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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2011-11-23 19:42:09 -0200
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2011-11-23 19:42:09 -0200
commit12cbfd0a3c52a52c2948c91b9e62e73c468d1572 (patch)
tree9252b3929159a83fc81ca0a48706bfa959660967 /Documentation
parentb32e724308300a6ecead0f4895f0452a06a4291d (diff)
parentcfcfc9eca2bcbd26a8e206baeb005b055dbf8e37 (diff)
Merge tag 'v3.2-rc2' into staging/for_v3.3
* tag 'v3.2-rc2': (3068 commits) Linux 3.2-rc2 hfs: add sanity check for file name length fsl-rio: fix compile error blackfin: Fixup export.h includes Blackfin: add serial TX IRQ in individual platform resource virtio-pci: fix use after free ACPI / cpuidle: Remove acpi_idle_suspend (to fix suspend regression) drm/radeon/kms/combios: fix dynamic allocation of PM clock modes [CPUFREQ] db8500: fix build error due to undeclared i variable bma023: Add SFI translation for this device vrtc: change its year offset from 1960 to 1972 ce4100: fix a build error arm/imx: fix imx6q mmc error when mounting rootfs arm/imx: fix AUTO_ZRELADDR selection arm/imx: fix the references to ARCH_MX3 ARM: mx51/53: set pwm clock parent to ipg_perclk btrfs: rename the option to nospace_cache drm/radeon/kms/pm: switch to dynamically allocating clock mode array drm/radeon/kms: optimize r600_pm_profile_init drm/radeon/kms/pm: add a proper pm profile init function for fusion ... Conflicts: drivers/media/radio/Kconfig
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-acpi-pmprofile22
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-ideapad19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-ideapad-laptop15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/CodingStyle4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DMA-API.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl308
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cgroups/freezer-subsystem.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/device-mapper/dm-log.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/device-mapper/persistent-data.txt84
-rw-r--r--Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt285
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/calxeda.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/fsl.txt26
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt55
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/dsp.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/iva.txt19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/l3-noc.txt19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/mpu.txt27
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt43
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/picoxcell.txt24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/calxeda-sata.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/picochip-spacc.txt23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/fsl-imx-i2c.txt25
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/samsung-i2c.txt39
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/atmel-dataflash.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinmux/pinmux_nvidia.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/board.txt30
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/dcsr.txt395
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/msi-pic.txt42
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/tty/serial/msm_serial.txt27
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/virtio/mmio.txt17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt35
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/Locking1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt41
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/hfs.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/w83627ehf28
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwspinlock.txt74
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/leds/leds-class.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ipvs-sysctl.txt62
-rw-r--r--Documentation/oops-tracing.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/rapidio/rapidio.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/rapidio/tsi721.txt49
-rw-r--r--Documentation/serial/computone.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt532
-rw-r--r--Documentation/watchdog/convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt195
60 files changed, 2174 insertions, 609 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-acpi-pmprofile b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-acpi-pmprofile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..964c7a8afb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-acpi-pmprofile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+What: /sys/firmware/acpi/pm_profile
+Date: 03-Nov-2011
+KernelVersion: v3.2
+Contact: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
+Description: The ACPI pm_profile sysfs interface exports the platform
+ power management (and performance) requirement expectations
+ as provided by BIOS. The integer value is directly passed as
+ retrieved from the FADT ACPI table.
+Values: For possible values see ACPI specification:
+ 5.2.9 Fixed ACPI Description Table (FADT)
+ Field: Preferred_PM_Profile
+
+ Currently these values are defined by spec:
+ 0 Unspecified
+ 1 Desktop
+ 2 Mobile
+ 3 Workstation
+ 4 Enterprise Server
+ 5 SOHO Server
+ 6 Appliance PC
+ 7 Performance Server
+ >7 Reserved
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-ideapad b/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-ideapad
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7079c0b2103
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-ideapad
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+What: /sys/kernel/debug/ideapad/cfg
+Date: Sep 2011
+KernelVersion: 3.2
+Contact: Ike Panhc <ike.pan@canonical.com>
+Description:
+
+cfg shows the return value of _CFG method in VPC2004 device. It tells machine
+capability and what graphic component within the machine.
+
+
+What: /sys/kernel/debug/ideapad/status
+Date: Sep 2011
+KernelVersion: 3.2
+Contact: Ike Panhc <ike.pan@canonical.com>
+Description:
+
+status shows infos we can read and tells its meaning and value.
+
+
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss
index f5bb0a3bb8c..53d99edd1d7 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss
@@ -71,3 +71,10 @@ Description: Value of 1 indicates the controller can honor the reset_devices
a dump device, as kdump requires resetting the device in order
to work reliably.
+Where: /sys/bus/pci/devices/<dev>/ccissX/transport_mode
+Date: July 2011
+Kernel Version: 3.0
+Contact: iss_storagedev@hp.com
+Description: Value of "simple" indicates that the controller has been placed
+ in "simple mode". Value of "performant" indicates that the
+ controller has been placed in "performant mode".
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-ideapad-laptop b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-ideapad-laptop
index ff53183c384..814b01354c4 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-ideapad-laptop
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-ideapad-laptop
@@ -5,19 +5,4 @@ Contact: "Ike Panhc <ike.pan@canonical.com>"
Description:
Control the power of camera module. 1 means on, 0 means off.
-What: /sys/devices/platform/ideapad/cfg
-Date: Jun 2011
-KernelVersion: 3.1
-Contact: "Ike Panhc <ike.pan@canonical.com>"
-Description:
- Ideapad capability bits.
- Bit 8-10: 1 - Intel graphic only
- 2 - ATI graphic only
- 3 - Nvidia graphic only
- 4 - Intel and ATI graphic
- 5 - Intel and Nvidia graphic
- Bit 16: Bluetooth exist (1 for exist)
- Bit 17: 3G exist (1 for exist)
- Bit 18: Wifi exist (1 for exist)
- Bit 19: Camera exist (1 for exist)
diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle
index c940239d967..2b90d328b3b 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingStyle
+++ b/Documentation/CodingStyle
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ if (condition)
else
do_that();
-This does not apply if one branch of a conditional statement is a single
-statement. Use braces in both branches.
+This does not apply if only one branch of a conditional statement is a single
+statement; in the latter case use braces in both branches:
if (condition) {
do_this();
diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt
index fe232690661..66bd97a95f1 100644
--- a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt
+++ b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ specify the GFP_ flags (see kmalloc) for the allocation (the
implementation may choose to ignore flags that affect the location of
the returned memory, like GFP_DMA).
+void *
+dma_zalloc_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
+ dma_addr_t *dma_handle, gfp_t flag)
+
+Wraps dma_alloc_coherent() and also zeroes the returned memory if the
+allocation attempt succeeded.
+
void
dma_free_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size, void *cpu_addr,
dma_addr_t dma_handle)
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl
index c2791589397..196b8b9dba1 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
The Linux DRM layer contains code intended to support the needs
of complex graphics devices, usually containing programmable
pipelines well suited to 3D graphics acceleration. Graphics
- drivers in the kernel can make use of DRM functions to make
+ drivers in the kernel may make use of DRM functions to make
tasks like memory management, interrupt handling and DMA easier,
and provide a uniform interface to applications.
</para>
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@
existing drivers.
</para>
<para>
- First, we'll go over some typical driver initialization
+ First, we go over some typical driver initialization
requirements, like setting up command buffers, creating an
initial output configuration, and initializing core services.
- Subsequent sections will cover core internals in more detail,
+ Subsequent sections cover core internals in more detail,
providing implementation notes and examples.
</para>
<para>
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
</para>
<para>
The core of every DRM driver is struct drm_driver. Drivers
- will typically statically initialize a drm_driver structure,
+ typically statically initialize a drm_driver structure,
then pass it to drm_init() at load time.
</para>
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@
</para>
<programlisting>
static struct drm_driver driver = {
- /* don't use mtrr's here, the Xserver or user space app should
- * deal with them for intel hardware.
+ /* Don't use MTRRs here; the Xserver or userspace app should
+ * deal with them for Intel hardware.
*/
.driver_features =
DRIVER_USE_AGP | DRIVER_REQUIRE_AGP |
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@
</programlisting>
<para>
In the example above, taken from the i915 DRM driver, the driver
- sets several flags indicating what core features it supports.
- We'll go over the individual callbacks in later sections. Since
+ sets several flags indicating what core features it supports;
+ we go over the individual callbacks in later sections. Since
flags indicate which features your driver supports to the DRM
core, you need to set most of them prior to calling drm_init(). Some,
like DRIVER_MODESET can be set later based on user supplied parameters,
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@
<term>DRIVER_HAVE_IRQ</term><term>DRIVER_IRQ_SHARED</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- DRIVER_HAVE_IRQ indicates whether the driver has a IRQ
- handler, DRIVER_IRQ_SHARED indicates whether the device &amp;
+ DRIVER_HAVE_IRQ indicates whether the driver has an IRQ
+ handler. DRIVER_IRQ_SHARED indicates whether the device &amp;
handler support shared IRQs (note that this is required of
PCI drivers).
</para>
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@
<term>DRIVER_DMA_QUEUE</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- If the driver queues DMA requests and completes them
- asynchronously, this flag should be set. Deprecated.
+ Should be set if the driver queues DMA requests and completes them
+ asynchronously. Deprecated.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
</variablelist>
<para>
In this specific case, the driver requires AGP and supports
- IRQs. DMA, as we'll see, is handled by device specific ioctls
+ IRQs. DMA, as discussed later, is handled by device-specific ioctls
in this case. It also supports the kernel mode setting APIs, though
unlike in the actual i915 driver source, this example unconditionally
exports KMS capability.
@@ -269,36 +269,34 @@
initial output configuration.
</para>
<para>
- Note that the tasks performed at driver load time must not
- conflict with DRM client requirements. For instance, if user
+ If compatibility is a concern (e.g. with drivers converted over
+ to the new interfaces from the old ones), care must be taken to
+ prevent device initialization and control that is incompatible with
+ currently active userspace drivers. For instance, if user
level mode setting drivers are in use, it would be problematic
to perform output discovery &amp; configuration at load time.
- Likewise, if pre-memory management aware user level drivers are
+ Likewise, if user-level drivers unaware of memory management are
in use, memory management and command buffer setup may need to
- be omitted. These requirements are driver specific, and care
+ be omitted. These requirements are driver-specific, and care
needs to be taken to keep both old and new applications and
libraries working. The i915 driver supports the "modeset"
module parameter to control whether advanced features are
- enabled at load time or in legacy fashion. If compatibility is
- a concern (e.g. with drivers converted over to the new interfaces
- from the old ones), care must be taken to prevent incompatible
- device initialization and control with the currently active
- userspace drivers.
+ enabled at load time or in legacy fashion.
</para>
<sect2>
<title>Driver private &amp; performance counters</title>
<para>
The driver private hangs off the main drm_device structure and
- can be used for tracking various device specific bits of
+ can be used for tracking various device-specific bits of
information, like register offsets, command buffer status,
register state for suspend/resume, etc. At load time, a
- driver can simply allocate one and set drm_device.dev_priv
- appropriately; at unload the driver can free it and set
- drm_device.dev_priv to NULL.
+ driver may simply allocate one and set drm_device.dev_priv
+ appropriately; it should be freed and drm_device.dev_priv set
+ to NULL when the driver is unloaded.
</para>
<para>
- The DRM supports several counters which can be used for rough
+ The DRM supports several counters which may be used for rough
performance characterization. Note that the DRM stat counter
system is not often used by applications, and supporting
additional counters is completely optional.
@@ -307,15 +305,15 @@
These interfaces are deprecated and should not be used. If performance
monitoring is desired, the developer should investigate and
potentially enhance the kernel perf and tracing infrastructure to export
- GPU related performance information to performance monitoring
- tools and applications.
+ GPU related performance information for consumption by performance
+ monitoring tools and applications.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Configuring the device</title>
<para>
- Obviously, device configuration will be device specific.
+ Obviously, device configuration is device-specific.
However, there are several common operations: finding a
device's PCI resources, mapping them, and potentially setting
up an IRQ handler.
@@ -323,10 +321,10 @@
<para>
Finding &amp; mapping resources is fairly straightforward. The
DRM wrapper functions, drm_get_resource_start() and
- drm_get_resource_len() can be used to find BARs on the given
+ drm_get_resource_len(), may be used to find BARs on the given
drm_device struct. Once those values have been retrieved, the
driver load function can call drm_addmap() to create a new
- mapping for the BAR in question. Note you'll probably want a
+ mapping for the BAR in question. Note that you probably want a
drm_local_map_t in your driver private structure to track any
mappings you create.
<!-- !Fdrivers/gpu/drm/drm_bufs.c drm_get_resource_* -->
@@ -335,20 +333,20 @@
<para>
if compatibility with other operating systems isn't a concern
(DRM drivers can run under various BSD variants and OpenSolaris),
- native Linux calls can be used for the above, e.g. pci_resource_*
+ native Linux calls may be used for the above, e.g. pci_resource_*
and iomap*/iounmap. See the Linux device driver book for more
info.
</para>
<para>
- Once you have a register map, you can use the DRM_READn() and
+ Once you have a register map, you may use the DRM_READn() and
DRM_WRITEn() macros to access the registers on your device, or
- use driver specific versions to offset into your MMIO space
- relative to a driver specific base pointer (see I915_READ for
- example).
+ use driver-specific versions to offset into your MMIO space
+ relative to a driver-specific base pointer (see I915_READ for
+ an example).
</para>
<para>
If your device supports interrupt generation, you may want to
- setup an interrupt handler at driver load time as well. This
+ set up an interrupt handler when the driver is loaded. This
is done using the drm_irq_install() function. If your device
supports vertical blank interrupts, it should call
drm_vblank_init() to initialize the core vblank handling code before
@@ -357,7 +355,7 @@
</para>
<!--!Fdrivers/char/drm/drm_irq.c drm_irq_install-->
<para>
- Once your interrupt handler is registered (it'll use your
+ Once your interrupt handler is registered (it uses your
drm_driver.irq_handler as the actual interrupt handling
function), you can safely enable interrupts on your device,
assuming any other state your interrupt handler uses is also
@@ -371,10 +369,10 @@
using the pci_map_rom() call, a convenience function that
takes care of mapping the actual ROM, whether it has been
shadowed into memory (typically at address 0xc0000) or exists
- on the PCI device in the ROM BAR. Note that once you've
- mapped the ROM and extracted any necessary information, be
- sure to unmap it; on many devices the ROM address decoder is
- shared with other BARs, so leaving it mapped can cause
+ on the PCI device in the ROM BAR. Note that after the ROM
+ has been mapped and any necessary information has been extracted,
+ it should be unmapped; on many devices, the ROM address decoder is
+ shared with other BARs, so leaving it mapped could cause
undesired behavior like hangs or memory corruption.
<!--!Fdrivers/pci/rom.c pci_map_rom-->
</para>
@@ -389,9 +387,9 @@
should support a memory manager.
</para>
<para>
- If your driver supports memory management (it should!), you'll
+ If your driver supports memory management (it should!), you
need to set that up at load time as well. How you initialize
- it depends on which memory manager you're using, TTM or GEM.
+ it depends on which memory manager you're using: TTM or GEM.
</para>
<sect3>
<title>TTM initialization</title>
@@ -401,7 +399,7 @@
and devices with dedicated video RAM (VRAM), i.e. most discrete
graphics devices. If your device has dedicated RAM, supporting
TTM is desirable. TTM also integrates tightly with your
- driver specific buffer execution function. See the radeon
+ driver-specific buffer execution function. See the radeon
driver for examples.
</para>
<para>
@@ -429,21 +427,21 @@
created by the memory manager at runtime. Your global TTM should
have a type of TTM_GLOBAL_TTM_MEM. The size field for the global
object should be sizeof(struct ttm_mem_global), and the init and
- release hooks should point at your driver specific init and
- release routines, which will probably eventually call
- ttm_mem_global_init and ttm_mem_global_release respectively.
+ release hooks should point at your driver-specific init and
+ release routines, which probably eventually call
+ ttm_mem_global_init and ttm_mem_global_release, respectively.
</para>
<para>
Once your global TTM accounting structure is set up and initialized
- (done by calling ttm_global_item_ref on the global object you
- just created), you'll need to create a buffer object TTM to
+ by calling ttm_global_item_ref() on it,
+ you need to create a buffer object TTM to
provide a pool for buffer object allocation by clients and the
kernel itself. The type of this object should be TTM_GLOBAL_TTM_BO,
and its size should be sizeof(struct ttm_bo_global). Again,
- driver specific init and release functions can be provided,
- likely eventually calling ttm_bo_global_init and
- ttm_bo_global_release, respectively. Also like the previous
- object, ttm_global_item_ref is used to create an initial reference
+ driver-specific init and release functions may be provided,
+ likely eventually calling ttm_bo_global_init() and
+ ttm_bo_global_release(), respectively. Also, like the previous
+ object, ttm_global_item_ref() is used to create an initial reference
count for the TTM, which will call your initialization function.
</para>
</sect3>
@@ -453,27 +451,26 @@
GEM is an alternative to TTM, designed specifically for UMA
devices. It has simpler initialization and execution requirements
than TTM, but has no VRAM management capability. Core GEM
- initialization is comprised of a basic drm_mm_init call to create
+ is initialized by calling drm_mm_init() to create
a GTT DRM MM object, which provides an address space pool for
- object allocation. In a KMS configuration, the driver will
- need to allocate and initialize a command ring buffer following
- basic GEM initialization. Most UMA devices have a so-called
+ object allocation. In a KMS configuration, the driver
+ needs to allocate and initialize a command ring buffer following
+ core GEM initialization. A UMA device usually has what is called a
"stolen" memory region, which provides space for the initial
framebuffer and large, contiguous memory regions required by the
- device. This space is not typically managed by GEM, and must
+ device. This space is not typically managed by GEM, and it must
be initialized separately into its own DRM MM object.
</para>
<para>
- Initialization will be driver specific, and will depend on
- the architecture of the device. In the case of Intel
+ Initialization is driver-specific. In the case of Intel
integrated graphics chips like 965GM, GEM initialization can
be done by calling the internal GEM init function,
i915_gem_do_init(). Since the 965GM is a UMA device
- (i.e. it doesn't have dedicated VRAM), GEM will manage
+ (i.e. it doesn't have dedicated VRAM), GEM manages
making regular RAM available for GPU operations. Memory set
aside by the BIOS (called "stolen" memory by the i915
- driver) will be managed by the DRM memrange allocator; the
- rest of the aperture will be managed by GEM.
+ driver) is managed by the DRM memrange allocator; the
+ rest of the aperture is managed by GEM.
<programlisting>
/* Basic memrange allocator for stolen space (aka vram) */
drm_memrange_init(&amp;dev_priv->vram, 0, prealloc_size);
@@ -483,7 +480,7 @@
<!--!Edrivers/char/drm/drm_memrange.c-->
</para>
<para>
- Once the memory manager has been set up, we can allocate the
+ Once the memory manager has been set up, we may allocate the
command buffer. In the i915 case, this is also done with a
GEM function, i915_gem_init_ringbuffer().
</para>
@@ -493,16 +490,25 @@
<sect2>
<title>Output configuration</title>
<para>
- The final initialization task is output configuration. This involves
- finding and initializing the CRTCs, encoders and connectors
- for your device, creating an initial configuration and
- registering a framebuffer console driver.
+ The final initialization task is output configuration. This involves:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ Finding and initializing the CRTCs, encoders, and connectors
+ for the device.
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ Creating an initial configuration.
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ Registering a framebuffer console driver.
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</para>
<sect3>
<title>Output discovery and initialization</title>
<para>
- Several core functions exist to create CRTCs, encoders and
- connectors, namely drm_crtc_init(), drm_connector_init() and
+ Several core functions exist to create CRTCs, encoders, and
+ connectors, namely: drm_crtc_init(), drm_connector_init(), and
drm_encoder_init(), along with several "helper" functions to
perform common tasks.
</para>
@@ -555,10 +561,10 @@ void intel_crt_init(struct drm_device *dev)
</programlisting>
<para>
In the example above (again, taken from the i915 driver), a
- CRT connector and encoder combination is created. A device
- specific i2c bus is also created, for fetching EDID data and
+ CRT connector and encoder combination is created. A device-specific
+ i2c bus is also created for fetching EDID data and
performing monitor detection. Once the process is complete,
- the new connector is registered with sysfs, to make its
+ the new connector is registered with sysfs to make its
properties available to applications.
</para>
<sect4>
@@ -567,12 +573,12 @@ void intel_crt_init(struct drm_device *dev)
Since many PC-class graphics devices have similar display output
designs, the DRM provides a set of helper functions to make
output management easier. The core helper routines handle
- encoder re-routing and disabling of unused functions following
- mode set. Using the helpers is optional, but recommended for
+ encoder re-routing and the disabling of unused functions following
+ mode setting. Using the helpers is optional, but recommended for
devices with PC-style architectures (i.e. a set of display planes
for feeding pixels to encoders which are in turn routed to
connectors). Devices with more complex requirements needing
- finer grained management can opt to use the core callbacks
+ finer grained management may opt to use the core callbacks
directly.
</para>
<para>
@@ -580,17 +586,25 @@ void intel_crt_init(struct drm_device *dev)
</para>
</sect4>
<para>
- For each encoder, CRTC and connector, several functions must
- be provided, depending on the object type. Encoder objects
- need to provide a DPMS (basically on/off) function, mode fixup
- (for converting requested modes into native hardware timings),
- and prepare, set and commit functions for use by the core DRM
- helper functions. Connector helpers need to provide mode fetch and
- validity functions as well as an encoder matching function for
- returning an ideal encoder for a given connector. The core
- connector functions include a DPMS callback, (deprecated)
- save/restore routines, detection, mode probing, property handling,
- and cleanup functions.
+ Each encoder object needs to provide:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ A DPMS (basically on/off) function.
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ A mode-fixup function (for converting requested modes into
+ native hardware timings).
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ Functions (prepare, set, and commit) for use by the core DRM
+ helper functions.
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ Connector helpers need to provide functions (mode-fetch, validity,
+ and encoder-matching) for returning an ideal encoder for a given
+ connector. The core connector functions include a DPMS callback,
+ save/restore routines (deprecated), detection, mode probing,
+ property handling, and cleanup functions.
</para>
<!--!Edrivers/char/drm/drm_crtc.h-->
<!--!Edrivers/char/drm/drm_crtc.c-->
@@ -605,23 +619,34 @@ void intel_crt_init(struct drm_device *dev)
<title>VBlank event handling</title>
<para>
The DRM core exposes two vertical blank related ioctls:
- DRM_IOCTL_WAIT_VBLANK and DRM_IOCTL_MODESET_CTL.
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>DRM_IOCTL_WAIT_VBLANK</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This takes a struct drm_wait_vblank structure as its argument,
+ and it is used to block or request a signal when a specified
+ vblank event occurs.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>DRM_IOCTL_MODESET_CTL</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This should be called by application level drivers before and
+ after mode setting, since on many devices the vertical blank
+ counter is reset at that time. Internally, the DRM snapshots
+ the last vblank count when the ioctl is called with the
+ _DRM_PRE_MODESET command, so that the counter won't go backwards
+ (which is dealt with when _DRM_POST_MODESET is used).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
<!--!Edrivers/char/drm/drm_irq.c-->
</para>
<para>
- DRM_IOCTL_WAIT_VBLANK takes a struct drm_wait_vblank structure
- as its argument, and is used to block or request a signal when a
- specified vblank event occurs.
- </para>
- <para>
- DRM_IOCTL_MODESET_CTL should be called by application level
- drivers before and after mode setting, since on many devices the
- vertical blank counter will be reset at that time. Internally,
- the DRM snapshots the last vblank count when the ioctl is called
- with the _DRM_PRE_MODESET command so that the counter won't go
- backwards (which is dealt with when _DRM_POST_MODESET is used).
- </para>
- <para>
To support the functions above, the DRM core provides several
helper functions for tracking vertical blank counters, and
requires drivers to provide several callbacks:
@@ -632,24 +657,24 @@ void intel_crt_init(struct drm_device *dev)
register. The enable and disable vblank callbacks should enable
and disable vertical blank interrupts, respectively. In the
absence of DRM clients waiting on vblank events, the core DRM
- code will use the disable_vblank() function to disable
- interrupts, which saves power. They'll be re-enabled again when
+ code uses the disable_vblank() function to disable
+ interrupts, which saves power. They are re-enabled again when
a client calls the vblank wait ioctl above.
</para>
<para>
- Devices that don't provide a count register can simply use an
+ A device that doesn't provide a count register may simply use an
internal atomic counter incremented on every vertical blank
- interrupt, and can make their enable and disable vblank
- functions into no-ops.
+ interrupt (and then treat the enable_vblank() and disable_vblank()
+ callbacks as no-ops).
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1>
<title>Memory management</title>
<para>
- The memory manager lies at the heart of many DRM operations, and
- is also required to support advanced client features like OpenGL
- pbuffers. The DRM currently contains two memory managers, TTM
+ The memory manager lies at the heart of many DRM operations; it
+ is required to support advanced client features like OpenGL
+ pbuffers. The DRM currently contains two memory managers: TTM
and GEM.
</para>
@@ -679,41 +704,46 @@ void intel_crt_init(struct drm_device *dev)
<para>
GEM-enabled drivers must provide gem_init_object() and
gem_free_object() callbacks to support the core memory
- allocation routines. They should also provide several driver
- specific ioctls to support command execution, pinning, buffer
+ allocation routines. They should also provide several driver-specific
+ ioctls to support command execution, pinning, buffer
read &amp; write, mapping, and domain ownership transfers.
</para>
<para>
- On a fundamental level, GEM involves several operations: memory
- allocation and freeing, command execution, and aperture management
- at command execution time. Buffer object allocation is relatively
+ On a fundamental level, GEM involves several operations:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>Memory allocation and freeing</listitem>
+ <listitem>Command execution</listitem>
+ <listitem>Aperture management at command execution time</listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ Buffer object allocation is relatively
straightforward and largely provided by Linux's shmem layer, which
provides memory to back each object. When mapped into the GTT
or used in a command buffer, the backing pages for an object are
flushed to memory and marked write combined so as to be coherent
- with the GPU. Likewise, when the GPU finishes rendering to an object,
- if the CPU accesses it, it must be made coherent with the CPU's view
+ with the GPU. Likewise, if the CPU accesses an object after the GPU
+ has finished rendering to the object, then the object must be made
+ coherent with the CPU's view
of memory, usually involving GPU cache flushing of various kinds.
- This core CPU&lt;-&gt;GPU coherency management is provided by the GEM
- set domain function, which evaluates an object's current domain and
+ This core CPU&lt;-&gt;GPU coherency management is provided by a
+ device-specific ioctl, which evaluates an object's current domain and
performs any necessary flushing or synchronization to put the object
into the desired coherency domain (note that the object may be busy,
- i.e. an active render target; in that case the set domain function
- will block the client and wait for rendering to complete before
+ i.e. an active render target; in that case, setting the domain
+ blocks the client and waits for rendering to complete before
performing any necessary flushing operations).
</para>
<para>
Perhaps the most important GEM function is providing a command
execution interface to clients. Client programs construct command
- buffers containing references to previously allocated memory objects
- and submit them to GEM. At that point, GEM will take care to bind
+ buffers containing references to previously allocated memory objects,
+ and then submit them to GEM. At that point, GEM takes care to bind
all the objects into the GTT, execute the buffer, and provide
necessary synchronization between clients accessing the same buffers.
This often involves evicting some objects from the GTT and re-binding
others (a fairly expensive operation), and providing relocation
support which hides fixed GTT offsets from clients. Clients must
take care not to submit command buffers that reference more objects
- than can fit in the GTT or GEM will reject them and no rendering
+ than can fit in the GTT; otherwise, GEM will reject them and no rendering
will occur. Similarly, if several objects in the buffer require
fence registers to be allocated for correct rendering (e.g. 2D blits
on pre-965 chips), care must be taken not to require more fence
@@ -729,7 +759,7 @@ void intel_crt_init(struct drm_device *dev)
<title>Output management</title>
<para>
At the core of the DRM output management code is a set of
- structures representing CRTCs, encoders and connectors.
+ structures representing CRTCs, encoders, and connectors.
</para>
<para>
A CRTC is an abstraction representing a part of the chip that
@@ -765,21 +795,19 @@ void intel_crt_init(struct drm_device *dev)
<sect1>
<title>Framebuffer management</title>
<para>
- In order to set a mode on a given CRTC, encoder and connector
- configuration, clients need to provide a framebuffer object which
- will provide a source of pixels for the CRTC to deliver to the encoder(s)
- and ultimately the connector(s) in the configuration. A framebuffer
- is fundamentally a driver specific memory object, made into an opaque
- handle by the DRM addfb function. Once an fb has been created this
- way it can be passed to the KMS mode setting routines for use in
- a configuration.
+ Clients need to provide a framebuffer object which provides a source
+ of pixels for a CRTC to deliver to the encoder(s) and ultimately the
+ connector(s). A framebuffer is fundamentally a driver-specific memory
+ object, made into an opaque handle by the DRM's addfb() function.
+ Once a framebuffer has been created this way, it may be passed to the
+ KMS mode setting routines for use in a completed configuration.
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1>
<title>Command submission &amp; fencing</title>
<para>
- This should cover a few device specific command submission
+ This should cover a few device-specific command submission
implementations.
</para>
</sect1>
@@ -789,7 +817,7 @@ void intel_crt_init(struct drm_device *dev)
<para>
The DRM core provides some suspend/resume code, but drivers
wanting full suspend/resume support should provide save() and
- restore() functions. These will be called at suspend,
+ restore() functions. These are called at suspend,
hibernate, or resume time, and should perform any state save or
restore required by your device across suspend or hibernate
states.
@@ -812,8 +840,8 @@ void intel_crt_init(struct drm_device *dev)
<para>
The DRM core exports several interfaces to applications,
generally intended to be used through corresponding libdrm
- wrapper functions. In addition, drivers export device specific
- interfaces for use by userspace drivers &amp; device aware
+ wrapper functions. In addition, drivers export device-specific
+ interfaces for use by userspace drivers &amp; device-aware
applications through ioctls and sysfs files.
</para>
<para>
@@ -822,8 +850,8 @@ void intel_crt_init(struct drm_device *dev)
management, memory management, and output management.
</para>
<para>
- Cover generic ioctls and sysfs layout here. Only need high
- level info, since man pages will cover the rest.
+ Cover generic ioctls and sysfs layout here. We only need high-level
+ info, since man pages should cover the rest.
</para>
</chapter>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl
index 17910e2052a..0c674be0d3c 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/mtdnand.tmpl
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ static void board_select_chip (struct mtd_info *mtd, int chip)
</para>
<para>
The simplest way to activate the FLASH based bad block table support
- is to set the option NAND_USE_FLASH_BBT in the option field of
+ is to set the option NAND_BBT_USE_FLASH in the bbt_option field of
the nand chip structure before calling nand_scan(). For AG-AND
chips is this done by default.
This activates the default FLASH based bad block table functionality
@@ -773,20 +773,6 @@ struct nand_oobinfo {
done according to the default builtin scheme.
</para>
</sect2>
- <sect2 id="User_space_placement_selection">
- <title>User space placement selection</title>
- <para>
- All non ecc functions like mtd->read and mtd->write use an internal
- structure, which can be set by an ioctl. This structure is preset
- to the autoplacement default.
- <programlisting>
- ioctl (fd, MEMSETOOBSEL, oobsel);
- </programlisting>
- oobsel is a pointer to a user supplied structure of type
- nand_oobconfig. The contents of this structure must match the
- criteria of the filesystem, which will be used. See an example in utils/nandwrite.c.
- </para>
- </sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="Spare_area_autoplacement_default">
<title>Spare area autoplacement default schemes</title>
@@ -1158,9 +1144,6 @@ in this page</entry>
These constants are defined in nand.h. They are ored together to describe
the functionality.
<programlisting>
-/* Use a flash based bad block table. This option is parsed by the
- * default bad block table function (nand_default_bbt). */
-#define NAND_USE_FLASH_BBT 0x00010000
/* The hw ecc generator provides a syndrome instead a ecc value on read
* This can only work if we have the ecc bytes directly behind the
* data bytes. Applies for DOC and AG-AND Renesas HW Reed Solomon generators */
diff --git a/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt b/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt
index 71cfbdc0f74..3b2612e342f 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
To choose IO schedulers at boot time, use the argument 'elevator=deadline'.
-'noop', 'as' and 'cfq' (the default) are also available. IO schedulers are
-assigned globally at boot time only presently.
+'noop' and 'cfq' (the default) are also available. IO schedulers are assigned
+globally at boot time only presently.
Each io queue has a set of io scheduler tunables associated with it. These
tunables control how the io scheduler works. You can find these entries
diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt
index c00c6a5ab21..71464e09ec1 100644
--- a/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,16 @@ The device naming scheme is:
/dev/cciss/c1d1p2 Controller 1, disk 1, partition 2
/dev/cciss/c1d1p3 Controller 1, disk 1, partition 3
+CCISS simple mode support
+-------------------------
+
+The "cciss_simple_mode=1" boot parameter may be used to prevent the driver
+from putting the controller into "performant" mode. The difference is that
+with simple mode, each command completion requires an interrupt, while with
+"performant mode" (the default, and ordinarily better performing) it is
+possible to have multiple command completions indicated by a single
+interrupt.
+
SCSI tape drive and medium changer support
------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
index cd67e90003c..9c452ef2328 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
@@ -454,8 +454,8 @@ mounted hierarchy, to remove a task from its current cgroup you must
move it into a new cgroup (possibly the root cgroup) by writing to the
new cgroup's tasks file.
-Note: If the ns cgroup is active, moving a process to another cgroup can
-fail.
+Note: Due to some restrictions enforced by some cgroup subsystems, moving
+a process to another cgroup can fail.
2.3 Mounting hierarchies by name
--------------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/freezer-subsystem.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/freezer-subsystem.txt
index c21d77742a0..7e62de1e59f 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroups/freezer-subsystem.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/freezer-subsystem.txt
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ demonstrate this problem using nested bash shells:
From a second, unrelated bash shell:
$ kill -SIGSTOP 16690
- $ kill -SIGCONT 16990
+ $ kill -SIGCONT 16690
- <at this point 16990 exits and causes 16644 to exit too>
+ <at this point 16690 exits and causes 16644 to exit too>
This happens because bash can observe both signals and choose how it
responds to them.
diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt
index 06eb6d957c8..cc0ebc5241b 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt
@@ -418,7 +418,6 @@ total_unevictable - sum of all children's "unevictable"
# The following additional stats are dependent on CONFIG_DEBUG_VM.
-inactive_ratio - VM internal parameter. (see mm/page_alloc.c)
recent_rotated_anon - VM internal parameter. (see mm/vmscan.c)
recent_rotated_file - VM internal parameter. (see mm/vmscan.c)
recent_scanned_anon - VM internal parameter. (see mm/vmscan.c)
diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-log.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-log.txt
index 994dd75475a..c155ac569c4 100644
--- a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-log.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ kernel and userspace, 'connector' is used as the interface for
communication.
There are currently two userspace log implementations that leverage this
-framework - "clustered_disk" and "clustered_core". These implementations
+framework - "clustered-disk" and "clustered-core". These implementations
provide a cluster-coherent log for shared-storage. Device-mapper mirroring
can be used in a shared-storage environment when the cluster log implementations
are employed.
diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/persistent-data.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/persistent-data.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0e5df9b04ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/persistent-data.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+Introduction
+============
+
+The more-sophisticated device-mapper targets require complex metadata
+that is managed in kernel. In late 2010 we were seeing that various
+different targets were rolling their own data strutures, for example:
+
+- Mikulas Patocka's multisnap implementation
+- Heinz Mauelshagen's thin provisioning target
+- Another btree-based caching target posted to dm-devel
+- Another multi-snapshot target based on a design of Daniel Phillips
+
+Maintaining these data structures takes a lot of work, so if possible
+we'd like to reduce the number.
+
+The persistent-data library is an attempt to provide a re-usable
+framework for people who want to store metadata in device-mapper
+targets. It's currently used by the thin-provisioning target and an
+upcoming hierarchical storage target.
+
+Overview
+========
+
+The main documentation is in the header files which can all be found
+under drivers/md/persistent-data.
+
+The block manager
+-----------------
+
+dm-block-manager.[hc]
+
+This provides access to the data on disk in fixed sized-blocks. There
+is a read/write locking interface to prevent concurrent accesses, and
+keep data that is being used in the cache.
+
+Clients of persistent-data are unlikely to use this directly.
+
+The transaction manager
+-----------------------
+
+dm-transaction-manager.[hc]
+
+This restricts access to blocks and enforces copy-on-write semantics.
+The only way you can get hold of a writable block through the
+transaction manager is by shadowing an existing block (ie. doing
+copy-on-write) or allocating a fresh one. Shadowing is elided within
+the same transaction so performance is reasonable. The commit method
+ensures that all data is flushed before it writes the superblock.
+On power failure your metadata will be as it was when last committed.
+
+The Space Maps
+--------------
+
+dm-space-map.h
+dm-space-map-metadata.[hc]
+dm-space-map-disk.[hc]
+
+On-disk data structures that keep track of reference counts of blocks.
+Also acts as the allocator of new blocks. Currently two
+implementations: a simpler one for managing blocks on a different
+device (eg. thinly-provisioned data blocks); and one for managing
+the metadata space. The latter is complicated by the need to store
+its own data within the space it's managing.
+
+The data structures
+-------------------
+
+dm-btree.[hc]
+dm-btree-remove.c
+dm-btree-spine.c
+dm-btree-internal.h
+
+Currently there is only one data structure, a hierarchical btree.
+There are plans to add more. For example, something with an
+array-like interface would see a lot of use.
+
+The btree is 'hierarchical' in that you can define it to be composed
+of nested btrees, and take multiple keys. For example, the
+thin-provisioning target uses a btree with two levels of nesting.
+The first maps a device id to a mapping tree, and that in turn maps a
+virtual block to a physical block.
+
+Values stored in the btrees can have arbitrary size. Keys are always
+64bits, although nesting allows you to use multiple keys.
diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..801d9d1cf82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+Introduction
+============
+
+This document descibes a collection of device-mapper targets that
+between them implement thin-provisioning and snapshots.
+
+The main highlight of this implementation, compared to the previous
+implementation of snapshots, is that it allows many virtual devices to
+be stored on the same data volume. This simplifies administration and
+allows the sharing of data between volumes, thus reducing disk usage.
+
+Another significant feature is support for an arbitrary depth of
+recursive snapshots (snapshots of snapshots of snapshots ...). The
+previous implementation of snapshots did this by chaining together
+lookup tables, and so performance was O(depth). This new
+implementation uses a single data structure to avoid this degradation
+with depth. Fragmentation may still be an issue, however, in some
+scenarios.
+
+Metadata is stored on a separate device from data, giving the
+administrator some freedom, for example to:
+
+- Improve metadata resilience by storing metadata on a mirrored volume
+ but data on a non-mirrored one.
+
+- Improve performance by storing the metadata on SSD.
+
+Status
+======
+
+These targets are very much still in the EXPERIMENTAL state. Please
+do not yet rely on them in production. But do experiment and offer us
+feedback. Different use cases will have different performance
+characteristics, for example due to fragmentation of the data volume.
+
+If you find this software is not performing as expected please mail
+dm-devel@redhat.com with details and we'll try our best to improve
+things for you.
+
+Userspace tools for checking and repairing the metadata are under
+development.
+
+Cookbook
+========
+
+This section describes some quick recipes for using thin provisioning.
+They use the dmsetup program to control the device-mapper driver
+directly. End users will be advised to use a higher-level volume
+manager such as LVM2 once support has been added.
+
+Pool device
+-----------
+
+The pool device ties together the metadata volume and the data volume.
+It maps I/O linearly to the data volume and updates the metadata via
+two mechanisms:
+
+- Function calls from the thin targets
+
+- Device-mapper 'messages' from userspace which control the creation of new
+ virtual devices amongst other things.
+
+Setting up a fresh pool device
+------------------------------
+
+Setting up a pool device requires a valid metadata device, and a
+data device. If you do not have an existing metadata device you can
+make one by zeroing the first 4k to indicate empty metadata.
+
+ dd if=/dev/zero of=$metadata_dev bs=4096 count=1
+
+The amount of metadata you need will vary according to how many blocks
+are shared between thin devices (i.e. through snapshots). If you have
+less sharing than average you'll need a larger-than-average metadata device.
+
+As a guide, we suggest you calculate the number of bytes to use in the
+metadata device as 48 * $data_dev_size / $data_block_size but round it up
+to 2MB if the answer is smaller. The largest size supported is 16GB.
+
+If you're creating large numbers of snapshots which are recording large
+amounts of change, you may need find you need to increase this.
+
+Reloading a pool table
+----------------------
+
+You may reload a pool's table, indeed this is how the pool is resized
+if it runs out of space. (N.B. While specifying a different metadata
+device when reloading is not forbidden at the moment, things will go
+wrong if it does not route I/O to exactly the same on-disk location as
+previously.)
+
+Using an existing pool device
+-----------------------------
+
+ dmsetup create pool \
+ --table "0 20971520 thin-pool $metadata_dev $data_dev \
+ $data_block_size $low_water_mark"
+
+$data_block_size gives the smallest unit of disk space that can be
+allocated at a time expressed in units of 512-byte sectors. People
+primarily interested in thin provisioning may want to use a value such
+as 1024 (512KB). People doing lots of snapshotting may want a smaller value
+such as 128 (64KB). If you are not zeroing newly-allocated data,
+a larger $data_block_size in the region of 256000 (128MB) is suggested.
+$data_block_size must be the same for the lifetime of the
+metadata device.
+
+$low_water_mark is expressed in blocks of size $data_block_size. If
+free space on the data device drops below this level then a dm event
+will be triggered which a userspace daemon should catch allowing it to
+extend the pool device. Only one such event will be sent.
+Resuming a device with a new table itself triggers an event so the
+userspace daemon can use this to detect a situation where a new table
+already exceeds the threshold.
+
+Thin provisioning
+-----------------
+
+i) Creating a new thinly-provisioned volume.
+
+ To create a new thinly- provisioned volume you must send a message to an
+ active pool device, /dev/mapper/pool in this example.
+
+ dmsetup message /dev/mapper/pool 0 "create_thin 0"
+
+ Here '0' is an identifier for the volume, a 24-bit number. It's up
+ to the caller to allocate and manage these identifiers. If the
+ identifier is already in use, the message will fail with -EEXIST.
+
+ii) Using a thinly-provisioned volume.
+
+ Thinly-provisioned volumes are activated using the 'thin' target:
+
+ dmsetup create thin --table "0 2097152 thin /dev/mapper/pool 0"
+
+ The last parameter is the identifier for the thinp device.
+
+Internal snapshots
+------------------
+
+i) Creating an internal snapshot.
+
+ Snapshots are created with another message to the pool.
+
+ N.B. If the origin device that you wish to snapshot is active, you
+ must suspend it before creating the snapshot to avoid corruption.
+ This is NOT enforced at the moment, so please be careful!
+
+ dmsetup suspend /dev/mapper/thin
+ dmsetup message /dev/mapper/pool 0 "create_snap 1 0"
+ dmsetup resume /dev/mapper/thin
+
+ Here '1' is the identifier for the volume, a 24-bit number. '0' is the
+ identifier for the origin device.
+
+ii) Using an internal snapshot.
+
+ Once created, the user doesn't have to worry about any connection
+ between the origin and the snapshot. Indeed the snapshot is no
+ different from any other thinly-provisioned device and can be
+ snapshotted itself via the same method. It's perfectly legal to
+ have only one of them active, and there's no ordering requirement on
+ activating or removing them both. (This differs from conventional
+ device-mapper snapshots.)
+
+ Activate it exactly the same way as any other thinly-provisioned volume:
+
+ dmsetup create snap --table "0 2097152 thin /dev/mapper/pool 1"
+
+Deactivation
+------------
+
+All devices using a pool must be deactivated before the pool itself
+can be.
+
+ dmsetup remove thin
+ dmsetup remove snap
+ dmsetup remove pool
+
+Reference
+=========
+
+'thin-pool' target
+------------------
+
+i) Constructor
+
+ thin-pool <metadata dev> <data dev> <data block size (sectors)> \
+ <low water mark (blocks)> [<number of feature args> [<arg>]*]
+
+ Optional feature arguments:
+ - 'skip_block_zeroing': skips the zeroing of newly-provisioned blocks.
+
+ Data block size must be between 64KB (128 sectors) and 1GB
+ (2097152 sectors) inclusive.
+
+
+ii) Status
+
+ <transaction id> <used metadata blocks>/<total metadata blocks>
+ <used data blocks>/<total data blocks> <held metadata root>
+
+
+ transaction id:
+ A 64-bit number used by userspace to help synchronise with metadata
+ from volume managers.
+
+ used data blocks / total data blocks
+ If the number of free blocks drops below the pool's low water mark a
+ dm event will be sent to userspace. This event is edge-triggered and
+ it will occur only once after each resume so volume manager writers
+ should register for the event and then check the target's status.
+
+ held metadata root:
+ The location, in sectors, of the metadata root that has been
+ 'held' for userspace read access. '-' indicates there is no
+ held root. This feature is not yet implemented so '-' is
+ always returned.
+
+iii) Messages
+
+ create_thin <dev id>
+
+ Create a new thinly-provisioned device.
+ <dev id> is an arbitrary unique 24-bit identifier chosen by
+ the caller.
+
+ create_snap <dev id> <origin id>
+
+ Create a new snapshot of another thinly-provisioned device.
+ <dev id> is an arbitrary unique 24-bit identifier chosen by
+ the caller.
+ <origin id> is the identifier of the thinly-provisioned device
+ of which the new device will be a snapshot.
+
+ delete <dev id>
+
+ Deletes a thin device. Irreversible.
+
+ trim <dev id> <new size in sectors>
+
+ Delete mappings from the end of a thin device. Irreversible.
+ You might want to use this if you're reducing the size of
+ your thinly-provisioned device. In many cases, due to the
+ sharing of blocks between devices, it is not possible to
+ determine in advance how much space 'trim' will release. (In
+ future a userspace tool might be able to perform this
+ calculation.)
+
+ set_transaction_id <current id> <new id>
+
+ Userland volume managers, such as LVM, need a way to
+ synchronise their external metadata with the internal metadata of the
+ pool target. The thin-pool target offers to store an
+ arbitrary 64-bit transaction id and return it on the target's
+ status line. To avoid races you must provide what you think
+ the current transaction id is when you change it with this
+ compare-and-swap message.
+
+'thin' target
+-------------
+
+i) Constructor
+
+ thin <pool dev> <dev id>
+
+ pool dev:
+ the thin-pool device, e.g. /dev/mapper/my_pool or 253:0
+
+ dev id:
+ the internal device identifier of the device to be
+ activated.
+
+The pool doesn't store any size against the thin devices. If you
+load a thin target that is smaller than you've been using previously,
+then you'll have no access to blocks mapped beyond the end. If you
+load a target that is bigger than before, then extra blocks will be
+provisioned as and when needed.
+
+If you wish to reduce the size of your thin device and potentially
+regain some space then send the 'trim' message to the pool.
+
+ii) Status
+
+ <nr mapped sectors> <highest mapped sector>
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/calxeda.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/calxeda.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4755caaccba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/calxeda.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Calxeda Highbank Platforms Device Tree Bindings
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+Boards with Calxeda Cortex-A9 based Highbank SOC shall have the following
+properties.
+
+Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "calxeda,highbank";
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/fsl.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/fsl.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9848ad0e2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/fsl.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Freescale i.MX Platforms Device Tree Bindings
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+i.MX51 Babbage Board
+Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "fsl,imx51-babbage", "fsl,imx51";
+
+i.MX53 Automotive Reference Design Board
+Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "fsl,imx53-ard", "fsl,imx53";
+
+i.MX53 Evaluation Kit
+Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "fsl,imx53-evk", "fsl,imx53";
+
+i.MX53 Quick Start Board
+Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "fsl,imx53-qsb", "fsl,imx53";
+
+i.MX53 Smart Mobile Reference Design Board
+Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "fsl,imx53-smd", "fsl,imx53";
+
+i.MX6 Quad SABRE Automotive Board
+Required root node properties:
+ - compatible = "fsl,imx6q-sabreauto", "fsl,imx6q";
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..52916b4aa1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+* ARM Generic Interrupt Controller
+
+ARM SMP cores are often associated with a GIC, providing per processor
+interrupts (PPI), shared processor interrupts (SPI) and software
+generated interrupts (SGI).
+
+Primary GIC is attached directly to the CPU and typically has PPIs and SGIs.
+Secondary GICs are cascaded into the upward interrupt controller and do not
+have PPIs or SGIs.
+
+Main node required properties:
+
+- compatible : should be one of:
+ "arm,cortex-a9-gic"
+ "arm,arm11mp-gic"
+- interrupt-controller : Identifies the node as an interrupt controller
+- #interrupt-cells : Specifies the number of cells needed to encode an
+ interrupt source. The type shall be a <u32> and the value shall be 3.
+
+ The 1st cell is the interrupt type; 0 for SPI interrupts, 1 for PPI
+ interrupts.
+
+ The 2nd cell contains the interrupt number for the interrupt type.
+ SPI interrupts are in the range [0-987]. PPI interrupts are in the
+ range [0-15].
+
+ The 3rd cell is the flags, encoded as follows:
+ bits[3:0] trigger type and level flags.
+ 1 = low-to-high edge triggered
+ 2 = high-to-low edge triggered
+ 4 = active high level-sensitive
+ 8 = active low level-sensitive
+ bits[15:8] PPI interrupt cpu mask. Each bit corresponds to each of
+ the 8 possible cpus attached to the GIC. A bit set to '1' indicated
+ the interrupt is wired to that CPU. Only valid for PPI interrupts.
+
+- reg : Specifies base physical address(s) and size of the GIC registers. The
+ first region is the GIC distributor register base and size. The 2nd region is
+ the GIC cpu interface register base and size.
+
+Optional
+- interrupts : Interrupt source of the parent interrupt controller. Only
+ present on secondary GICs.
+
+Example:
+
+ intc: interrupt-controller@fff11000 {
+ compatible = "arm,cortex-a9-gic";
+ #interrupt-cells = <3>;
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ interrupt-controller;
+ reg = <0xfff11000 0x1000>,
+ <0xfff10100 0x100>;
+ };
+
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/dsp.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/dsp.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d3830a32ce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/dsp.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+* TI - DSP (Digital Signal Processor)
+
+TI DSP included in OMAP SoC
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible : Should be "ti,omap3-c64" for OMAP3 & 4
+- ti,hwmods: "dsp"
+
+Examples:
+
+dsp {
+ compatible = "ti,omap3-c64";
+ ti,hwmods = "dsp";
+};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/iva.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/iva.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d629517135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/iva.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+* TI - IVA (Imaging and Video Accelerator) subsystem
+
+The IVA contain various audio, video or imaging HW accelerator
+depending of the version.
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible : Should be:
+ - "ti,ivahd" for OMAP4
+ - "ti,iva2.2" for OMAP3
+ - "ti,iva2.1" for OMAP2430
+ - "ti,iva1" for OMAP2420
+- ti,hwmods: "iva"
+
+Examples:
+
+iva {
+ compatible = "ti,ivahd", "ti,iva";
+ ti,hwmods = "iva";
+};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/l3-noc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/l3-noc.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6888a5efc86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/l3-noc.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+* TI - L3 Network On Chip (NoC)
+
+This version is an implementation of the generic NoC IP
+provided by Arteris.
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible : Should be "ti,omap3-l3-smx" for OMAP3 family
+ Should be "ti,omap4-l3-noc" for OMAP4 family
+- ti,hwmods: "l3_main_1", ... One hwmod for each noc domain.
+
+Examples:
+
+ocp {
+ compatible = "ti,omap4-l3-noc", "simple-bus";
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <1>;
+ ranges;
+ ti,hwmods = "l3_main_1", "l3_main_2", "l3_main_3";
+};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/mpu.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/mpu.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a5a42ce21b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/mpu.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+* TI - MPU (Main Processor Unit) subsystem
+
+The MPU subsystem contain one or several ARM cores
+depending of the version.
+The MPU contain CPUs, GIC, L2 cache and a local PRCM.
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible : Should be "ti,omap3-mpu" for OMAP3
+ Should be "ti,omap4-mpu" for OMAP4
+- ti,hwmods: "mpu"
+
+Examples:
+
+- For an OMAP4 SMP system:
+
+mpu {
+ compatible = "ti,omap4-mpu";
+ ti,hwmods = "mpu";
+};
+
+
+- For an OMAP3 monocore system:
+
+mpu {
+ compatible = "ti,omap3-mpu";
+ ti,hwmods = "mpu";
+};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dbdab40ed3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+* Texas Instruments OMAP
+
+OMAP is currently using a static file per SoC family to describe the
+IPs present in the SoC.
+On top of that an omap_device is created to extend the platform_device
+capabilities and to allow binding with one or several hwmods.
+The hwmods will contain all the information to build the device:
+adresse range, irq lines, dma lines, interconnect, PRCM register,
+clock domain, input clocks.
+For the moment just point to the existing hwmod, the next step will be
+to move data from hwmod to device-tree representation.
+
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible: Every devices present in OMAP SoC should be in the
+ form: "ti,XXX"
+- ti,hwmods: list of hwmod names (ascii strings), that comes from the OMAP
+ HW documentation, attached to a device. Must contain at least
+ one hwmod.
+
+Optional properties:
+- ti,no_idle_on_suspend: When present, it prevents the PM to idle the module
+ during suspend.
+
+
+Example:
+
+spinlock@1 {
+ compatible = "ti,omap4-spinlock";
+ ti,hwmods = "spinlock";
+};
+
+
+Boards:
+
+- OMAP3 BeagleBoard : Low cost community board
+ compatible = "ti,omap3-beagle", "ti,omap3"
+
+- OMAP4 SDP : Software Developement Board
+ compatible = "ti,omap4-sdp", "ti,omap4430"
+
+- OMAP4 PandaBoard : Low cost community board
+ compatible = "ti,omap4-panda", "ti,omap4430"
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/picoxcell.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/picoxcell.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e75c0ef51e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/picoxcell.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Picochip picoXcell device tree bindings.
+========================================
+
+Required root node properties:
+ - compatible:
+ - "picochip,pc7302-pc3x3" : PC7302 development board with PC3X3 device.
+ - "picochip,pc7302-pc3x2" : PC7302 development board with PC3X2 device.
+ - "picochip,pc3x3" : picoXcell PC3X3 device based board.
+ - "picochip,pc3x2" : picoXcell PC3X2 device based board.
+
+Timers required properties:
+ - compatible = "picochip,pc3x2-timer"
+ - interrupts : The single IRQ line for the timer.
+ - clock-freq : The frequency in HZ of the timer.
+ - reg : The register bank for the timer.
+
+Note: two timers are required - one for the scheduler clock and one for the
+event tick/NOHZ.
+
+VIC required properties:
+ - compatible = "arm,pl192-vic".
+ - interrupt-controller.
+ - reg : The register bank for the device.
+ - #interrupt-cells : Must be 1.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/calxeda-sata.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/calxeda-sata.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..79caa5651f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/calxeda-sata.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+* Calxeda SATA Controller
+
+SATA nodes are defined to describe on-chip Serial ATA controllers.
+Each SATA controller should have its own node.
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible : compatible list, contains "calxeda,hb-ahci"
+- interrupts : <interrupt mapping for SATA IRQ>
+- reg : <registers mapping>
+
+Example:
+ sata@ffe08000 {
+ compatible = "calxeda,hb-ahci";
+ reg = <0xffe08000 0x1000>;
+ interrupts = <115>;
+ };
+
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/picochip-spacc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/picochip-spacc.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d8609ece1f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/picochip-spacc.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Picochip picoXcell SPAcc (Security Protocol Accelerator) bindings
+
+Picochip picoXcell devices contain crypto offload engines that may be used for
+IPSEC and femtocell layer 2 ciphering.
+
+Required properties:
+ - compatible : "picochip,spacc-ipsec" for the IPSEC offload engine
+ "picochip,spacc-l2" for the femtocell layer 2 ciphering engine.
+ - reg : Offset and length of the register set for this device
+ - interrupt-parent : The interrupt controller that controls the SPAcc
+ interrupt.
+ - interrupts : The interrupt line from the SPAcc.
+ - ref-clock : The input clock that drives the SPAcc.
+
+Example SPAcc node:
+
+spacc@10000 {
+ compatible = "picochip,spacc-ipsec";
+ reg = <0x100000 0x10000>;
+ interrupt-parent = <&vic0>;
+ interrupts = <24>;
+ ref-clock = <&ipsec_clk>, "ref";
+};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/fsl-imx-i2c.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/fsl-imx-i2c.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3cf43b66f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/fsl-imx-i2c.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+* Freescale Inter IC (I2C) and High Speed Inter IC (HS-I2C) for i.MX
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible : Should be "fsl,<chip>-i2c"
+- reg : Should contain I2C/HS-I2C registers location and length
+- interrupts : Should contain I2C/HS-I2C interrupt
+
+Optional properties:
+- clock-frequency : Constains desired I2C/HS-I2C bus clock frequency in Hz.
+ The absence of the propoerty indicates the default frequency 100 kHz.
+
+Examples:
+
+i2c@83fc4000 { /* I2C2 on i.MX51 */
+ compatible = "fsl,imx51-i2c", "fsl,imx1-i2c";
+ reg = <0x83fc4000 0x4000>;
+ interrupts = <63>;
+};
+
+i2c@70038000 { /* HS-I2C on i.MX51 */
+ compatible = "fsl,imx51-i2c", "fsl,imx1-i2c";
+ reg = <0x70038000 0x4000>;
+ interrupts = <64>;
+ clock-frequency = <400000>;
+};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/samsung-i2c.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/samsung-i2c.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..38832c71291
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/samsung-i2c.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+* Samsung's I2C controller
+
+The Samsung's I2C controller is used to interface with I2C devices.
+
+Required properties:
+ - compatible: value should be either of the following.
+ (a) "samsung, s3c2410-i2c", for i2c compatible with s3c2410 i2c.
+ (b) "samsung, s3c2440-i2c", for i2c compatible with s3c2440 i2c.
+ - reg: physical base address of the controller and length of memory mapped
+ region.
+ - interrupts: interrupt number to the cpu.
+ - samsung,i2c-sda-delay: Delay (in ns) applied to data line (SDA) edges.
+ - gpios: The order of the gpios should be the following: <SDA, SCL>.
+ The gpio specifier depends on the gpio controller.
+
+Optional properties:
+ - samsung,i2c-slave-addr: Slave address in multi-master enviroment. If not
+ specified, default value is 0.
+ - samsung,i2c-max-bus-freq: Desired frequency in Hz of the bus. If not
+ specified, the default value in Hz is 100000.
+
+Example:
+
+ i2c@13870000 {
+ compatible = "samsung,s3c2440-i2c";
+ reg = <0x13870000 0x100>;
+ interrupts = <345>;
+ samsung,i2c-sda-delay = <100>;
+ samsung,i2c-max-bus-freq = <100000>;
+ gpios = <&gpd1 2 0 /* SDA */
+ &gpd1 3 0 /* SCL */>;
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <0>;
+
+ wm8994@1a {
+ compatible = "wlf,wm8994";
+ reg = <0x1a>;
+ };
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/atmel-dataflash.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/atmel-dataflash.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef66ddd01da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/atmel-dataflash.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+* Atmel Data Flash
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible : "atmel,<model>", "atmel,<series>", "atmel,dataflash".
+
+Example:
+
+flash@1 {
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <1>;
+ compatible = "atmel,at45db321d", "atmel,at45", "atmel,dataflash";
+ spi-max-frequency = <25000000>;
+ reg = <1>;
+};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinmux/pinmux_nvidia.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinmux/pinmux_nvidia.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..36f82dbdd14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinmux/pinmux_nvidia.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+NVIDIA Tegra 2 pinmux controller
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible : "nvidia,tegra20-pinmux"
+
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/board.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/board.txt
index 39e941515a3..380914e965e 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/board.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/board.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Freescale Reference Board Bindings
+
+This document describes device tree bindings for various devices that
+exist on some Freescale reference boards.
+
* Board Control and Status (BCSR)
Required properties:
@@ -12,25 +17,26 @@ Example:
reg = <f8000000 8000>;
};
-* Freescale on board FPGA
+* Freescale on-board FPGA
This is the memory-mapped registers for on board FPGA.
Required properities:
-- compatible : should be "fsl,fpga-pixis".
-- reg : should contain the address and the length of the FPPGA register
- set.
+- compatible: should be a board-specific string followed by a string
+ indicating the type of FPGA. Example:
+ "fsl,<board>-fpga", "fsl,fpga-pixis"
+- reg: should contain the address and the length of the FPGA register set.
- interrupt-parent: should specify phandle for the interrupt controller.
-- interrupts : should specify event (wakeup) IRQ.
+- interrupts: should specify event (wakeup) IRQ.
-Example (MPC8610HPCD):
+Example (P1022DS):
- board-control@e8000000 {
- compatible = "fsl,fpga-pixis";
- reg = <0xe8000000 32>;
- interrupt-parent = <&mpic>;
- interrupts = <8 8>;
- };
+ board-control@3,0 {
+ compatible = "fsl,p1022ds-fpga", "fsl,fpga-ngpixis";
+ reg = <3 0 0x30>;
+ interrupt-parent = <&mpic>;
+ interrupts = <8 8 0 0>;
+ };
* Freescale BCSR GPIO banks
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/dcsr.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/dcsr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d54eb5a295
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/dcsr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,395 @@
+===================================================================
+Debug Control and Status Register (DCSR) Binding
+Copyright 2011 Freescale Semiconductor Inc.
+
+NOTE: The bindings described in this document are preliminary and subject
+to change. Some of the compatible strings that contain only generic names
+may turn out to be inappropriate, or need additional properties to describe
+the integration of the block with the rest of the chip.
+
+=====================================================================
+Debug Control and Status Register Memory Map
+
+Description
+
+This node defines the base address and range for the
+defined DCSR Memory Map. Child nodes will describe the individual
+debug blocks defined within this memory space.
+
+PROPERTIES
+
+ - compatible
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <string>
+ Definition: Must include "fsl,dcsr" and "simple-bus".
+ The DCSR space exists in the memory-mapped bus.
+
+ - #address-cells
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <u32>
+ Definition: A standard property. Defines the number of cells
+ or representing physical addresses in child nodes.
+
+ - #size-cells
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <u32>
+ Definition: A standard property. Defines the number of cells
+ or representing the size of physical addresses in
+ child nodes.
+
+ - ranges
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <prop-encoded-array>
+ Definition: A standard property. Specifies the physical address
+ range of the DCSR space.
+
+EXAMPLE
+ dcsr: dcsr@f00000000 {
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <1>;
+ compatible = "fsl,dcsr", "simple-bus";
+ ranges = <0x00000000 0xf 0x00000000 0x01008000>;
+ };
+
+=====================================================================
+Event Processing Unit
+
+This node represents the region of DCSR space allocated to the EPU
+
+PROPERTIES
+
+ - compatible
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <string>
+ Definition: Must include "fsl,dcsr-epu"
+
+ - interrupts
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <prop_encoded-array>
+ Definition: Specifies the interrupts generated by the EPU.
+ The value of the interrupts property consists of three
+ interrupt specifiers. The format of the specifier is defined
+ by the binding document describing the node's interrupt parent.
+
+ The EPU counters can be configured to assert the performance
+ monitor interrupt signal based on either counter overflow or value
+ match. Which counter asserted the interrupt is captured in an EPU
+ Counter Interrupt Status Register (EPCPUISR).
+
+ The EPU unit can also be configured to assert either or both of
+ two interrupt signals based on debug event sources within the SoC.
+ The interrupt signals are epu_xt_int0 and epu_xt_int1.
+ Which event source asserted the interrupt is captured in an EPU
+ Interrupt Status Register (EPISR0,EPISR1).
+
+ Interrupt numbers are lised in order (perfmon, event0, event1).
+
+ - interrupt-parent
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <phandle>
+ Definition: A single <phandle> value that points
+ to the interrupt parent to which the child domain
+ is being mapped. Value must be "&mpic"
+
+ - reg
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <prop-encoded-array>
+ Definition: A standard property. Specifies the physical address
+ offset and length of the DCSR space registers of the device
+ configuration block.
+
+EXAMPLE
+ dcsr-epu@0 {
+ compatible = "fsl,dcsr-epu";
+ interrupts = <52 2 0 0
+ 84 2 0 0
+ 85 2 0 0>;
+ interrupt-parent = <&mpic>;
+ reg = <0x0 0x1000>;
+ };
+
+=======================================================================
+Nexus Port Controller
+
+This node represents the region of DCSR space allocated to the NPC
+
+PROPERTIES
+
+ - compatible
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <string>
+ Definition: Must include "fsl,dcsr-npc"
+
+ - reg
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <prop-encoded-array>
+ Definition: A standard property. Specifies the physical address
+ offset and length of the DCSR space registers of the device
+ configuration block.
+ The Nexus Port controller occupies two regions in the DCSR space
+ with distinct functionality.
+
+ The first register range describes the Nexus Port Controller
+ control and status registers.
+
+ The second register range describes the Nexus Port Controller
+ internal trace buffer. The NPC trace buffer is a small memory buffer
+ which stages the nexus trace data for transmission via the Aurora port
+ or to a DDR based trace buffer. In some configurations the NPC trace
+ buffer can be the only trace buffer used.
+
+
+EXAMPLE
+ dcsr-npc {
+ compatible = "fsl,dcsr-npc";
+ reg = <0x1000 0x1000 0x1000000 0x8000>;
+ };
+
+=======================================================================
+Nexus Concentrator
+
+This node represents the region of DCSR space allocated to the NXC
+
+PROPERTIES
+
+ - compatible
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <string>
+ Definition: Must include "fsl,dcsr-nxc"
+
+ - reg
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <prop-encoded-array>
+ Definition: A standard property. Specifies the physical address
+ offset and length of the DCSR space registers of the device
+ configuration block.
+
+EXAMPLE
+ dcsr-nxc@2000 {
+ compatible = "fsl,dcsr-nxc";
+ reg = <0x2000 0x1000>;
+ };
+=======================================================================
+CoreNet Debug Controller
+
+This node represents the region of DCSR space allocated to
+the CoreNet Debug controller.
+
+PROPERTIES
+
+ - compatible
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <string>
+ Definition: Must include "fsl,dcsr-corenet"
+
+ - reg
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <prop-encoded-array>
+ Definition: A standard property. Specifies the physical address
+ offset and length of the DCSR space registers of the device
+ configuration block.
+ The CoreNet Debug controller occupies two regions in the DCSR space
+ with distinct functionality.
+
+ The first register range describes the CoreNet Debug Controller
+ functionalty to perform transaction and transaction attribute matches.
+
+ The second register range describes the CoreNet Debug Controller
+ functionalty to trigger event notifications and debug traces.
+
+EXAMPLE
+ dcsr-corenet {
+ compatible = "fsl,dcsr-corenet";
+ reg = <0x8000 0x1000 0xB0000 0x1000>;
+ };
+
+=======================================================================
+Data Path Debug controller
+
+This node represents the region of DCSR space allocated to
+the DPAA Debug Controller. This controller controls debug configuration
+for the QMAN and FMAN blocks.
+
+PROPERTIES
+
+ - compatible
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <string>
+ Definition: Must include both an identifier specific to the SoC
+ or Debug IP of the form "fsl,<soc>-dcsr-dpaa" in addition to the
+ generic compatible string "fsl,dcsr-dpaa".
+
+ - reg
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <prop-encoded-array>
+ Definition: A standard property. Specifies the physical address
+ offset and length of the DCSR space registers of the device
+ configuration block.
+
+EXAMPLE
+ dcsr-dpaa@9000 {
+ compatible = "fsl,p4080-dcsr-dpaa", "fsl,dcsr-dpaa";
+ reg = <0x9000 0x1000>;
+ };
+
+=======================================================================
+OCeaN Debug controller
+
+This node represents the region of DCSR space allocated to
+the OCN Debug Controller.
+
+PROPERTIES
+
+ - compatible
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <string>
+ Definition: Must include both an identifier specific to the SoC
+ or Debug IP of the form "fsl,<soc>-dcsr-ocn" in addition to the
+ generic compatible string "fsl,dcsr-ocn".
+
+ - reg
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <prop-encoded-array>
+ Definition: A standard property. Specifies the physical address
+ offset and length of the DCSR space registers of the device
+ configuration block.
+
+EXAMPLE
+ dcsr-ocn@11000 {
+ compatible = "fsl,p4080-dcsr-ocn", "fsl,dcsr-ocn";
+ reg = <0x11000 0x1000>;
+ };
+
+=======================================================================
+DDR Controller Debug controller
+
+This node represents the region of DCSR space allocated to
+the OCN Debug Controller.
+
+PROPERTIES
+
+ - compatible
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <string>
+ Definition: Must include "fsl,dcsr-ddr"
+
+ - dev-handle
+ Usage: required
+ Definition: A phandle to associate this debug node with its
+ component controller.
+
+ - reg
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <prop-encoded-array>
+ Definition: A standard property. Specifies the physical address
+ offset and length of the DCSR space registers of the device
+ configuration block.
+
+EXAMPLE
+ dcsr-ddr@12000 {
+ compatible = "fsl,dcsr-ddr";
+ dev-handle = <&ddr1>;
+ reg = <0x12000 0x1000>;
+ };
+
+=======================================================================
+Nexus Aurora Link Controller
+
+This node represents the region of DCSR space allocated to
+the NAL Controller.
+
+PROPERTIES
+
+ - compatible
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <string>
+ Definition: Must include both an identifier specific to the SoC
+ or Debug IP of the form "fsl,<soc>-dcsr-nal" in addition to the
+ generic compatible string "fsl,dcsr-nal".
+
+ - reg
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <prop-encoded-array>
+ Definition: A standard property. Specifies the physical address
+ offset and length of the DCSR space registers of the device
+ configuration block.
+
+EXAMPLE
+ dcsr-nal@18000 {
+ compatible = "fsl,p4080-dcsr-nal", "fsl,dcsr-nal";
+ reg = <0x18000 0x1000>;
+ };
+
+
+=======================================================================
+Run Control and Power Management
+
+This node represents the region of DCSR space allocated to
+the RCPM Debug Controller. This functionlity is limited to the
+control the debug operations of the SoC and cores.
+
+PROPERTIES
+
+ - compatible
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <string>
+ Definition: Must include both an identifier specific to the SoC
+ or Debug IP of the form "fsl,<soc>-dcsr-rcpm" in addition to the
+ generic compatible string "fsl,dcsr-rcpm".
+
+ - reg
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <prop-encoded-array>
+ Definition: A standard property. Specifies the physical address
+ offset and length of the DCSR space registers of the device
+ configuration block.
+
+EXAMPLE
+ dcsr-rcpm@22000 {
+ compatible = "fsl,p4080-dcsr-rcpm", "fsl,dcsr-rcpm";
+ reg = <0x22000 0x1000>;
+ };
+
+=======================================================================
+Core Service Bridge Proxy
+
+This node represents the region of DCSR space allocated to
+the Core Service Bridge Proxies.
+There is one Core Service Bridge Proxy device for each CPU in the system.
+This functionlity provides access to the debug operations of the CPU.
+
+PROPERTIES
+
+ - compatible
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <string>
+ Definition: Must include both an identifier specific to the cpu
+ of the form "fsl,dcsr-<cpu>-sb-proxy" in addition to the
+ generic compatible string "fsl,dcsr-cpu-sb-proxy".
+
+ - cpu-handle
+ Usage: required
+ Definition: A phandle to associate this debug node with its cpu.
+
+ - reg
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <prop-encoded-array>
+ Definition: A standard property. Specifies the physical address
+ offset and length of the DCSR space registers of the device
+ configuration block.
+
+EXAMPLE
+ dcsr-cpu-sb-proxy@40000 {
+ compatible = "fsl,dcsr-e500mc-sb-proxy",
+ "fsl,dcsr-cpu-sb-proxy";
+ cpu-handle = <&cpu0>;
+ reg = <0x40000 0x1000>;
+ };
+ dcsr-cpu-sb-proxy@41000 {
+ compatible = "fsl,dcsr-e500mc-sb-proxy",
+ "fsl,dcsr-cpu-sb-proxy";
+ cpu-handle = <&cpu1>;
+ reg = <0x41000 0x1000>;
+ };
+
+=======================================================================
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/msi-pic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/msi-pic.txt
index 70558c3f368..5d586e1ccaf 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/msi-pic.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/powerpc/fsl/msi-pic.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ Required properties:
are routed to IPIC, and for 85xx/86xx cpu the interrupts are routed
to MPIC.
+Optional properties:
+- msi-address-64: 64-bit PCI address of the MSIIR register. The MSIIR register
+ is used for MSI messaging. The address of MSIIR in PCI address space is
+ the MSI message address.
+
+ This property may be used in virtualized environments where the hypervisor
+ has created an alternate mapping for the MSIR block. See below for an
+ explanation.
+
+
Example:
msi@41600 {
compatible = "fsl,mpc8610-msi", "fsl,mpic-msi";
@@ -41,3 +51,35 @@ Example:
0xe7 0>;
interrupt-parent = <&mpic>;
};
+
+The Freescale hypervisor and msi-address-64
+-------------------------------------------
+Normally, PCI devices have access to all of CCSR via an ATMU mapping. The
+Freescale MSI driver calculates the address of MSIIR (in the MSI register
+block) and sets that address as the MSI message address.
+
+In a virtualized environment, the hypervisor may need to create an IOMMU
+mapping for MSIIR. The Freescale ePAPR hypervisor has this requirement
+because of hardware limitations of the Peripheral Access Management Unit
+(PAMU), which is currently the only IOMMU that the hypervisor supports.
+The ATMU is programmed with the guest physical address, and the PAMU
+intercepts transactions and reroutes them to the true physical address.
+
+In the PAMU, each PCI controller is given only one primary window. The
+PAMU restricts DMA operations so that they can only occur within a window.
+Because PCI devices must be able to DMA to memory, the primary window must
+be used to cover all of the guest's memory space.
+
+PAMU primary windows can be divided into 256 subwindows, and each
+subwindow can have its own address mapping ("guest physical" to "true
+physical"). However, each subwindow has to have the same alignment, which
+means they cannot be located at just any address. Because of these
+restrictions, it is usually impossible to create a 4KB subwindow that
+covers MSIIR where it's normally located.
+
+Therefore, the hypervisor has to create a subwindow inside the same
+primary window used for memory, but mapped to the MSIR block (where MSIIR
+lives). The first subwindow after the end of guest memory is used for
+this. The address specified in the msi-address-64 property is the PCI
+address of MSIIR. The hypervisor configures the PAMU to map that address to
+the true physical address of MSIIR.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/tty/serial/msm_serial.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/tty/serial/msm_serial.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aef383eb887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/tty/serial/msm_serial.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+* Qualcomm MSM UART
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible :
+ - "qcom,msm-uart", and one of "qcom,msm-hsuart" or
+ "qcom,msm-lsuart".
+- reg : offset and length of the register set for the device
+ for the hsuart operating in compatible mode, there should be a
+ second pair describing the gsbi registers.
+- interrupts : should contain the uart interrupt.
+
+There are two different UART blocks used in MSM devices,
+"qcom,msm-hsuart" and "qcom,msm-lsuart". The msm-serial driver is
+able to handle both of these, and matches against the "qcom,msm-uart"
+as the compatibility.
+
+The registers for the "qcom,msm-hsuart" device need to specify both
+register blocks, even for the common driver.
+
+Example:
+
+ uart@19c400000 {
+ compatible = "qcom,msm-hsuart", "qcom,msm-uart";
+ reg = <0x19c40000 0x1000>,
+ <0x19c00000 0x1000>;
+ interrupts = <195>;
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/virtio/mmio.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/virtio/mmio.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5069c1b8e19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/virtio/mmio.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+* virtio memory mapped device
+
+See http://ozlabs.org/~rusty/virtio-spec/ for more details.
+
+Required properties:
+
+- compatible: "virtio,mmio" compatibility string
+- reg: control registers base address and size including configuration space
+- interrupts: interrupt generated by the device
+
+Example:
+
+ virtio_block@3000 {
+ compatible = "virtio,mmio";
+ reg = <0x3000 0x100>;
+ interrupts = <41>;
+ }
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 7c799fc5b88..3d849122b5b 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -133,41 +133,6 @@ Who: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
---------------------------
-What: sys_sysctl
-When: September 2010
-Option: CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL
-Why: The same information is available in a more convenient from
- /proc/sys, and none of the sysctl variables appear to be
- important performance wise.
-
- Binary sysctls are a long standing source of subtle kernel
- bugs and security issues.
-
- When I looked several months ago all I could find after
- searching several distributions were 5 user space programs and
- glibc (which falls back to /proc/sys) using this syscall.
-
- The man page for sysctl(2) documents it as unusable for user
- space programs.
-
- sysctl(2) is not generally ABI compatible to a 32bit user
- space application on a 64bit and a 32bit kernel.
-
- For the last several months the policy has been no new binary
- sysctls and no one has put forward an argument to use them.
-
- Binary sysctls issues seem to keep happening appearing so
- properly deprecating them (with a warning to user space) and a
- 2 year grace warning period will mean eventually we can kill
- them and end the pain.
-
- In the mean time individual binary sysctls can be dealt with
- in a piecewise fashion.
-
-Who: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
-
----------------------------
-
What: /proc/<pid>/oom_adj
When: August 2012
Why: /proc/<pid>/oom_adj allows userspace to influence the oom killer's
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 653380793a6..d819ba16a0c 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ d_hash no no no maybe
d_compare: yes no no maybe
d_delete: no yes no no
d_release: no no yes no
+d_prune: no yes no no
d_iput: no no yes no
d_dname: no no no no
d_automount: no no yes no
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
index 22f3a0eda1d..b100adc38ad 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
@@ -73,14 +73,6 @@ nobarrier (*) This also requires an IO stack which can support
also be used to enable or disable barriers, for
consistency with other ext3 mount options.
-orlov (*) This enables the new Orlov block allocator. It is
- enabled by default.
-
-oldalloc This disables the Orlov block allocator and enables
- the old block allocator. Orlov should have better
- performance - we'd like to get some feedback if it's
- the contrary for you.
-
user_xattr Enables Extended User Attributes. Additionally, you
need to have extended attribute support enabled in the
kernel configuration (CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR). See the
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
index 232a575a0c4..4917cf24a5e 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
@@ -160,7 +160,9 @@ noload if the filesystem was not unmounted cleanly,
lead to any number of problems.
data=journal All data are committed into the journal prior to being
- written into the main file system.
+ written into the main file system. Enabling
+ this mode will disable delayed allocation and
+ O_DIRECT support.
data=ordered (*) All data are forced directly out to the main file
system prior to its metadata being committed to the
@@ -201,30 +203,19 @@ inode_readahead_blks=n This tuning parameter controls the maximum
table readahead algorithm will pre-read into
the buffer cache. The default value is 32 blocks.
-orlov (*) This enables the new Orlov block allocator. It is
- enabled by default.
-
-oldalloc This disables the Orlov block allocator and enables
- the old block allocator. Orlov should have better
- performance - we'd like to get some feedback if it's
- the contrary for you.
-
-user_xattr Enables Extended User Attributes. Additionally, you
- need to have extended attribute support enabled in the
- kernel configuration (CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR). See the
- attr(5) manual page and http://acl.bestbits.at/ to
- learn more about extended attributes.
-
-nouser_xattr Disables Extended User Attributes.
-
-acl Enables POSIX Access Control Lists support.
- Additionally, you need to have ACL support enabled in
- the kernel configuration (CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL).
- See the acl(5) manual page and http://acl.bestbits.at/
- for more information.
+nouser_xattr Disables Extended User Attributes. If you have extended
+ attribute support enabled in the kernel configuration
+ (CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR), extended attribute support
+ is enabled by default on mount. See the attr(5) manual
+ page and http://acl.bestbits.at/ for more information
+ about extended attributes.
noacl This option disables POSIX Access Control List
- support.
+ support. If ACL support is enabled in the kernel
+ configuration (CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL), ACL is
+ enabled by default on mount. See the acl(5) manual
+ page and http://acl.bestbits.at/ for more information
+ about acl.
bsddf (*) Make 'df' act like BSD.
minixdf Make 'df' act like Minix.
@@ -419,8 +410,8 @@ written to the journal first, and then to its final location.
In the event of a crash, the journal can be replayed, bringing both data and
metadata into a consistent state. This mode is the slowest except when data
needs to be read from and written to disk at the same time where it
-outperforms all others modes. Currently ext4 does not have delayed
-allocation support if this data journalling mode is selected.
+outperforms all others modes. Enabling this mode will disable delayed
+allocation and O_DIRECT support.
/proc entries
=============
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/hfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/hfs.txt
index bd0fa770403..d096df6db07 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/hfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/hfs.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+Note: This filesystem doesn't have a maintainer.
Macintosh HFS Filesystem for Linux
==================================
@@ -76,8 +77,6 @@ hformat that can be used to create HFS filesystem. See
Credits
=======
-The HFS drivers was written by Paul H. Hargrovea (hargrove@sccm.Stanford.EDU)
-and is now maintained by Roman Zippel (roman@ardistech.com) at Ardis
-Technologies.
-Roman rewrote large parts of the code and brought in btree routines derived
-from Brad Boyer's hfsplus driver (also maintained by Roman now).
+The HFS drivers was written by Paul H. Hargrovea (hargrove@sccm.Stanford.EDU).
+Roman Zippel (roman@ardistech.com) rewrote large parts of the code and brought
+in btree routines derived from Brad Boyer's hfsplus driver.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt
index 59a919f1614..cfd02712b83 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ associated with the inotify_handle, and on which events are queued.
Each watch is associated with an inotify_watch structure. Watches are chained
off of each associated inotify_handle and each associated inode.
-See fs/inotify.c and fs/inotify_user.c for the locking and lifetime rules.
+See fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c and fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+for the locking and lifetime rules.
(vi) Rationale
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/w83627ehf b/Documentation/hwmon/w83627ehf
index 76ffef94ed7..3f44dbdfda7 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/w83627ehf
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/w83627ehf
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ Supported chips:
Prefix: 'w83627dhg'
Addresses scanned: ISA address retrieved from Super I/O registers
Datasheet: not available
+ * Winbond W83627UHG
+ Prefix: 'w83627uhg'
+ Addresses scanned: ISA address retrieved from Super I/O registers
+ Datasheet: available from www.nuvoton.com
* Winbond W83667HG
Prefix: 'w83667hg'
Addresses scanned: ISA address retrieved from Super I/O registers
@@ -42,14 +46,13 @@ Description
-----------
This driver implements support for the Winbond W83627EHF, W83627EHG,
-W83627DHG, W83627DHG-P, W83667HG, W83667HG-B, W83667HG-I (NCT6775F),
-and NCT6776F super I/O chips. We will refer to them collectively as
-Winbond chips.
-
-The chips implement three temperature sensors (up to four for 667HG-B, and nine
-for NCT6775F and NCT6776F), five fan rotation speed sensors, ten analog voltage
-sensors (only nine for the 627DHG), one VID (6 pins for the 627EHF/EHG, 8 pins
-for the 627DHG and 667HG), alarms with beep warnings (control unimplemented),
+W83627DHG, W83627DHG-P, W83627UHG, W83667HG, W83667HG-B, W83667HG-I
+(NCT6775F), and NCT6776F super I/O chips. We will refer to them collectively
+as Winbond chips.
+
+The chips implement 2 to 4 temperature sensors (9 for NCT6775F and NCT6776F),
+2 to 5 fan rotation speed sensors, 8 to 10 analog voltage sensors, one VID
+(except for 627UHG), alarms with beep warnings (control unimplemented),
and some automatic fan regulation strategies (plus manual fan control mode).
The temperature sensor sources on W82677HG-B, NCT6775F, and NCT6776F are
@@ -86,17 +89,16 @@ follows:
temp1 -> pwm1
temp2 -> pwm2
-temp3 -> pwm3
+temp3 -> pwm3 (not on 627UHG)
prog -> pwm4 (not on 667HG and 667HG-B; the programmable setting is not
supported by the driver)
/sys files
----------
-name - this is a standard hwmon device entry. For the W83627EHF and W83627EHG,
- it is set to "w83627ehf", for the W83627DHG it is set to "w83627dhg",
- for the W83667HG and W83667HG-B it is set to "w83667hg", for NCT6775F it
- is set to "nct6775", and for NCT6776F it is set to "nct6776".
+name - this is a standard hwmon device entry, it contains the name of
+ the device (see the prefix in the list of supported devices at
+ the top of this file)
pwm[1-4] - this file stores PWM duty cycle or DC value (fan speed) in range:
0 (stop) to 255 (full)
diff --git a/Documentation/hwspinlock.txt b/Documentation/hwspinlock.txt
index 7dcd1a4e726..a903ee5e977 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwspinlock.txt
+++ b/Documentation/hwspinlock.txt
@@ -39,23 +39,20 @@ independent, drivers.
in case an unused hwspinlock isn't available. Users of this
API will usually want to communicate the lock's id to the remote core
before it can be used to achieve synchronization.
- Can be called from an atomic context (this function will not sleep) but
- not from within interrupt context.
+ Should be called from a process context (might sleep).
struct hwspinlock *hwspin_lock_request_specific(unsigned int id);
- assign a specific hwspinlock id and return its address, or NULL
if that hwspinlock is already in use. Usually board code will
be calling this function in order to reserve specific hwspinlock
ids for predefined purposes.
- Can be called from an atomic context (this function will not sleep) but
- not from within interrupt context.
+ Should be called from a process context (might sleep).
int hwspin_lock_free(struct hwspinlock *hwlock);
- free a previously-assigned hwspinlock; returns 0 on success, or an
appropriate error code on failure (e.g. -EINVAL if the hwspinlock
is already free).
- Can be called from an atomic context (this function will not sleep) but
- not from within interrupt context.
+ Should be called from a process context (might sleep).
int hwspin_lock_timeout(struct hwspinlock *hwlock, unsigned int timeout);
- lock a previously-assigned hwspinlock with a timeout limit (specified in
@@ -230,45 +227,62 @@ int hwspinlock_example2(void)
4. API for implementors
- int hwspin_lock_register(struct hwspinlock *hwlock);
+ int hwspin_lock_register(struct hwspinlock_device *bank, struct device *dev,
+ const struct hwspinlock_ops *ops, int base_id, int num_locks);
- to be called from the underlying platform-specific implementation, in
- order to register a new hwspinlock instance. Can be called from an atomic
- context (this function will not sleep) but not from within interrupt
- context. Returns 0 on success, or appropriate error code on failure.
+ order to register a new hwspinlock device (which is usually a bank of
+ numerous locks). Should be called from a process context (this function
+ might sleep).
+ Returns 0 on success, or appropriate error code on failure.
- struct hwspinlock *hwspin_lock_unregister(unsigned int id);
+ int hwspin_lock_unregister(struct hwspinlock_device *bank);
- to be called from the underlying vendor-specific implementation, in order
- to unregister an existing (and unused) hwspinlock instance.
- Can be called from an atomic context (will not sleep) but not from
- within interrupt context.
+ to unregister an hwspinlock device (which is usually a bank of numerous
+ locks).
+ Should be called from a process context (this function might sleep).
Returns the address of hwspinlock on success, or NULL on error (e.g.
if the hwspinlock is sill in use).
-5. struct hwspinlock
+5. Important structs
-This struct represents an hwspinlock instance. It is registered by the
-underlying hwspinlock implementation using the hwspin_lock_register() API.
+struct hwspinlock_device is a device which usually contains a bank
+of hardware locks. It is registered by the underlying hwspinlock
+implementation using the hwspin_lock_register() API.
/**
- * struct hwspinlock - vendor-specific hwspinlock implementation
- *
- * @dev: underlying device, will be used with runtime PM api
- * @ops: vendor-specific hwspinlock handlers
- * @id: a global, unique, system-wide, index of the lock.
- * @lock: initialized and used by hwspinlock core
- * @owner: underlying implementation module, used to maintain module ref count
+ * struct hwspinlock_device - a device which usually spans numerous hwspinlocks
+ * @dev: underlying device, will be used to invoke runtime PM api
+ * @ops: platform-specific hwspinlock handlers
+ * @base_id: id index of the first lock in this device
+ * @num_locks: number of locks in this device
+ * @lock: dynamically allocated array of 'struct hwspinlock'
*/
-struct hwspinlock {
+struct hwspinlock_device {
struct device *dev;
const struct hwspinlock_ops *ops;
- int id;
+ int base_id;
+ int num_locks;
+ struct hwspinlock lock[0];
+};
+
+struct hwspinlock_device contains an array of hwspinlock structs, each
+of which represents a single hardware lock:
+
+/**
+ * struct hwspinlock - this struct represents a single hwspinlock instance
+ * @bank: the hwspinlock_device structure which owns this lock
+ * @lock: initialized and used by hwspinlock core
+ * @priv: private data, owned by the underlying platform-specific hwspinlock drv
+ */
+struct hwspinlock {
+ struct hwspinlock_device *bank;
spinlock_t lock;
- struct module *owner;
+ void *priv;
};
-The underlying implementation is responsible to assign the dev, ops, id and
-owner members. The lock member, OTOH, is initialized and used by the hwspinlock
-core.
+When registering a bank of locks, the hwspinlock driver only needs to
+set the priv members of the locks. The rest of the members are set and
+initialized by the hwspinlock core itself.
6. Implementation callbacks
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 27e0488d54d..a0c5c5f4fce 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -741,10 +741,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
See Documentation/block/cfq-iosched.txt and
Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.
- elfcorehdr= [IA-64,PPC,SH,X86]
+ elfcorehdr=[size[KMG]@]offset[KMG] [IA64,PPC,SH,X86,S390]
Specifies physical address of start of kernel core
- image elf header. Generally kexec loader will
- pass this option to capture kernel.
+ image elf header and optionally the size. Generally
+ kexec loader will pass this option to capture kernel.
See Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for details.
enable_mtrr_cleanup [X86]
@@ -973,6 +973,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
ignore_loglevel [KNL]
Ignore loglevel setting - this will print /all/
kernel messages to the console. Useful for debugging.
+ We also add it as printk module parameter, so users
+ could change it dynamically, usually by
+ /sys/module/printk/parameters/ignore_loglevel.
ihash_entries= [KNL]
Set number of hash buckets for inode cache.
@@ -1666,6 +1669,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
debugging driver suspend/resume hooks). This may
not work reliably with all consoles, but is known
to work with serial and VGA consoles.
+ To facilitate more flexible debugging, we also add
+ console_suspend, a printk module parameter to control
+ it. Users could use console_suspend (usually
+ /sys/module/printk/parameters/console_suspend) to
+ turn on/off it dynamically.
noaliencache [MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
caches in the slab allocator. Saves per-node memory,
diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
index 3ff0dad62d3..9d666828915 100644
--- a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
@@ -411,9 +411,9 @@ event code Key Notes
0x1004 0x03 FN+F4 Sleep button (ACPI sleep button
semantics, i.e. sleep-to-RAM).
- It is always generate some kind
+ It always generates some kind
of event, either the hot key
- event or a ACPI sleep button
+ event or an ACPI sleep button
event. The firmware may
refuse to generate further FN+F4
key presses until a S3 or S4 ACPI
diff --git a/Documentation/leds/leds-class.txt b/Documentation/leds/leds-class.txt
index 4996586e27e..79699c20076 100644
--- a/Documentation/leds/leds-class.txt
+++ b/Documentation/leds/leds-class.txt
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ Hardware accelerated blink of LEDs
Some LEDs can be programmed to blink without any CPU interaction. To
support this feature, a LED driver can optionally implement the
blink_set() function (see <linux/leds.h>). To set an LED to blinking,
-however, it is better to use use the API function led_blink_set(),
-as it will check and implement software fallback if necessary.
+however, it is better to use the API function led_blink_set(), as it
+will check and implement software fallback if necessary.
To turn off blinking again, use the API function led_brightness_set()
as that will not just set the LED brightness but also stop any software
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ipvs-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ipvs-sysctl.txt
index 4ccdbca0381..f2a2488f1bf 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ipvs-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ipvs-sysctl.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,23 @@ amemthresh - INTEGER
enabled and the variable is automatically set to 2, otherwise
the strategy is disabled and the variable is set to 1.
+conntrack - BOOLEAN
+ 0 - disabled (default)
+ not 0 - enabled
+
+ If set, maintain connection tracking entries for
+ connections handled by IPVS.
+
+ This should be enabled if connections handled by IPVS are to be
+ also handled by stateful firewall rules. That is, iptables rules
+ that make use of connection tracking. It is a performance
+ optimisation to disable this setting otherwise.
+
+ Connections handled by the IPVS FTP application module
+ will have connection tracking entries regardless of this setting.
+
+ Only available when IPVS is compiled with CONFIG_IP_VS_NFCT enabled.
+
cache_bypass - BOOLEAN
0 - disabled (default)
not 0 - enabled
@@ -39,7 +56,7 @@ debug_level - INTEGER
11 - IPVS packet handling (ip_vs_in/ip_vs_out)
12 or more - packet traversal
- Only available when IPVS is compiled with the CONFIG_IPVS_DEBUG
+ Only available when IPVS is compiled with CONFIG_IP_VS_DEBUG enabled.
Higher debugging levels include the messages for lower debugging
levels, so setting debug level 2, includes level 0, 1 and 2
@@ -123,13 +140,11 @@ nat_icmp_send - BOOLEAN
secure_tcp - INTEGER
0 - disabled (default)
- The secure_tcp defense is to use a more complicated state
- transition table and some possible short timeouts of each
- state. In the VS/NAT, it delays the entering the ESTABLISHED
- until the real server starts to send data and ACK packet
- (after 3-way handshake).
+ The secure_tcp defense is to use a more complicated TCP state
+ transition table. For VS/NAT, it also delays entering the
+ TCP ESTABLISHED state until the three way handshake is completed.
- The value definition is the same as that of drop_entry or
+ The value definition is the same as that of drop_entry and
drop_packet.
sync_threshold - INTEGER
@@ -141,3 +156,36 @@ sync_threshold - INTEGER
synchronized, every time the number of its incoming packets
modulus 50 equals the threshold. The range of the threshold is
from 0 to 49.
+
+snat_reroute - BOOLEAN
+ 0 - disabled
+ not 0 - enabled (default)
+
+ If enabled, recalculate the route of SNATed packets from
+ realservers so that they are routed as if they originate from the
+ director. Otherwise they are routed as if they are forwarded by the
+ director.
+
+ If policy routing is in effect then it is possible that the route
+ of a packet originating from a director is routed differently to a
+ packet being forwarded by the director.
+
+ If policy routing is not in effect then the recalculated route will
+ always be the same as the original route so it is an optimisation
+ to disable snat_reroute and avoid the recalculation.
+
+sync_version - INTEGER
+ default 1
+
+ The version of the synchronisation protocol used when sending
+ synchronisation messages.
+
+ 0 selects the original synchronisation protocol (version 0). This
+ should be used when sending synchronisation messages to a legacy
+ system that only understands the original synchronisation protocol.
+
+ 1 selects the current synchronisation protocol (version 1). This
+ should be used where possible.
+
+ Kernels with this sync_version entry are able to receive messages
+ of both version 1 and version 2 of the synchronisation protocol.
diff --git a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
index 6fe9001b926..13032c0140d 100644
--- a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ characters, each representing a particular tainted value.
12: 'I' if the kernel is working around a severe bug in the platform
firmware (BIOS or similar).
+ 13: 'O' if an externally-built ("out-of-tree") module has been loaded.
+
The primary reason for the 'Tainted: ' string is to tell kernel
debuggers if this is a clean kernel or if anything unusual has
occurred. Tainting is permanent: even if an offending module is
diff --git a/Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt b/Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt
index 38b57248fd6..316c2ba187f 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ try_to_freeze_tasks() that sets TIF_FREEZE for all of the freezable tasks and
either wakes them up, if they are kernel threads, or sends fake signals to them,
if they are user space processes. A task that has TIF_FREEZE set, should react
to it by calling the function called refrigerator() (defined in
-kernel/power/process.c), which sets the task's PF_FROZEN flag, changes its state
+kernel/freezer.c), which sets the task's PF_FROZEN flag, changes its state
to TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE and makes it loop until PF_FROZEN is cleared for it.
Then, we say that the task is 'frozen' and therefore the set of functions
handling this mechanism is referred to as 'the freezer' (these functions are
-defined in kernel/power/process.c and include/linux/freezer.h). User space
-processes are generally frozen before kernel threads.
+defined in kernel/power/process.c, kernel/freezer.c & include/linux/freezer.h).
+User space processes are generally frozen before kernel threads.
It is not recommended to call refrigerator() directly. Instead, it is
recommended to use the try_to_freeze() function (defined in
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ after the memory for the image has been freed, we don't want tasks to allocate
additional memory and we prevent them from doing that by freezing them earlier.
[Of course, this also means that device drivers should not allocate substantial
amounts of memory from their .suspend() callbacks before hibernation, but this
-is e separate issue.]
+is a separate issue.]
3. The third reason is to prevent user space processes and some kernel threads
from interfering with the suspending and resuming of devices. A user space
diff --git a/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt b/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt
index b42419b52e4..ce63af0a8e3 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ initialisation code by creating a struct regulator_consumer_supply for
each regulator.
struct regulator_consumer_supply {
- struct device *dev; /* consumer */
+ const char *dev_name; /* consumer dev_name() */
const char *supply; /* consumer supply - e.g. "vcc" */
};
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ e.g. for the machine above
static struct regulator_consumer_supply regulator1_consumers[] = {
{
- .dev = &platform_consumerB_device.dev,
- .supply = "Vcc",
+ .dev_name = "dev_name(consumer B)",
+ .supply = "Vcc",
},};
static struct regulator_consumer_supply regulator2_consumers[] = {
{
- .dev = &platform_consumerA_device.dev,
+ .dev = "dev_name(consumer A"),
.supply = "Vcc",
},};
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ to their supply regulator :-
static struct regulator_init_data regulator1_data = {
.constraints = {
+ .name = "Regulator-1",
.min_uV = 3300000,
.max_uV = 3300000,
.valid_modes_mask = REGULATOR_MODE_NORMAL,
@@ -51,13 +52,19 @@ static struct regulator_init_data regulator1_data = {
.consumer_supplies = regulator1_consumers,
};
+The name field should be set to something that is usefully descriptive
+for the board for configuration of supplies for other regulators and
+for use in logging and other diagnostic output. Normally the name
+used for the supply rail in the schematic is a good choice. If no
+name is provided then the subsystem will choose one.
+
Regulator-1 supplies power to Regulator-2. This relationship must be registered
with the core so that Regulator-1 is also enabled when Consumer A enables its
supply (Regulator-2). The supply regulator is set by the supply_regulator
-field below:-
+field below and co:-
static struct regulator_init_data regulator2_data = {
- .supply_regulator = "regulator_name",
+ .supply_regulator = "Regulator-1",
.constraints = {
.min_uV = 1800000,
.max_uV = 2000000,
diff --git a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt
index 0e856088db7..5336149f831 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt
@@ -789,6 +789,16 @@ will behave normally, not taking the autosuspend delay into account.
Similarly, if the power.use_autosuspend field isn't set then the autosuspend
helper functions will behave just like the non-autosuspend counterparts.
+Under some circumstances a driver or subsystem may want to prevent a device
+from autosuspending immediately, even though the usage counter is zero and the
+autosuspend delay time has expired. If the ->runtime_suspend() callback
+returns -EAGAIN or -EBUSY, and if the next autosuspend delay expiration time is
+in the future (as it normally would be if the callback invoked
+pm_runtime_mark_last_busy()), the PM core will automatically reschedule the
+autosuspend. The ->runtime_suspend() callback can't do this rescheduling
+itself because no suspend requests of any kind are accepted while the device is
+suspending (i.e., while the callback is running).
+
The implementation is well suited for asynchronous use in interrupt contexts.
However such use inevitably involves races, because the PM core can't
synchronize ->runtime_suspend() callbacks with the arrival of I/O requests.
diff --git a/Documentation/rapidio/rapidio.txt b/Documentation/rapidio/rapidio.txt
index be70ee15f8c..c75694b35d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/rapidio/rapidio.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rapidio/rapidio.txt
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ and the default device ID in order to access the device on the active port.
After the host has completed enumeration of the entire network it releases
devices by clearing device ID locks (calls rio_clear_locks()). For each endpoint
-in the system, it sets the Master Enable bit in the Port General Control CSR
+in the system, it sets the Discovered bit in the Port General Control CSR
to indicate that enumeration is completed and agents are allowed to execute
passive discovery of the network.
diff --git a/Documentation/rapidio/tsi721.txt b/Documentation/rapidio/tsi721.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..335f3c6087d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/rapidio/tsi721.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+RapidIO subsystem mport driver for IDT Tsi721 PCI Express-to-SRIO bridge.
+=========================================================================
+
+I. Overview
+
+This driver implements all currently defined RapidIO mport callback functions.
+It supports maintenance read and write operations, inbound and outbound RapidIO
+doorbells, inbound maintenance port-writes and RapidIO messaging.
+
+To generate SRIO maintenance transactions this driver uses one of Tsi721 DMA
+channels. This mechanism provides access to larger range of hop counts and
+destination IDs without need for changes in outbound window translation.
+
+RapidIO messaging support uses dedicated messaging channels for each mailbox.
+For inbound messages this driver uses destination ID matching to forward messages
+into the corresponding message queue. Messaging callbacks are implemented to be
+fully compatible with RIONET driver (Ethernet over RapidIO messaging services).
+
+II. Known problems
+
+ None.
+
+III. To do
+
+ Add DMA data transfers (non-messaging).
+ Add inbound region (SRIO-to-PCIe) mapping.
+
+IV. Version History
+
+ 1.0.0 - Initial driver release.
+
+V. License
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+ Copyright(c) 2011 Integrated Device Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+ Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
+ more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
diff --git a/Documentation/serial/computone.txt b/Documentation/serial/computone.txt
index 60a6f657c37..39ddcdbeeb8 100644
--- a/Documentation/serial/computone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/serial/computone.txt
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ Version: 1.2.14
Date: 11/01/2001
Historical Author: Andrew Manison <amanison@america.net>
Primary Author: Doug McNash
-Support: support@computone.com
-Fixes and Updates: Mike Warfield <mhw@wittsend.com>
This file assumes that you are using the Computone drivers which are
integrated into the kernel sources. For updating the drivers or installing
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt
index 4f3443230d8..edad99abec2 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ STAC92HD83*
ref Reference board
mic-ref Reference board with power management for ports
dell-s14 Dell laptop
+ dell-vostro-3500 Dell Vostro 3500 laptop
hp HP laptops with (inverted) mute-LED
hp-dv7-4000 HP dv-7 4000
auto BIOS setup (default)
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 704e474a93d..1f2463671a1 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
- bootloader_type [ X86 only ]
- bootloader_version [ X86 only ]
- callhome [ S390 only ]
+- cap_last_cap
- core_pattern
- core_pipe_limit
- core_uses_pid
@@ -155,6 +156,13 @@ on has a service contract with IBM.
==============================================================
+cap_last_cap
+
+Highest valid capability of the running kernel. Exports
+CAP_LAST_CAP from the kernel.
+
+==============================================================
+
core_pattern:
core_pattern is used to specify a core dumpfile pattern name.
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl b/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl
index 12cecc83cd9..4a37c4759cd 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl
+++ b/Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl
@@ -379,10 +379,10 @@ EVENT_PROCESS:
# To closer match vmstat scanning statistics, only count isolate_both
# and isolate_inactive as scanning. isolate_active is rotation
- # isolate_inactive == 0
- # isolate_active == 1
- # isolate_both == 2
- if ($isolate_mode != 1) {
+ # isolate_inactive == 1
+ # isolate_active == 2
+ # isolate_both == 3
+ if ($isolate_mode != 2) {
$perprocesspid{$process_pid}->{HIGH_NR_SCANNED} += $nr_scanned;
}
$perprocesspid{$process_pid}->{HIGH_NR_CONTIG_DIRTY} += $nr_contig_dirty;
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/virtual/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt
index 5d0fc8bfcdb..77dfecf4e2d 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt
@@ -134,13 +134,13 @@
______________________________________________________________________
- 11.. IInnttrroodduuccttiioonn
+ 1. Introduction
Welcome to User Mode Linux. It's going to be fun.
- 11..11.. HHooww iiss UUsseerr MMooddee LLiinnuuxx DDiiffffeerreenntt??
+ 1.1. How is User Mode Linux Different?
Normally, the Linux Kernel talks straight to your hardware (video
card, keyboard, hard drives, etc), and any programs which run ask the
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
- 11..22.. WWhhyy WWoouulldd II WWaanntt UUsseerr MMooddee LLiinnuuxx??
+ 1.2. Why Would I Want User Mode Linux?
1. If User Mode Linux crashes, your host kernel is still fine.
@@ -206,12 +206,12 @@
- 22.. CCoommppiilliinngg tthhee kkeerrnneell aanndd mmoodduulleess
+ 2. Compiling the kernel and modules
- 22..11.. CCoommppiilliinngg tthhee kkeerrnneell
+ 2.1. Compiling the kernel
Compiling the user mode kernel is just like compiling any other
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
bug fixes and enhancements that have gone into subsequent releases.
- 22..22.. CCoommppiilliinngg aanndd iinnssttaalllliinngg kkeerrnneell mmoodduulleess
+ 2.2. Compiling and installing kernel modules
UML modules are built in the same way as the native kernel (with the
exception of the 'ARCH=um' that you always need for UML):
@@ -386,19 +386,19 @@
- 22..33.. CCoommppiilliinngg aanndd iinnssttaalllliinngg uummll__uuttiilliittiieess
+ 2.3. Compiling and installing uml_utilities
Many features of the UML kernel require a user-space helper program,
so a uml_utilities package is distributed separately from the kernel
patch which provides these helpers. Included within this is:
- +o port-helper - Used by consoles which connect to xterms or ports
+ o port-helper - Used by consoles which connect to xterms or ports
- +o tunctl - Configuration tool to create and delete tap devices
+ o tunctl - Configuration tool to create and delete tap devices
- +o uml_net - Setuid binary for automatic tap device configuration
+ o uml_net - Setuid binary for automatic tap device configuration
- +o uml_switch - User-space virtual switch required for daemon
+ o uml_switch - User-space virtual switch required for daemon
transport
The uml_utilities tree is compiled with:
@@ -423,11 +423,11 @@
- 33.. RRuunnnniinngg UUMMLL aanndd llooggggiinngg iinn
+ 3. Running UML and logging in
- 33..11.. RRuunnnniinngg UUMMLL
+ 3.1. Running UML
It runs on 2.2.15 or later, and all 2.4 kernels.
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@
- 33..22.. LLooggggiinngg iinn
+ 3.2. Logging in
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@
There are a couple of other ways to log in:
- +o On a virtual console
+ o On a virtual console
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@
- +o Over the serial line
+ o Over the serial line
In the boot output, find a line that looks like:
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@
- +o Over the net
+ o Over the net
If the network is running, then you can telnet to the virtual
@@ -514,13 +514,13 @@
down and the process will exit.
- 33..33.. EExxaammpplleess
+ 3.3. Examples
Here are some examples of UML in action:
- +o A login session <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/login.html>
+ o A login session <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/login.html>
- +o A virtual network <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/net.html>
+ o A virtual network <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/net.html>
@@ -528,12 +528,12 @@
- 44.. UUMMLL oonn 22GG//22GG hhoossttss
+ 4. UML on 2G/2G hosts
- 44..11.. IInnttrroodduuccttiioonn
+ 4.1. Introduction
Most Linux machines are configured so that the kernel occupies the
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@
- 44..22.. TThhee pprroobblleemm
+ 4.2. The problem
The prebuilt UML binaries on this site will not run on 2G/2G hosts
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@
- 44..33.. TThhee ssoolluuttiioonn
+ 4.3. The solution
The fix for this is to rebuild UML from source after enabling
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@
- 55.. SSeettttiinngg uupp sseerriiaall lliinneess aanndd ccoonnssoolleess
+ 5. Setting up serial lines and consoles
It is possible to attach UML serial lines and consoles to many types
@@ -586,12 +586,12 @@
You can attach them to host ptys, ttys, file descriptors, and ports.
This allows you to do things like
- +o have a UML console appear on an unused host console,
+ o have a UML console appear on an unused host console,
- +o hook two virtual machines together by having one attach to a pty
+ o hook two virtual machines together by having one attach to a pty
and having the other attach to the corresponding tty
- +o make a virtual machine accessible from the net by attaching a
+ o make a virtual machine accessible from the net by attaching a
console to a port on the host.
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@
- 55..11.. SSppeecciiffyyiinngg tthhee ddeevviiccee
+ 5.1. Specifying the device
Devices are specified with "con" or "ssl" (console or serial line,
respectively), optionally with a device number if you are talking
@@ -626,13 +626,13 @@
- 55..22.. SSppeecciiffyyiinngg tthhee cchhaannnneell
+ 5.2. Specifying the channel
There are a number of different types of channels to attach a UML
device to, each with a different way of specifying exactly what to
attach to.
- +o pseudo-terminals - device=pty pts terminals - device=pts
+ o pseudo-terminals - device=pty pts terminals - device=pts
This will cause UML to allocate a free host pseudo-terminal for the
@@ -640,20 +640,20 @@
log. You access it by attaching a terminal program to the
corresponding tty:
- +o screen /dev/pts/n
+ o screen /dev/pts/n
- +o screen /dev/ttyxx
+ o screen /dev/ttyxx
- +o minicom -o -p /dev/ttyxx - minicom seems not able to handle pts
+ o minicom -o -p /dev/ttyxx - minicom seems not able to handle pts
devices
- +o kermit - start it up, 'open' the device, then 'connect'
+ o kermit - start it up, 'open' the device, then 'connect'
- +o terminals - device=tty:tty device file
+ o terminals - device=tty:tty device file
This will make UML attach the device to the specified tty (i.e
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@
- +o xterms - device=xterm
+ o xterms - device=xterm
UML will run an xterm and the device will be attached to it.
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@
- +o Port - device=port:port number
+ o Port - device=port:port number
This will attach the UML devices to the specified host port.
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@
- +o already-existing file descriptors - device=file descriptor
+ o already-existing file descriptors - device=file descriptor
If you set up a file descriptor on the UML command line, you can
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@
- +o Nothing - device=null
+ o Nothing - device=null
This allows the device to be opened, in contrast to 'none', but
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@
- +o None - device=none
+ o None - device=none
This causes the device to disappear.
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@
- will cause serial line 3 to accept input on the host's /dev/tty3 and
+ will cause serial line 3 to accept input on the host's /dev/tty2 and
display output on an xterm. That's a silly example - the most common
use of this syntax is to reattach the main console to stdin and stdout
as shown above.
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@
- 55..33.. EExxaammpplleess
+ 5.3. Examples
There are a number of interesting things you can do with this
capability.
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@
prompt of the other virtual machine.
- 66.. SSeettttiinngg uupp tthhee nneettwwoorrkk
+ 6. Setting up the network
@@ -858,19 +858,19 @@
There are currently five transport types available for a UML virtual
machine to exchange packets with other hosts:
- +o ethertap
+ o ethertap
- +o TUN/TAP
+ o TUN/TAP
- +o Multicast
+ o Multicast
- +o a switch daemon
+ o a switch daemon
- +o slip
+ o slip
- +o slirp
+ o slirp
- +o pcap
+ o pcap
The TUN/TAP, ethertap, slip, and slirp transports allow a UML
instance to exchange packets with the host. They may be directed
@@ -893,28 +893,28 @@
With so many host transports, which one should you use? Here's when
you should use each one:
- +o ethertap - if you want access to the host networking and it is
+ o ethertap - if you want access to the host networking and it is
running 2.2
- +o TUN/TAP - if you want access to the host networking and it is
+ o TUN/TAP - if you want access to the host networking and it is
running 2.4. Also, the TUN/TAP transport is able to use a
preconfigured device, allowing it to avoid using the setuid uml_net
helper, which is a security advantage.
- +o Multicast - if you want a purely virtual network and you don't want
+ o Multicast - if you want a purely virtual network and you don't want
to set up anything but the UML
- +o a switch daemon - if you want a purely virtual network and you
+ o a switch daemon - if you want a purely virtual network and you
don't mind running the daemon in order to get somewhat better
performance
- +o slip - there is no particular reason to run the slip backend unless
+ o slip - there is no particular reason to run the slip backend unless
ethertap and TUN/TAP are just not available for some reason
- +o slirp - if you don't have root access on the host to setup
+ o slirp - if you don't have root access on the host to setup
networking, or if you don't want to allocate an IP to your UML
- +o pcap - not much use for actual network connectivity, but great for
+ o pcap - not much use for actual network connectivity, but great for
monitoring traffic on the host
Ethertap is available on 2.4 and works fine. TUN/TAP is preferred
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@
exploit the helper's root privileges.
- 66..11.. GGeenneerraall sseettuupp
+ 6.1. General setup
First, you must have the virtual network enabled in your UML. If are
running a prebuilt kernel from this site, everything is already
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@
- 66..22.. UUsseerrssppaaccee ddaaeemmoonnss
+ 6.2. Userspace daemons
You will likely need the setuid helper, or the switch daemon, or both.
They are both installed with the RPM and deb, so if you've installed
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@
- 66..33.. SSppeecciiffyyiinngg eetthheerrnneett aaddddrreesssseess
+ 6.3. Specifying ethernet addresses
Below, you will see that the TUN/TAP, ethertap, and daemon interfaces
allow you to specify hardware addresses for the virtual ethernet
@@ -1023,11 +1023,11 @@
sufficient to guarantee a unique hardware address for the device. A
couple of exceptions are:
- +o Another set of virtual ethernet devices are on the same network and
+ o Another set of virtual ethernet devices are on the same network and
they are assigned hardware addresses using a different scheme which
may conflict with the UML IP address-based scheme
- +o You aren't going to use the device for IP networking, so you don't
+ o You aren't going to use the device for IP networking, so you don't
assign the device an IP address
If you let the driver provide the hardware address, you should make
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@
- 66..44.. UUMMLL iinntteerrffaaccee sseettuupp
+ 6.4. UML interface setup
Once the network devices have been described on the command line, you
should boot UML and log in.
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@
- 66..55.. MMuullttiiccaasstt
+ 6.5. Multicast
The simplest way to set up a virtual network between multiple UMLs is
to use the mcast transport. This was written by Harald Welte and is
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@
- 66..66.. TTUUNN//TTAAPP wwiitthh tthhee uummll__nneett hheellppeerr
+ 6.6. TUN/TAP with the uml_net helper
TUN/TAP is the preferred mechanism on 2.4 to exchange packets with the
host. The TUN/TAP backend has been in UML since 2.4.9-3um.
@@ -1247,10 +1247,10 @@
There are a couple potential problems with running the TUN/TAP
transport on a 2.4 host kernel
- +o TUN/TAP seems not to work on 2.4.3 and earlier. Upgrade the host
+ o TUN/TAP seems not to work on 2.4.3 and earlier. Upgrade the host
kernel or use the ethertap transport.
- +o With an upgraded kernel, TUN/TAP may fail with
+ o With an upgraded kernel, TUN/TAP may fail with
File descriptor in bad state
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@
- 66..77.. TTUUNN//TTAAPP wwiitthh aa pprreeccoonnffiigguurreedd ttaapp ddeevviiccee
+ 6.7. TUN/TAP with a preconfigured tap device
If you prefer not to have UML use uml_net (which is somewhat
insecure), with UML 2.4.17-11, you can set up a TUN/TAP device
@@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@
there is no need for root assistance. Setting up the device is done
as follows:
- +o Create the device with tunctl (available from the UML utilities
+ o Create the device with tunctl (available from the UML utilities
tarball)
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@
where uid is the user id or username that UML will be run as. This
will tell you what device was created.
- +o Configure the device IP (change IP addresses and device name to
+ o Configure the device IP (change IP addresses and device name to
suit)
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@
- +o Set up routing and arping if desired - this is my recipe, there are
+ o Set up routing and arping if desired - this is my recipe, there are
other ways of doing the same thing
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@
utility which reads the information from a config file and sets up
devices at boot time.
- +o Rather than using up two IPs and ARPing for one of them, you can
+ o Rather than using up two IPs and ARPing for one of them, you can
also provide direct access to your LAN by the UML by using a
bridge.
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@
Note that 'br0' should be setup using ifconfig with the existing IP
address of eth0, as eth0 no longer has its own IP.
- +o
+ o
Also, the /dev/net/tun device must be writable by the user running
@@ -1438,11 +1438,11 @@
devices and chgrp /dev/net/tun to that group with mode 664 or 660.
- +o Once the device is set up, run UML with 'eth0=tuntap,device name'
+ o Once the device is set up, run UML with 'eth0=tuntap,device name'
(i.e. 'eth0=tuntap,tap0') on the command line (or do it with the
mconsole config command).
- +o Bring the eth device up in UML and you're in business.
+ o Bring the eth device up in UML and you're in business.
If you don't want that tap device any more, you can make it non-
persistent with
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@
- 66..88.. EEtthheerrttaapp
+ 6.8. Ethertap
Ethertap is the general mechanism on 2.2 for userspace processes to
exchange packets with the kernel.
@@ -1561,9 +1561,9 @@
- 66..99.. TThhee sswwiittcchh ddaaeemmoonn
+ 6.9. The switch daemon
- NNoottee: This is the daemon formerly known as uml_router, but which was
+ Note: This is the daemon formerly known as uml_router, but which was
renamed so the network weenies of the world would stop growling at me.
@@ -1649,7 +1649,7 @@
- 66..1100.. SSlliipp
+ 6.10. Slip
Slip is another, less general, mechanism for a process to communicate
with the host networking. In contrast to the ethertap interface,
@@ -1681,7 +1681,7 @@
- 66..1111.. SSlliirrpp
+ 6.11. Slirp
slirp uses an external program, usually /usr/bin/slirp, to provide IP
only networking connectivity through the host. This is similar to IP
@@ -1737,7 +1737,7 @@
- 66..1122.. ppccaapp
+ 6.12. pcap
The pcap transport is attached to a UML ethernet device on the command
line or with uml_mconsole with the following syntax:
@@ -1777,7 +1777,7 @@
- 66..1133.. SSeettttiinngg uupp tthhee hhoosstt yyoouurrsseellff
+ 6.13. Setting up the host yourself
If you don't specify an address for the host side of the ethertap or
slip device, UML won't do any setup on the host. So this is what is
@@ -1785,7 +1785,7 @@
192.168.0.251 and a UML-side IP of 192.168.0.250 - adjust to suit your
own network):
- +o The device needs to be configured with its IP address. Tap devices
+ o The device needs to be configured with its IP address. Tap devices
are also configured with an mtu of 1484. Slip devices are
configured with a point-to-point address pointing at the UML ip
address.
@@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@
- +o If a tap device is being set up, a route is set to the UML IP.
+ o If a tap device is being set up, a route is set to the UML IP.
UML# route add -host 192.168.0.250 gw 192.168.0.251
@@ -1814,7 +1814,7 @@
- +o To allow other hosts on your network to see the virtual machine,
+ o To allow other hosts on your network to see the virtual machine,
proxy arp is set up for it.
@@ -1824,7 +1824,7 @@
- +o Finally, the host is set up to route packets.
+ o Finally, the host is set up to route packets.
host# echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
@@ -1838,12 +1838,12 @@
- 77.. SShhaarriinngg FFiilleessyysstteemmss bbeettwweeeenn VViirrttuuaall MMaacchhiinneess
+ 7. Sharing Filesystems between Virtual Machines
- 77..11.. AA wwaarrnniinngg
+ 7.1. A warning
Don't attempt to share filesystems simply by booting two UMLs from the
same file. That's the same thing as booting two physical machines
@@ -1851,7 +1851,7 @@
- 77..22.. UUssiinngg llaayyeerreedd bblloocckk ddeevviicceess
+ 7.2. Using layered block devices
The way to share a filesystem between two virtual machines is to use
the copy-on-write (COW) layering capability of the ubd block driver.
@@ -1896,7 +1896,7 @@
- 77..33.. NNoottee!!
+ 7.3. Note!
When checking the size of the COW file in order to see the gobs of
space that you're saving, make sure you use 'ls -ls' to see the actual
@@ -1926,7 +1926,7 @@
- 77..44.. AAnnootthheerr wwaarrnniinngg
+ 7.4. Another warning
Once a filesystem is being used as a readonly backing file for a COW
file, do not boot directly from it or modify it in any way. Doing so
@@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@
- 77..55.. uummll__mmoooo :: MMeerrggiinngg aa CCOOWW ffiillee wwiitthh iittss bbaacckkiinngg ffiillee
+ 7.5. uml_moo : Merging a COW file with its backing file
Depending on how you use UML and COW devices, it may be advisable to
merge the changes in the COW file into the backing file every once in
@@ -2001,7 +2001,7 @@
- 88.. CCrreeaattiinngg ffiilleessyysstteemmss
+ 8. Creating filesystems
You may want to create and mount new UML filesystems, either because
@@ -2015,7 +2015,7 @@
should be easy to translate to the filesystem of your choice.
- 88..11.. CCrreeaattee tthhee ffiilleessyysstteemm ffiillee
+ 8.1. Create the filesystem file
dd is your friend. All you need to do is tell dd to create an empty
file of the appropriate size. I usually make it sparse to save time
@@ -2032,7 +2032,7 @@
- 88..22.. AAssssiiggnn tthhee ffiillee ttoo aa UUMMLL ddeevviiccee
+ 8.2. Assign the file to a UML device
Add an argument like the following to the UML command line:
@@ -2045,7 +2045,7 @@
- 88..33.. CCrreeaattiinngg aanndd mmoouunnttiinngg tthhee ffiilleessyysstteemm
+ 8.3. Creating and mounting the filesystem
Make sure that the filesystem is available, either by being built into
the kernel, or available as a module, then boot up UML and log in. If
@@ -2096,7 +2096,7 @@
- 99.. HHoosstt ffiillee aacccceessss
+ 9. Host file access
If you want to access files on the host machine from inside UML, you
@@ -2112,7 +2112,7 @@
files contained in it just as you would on the host.
- 99..11.. UUssiinngg hhoossttffss
+ 9.1. Using hostfs
To begin with, make sure that hostfs is available inside the virtual
machine with
@@ -2151,7 +2151,7 @@
- 99..22.. hhoossttffss aass tthhee rroooott ffiilleessyysstteemm
+ 9.2. hostfs as the root filesystem
It's possible to boot from a directory hierarchy on the host using
hostfs rather than using the standard filesystem in a file.
@@ -2194,20 +2194,20 @@
UML should then boot as it does normally.
- 99..33.. BBuuiillddiinngg hhoossttffss
+ 9.3. Building hostfs
If you need to build hostfs because it's not in your kernel, you have
two choices:
- +o Compiling hostfs into the kernel:
+ o Compiling hostfs into the kernel:
Reconfigure the kernel and set the 'Host filesystem' option under
- +o Compiling hostfs as a module:
+ o Compiling hostfs as a module:
Reconfigure the kernel and set the 'Host filesystem' option under
@@ -2228,7 +2228,7 @@
- 1100.. TThhee MMaannaaggeemmeenntt CCoonnssoollee
+ 10. The Management Console
@@ -2240,15 +2240,15 @@
There are a number of things you can do with the mconsole interface:
- +o get the kernel version
+ o get the kernel version
- +o add and remove devices
+ o add and remove devices
- +o halt or reboot the machine
+ o halt or reboot the machine
- +o Send SysRq commands
+ o Send SysRq commands
- +o Pause and resume the UML
+ o Pause and resume the UML
You need the mconsole client (uml_mconsole) which is present in CVS
@@ -2300,28 +2300,28 @@
You'll get a prompt, at which you can run one of these commands:
- +o version
+ o version
- +o halt
+ o halt
- +o reboot
+ o reboot
- +o config
+ o config
- +o remove
+ o remove
- +o sysrq
+ o sysrq
- +o help
+ o help
- +o cad
+ o cad
- +o stop
+ o stop
- +o go
+ o go
- 1100..11.. vveerrssiioonn
+ 10.1. version
This takes no arguments. It prints the UML version.
@@ -2342,7 +2342,7 @@
- 1100..22.. hhaalltt aanndd rreebboooott
+ 10.2. halt and reboot
These take no arguments. They shut the machine down immediately, with
no syncing of disks and no clean shutdown of userspace. So, they are
@@ -2357,7 +2357,7 @@
- 1100..33.. ccoonnffiigg
+ 10.3. config
"config" adds a new device to the virtual machine. Currently the ubd
and network drivers support this. It takes one argument, which is the
@@ -2378,7 +2378,7 @@
- 1100..44.. rreemmoovvee
+ 10.4. remove
"remove" deletes a device from the system. Its argument is just the
name of the device to be removed. The device must be idle in whatever
@@ -2397,7 +2397,7 @@
- 1100..55.. ssyyssrrqq
+ 10.5. sysrq
This takes one argument, which is a single letter. It calls the
generic kernel's SysRq driver, which does whatever is called for by
@@ -2407,14 +2407,14 @@
- 1100..66.. hheellpp
+ 10.6. help
"help" returns a string listing the valid commands and what each one
does.
- 1100..77.. ccaadd
+ 10.7. cad
This invokes the Ctl-Alt-Del action on init. What exactly this ends
up doing is up to /etc/inittab. Normally, it reboots the machine.
@@ -2432,7 +2432,7 @@
- 1100..88.. ssttoopp
+ 10.8. stop
This puts the UML in a loop reading mconsole requests until a 'go'
mconsole command is received. This is very useful for making backups
@@ -2448,7 +2448,7 @@
- 1100..99.. ggoo
+ 10.9. go
This resumes a UML after being paused by a 'stop' command. Note that
when the UML has resumed, TCP connections may have timed out and if
@@ -2462,10 +2462,10 @@
- 1111.. KKeerrnneell ddeebbuuggggiinngg
+ 11. Kernel debugging
- NNoottee:: The interface that makes debugging, as described here, possible
+ Note: The interface that makes debugging, as described here, possible
is present in 2.4.0-test6 kernels and later.
@@ -2485,7 +2485,7 @@
- 1111..11.. SSttaarrttiinngg tthhee kkeerrnneell uunnddeerr ggddbb
+ 11.1. Starting the kernel under gdb
You can have the kernel running under the control of gdb from the
beginning by putting 'debug' on the command line. You will get an
@@ -2498,7 +2498,7 @@
There is a transcript of a debugging session here <debug-
session.html> , with breakpoints being set in the scheduler and in an
interrupt handler.
- 1111..22.. EExxaammiinniinngg sslleeeeppiinngg pprroocceesssseess
+ 11.2. Examining sleeping processes
Not every bug is evident in the currently running process. Sometimes,
processes hang in the kernel when they shouldn't because they've
@@ -2516,7 +2516,7 @@
Now what you do is this:
- +o detach from the current thread
+ o detach from the current thread
(UML gdb) det
@@ -2525,7 +2525,7 @@
- +o attach to the thread you are interested in
+ o attach to the thread you are interested in
(UML gdb) att <host pid>
@@ -2534,7 +2534,7 @@
- +o look at its stack and anything else of interest
+ o look at its stack and anything else of interest
(UML gdb) bt
@@ -2545,7 +2545,7 @@
Note that you can't do anything at this point that requires that a
process execute, e.g. calling a function
- +o when you're done looking at that process, reattach to the current
+ o when you're done looking at that process, reattach to the current
thread and continue it
@@ -2569,12 +2569,12 @@
- 1111..33.. RRuunnnniinngg dddddd oonn UUMMLL
+ 11.3. Running ddd on UML
ddd works on UML, but requires a special kludge. The process goes
like this:
- +o Start ddd
+ o Start ddd
host% ddd linux
@@ -2583,14 +2583,14 @@
- +o With ps, get the pid of the gdb that ddd started. You can ask the
+ o With ps, get the pid of the gdb that ddd started. You can ask the
gdb to tell you, but for some reason that confuses things and
causes a hang.
- +o run UML with 'debug=parent gdb-pid=<pid>' added to the command line
+ o run UML with 'debug=parent gdb-pid=<pid>' added to the command line
- it will just sit there after you hit return
- +o type 'att 1' to the ddd gdb and you will see something like
+ o type 'att 1' to the ddd gdb and you will see something like
0xa013dc51 in __kill ()
@@ -2602,12 +2602,12 @@
- +o At this point, type 'c', UML will boot up, and you can use ddd just
+ o At this point, type 'c', UML will boot up, and you can use ddd just
as you do on any other process.
- 1111..44.. DDeebbuuggggiinngg mmoodduulleess
+ 11.4. Debugging modules
gdb has support for debugging code which is dynamically loaded into
the process. This support is what is needed to debug kernel modules
@@ -2823,7 +2823,7 @@
- 1111..55.. AAttttaacchhiinngg ggddbb ttoo tthhee kkeerrnneell
+ 11.5. Attaching gdb to the kernel
If you don't have the kernel running under gdb, you can attach gdb to
it later by sending the tracing thread a SIGUSR1. The first line of
@@ -2857,7 +2857,7 @@
- 1111..66.. UUssiinngg aalltteerrnnaattee ddeebbuuggggeerrss
+ 11.6. Using alternate debuggers
UML has support for attaching to an already running debugger rather
than starting gdb itself. This is present in CVS as of 17 Apr 2001.
@@ -2886,7 +2886,7 @@
An example of an alternate debugger is strace. You can strace the
actual kernel as follows:
- +o Run the following in a shell
+ o Run the following in a shell
host%
@@ -2894,10 +2894,10 @@
- +o Run UML with 'debug' and 'gdb-pid=<pid>' with the pid printed out
+ o Run UML with 'debug' and 'gdb-pid=<pid>' with the pid printed out
by the previous command
- +o Hit return in the shell, and UML will start running, and strace
+ o Hit return in the shell, and UML will start running, and strace
output will start accumulating in the output file.
Note that this is different from running
@@ -2917,9 +2917,9 @@
- 1122.. KKeerrnneell ddeebbuuggggiinngg eexxaammpplleess
+ 12. Kernel debugging examples
- 1122..11.. TThhee ccaassee ooff tthhee hhuunngg ffsscckk
+ 12.1. The case of the hung fsck
When booting up the kernel, fsck failed, and dropped me into a shell
to fix things up. I ran fsck -y, which hung:
@@ -3154,9 +3154,9 @@
The interesting things here are :
- +o There are two segfaults on this stack (frames 9 and 14)
+ o There are two segfaults on this stack (frames 9 and 14)
- +o The first faulting address (frame 11) is 0x50000800
+ o The first faulting address (frame 11) is 0x50000800
(gdb) p (void *)1342179328
$16 = (void *) 0x50000800
@@ -3399,7 +3399,7 @@
on will be somewhat clearer.
- 1122..22.. EEppiissooddee 22:: TThhee ccaassee ooff tthhee hhuunngg ffsscckk
+ 12.2. Episode 2: The case of the hung fsck
After setting a trap in the SEGV handler for accesses to the signal
thread's stack, I reran the kernel.
@@ -3788,12 +3788,12 @@
- 1133.. WWhhaatt ttoo ddoo wwhheenn UUMMLL ddooeessnn''tt wwoorrkk
+ 13. What to do when UML doesn't work
- 1133..11.. SSttrraannggee ccoommppiillaattiioonn eerrrroorrss wwhheenn yyoouu bbuuiilldd ffrroomm ssoouurrccee
+ 13.1. Strange compilation errors when you build from source
As of test11, it is necessary to have "ARCH=um" in the environment or
on the make command line for all steps in building UML, including
@@ -3824,8 +3824,8 @@
- 1133..33.. AA vvaarriieettyy ooff ppaanniiccss aanndd hhaannggss wwiitthh //ttmmpp oonn aa rreeiisseerrffss ffiilleessyyss--
- tteemm
+ 13.3. A variety of panics and hangs with /tmp on a reiserfs filesys-
+ tem
I saw this on reiserfs 3.5.21 and it seems to be fixed in 3.5.27.
Panics preceded by
@@ -3842,8 +3842,8 @@
- 1133..44.. TThhee ccoommppiillee ffaaiillss wwiitthh eerrrroorrss aabboouutt ccoonnfflliiccttiinngg ttyyppeess ffoorr
- ''ooppeenn'',, ''dduupp'',, aanndd ''wwaaiittppiidd''
+ 13.4. The compile fails with errors about conflicting types for
+ 'open', 'dup', and 'waitpid'
This happens when you build in /usr/src/linux. The UML build makes
the include/asm link point to include/asm-um. /usr/include/asm points
@@ -3854,14 +3854,14 @@
- 1133..55.. UUMMLL ddooeessnn''tt wwoorrkk wwhheenn //ttmmpp iiss aann NNFFSS ffiilleessyysstteemm
+ 13.5. UML doesn't work when /tmp is an NFS filesystem
This seems to be a similar situation with the ReiserFS problem above.
Some versions of NFS seems not to handle mmap correctly, which UML
depends on. The workaround is have /tmp be a non-NFS directory.
- 1133..66.. UUMMLL hhaannggss oonn bboooott wwhheenn ccoommppiilleedd wwiitthh ggpprrooff ssuuppppoorrtt
+ 13.6. UML hangs on boot when compiled with gprof support
If you build UML with gprof support and, early in the boot, it does
this
@@ -3878,7 +3878,7 @@
- 1133..77.. ssyyssllooggdd ddiieess wwiitthh aa SSIIGGTTEERRMM oonn ssttaarrttuupp
+ 13.7. syslogd dies with a SIGTERM on startup
The exact boot error depends on the distribution that you're booting,
but Debian produces this:
@@ -3897,17 +3897,17 @@
- 1133..88.. TTUUNN//TTAAPP nneettwwoorrkkiinngg ddooeessnn''tt wwoorrkk oonn aa 22..44 hhoosstt
+ 13.8. TUN/TAP networking doesn't work on a 2.4 host
There are a couple of problems which were
<http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/SourceForge/597/0/> name="pointed
out"> by Tim Robinson <timro at trkr dot net>
- +o It doesn't work on hosts running 2.4.7 (or thereabouts) or earlier.
+ o It doesn't work on hosts running 2.4.7 (or thereabouts) or earlier.
The fix is to upgrade to something more recent and then read the
next item.
- +o If you see
+ o If you see
File descriptor in bad state
@@ -3921,8 +3921,8 @@
- 1133..99.. YYoouu ccaann nneettwwoorrkk ttoo tthhee hhoosstt bbuutt nnoott ttoo ootthheerr mmaacchhiinneess oonn tthhee
- nneett
+ 13.9. You can network to the host but not to other machines on the
+ net
If you can connect to the host, and the host can connect to UML, but
you cannot connect to any other machines, then you may need to enable
@@ -3972,7 +3972,7 @@
- 1133..1100.. II hhaavvee nnoo rroooott aanndd II wwaanntt ttoo ssccrreeaamm
+ 13.10. I have no root and I want to scream
Thanks to Birgit Wahlich for telling me about this strange one. It
turns out that there's a limit of six environment variables on the
@@ -3987,7 +3987,7 @@
- 1133..1111.. UUMMLL bbuuiilldd ccoonnfflliicctt bbeettwweeeenn ppttrraaccee..hh aanndd uuccoonntteexxtt..hh
+ 13.11. UML build conflict between ptrace.h and ucontext.h
On some older systems, /usr/include/asm/ptrace.h and
/usr/include/sys/ucontext.h define the same names. So, when they're
@@ -4007,7 +4007,7 @@
- 1133..1122.. TThhee UUMMLL BBooggooMMiippss iiss eexxaaccttllyy hhaallff tthhee hhoosstt''ss BBooggooMMiippss
+ 13.12. The UML BogoMips is exactly half the host's BogoMips
On i386 kernels, there are two ways of running the loop that is used
to calculate the BogoMips rating, using the TSC if it's there or using
@@ -4019,7 +4019,7 @@
- 1133..1133.. WWhheenn yyoouu rruunn UUMMLL,, iitt iimmmmeeddiiaatteellyy sseeggffaauullttss
+ 13.13. When you run UML, it immediately segfaults
If the host is configured with the 2G/2G address space split, that's
why. See ``UML on 2G/2G hosts'' for the details on getting UML to
@@ -4027,7 +4027,7 @@
- 1133..1144.. xxtteerrmmss aappppeeaarr,, tthheenn iimmmmeeddiiaatteellyy ddiissaappppeeaarr
+ 13.14. xterms appear, then immediately disappear
If you're running an up to date kernel with an old release of
uml_utilities, the port-helper program will not work properly, so
@@ -4039,7 +4039,7 @@
- 1133..1155.. AAnnyy ootthheerr ppaanniicc,, hhaanngg,, oorr ssttrraannggee bbeehhaavviioorr
+ 13.15. Any other panic, hang, or strange behavior
If you're seeing truly strange behavior, such as hangs or panics that
happen in random places, or you try running the debugger to see what's
@@ -4059,7 +4059,7 @@
If you want to be super-helpful, read ``Diagnosing Problems'' and
follow the instructions contained therein.
- 1144.. DDiiaaggnnoossiinngg PPrroobblleemmss
+ 14. Diagnosing Problems
If you get UML to crash, hang, or otherwise misbehave, you should
@@ -4078,7 +4078,7 @@
``Kernel debugging'' UML first.
- 1144..11.. CCaassee 11 :: NNoorrmmaall kkeerrnneell ppaanniiccss
+ 14.1. Case 1 : Normal kernel panics
The most common case is for a normal thread to panic. To debug this,
you will need to run it under the debugger (add 'debug' to the command
@@ -4128,7 +4128,7 @@
to get that information from the faulting ip.
- 1144..22.. CCaassee 22 :: TTrraacciinngg tthhrreeaadd ppaanniiccss
+ 14.2. Case 2 : Tracing thread panics
The less common and more painful case is when the tracing thread
panics. In this case, the kernel debugger will be useless because it
@@ -4161,7 +4161,7 @@
backtrace in and wait for our crack debugging team to fix the problem.
- 1144..33.. CCaassee 33 :: TTrraacciinngg tthhrreeaadd ppaanniiccss ccaauusseedd bbyy ootthheerr tthhrreeaaddss
+ 14.3. Case 3 : Tracing thread panics caused by other threads
However, there are cases where the misbehavior of another thread
caused the problem. The most common panic of this type is:
@@ -4227,7 +4227,7 @@
- 1144..44.. CCaassee 44 :: HHaannggss
+ 14.4. Case 4 : Hangs
Hangs seem to be fairly rare, but they sometimes happen. When a hang
happens, we need a backtrace from the offending process. Run the
@@ -4257,7 +4257,7 @@
- 1155.. TThhaannkkss
+ 15. Thanks
A number of people have helped this project in various ways, and this
@@ -4274,20 +4274,20 @@
bookkeeping lapses and I forget about contributions.
- 1155..11.. CCooddee aanndd DDooccuummeennttaattiioonn
+ 15.1. Code and Documentation
Rusty Russell <rusty at linuxcare.com.au> -
- +o wrote the HOWTO <http://user-mode-
+ o wrote the HOWTO <http://user-mode-
linux.sourceforge.net/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.html>
- +o prodded me into making this project official and putting it on
+ o prodded me into making this project official and putting it on
SourceForge
- +o came up with the way cool UML logo <http://user-mode-
+ o came up with the way cool UML logo <http://user-mode-
linux.sourceforge.net/uml-small.png>
- +o redid the config process
+ o redid the config process
Peter Moulder <reiter at netspace.net.au> - Fixed my config and build
@@ -4296,18 +4296,18 @@
Bill Stearns <wstearns at pobox.com> -
- +o HOWTO updates
+ o HOWTO updates
- +o lots of bug reports
+ o lots of bug reports
- +o lots of testing
+ o lots of testing
- +o dedicated a box (uml.ists.dartmouth.edu) to support UML development
+ o dedicated a box (uml.ists.dartmouth.edu) to support UML development
- +o wrote the mkrootfs script, which allows bootable filesystems of
+ o wrote the mkrootfs script, which allows bootable filesystems of
RPM-based distributions to be cranked out
- +o cranked out a large number of filesystems with said script
+ o cranked out a large number of filesystems with said script
Jim Leu <jleu at mindspring.com> - Wrote the virtual ethernet driver
@@ -4375,176 +4375,176 @@
David Coulson <http://davidcoulson.net> -
- +o Set up the usermodelinux.org <http://usermodelinux.org> site,
+ o Set up the usermodelinux.org <http://usermodelinux.org> site,
which is a great way of keeping the UML user community on top of
UML goings-on.
- +o Site documentation and updates
+ o Site documentation and updates
- +o Nifty little UML management daemon UMLd
+ o Nifty little UML management daemon UMLd
<http://uml.openconsultancy.com/umld/>
- +o Lots of testing and bug reports
+ o Lots of testing and bug reports
- 1155..22.. FFlluusshhiinngg oouutt bbuuggss
+ 15.2. Flushing out bugs
- +o Yuri Pudgorodsky
+ o Yuri Pudgorodsky
- +o Gerald Britton
+ o Gerald Britton
- +o Ian Wehrman
+ o Ian Wehrman
- +o Gord Lamb
+ o Gord Lamb
- +o Eugene Koontz
+ o Eugene Koontz
- +o John H. Hartman
+ o John H. Hartman
- +o Anders Karlsson
+ o Anders Karlsson
- +o Daniel Phillips
+ o Daniel Phillips
- +o John Fremlin
+ o John Fremlin
- +o Rainer Burgstaller
+ o Rainer Burgstaller
- +o James Stevenson
+ o James Stevenson
- +o Matt Clay
+ o Matt Clay
- +o Cliff Jefferies
+ o Cliff Jefferies
- +o Geoff Hoff
+ o Geoff Hoff
- +o Lennert Buytenhek
+ o Lennert Buytenhek
- +o Al Viro
+ o Al Viro
- +o Frank Klingenhoefer
+ o Frank Klingenhoefer
- +o Livio Baldini Soares
+ o Livio Baldini Soares
- +o Jon Burgess
+ o Jon Burgess
- +o Petru Paler
+ o Petru Paler
- +o Paul
+ o Paul
- +o Chris Reahard
+ o Chris Reahard
- +o Sverker Nilsson
+ o Sverker Nilsson
- +o Gong Su
+ o Gong Su
- +o johan verrept
+ o johan verrept
- +o Bjorn Eriksson
+ o Bjorn Eriksson
- +o Lorenzo Allegrucci
+ o Lorenzo Allegrucci
- +o Muli Ben-Yehuda
+ o Muli Ben-Yehuda
- +o David Mansfield
+ o David Mansfield
- +o Howard Goff
+ o Howard Goff
- +o Mike Anderson
+ o Mike Anderson
- +o John Byrne
+ o John Byrne
- +o Sapan J. Batia
+ o Sapan J. Batia
- +o Iris Huang
+ o Iris Huang
- +o Jan Hudec
+ o Jan Hudec
- +o Voluspa
+ o Voluspa
- 1155..33.. BBuugglleettss aanndd cclleeaann--uuppss
+ 15.3. Buglets and clean-ups
- +o Dave Zarzycki
+ o Dave Zarzycki
- +o Adam Lazur
+ o Adam Lazur
- +o Boria Feigin
+ o Boria Feigin
- +o Brian J. Murrell
+ o Brian J. Murrell
- +o JS
+ o JS
- +o Roman Zippel
+ o Roman Zippel
- +o Wil Cooley
+ o Wil Cooley
- +o Ayelet Shemesh
+ o Ayelet Shemesh
- +o Will Dyson
+ o Will Dyson
- +o Sverker Nilsson
+ o Sverker Nilsson
- +o dvorak
+ o dvorak
- +o v.naga srinivas
+ o v.naga srinivas
- +o Shlomi Fish
+ o Shlomi Fish
- +o Roger Binns
+ o Roger Binns
- +o johan verrept
+ o johan verrept
- +o MrChuoi
+ o MrChuoi
- +o Peter Cleve
+ o Peter Cleve
- +o Vincent Guffens
+ o Vincent Guffens
- +o Nathan Scott
+ o Nathan Scott
- +o Patrick Caulfield
+ o Patrick Caulfield
- +o jbearce
+ o jbearce
- +o Catalin Marinas
+ o Catalin Marinas
- +o Shane Spencer
+ o Shane Spencer
- +o Zou Min
+ o Zou Min
- +o Ryan Boder
+ o Ryan Boder
- +o Lorenzo Colitti
+ o Lorenzo Colitti
- +o Gwendal Grignou
+ o Gwendal Grignou
- +o Andre' Breiler
+ o Andre' Breiler
- +o Tsutomu Yasuda
+ o Tsutomu Yasuda
- 1155..44.. CCaassee SSttuuddiieess
+ 15.4. Case Studies
- +o Jon Wright
+ o Jon Wright
- +o William McEwan
+ o William McEwan
- +o Michael Richardson
+ o Michael Richardson
- 1155..55.. OOtthheerr ccoonnttrriibbuuttiioonnss
+ 15.5. Other contributions
Bill Carr <Bill.Carr at compaq.com> made the Red Hat mkrootfs script
diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ae1e90036d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/convert_drivers_to_kernel_api.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+Converting old watchdog drivers to the watchdog framework
+by Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de>
+=========================================================
+
+Before the watchdog framework came into the kernel, every driver had to
+implement the API on its own. Now, as the framework factored out the common
+components, those drivers can be lightened making it a user of the framework.
+This document shall guide you for this task. The necessary steps are described
+as well as things to look out for.
+
+
+Remove the file_operations struct
+---------------------------------
+
+Old drivers define their own file_operations for actions like open(), write(),
+etc... These are now handled by the framework and just call the driver when
+needed. So, in general, the 'file_operations' struct and assorted functions can
+go. Only very few driver-specific details have to be moved to other functions.
+Here is a overview of the functions and probably needed actions:
+
+- open: Everything dealing with resource management (file-open checks, magic
+ close preparations) can simply go. Device specific stuff needs to go to the
+ driver specific start-function. Note that for some drivers, the start-function
+ also serves as the ping-function. If that is the case and you need start/stop
+ to be balanced (clocks!), you are better off refactoring a separate start-function.
+
+- close: Same hints as for open apply.
+
+- write: Can simply go, all defined behaviour is taken care of by the framework,
+ i.e. ping on write and magic char ('V') handling.
+
+- ioctl: While the driver is allowed to have extensions to the IOCTL interface,
+ the most common ones are handled by the framework, supported by some assistance
+ from the driver:
+
+ WDIOC_GETSUPPORT:
+ Returns the mandatory watchdog_info struct from the driver
+
+ WDIOC_GETSTATUS:
+ Needs the status-callback defined, otherwise returns 0
+
+ WDIOC_GETBOOTSTATUS:
+ Needs the bootstatus member properly set. Make sure it is 0 if you
+ don't have further support!
+
+ WDIOC_SETOPTIONS:
+ No preparations needed
+
+ WDIOC_KEEPALIVE:
+ If wanted, options in watchdog_info need to have WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING
+ set
+
+ WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT:
+ Options in watchdog_info need to have WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT set
+ and a set_timeout-callback has to be defined. The core will also
+ do limit-checking, if min_timeout and max_timeout in the watchdog
+ device are set. All is optional.
+
+ WDIOC_GETTIMEOUT:
+ No preparations needed
+
+ Other IOCTLs can be served using the ioctl-callback. Note that this is mainly
+ intended for porting old drivers; new drivers should not invent private IOCTLs.
+ Private IOCTLs are processed first. When the callback returns with
+ -ENOIOCTLCMD, the IOCTLs of the framework will be tried, too. Any other error
+ is directly given to the user.
+
+Example conversion:
+
+-static const struct file_operations s3c2410wdt_fops = {
+- .owner = THIS_MODULE,
+- .llseek = no_llseek,
+- .write = s3c2410wdt_write,
+- .unlocked_ioctl = s3c2410wdt_ioctl,
+- .open = s3c2410wdt_open,
+- .release = s3c2410wdt_release,
+-};
+
+Check the functions for device-specific stuff and keep it for later
+refactoring. The rest can go.
+
+
+Remove the miscdevice
+---------------------
+
+Since the file_operations are gone now, you can also remove the 'struct
+miscdevice'. The framework will create it on watchdog_dev_register() called by
+watchdog_register_device().
+
+-static struct miscdevice s3c2410wdt_miscdev = {
+- .minor = WATCHDOG_MINOR,
+- .name = "watchdog",
+- .fops = &s3c2410wdt_fops,
+-};
+
+
+Remove obsolete includes and defines
+------------------------------------
+
+Because of the simplifications, a few defines are probably unused now. Remove
+them. Includes can be removed, too. For example:
+
+- #include <linux/fs.h>
+- #include <linux/miscdevice.h> (if MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV is not used)
+- #include <linux/uaccess.h> (if no custom IOCTLs are used)
+
+
+Add the watchdog operations
+---------------------------
+
+All possible callbacks are defined in 'struct watchdog_ops'. You can find it
+explained in 'watchdog-kernel-api.txt' in this directory. start(), stop() and
+owner must be set, the rest are optional. You will easily find corresponding
+functions in the old driver. Note that you will now get a pointer to the
+watchdog_device as a parameter to these functions, so you probably have to
+change the function header. Other changes are most likely not needed, because
+here simply happens the direct hardware access. If you have device-specific
+code left from the above steps, it should be refactored into these callbacks.
+
+Here is a simple example:
+
++static struct watchdog_ops s3c2410wdt_ops = {
++ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
++ .start = s3c2410wdt_start,
++ .stop = s3c2410wdt_stop,
++ .ping = s3c2410wdt_keepalive,
++ .set_timeout = s3c2410wdt_set_heartbeat,
++};
+
+A typical function-header change looks like:
+
+-static void s3c2410wdt_keepalive(void)
++static int s3c2410wdt_keepalive(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
+ {
+...
++
++ return 0;
+ }
+
+...
+
+- s3c2410wdt_keepalive();
++ s3c2410wdt_keepalive(&s3c2410_wdd);
+
+
+Add the watchdog device
+-----------------------
+
+Now we need to create a 'struct watchdog_device' and populate it with the
+necessary information for the framework. The struct is also explained in detail
+in 'watchdog-kernel-api.txt' in this directory. We pass it the mandatory
+watchdog_info struct and the newly created watchdog_ops. Often, old drivers
+have their own record-keeping for things like bootstatus and timeout using
+static variables. Those have to be converted to use the members in
+watchdog_device. Note that the timeout values are unsigned int. Some drivers
+use signed int, so this has to be converted, too.
+
+Here is a simple example for a watchdog device:
+
++static struct watchdog_device s3c2410_wdd = {
++ .info = &s3c2410_wdt_ident,
++ .ops = &s3c2410wdt_ops,
++};
+
+
+Register the watchdog device
+----------------------------
+
+Replace misc_register(&miscdev) with watchdog_register_device(&watchdog_dev).
+Make sure the return value gets checked and the error message, if present,
+still fits. Also convert the unregister case.
+
+- ret = misc_register(&s3c2410wdt_miscdev);
++ ret = watchdog_register_device(&s3c2410_wdd);
+
+...
+
+- misc_deregister(&s3c2410wdt_miscdev);
++ watchdog_unregister_device(&s3c2410_wdd);
+
+
+Update the Kconfig-entry
+------------------------
+
+The entry for the driver now needs to select WATCHDOG_CORE:
+
++ select WATCHDOG_CORE
+
+
+Create a patch and send it to upstream
+--------------------------------------
+
+Make sure you understood Documentation/SubmittingPatches and send your patch to
+linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org. We are looking forward to it :)
+