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diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX index 5b5aba404aa..73060819ed9 100644 --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX @@ -251,8 +251,6 @@ mono.txt - how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC. moxa-smartio - file with info on installing/using Moxa multiport serial driver. -mtrr.txt - - how to use PPro Memory Type Range Registers to increase performance. mutex-design.txt - info on the generic mutex subsystem. namespaces/ diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-sgi_uv b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-sgi_uv new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..4573fd4b787 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-sgi_uv @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +What: /sys/firmware/sgi_uv/ +Date: August 2008 +Contact: Russ Anderson <rja@sgi.com> +Description: + The /sys/firmware/sgi_uv directory contains information + about the SGI UV platform. + + Under that directory are a number of files: + + partition_id + coherence_id + + The partition_id entry contains the partition id. + SGI UV systems can be partitioned into multiple physical + machines, which each partition running a unique copy + of the operating system. Each partition will have a unique + partition id. To display the partition id, use the command: + + cat /sys/firmware/sgi_uv/partition_id + + The coherence_id entry contains the coherence id. + A partitioned SGI UV system can have one or more coherence + domain. The coherence id indicates which coherence domain + this partition is in. To display the coherence id, use the + command: + + cat /sys/firmware/sgi_uv/coherence_id diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-gpio b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-gpio new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..8aab8092ad3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-gpio @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +What: /sys/class/gpio/ +Date: July 2008 +KernelVersion: 2.6.27 +Contact: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> +Description: + + As a Kconfig option, individual GPIO signals may be accessed from + userspace. GPIOs are only made available to userspace by an explicit + "export" operation. If a given GPIO is not claimed for use by + kernel code, it may be exported by userspace (and unexported later). + Kernel code may export it for complete or partial access. + + GPIOs are identified as they are inside the kernel, using integers in + the range 0..INT_MAX. See Documentation/gpio.txt for more information. + + /sys/class/gpio + /export ... asks the kernel to export a GPIO to userspace + /unexport ... to return a GPIO to the kernel + /gpioN ... for each exported GPIO #N + /value ... always readable, writes fail for input GPIOs + /direction ... r/w as: in, out (default low); write: high, low + /gpiochipN ... for each gpiochip; #N is its first GPIO + /base ... (r/o) same as N + /label ... (r/o) descriptive, not necessarily unique + /ngpio ... (r/o) number of GPIOs; numbered N to N + (ngpio - 1) + diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt b/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt index b463ecd0c7c..c74fec8c235 100644 --- a/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt +++ b/Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt @@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ failure can be determined by: dma_addr_t dma_handle; dma_handle = pci_map_single(pdev, addr, size, direction); - if (pci_dma_mapping_error(dma_handle)) { + if (pci_dma_mapping_error(pdev, dma_handle)) { /* * reduce current DMA mapping usage, * delay and try again later or diff --git a/Documentation/HOWTO b/Documentation/HOWTO index c2371c5a98f..48a3955f05f 100644 --- a/Documentation/HOWTO +++ b/Documentation/HOWTO @@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ documentation files are also added which explain how to use the feature. When a kernel change causes the interface that the kernel exposes to userspace to change, it is recommended that you send the information or a patch to the manual pages explaining the change to the manual pages -maintainer at mtk.manpages@gmail.com. +maintainer at mtk.manpages@gmail.com, and CC the list +linux-api@vger.kernel.org. Here is a list of files that are in the kernel source tree that are required reading: diff --git a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist index da10e071424..21f0795af20 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist +++ b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist @@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ kernel patches. 19: All new userspace interfaces are documented in Documentation/ABI/. See Documentation/ABI/README for more information. + Patches that change userspace interfaces should be CCed to + linux-api@vger.kernel.org. 20: Check that it all passes `make headers_check'. diff --git a/Documentation/cpusets.txt b/Documentation/cpusets.txt index 1f5a924d1e5..47e568a9370 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpusets.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpusets.txt @@ -635,14 +635,16 @@ prior 'mems' setting, will not be moved. There is an exception to the above. If hotplug functionality is used to remove all the CPUs that are currently assigned to a cpuset, -then the kernel will automatically update the cpus_allowed of all -tasks attached to CPUs in that cpuset to allow all CPUs. When memory -hotplug functionality for removing Memory Nodes is available, a -similar exception is expected to apply there as well. In general, -the kernel prefers to violate cpuset placement, over starving a task -that has had all its allowed CPUs or Memory Nodes taken offline. User -code should reconfigure cpusets to only refer to online CPUs and Memory -Nodes when using hotplug to add or remove such resources. +then all the tasks in that cpuset will be moved to the nearest ancestor +with non-empty cpus. But the moving of some (or all) tasks might fail if +cpuset is bound with another cgroup subsystem which has some restrictions +on task attaching. In this failing case, those tasks will stay +in the original cpuset, and the kernel will automatically update +their cpus_allowed to allow all online CPUs. When memory hotplug +functionality for removing Memory Nodes is available, a similar exception +is expected to apply there as well. In general, the kernel prefers to +violate cpuset placement, over starving a task that has had all +its allowed CPUs or Memory Nodes taken offline. There is a second exception to the above. GFP_ATOMIC requests are kernel internal allocations that must be satisfied, immediately. diff --git a/Documentation/dontdiff b/Documentation/dontdiff index 881e6dd03ae..27809357da5 100644 --- a/Documentation/dontdiff +++ b/Documentation/dontdiff @@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ *.css *.dvi *.eps +*.fw.gen.S +*.fw *.gif *.grep *.grp diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index eb1a47b9742..83c88cae1ed 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -322,3 +322,11 @@ Why: Accounting can now be enabled/disabled without kernel recompilation. controlled by a kernel/module/sysfs/sysctl parameter. Who: Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki <ole@ans.pl> +--------------------------- + +What: ide-scsi (BLK_DEV_IDESCSI) +When: 2.6.29 +Why: The 2.6 kernel supports direct writing to ide CD drives, which + eliminates the need for ide-scsi. The new method is more + efficient in every way. +Who: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index 680fb566b92..8362860e21a 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking @@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ prototypes: void (*kill_sb) (struct super_block *); locking rules: may block BKL -get_sb yes yes -kill_sb yes yes +get_sb yes no +kill_sb yes no ->get_sb() returns error or 0 with locked superblock attached to the vfsmount (exclusive on ->s_umount). @@ -409,12 +409,12 @@ ioctl: yes (see below) unlocked_ioctl: no (see below) compat_ioctl: no mmap: no -open: maybe (see below) +open: no flush: no release: no fsync: no (see below) aio_fsync: no -fasync: yes (see below) +fasync: no lock: yes readv: no writev: no @@ -431,13 +431,6 @@ For many filesystems, it is probably safe to acquire the inode semaphore. Note some filesystems (i.e. remote ones) provide no protection for i_size so you will need to use the BKL. -->open() locking is in-transit: big lock partially moved into the methods. -The only exception is ->open() in the instances of file_operations that never -end up in ->i_fop/->proc_fops, i.e. ones that belong to character devices -(chrdev_open() takes lock before replacing ->f_op and calling the secondary -method. As soon as we fix the handling of module reference counters all -instances of ->open() will be called without the BKL. - Note: ext2_release() was *the* source of contention on fs-intensive loads and dropping BKL on ->release() helps to get rid of that (we still grab BKL for cases when we close a file that had been opened r/w, but that diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt index 80e193d82e2..0d5394920a3 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt @@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ Mailing list: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git + - Note that it is highly important to install the mke2fs.conf file + that comes with the e2fsprogs 1.41.x sources in /etc/mke2fs.conf. If + you have edited the /etc/mke2fs.conf file installed on your system, + you will need to merge your changes with the version from e2fsprogs + 1.41.x. + - Create a new filesystem using the ext4dev filesystem type: # mke2fs -t ext4dev /dev/hda1 diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt index e79ee2db183..ac2a261c5f7 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Web site ======== There is plenty of additional information on the linux-ntfs web site -at http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/ +at http://www.linux-ntfs.org/ The web site has a lot of additional information, such as a comprehensive FAQ, documentation on the NTFS on-disk format, information on the Linux-NTFS @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ And you would know that /dev/hda2 has a size of 37768814 - 4209030 + 1 = For Win2k and later dynamic disks, you can for example use the ldminfo utility which is part of the Linux LDM tools (the latest version at the time of writing is linux-ldm-0.0.8.tar.bz2). You can download it from: - http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/downloads.html + http://www.linux-ntfs.org/ Simply extract the downloaded archive (tar xvjf linux-ldm-0.0.8.tar.bz2), go into it (cd linux-ldm-0.0.8) and change to the test directory (cd test). You will find the precompiled (i386) ldminfo utility there. NOTE: You will not be diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index 64557821ee5..f566ad9bcb7 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -1339,6 +1339,25 @@ Enables/Disables the protection of the per-process proc entries "maps" and "smaps". When enabled, the contents of these files are visible only to readers that are allowed to ptrace() the given process. +msgmni +------ + +Maximum number of message queue ids on the system. +This value scales to the amount of lowmem. It is automatically recomputed +upon memory add/remove or ipc namespace creation/removal. +When a value is written into this file, msgmni's value becomes fixed, i.e. it +is not recomputed anymore when one of the above events occurs. +Use auto_msgmni to change this behavior. + +auto_msgmni +----------- + +Enables/Disables automatic recomputing of msgmni upon memory add/remove or +upon ipc namespace creation/removal (see the msgmni description above). +Echoing "1" into this file enables msgmni automatic recomputing. +Echoing "0" turns it off. +auto_msgmni default value is 1. + 2.4 /proc/sys/vm - The virtual memory subsystem ----------------------------------------------- @@ -2394,6 +2413,8 @@ The following 4 memory types are supported: - (bit 1) anonymous shared memory - (bit 2) file-backed private memory - (bit 3) file-backed shared memory + - (bit 4) ELF header pages in file-backed private memory areas (it is + effective only if the bit 2 is cleared) Note that MMIO pages such as frame buffer are never dumped and vDSO pages are always dumped regardless of the bitmask status. diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl/cdrom.txt b/Documentation/ioctl/cdrom.txt index 62d4af44ec4..59df81c8da2 100644 --- a/Documentation/ioctl/cdrom.txt +++ b/Documentation/ioctl/cdrom.txt @@ -271,14 +271,14 @@ CDROMCLOSETRAY pendant of CDROMEJECT usage: - ioctl(fd, CDROMEJECT, 0); + ioctl(fd, CDROMCLOSETRAY, 0); inputs: none outputs: none error returns: - ENOSYS cd drive not capable of ejecting + ENOSYS cd drive not capable of closing the tray EBUSY other processes are accessing drive, or door is locked notes: diff --git a/Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO b/Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO index 488c77fa3aa..0775cf4798b 100644 --- a/Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO +++ b/Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO @@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ for non English (read: Japanese) speakers and is not intended as a fork. So if you have any comments or updates for this file, please try to update the original English file first. -Last Updated: 2007/11/16 +Last Updated: 2008/08/21 ================================== これは、 -linux-2.6.24/Documentation/HOWTO +linux-2.6.27/Documentation/HOWTO の和訳です。 翻訳団体： JF プロジェクト < http://www.linux.or.jp/JF/ > -翻訳日： 2007/11/10 +翻訳日： 2008/8/5 翻訳者： Tsugikazu Shibata <tshibata at ab dot jp dot nec dot com> 校正者： 松倉さん <nbh--mats at nifty dot com> 小林 雅典さん (Masanori Kobayasi) <zap03216 at nifty dot ne dot jp> @@ -287,13 +287,15 @@ Linux カーネルの開発プロセスは現在幾つかの異なるメイン に安定した状態にあると判断したときにリリースされます。目標は毎週新 しい -rc カーネルをリリースすることです。 - - 以下の URL で各 -rc リリースに存在する既知の後戻り問題のリスト - が追跡されます- - http://kernelnewbies.org/known_regressions - - このプロセスはカーネルが 「準備ができた」と考えられるまで継続しま す。このプロセスはだいたい 6週間継続します。 + - 各リリースでの既知の後戻り問題(regression: このリリースの中で新規 + に作り込まれた問題を指す) はその都度 Linux-kernel メーリングリスト + に投稿されます。ゴールとしては、カーネルが 「準備ができた」と宣言 + する前にこのリストの長さをゼロに減らすことですが、現実には、数個の + 後戻り問題がリリース時にたびたび残ってしまいます。 + Andrew Morton が Linux-kernel メーリングリストにカーネルリリースについ て書いたことをここで言っておくことは価値があります- 「カーネルがいつリリースされるかは誰も知りません。なぜなら、これは現 @@ -303,18 +305,20 @@ Andrew Morton が Linux-kernel メーリングリストにカーネルリリー 2.6.x.y -stable カーネルツリー --------------------------- -バージョンに4つ目の数字がついたカーネルは -stable カーネルです。これに -は、2.6.x カーネルで見つかったセキュリティ問題や重大な後戻りに対する比 -較的小さい重要な修正が含まれます。 +バージョン番号が4つの数字に分かれているカーネルは -stable カーネルです。 +これには、2.6.x カーネルで見つかったセキュリティ問題や重大な後戻りに対 +する比較的小さい重要な修正が含まれます。 これは、開発/実験的バージョンのテストに協力することに興味が無く、 最新の安定したカーネルを使いたいユーザに推奨するブランチです。 -もし、2.6.x.y カーネルが存在しない場合には、番号が一番大きい 2.6.x -が最新の安定版カーネルです。 +もし、2.6.x.y カーネルが存在しない場合には、番号が一番大きい 2.6.x が +最新の安定版カーネルです。 -2.6.x.y は "stable" チーム <stable@kernel.org> でメンテされており、だ -いたい隔週でリリースされています。 +2.6.x.y は "stable" チーム <stable@kernel.org> でメンテされており、必 +要に応じてリリースされます。通常のリリース期間は 2週間毎ですが、差し迫っ +た問題がなければもう少し長くなることもあります。セキュリティ関連の問題 +の場合はこれに対してだいたいの場合、すぐにリリースがされます。 カーネルツリーに入っている、Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt ファ イルにはどのような種類の変更が -stable ツリーに受け入れ可能か、またリ @@ -341,7 +345,9 @@ linux-kernel メーリングリストで収集された多数のパッチと同 メインラインへ入れるように Linus にプッシュします。 メインカーネルツリーに含めるために Linus に送る前に、すべての新しいパッ -チが -mm ツリーでテストされることが強く推奨されます。 +チが -mm ツリーでテストされることが強く推奨されています。マージウィン +ドウが開く前に -mm ツリーに現れなかったパッチはメインラインにマージさ +れることは困難になります。 これらのカーネルは安定して動作すべきシステムとして使うのには適切ではあ りませんし、カーネルブランチの中でももっとも動作にリスクが高いものです。 @@ -395,13 +401,15 @@ linux-kernel メーリングリストで収集された多数のパッチと同 - pcmcia, Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/pcmcia-2.6.git - - SCSI, James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com> + - SCSI, James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com> git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6.git + - x86, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> + git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86.git + quilt ツリー- - - USB, PCI ドライバコアと I2C, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> + - USB, ドライバコアと I2C, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/gregkh-2.6/ - - x86-64 と i386 の仲間 Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> その他のカーネルツリーは http://git.kernel.org/ と MAINTAINERS ファ イルに一覧表があります。 @@ -412,13 +420,32 @@ linux-kernel メーリングリストで収集された多数のパッチと同 bugzilla.kernel.org は Linux カーネル開発者がカーネルのバグを追跡する 場所です。ユーザは見つけたバグの全てをこのツールで報告すべきです。 どう kernel bugzilla を使うかの詳細は、以下を参照してください- - http://test.kernel.org/bugzilla/faq.html - + http://bugzilla.kernel.org/page.cgi?id=faq.html メインカーネルソースディレクトリにあるファイル REPORTING-BUGS はカーネ ルバグらしいものについてどうレポートするかの良いテンプレートであり、問 題の追跡を助けるためにカーネル開発者にとってどんな情報が必要なのかの詳 細が書かれています。 +バグレポートの管理 +------------------- + +あなたのハッキングのスキルを訓練する最高の方法のひとつに、他人がレポー +トしたバグを修正することがあります。あなたがカーネルをより安定化させる +こに寄与するということだけでなく、あなたは 現実の問題を修正することを +学び、自分のスキルも強化でき、また他の開発者があなたの存在に気がつき +ます。バグを修正することは、多くの開発者の中から自分が功績をあげる最善 +の道です、なぜなら多くの人は他人のバグの修正に時間を浪費することを好ま +ないからです。 + +すでにレポートされたバグのために仕事をするためには、 +http://bugzilla.kernel.org に行ってください。もし今後のバグレポートに +ついてアドバイスを受けたいのであれば、bugme-new メーリングリスト(新し +いバグレポートだけがここにメールされる) または bugme-janitor メーリン +グリスト(bugzilla の変更毎にここにメールされる)を購読できます。 + + http://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bugme-new + http://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bugme-janitors + メーリングリスト ------------- diff --git a/Documentation/ja_JP/SubmitChecklist b/Documentation/ja_JP/SubmitChecklist new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..6c42e071d72 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ja_JP/SubmitChecklist @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@ +NOTE: +This is a version of Documentation/SubmitChecklist into Japanese. +This document is maintained by Takenori Nagano <t-nagano@ah.jp.nec.com> +and the JF Project team <http://www.linux.or.jp/JF/>. +If you find any difference between this document and the original file +or a problem with the translation, +please contact the maintainer of this file or JF project. + +Please also note that the purpose of this file is to be easier to read +for non English (read: Japanese) speakers and is not intended as a +fork. So if you have any comments or updates of this file, please try +to update the original English file first. + +Last Updated: 2008/07/14 +================================== +これは、 +linux-2.6.26/Documentation/SubmitChecklist の和訳です。 + +翻訳団体： JF プロジェクト < http://www.linux.or.jp/JF/ > +翻訳日： 2008/07/14 +翻訳者： Takenori Nagano <t-nagano at ah dot jp dot nec dot com> +校正者： Masanori Kobayashi さん <zap03216 at nifty dot ne dot jp> +================================== + + +Linux カーネルパッチ投稿者向けチェックリスト +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +本書では、パッチをより素早く取り込んでもらいたい開発者が実践すべき基本的な事柄 +をいくつか紹介します。ここにある全ての事柄は、Documentation/SubmittingPatches +などのLinuxカーネルパッチ投稿に際しての心得を補足するものです。 + + 1: 妥当なCONFIGオプションや変更されたCONFIGオプション、つまり =y, =m, =n + 全てで正しくビルドできることを確認してください。その際、gcc及びリンカが + warningやerrorを出していないことも確認してください。 + + 2: allnoconfig, allmodconfig オプションを用いて正しくビルドできることを + 確認してください。 + + 3: 手許のクロスコンパイルツールやOSDLのPLMのようなものを用いて、複数の + アーキテクチャにおいても正しくビルドできることを確認してください。 + + 4: 64bit長の'unsigned long'を使用しているppc64は、クロスコンパイルでの + チェックに適当なアーキテクチャです。 + + 5: カーネルコーディングスタイルに準拠しているかどうか確認してください(!) + + 6: CONFIGオプションの追加・変更をした場合には、CONFIGメニューが壊れていない + ことを確認してください。 + + 7: 新しくKconfigのオプションを追加する際には、必ずそのhelpも記述してください。 + + 8: 適切なKconfigの依存関係を考えながら慎重にチェックしてください。 + ただし、この作業はマシンを使ったテストできちんと行うのがとても困難です。 + うまくやるには、自分の頭で考えることです。 + + 9: sparseを利用してちゃんとしたコードチェックをしてください。 + +10: 'make checkstack' と 'make namespacecheck' を利用し、問題が発見されたら + 修正してください。'make checkstack' は明示的に問題を示しませんが、どれか + １つの関数が512バイトより大きいスタックを使っていれば、修正すべき候補と + なります。 + +11: グローバルなkernel API を説明する kernel-doc をソースの中に含めてください。 + ( staticな関数においては必須ではありませんが、含めてもらっても結構です ) + そして、'make htmldocs' もしくは 'make mandocs' を利用して追記した + ドキュメントのチェックを行い、問題が見つかった場合には修正を行ってください。 + +12: CONFIG_PREEMPT, CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT, CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB, + CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES, CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK, + CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP これら全てを同時に有効にして動作確認を + 行ってください。 + +13: CONFIG_SMP, CONFIG_PREEMPT を有効にした場合と無効にした場合の両方で + ビルドした上、動作確認を行ってください。 + +14: もしパッチがディスクのI/O性能などに影響を与えるようであれば、 + 'CONFIG_LBD'オプションを有効にした場合と無効にした場合の両方で + テストを実施してみてください。 + +15: lockdepの機能を全て有効にした上で、全てのコードパスを評価してください。 + +16: /proc に新しいエントリを追加した場合には、Documentation/ 配下に + 必ずドキュメントを追加してください。 + +17: 新しいブートパラメータを追加した場合には、 + 必ずDocumentation/kernel-parameters.txt に説明を追加してください。 + +18: 新しくmoduleにパラメータを追加した場合には、MODULE_PARM_DESC()を + 利用して必ずその説明を記述してください。 + +19: 新しいuserspaceインタフェースを作成した場合には、Documentation/ABI/ に + Documentation/ABI/README を参考にして必ずドキュメントを追加してください。 + +20: 'make headers_check'を実行して全く問題がないことを確認してください。 + +21: 少なくともslabアロケーションとpageアロケーションに失敗した場合の + 挙動について、fault-injectionを利用して確認してください。 + Documentation/fault-injection/ を参照してください。 + + 追加したコードがかなりの量であったならば、サブシステム特有の + fault-injectionを追加したほうが良いかもしれません。 + +22: 新たに追加したコードは、`gcc -W'でコンパイルしてください。 + このオプションは大量の不要なメッセージを出力しますが、 + "warning: comparison between signed and unsigned" のようなメッセージは、 + バグを見つけるのに役に立ちます。 + +23: 投稿したパッチが -mm パッチセットにマージされた後、全ての既存のパッチや + VM, VFS およびその他のサブシステムに関する様々な変更と、現時点でも共存 + できることを確認するテストを行ってください。 diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index e7bea3e8530..329dcabe4c5 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -365,6 +365,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file no delay (0). Format: integer + bootmem_debug [KNL] Enable bootmem allocator debug messages. + bttv.card= [HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards) bttv.radio= Most important insmod options are available as kernel args too. @@ -461,12 +463,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Range: 0 - 8192 Default: 64 - disable_8254_timer - enable_8254_timer - [IA32/X86_64] Disable/Enable interrupt 0 timer routing - over the 8254 in addition to over the IO-APIC. The - kernel tries to set a sensible default. - hpet= [X86-32,HPET] option to control HPET usage Format: { enable (default) | disable | force } disable: disable HPET and use PIT instead @@ -1072,6 +1068,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file * [no]ncq: Turn on or off NCQ. + * nohrst, nosrst, norst: suppress hard, soft + and both resets. + If there are multiple matching configurations changing the same attribute, the last one is used. @@ -1877,6 +1876,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file shapers= [NET] Maximal number of shapers. + show_msr= [x86] show boot-time MSR settings + Format: { <integer> } + Show boot-time (BIOS-initialized) MSR settings. + The parameter means the number of CPUs to show, + for example 1 means boot CPU only. + sim710= [SCSI,HW] See header of drivers/scsi/sim710.c. diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt index 02dc748b76c..71f0fe1fc1b 100644 --- a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt +++ b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ detailed description): - LCD brightness control - Volume control - Fan control and monitoring: fan speed, fan enable/disable - - Experimental: WAN enable and disable + - WAN enable and disable A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web site, http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/. I appreciate any success or failure @@ -1375,18 +1375,13 @@ with EINVAL, try to set pwm1_enable to 1 and pwm1 to at least 128 (255 would be the safest choice, though). -EXPERIMENTAL: WAN ------------------ +WAN +--- procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/wan sysfs device attribute: wwan_enable (deprecated) sysfs rfkill class: switch "tpacpi_wwan_sw" -This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation -directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE -WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply the -experimental=1 parameter when loading the module. - This feature shows the presence and current state of a W-WAN (Sierra Wireless EV-DO) device. diff --git a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c index 655414821ed..7228369d101 100644 --- a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c +++ b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c @@ -895,6 +895,9 @@ static void handle_console_output(int fd, struct virtqueue *vq, bool timeout) } } +/* This is called when we no longer want to hear about Guest changes to a + * virtqueue. This is more efficient in high-traffic cases, but it means we + * have to set a timer to check if any more changes have occurred. */ static void block_vq(struct virtqueue *vq) { struct itimerval itm; @@ -939,6 +942,11 @@ static void handle_net_output(int fd, struct virtqueue *vq, bool timeout) if (!timeout && num) block_vq(vq); + /* We never quite know how long should we wait before we check the + * queue again for more packets. We start at 500 microseconds, and if + * we get fewer packets than last time, we assume we made the timeout + * too small and increase it by 10 microseconds. Otherwise, we drop it + * by one microsecond every time. It seems to work well enough. */ if (timeout) { if (num < last_timeout_num) timeout_usec += 10; diff --git a/Documentation/rfkill.txt b/Documentation/rfkill.txt index 28b6ec87c64..6fcb3060dec 100644 --- a/Documentation/rfkill.txt +++ b/Documentation/rfkill.txt @@ -363,6 +363,11 @@ This rule exists because users of the rfkill subsystem expect to get (and set, when possible) the overall transmitter rfkill state, not of a particular rfkill line. +5. During suspend, the rfkill class will attempt to soft-block the radio +through a call to rfkill->toggle_radio, and will try to restore its previous +state during resume. After a rfkill class is suspended, it will *not* call +rfkill->toggle_radio until it is resumed. + Example of a WLAN wireless driver connected to the rfkill subsystem: -------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas index 716fcc1cafb..c851ef49779 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas +++ b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas @@ -1,3 +1,26 @@ + +1 Release Date : Thur.July. 24 11:41:51 PST 2008 - + (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com) + Sumant Patro + Bo Yang + +2 Current Version : 00.00.04.01 +3 Older Version : 00.00.03.22 + +1. Add the new controller (0078, 0079) support to the driver + Those controllers are LSI's next generatation(gen2) SAS controllers. + +1 Release Date : Mon.June. 23 10:12:45 PST 2008 - + (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com) + Sumant Patro + Bo Yang + +2 Current Version : 00.00.03.22 +3 Older Version : 00.00.03.20 + +1. Add shutdown DCMD cmd to the shutdown routine to make FW shutdown proper. +2. Unexpected interrupt occurs in HWR Linux driver, add the dumy readl pci flush will fix this issue. + 1 Release Date : Mon. March 10 11:02:31 PDT 2008 - (emaild-id:megaraidlinux@lsi.com) Sumant Patro diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 276a7e63782..e1ff0d920a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -351,9 +351,10 @@ kernel. This value defaults to SHMMAX. softlockup_thresh: -This value can be used to lower the softlockup tolerance -threshold. The default threshold is 10s. If a cpu is locked up -for 10s, the kernel complains. Valid values are 1-60s. +This value can be used to lower the softlockup tolerance threshold. The +default threshold is 60 seconds. If a cpu is locked up for 60 seconds, +the kernel complains. Valid values are 1-60 seconds. Setting this +tunable to zero will disable the softlockup detection altogether. ============================================================== diff --git a/Documentation/usb/anchors.txt b/Documentation/usb/anchors.txt index 7304bcf5a30..5e6b64c20d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/anchors.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/anchors.txt @@ -42,9 +42,21 @@ This function kills all URBs associated with an anchor. The URBs are called in the reverse temporal order they were submitted. This way no data can be reordered. +usb_unlink_anchored_urbs() +-------------------------- + +This function unlinks all URBs associated with an anchor. The URBs +are processed in the reverse temporal order they were submitted. +This is similar to usb_kill_anchored_urbs(), but it will not sleep. +Therefore no guarantee is made that the URBs have been unlinked when +the call returns. They may be unlinked later but will be unlinked in +finite time. + usb_wait_anchor_empty_timeout() ------------------------------- This function waits for all URBs associated with an anchor to finish or a timeout, whichever comes first. Its return value will tell you whether the timeout was reached. + + diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.au0828 b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.au0828 index eedc399e8de..aa05e5bb22f 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.au0828 +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.au0828 @@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ 2 -> Hauppauge HVR850 (au0828) [2040:7240] 3 -> DViCO FusionHDTV USB (au0828) [0fe9:d620] 4 -> Hauppauge HVR950Q rev xxF8 (au0828) [2040:7201,2040:7211,2040:7281] + 5 -> Hauppauge Woodbury (au0828) [2040:8200] diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt index 78a863ab8a5..0f03900c48f 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt @@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ zc3xx 0471:0325 Philips SPC 200 NC zc3xx 0471:0326 Philips SPC 300 NC sonixj 0471:0327 Philips SPC 600 NC sonixj 0471:0328 Philips SPC 700 NC -zc3xx 0471:032d Philips spc210nc -zc3xx 0471:032e Philips spc315nc -sonixj 0471:0330 Philips SPC 710NC +zc3xx 0471:032d Philips SPC 210 NC +zc3xx 0471:032e Philips SPC 315 NC +sonixj 0471:0330 Philips SPC 710 NC spca501 0497:c001 Smile International sunplus 04a5:3003 Benq DC 1300 sunplus 04a5:3008 Benq DC 1500 -sunplus 04a5:300a Benq DC3410 -spca500 04a5:300c Benq DC1016 +sunplus 04a5:300a Benq DC 3410 +spca500 04a5:300c Benq DC 1016 sunplus 04f1:1001 JVC GC A50 spca561 04fc:0561 Flexcam 100 sunplus 04fc:500c Sunplus CA500C @@ -175,19 +175,21 @@ sunplus 08ca:2060 Aiptek PocketDV5300 tv8532 0923:010f ICM532 cams mars 093a:050f Mars-Semi Pc-Camera pac207 093a:2460 PAC207 Qtec Webcam 100 -pac207 093a:2463 Philips spc200nc pac207 +pac207 093a:2463 Philips SPC 220 NC pac207 093a:2464 Labtec Webcam 1200 pac207 093a:2468 PAC207 pac207 093a:2470 Genius GF112 -pac207 093a:2471 PAC207 Genius VideoCam ge111 -pac207 093a:2472 PAC207 Genius VideoCam ge110 +pac207 093a:2471 Genius VideoCam ge111 +pac207 093a:2472 Genius VideoCam ge110 pac7311 093a:2600 PAC7311 Typhoon -pac7311 093a:2601 PAC7311 Phillips SPC610NC +pac7311 093a:2601 Philips SPC 610 NC pac7311 093a:2603 PAC7312 -pac7311 093a:2608 PAC7311 Trust WB-3300p -pac7311 093a:260e PAC7311 Gigaware VGA PC Camera, Trust WB-3350p, SIGMA cam 2350 -pac7311 093a:260f PAC7311 SnakeCam +pac7311 093a:2608 Trust WB-3300p +pac7311 093a:260e Gigaware VGA PC Camera, Trust WB-3350p, SIGMA cam 2350 +pac7311 093a:260f SnakeCam pac7311 093a:2621 PAC731x +pac7311 093a:2624 PAC7302 +pac7311 093a:2626 Labtec 2200 zc3xx 0ac8:0302 Z-star Vimicro zc0302 vc032x 0ac8:0321 Vimicro generic vc0321 vc032x 0ac8:0323 Vimicro Vc0323 @@ -220,6 +222,7 @@ sonixj 0c45:60c0 Sangha Sn535 sonixj 0c45:60ec SN9C105+MO4000 sonixj 0c45:60fb Surfer NoName sonixj 0c45:60fc LG-LIC300 +sonixj 0c45:6128 Microdia/Sonix SNP325 sonixj 0c45:612a Avant Camera sonixj 0c45:612c Typhoon Rasy Cam 1.3MPix sonixj 0c45:6130 Sonix Pccam @@ -234,7 +237,7 @@ zc3xx 10fd:0128 Typhoon Webshot II USB 300k 0x0128 spca561 10fd:7e50 FlyCam Usb 100 zc3xx 10fd:8050 Typhoon Webshot II USB 300k spca501 1776:501c Arowana 300K CMOS Camera -t613 17a1:0128 T613/TAS5130A +t613 17a1:0128 TASCORP JPEG Webcam, NGS Cyclops vc032x 17ef:4802 Lenovo Vc0323+MI1310_SOC pac207 2001:f115 D-Link DSB-C120 spca500 2899:012c Toptro Industrial diff --git a/Documentation/x86/00-INDEX b/Documentation/x86/00-INDEX new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..dbe3377754a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/x86/00-INDEX @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +00-INDEX + - this file +mtrr.txt + - how to use x86 Memory Type Range Registers to increase performance diff --git a/Documentation/x86/i386/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt index 147bfe511cd..83c0033ee9e 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/i386/boot.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt @@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ Protocol: 2.00+ Field name: start_sys Type: read -Offset/size: 0x20c/4 +Offset/size: 0x20c/2 Protocol: 2.00+ The load low segment (0x1000). Obsolete. diff --git a/Documentation/mtrr.txt b/Documentation/x86/mtrr.txt index c39ac395970..cc071dc333c 100644 --- a/Documentation/mtrr.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/mtrr.txt @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Richard Gooch The AMD K6-2 (stepping 8 and above) and K6-3 processors have two MTRRs. These are supported. The AMD Athlon family provide 8 Intel style MTRRs. - + The Centaur C6 (WinChip) has 8 MCRs, allowing write-combining. These are supported. @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ reg00: base=0x00000000 ( 0MB), size= 64MB: write-back, count=1 reg01: base=0xfb000000 (4016MB), size= 16MB: write-combining, count=1 reg02: base=0xfb000000 (4016MB), size= 4kB: uncachable, count=1 -Some cards (especially Voodoo Graphics boards) need this 4 kB area +Some cards (especially Voodoo Graphics boards) need this 4 kB area excluded from the beginning of the region because it is used for registers. diff --git a/Documentation/x86/pat.txt b/Documentation/x86/pat.txt index 17965f927c1..c93ff5f4c0d 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/pat.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/pat.txt @@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ PAT allows for different types of memory attributes. The most commonly used ones that will be supported at this time are Write-back, Uncached, Write-combined and Uncached Minus. + +PAT APIs +-------- + There are many different APIs in the kernel that allows setting of memory attributes at the page level. In order to avoid aliasing, these interfaces should be used thoughtfully. Below is a table of interfaces available, @@ -26,38 +30,38 @@ address range to avoid any aliasing. API | RAM | ACPI,... | Reserved/Holes | -----------------------|----------|------------|------------------| | | | | -ioremap | -- | UC | UC | +ioremap | -- | UC- | UC- | | | | | ioremap_cache | -- | WB | WB | | | | | -ioremap_nocache | -- | UC | UC | +ioremap_nocache | -- | UC- | UC- | | | | | ioremap_wc | -- | -- | WC | | | | | -set_memory_uc | UC | -- | -- | +set_memory_uc | UC- | -- | -- | set_memory_wb | | | | | | | | set_memory_wc | WC | -- | -- | set_memory_wb | | | | | | | | -pci sysfs resource | -- | -- | UC | +pci sysfs resource | -- | -- | UC- | | | | | pci sysfs resource_wc | -- | -- | WC | is IORESOURCE_PREFETCH| | | | | | | | -pci proc | -- | -- | UC | +pci proc | -- | -- | UC- | !PCIIOC_WRITE_COMBINE | | | | | | | | pci proc | -- | -- | WC | PCIIOC_WRITE_COMBINE | | | | | | | | -/dev/mem | -- | UC | UC | +/dev/mem | -- | WB/WC/UC- | WB/WC/UC- | read-write | | | | | | | | -/dev/mem | -- | UC | UC | +/dev/mem | -- | UC- | UC- | mmap SYNC flag | | | | | | | | -/dev/mem | -- | WB/WC/UC | WB/WC/UC | +/dev/mem | -- | WB/WC/UC- | WB/WC/UC- | mmap !SYNC flag | |(from exist-| (from exist- | and | | ing alias)| ing alias) | any alias to this area| | | | @@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ pci proc | -- | -- | WC | and | | | | MTRR says WB | | | | | | | | -/dev/mem | -- | -- | UC_MINUS | +/dev/mem | -- | -- | UC- | mmap !SYNC flag | | | | no alias to this area | | | | and | | | | @@ -98,3 +102,35 @@ types. Drivers should use set_memory_[uc|wc] to set access type for RAM ranges. + +PAT debugging +------------- + +With CONFIG_DEBUG_FS enabled, PAT memtype list can be examined by + +# mount -t debugfs debugfs /sys/kernel/debug +# cat /sys/kernel/debug/x86/pat_memtype_list +PAT memtype list: +uncached-minus @ 0x7fadf000-0x7fae0000 +uncached-minus @ 0x7fb19000-0x7fb1a000 +uncached-minus @ 0x7fb1a000-0x7fb1b000 +uncached-minus @ 0x7fb1b000-0x7fb1c000 +uncached-minus @ 0x7fb1c000-0x7fb1d000 +uncached-minus @ 0x7fb1d000-0x7fb1e000 +uncached-minus @ 0x7fb1e000-0x7fb25000 +uncached-minus @ 0x7fb25000-0x7fb26000 +uncached-minus @ 0x7fb26000-0x7fb27000 +uncached-minus @ 0x7fb27000-0x7fb28000 +uncached-minus @ 0x7fb28000-0x7fb2e000 +uncached-minus @ 0x7fb2e000-0x7fb2f000 +uncached-minus @ 0x7fb2f000-0x7fb30000 +uncached-minus @ 0x7fb31000-0x7fb32000 +uncached-minus @ 0x80000000-0x90000000 + +This list shows physical address ranges and various PAT settings used to +access those physical address ranges. + +Another, more verbose way of getting PAT related debug messages is with +"debugpat" boot parameter. With this parameter, various debug messages are +printed to dmesg log. + diff --git a/Documentation/x86/i386/usb-legacy-support.txt b/Documentation/x86/usb-legacy-support.txt index 1894cdfc69d..1894cdfc69d 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/i386/usb-legacy-support.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/usb-legacy-support.txt diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt index b0c7b6c4abd..72ffb5373ec 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt @@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ APICs apicmaintimer. Useful when your PIT timer is totally broken. - disable_8254_timer / enable_8254_timer - Enable interrupt 0 timer routing over the 8254 in addition to over - the IO-APIC. The kernel tries to set a sensible default. - Early Console syntax: earlyprintk=vga diff --git a/Documentation/x86/i386/zero-page.txt b/Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt index 169ad423a3d..169ad423a3d 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/i386/zero-page.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/zero-page.txt |