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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-09-11 11:13:58 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-09-11 11:13:58 +0200
commit6ef62164e794c480259ac158aa6c8c7b85746545 (patch)
treec4540211d0cef9c88d96f30f89ac4b9c1a570683 /Documentation
parente75b986af7881ed8d8ccb1ed154045ed17cfebd0 (diff)
parentadee14b2e1557d0a8559f29681732d05a89dfc35 (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.27-rc6' into timers/urgent
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/Locking15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.au08281
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt29
4 files changed, 24 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 680fb566b92..8362860e21a 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ prototypes:
void (*kill_sb) (struct super_block *);
locking rules:
may block BKL
-get_sb yes yes
-kill_sb yes yes
+get_sb yes no
+kill_sb yes no
->get_sb() returns error or 0 with locked superblock attached to the vfsmount
(exclusive on ->s_umount).
@@ -409,12 +409,12 @@ ioctl: yes (see below)
unlocked_ioctl: no (see below)
compat_ioctl: no
mmap: no
-open: maybe (see below)
+open: no
flush: no
release: no
fsync: no (see below)
aio_fsync: no
-fasync: yes (see below)
+fasync: no
lock: yes
readv: no
writev: no
@@ -431,13 +431,6 @@ For many filesystems, it is probably safe to acquire the inode
semaphore. Note some filesystems (i.e. remote ones) provide no
protection for i_size so you will need to use the BKL.
-->open() locking is in-transit: big lock partially moved into the methods.
-The only exception is ->open() in the instances of file_operations that never
-end up in ->i_fop/->proc_fops, i.e. ones that belong to character devices
-(chrdev_open() takes lock before replacing ->f_op and calling the secondary
-method. As soon as we fix the handling of module reference counters all
-instances of ->open() will be called without the BKL.
-
Note: ext2_release() was *the* source of contention on fs-intensive
loads and dropping BKL on ->release() helps to get rid of that (we still
grab BKL for cases when we close a file that had been opened r/w, but that
diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
index 02dc748b76c..71f0fe1fc1b 100644
--- a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ detailed description):
- LCD brightness control
- Volume control
- Fan control and monitoring: fan speed, fan enable/disable
- - Experimental: WAN enable and disable
+ - WAN enable and disable
A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web
site, http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/. I appreciate any success or failure
@@ -1375,18 +1375,13 @@ with EINVAL, try to set pwm1_enable to 1 and pwm1 to at least 128 (255
would be the safest choice, though).
-EXPERIMENTAL: WAN
------------------
+WAN
+---
procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
sysfs device attribute: wwan_enable (deprecated)
sysfs rfkill class: switch "tpacpi_wwan_sw"
-This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation
-directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE
-WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the
-experimental=1 parameter when loading the module.
-
This feature shows the presence and current state of a W-WAN (Sierra
Wireless EV-DO) device.
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.au0828 b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.au0828
index eedc399e8de..aa05e5bb22f 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.au0828
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.au0828
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
2 -> Hauppauge HVR850 (au0828) [2040:7240]
3 -> DViCO FusionHDTV USB (au0828) [0fe9:d620]
4 -> Hauppauge HVR950Q rev xxF8 (au0828) [2040:7201,2040:7211,2040:7281]
+ 5 -> Hauppauge Woodbury (au0828) [2040:8200]
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt
index 78a863ab8a5..0f03900c48f 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ zc3xx 0471:0325 Philips SPC 200 NC
zc3xx 0471:0326 Philips SPC 300 NC
sonixj 0471:0327 Philips SPC 600 NC
sonixj 0471:0328 Philips SPC 700 NC
-zc3xx 0471:032d Philips spc210nc
-zc3xx 0471:032e Philips spc315nc
-sonixj 0471:0330 Philips SPC 710NC
+zc3xx 0471:032d Philips SPC 210 NC
+zc3xx 0471:032e Philips SPC 315 NC
+sonixj 0471:0330 Philips SPC 710 NC
spca501 0497:c001 Smile International
sunplus 04a5:3003 Benq DC 1300
sunplus 04a5:3008 Benq DC 1500
-sunplus 04a5:300a Benq DC3410
-spca500 04a5:300c Benq DC1016
+sunplus 04a5:300a Benq DC 3410
+spca500 04a5:300c Benq DC 1016
sunplus 04f1:1001 JVC GC A50
spca561 04fc:0561 Flexcam 100
sunplus 04fc:500c Sunplus CA500C
@@ -175,19 +175,21 @@ sunplus 08ca:2060 Aiptek PocketDV5300
tv8532 0923:010f ICM532 cams
mars 093a:050f Mars-Semi Pc-Camera
pac207 093a:2460 PAC207 Qtec Webcam 100
-pac207 093a:2463 Philips spc200nc pac207
+pac207 093a:2463 Philips SPC 220 NC
pac207 093a:2464 Labtec Webcam 1200
pac207 093a:2468 PAC207
pac207 093a:2470 Genius GF112
-pac207 093a:2471 PAC207 Genius VideoCam ge111
-pac207 093a:2472 PAC207 Genius VideoCam ge110
+pac207 093a:2471 Genius VideoCam ge111
+pac207 093a:2472 Genius VideoCam ge110
pac7311 093a:2600 PAC7311 Typhoon
-pac7311 093a:2601 PAC7311 Phillips SPC610NC
+pac7311 093a:2601 Philips SPC 610 NC
pac7311 093a:2603 PAC7312
-pac7311 093a:2608 PAC7311 Trust WB-3300p
-pac7311 093a:260e PAC7311 Gigaware VGA PC Camera, Trust WB-3350p, SIGMA cam 2350
-pac7311 093a:260f PAC7311 SnakeCam
+pac7311 093a:2608 Trust WB-3300p
+pac7311 093a:260e Gigaware VGA PC Camera, Trust WB-3350p, SIGMA cam 2350
+pac7311 093a:260f SnakeCam
pac7311 093a:2621 PAC731x
+pac7311 093a:2624 PAC7302
+pac7311 093a:2626 Labtec 2200
zc3xx 0ac8:0302 Z-star Vimicro zc0302
vc032x 0ac8:0321 Vimicro generic vc0321
vc032x 0ac8:0323 Vimicro Vc0323
@@ -220,6 +222,7 @@ sonixj 0c45:60c0 Sangha Sn535
sonixj 0c45:60ec SN9C105+MO4000
sonixj 0c45:60fb Surfer NoName
sonixj 0c45:60fc LG-LIC300
+sonixj 0c45:6128 Microdia/Sonix SNP325
sonixj 0c45:612a Avant Camera
sonixj 0c45:612c Typhoon Rasy Cam 1.3MPix
sonixj 0c45:6130 Sonix Pccam
@@ -234,7 +237,7 @@ zc3xx 10fd:0128 Typhoon Webshot II USB 300k 0x0128
spca561 10fd:7e50 FlyCam Usb 100
zc3xx 10fd:8050 Typhoon Webshot II USB 300k
spca501 1776:501c Arowana 300K CMOS Camera
-t613 17a1:0128 T613/TAS5130A
+t613 17a1:0128 TASCORP JPEG Webcam, NGS Cyclops
vc032x 17ef:4802 Lenovo Vc0323+MI1310_SOC
pac207 2001:f115 D-Link DSB-C120
spca500 2899:012c Toptro Industrial