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2007-03-05[PATCH] schedule wext/rtnl for removalJohannes Berg
Since wext is being replaced as fast as we can (it'll probably stick around for legacy drivers though) and the wext/netlink stuff was never really used, this schedules it for removal. The removal schedule is tight but there are no users of the code, the main user of the wext user interface are the wireless-tools, they only have an alpha version using the netlink interface and even that is incomplete. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-04Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6: ide: make legacy IDE VLB modules check for the "probe" kernel params (v2) ide: remove some obsoleted kernel params (v2) ide/pci/delkin_cb.c: pci_module_init to pci_register_driver scc_pata: bugfix for checking DMA IRQ status ide: remove a ton of pointless #undef REALLY_SLOW_IO siimage: DRAC4 note adjust legacy IDE resource setting (v2) ide: fix pmac breakage ide-cs: Update device table ide: ide_get_best_pio_mode() returns incorrect IORDY setting (take 2) piix/slc90e66: more tuneproc() fixing (take 2) ide: fix drive side 80c cable check, take 2 cmd64x: fix PIO mode setup (take 3) alim15x3: fix PIO mode setup
2007-03-03ide: make legacy IDE VLB modules check for the "probe" kernel params (v2)Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Legacy IDE VLB host drivers didn't check for "probe" options when compiled as modules, which was obviously wrong as we don't want module to poke at random I/O ports by simply loading it. Fix it by adding "probe" module param to legacy IDE VLB host drivers. v2: * don't obsolete old "ide0=dtc2278/ht6560b/qd65xx/ali14xx/umc8672" IDE driver options yet (per Alan Cox's request) and enhance documentation Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
2007-03-03ide: remove some obsoleted kernel params (v2)Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Remove * "hdx=serialize" * "idex=noautotune" * "idex=autotune" kernel params, they have been obsoleted for ages. "idex=serialize", "hdx=noautotune" and "hdx=autotune" are still available so there is no funcionality loss caused by this patch. v2: * fix CONFIG_BLK_DEV_4DRIVES=y build broken by version 1 of the patch [ /me wearing brown paper bag ] Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
2007-03-02[ARM] 4238/1: S3C24XX: docs: update suspend and resumeBen Dooks
Remove some of the explicit use of S3C2410 where it is generic to all the S3C24XX series. Add more info on the CRC code, and add an example of using IRQ_EINT0 to resume from suspend Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2007-03-01Merge 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: [TCP]: Fix minisock tcp_create_openreq_child() typo. [TCP]: Document several sysctls. [NET]: Fix kfree(skb) [NET]: Handle disabled preemption in gfp_any() [BRIDGE]: Fix locking of set path cost. [IPV6]: /proc/net/anycast6 unbalanced inet6_dev refcnt [IPX]: Remove ancient changelog [IPX]: Remove outdated information from Kconfig [NET]: Revert socket.h/stat.h ifdef hacks. [IPV6]: anycast refcnt fix [XFRM] xfrm_user: Fix return values of xfrm_add_sa_expire.
2007-03-01[PATCH] Documentation: CPU load calculation descriptionVassili Karpov
Describes how/when the information exported to `/proc/stat' is calculated, and possible problems with this approach. Signed-off-by: Vassili Karpov <av1474@comtv.ru> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-01[PATCH] add -mm testing in SubmitChecklistRandy Dunlap
Add -mm testing to SubmitChecklist. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-28[TCP]: Document several sysctls.John Heffner
This adds documentation for tcp_moderate_rcvbuf, tcp_no_metrics_save, tcp_base_mss, and tcp_mtu_probing. Signed-off-by: John Heffner <jheffner@psc.edu> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-02-26Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6: [SPARC] uctrl: Check request_irq() return value. [SPARC64]: Update defconfig. [SPARC64] bbc_i2c: Fix kenvctrld eating %100 cpu. [SPARC64]: Fix arch_teardown_msi_irq(). [SPARC64]: virt_irq_free only needed when CONFIG_PCI_MSI [SPARC]: Remove the broken SUN_AURORA driver.
2007-02-26[SPARC]: Remove the broken SUN_AURORA driver.Adrian Bunk
The SUN_AURORA driver: - has been marked as BROKEN for more than two years and - is still marked as BROKEN. Drivers that had been marked as BROKEN for such a long time seem to be unlikely to be revived in the forseeable future. But if anyone wants to ever revive this driver, the code is still present in the older kernel releases. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-02-23USB: make autosuspend delay a module parameterAlan Stern
This patch (as859) makes the default USB autosuspend delay a module parameter of usbcore. By setting the delay value at boot time, users will be able to prevent the system from autosuspending devices which for some reason can't handle it. The patch also stores the autosuspend delay as a per-device value. A later patch will allow the user to change the value, tailoring the delay for each individual device. A delay value of 0 will prevent autosuspend. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-02-21V4L/DVB (5184): Add cx23415 decoder register documentationIan Armstrong
Many thanks to Ian Armstrong for figuring out what all these registers do. Signed-off-by: Ian Armstrong <ian@iarmst.demon.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2007-02-21V4L/DVB (5179): Cx2341x encoder documentation update.Hans Verkuil
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2007-02-21V4L/DVB (5119): Various cx2341x documentation updates/fixes.Hans Verkuil
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2007-02-21V4L/DVB (5111): Saa7134: add support for Terratec Cinergy HT PCIMichael Krufky
Add support for Terratec Cinergy HT PCI Signed-off-by: Giorgio Moscardi <software@sukkology.net> Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@linuxtv.org> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2007-02-21V4L/DVB (5068): Fix authorship referencesMauro Carvalho Chehab
Bill Dirks asked me to update his entries at kernel files, since he change his e-mail. I've also updated a few web broken links or obsolete info to the curent sites where V4L drivers and API are being discussed currently. CC: Bill Dirks <bill@thedirks.org> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2007-02-21V4L/DVB (5064): ET61X251 driver updates.Luca Risolia
- Implement audio ioctl's and VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMESIZES - Documentation updates - Generic improvements Signed-off-by: Luca Risolia <luca.risolia@studio.unibo.it> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2007-02-21V4L/DVB (5063): ZC0301 driver updates.Luca Risolia
- Implement audio ioctl's and VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMESIZES - Documentation updates - Generic improvements Signed-off-by: Luca Risolia <luca.risolia@studio.unibo.it> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2007-02-21V4L/DVB (5062): SN9C102 driver updatesLuca Risolia
- Add support for SN9C105 and SN9C120 - Add some more USB device identifiers - Add support for OV7660 - Implement audio ioctl's and VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMESIZES - Add preliminary support for 0x0c45/0x6007 - Documentation updates - Generic improvements Signed-off-by: Luca Risolia <luca.risolia@studio.unibo.it> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2007-02-21V4L/DVB (5061): Bt8xx: add support for Ultraview DVB-T LiteMichael Krufky
Ultraview DVB-T Lite is a clone of DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Lite Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@linuxtv.org> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2007-02-21V4L/DVB (5015): Add support for more Encore TV cardsJuan Pablo Sormani
Signed-off-by: Juan Pablo Sormani <sorman@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2007-02-21V4L/DVB (4993): Updated cardlist to reflect the newly added saa7134 boardMauro Carvalho Chehab
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2007-02-21V4L/DVB (4987): Improve cx2341x documentationHans Verkuil
Document the program index table format, removed unused interrupt documentation and improve the documentation regarding the audio mode (stereo/joint/dual/mono). Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2007-02-21V4L/DVB (4986): Removed unimplemented cx2341x API commandsHans Verkuil
The commands CX2341X_DEC_SET_AUDIO_OUTPUT, CX2341X_DEC_SET_AV_DELAY and CX2341X_ENC_SET_3_2_PULLDOWN are not implemented in the Conexant firmware. So these commands are removed. This also means that the V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_PULLDOWN control in cx2341x.c and pvrusb2-hdw.c is removed. Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2007-02-21V4L/DVB (4985): Update cx2341x documentation.Hans Verkuil
Removed a few unimplemented commands. Added a note for a few fields that are not implemented in the firmware, and clarified several issues around reverse playback. Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2007-02-21V4L/DVB (4981): Update cx2341x documentation.Hans Verkuil
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2007-02-20[PATCH] update Doc/oops-tracing.txt for TAINT_USERRandy Dunlap
Add TAINT_USER description to Tainted flags in oops-tracing.txt. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-20[PATCH] fs: fix libfs data leakNick Piggin
simple_prepare_write leaks uninitialised kernel data. This happens because the it leaves an uninitialised "hole" over the part of the page that the write is expected to go to. This is fine, but it then marks the page uptodate, which means a concurrent read can come in and copy the uninitialised memory into userspace before it written to. Fix it by simply marking it uptodate in simple_commit_write instead, after the hole has been filled in. This could theoretically break an fs that uses simple_prepare_write and not simple_commit_write, and that relies on the incorrect simple_prepare_write behaviour. Luckily, none of those exists in the tree. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-20[PATCH] PPC64 Kdump documentation updateSimon Horman
Patch from Mohan Kumar M to add the ppc64 portions of the kdump documentation. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/481689/focus=3375 Cc: Mohan Kumar M <mohan@in.ibm.com> Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-19Merge branch 'hwmon-for-linus' of git://jdelvare.pck.nerim.net/jdelvare-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'hwmon-for-linus' of git://jdelvare.pck.nerim.net/jdelvare-2.6: hwmon/vt1211: Add probing of alternate config index port hwmon/f71805f: Fix a race condition hwmon/abituguru: Fix unchecked return status hwmon: New driver for the Analog Devices ADM1029 hwmon/w83627ehf: Add support for the W83627DHG chip hwmon: Use subsys_initcall hwmon/lm70: Make lm70_remove a __devexit function hwmon: Cleanup a bogus legacy comment hwmon: Simplify the locking model of two drivers hwmon: Drop unused mutexes in two drivers hwmon/it87: Add PWM base frequency control
2007-02-19Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ericvh/v9fs * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ericvh/v9fs: 9p: implement optional loose read cache 9p: Use kthread_stop instead of sending a SIGKILL.
2007-02-19Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivialLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial: (25 commits) Documentation/kernel-docs.txt update. arch/cris: typo in KERN_INFO Storage class should be before const qualifier kernel/printk.c: comment fix update I/O sched Kconfig help texts - CFQ is now default, not AS. Remove duplicate listing of Cris arch from README kbuild: more doc. cleanups doc: make doc. for maxcpus= more visible drivers/net/eexpress.c: remove duplicate comment add a help text for BLK_DEV_GENERIC correct a dead URL in the IP_MULTICAST help text fix the BAYCOM_SER_HDX help text fix SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC help text trivial documentation patch for platform.txt Fix typos concerning hierarchy Fix comment typo "spin_lock_irqrestore". Fix misspellings of "agressive". drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c: trivial typo patch Correct trivial typo in log2.h. Remove useless FIND_FIRST_BIT() macro from cardbus.c. ...
2007-02-19Merge branch 'kill-jffs' of ↵Linus Torvalds
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/misc-2.6 * 'kill-jffs' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/misc-2.6: Remove JFFS (version 1), as scheduled.
2007-02-19Merge branch 'acpi' of ↵Linus Torvalds
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev * 'acpi' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev: [PATCH] libata: wrong sizeof for BUFFER [PATCH] libata: change order of _SDD/_GTF execution (resend #3) [PATCH] libata: ACPI _SDD support [PATCH] libata: ACPI and _GTF support
2007-02-19Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-armLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm: (117 commits) [ARM] 4058/2: iop32x: set ->broken_parity_status on n2100 onboard r8169 ports [ARM] 4140/1: AACI stability add ac97 timeout and retries [ARM] 4139/1: AACI record support [ARM] 4138/1: AACI: multiple channel support for IRQ handling [ARM] 4211/1: Provide a defconfig for ns9xxx [ARM] 4210/1: base for new machine type "NetSilicon NS9360" [ARM] 4222/1: S3C2443: Remove reference to missing S3C2443_PM [ARM] 4221/1: S3C2443: DMA support [ARM] 4220/1: S3C24XX: DMA system initialised from sysdev [ARM] 4219/1: S3C2443: DMA source definitions [ARM] 4218/1: S3C2412: fix CONFIG_CPU_S3C2412_ONLY wrt to S3C2443 [ARM] 4217/1: S3C24XX: remove the dma channel show at startup [ARM] 4090/2: avoid clash between PXA and SA1111 defines [ARM] 4216/1: add .gitignore entries for ARM specific files [ARM] 4214/2: S3C2410: Add Armzone QT2410 [ARM] 4215/1: s3c2410 usb device: per-platform vbus_draw [ARM] 4213/1: S3C2410 - Update definition of ADCTSC_XY_PST [ARM] 4098/1: ARM: rtc_lock only used with rtc_cmos [ARM] 4137/1: Add kexec support [ARM] 4201/1: SMP barriers pair needed for the secondary boot process ... Fix up conflict due to typedef removal in sound/arm/aaci.h
2007-02-19Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpcLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc: (34 commits) [POWERPC] 86xx: Cleaned up platform dts files [POWERPC] 85xx: Renamed MPC8568 MDS board code to match other boards [POWERPC] 85xx: Cleaning up machine probing [POWERPC] QE: clean up ucc_slow.c and ucc_fast.c [POWERPC] 85xx: Cleaned up platform dts files [POWERPC] 83xx: Renamed MPC8323 MDS dts and defconfig to match other boards [POWERPC] 83xx: Updated and renamed MPC8360PB to MPC836x MDS [POWERPC] 83xx: Use of_platform_bus_probe to setup QE devices [POWERPC] 83xx: use default value of loops_per_jiffy [POWERPC] 83xx: Remove obsolete setting of ROOT_DEV. [POWERPC] 83xx: Cleaning up machine probing and board initcalls [POWERPC] Dispose irq mapping when done in mpc52xx_serial.c [POWERPC] 86xx: Add missing of_node_put() in mpc86xx_hpcn_init_irq(). [POWERPC] 8[56]xx: Remove obsolete setting of ROOT_DEV for 85xx and 86xx platforms. [POWERPC] pseries: Enabling auto poweron after power is restored. [POWERPC] use winbond libata instead of ide driver for pseries CD drives [POWERPC] powerpc: remove references to the obsolete linux,platform property [POWERPC] add of_get_mac_address and update fsl_soc.c to use it [POWERPC] 83xx: Cleaned up 83xx platform dts files [POWERPC] Fix bug with early ioremap and 64k pages ...
2007-02-19Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/pci-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/pci-2.6: PCI: Make PCI device numa-node attribute visible in sysfs PCI: add systems for automatic breadth-first device sorting PCI: PCI devices get assigned redundant IRQs PCI: Make CARDBUS_MEM_SIZE and CARDBUS_IO_SIZE boot options PCI: pci.txt fix __devexit() usage PCI/sysfs/kobject kernel-doc fixes
2007-02-189p: implement optional loose read cacheEric Van Hensbergen
While cacheing is generally frowned upon in the 9p world, it has its place -- particularly in situations where the remote file system is exclusive and/or read-only. The vacfs views of venti content addressable store are a real-world instance of such a situation. To facilitate higher performance for these workloads (and eventually use the fscache patches), we have enabled a "loose" cache mode which does not attempt to maintain any form of consistency on the page-cache or dcache. This results in over two orders of magnitude performance improvement for cacheable block reads in the Bonnie benchmark. The more aggressive use of the dcache also seems to improve metadata operational performance. Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
2007-02-17Remove JFFS (version 1), as scheduled.Jeff Garzik
Unmaintained for years, few if any users. Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2007-02-17Documentation/kernel-docs.txt update.James Nelson
Signed-off-by: James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2007-02-17kbuild: more doc. cleanupsRandy Dunlap
Fix typos/spellos in kbuild/makefiles.txt. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2007-02-17doc: make doc. for maxcpus= more visibleRandy Dunlap
Some people are confused about maxcpus=1 and maxcpus=0, so put the documentation text from init/main.c into Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt also. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2007-02-17trivial documentation patch for platform.txtErik Hovland
Found a couple of typos in the Documentation/driver-model/platform.txt file. This patch fixes both of them. Signed-off-by: Erik Hovland <erik@hovland.org> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2007-02-17Fix typos concerning hierarchyUwe Kleine-König
heirarchical, hierachical -> hierarchical heirarchy, hierachy -> hierarchy Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <zeisberg@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2007-02-17Various typo fixes.Robert P. J. Day
Correct mis-spellings of "algorithm", "appear", "consistent" and (shame, shame) "kernel". Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2007-02-16Pull remove-hotkey into release branchLen Brown
2007-02-16Pull sony into release branchLen Brown
2007-02-16ACPI: hotkey: remove driver, per feature-removal-schedule.txtLen Brown
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2007-02-16PCI: Make CARDBUS_MEM_SIZE and CARDBUS_IO_SIZE boot optionsAtsushi Nemoto
CARDBUS_MEM_SIZE was increased to 64MB on 2.6.20-rc2, but larger size might result in allocation failure for the reserving itself on some platforms (for example typical 32bit MIPS). Make it (and CARDBUS_IO_SIZE too) customizable by "pci=" option for such platforms. Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> Cc: Daniel Ritz <daniel.ritz@gmx.ch> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru> Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>