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2006-06-23[NET]: Require CAP_NET_ADMIN to create tuntap devices.David Woodhouse
The tuntap driver allows an admin to create persistent devices and assign ownership of them to individual users. Unfortunately, relaxing the permissions on the /dev/net/tun device node so that they can actually use those devices will _also_ allow those users to create arbitrary new devices of their own. This patch corrects that, and adjusts the recommended permissions for the device node accordingly. Signed-off-By: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-06-19Merge 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: (109 commits) [ETHTOOL]: Fix UFO typo [SCTP]: Fix persistent slowdown in sctp when a gap ack consumes rx buffer. [SCTP]: Send only 1 window update SACK per message. [SCTP]: Don't do CRC32C checksum over loopback. [SCTP] Reset rtt_in_progress for the chunk when processing its sack. [SCTP]: Reject sctp packets with broadcast addresses. [SCTP]: Limit association max_retrans setting in setsockopt. [PFKEYV2]: Fix inconsistent typing in struct sadb_x_kmprivate. [IPV6]: Sum real space for RTAs. [IRDA]: Use put_unaligned() in irlmp_do_discovery(). [BRIDGE]: Add support for NETIF_F_HW_CSUM devices [NET]: Add NETIF_F_GEN_CSUM and NETIF_F_ALL_CSUM [TG3]: Convert to non-LLTX [TG3]: Remove unnecessary tx_lock [TCP]: Add tcp_slow_start_after_idle sysctl. [BNX2]: Update version and reldate [BNX2]: Use CPU native page size [BNX2]: Use compressed firmware [BNX2]: Add firmware decompression [BNX2]: Allow WoL settings on new 5708 chips ... Manual fixup for conflict in drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
2006-06-17[TCP]: Add tcp_slow_start_after_idle sysctl.David S. Miller
A lot of people have asked for a way to disable tcp_cwnd_restart(), and it seems reasonable to add a sysctl to do that. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-06-17[NET]: Add netif_tx_lockHerbert Xu
Various drivers use xmit_lock internally to synchronise with their transmission routines. They do so without setting xmit_lock_owner. This is fine as long as netpoll is not in use. With netpoll it is possible for deadlocks to occur if xmit_lock_owner isn't set. This is because if a printk occurs while xmit_lock is held and xmit_lock_owner is not set can cause netpoll to attempt to take xmit_lock recursively. While it is possible to resolve this by getting netpoll to use trylock, it is suboptimal because netpoll's sole objective is to maximise the chance of getting the printk out on the wire. So delaying or dropping the message is to be avoided as much as possible. So the only alternative is to always set xmit_lock_owner. The following patch does this by introducing the netif_tx_lock family of functions that take care of setting/unsetting xmit_lock_owner. I renamed xmit_lock to _xmit_lock to indicate that it should not be used directly. I didn't provide irq versions of the netif_tx_lock functions since xmit_lock is meant to be a BH-disabling lock. This is pretty much a straight text substitution except for a small bug fix in winbond. It currently uses netif_stop_queue/spin_unlock_wait to stop transmission. This is unsafe as an IRQ can potentially wake up the queue. So it is safer to use netif_tx_disable. The hamradio bits used spin_lock_irq but it is unnecessary as xmit_lock must never be taken in an IRQ handler. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-06-08[DOC] Update bonding documentation with sysfs infoAuke Kok
Bonding documentation needed an update to include sysfs specific information. This patch adds information on how to change bonding parameters at runtime using the sysfs interface. Signed-off-by: Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com>
2006-05-20Merge branch 'master' into upstreamJeff Garzik
2006-05-09[NET]: Add missing operstates documentation.Stefan Rompf
Signed-off-by: Stefan Rompf <stefan@loplof.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-04-24[PATCH] ipw2200: update version stamp to 1.1.2Zhu Yi
Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2006-04-24[PATCH] README.ipw2200: rename CONFIG_IPW_DEBUG to CONFIG_IPW2200_DEBUGZhu Yi
Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2006-04-14[XFRM]: Add documentation for async events.Jamal Hadi Salim
Documentation to describe asynchronous xfrm events to help people writting HA code in user space. Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-04-01BFP->BPF in Documentation/networking/tuntap.txtCal Peake
BFP should be BPF (BSD Packet Filter) Signed-off-by: Cal Peake <cp@absolutedigital.net> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-04-01fix typo "Suposse" -> "Suppose"Uwe Zeisberger
Signed-off-by: Uwe Zeisberger <zeisberg@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-03-29Merge branch 'upstream' of ↵Jeff Garzik
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6
2006-03-28[NET]: Kill Documentation/networking/TODODavid S. Miller
Sorely out of date. Add the linux-net wiki web site to the NETWORKING maintainers entry, on which we maintain the current networking TODO list. Noticed by Randy Dunlap. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-28[PATCH] Typo fixesAlexey Dobriyan
Fix a lot of typos. Eyeballed by jmc@ in OpenBSD. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-27[PATCH] bcm43xx: update READMEMichael Buesch
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2006-03-27[PATCH] bcm43xx: Move README file to Documentation directory.Michael Buesch
Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mbuesch@freenet.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2006-03-26[PATCH] 3c59x: documentation updateSteffen Klassert
Update driver documentation. Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <klassert@mathematik.tu-chemnitz.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-25Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivialLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial: (21 commits) BUG_ON() Conversion in drivers/video/ BUG_ON() Conversion in drivers/parisc/ BUG_ON() Conversion in drivers/block/ BUG_ON() Conversion in sound/sparc/cs4231.c BUG_ON() Conversion in drivers/s390/block/dasd.c BUG_ON() Conversion in lib/swiotlb.c BUG_ON() Conversion in kernel/cpu.c BUG_ON() Conversion in ipc/msg.c BUG_ON() Conversion in block/elevator.c BUG_ON() Conversion in fs/coda/ BUG_ON() Conversion in fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c BUG_ON() Conversion in input/serio/hil_mlc.c BUG_ON() Conversion in md/dm-hw-handler.c BUG_ON() Conversion in md/bitmap.c The comment describing how MS_ASYNC works in msync.c is confusing rcu: undeclared variable used in documentation fix typos "wich" -> "which" typo patch for fs/ufs/super.c Fix simple typos tabify drivers/char/Makefile ...
2006-03-25[PATCH] Remove MODULE_PARMRusty Russell
MODULE_PARM was actually breaking: recent gcc version optimize them out as unused. It's time to replace the last users, which are generally in the most unloved drivers anyway. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-24fix typos "wich" -> "which"Uwe Zeisberger
Signed-off-by: Uwe Zeisberger <zeisberg@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-03-23[PKTGEN]: Add MPLS extension.Steven Whitehouse
Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <steve@chygwyn.com> Signed-off-by: Robert Olsson <robert.olsson@its.uu.se> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-21Merge branch 'e1000-fixes' of git://198.78.49.142/~jbrandeb/linux-2.6Jeff Garzik
2006-03-20[TCP]: sysctl to allow TCP window > 32767 sans wscaleRick Jones
Back in the dark ages, we had to be conservative and only allow 15-bit window fields if the window scale option was not negotiated. Some ancient stacks used a signed 16-bit quantity for the window field of the TCP header and would get confused. Those days are long gone, so we can use the full 16-bits by default now. There is a sysctl added so that we can still interact with such old stacks Signed-off-by: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-20[IPV4] ARP: Documentation for new arp_accept sysctl variable.Neil Horman
As John pointed out, I had not added documentation to describe the arp_accpet sysctl that I posted in my last patch. This patch adds that documentation. Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-20[IPV6]: ROUTE: Add accept_ra_rt_info_max_plen sysctl.YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-20[IPV6]: ROUTE: Add router_probe_interval sysctl.YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-20[IPV6]: ROUTE: Add accept_ra_rtr_pref sysctl.YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-20[IPV6]: ADDRCONF: Add accept_ra_pinfo sysctl.YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
This controls whether we accept Prefix Information in RAs. Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-20[IPV6]: ROUTE: Add accept_ra_defrtr sysctl.YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
This controls whether we accept default router information in RAs. Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-17[PATCH] ipw2x00: expend Copyright to 2006Zhu Yi
Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2006-03-17[PATCH] ipw2200: wireless extension sensitivity threshold supportOlivier Hochreutiner
The patch allows the user to set the handover threshold, i.e. the number of consecutively missed beacons that will trigger a roaming attempt. The disassociation threshold is set to 3 times the handover threshold. Signed-off-by: Olivier Hochreutiner <olivier.hochreutiner@epfl.ch> Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2006-03-17[PATCH] ipw2200: print geography code upon module loadHenrik Brix Andersen
Given the amount of support requests for the meaning of the geography code I've written a patch for printing this information on module load no matter the debug level. I've also added a section to the README.ipw2200 file listing the geography codes and their meaning. Signed-off-by: Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2006-03-15e1000: update the readme with the latest textJesse Brandeburg
The text of the e1000.txt file is a little stale, lets freshen it up. (update) removed some non-kernel specific text Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
2006-03-14e100: update e100.txtJesse Brandeburg
Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
2006-03-04[PATCH] remove obsolete sis900 documentationAdrian Bunk
This documentation is mostly obsolete, and should therefore either be updated or removed (this patch does the latter). Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-02-02[IPV4]: Document icmp_errors_use_inbound_ifaddr sysctlHorms
Taken largely from the commit of the patch that added this feature: 1c2fb7f93cb20621772bf304f3dba0849942e5db I'm not sure about the ordering of the options in sysctl.txt, so I took a wild guess about where it fits. Signed-Off-By: Horms <horms@verge.net.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-01-15spelling: s/appropiate/appropriate/Adrian Bunk
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-01-10spelling: s/usefull/useful/Adrian Bunk
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-01-09[PATCH] update bonding.txt to not show ip address on slavesEric Paris
ifenslave, as of abi version 2, does not set the ip address on the slave interfaces. The documentation example however still shows that the ensalved interfaces should have the same IP as the master. The patch simply removes the lines from the example which should no longer appear. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> bonding.txt | 2 -- 1 files changed, 2 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
2006-01-04Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6
2006-01-03[IPV4]: Safer reassemblyHerbert Xu
Another spin of Herbert Xu's "safer ip reassembly" patch for 2.6.16. (The original patch is here: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdev&m=112281936522415&w=2 and my only contribution is to have tested it.) This patch (optionally) does additional checks before accepting IP fragments, which can greatly reduce the possibility of reassembling fragments which originated from different IP datagrams. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: Arthur Kepner <akepner@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2005-11-29Merge branch 'master'Jeff Garzik
2005-11-22[NET]: Fix ifenslave to not fail on lack of IP informationNeil Horman
Patch to ifenslave so that under older ABI versions, a failure to propogate ip information from master to slave does not result in a filure to enslave the slave device. Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2005-11-22[PATCH] kernel Doc/ URL correctionsRandy Dunlap
Correct lots of URLs in Documentation/ Also a few minor whitespace cleanups and typo/spello fixes. Sadly there are still a lot of bad URLs remaining. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-11-18[PATCH] Gianfar update and sysfs supportAndy Fleming
This seems to have gotten lost, so I'll resend. Signed-off-by: Andy Fleming <afleming@freescale.com> * Added sysfs support to gianfar for modifying FIFO and stashing parameters * Updated driver to support 10 Mbit, full duplex operation * Improved comments throughout * Cleaned up and optimized offloading code * Fixed a bug where rx buffers were being improperly mapped and unmapped * (only manifested if cache-coherency was off) * Added support for using the eTSEC exact-match MAC registers * Bumped the version to 1.3 * Added support for distinguishing between reduced 100 and 10 Mbit modes * Modified default coalescing values to lower latency * Added documentation Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
2005-11-10[TCP]: Appropriate Byte Count supportStephen Hemminger
This is an updated version of the RFC3465 ABC patch originally for Linux 2.6.11-rc4 by Yee-Ting Li. ABC is a way of counting bytes ack'd rather than packets when updating congestion control. The orignal ABC described in the RFC applied to a Reno style algorithm. For advanced congestion control there is little change after leaving slow start. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2005-11-10[DCCP]: Create Documentation/networking/dccp.txtIan McDonald
This patch is a first go at some documentation. Please advise if gmail has mangled patch and I will revert to an attachment: Signed-off-by: Ian McDonald <imcdnzl@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2005-11-09Merge rsync://bughost.org/repos/ipw-delta/Jeff Garzik
2005-11-07Updated READMEs and MAINTAINERS for the ipw2100 and ipw2200 drivers.James Ketrenos
Signed-off-by: James Ketrenos <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
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