [PATCH] Define vsyscall cache as blob to make clearer that user space shouldn't use it [PATCH] Re-positioning the bss segment [PATCH] Use ARRAY_SIZE in setup.c [PATCH] i386: replace intermediate array-size definitions with ARRAY_SIZE() [PATCH] x86: Clean up x86 NMI sysctls [PATCH] Refactor some duplicated code in mpparse.c [PATCH] Document iommu=panic [PATCH] Fix broken indentation in iommu_setup [PATCH] Allow disabling DAC using command line options [PATCH] Add proper sparse __user casts to __copy_to_user_inatomic [PATCH] i386: Update defconfig [PATCH] Update defconfig
2006-09-29Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: [ATM]: [lec] use refcnt to protect lec_arp_entries outside lock [ATM]: [lec] add reference counting to lec_arp entries [ATM]: [lec] use work queue instead of timer for lec arp expiry [ATM]: [lec] old_close is no longer used [ATM]: [lec] convert lec_arp_table to hlist [ATM]: [lec] header indent, comment and whitespace cleanup [ATM]: [lec] indent, comment and whitespace cleanup [continued] [ATM]: [lec] indent, comment and whitespace cleanup [SCTP]: Do not timestamp every SCTP packet. [SCTP]: Use correct mask when disabling PMTUD. [SCTP]: Include sk_buff overhead while updating the peer's receive window. [SCTP]: Enable Nagle algorithm by default. [BNX2]: Disable MSI on 5706 if AMD 8132 bridge is present. [NetLabel]: audit fixups due to delayed feedback
2006-09-29[ATM]: [lec] use refcnt to protect lec_arp_entries outside lockChas Williams
Signed-off-by: Chas Williams <chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-09-29[ATM]: [lec] add reference counting to lec_arp entriesChas Williams
Signed-off-by: Chas Williams <chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-09-29[ATM]: [lec] use work queue instead of timer for lec arp expiryChas Williams
Signed-off-by: Chas Williams <chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-09-29[ATM]: [lec] old_close is no longer usedChas Williams
Signed-off-by: Chas Williams <chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-09-29[ATM]: [lec] convert lec_arp_table to hlistChas Williams
Signed-off-by: Chas Williams <chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-09-29[ATM]: [lec] header indent, comment and whitespace cleanupChas Williams
Signed-off-by: Chas Williams <chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-09-29[ATM]: [lec] indent, comment and whitespace cleanup [continued]Chas Williams
Signed-off-by: Chas Williams <chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-09-29[ATM]: [lec] indent, comment and whitespace cleanupChas Williams
Signed-off-by: Chas Williams <chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-09-29[SCTP]: Do not timestamp every SCTP packet.Vlad Yasevich
We only need the timestamp on COOKIE-ECHO chunks, so instead of always timestamping every SCTP packet, let common code timestamp if the socket option is set. For COOKIE-ECHO, simply get the time of day if we don't have a timestamp. This introduces a small possibility that the cookie may be considered expired, but it will be renegotiated. Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-09-29[SCTP]: Use correct mask when disabling PMTUD.Vlad Yasevich
Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-09-29[SCTP]: Include sk_buff overhead while updating the peer's receive window.Sridhar Samudrala
Currently if the sender is sending small messages, it can cause a receiver to run out of receive buffer space even when the advertised receive window is still open and results in packet drops and retransmissions. Including a overhead while updating the sender's view of peer receive window will reduce the chances of receive buffer space overshooting the receive window. Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-09-29[SCTP]: Enable Nagle algorithm by default.Sridhar Samudrala
This allows more aggressive bundling of chunks when sending small messages. Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-09-29[BNX2]: Disable MSI on 5706 if AMD 8132 bridge is present.Michael Chan
MSI is defined to be 32-bit write. The 5706 does 64-bit MSI writes with byte enables disabled on the unused 32-bit word. This is legal but causes problems on the AMD 8132 which will eventually stop responding after a while. Without this patch, the MSI test done by the driver during open will pass, but MSI will eventually stop working after a few MSIs are written by the device. AMD believes this incompatibility is unique to the 5706, and prefers to locally disable MSI rather than globally disabling it using pci_msi_quirk. Update version to 1.4.45. Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-09-29[NetLabel]: audit fixups due to delayed feedbackPaul Moore
Fix some issues Steve Grubb had with the way NetLabel was using the audit subsystem. This should make NetLabel more consistent with other kernel generated audit messages specifying configuration changes. Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com> Acked-by: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-09-30[PATCH] Use early clobber in semaphoresAndi Kleen
New code clobbers the result always early, so tell gcc about it Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-30[PATCH] Define vsyscall cache as blob to make clearer that user space ↵Andi Kleen
shouldn't use it Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-30[PATCH] Re-positioning the bss segmentVivek Goyal
[AK: This apparently broke some systems, but we need it to fix a compile problem with old binutils and in theory the patch is correct. So let's trying reenabling it again.] o Currently bss segment is being placed somewhere in the middle (after .data) section and after bss lots of init section and data sections are coming. Is it intentional? o One side affect of placing bss in the middle is that objcopy keeps the bss in raw binary image (vmlinux.bin) hence unnecessarily increasing the size of raw binary image. (In my case ~600K). It also increases the size of generated bzImage, though the increase is very small (896 bytes), probably a very high compression ratio for stream of zeros. o This patch moves the bss at the end hence reducing the size of bzImage by 896 bytes and size of vmlinux.bin by 600K. o This change benefits in the context of relocatable kernel patches. If kernel bss is not part of compressed data (vmlinux.bin) then it does not have to be decompressed and this area can be used by the decompressor for its execution hence keeping the memory requirements bounded and decompressor code does not stomp over any other data loaded beyond kernel image (As might be the case with bootloaders like kexec). Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-30[PATCH] Use ARRAY_SIZE in setup.cAndi Kleen
Based on i386 patch from Bjorn. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-30[PATCH] i386: replace intermediate array-size definitions with ARRAY_SIZE()Bjorn Helgaas
Code is easier to validate if array sizes aren't hidden behind extra #defines. Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-30[PATCH] x86: Clean up x86 NMI sysctlsAndi Kleen
Use prototypes in headers Don't define panic_on_unrecovered_nmi for all architectures Cc: dzickus@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-30[PATCH] Refactor some duplicated code in mpparse.cAndi Kleen
No logic changes Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-30[PATCH] Document iommu=panicAndi Kleen
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-30[PATCH] Fix broken indentation in iommu_setupAndi Kleen
No functional changes; only white space. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-30[PATCH] Allow disabling DAC using command line optionsAndi Kleen
Might or might not work around some reported bugs on VIA systems. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-30[PATCH] Add proper sparse __user casts to __copy_to_user_inatomicAndi Kleen
Noticed by Al Viro Cc: viro@ftp.linux.org.uk Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-30[PATCH] i386: Update defconfigAndi Kleen
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-30[PATCH] Update defconfigAndi Kleen
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-29[SERIAL] sunzilog: Mark sunzilog_init_hw as __devinit.David S. Miller
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-09-29[SPARC]: Don't zero out tail during copy_from_user_inatomic().David S. Miller
Actually, since we use the same code for all the copying types in and out of userspace, we check at runtime whether preemption is disabled. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-09-29[PATCH] uml build fixOllie Wild
Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] MLSXFRM: fix mis-labelling of child socketsDavid Woodhouse
Accepted connections of types other than AF_INET, AF_INET6, AF_UNIX won't have an appropriate label derived from the peer, so don't use it. Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Acked-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband * 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband: (33 commits) IB/ipath: Fix lockdep error upon "ifconfig ibN down" IB/ipath: Fix races with ib_resize_cq() IB/ipath: Support new PCIE device, QLE7142 IB/ipath: Set CPU affinity early IB/ipath: Fix EEPROM read when driver is compiled with -Os IB/ipath: Fix and recover TXE piobuf and PBC parity errors IB/ipath: Change HT CRC message to indicate how to resolve problem IB/ipath: Clean up module exit code IB/ipath: Call mtrr_del with correct arguments IB/ipath: Flush RWQEs if access error or invalid error seen IB/ipath: Improved support for PowerPC IB/ipath: Drop unnecessary "(void *)" casts IB/ipath: Support multiple simultaneous devices of different types IB/ipath: Fix mismatch in shifts and masks for printing debug info IB/ipath: Fix compiler warnings and errors on non-x86_64 systems IB/ipath: Print more informative parity error messages IB/ipath: Ensure that PD of MR matches PD of QP checking the Rkey IB/ipath: RC and UC should validate SLID and DLID IB/ipath: Only allow complete writes to flash IB/ipath: Count SRQs properly ...
2006-09-29Merge git://oss.sgi.com:8090/xfs/xfs-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://oss.sgi.com:8090/xfs/xfs-2.6: (49 commits) [XFS] Remove v1 dir trace macro - missed in a past commit. [XFS] 955947: Infinite loop in xfs_bulkstat() on formatter() error [XFS] pv 956241, author: nathans, rv: vapo - make ino validation checks [XFS] pv 956240, author: nathans, rv: vapo - Minor fixes in [XFS] Really fix use after free in xfs_iunpin. [XFS] Collapse sv_init and init_sv into just the one interface. [XFS] standardize on one sema init macro [XFS] Reduce endian flipping in alloc_btree, same as was done for [XFS] Minor cleanup from dio locking fix, remove an extra conditional. [XFS] Fix kmem_zalloc_greedy warnings on 64 bit platforms. [XFS] pv 955157, rv bnaujok - break the loop on EFAULT formatter() error [XFS] pv 955157, rv bnaujok - break the loop on formatter() error [XFS] Fixes the leak in reservation space because we weren't ungranting [XFS] Add lock annotations to xfs_trans_update_ail and [XFS] Fix a porting botch on the realtime subvol growfs code path. [XFS] Minor code rearranging and cleanup to prevent some coverity false [XFS] Remove a no-longer-correct debug assert from dio completion [XFS] Add a greedy allocation interface, allocating within a min/max size [XFS] Improve error handling for the zero-fsblock extent detection code. [XFS] Be more defensive with page flags (error/private) for metadata ...
2006-09-29[PATCH] i2c-sibyte: Fix modular build breakageYoichi Yuasa
Fix undefined reference in i2c_sibyte_exit(). drivers/built-in.o: In function `i2c_sibyte_exit': i2c-sibyte.c:(.exit.text+0x368): undefined reference to `i2c_del_bus' i2c-sibyte.c:(.exit.text+0x368): relocation truncated to fit: R_MIPS_26 against `i2c_del_bus' i2c-sibyte.c:(.exit.text+0x38c): undefined reference to `i2c_del_bus' i2c-sibyte.c:(.exit.text+0x38c): relocation truncated to fit: R_MIPS_26 against `i2c_del_bus' Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yoichi_yuasa@tripeaks.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] cpuset: fix obscure attach_task vs exiting racePaul Jackson
Fix obscure race condition in kernel/cpuset.c attach_task() code. There is basically zero chance of anyone accidentally being harmed by this race. It requires a special 'micro-stress' load and a special timing loop hacks in the kernel to hit in less than an hour, and even then you'd have to hit it hundreds or thousands of times, followed by some unusual and senseless cpuset configuration requests, including removing the top cpuset, to cause any visibly harm affects. One could, with perhaps a few days or weeks of such effort, get the reference count on the top cpuset below zero, and manage to crash the kernel by asking to remove the top cpuset. I found it by code inspection. The race was introduced when 'the_top_cpuset_hack' was introduced, and one piece of code was not updated. An old check for a possibly null task cpuset pointer needed to be changed to a check for a task marked PF_EXITING. The pointer can't be null anymore, thanks to the_top_cpuset_hack (documented in kernel/cpuset.c). But the task could have gone into PF_EXITING state after it was found in the task_list scan. If a task is PF_EXITING in this code, it is possible that its task->cpuset pointer is pointing to the top cpuset due to the_top_cpuset_hack, rather than because the top_cpuset was that tasks last valid cpuset. In that case, the wrong cpuset reference counter would be decremented. The fix is trivial. Instead of failing the system call if the tasks cpuset pointer is null here, fail it if the task is in PF_EXITING state. The code for 'the_top_cpuset_hack' that changes an exiting tasks cpuset to the top_cpuset is done without locking, so could happen at anytime. But it is done during the exit handling, after the PF_EXITING flag is set. So if we verify that a task is still not PF_EXITING after we copy out its cpuset pointer (into 'oldcs', below), we know that 'oldcs' is not one of these hack references to the top_cpuset. Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] SubmittingPatches: add a note about "format=flowed" when sending patchesKirill Korotaev
Add a note about "format=flowed" when sending patches and explain how to fix mozilla. Thunderbird has the similar options. Signed-off-by: Kirill Korotaev <dev@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] lockdep core: improve the lock-chain-hashIngo Molnar
With CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC turned off i was getting sporadic failures in the locking self-test: ------------> | Locking API testsuite: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | spin |wlock |rlock |mutex | wsem | rsem | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- A-A deadlock: ok | ok | ok | ok | ok | ok | A-B-B-A deadlock: ok | ok | ok | ok | ok | ok | A-B-B-C-C-A deadlock: ok | ok | ok | ok | ok | ok | A-B-C-A-B-C deadlock: ok | ok | ok | ok | ok | ok | A-B-B-C-C-D-D-A deadlock: ok |FAILED| ok | ok | ok | ok | A-B-C-D-B-D-D-A deadlock: ok | ok | ok | ok | ok | ok | A-B-C-D-B-C-D-A deadlock: ok | ok | ok | ok | ok |FAILED| after much debugging it turned out to be caused by accidental chain-hash key collisions. The current hash is: #define iterate_chain_key(key1, key2) \ (((key1) << MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS_BITS/2) ^ \ ((key1) >> (64-MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS_BITS/2)) ^ \ (key2)) where MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS_BITS is 11. This hash is pretty good as it will shift by 5 bits in every iteration, where every new ID 'mixed' into the hash would have up to 11 bits. But because there was a 6 bits overlap between subsequent IDs and their high bits tended to be similar, there was a chance for accidental chain-hash collision for a low number of locks held. the solution is to shift by 11 bits: #define iterate_chain_key(key1, key2) \ (((key1) << MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS_BITS) ^ \ ((key1) >> (64-MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS_BITS)) ^ \ (key2)) This keeps the hash perfect up to 5 locks held, but even above that the hash is still good because 11 bits is a relative prime to the total 64 bits, so a complete match will only occur after 64 held locks (which doesnt happen in Linux). Even after 5 locks held, entropy of the 5 IDs mixed into the hash is already good enough so that overlap doesnt generate a colliding hash ID. with this change the false positives went away. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] Kcore elf note namesz field fixVivek Goyal
o As per ELF specifications, it looks like that elf note "namesz" field contains the length of "name" including the size of null character. And currently we are filling "namesz" without taking into the consideration the null character size. o Kexec-tools performs this check deligently hence I ran into the issue while trying to open /proc/kcore in kexec-tools for some info. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] expand_fdtable(): remove pointless unlock+lockAndrew Morton
This unlock/lock on a super-unlikely path isn't worth the kernel text. Cc: Vadim Lobanov <vlobanov@speakeasy.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] Clean up expand_fdtable() and expand_files()Vadim Lobanov
Perform a code cleanup against the expand_fdtable() and expand_files() functions inside fs/file.c. It aims to make the flow of code within these functions simpler and easier to understand, via added comments and modest refactoring. Signed-off-by: Vadim Lobanov <vlobanov@speakeasy.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] Documentation/SubmittingDrivers: minor updateAlexey Dobriyan
* fix copright typo * remove trailing whitespace * remove Kernel Traffic from Resources. Zack, it was great reading! * Name Arjan by name and fix URL of "How to NOT" paper. * Remove "Last updated" tag. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] audit/accounting: tty lockingAlan Cox
Add tty locking around the audit and accounting code. The whole current->signal-> locking is all deeply strange but it's for someone else to sort out. Add rather than replace the lock for acct.c Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Acked-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] Fix locking for tty drivers when doing urgent charactersAlan Cox
If you send a priority character (as is done for flow control) then the tty driver can either have its own method for "jumping the queue" or the characrer can be queued normally. In the latter case we call the write method but without the atomic_write_lock taken elsewhere. Make this consistent. Note that the send_xchar method if implemented remains outside of the lock as it can jump ahead of a current write so must not be locked out by it. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] specialix - remove private speed decodingAlan Cox
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] istallion: Remove private baud rate decoding, which is also broken ↵Alan Cox
in this case on some platforms Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] generic_serial: remove private decoding of baud rate bitsAlan Cox
The driver has no business doing this work itself any more and hasn't for some years. When the new speed stuff goes in this will break entirely so fix it up ready. Also remove a #if 0 around a comment.... Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] RTC: more XSTP/VDET support for rtc-rs5c348 driverAtsushi Nemoto
If the chip detected "oscillator stop" condition, show an warning message. And initialize it with the Epoch time instead of leaving it with unknown date/time. Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> Acked-by: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] build sound/sound_firmware.c only for OSSAdrian Bunk
All sound/sound_firmware.c contains is mod_firmware_load() that is a legacy API only used by some OSS drivers. This patch builds it into an own sound_firmware module that is only built depending on CONFIG_SOUND_PRIME making the kernel slightly smaller for ALSA users. [alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk: comment fix] Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Acked-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>