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2008-08-06cciss: change the way we notify scsi midlayer of tape drivesMike Miller
This patch changes way we notify the scsi layer that something has changed on the SCSI tape side of the driver. The user can now just tell the driver to rescan a particular controller rather than having to know the SCSI nexus to echo into the SCSI mid-layer. Signed-off-by: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net> Signed-off-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-08-06V4L/DVB (8572): gspca: Webcam 0c45:6143 in documentation.Jean-Francois Moine
Signed-off-by: Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-08-06V4L/DVB (8549a): fix kernel-doc warning, function name, and docbook filenameRandy Dunlap
Change function name in kernel-doc and add kernel-doc for parameter @index: Warning(linhead//drivers/media/video/videodev.c:2090): No description found for parameter 'index' Also change source file name in DocBook/videobook.tmpl to match the new source file name. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-08-05docbook: fix s390 fatal error after header files movedRandy Dunlap
Fix (fatal error) s390 docbook file to handle renamed header files. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-08-05pm_qos: spelling fixesRichard Hughes
A documentation cleanup patch. With a minor tweak to clarify units for kbs. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: mark gross <mgross@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-08-05Remove the deprecated cli() sti() functionsMark Asselstine
These functions have been deprecated for some time now but remained until all legacy callers could be removed. With a few commits in 2.6.26 this has happened so now we can remove these deprecated functions. Signed-off-by: Mark Asselstine <mark.asselstine@windriver.com> Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-08-04Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6: (29 commits) sh: enable maple_keyb in dreamcast_defconfig. SH2(A) cache update nommu: Provide vmalloc_exec(). add addrespace definition for sh2a. sh: Kill off ARCH_SUPPORTS_AOUT and remnants of a.out support. sh: define GENERIC_HARDIRQS_NO__DO_IRQ. sh: define GENERIC_LOCKBREAK. sh: Save NUMA node data in vmcore for crash dumps. sh: module_alloc() should be using vmalloc_exec(). sh: Fix up __bug_table handling in module loader. sh: Add documentation and integrate into docbook build. sh: Fix up broken kerneldoc comments. maple: Kill useless private_data pointer. maple: Clean up maple_driver_register/unregister routines. input: Clean up maple keyboard driver maple: allow removal and reinsertion of keyboard driver module sh: /proc/asids depends on MMU. arch/sh/boards/mach-se/7343/irq.c: removed duplicated #include arch/sh/boards/board-ap325rxa.c: removed duplicated #include sh/boards/Makefile typo fix ...
2008-08-04sh: Add documentation and integrate into docbook build.Paul Mundt
This adds some preliminary docbook bits for SH, tying in to the few interfaces that are exposed and that have adequate kerneldoc comments. Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
2008-08-04powerpc: Move include files to arch/powerpc/include/asmStephen Rothwell
from include/asm-powerpc. This is the result of a mkdir arch/powerpc/include/asm git mv include/asm-powerpc/* arch/powerpc/include/asm Followed by a few documentation/comment fixups and a couple of places where <asm-powepc/...> was being used explicitly. Of the latter only one was outside the arch code and it is a driver only built for powerpc. Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2008-08-01dual license ftrace.txtSteven Rostedt
I asked legal about the licensing of ftrace.txt, and they told me that, unless the Documentation directory is specifically set up to handle non GPL licenses (which it does not appear to be), then it would be best to put ftrace.txt under the GPL. This patch adds a dual license to ftrace.txt such that it is under both the FDL and the GPL. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-08-01Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mfasheh/ocfs2 * 'upstream-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mfasheh/ocfs2: [PATCH] ocfs2: Release mutex in error handling code [PATCH] ocfs2: Fix oops when racing files truncates with writes into an mmap region [PATCH 2/2] ocfs2: Fix race between mount and recovery [PATCH 1/2] ocfs2: Add counter in struct ocfs2_dinode to track journal replays [PATCH] configfs: Convenience macros for attribute definition. [PATCH] configfs: Pin configfs subsystems separately from new config_items. [PATCH] configfs: Fix open directory making rmdir() fail [PATCH] configfs: Lock new directory inodes before removing on cleanup after failure [PATCH] configfs: Prevent userspace from creating new entries under attaching directories [PATCH] configfs: Fix failing symlink() making rmdir() fail [PATCH] configfs: Fix symlink() to a removing item [PATCH] configfs: Include linux/err.h in linux/configfs.h
2008-08-01Merge branch 'for_linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/linux-2.6-kgdb * 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/linux-2.6-kgdb: kgdb: fix gdb serial thread queries kgdb: fix kgdb_validate_break_address to perform a mem write kgdb: remove the requirement for CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
2008-08-01Merge 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: needs new maintainer hwmon: (lm85) Simplify device initialization function hwmon: (lm85) Misc cleanups hwmon: (lm85) Don't write back cached values hwmon: (lm85) Drop dead code hwmon: (lm85) Coding-style cleanups hwmon: (lm75) add new-style driver binding hwmon: (lm75) cleanup/reorg hwmon: (adt7473) clarify an awkward bit of code hwmon: (adt7473) Remove unused defines hwmon: (dme1737) fix voltage scaling hwmon: (dme1737) probe all addresses hwmon: (dme1737) demacrofy for readability
2008-08-01Merge branch 'reg-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lrg/voltage-2.6 * 'reg-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lrg/voltage-2.6: regulator: TI bq24022 Li-Ion Charger driver regulator: maintainers - add maintainers for regulator framework. regulator: documentation - ABI regulator: documentation - machine regulator: documentation - regulator driver regulator: documentation - consumer interface regulator: documentation - overview regulator: core kbuild files regulator: regulator test harness regulator: add support for fixed regulators. regulator: regulator framework core regulator: fixed regulator interface regulator: machine driver interface regulator: regulator driver interface regulator: consumer device interface
2008-08-01Merge git://git.infradead.org/battery-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.infradead.org/battery-2.6: power_supply: Sharp SL-6000 (tosa) batteries support power_supply: fix up CHARGE_COUNTER output to be more precise power_supply: add CHARGE_COUNTER property and olpc_battery support for it power_supply: bump EC version check that we refuse to run with in olpc_battery power_supply: cleanup of the OLPC battery driver power_supply: add eeprom dump file to olpc_battery's sysfs power_supply: Support serial number in olpc_battery
2008-08-01kgdb: fix kgdb_validate_break_address to perform a mem writeJason Wessel
A regression to the kgdb core was found in the case of using the CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA kernel option. When this option is on, a breakpoint cannot be written into any readonly memory page. When an external debugger requests a breakpoint to get set, the kgdb_validate_break_address() was only checking to see if the address to place the breakpoint was readable and lacked a write check. This patch changes the validate routine to try reading (via the breakpoint set request) and also to try immediately writing the break point. If either fails, an error is correctly returned and the debugger behaves correctly. Then an end user can make the descision to use hardware breakpoints. Also update the documentation to reflect that using CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA will inhibit the use of software breakpoints. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2008-08-01kgdb: remove the requirement for CONFIG_FRAME_POINTERJason Wessel
There is no technical reason that the kgdb core requires frame pointers. It is up to the end user of KGDB to decide if they need them or not. [ anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp: removed frame pointers on mips ] Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2008-07-31hwmon: (lm85) Drop dead codeJean Delvare
Drop a lot of useless register defines, conversion macros, data structure members and update code. All these register values were read from the device but nothing is done out of them, so this is all dead code in practice. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Acked-by: Juerg Haefliger <juergh at gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
2008-07-31hwmon: (dme1737) probe all addressesJuerg Haefliger
This patch adds a module load parameter to enable probing of non-standard LPC addresses 0x162e and 0x164e when scanning for supported ISA chips. Signed-Off-By: Juerg Haefliger <juergh at gmail.com> Acked-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
2008-07-31[PATCH] configfs: Convenience macros for attribute definition.Joel Becker
Sysfs has the _ATTR() and _ATTR_RO() macros to make defining extended form attributes easier. configfs should have something similiar. - _CONFIGFS_ATTR() and _CONFIGFS_ATTR_RO() are the counterparts to the sysfs macros. - CONFIGFS_ATTR_STRUCT() creates the extended form attribute structure. - CONFIGFS_ATTR_OPS() defines the show_attribute()/store_attribute() operations that call the show()/store() operations of the extended form configfs_attributes. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>
2008-07-30Merge branch 'merge' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc * 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: powerpc/mm: Lockless get_user_pages_fast() for 64-bit (v3) powerpc: Don't use the wrong thread_struct for ptrace get/set VSX regs powerpc: Fix ptrace buffer size for VSX powerpc: Correctly hookup PTRACE_GET/SETVSRREGS for 32 bit processes ide/powermac: Fix use of uninitialized pointer on media-bay powerpc: Allow non-hcall return values for lparcfg writes ipmi/powerpc: Use linux/of_{device,platform}.h instead of asm powerpc/fsl: proliferate simple-bus compatibility to soc nodes Documentation: remove old sbc8260 board specific information cpm2: Rework baud rate generators configuration to support external clocks. powerpc: rtc_cmos_setup: assign interrupts only if there is i8259 PIC cpm_uart: Add generic clock API support to set baudrates cpm_uart: Modem control lines support powerpc: implement GPIO LIB API on CPM1 Freescale SoC. cpm2: Implement GPIO LIB API on CPM2 Freescale SoC. powerpc: Fix 8xx build failure powerpc: clean up the Book-E HW watchpoint support
2008-07-30regulator: documentation - ABILiam Girdwood
This adds documentation describing the sysfs ABI used by the regulator framework. Signed-off-by: Liam Girdwood <lg@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
2008-07-30regulator: documentation - machineLiam Girdwood
This adds documenation describing the regulator machine interface. Signed-off-by: Liam Girdwood <lg@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
2008-07-30regulator: documentation - regulator driverLiam Girdwood
This adds documentation describing the regulator driver interface. Signed-off-by: Liam Girdwood <lg@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
2008-07-30regulator: documentation - consumer interfaceLiam Girdwood
This adds documentation describing the consumer device interface. Signed-off-by: Liam Girdwood <lg@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
2008-07-30regulator: documentation - overviewLiam Girdwood
This adds overview documentation describing the regulator framework and nomenclature used in the interface specific documentation and code. Signed-off-by: Liam Girdwood <lg@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
2008-07-29Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6
2008-07-30Merge commit 'kumar/kumar-next'Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-07-30Merge branch 'master' of /home/cbou/linux-2.6Anton Vorontsov
Conflicts: drivers/power/Kconfig drivers/power/Makefile
2008-07-29rfkill: document rfkill_force_state as required (v2)Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
While the rfkill class does work with just get_state(), it doesn't work well on devices that are subject to external events that cause rfkill state changes. Document that rfkill_force_state() is required in those cases. Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2008-07-28Merge 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: lguest: turn Waker into a thread, not a process lguest: Enlarge virtio rings lguest: Use GSO/IFF_VNET_HDR extensions on tun/tap lguest: Remove 'network: no dma buffer!' warning lguest: Adaptive timeout lguest: Tell Guest net not to notify us on every packet xmit lguest: net block unneeded receive queue update notifications lguest: wrap last_avail accesses. lguest: use cpu capability accessors lguest: virtio-rng support lguest: Support assigning a MAC address lguest: Don't leak /dev/zero fd lguest: fix verbose printing of device features. lguest: fix switcher_page leak on unload lguest: Guest int3 fix lguest: set max_pfn_mapped, growl loudly at Yinghai Lu
2008-07-29lguest: turn Waker into a thread, not a processRusty Russell
lguest uses a Waker process to break it out of the kernel (ie. actually running the guest) when file descriptor needs attention. Changing this from a process to a thread somewhat simplifies things: it can directly access the fd_set of things to watch. More importantly, it means that the Waker can see Guest memory correctly, so /dev/vring file descriptors will work as anticipated (the alternative is to actually mmap MAP_SHARED, but you can't do that with /dev/zero). Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-07-29lguest: Enlarge virtio ringsRusty Russell
With big packets, 128 entries is a little small. Guest -> Host 1GB TCP: Before: 8.43625 seconds xmit 95640 recv 198266 timeout 49771 usec 1252 After: 8.01099 seconds xmit 49200 recv 102263 timeout 26014 usec 2118 Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-07-29lguest: Use GSO/IFF_VNET_HDR extensions on tun/tapRusty Russell
Guest -> Host 1GB TCP: Before 20.1974 seconds xmit 214510 recv 5 timeout 214491 usec 278 After 8.43625 seconds xmit 95640 recv 198266 timeout 49771 usec 1252 Host -> Guest 1GB TCP: Before: Seconds 9.98854 xmit 172166 recv 5344 timeout 172157 usec 251 After: Seconds 5.72803 xmit 244322 recv 9919 timeout 244302 usec 156 Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-07-29lguest: Remove 'network: no dma buffer!' warningRusty Russell
This warning can happen a lot under load, and it should be warnx not warn anwyay. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-07-29lguest: Adaptive timeoutRusty Russell
Since the correct timeout value varies, use a heuristic which adjusts the timeout depending on how many packets we've seen. This gives slightly worse results, but doesn't need tweaking when GSO is introduced. 500 usec 19.1887 xmit 561141 recv 1 timeout 559657 Dynamic (278) 20.1974 xmit 214510 recv 5 timeout 214491 usec 278 Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-07-29lguest: Tell Guest net not to notify us on every packet xmitRusty Russell
virtio_ring has the ability to suppress notifications. This prevents a guest exit for every packet, but we need to set a timer on packet receipt to re-check if there were any remaining packets. Here are the times for 1G TCP Guest->Host with different timeout settings (it matters because the TCP window doesn't grow big enough to fill the entire buffer): Timeout value Seconds Xmit/Recv/Timeout None (before) 25.3784 xmit 7750233 recv 1 2500 usec 62.5119 xmit 207020 recv 2 timeout 207020 1000 usec 34.5379 xmit 207003 recv 2 timeout 207003 750 usec 29.2305 xmit 207002 recv 1 timeout 207002 500 usec 19.1887 xmit 561141 recv 1 timeout 559657 250 usec 20.0465 xmit 214128 recv 2 timeout 214110 100 usec 19.2583 xmit 561621 recv 1 timeout 560153 (Note that these values are sensitive to the GSO patches which come later, and probably other traffic-related variables, so take with a large grain of salt). Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-07-29lguest: net block unneeded receive queue update notificationsRusty Russell
Number of exits transmitting 10GB Guest->Host before: network xmit 7858610 recv 118136 After: network xmit 7750233 recv 1 Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-07-29lguest: wrap last_avail accesses.Rusty Russell
To simplify the transition to when we publish indices in the ring (and make shuffling my patch queue easier), wrap them in a lg_last_avail() macro. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-07-29lguest: virtio-rng supportRusty Russell
This is a simple patch to add support for the virtio "hardware random generator" to lguest. It gets about 1.2 MB/sec reading from /dev/hwrng in the guest. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-07-29lguest: Support assigning a MAC addressMark McLoughlin
If you've got a nice DHCP configuration which maps MAC addresses to specific IP addresses, then you're going to want to start your guest with one of those MAC addresses. Also, in Fedora, we have persistent network interface naming based on the MAC address, so with randomly assigned addresses you're soon going to hit eth13. Who knows what will happen then! Allow assigning a MAC address to the network interface with e.g. --tunnet=bridge:eth0:00:FF:95:6B:DA:3D or: --tunnet=192.168.121.1:00:FF:95:6B:DA:3D which is pretty unintelligable, but ... (includes Rusty's minor rework) Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-07-29lguest: Don't leak /dev/zero fdMark McLoughlin
Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-07-29lguest: fix verbose printing of device features.Rusty Russell
%02x is more appropriate for bytes than %08x. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-07-28kdump: update kdump documentation as kexec-tools-resting has been renamed ↵Simon Horman
kexec-tools Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au> Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-28Documentation: remove old sbc8260 board specific informationPaul Gortmaker
This file contains 8 yr. old board specific information that was for the now gone ppc implementation, and it pre-dates widespread u-boot support. Any of the technical details of the board memory map would be more appropriately captured in a dts if I revive it as powerpc anyway. Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> Acked-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
2008-07-28Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvbLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvb: (98 commits) V4L/DVB (8549): mxl5007: Fix an error at include file V4L/DVB (8548): pwc: Fix compilation V4L/DVB (8546): add tuner-3036 and dpc7146 drivers to feature-removal-schedule.txt V4L/DVB (8546): saa7146: fix read from uninitialized memory V4L/DVB (8544): gspca: probe/open race. V4L/DVB (8543): em28xx: Rename #define for Compro VideoMate ForYou/Stereo V4L/DVB (8542): em28xx: AMD ATI TV Wonder HD 600 entry at cards struct is duplicated V4L/DVB (8541): em28xx: HVR-950 entry is duplicated. V4L/DVB (8540): em28xx-cards: Add Compro VideoMate ForYou/Stereo model V4L/DVB (8539): em28xx-cards: New supported IDs for analog models V4L/DVB (8538): em28xx-cards: Add GrabBeeX+ USB2800 model V4L/DVB (8534): remove select's of FW_LOADER V4L/DVB (8522): videodev2: Fix merge conflict V4L/DVB (8532): mxl5007t: remove excessive locks V4L/DVB (8531): mxl5007t: move i2c gate handling outside of mutex protected code blocks V4L/DVB (8530): au0828: add support for new revision of HVR950Q V4L/DVB (8529): mxl5007t: enable _init and _sleep power management functionality V4L/DVB (8528): add support for MaxLinear MxL5007T silicon tuner V4L/DVB (8526): saa7146: fix VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT V4L/DVB (8525): fix a few assorted spelling mistakes. ...
2008-07-28SubmittingPatches: add git pull & diffstat format infoRandy Dunlap
Add git pull command info and diffstat summary info so that we don't have to search email archives for it repeatedly. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-28cpm_uart: Modem control lines supportLaurent Pinchart
This patch replaces the get_mctrl/set_mctrl stubs with modem control line read/write access through the GPIO lib. Available modem control lines are described in the device tree using GPIO bindings. The driver expect a GPIO pin for each of the CTS, RTS, DCD, DSR, DTR and RI signals. Unused control lines can be left out. Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurentp@cse-semaphore.com> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
2008-07-28i2c: Documentation: upgrading clients HOWTOBen Dooks
Add a document describing how i2c clients on Linux 2.6 can be moved from the old to the new driver model. Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
2008-07-27Merge ../linux-2.6Mauro Carvalho Chehab
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