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author | Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@cantab.net> | 2005-05-21 22:00:02 +0100 |
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committer | Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@cantab.net> | 2005-05-21 22:00:02 +0100 |
commit | 67394f8f069c2fdf90f3b6d851824c07815442af (patch) | |
tree | 0c33e62d34dbaecea434ae9ece3cc0c56db8b1f7 /Documentation | |
parent | 450cbfbbbd88876e3ccec1d277f613221ca82bb7 (diff) | |
parent | 9636273dae265b9354b861b373cd43cd76a6d0fe (diff) |
Merge with /usr/src/ntfs-2.6.git
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
23 files changed, 484 insertions, 689 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX index 72dc90f8f4a..8de8a01a247 100644 --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX @@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ Following translations are available on the WWW: 00-INDEX - this file. -BK-usage/ - - directory with info on BitKeeper. BUG-HUNTING - brute force method of doing binary search of patches to find bug. Changes diff --git a/Documentation/BK-usage/00-INDEX b/Documentation/BK-usage/00-INDEX deleted file mode 100644 index 82768784ea5..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/BK-usage/00-INDEX +++ /dev/null @@ -1,51 +0,0 @@ -bk-kernel-howto.txt: Description of kernel workflow under BitKeeper - -bk-make-sum: Create summary of changesets in one repository and not -another, typically in preparation to be sent to an upstream maintainer. -Typical usage: - cd my-updated-repo - bk-make-sum ~/repo/original-repo - mv /tmp/linus.txt ../original-repo.txt - -bksend: Create readable text output containing summary of changes, GNU -patch of the changes, and BK metadata of changes (as needed for proper -importing into BitKeeper by an upstream maintainer). This output is -suitable for emailing BitKeeper changes. The recipient of this output -may pipe it directly to 'bk receive'. - -bz64wrap: helper script. Uncompressed input is piped to this script, -which compresses its input, and then outputs the uu-/base64-encoded -version of the compressed input. - -cpcset: Copy changeset between unrelated repositories. -Attempts to preserve changeset user, user address, description, in -addition to the changeset (the patch) itself. -Typical usage: - cd my-updated-repo - bk changes # looking for a changeset... - cpcset 1.1511 . ../another-repo - -csets-to-patches: Produces a delta of two BK repositories, in the form -of individual files, each containing a single cset as a GNU patch. -Output is several files, each with the filename "/tmp/rev-$REV.patch" -Typical usage: - cd my-updated-repo - bk changes -L ~/repo/original-repo 2>&1 | \ - perl csets-to-patches - -cset-to-linus: Produces a delta of two BK repositories, in the form of -changeset descriptions, with 'diffstat' output created for each -individual changset. -Typical usage: - cd my-updated-repo - bk changes -L ~/repo/original-repo 2>&1 | \ - perl cset-to-linus > summary.txt - -gcapatch: Generates patch containing changes in local repository. -Typical usage: - cd my-updated-repo - gcapatch > foo.patch - -unbz64wrap: Reverse an encoded, compressed data stream created by -bz64wrap into an uncompressed, typically text/plain output. - diff --git a/Documentation/BK-usage/bk-kernel-howto.txt b/Documentation/BK-usage/bk-kernel-howto.txt deleted file mode 100644 index b7b9075d291..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/BK-usage/bk-kernel-howto.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,283 +0,0 @@ - - Doing the BK Thing, Penguin-Style - - - - -This set of notes is intended mainly for kernel developers, occasional -or full-time, but sysadmins and power users may find parts of it useful -as well. It assumes at least a basic familiarity with CVS, both at a -user level (use on the cmd line) and at a higher level (client-server model). -Due to the author's background, an operation may be described in terms -of CVS, or in terms of how that operation differs from CVS. - -This is -not- intended to be BitKeeper documentation. Always run -"bk help <command>" or in X "bk helptool <command>" for reference -documentation. - - -BitKeeper Concepts ------------------- - -In the true nature of the Internet itself, BitKeeper is a distributed -system. When applied to revision control, this means doing away with -client-server, and changing to a parent-child model... essentially -peer-to-peer. On the developer's end, this also represents a -fundamental disruption in the standard workflow of changes, commits, -and merges. You will need to take a few minutes to think about -how to best work under BitKeeper, and re-optimize things a bit. -In some sense it is a bit radical, because it might described as -tossing changes out into a maelstrom and having them magically -land at the right destination... but I'm getting ahead of myself. - -Let's start with this progression: -Each BitKeeper source tree on disk is a repository unto itself. -Each repository has a parent (except the root/original, of course). -Each repository contains a set of a changesets ("csets"). -Each cset is one or more changed files, bundled together. - -Each tree is a repository, so all changes are checked into the local -tree. When a change is checked in, all modified files are grouped -into a logical unit, the changeset. Internally, BK links these -changesets in a tree, representing various converging and diverging -lines of development. These changesets are the bread and butter of -the BK system. - -After the concept of changesets, the next thing you need to get used -to is having multiple copies of source trees lying around. This -really- -takes some getting used to, for some people. Separate source trees -are the means in BitKeeper by which you delineate parallel lines -of development, both minor and major. What would be branches in -CVS become separate source trees, or "clones" in BitKeeper [heh, -or Star Wars] terminology. - -Clones and changesets are the tools from which most of the power of -BitKeeper is derived. As mentioned earlier, each clone has a parent, -the tree used as the source when the new clone was created. In a -CVS-like setup, the parent would be a remote server on the Internet, -and the child is your local clone of that tree. - -Once you have established a common baseline between two source trees -- -a common parent -- then you can merge changesets between those two -trees with ease. Merging changes into a tree is called a "pull", and -is analagous to 'cvs update'. A pull downloads all the changesets in -the remote tree you do not have, and merges them. Sending changes in -one tree to another tree is called a "push". Push sends all changes -in the local tree the remote does not yet have, and merges them. - -From these concepts come some initial command examples: - -1) bk clone -q http://linux.bkbits.net/linux-2.5 linus-2.5 -Download a 2.5 stock kernel tree, naming it "linus-2.5" in the local dir. -The "-q" disables listing every single file as it is downloaded. - -2) bk clone -ql linus-2.5 alpha-2.5 -Create a separate source tree for the Alpha AXP architecture. -The "-l" uses hard links instead of copying data, since both trees are -on the local disk. You can also replace the above with "bk lclone -q ..." - -You only clone a tree -once-. After cloning the tree lives a long time -on disk, being updating by pushes and pulls. - -3) cd alpha-2.5 ; bk pull http://gkernel.bkbits.net/alpha-2.5 -Download changes in "alpha-2.5" repository which are not present -in the local repository, and merge them into the source tree. - -4) bk -r co -q -Because every tree is a repository, files must be checked out before -they will be in their standard places in the source tree. - -5) bk vi fs/inode.c # example change... - bk citool # checkin, using X tool - bk push bk://gkernel@bkbits.net/alpha-2.5 # upload change -Typical example of a BK sequence that would replace the analagous CVS -situation, - vi fs/inode.c - cvs commit - -As this is just supposed to be a quick BK intro, for more in-depth -tutorials, live working demos, and docs, see http://www.bitkeeper.com/ - - - -BK and Kernel Development Workflow ----------------------------------- -Currently the latest 2.5 tree is available via "bk clone $URL" -and "bk pull $URL" at http://linux.bkbits.net/linux-2.5 -This should change in a few weeks to a kernel.org URL. - - -A big part of using BitKeeper is organizing the various trees you have -on your local disk, and organizing the flow of changes among those -trees, and remote trees. If one were to graph the relationships between -a desired BK setup, you are likely to see a few-many-few graph, like -this: - - linux-2.5 - | - merge-to-linus-2.5 - / | | - / | | - vm-hacks bugfixes filesys personal-hacks - \ | | / - \ | | / - \ | | / - testing-and-validation - -Since a "bk push" sends all changes not in the target tree, and -since a "bk pull" receives all changes not in the source tree, you want -to make sure you are only pushing specific changes to the desired tree, -not all changes from "peer parent" trees. For example, pushing a change -from the testing-and-validation tree would probably be a bad idea, -because it will push all changes from vm-hacks, bugfixes, filesys, and -personal-hacks trees into the target tree. - -One would typically work on only one "theme" at a time, either -vm-hacks or bugfixes or filesys, keeping those changes isolated in -their own tree during development, and only merge the isolated with -other changes when going upstream (to Linus or other maintainers) or -downstream (to your "union" trees, like testing-and-validation above). - -It should be noted that some of this separation is not just recommended -practice, it's actually [for now] -enforced- by BitKeeper. BitKeeper -requires that changesets maintain a certain order, which is the reason -that "bk push" sends all local changesets the remote doesn't have. This -separation may look like a lot of wasted disk space at first, but it -helps when two unrelated changes may "pollute" the same area of code, or -don't follow the same pace of development, or any other of the standard -reasons why one creates a development branch. - -Small development branches (clones) will appear and disappear: - - -------- A --------- B --------- C --------- D ------- - \ / - -----short-term devel branch----- - -While long-term branches will parallel a tree (or trees), with period -merge points. In this first example, we pull from a tree (pulls, -"\") periodically, such as what occurs when tracking changes in a -vendor tree, never pushing changes back up the line: - - -------- A --------- B --------- C --------- D ------- - \ \ \ - ----long-term devel branch----------------- - -And then a more common case in Linux kernel development, a long term -branch with periodic merges back into the tree (pushes, "/"): - - -------- A --------- B --------- C --------- D ------- - \ \ / \ - ----long-term devel branch----------------- - - - - - -Submitting Changes to Linus ---------------------------- -There's a bit of an art, or style, of submitting changes to Linus. -Since Linus's tree is now (you might say) fully integrated into the -distributed BitKeeper system, there are several prerequisites to -properly submitting a BitKeeper change. All these prereq's are just -general cleanliness of BK usage, so as people become experts at BK, feel -free to optimize this process further (assuming Linus agrees, of -course). - - - -0) Make sure your tree was originally cloned from the linux-2.5 tree -created by Linus. If your tree does not have this as its ancestor, it -is impossible to reliably exchange changesets. - - - -1) Pay attention to your commit text. The commit message that -accompanies each changeset you submit will live on forever in history, -and is used by Linus to accurately summarize the changes in each -pre-patch. Remember that there is no context, so - "fix for new scheduler changes" -would be too vague, but - "fix mips64 arch for new scheduler switch_to(), TIF_xxx semantics" -would be much better. - -You can and should use the command "bk comment -C<rev>" to update the -commit text, and improve it after the fact. This is very useful for -development: poor, quick descriptions during development, which get -cleaned up using "bk comment" before issuing the "bk push" to submit the -changes. - - - -2) Include an Internet-available URL for Linus to pull from, such as - - Pull from: http://gkernel.bkbits.net/net-drivers-2.5 - - - -3) Include a summary and "diffstat -p1" of each changeset that will be -downloaded, when Linus issues a "bk pull". The author auto-generates -these summaries using "bk changes -L <parent>", to obtain a listing -of all the pending-to-send changesets, and their commit messages. - -It is important to show Linus what he will be downloading when he issues -a "bk pull", to reduce the time required to sift the changes once they -are downloaded to Linus's local machine. - -IMPORTANT NOTE: One of the features of BK is that your repository does -not have to be up to date, in order for Linus to receive your changes. -It is considered a courtesy to keep your repository fairly recent, to -lessen any potential merge work Linus may need to do. - - -4) Split up your changes. Each maintainer<->Linus situation is likely -to be slightly different here, so take this just as general advice. The -author splits up changes according to "themes" when merging with Linus. -Simultaneous pushes from local development go to special trees which -exist solely to house changes "queued" for Linus. Example of the trees: - - net-drivers-2.5 -- on-going net driver maintenance - vm-2.5 -- VM-related changes - fs-2.5 -- filesystem-related changes - -Linus then has much more freedom for pulling changes. He could (for -example) issue a "bk pull" on vm-2.5 and fs-2.5 trees, to merge their -changes, but hold off net-drivers-2.5 because of a change that needs -more discussion. - -Other maintainers may find that a single linus-pull-from tree is -adequate for passing BK changesets to him. - - - -Frequently Answered Questions ------------------------------ -1) How do I change the e-mail address shown in the changelog? -A. When you run "bk citool" or "bk commit", set environment - variables BK_USER and BK_HOST to the desired username - and host/domain name. - - -2) How do I use tags / get a diff between two kernel versions? -A. Pass the tags Linus uses to 'bk export'. - -ChangeSets are in a forward-progressing order, so it's pretty easy -to get a snapshot starting and ending at any two points in time. -Linus puts tags on each release and pre-release, so you could use -these two examples: - - bk export -tpatch -hdu -rv2.5.4,v2.5.5 | less - # creates patch-2.5.5 essentially - bk export -tpatch -du -rv2.5.5-pre1,v2.5.5 | less - # changes from pre1 to final - -A tag is just an alias for a specific changeset... and since changesets -are ordered, a tag is thus a marker for a specific point in time (or -specific state of the tree). - - -3) Is there an easy way to generate One Big Patch versus mainline, - for my long-lived kernel branch? -A. Yes. This requires BK 3.x, though. - - bk export -tpatch -r`bk repogca bk://linux.bkbits.net/linux-2.5`,+ - diff --git a/Documentation/BK-usage/bk-make-sum b/Documentation/BK-usage/bk-make-sum deleted file mode 100755 index 58ca46a0fcc..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/BK-usage/bk-make-sum +++ /dev/null @@ -1,34 +0,0 @@ -#!/bin/sh -e -# DIR=$HOME/BK/axp-2.5 -# cd $DIR - -LINUS_REPO=$1 -DIRBASE=`basename $PWD` - -{ -cat <<EOT -Please do a - - bk pull bk://gkernel.bkbits.net/$DIRBASE - -This will update the following files: - -EOT - -bk export -tpatch -hdu -r`bk repogca $LINUS_REPO`,+ | diffstat -p1 2>/dev/null - -cat <<EOT - -through these ChangeSets: - -EOT - -bk changes -L -d'$unless(:MERGE:){ChangeSet|:CSETREV:\n}' $LINUS_REPO | -bk -R prs -h -d'$unless(:MERGE:){<:P:@:HOST:> (:D: :I:)\n$each(:C:){ (:C:)\n}\n}' - - -} > /tmp/linus.txt - -cat <<EOT -Mail text in /tmp/linus.txt; please check and send using your favourite -mailer. -EOT diff --git a/Documentation/BK-usage/bksend b/Documentation/BK-usage/bksend deleted file mode 100755 index 836ca943694..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/BK-usage/bksend +++ /dev/null @@ -1,36 +0,0 @@ -#!/bin/sh -# A script to format BK changeset output in a manner that is easy to read. -# Andreas Dilger <adilger@turbolabs.com> 13/02/2002 -# -# Add diffstat output after Changelog <adilger@turbolabs.com> 21/02/2002 - -PROG=bksend - -usage() { - echo "usage: $PROG -r<rev>" - echo -e "\twhere <rev> is of the form '1.23', '1.23..', '1.23..1.27'," - echo -e "\tor '+' to indicate the most recent revision" - - exit 1 -} - -case $1 in --r) REV=$2; shift ;; --r*) REV=`echo $1 | sed 's/^-r//'` ;; -*) echo "$PROG: no revision given, you probably don't want that";; -esac - -[ -z "$REV" ] && usage - -echo "You can import this changeset into BK by piping this whole message to:" -echo "'| bk receive [path to repository]' or apply the patch as usual." - -SEP="\n===================================================================\n\n" -echo -e $SEP -env PAGER=/bin/cat bk changes -r$REV -echo -bk export -tpatch -du -h -r$REV | diffstat -echo; echo -bk export -tpatch -du -h -r$REV -echo -e $SEP -bk send -wgzip_uu -r$REV - diff --git a/Documentation/BK-usage/bz64wrap b/Documentation/BK-usage/bz64wrap deleted file mode 100755 index be780876849..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/BK-usage/bz64wrap +++ /dev/null @@ -1,41 +0,0 @@ -#!/bin/sh - -# bz64wrap - the sending side of a bzip2 | base64 stream -# Andreas Dilger <adilger@clusterfs.com> Jan 2002 - - -PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/freeware/bin - -# A program to generate base64 encoding on stdout -BASE64_ENCODE="uuencode -m /dev/stdout" -BASE64_BEGIN= -BASE64_END= - -BZIP=NO -BASE64=NO - -# Test if we have the bzip program installed -bzip2 -c /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 && BZIP=YES - -# Test if uuencode can handle the -m (MIME) encoding option -$BASE64_ENCODE < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 && BASE64=YES - -if [ $BASE64 = NO ]; then - BASE64_ENCODE=mimencode - BASE64_BEGIN="begin-base64 644 -" - BASE64_END="====" - - $BASE64_ENCODE < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 && BASE64=YES -fi - -if [ $BZIP = NO -o $BASE64 = NO ]; then - echo "$0: can't use bz64 encoding: bzip2=$BZIP, $BASE64_ENCODE=$BASE64" - exit 1 -fi - -# Sadly, mimencode does not appear to have good "begin" and "end" markers -# like uuencode does, and it is picky about getting the right start/end of -# the base64 stream, so we handle this internally. -echo "$BASE64_BEGIN" -bzip2 -9 | $BASE64_ENCODE -echo "$BASE64_END" diff --git a/Documentation/BK-usage/cpcset b/Documentation/BK-usage/cpcset deleted file mode 100755 index b8faca97dab..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/BK-usage/cpcset +++ /dev/null @@ -1,36 +0,0 @@ -#!/bin/sh -# -# Purpose: Copy changeset patch and description from one -# repository to another, unrelated one. -# -# usage: cpcset [revision] [from-repository] [to-repository] -# - -REV=$1 -FROM=$2 -TO=$3 -TMPF=/tmp/cpcset.$$ - -rm -f $TMPF* - -CWD_SAVE=`pwd` -cd $FROM -bk changes -r$REV | \ - grep -v '^ChangeSet' | \ - sed -e 's/^ //g' > $TMPF.log - -USERHOST=`bk changes -r$REV | grep '^ChangeSet' | awk '{print $4}'` -export BK_USER=`echo $USERHOST | awk '-F@' '{print $1}'` -export BK_HOST=`echo $USERHOST | awk '-F@' '{print $2}'` - -bk export -tpatch -hdu -r$REV > $TMPF.patch && \ -cd $CWD_SAVE && \ -cd $TO && \ -bk import -tpatch -CFR -y"`cat $TMPF.log`" $TMPF.patch . && \ -bk commit -y"`cat $TMPF.log`" - -rm -f $TMPF* - -echo changeset $REV copied. -echo "" - diff --git a/Documentation/BK-usage/cset-to-linus b/Documentation/BK-usage/cset-to-linus deleted file mode 100755 index d28a96f8c61..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/BK-usage/cset-to-linus +++ /dev/null @@ -1,49 +0,0 @@ -#!/usr/bin/perl -w - -use strict; - -my ($lhs, $rev, $tmp, $rhs, $s); -my @cset_text = (); -my @pipe_text = (); -my $have_cset = 0; - -while (<>) { - next if /^---/; - - if (($lhs, $tmp, $rhs) = (/^(ChangeSet\@)([^,]+)(, .*)$/)) { - &cset_rev if ($have_cset); - - $rev = $tmp; - $have_cset = 1; - - push(@cset_text, $_); - } - - elsif ($have_cset) { - push(@cset_text, $_); - } -} -&cset_rev if ($have_cset); -exit(0); - - -sub cset_rev { - my $empty_cset = 0; - - open PIPE, "bk export -tpatch -hdu -r $rev | diffstat -p1 2>/dev/null |" or die; - while ($s = <PIPE>) { - $empty_cset = 1 if ($s =~ /0 files changed/); - push(@pipe_text, $s); - } - close(PIPE); - - if (! $empty_cset) { - print @cset_text; - print @pipe_text; - print "\n\n"; - } - - @pipe_text = (); - @cset_text = (); -} - diff --git a/Documentation/BK-usage/csets-to-patches b/Documentation/BK-usage/csets-to-patches deleted file mode 100755 index e2b81c35883..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/BK-usage/csets-to-patches +++ /dev/null @@ -1,44 +0,0 @@ -#!/usr/bin/perl -w - -use strict; - -my ($lhs, $rev, $tmp, $rhs, $s); -my @cset_text = (); -my @pipe_text = (); -my $have_cset = 0; - -while (<>) { - next if /^---/; - - if (($lhs, $tmp, $rhs) = (/^(ChangeSet\@)([^,]+)(, .*)$/)) { - &cset_rev if ($have_cset); - - $rev = $tmp; - $have_cset = 1; - - push(@cset_text, $_); - } - - elsif ($have_cset) { - push(@cset_text, $_); - } -} -&cset_rev if ($have_cset); -exit(0); - - -sub cset_rev { - my $empty_cset = 0; - - system("bk export -tpatch -du -r $rev > /tmp/rev-$rev.patch"); - - if (! $empty_cset) { - print @cset_text; - print @pipe_text; - print "\n\n"; - } - - @pipe_text = (); - @cset_text = (); -} - diff --git a/Documentation/BK-usage/gcapatch b/Documentation/BK-usage/gcapatch deleted file mode 100755 index aaeb17dc7c7..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/BK-usage/gcapatch +++ /dev/null @@ -1,8 +0,0 @@ -#!/bin/sh -# -# Purpose: Generate GNU diff of local changes versus canonical top-of-tree -# -# Usage: gcapatch > foo.patch -# - -bk export -tpatch -hdu -r`bk repogca bk://linux.bkbits.net/linux-2.5`,+ diff --git a/Documentation/BK-usage/unbz64wrap b/Documentation/BK-usage/unbz64wrap deleted file mode 100755 index 4fc3e73e9a8..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/BK-usage/unbz64wrap +++ /dev/null @@ -1,25 +0,0 @@ -#!/bin/sh - -# unbz64wrap - the receiving side of a bzip2 | base64 stream -# Andreas Dilger <adilger@clusterfs.com> Jan 2002 - -# Sadly, mimencode does not appear to have good "begin" and "end" markers -# like uuencode does, and it is picky about getting the right start/end of -# the base64 stream, so we handle this explicitly here. - -PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/freeware/bin - -if mimencode -u < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then - SHOW= - while read LINE; do - case $LINE in - begin-base64*) SHOW=YES ;; - ====) SHOW= ;; - *) [ "$SHOW" ] && echo "$LINE" ;; - esac - done | mimencode -u | bunzip2 - exit $? -else - cat - | uudecode -o /dev/stdout | bunzip2 - exit $? -fi diff --git a/Documentation/cpusets.txt b/Documentation/cpusets.txt index 1ad26d2c20a..2f8f24eaefd 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpusets.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpusets.txt @@ -252,8 +252,7 @@ in a tasks processor placement. There is an exception to the above. If hotplug funtionality is used to remove all the CPUs that are currently assigned to a cpuset, then the kernel will automatically update the cpus_allowed of all -tasks attached to CPUs in that cpuset with the online CPUs of the -nearest parent cpuset that still has some CPUs online. When memory +tasks attached to CPUs in that cpuset to allow all CPUs. When memory hotplug functionality for removing Memory Nodes is available, a similar exception is expected to apply there as well. In general, the kernel prefers to violate cpuset placement, over starving a task diff --git a/Documentation/dontdiff b/Documentation/dontdiff index 7c2496426ab..9a33bb94f74 100644 --- a/Documentation/dontdiff +++ b/Documentation/dontdiff @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ *.so *.tex *.ver +*.xml *_MODULES *_vga16.c *cscope* @@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ mkdep mktables modpost modversions.h* +offsets.h oui.c* parse.c* parse.h* @@ -134,4 +136,5 @@ vmlinux-* vmlinux.lds vsyscall.lds wanxlfw.inc +uImage zImage diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/README.flexcop b/Documentation/dvb/README.flexcop new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a50c70f9ca7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/dvb/README.flexcop @@ -0,0 +1,205 @@ +This README escorted the skystar2-driver rewriting procedure. It describes the +state of the new flexcop-driver set and some internals are written down here +too. + +This document hopefully describes things about the flexcop and its +device-offsprings. Goal was to write an easy-to-write and easy-to-read set of +drivers based on the skystar2.c and other information. + +Remark: flexcop-pci.c was a copy of skystar2.c, but every line has been +touched and rewritten. + +History & News +============== + 2005-04-01 - correct USB ISOC transfers (thanks to Vadim Catana) + + + + +General coding processing +========================= + +We should proceed as follows (as long as no one complains): + +0) Think before start writing code! + +1) rewriting the skystar2.c with the help of the flexcop register descriptions +and splitting up the files to a pci-bus-part and a flexcop-part. +The new driver will be called b2c2-flexcop-pci.ko/b2c2-flexcop-usb.ko for the +device-specific part and b2c2-flexcop.ko for the common flexcop-functions. + +2) Search for errors in the leftover of flexcop-pci.c (compare with pluto2.c +and other pci drivers) + +3) make some beautification (see 'Improvements when rewriting (refactoring) is +done') + +4) Testing the new driver and maybe substitute the skystar2.c with it, to reach +a wider tester audience. + +5) creating an usb-bus-part using the already written flexcop code for the pci +card. + +Idea: create a kernel-object for the flexcop and export all important +functions. This option saves kernel-memory, but maybe a lot of functions have +to be exported to kernel namespace. + + +Current situation +================= + +0) Done :) +1) Done (some minor issues left) +2) Done +3) Not ready yet, more information is necessary +4) next to be done (see the table below) +5) USB driver is working (yes, there are some minor issues) + +What seems to be ready? +----------------------- + +1) Rewriting +1a) i2c is cut off from the flexcop-pci.c and seems to work +1b) moved tuner and demod stuff from flexcop-pci.c to flexcop-tuner-fe.c +1c) moved lnb and diseqc stuff from flexcop-pci.c to flexcop-tuner-fe.c +1e) eeprom (reading MAC address) +1d) sram (no dynamic sll size detection (commented out) (using default as JJ told me)) +1f) misc. register accesses for reading parameters (e.g. resetting, revision) +1g) pid/mac filter (flexcop-hw-filter.c) +1i) dvb-stuff initialization in flexcop.c (done) +1h) dma stuff (now just using the size-irq, instead of all-together, to be done) +1j) remove flexcop initialization from flexcop-pci.c completely (done) +1l) use a well working dma IRQ method (done, see 'Known bugs and problems and TODO') +1k) cleanup flexcop-files (remove unused EXPORT_SYMBOLs, make static from +non-static where possible, moved code to proper places) + +2) Search for errors in the leftover of flexcop-pci.c (partially done) +5a) add MAC address reading +5c) feeding of ISOC data to the software demux (format of the isochronous data +and speed optimization, no real error) (thanks to Vadim Catana) + +What to do in the near future? +-------------------------------------- +(no special order here) + +5) USB driver +5b) optimize isoc-transfer (submitting/killing isoc URBs when transfer is starting) + +Testing changes +--------------- + +O = item is working +P = item is partially working +X = item is not working +N = item does not apply here +<empty field> = item need to be examined + + | PCI | USB +item | mt352 | nxt2002 | stv0299 | mt312 | mt352 | nxt2002 | stv0299 | mt312 +-------+-------+---------+---------+-------+-------+---------+---------+------- +1a) | O | | | | N | N | N | N +1b) | O | | | | | | O | +1c) | N | N | | | N | N | O | +1d) | O | O +1e) | O | O +1f) | P +1g) | O +1h) | P | +1i) | O | N +1j) | O | N +1l) | O | N +2) | O | N +5a) | N | O +5b)* | N | +5c) | N | O + +* - not done yet + +Known bugs and problems and TODO +-------------------------------- + +1g/h/l) when pid filtering is enabled on the pci card + +DMA usage currently: + The DMA is splitted in 2 equal-sized subbuffers. The Flexcop writes to first + address and triggers an IRQ when it's full and starts writing to the second + address. When the second address is full, the IRQ is triggered again, and + the flexcop writes to first address again, and so on. + The buffersize of each address is currently 640*188 bytes. + + Problem is, when using hw-pid-filtering and doing some low-bandwidth + operation (like scanning) the buffers won't be filled enough to trigger + the IRQ. That's why: + + When PID filtering is activated, the timer IRQ is used. Every 1.97 ms the IRQ + is triggered. Is the current write address of DMA1 different to the one + during the last IRQ, then the data is passed to the demuxer. + + There is an additional DMA-IRQ-method: packet count IRQ. This isn't + implemented correctly yet. + + The solution is to disable HW PID filtering, but I don't know how the DVB + API software demux behaves on slow systems with 45MBit/s TS. + +Solved bugs :) +-------------- +1g) pid-filtering (somehow pid index 4 and 5 (EMM_PID and ECM_PID) aren't +working) +SOLUTION: also index 0 was affected, because net_translation is done for +these indexes by default + +5b) isochronous transfer does only work in the first attempt (for the Sky2PC +USB, Air2PC is working) SOLUTION: the flexcop was going asleep and never really +woke up again (don't know if this need fixes, see +flexcop-fe-tuner.c:flexcop_sleep) + +NEWS: when the driver is loaded and unloaded and loaded again (w/o doing +anything in the while the driver is loaded the first time), no transfers take +place anymore. + +Improvements when rewriting (refactoring) is done +================================================= + +- split sleeping of the flexcop (misc_204.ACPI3_sig = 1;) from lnb_control + (enable sleeping for other demods than dvb-s) +- add support for CableStar (stv0297 Microtune 203x/ALPS) (almost done, incompatibilities with the Nexus-CA) + +Debugging +--------- +- add verbose debugging to skystar2.c (dump the reg_dw_data) and compare it + with this flexcop, this is important, because i2c is now using the + flexcop_ibi_value union from flexcop-reg.h (do you have a better idea for + that, please tell us so). + +Everything which is identical in the following table, can be put into a common +flexcop-module. + + PCI USB +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Different: +Register access: accessing IO memory USB control message +I2C bus: I2C bus of the FC USB control message +Data transfer: DMA isochronous transfer +EEPROM transfer: through i2c bus not clear yet + +Identical: +Streaming: accessing registers +PID Filtering: accessing registers +Sram destinations: accessing registers +Tuner/Demod: I2C bus +DVB-stuff: can be written for common use + +Acknowledgements (just for the rewriting part) +================ + +Bjarne Steinsbo thought a lot in the first place of the pci part for this code +sharing idea. + +Andreas Oberritter for providing a recent PCI initialization template +(pluto2.c). + +Boleslaw Ciesielski for pointing out a problem with firmware loader. + +Vadim Catana for correcting the USB transfer. + +comments, critics and ideas to linux-dvb@linuxtv.org. diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt b/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt index e3cacf4f234..d64430bf4bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt +++ b/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt @@ -17,74 +17,53 @@ Because of this, you need to enable "Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Video For Linux" => "BT848 Video For Linux" +Furthermore you need to enable +"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices" + => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Nebula/Pinnacle PCTV/TwinHan PCI Cards" + 2) Loading Modules ================== In general you need to load the bttv driver, which will handle the gpio and -i2c communication for us. Next you need the common dvb-bt8xx device driver -and one frontend driver. - -The bttv driver will HANG YOUR SYSTEM IF YOU DO NOT SPECIFY THE CORRECT -CARD ID! - -(If you don't get your card running and you suspect that the card id you're -using is wrong, have a look at "bttv-cards.c" for a list of possible card -ids.) - -Pay attention to failures when you load the frontend drivers -(e.g. dmesg, /var/log/messages). +i2c communication for us, plus the common dvb-bt8xx device driver. +The frontends for Nebula (nxt6000), Pinnacle PCTV (cx24110) and +TwinHan (dst) are loaded automatically by the dvb-bt8xx device driver. 3a) Nebula / Pinnacle PCTV -------------------------- - $ modprobe bttv i2c_hw=1 card=0x68 - $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx - -For Nebula cards use the "nxt6000" frontend driver: - $ modprobe nxt6000 + $ modprobe bttv (normally bttv is being loaded automatically by kmod) + $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx (or just place dvb-bt8xx in /etc/modules for automatic loading) -For Pinnacle PCTV cards use the "cx24110" frontend driver: - $ modprobe cx24110 -3b) TwinHan ------------ +3b) TwinHan and Clones +-------------------------- $ modprobe bttv i2c_hw=1 card=0x71 $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx $ modprobe dst -The value 0x71 will override the PCI type detection for dvb-bt8xx, which -is necessary for TwinHan cards.# +The value 0x71 will override the PCI type detection for dvb-bt8xx, +which is necessary for TwinHan cards. -If you're having an older card (blue color circuit) and card=0x71 locks your -machine, try using 0x68, too. If that does not work, ask on the DVB mailing list. +If you're having an older card (blue color circuit) and card=0x71 locks +your machine, try using 0x68, too. If that does not work, ask on the +mailing list. -The DST module takes a couple of useful parameters, in case the -dst drivers fails to detect your type of card correctly. +The DST module takes a couple of useful parameters. -dst_type takes values 0 (satellite), 1 (terrestial TV), 2 (cable). +verbose takes values 0 to 5. These values control the verbosity level. -dst_type_flags takes bit combined values: -1 = new tuner type packets. You can use this if your card is detected - and you have debug and you continually see the tuner packets not - working (make sure not a basic problem like dish alignment etc.) +debug takes values 0 and 1. You can either disable or enable debugging. -2 = TS 204. If your card tunes OK, but the picture is terrible, seemingly - breaking up in one half continually, and crc fails a lot, then - this is worth a try (or trying to turn off) +dst_addons takes values 0 and 0x20. A value of 0 means it is a FTA card. +0x20 means it has a Conditional Access slot. -4 = has symdiv. Some cards, mostly without new tuner packets, require - a symbol division algorithm. Doesn't apply to terrestial TV. - -You can also specify a value to have the autodetected values turned off -(e.g. 0). The autodected values are determined bythe cards 'response +The autodected values are determined bythe cards 'response string' which you can see in your logs e.g. -dst_check_ci: recognize DST-MOT - -or +dst_get_device_id: Recognise [DSTMCI] -dst_check_ci: unable to recognize DSTXCI or STXCI -- -Authors: Richard Walker, Jamie Honan, Michael Hunold +Authors: Richard Walker, Jamie Honan, Michael Hunold, Manu Abraham diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/ci.txt b/Documentation/dvb/ci.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..62e0701b542 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/dvb/ci.txt @@ -0,0 +1,219 @@ +* For the user +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +NOTE: This document describes the usage of the high level CI API as +in accordance to the Linux DVB API. This is a not a documentation for the, +existing low level CI API. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +To utilize the High Level CI capabilities, + +(1*) This point is valid only for the Twinhan/clones + For the Twinhan/Twinhan clones, the dst_ca module handles the CI + hardware handling.This module is loaded automatically if a CI + (Common Interface, that holds the CAM (Conditional Access Module) + is detected. + +(2) one requires a userspace application, ca_zap. This small userland + application is in charge of sending the descrambling related information + to the CAM. + +This application requires the following to function properly as of now. + + (a) Tune to a valid channel, with szap. + eg: $ szap -c channels.conf -r "TMC" -x + + (b) a channels.conf containing a valid PMT PID + + eg: TMC:11996:h:0:27500:278:512:650:321 + + here 278 is a valid PMT PID. the rest of the values are the + same ones that szap uses. + + (c) after running a szap, you have to run ca_zap, for the + descrambler to function, + + eg: $ ca_zap patched_channels.conf "TMC" + + The patched means a patch to apply to scan, such that scan can + generate a channels.conf_with pmt, which has this PMT PID info + (NOTE: szap cannot use this channels.conf with the PMT_PID) + + + (d) Hopeflly Enjoy your favourite subscribed channel as you do with + a FTA card. + +(3) Currently ca_zap, and dst_test, both are meant for demonstration + purposes only, they can become full fledged applications if necessary. + + +* Cards that fall in this category +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +At present the cards that fall in this category are the Twinhan and it's +clones, these cards are available as VVMER, Tomato, Hercules, Orange and +so on. + +* CI modules that are supported +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +The CI module support is largely dependant upon the firmware on the cards +Some cards do support almost all of the available CI modules. There is +nothing much that can be done in order to make additional CI modules +working with these cards. + +Modules that have been tested by this driver at present are + +(1) Irdeto 1 and 2 from SCM +(2) Viaccess from SCM +(3) Dragoncam + +* The High level CI API +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* For the programmer +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +With the High Level CI approach any new card with almost any random +architecture can be implemented with this style, the definitions +insidethe switch statement can be easily adapted for any card, thereby +eliminating the need for any additional ioctls. + +The disadvantage is that the driver/hardware has to manage the rest. For +the application programmer it would be as simple as sending/receiving an +array to/from the CI ioctls as defined in the Linux DVB API. No changes +have been made in the API to accomodate this feature. + + +* Why the need for another CI interface ? +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +This is one of the most commonly asked question. Well a nice question. +Strictly speaking this is not a new interface. + +The CI interface is defined in the DVB API in ca.h as + +typedef struct ca_slot_info { + int num; /* slot number */ + + int type; /* CA interface this slot supports */ +#define CA_CI 1 /* CI high level interface */ +#define CA_CI_LINK 2 /* CI link layer level interface */ +#define CA_CI_PHYS 4 /* CI physical layer level interface */ +#define CA_DESCR 8 /* built-in descrambler */ +#define CA_SC 128 /* simple smart card interface */ + + unsigned int flags; +#define CA_CI_MODULE_PRESENT 1 /* module (or card) inserted */ +#define CA_CI_MODULE_READY 2 +} ca_slot_info_t; + + + +This CI interface follows the CI high level interface, which is not +implemented by most applications. Hence this area is revisited. + +This CI interface is quite different in the case that it tries to +accomodate all other CI based devices, that fall into the other categories + +This means that this CI interface handles the EN50221 style tags in the +Application layer only and no session management is taken care of by the +application. The driver/hardware will take care of all that. + +This interface is purely an EN50221 interface exchanging APDU's. This +means that no session management, link layer or a transport layer do +exist in this case in the application to driver communication. It is +as simple as that. The driver/hardware has to take care of that. + + +With this High Level CI interface, the interface can be defined with the +regular ioctls. + +All these ioctls are also valid for the High level CI interface + +#define CA_RESET _IO('o', 128) +#define CA_GET_CAP _IOR('o', 129, ca_caps_t) +#define CA_GET_SLOT_INFO _IOR('o', 130, ca_slot_info_t) +#define CA_GET_DESCR_INFO _IOR('o', 131, ca_descr_info_t) +#define CA_GET_MSG _IOR('o', 132, ca_msg_t) +#define CA_SEND_MSG _IOW('o', 133, ca_msg_t) +#define CA_SET_DESCR _IOW('o', 134, ca_descr_t) +#define CA_SET_PID _IOW('o', 135, ca_pid_t) + + +On querying the device, the device yields information thus + +CA_GET_SLOT_INFO +---------------------------- +Command = [info] +APP: Number=[1] +APP: Type=[1] +APP: flags=[1] +APP: CI High level interface +APP: CA/CI Module Present + +CA_GET_CAP +---------------------------- +Command = [caps] +APP: Slots=[1] +APP: Type=[1] +APP: Descrambler keys=[16] +APP: Type=[1] + +CA_SEND_MSG +---------------------------- +Descriptors(Program Level)=[ 09 06 06 04 05 50 ff f1] +Found CA descriptor @ program level + +(20) ES type=[2] ES pid=[201] ES length =[0 (0x0)] +(25) ES type=[4] ES pid=[301] ES length =[0 (0x0)] +ca_message length is 25 (0x19) bytes +EN50221 CA MSG=[ 9f 80 32 19 03 01 2d d1 f0 08 01 09 06 06 04 05 50 ff f1 02 e0 c9 00 00 04 e1 2d 00 00] + + +Not all ioctl's are implemented in the driver from the API, the other +features of the hardware that cannot be implemented by the API are achieved +using the CA_GET_MSG and CA_SEND_MSG ioctls. An EN50221 style wrapper is +used to exchange the data to maintain compatibility with other hardware. + + +/* a message to/from a CI-CAM */ +typedef struct ca_msg { + unsigned int index; + unsigned int type; + unsigned int length; + unsigned char msg[256]; +} ca_msg_t; + + +The flow of data can be described thus, + + + + + + App (User) + ----- + parse + | + | + v + en50221 APDU (package) + -------------------------------------- + | | | High Level CI driver + | | | + | v | + | en50221 APDU (unpackage) | + | | | + | | | + | v | + | sanity checks | + | | | + | | | + | v | + | do (H/W dep) | + -------------------------------------- + | Hardware + | + v + + + + +The High Level CI interface uses the EN50221 DVB standard, following a +standard ensures futureproofness. diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware b/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware index 3ffdcb39429..a750f0101d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware +++ b/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ sub tda10045 { sub tda10046 { my $sourcefile = "tt_budget_217g.zip"; my $url = "http://www.technotrend.de/new/217g/$sourcefile"; - my $hash = "a25b579e37109af60f4a36c37893957c"; + my $hash = "6a7e1e2f2644b162ff0502367553c72d"; my $outfile = "dvb-fe-tda10046.fw"; my $tmpdir = tempdir(DIR => "/tmp", CLEANUP => 1); @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ sub tda10046 { wgetfile($sourcefile, $url); unzip($sourcefile, $tmpdir); - extract("$tmpdir/software/OEM/PCI/App/ttlcdacc.dll", 0x3f731, 24479, "$tmpdir/fwtmp"); + extract("$tmpdir/software/OEM/PCI/App/ttlcdacc.dll", 0x3f731, 24478, "$tmpdir/fwtmp"); verify("$tmpdir/fwtmp", $hash); copy("$tmpdir/fwtmp", $outfile); diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index d3c52dd24a2..b9eb209318a 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -63,3 +63,23 @@ Why: Outside of Linux, the only implementations of anything even people, who might be using implementations that I am not aware of, to adjust to this upcoming change. Who: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> + +--------------------------- + +What: IEEE1394 Audio and Music Data Transmission Protocol driver, + Connection Management Procedures driver +When: November 2005 +Files: drivers/ieee1394/{amdtp,cmp}* +Why: These are incomplete, have never worked, and are better implemented + in userland via raw1394 (see http://freebob.sourceforge.net/ for + example.) +Who: Jody McIntyre <scjody@steamballoon.com> + +--------------------------- + +What: raw1394: requests of type RAW1394_REQ_ISO_SEND, RAW1394_REQ_ISO_LISTEN +When: November 2005 +Why: Deprecated in favour of the new ioctl-based rawiso interface, which is + more efficient. You should really be using libraw1394 for raw1394 + access anyway. +Who: Jody McIntyre <scjody@steamballoon.com> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt index e97d024eae7..988a62fae11 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ that support it. For example, a given bus might look like this: |-- 0000:17:00.0 | |-- class | |-- config - | |-- detach_state | |-- device | |-- irq | |-- local_cpus @@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ that support it. For example, a given bus might look like this: | |-- subsystem_device | |-- subsystem_vendor | `-- vendor - `-- detach_state + `-- ... The topmost element describes the PCI domain and bus number. In this case, the domain number is 0000 and the bus number is 17 (both values are in hex). @@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ files, each with their own function. ---- -------- class PCI class (ascii, ro) config PCI config space (binary, rw) - detach_state connection status (bool, rw) device PCI device (ascii, ro) irq IRQ number (ascii, ro) local_cpus nearby CPU mask (cpumask, ro) @@ -85,4 +83,4 @@ useful return codes should be provided. Legacy resources are protected by the HAVE_PCI_LEGACY define. Platforms wishing to support legacy functionality should define it and provide -pci_legacy_read, pci_legacy_write and pci_mmap_legacy_page_range functions.
\ No newline at end of file +pci_legacy_read, pci_legacy_write and pci_mmap_legacy_page_range functions. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt b/Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt index 083d24752b8..55d24433d15 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt @@ -178,10 +178,9 @@ Released 1994-06-13 7. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. These drivers wouldn't have been done without the base - (and support) from Ross Biro <bir7@leland.stanford.edu>, - and D-Link Systems Inc. The driver relies upon GPL-ed - source from D-Link Systems Inc. and from Russel Nelson at - Crynwr Software <nelson@crynwr.com>. + (and support) from Ross Biro, and D-Link Systems Inc. + The driver relies upon GPL-ed source from D-Link Systems Inc. + and from Russel Nelson at Crynwr Software <nelson@crynwr.com>. Additional input also from: Donald Becker <becker@super.org>, Alan Cox <A.Cox@swansea.ac.uk> diff --git a/Documentation/power/devices.txt b/Documentation/power/devices.txt index 5d4ae9a39f1..f987afe43e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/devices.txt @@ -207,27 +207,6 @@ SYSTEM_SHUTDOWN, I do not understand this one too much. probably event #READY_AFTER_RESUME # -Driver Detach Power Management - -The kernel now supports the ability to place a device in a low-power -state when it is detached from its driver, which happens when its -module is removed. - -Each device contains a 'detach_state' file in its sysfs directory -which can be used to control this state. Reading from this file -displays what the current detach state is set to. This is 0 (On) by -default. A user may write a positive integer value to this file in the -range of 1-4 inclusive. - -A value of 1-3 will indicate the device should be placed in that -low-power state, which will cause ->suspend() to be called for that -device. A value of 4 indicates that the device should be shutdown, so -->shutdown() will be called for that device. - -The driver is responsible for reinitializing the device when the -module is re-inserted during it's ->probe() (or equivalent) method. -The driver core will not call any extra functions when binding the -device to the driver. pm_message_t meaning diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/hvcs.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/hvcs.txt index c0a62e116e6..dca75cbda6f 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/hvcs.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/hvcs.txt @@ -347,8 +347,8 @@ address that is created by firmware. An example vty-server sysfs entry looks like the following: Pow5:/sys/bus/vio/drivers/hvcs/30000004 # ls - . current_vty devspec name partner_vtys - .. detach_state index partner_clcs vterm_state + . current_vty devspec name partner_vtys + .. index partner_clcs vterm_state Each entry is provided, by default with a "name" attribute. Reading the "name" attribute will reveal the device type as shown in the following diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt index 44b6eea60ec..b9e6be00cad 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt @@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ APICs noapictimer Don't set up the APIC timer + no_timer_check Don't check the IO-APIC timer. This can work around + problems with incorrect timer initialization on some boards. + Early Console syntax: earlyprintk=vga |