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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>
2007-11-07[NET]: Remove Documentation/networking/pt.txtAdrian Bunk
There's no no point in keeping documentation for a driver that was removed many years ago. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-11-07[NET]: Remove Documentation/networking/routing.txtAdrian Bunk
This file is so outdated that I can't see any value in keeping it. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-11-07[NET]: Remove Documentation/networking/ncsa-telnetAdrian Bunk
Newsflash: There once was a version of NCSA telnet that had some bug. Spotted by Pekka Pietikainen. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-11-07[NET]: Remove comx driver docs.Adrian Bunk
The drivers have already been removed 3.5 years ago. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-11-07[NET]: Remove Documentation/networking/ConfigurableAdrian Bunk
After more than 11 years this file does no longer contain much useful information. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-11-05local_t Documentation updateMathieu Desnoyers
Grant Grundler was asking for more detail about correct usage of local atomic operations and suggested adding the resulting summary to local_ops.txt. "Please add a bit more detail. If DaveM is correct (he normally is), then there must be limits on how the local_t can be used in the kernel process and interrupt contexts. I'd like those rules spelled out very clearly since it's easy to get wrong and tracking down such a bug is quite painful." Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> Signed-off-by: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-11-05ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: bump up version to 0.17Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
The lm-sensors 3.0.0/libsensors4 compatibility changes are reason enough to bump up the version string. Do it. Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2007-11-05ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: prefer standard ACPI backlight level controlHenrique de Moraes Holschuh
Newer Lenovo BIOSes support the standard ACPI backlight brightness interface (_BCM, _BQC, _BCL). It should be used instead of the native thinkpad backlight brightness control interface when possible. This patch disables the native brightness support in the driver by default when we detect that the standard ACPI interface is available. The local admin can still enable it using the module parameter "brightness_enable". Note that we need to detect the standard ACPI backlight interface only in boxes for which we would load the native backlight interface in the first place, and that no ThinkPad BIOS has _BCL but misses the other methods, so the detection routines can be really simple. Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2007-11-05ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: add brightness_force parameterHenrique de Moraes Holschuh
Add a "brightness_enable" module parameter that allows the local admin to force the backlight support to not be enabled. It can also be used to force the backlight support to be enabled, but that is currently a no-op as the backlight support is enabled by default when available. This will be changed by a different patch. Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2007-11-05ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: support 16 levels of brightness (v3)Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Lenovo ThinkPads often have 16 brightness levels in EC, and not just eight levels like older ThinkPads. They also have standard ACPI backlight brightness control. We detect the number of brightness levels by the presence of a BCLL package with 16 entries. If BCLL is not there, we assume eight levels (Z6*). If it is there, but it doesn't have 16 entries, we assume eight levels (T60). Otherwise we assume sixteen levels (T61, X61, etc). We don't use _BCL because it can have side-effects in thinkpads. Thanks to Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de> for notifying me of this potential problem. Using the standard ACPI backlight brightness control *instead* of the native thinkpad backlight control is a better idea, though. A different patch will take care of this. Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> Cc: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2007-11-04V4L/DVB (6390): Updates missing entries at CARDLIST.em28xxMauro Carvalho Chehab
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2007-11-01[POWERPC] Device tree bindings for Xilinx devicesGrant Likely
Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> Acked-by: Stephen Neuendorffer <stephen.neuendorffer@xilinx.com> Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2007-10-30add SubmittingPatches to Documentation/ja_JPKeiichi Kii
This patch adds SubmittingPatches translated into Japanese to Documentation/ja_JP directory. I attach the patch because there is a possibility that MUA will change the character encoding sometimes. Signed-off-by: Keiichi KII <k-keiichi@bx.jp.nec.com> Cc: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-10-30fix typo in SubmittingPatchesKeiichi Kii
Fix typo. Signed-off-by: Keiichi Kii <k-keiichi@bx.jp.nec.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-10-29Merge 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: (26 commits) cpuidle: remove unused exports acpi: remove double mention of Support for ACPI option ACPI: use select POWER_SUPPLY for AC, BATTERY and SBS ACPI: Battery: Allow extract string from integer ACPI: battery: Support for non-spec name for LiIon technology ACPI: battery: register power_supply subdevice only when battery is present suspend: MAINTAINERS update ACPI: update MAINTAINERS fujitsu-laptop.c: remove dead code cpuidle: unexport tick_nohz_get_sleep_length ACPI: battery: Update battery information upon sysfs read. fujitsu-laptop: make 2 functions static ACPI: EC: fix use-after-free ACPI: battery: remove dead code ACPI: Fan: Drop force_power_state acpi_device option ACPI: Fan: fan device does not need own structure ACPI: power: don't cache power resource state ACPI: EC: Output changes to operational mode ACPI: EC: Add workaround for "optimized" controllers ACPI: EC: Don't re-enable GPE for each transaction. ...
2007-10-30x86 boot: document for 32 bit boot protocolHuang, Ying
This patch documents the 32-bit boot protocol of x86. It has been used by Kexec and LinuxBIOS. This patch is based on the proposal of Peter Anvin. Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2007-10-29Pull alexey-fixes into release branchLen Brown
2007-10-29[libata] Link power management infrastructureKristen Carlson Accardi
Device Initiated Power Management, which is defined in SATA 2.5 can be enabled for disks which support it. This patch enables DIPM when the user sets the link power management policy to "min_power". Additionally, libata drivers can define a function (enable_pm) that will perform hardware specific actions to enable whatever power management policy the user set up for Host Initiated Power management (HIPM). This power management policy will be activated after all disks have been enumerated and intialized. Drivers should also define disable_pm, which will turn off link power management, but not change link power management policy. Documentation/scsi/link_power_management_policy.txt has additional information. Signed-off-by: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen.c.accardi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
2007-10-26[NET]: Document some simple rules for actionsJamal Hadi Salim
This patch adds documentation on what is expected of an action which branches away from the action-graph or when it needs to trample on actins. It also describes what is expected of users of such actions. Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-25[TCP]: Fix inconsistency of terms.Ryousei Takano
Fix inconsistency of terms: 1) D-SACK 2) F-RTO Signed-off-by: Ryousei Takano <takano-ryousei@aist.go.jp> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-25Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-lguestLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-lguest: lguest: documentation update lguest: Add to maintainers file. lguest: build fix lguest: clean up lguest_launcher.h lguest: remove unused "wake" element from struct lguest lguest: use defines from x86 headers instead of magic numbers lguest: example launcher header cleanup.
2007-10-25Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6 * 'upstream-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6: [netdrvr] forcedeth: add MCP77 device IDs rndis_host: reduce MTU instead of refusing to talk to devices with low max packet size cpmac: update to new fixed phy driver interface cpmac: convert to napi_struct interface cpmac: use print_mac() instead of MAC_FMT natsemi: fix oops, link back netdevice from private-struct ehea: fix port_napi_disable/enable bonding/bond_main.c: fix cut'n'paste error make bonding/bond_main.c:bond_deinit() static drivers/net/ipg.c: cleanups remove Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt
2007-10-25ACPI: EC: auto select interrupt modeAlexey Starikovskiy
Start in POLL mode, and if we receive confirmation GPE, switch to INT mode. If confirmations are not sent, switch back to POLL. Signed-off-by: Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2007-10-25remove Documentation/networking/net-modules.txtAdrian Bunk
According to git, the only one who touched this file during the last 5 years was me when removing drivers... modinfo offers less ancient information. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Acked-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2007-10-25lguest: documentation updateRusty Russell
Went through the documentation doing typo and content fixes. This patch contains only comment and whitespace changes. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2007-10-25lguest: example launcher header cleanup.Rusty Russell
Now the kernel headers are clean for userspace export, we don't need to typedef kernel types before including them. We also don't need pci_ids.h (that was from an earlier virtio draft). Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2007-10-24sched: document profile=sleep requiring CONFIG_SCHEDSTATSMel Gorman
profile=sleep only works if CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS is set. This patch notes the limitation in Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt and prints a warning at boot-time if profile=sleep is used without CONFIG_SCHEDSTAT. Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2007-10-23Merge ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86Linus Torvalds
* ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86: (35 commits) x86: Add HPET force support for MCP55 (nForce 5) chipsets x86: Force enable HPET for CK804 (nForce 4) chipsets x86: clean up setup.h and the boot code x86: Save registers in saved_context during suspend and hibernation x86: merge setup_32/64.h x86: merge signal_32/64.h x86: merge required-features.h x86: merge sigcontext_32/64.h x86: merge msr_32/64.h x86: merge mttr_32/64.h x86: merge statfs_32/64.h x86: merge stat_32/64.h x86: merge shmbuf_32/64.h x86: merge ptrace_32/64.h x86: merge msgbuf_32/64.h x86: merge elf_32/64.h x86: merge byteorder_32/64.h x86: whitespace cleanup of mce_64.c x86: consolidate the cpu/ related code usage x86: prepare consolidation of cpu/ related code usage ...
2007-10-23Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: (39 commits) [SCSI] qla2xxx: Update version number to 8.02.00-k5. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Correct display of ISP serial-number. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Correct residual-count handling discrepancies during UNDERRUN handling. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Make driver (mostly) legacy I/O port free. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Fix issue where final flash-segment updates were falling into the slow-path write handler. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Handle unaligned sector writes during NVRAM/VPD updates. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Defer explicit interrupt-polling processing to init-time scenarios. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Resync with latest HBA SSID specification -- 2.2u. [SCSI] sym53c8xx: Remove sym_xpt_async_sent_bdr [SCSI] sym53c8xx: Remove pci_dev pointer from sym_shcb [SCSI] sym53c8xx: Make interrupt handler capable of returning IRQ_NONE [SCSI] sym53c8xx: Get rid of IRQ_FMT and IRQ_PRM [SCSI] sym53c8xx: Use scmd_printk where appropriate [SCSI] sym53c8xx: Simplify DAC DMA handling [SCSI] sym53c8xx: Remove tag_ctrl module parameter [SCSI] sym53c8xx: Remove io_ws, mmio_ws and ram_ws elements [SCSI] sym53c8xx: Remove ->device_id [SCSI] sym53c8xx: Use pdev->revision [SCSI] sym53c8xx: PCI Error Recovery support [SCSI] sym53c8xx: Stop overriding scsi_done ...
2007-10-23Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wim/linux-2.6-watchdogLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wim/linux-2.6-watchdog: [WATCHDOG] Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-simple.c: improve this code [WATCHDOG] AR7: watchdog timer [WATCHDOG] Linux kernel IPC SBC Watchdog Timer driver
2007-10-23x86: Force enable HPET for CK804 (nForce 4) chipsetsCarlos Corbacho
This patch adds a quirk from LinuxBIOS to force enable HPET on the nVidia CK804 (nForce 4) chipset. This quirk can very likely support more than just nForce 4 (LinuxBIOS use the same code for nForce 5), and possibly nForce 3, but I don't have those chipsets, so cannot add and test them. Tested on an Abit KN9 (CK804). Signed-off-by: Carlos Corbacho <cathectic@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 +- arch/x86/kernel/quirks.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
2007-10-23[WATCHDOG] Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-simple.c: improve this codeWANG Cong
Make some improvements for Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-simple.c. Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2007-10-23[SCSI] sym53c8xx: Remove tag_ctrl module parameterMatthew Wilcox
With sysfs making these options tunable at runtime, there's no justification for keeping this horrendously complex specification string around. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
2007-10-239p: add virtio transportEric Van Hensbergen
This adds a transport to 9p for communicating between guests and a host using a virtio based transport. Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
2007-10-23Use "struct boot_params" in example launcherRusty Russell
Now that the "struct boot_params" is userspace accessible, we don't need magic numbers. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2007-10-23Loading bzImage directly.Rusty Russell
Now arch/i386/boot/compressed/head.S understands the hardware_platform field, we can directly execute bzImages. No more horrific unpacking code. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2007-10-23Revert lguest magic and use hook in head.SRusty Russell
Version 2.07 of the boot protocol uses 0x23C for the hardware_subarch field, that for lguest is "1". This allows us to use the standard boot entry point rather than the "GenuineLguest" string hack. The standard entry point also clears the BSS and copies the boot parameters and commandline for us, saving more code. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2007-10-23Update lguest documentation to reflect the new virtual block device name.Chris Malley
Signed-off-by: Chris Malley <mail@chrismalley.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2007-10-23Example launcher handle guests not being ready for inputRusty Russell
We currently discard console and network input when the guest has no input buffers. This patch changes that, so that we simply stop listening to that fd until the guest refills its input buffers. This is particularly important because hvc_console without interrupts does backoff polling and so often lose characters if we discard. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2007-10-23Update example launcher for virtioRusty Russell
Implements virtio-based console, network and block servers. The block server uses a thread so it's async, which is an improvement over the old synchronous implementation (but a little more complex). Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2007-10-23Boot with virtual == physical to get closer to native Linux.Rusty Russell
1) This allows us to get alot closer to booting bzImages. 2) It means we don't have to know page_offset. 3) The Guest needs to modify the boot pagetables to create the PAGE_OFFSET mapping before jumping to C code. 4) guest_pa() walks the page tables rather than using page_offset. 5) We don't use page_offset to figure out whether to emulate: it was always kinda quesationable, and won't work for instructions done before remapping (bzImage unpacking in particular). 6) We still want the kernel address for tlb flushing: have the initial hypercall give us that, too. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2007-10-23Change example launcher to use unsigned long not u32Jes Sorensen
Apply Clue 2x4 to lguest userland<->kernel handling code and the lguest launcher. Pointers are not to be passed in u32's! Basic rule of thumb: Anything passing u32's back and forth should be passing unsigned longs to be portable to 64 bit archs. For those who forgotten already, I repeat: NO POINTERS IN u32! Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2007-10-23Introduce guest mem offset, static link example launcherRusty Russell
In order to avoid problematic special linking of the Launcher, we give the Host an offset: this means we can use any memory region in the Launcher as Guest memory rather than insisting on mmap() at 0. The result is quite pleasing: a number of casts are replaced with simple additions. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>