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2008-01-23[POWERPC] QE: Add support for Freescale QUICCEngine UARTTimur Tabi
Add support for UART serial ports using a Freescale QUICCEngine. Update booting-without-of.txt to define new properties for a QE UART node. Update the MPC8323E-MDS device tree to add UCC5 as a UART. Update the QE library to support slow UCC devices and modules. Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
2008-01-23[POWERPC] QE: Add ability to upload QE firmwareTimur Tabi
Define the layout of a binary blob that contains a QE firmware and instructions on how to upload it. Add function qe_upload_firmware() to parse the blob and perform the actual upload. Fully define 'struct rsp' in immap_qe.h to include the actual RISC Special Registers. Added description of a new QE firmware node to booting-without-of.txt. Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
2008-01-23[POWERPC] fsl_soc: add support to gianfar for fixed-link propertyVitaly Bordug
fixed-link says: register new "Fixed/emulated PHY", i.e. PHY that not connected to the real MDIO bus. Signed-off-by: Vitaly Bordug <vitb@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@ru.mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
2008-01-23[POWERPC] 83xx: USB device tree cleanupsLi Yang
Remove device_type = "usb" for 83xx SoC USB controller Signed-off-by: Li Yang <leoli@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
2008-01-17[POWERPC] Add hugepagesz boot-time parameterJon Tollefson
This adds the hugepagesz boot-time parameter for ppc64. It lets one pick the size for huge pages. The choices available are 64K and 16M when the base page size is 4k. It defaults to 16M (previously the only only choice) if nothing or an invalid choice is specified. Tested 64K huge pages successfully with the libhugetlbfs 1.2. Signed-off-by: Jon Tollefson <kniht@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2008-01-17[POWERPC] #address-cells & #size-cells properties are not inheritedMark A. Greer
Fix error in booting-without-of.txt that indicates that a node can inherit its #address-cells and #size-cells definitions from its parent's parent. This is not correct. Signed-off-by: Mark A. Greer <mgreer@mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2008-01-17[POWERPC] booting-without-of: localbus should not include board nameAnton Vorontsov
Fix documentation once and for ever, because I'm pretty tired of repeating that I am merely following it. ;-) http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2007-December/048096.html http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2007-November/046977.html http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2007-November/046979.html http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2007-October/044411.html http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2007-October/044413.html Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@ru.mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2008-01-09[POWERPC] Xilinx: Update booting-without-of.Stephen Neuendorffer
This now better describes what the UBoot device tree generator actually does. In particular: 1) Nodes have a label derived from the device name, and a node name derived from a generic version of the device type, e.g. 'ethernet', 'serial', etc. 2) Usage of compound nodes (representing more than one device in the same IP) which actually works. This requires having a valid compatible node, and all the other things that a bus normally has. I've chosen 'xlnx,compound' as the bus name to describe these compound nodes. In addition, I've clarified some of the language relating to how mhs nodes should be represent in the device tree. Signed-off-by: Stephen Neuendorffer <stephen.neuendorffer@xilinx.com> Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
2007-12-21Merge branch 'linux-2.6'Paul Mackerras
2007-12-17Documentation: update hugetlb informationNishanth Aravamudan
The hugetlb documentation has gotten a bit out of sync with the current code. Updated the sysctl file to refer to Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt. Update that file to contain the current state of affairs (with the newer named sysctl in place). Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Adam Litke <agl@us.ibm.com> Cc: William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com> Cc: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com> Cc: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-12-17Fix lguest documentationSheela
Share net is not supported, Rusty is an "idiot" . Signed-off-by: Sheela Sequeira <sheela.sequeira@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-12-17Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6: HOWTO: update misspelling and word incorrected add stable_api_nonsense.txt in korean HOWTO: change addresses of maintainer and lxr url for Korean HOWTO Add Documentation for FAIR_USER_SCHED sysfs files HOWTO: Change man-page maintainer address for Japanese HOWTO tipar: remove obsolete module kobject: fix the documentation of how kobject_set_name works
2007-12-17HOWTO: update misspelling and word incorrectedbarrios
Signed-off-by: barrios <minchan.kim@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-12-17add stable_api_nonsense.txt in koreanbarrios
Signed-off-by: barrios <minchan.kim@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-12-17HOWTO: change addresses of maintainer and lxr url for Korean HOWTOminchan kim
So sorry. again My mail is set with EUC-kR. I'll resend with UTF-8. Signed-off-by: barrios <minchan.kim@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-12-17Add Documentation for FAIR_USER_SCHED sysfs filesDhaval Giani
This patch adds documentation about /sys/kernel/uids/<uid>/cpu_share to Documentation/ABI. Signed-off-by: Dhaval Giani <dhaval@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-12-17HOWTO: Change man-page maintainer address for Japanese HOWTOTsugikazu Shibata
Below is a patch to change email address of man-page maintainer for Japanese HOWTO document (Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO). This is for sync to Documentation/HOWTO that Michael Kerrisk mentioned to me. From: Tsugikazu Shibata <tshibata@ab.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-12-17tipar: remove obsolete moduleRomain Liévin
tipar: remove obsolete module The tipar character driver was used to implement bit-banging access to Texas Instruments parallel link cable. A user-land method now exists thru PPDEV & PARPORT. Signed-off-by: Romain Liévin <roms@lpg.ticalc.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-12-14[IPV4]: Updates to nfsroot documentationAmos Waterland
The difference between ip=off and ip=::::::off has been a cause of much confusion. Document how each behaves, and do not contradict ourselves by saying that "off" is the default when in fact "any" is the default and is descibed as being so lower in the file. Signed-off-by: Amos Waterland <apw@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-12-13[POWERPC] qe: add function qe_clock_source()Timur Tabi
Add function qe_clock_source() which takes a string containing the name of a QE clock source (as is typically found in device trees) and returns the matching enum qe_clock value. Update booting-without-of.txt to indicate that the UCC properties rx-clock and tx-clock are deprecated and replaced with rx-clock-name and tx-clock-name, which use strings instead of numbers to indicate QE clock sources. Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
2007-12-12i2c: Delete an outdated piece of documentationJean Delvare
I'm amazed that this old piece of documentation managed to survive until today. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2007-12-12[POWERPC] FSL: enet device tree cleanupsKumar Gala
* Removed address fields in ethernet nodes * Removed #address-cells, #size-cells from gianfar nodes * Added cell-index to gianfar and ucc ethernet nodes * Added enet[0..3] labels * Renamed compatible node for gianfar mdio to "fsl,gianfar-mdio" * Removed device_type = "mdio" The matching for gianfar mdio still supports the old "mdio"/"gianfar" combo but it is now considered deprecated. Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
2007-12-10Merge branch 'linux-2.6'Paul Mackerras
2007-12-07bonding: Add new layer2+3 hash for xor/802.3ad modesJay Vosburgh
Add new hash for balance-xor and 802.3ad modes. Originally submitted by "Glenn Griffin" <ggriffin.kernel@gmail.com>; modified by Jay Vosburgh to move setting of hash policy out of line, tweak the documentation update and add version update to 3.2.2. Glenn's original comment follows: Included is a patch for a new xmit_hash_policy for the bonding driver that selects slaves based on MAC and IP information. This is a middle ground between what currently exists in the layer2 only policy and the layer3+4 policy. This policy strives to be fully 802.3ad compliant by transmitting every packet of any particular flow over the same link. As documented the layer3+4 policy is not fully compliant for extreme cases such as ip fragmentation, so this policy is a nice compromise for environments that require full compliance but desire more than the layer2 only policy. Signed-off-by: "Glenn Griffin" <ggriffin.kernel@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2007-12-06[POWERPC] Improved documentation of device tree 'ranges'Stephen Neuendorffer
This clarifies how 'ranges' properties are used, and in particular, how to get an identity mapping. Signed-off-by: Stephen Neuendorffer <stephen.neuendorffer@xilinx.com> Acked-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> Acked-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-11-29x86_64 EFI boot support: EFI boot documentHuang, Ying
This patch adds document for EFI x86_64 boot support. The setup and operation guide of EFI based system is documented in Documentation/x86_64/uefi.txt. Signed-off-by: Chandramouli Narayanan <mouli@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-11-29The namespaces compatibility list docPavel Emelyanov
People discuss how the namespaces are working/going-to-work together. Ted Ts'o proposed to create some document that describes what problems user may have when he/she creates some new namespace, but keeps others shared. I liked this idea, so here's the initial version of such a document with the problems I currently have in mind and can describe somewhat audibly - the "namespaces compatibility list". The Documentation/namespaces/ directory is about to contain more docs about the namespaces stuff. Thanks to Cedirc for notes and spell checks on the doc, to Daniel for additional info about IPC and User namespaces interaction and to Randy, who alluded me to using a spell checker before sending the documentation :) Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@fr.ibm.com> Cc: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: Cedric Le Goater <clg@fr.ibm.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-11-29termios: document callback more clearlyAlan Cox
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-11-28Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6: (25 commits) USB: s3c2410 gadget: ensure vbus pin in input mode during read USB: s3c2410 gadget: allow sharing of vbus irq USB: s3c2410 gadget: Header move fixups USB: usb-storage: unusual_devs entry for JetFlash TS1GJF2A USB: fix up EHCI startup synchronization USB: make the microtek driver and HAL cooperate USB: uevent environment key fix USB: keep track of whether interface sysfs files exist USB: sierra: new product id USB HCD: avoid duplicate local_irq_disable() USB: mailing lists have changed USB: remove USB HUB entry from MAINTAINERS USB: fix directory references in usb/README USB: add support for an older firmware revision for the Nikon D200 USB: FIx locks and urb->status in adutux (updated) USB: power-management documenation update USB: Fix signr comment in usbdevice_fs.h usbserial: fix inconsistent lock state USB: fix usbled disconnect read race #2 USB: free memory when writing fails in usb/serial/mos7840.c ...
2007-11-28USB: power-management documenation updateAlan Stern
This patch (as1014) was partly written by Tilman Schmidt. It clarifies the USB power-management documentation by explaining that when a disconnect occurs, a suspend method call might not be followed by either a resume or a reset_resume call. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Signed-off-by: Tilman Schmidt <tilman@imap.cc> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-11-28UIO: add UIO documentation target to DocBook MakefileHans J Koch
Add the DocBook documentation for the Userspace I/O framework to the Makefile. Signed-off-by: Satoru Takeuchi <takeuchi_satoru@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Hans J Koch <hjk@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-11-28UIO: fix up the UIO documentationHans J Koch
Remove references to the old uio_dummy demo module from UIO documentation. Add a small paragraph to make it clearer that UIO is not a universal driver interface. Signed-off-by: Hans J Koch <hjk@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-11-26plip: fix parport_register_device name parameterMikulas Patocka
Plip passes a string "name" that is allocated on stack to parport_register_device. parport_register_device holds the pointer to "name" and when the registering function exits, it points nowhere. On some machine, this bug causes bad names to appear in /proc, such as /proc/sys/dev/parport/parport0/devices/T^/�X^/�, on others, the plip proc node is completely missing. The patch also fixes documentation to note this requirement. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-11-26Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linusLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus: virtio: fix net driver loop case where we fail to restart module: fix and elaborate comments virtio: fix module/device unloading lguest: Fix uninitialized members in example launcher
2007-11-26Merge branch 'release' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6 * 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: (39 commits) ACPI: EC: Workaround for optimized controllers (version 3) ACPI: EC: use printk_ratelimit(), add some DEBUG mode messages Revert "ACPI: EC: Workaround for optimized controllers" ACPI: fix two IRQ8 issues in IOAPIC mode ACPI: Add missing spaces to printk format cpuidle: fix HP nx6125 regression cpuidle: add sched_clock_idle_[sleep|wakeup]_event() hooks cpuidle: fix C3 for no bus-master control case ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: fix oops when a module parameter has no value Revert "Fix very high interrupt rate for IRQ8 (rtc) unless pnpacpi=off" ACPI: EC: Don't init EC early if it has no _INI Revert "acpi: make ACPI_PROCFS default to y" Revert "ACPI: add documentation for deprecated /proc/acpi/battery in ACPI_PROCFS" ACPI: Split out control for /proc/acpi entries from battery, ac, and sbs. ACPI: Video: Increase buffer size for writes to brightness proc file. ACPI: EC: Workaround for optimized controllers ACPI: SBS: Fix retval warning ACPI: Enable MSR (FixedHW) support for T-States ACPI: Get throttling info from BIOS only after evaluating _PDC ACPI: Use _TSS for throttling control, when present. Add error checks. ...
2007-11-20Pull thinkpad-2.6.24 into release branchLen Brown
2007-11-19[POWERPC] Document rgmii-rxid and rgmii-txid phy-connection-typesKim Phillips
A h/w bug requires we program the PHY in RGMII mode for internal delay on the receive or transmit side only; document the new property values. Signed-off-by: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
2007-11-19lguest: Fix uninitialized members in example launcherRusty Russell
Thanks valgrind! Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2007-11-14feature-removal-schedule: remove SA_* flags entryAdrian Bunk
No reason to keep the feature-removal-schedule.txt entry after the code was removed. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-11-14Linux Kernel Markers: document format stringMathieu Desnoyers
Describes the format string standard further: Use of field names before the type specifiers.. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-11-14make getdelays cgroupstats awareBalbir Singh
Update the getdelays utility to become cgroupstats aware. A new -C option has been added. It takes in a control group path and prints out a summary of the states of tasks in the control group Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-11-14rtc: tweak driver documentation for rtc periodicMike Frysinger
The max_user_freq member is not really meant for RTC drivers to modify, so update the rtc documentation so drivers writers know what is expected of them when handling periodic events. Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> Acked-by: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it> Cc: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-11-13Merge branch 'release' of git://lm-sensors.org/kernel/mhoffman/hwmon-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'release' of git://lm-sensors.org/kernel/mhoffman/hwmon-2.6: hwmon: (i5k_amb) Convert macros to C functions hwmon: (w83781d) Add missing curly braces hwmon: (abituguru3) Identify ABit IP35 Pro as such hwmon: (f75375s) pwmX_mode sysfs files writable for f75375 variant hwmon: (f75375s) On n2100 systems, set fans to full speed on boot hwmon: (f75375s) Allow setting up fans with platform_data hwmon: (f75375s) Add new style bindings hwmon: (lm70) Convert semaphore to mutex hwmon: (applesmc) Add support for Mac Pro 2 x Quad-Core hwmon: (abituguru3) Add support for 2 new motherboards hwmon: (ibmpex) Change printk to dev_{info,err} macros hwmon: (i5k_amb) New memory temperature sensor driver hwmon: (f75375s) fix pwm mode setting hwmon: (ibmpex.c) fix NULL dereference hwmon: (sis5595) Split sis5595_attributes_opt hwmon: (sis5595) Add individual alarm files hwmon: (w83627hf) push nr+1 offset into *_REG_FAN macros and simplify hwmon: (w83627hf) hoist nr-1 offset out of show-store-temp-X hwmon: Add power meter spec to Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface
2007-11-12[NET]: Remove references to net-modules.txt.Adrian Bunk
When I removed net-modules.txt because it only contained ancient information I missed that many Kconfig entries pointed to this ancient information. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-11-12virtio: Force use of power-of-two for descriptor ring sizesRusty Russell
The virtio descriptor rings of size N-1 were nicely set up to be aligned to an N-byte boundary. But as Anthony Liguori points out, the free-running indices used by virtio require that the sizes be a power of 2, otherwise we get problems on wrap (demonstrated with lguest). So we replace the clever "2^n-1" scheme with a simple "align to page boundary" scheme: this means that all virtio rings take at least two pages, but it's safer than guessing cache alignment. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2007-11-12lguest: Fix lguest virtio-blk backend size computationAnthony Liguori
This seems like an obvious typo but it's worked in the past because the virtio blk frontend just ignores the length field on completion. Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2007-11-09Merge branch 'merge' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc * 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc: (37 commits) [POWERPC] EEH: Make sure warning message is printed [POWERPC] Make altivec code in swsusp_32.S depend on CONFIG_ALTIVEC [POWERPC] windfarm: Fix windfarm thread freezer interaction [POWERPC] Fix si_addr value on low level hash failures [POWERPC] Refresh ppc64_defconfig and enable pasemi-related options [POWERPC] pasemi: Update defconfig [POWERPC] iSeries: Fix ref counting in vio setup [POWERPC] ] Fix memset size error [POWERPC] Fix link errors for allyesconfig [POWERPC] iSeries_init_IRQ non-PCI tidy [POWERPC] Change fallocate to match unistd.h on powerpc [POWERPC] EEH: Avoid crash on null device [POWERPC] EEH: Drivers that need reset trump others [POWERPC] EEH: Clean up comments [POWERPC] Fix off-by-one error in setting decrementer on Book E/4xx (v2) [POWERPC] Fix switch_slb handling of 1T ESID values [POWERPC] Fix build failure when CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING is not defined [POWERPC] Include udbg.h when using udbg_printf [POWERPC] Fix cache line vs. block size confusion [POWERPC] Fix sysctl table check failure on PowerMac ...
2007-11-08hwmon: Add power meter spec to Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interfaceDarrick J. Wong
Update the hwmon sysfs interface documentation to include a specification for power meters. Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
2007-11-08Merge branch 'for-2.6.24' of ↵Paul Mackerras
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwboyer/powerpc-4xx into merge
2007-11-08[POWERPC] Fix cache line vs. block size confusionBenjamin Herrenschmidt
We had an historical confusion in the kernel between cache line and cache block size. The former is an implementation detail of the L1 cache which can be useful for performance optimisations, the later is the actual size on which the cache control instructions operate, which can be different. For some reason, we had a weird hack reading the right property on powermac and the wrong one on any other 64 bits (32 bits is unaffected as it only uses the cputable for cache block size infos at this stage). This fixes the booting-without-of.txt documentation to mention the right properties, and fixes the 64 bits initialization code to look for the block size first, with a fallback to the line size if the property is missing. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>