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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/Makefile | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt | 26 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/input/elantech.txt | 123 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/input/rotary-encoder.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt | 53 |
6 files changed, 182 insertions, 48 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile index 8436b018c28..3cebfa0d161 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ installmandocs: mandocs ### #External programs used KERNELDOC = $(srctree)/scripts/kernel-doc -DOCPROC = $(objtree)/scripts/basic/docproc +DOCPROC = $(objtree)/scripts/docproc XMLTOFLAGS = -m $(srctree)/Documentation/DocBook/stylesheet.xsl XMLTOFLAGS += --skip-validation diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt index d7b13b01e98..8e4fab639d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt @@ -115,28 +115,8 @@ ubi.mtd=0 root=ubi0:rootfs rootfstype=ubifs Module Parameters for Debugging =============================== -When UBIFS has been compiled with debugging enabled, there are 3 module +When UBIFS has been compiled with debugging enabled, there are 2 module parameters that are available to control aspects of testing and debugging. -The parameters are unsigned integers where each bit controls an option. -The parameters are: - -debug_msgs Selects which debug messages to display, as follows: - - Message Type Flag value - - General messages 1 - Journal messages 2 - Mount messages 4 - Commit messages 8 - LEB search messages 16 - Budgeting messages 32 - Garbage collection messages 64 - Tree Node Cache (TNC) messages 128 - LEB properties (lprops) messages 256 - Input/output messages 512 - Log messages 1024 - Scan messages 2048 - Recovery messages 4096 debug_chks Selects extra checks that UBIFS can do while running: @@ -154,11 +134,9 @@ debug_tsts Selects a mode of testing, as follows: Test mode Flag value - Force in-the-gaps method 2 Failure mode for recovery testing 4 -For example, set debug_msgs to 5 to display General messages and Mount -messages. +For example, set debug_chks to 3 to enable general and TNC checks. References diff --git a/Documentation/input/elantech.txt b/Documentation/input/elantech.txt index 56941ae1f5d..db798af5ef9 100644 --- a/Documentation/input/elantech.txt +++ b/Documentation/input/elantech.txt @@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ Contents Currently the Linux Elantech touchpad driver is aware of two different hardware versions unimaginatively called version 1 and version 2. Version 1 is found in "older" laptops and uses 4 bytes per packet. Version 2 seems to -be introduced with the EeePC and uses 6 bytes per packet. +be introduced with the EeePC and uses 6 bytes per packet, and provides +additional features such as position of two fingers, and width of the touch. The driver tries to support both hardware versions and should be compatible with the Xorg Synaptics touchpad driver and its graphical configuration @@ -94,18 +95,44 @@ Currently the Linux Elantech touchpad driver provides two extra knobs under can check these bits and reject any packet that appears corrupted. Using this knob you can bypass that check. - It is not known yet whether hardware version 2 provides the same parity - bits. Hence checking is disabled by default. Currently even turning it on - will do nothing. - + Hardware version 2 does not provide the same parity bits. Only some basic + data consistency checking can be done. For now checking is disabled by + default. Currently even turning it on will do nothing. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// +3. Differentiating hardware versions + ================================= + +To detect the hardware version, read the version number as param[0].param[1].param[2] + + 4 bytes version: (after the arrow is the name given in the Dell-provided driver) + 02.00.22 => EF013 + 02.06.00 => EF019 +In the wild, there appear to be more versions, such as 00.01.64, 01.00.21, +02.00.00, 02.00.04, 02.00.06. + + 6 bytes: + 02.00.30 => EF113 + 02.08.00 => EF023 + 02.08.XX => EF123 + 02.0B.00 => EF215 + 04.01.XX => Scroll_EF051 + 04.02.XX => EF051 +In the wild, there appear to be more versions, such as 04.03.01, 04.04.11. There +appears to be almost no difference, except for EF113, which does not report +pressure/width and has different data consistency checks. + +Probably all the versions with param[0] <= 01 can be considered as +4 bytes/firmware 1. The versions < 02.08.00, with the exception of 02.00.30, as +4 bytes/firmware 2. Everything >= 02.08.00 can be considered as 6 bytes. + +///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// -3. Hardware version 1 +4. Hardware version 1 ================== -3.1 Registers +4.1 Registers ~~~~~~~~~ By echoing a hexadecimal value to a register it contents can be altered. @@ -168,7 +195,7 @@ For example: smart edge activation area width? -3.2 Native relative mode 4 byte packet format +4.2 Native relative mode 4 byte packet format ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ byte 0: @@ -226,9 +253,13 @@ byte 3: positive = down -3.3 Native absolute mode 4 byte packet format +4.3 Native absolute mode 4 byte packet format ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +EF013 and EF019 have a special behaviour (due to a bug in the firmware?), and +when 1 finger is touching, the first 2 position reports must be discarded. +This counting is reset whenever a different number of fingers is reported. + byte 0: firmware version 1.x: @@ -279,11 +310,11 @@ byte 3: ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// -4. Hardware version 2 +5. Hardware version 2 ================== -4.1 Registers +5.1 Registers ~~~~~~~~~ By echoing a hexadecimal value to a register it contents can be altered. @@ -316,16 +347,41 @@ For example: 0x7f = never i.e. tap again to release) -4.2 Native absolute mode 6 byte packet format +5.2 Native absolute mode 6 byte packet format ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -4.2.1 One finger touch +5.2.1 Parity checking and packet re-synchronization +There is no parity checking, however some consistency checks can be performed. + +For instance for EF113: + SA1= packet[0]; + A1 = packet[1]; + B1 = packet[2]; + SB1= packet[3]; + C1 = packet[4]; + D1 = packet[5]; + if( (((SA1 & 0x3C) != 0x3C) && ((SA1 & 0xC0) != 0x80)) || // check Byte 1 + (((SA1 & 0x0C) != 0x0C) && ((SA1 & 0xC0) == 0x80)) || // check Byte 1 (one finger pressed) + (((SA1 & 0xC0) != 0x80) && (( A1 & 0xF0) != 0x00)) || // check Byte 2 + (((SB1 & 0x3E) != 0x38) && ((SA1 & 0xC0) != 0x80)) || // check Byte 4 + (((SB1 & 0x0E) != 0x08) && ((SA1 & 0xC0) == 0x80)) || // check Byte 4 (one finger pressed) + (((SA1 & 0xC0) != 0x80) && (( C1 & 0xF0) != 0x00)) ) // check Byte 5 + // error detected + +For all the other ones, there are just a few constant bits: + if( ((packet[0] & 0x0C) != 0x04) || + ((packet[3] & 0x0f) != 0x02) ) + // error detected + + +In case an error is detected, all the packets are shifted by one (and packet[0] is discarded). + +5.2.1 One/Three finger touch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ byte 0: bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - n1 n0 . . . . R L + n1 n0 w3 w2 . . R L L, R = 1 when Left, Right mouse button pressed n1..n0 = numbers of fingers on touchpad @@ -333,24 +389,40 @@ byte 0: byte 1: bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - . . . . . x10 x9 x8 + p7 p6 p5 p4 . x10 x9 x8 byte 2: bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - x7 x6 x5 x4 x4 x2 x1 x0 + x7 x6 x5 x4 x3 x2 x1 x0 x10..x0 = absolute x value (horizontal) byte 3: bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - . . . . . . . . + n4 vf w1 w0 . . . b2 + + n4 = set if more than 3 fingers (only in 3 fingers mode) + vf = a kind of flag ? (only on EF123, 0 when finger is over one + of the buttons, 1 otherwise) + w3..w0 = width of the finger touch (not EF113) + b2 (on EF113 only, 0 otherwise), b2.R.L indicates one button pressed: + 0 = none + 1 = Left + 2 = Right + 3 = Middle (Left and Right) + 4 = Forward + 5 = Back + 6 = Another one + 7 = Another one byte 4: bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - . . . . . . y9 y8 + p3 p1 p2 p0 . . y9 y8 + + p7..p0 = pressure (not EF113) byte 5: @@ -363,6 +435,11 @@ byte 5: 4.2.2 Two finger touch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Note that the two pairs of coordinates are not exactly the coordinates of the +two fingers, but only the pair of the lower-left and upper-right coordinates. +So the actual fingers might be situated on the other diagonal of the square +defined by these two points. + byte 0: bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 @@ -376,14 +453,14 @@ byte 1: bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 ax7 ax6 ax5 ax4 ax3 ax2 ax1 ax0 - ax8..ax0 = first finger absolute x value + ax8..ax0 = lower-left finger absolute x value byte 2: bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 ay7 ay6 ay5 ay4 ay3 ay2 ay1 ay0 - ay8..ay0 = first finger absolute y value + ay8..ay0 = lower-left finger absolute y value byte 3: @@ -395,11 +472,11 @@ byte 4: bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 bx7 bx6 bx5 bx4 bx3 bx2 bx1 bx0 - bx8..bx0 = second finger absolute x value + bx8..bx0 = upper-right finger absolute x value byte 5: bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 by7 by8 by5 by4 by3 by2 by1 by0 - by8..by0 = second finger absolute y value + by8..by0 = upper-right finger absolute y value diff --git a/Documentation/input/rotary-encoder.txt b/Documentation/input/rotary-encoder.txt index 943e8f6f2b1..92e68bce13a 100644 --- a/Documentation/input/rotary-encoder.txt +++ b/Documentation/input/rotary-encoder.txt @@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ peripherals with two wires. The outputs are phase-shifted by 90 degrees and by triggering on falling and rising edges, the turn direction can be determined. +Some encoders have both outputs low in stable states, whereas others also have +a stable state with both outputs high (half-period mode). + The phase diagram of these two outputs look like this: _____ _____ _____ @@ -26,6 +29,8 @@ The phase diagram of these two outputs look like this: |<-------->| one step + |<-->| + one step (half-period mode) For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_encoder @@ -34,6 +39,13 @@ For more information, please see 1. Events / state machine ------------------------- +In half-period mode, state a) and c) above are used to determine the +rotational direction based on the last stable state. Events are reported in +states b) and d) given that the new stable state is different from the last +(i.e. the rotation was not reversed half-way). + +Otherwise, the following apply: + a) Rising edge on channel A, channel B in low state This state is used to recognize a clockwise turn @@ -96,6 +108,7 @@ static struct rotary_encoder_platform_data my_rotary_encoder_info = { .gpio_b = GPIO_ROTARY_B, .inverted_a = 0, .inverted_b = 0, + .half_period = false, }; static struct platform_device rotary_encoder_device = { diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt index 7c2a89ba674..68e32bb6bd8 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt @@ -201,3 +201,16 @@ KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS -------------------------------------------------- If enabled over the make command line with "W=1", it turns on additional gcc -W... options for more extensive build-time checking. + +KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP +-------------------------------------------------- +Setting this to a date string overrides the timestamp used in the +UTS_VERSION definition (uname -v in the running kernel). The value has to +be a string that can be passed to date -d. The default value +is the output of the date command at one point during build. + +KBUILD_BUILD_USER, KBUILD_BUILD_HOST +-------------------------------------------------- +These two variables allow to override the user@host string displayed during +boot and in /proc/version. The default value is the output of the commands +whoami and host, respectively. diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt index 5d145bb443c..47435e56c5d 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt @@ -40,11 +40,13 @@ This document describes the Linux kernel Makefiles. --- 6.6 Commands useful for building a boot image --- 6.7 Custom kbuild commands --- 6.8 Preprocessing linker scripts + --- 6.9 Generic header files === 7 Kbuild syntax for exported headers --- 7.1 header-y --- 7.2 objhdr-y --- 7.3 destination-y + --- 7.4 generic-y === 8 Kbuild Variables === 9 Makefile language @@ -499,6 +501,18 @@ more details, with real examples. gcc >= 3.00. For gcc < 3.00, -malign-functions=4 is used. Note: cc-option-align uses KBUILD_CFLAGS for $(CC) options + cc-disable-warning + cc-disable-warning checks if gcc supports a given warning and returns + the commandline switch to disable it. This special function is needed, + because gcc 4.4 and later accept any unknown -Wno-* option and only + warn about it if there is another warning in the source file. + + Example: + KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-but-set-variable) + + In the above example, -Wno-unused-but-set-variable will be added to + KBUILD_CFLAGS only if gcc really accepts it. + cc-version cc-version returns a numerical version of the $(CC) compiler version. The format is <major><minor> where both are two digits. So for example @@ -955,6 +969,11 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly): used when linking modules. This is often a linker script. From commandline LDFLAGS_MODULE shall be used (see kbuild.txt). + KBUILD_ARFLAGS Options for $(AR) when creating archives + + $(KBUILD_ARFLAGS) set by the top level Makefile to "D" (deterministic + mode) if this option is supported by $(AR). + --- 6.2 Add prerequisites to archprepare: The archprepare: rule is used to list prerequisites that need to be @@ -1209,6 +1228,14 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly): The kbuild infrastructure for *lds file are used in several architecture-specific files. +--- 6.9 Generic header files + + The directory include/asm-generic contains the header files + that may be shared between individual architectures. + The recommended approach how to use a generic header file is + to list the file in the Kbuild file. + See "7.4 generic-y" for further info on syntax etc. + === 7 Kbuild syntax for exported headers The kernel include a set of headers that is exported to userspace. @@ -1265,6 +1292,32 @@ See subsequent chapter for the syntax of the Kbuild file. In the example above all exported headers in the Kbuild file will be located in the directory "include/linux" when exported. + --- 7.4 generic-y + + If an architecture uses a verbatim copy of a header from + include/asm-generic then this is listed in the file + arch/$(ARCH)/include/asm/Kbuild like this: + + Example: + #arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild + generic-y += termios.h + generic-y += rtc.h + + During the prepare phase of the build a wrapper include + file is generated in the directory: + + arch/$(ARCH)/include/generated/asm + + When a header is exported where the architecture uses + the generic header a similar wrapper is generated as part + of the set of exported headers in the directory: + + usr/include/asm + + The generated wrapper will in both cases look like the following: + + Example: termios.h + #include <asm-generic/termios.h> === 8 Kbuild Variables |