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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm/mem_alignment | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 33 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/pat.txt | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt | 11 |
11 files changed, 83 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/arm/mem_alignment b/Documentation/arm/mem_alignment index d145ccca169..c7c7a114c78 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm/mem_alignment +++ b/Documentation/arm/mem_alignment @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ real bad - it changes the behaviour of all unaligned instructions in user space, and might cause programs to fail unexpectedly. To change the alignment trap behavior, simply echo a number into -/proc/sys/debug/alignment. The number is made up from various bits: +/proc/cpu/alignment. The number is made up from various bits: bit behavior when set --- ----------------- diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index c28a2ac88f9..1a8af7354e7 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -244,18 +244,6 @@ Who: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> --------------------------- -What: init_mm export -When: 2.6.26 -Why: Not used in-tree. The current out-of-tree users used it to - work around problems in the CPA code which should be resolved - by now. One usecase was described to provide verification code - of the CPA operation. That's a good idea in general, but such - code / infrastructure should be in the kernel and not in some - out-of-tree driver. -Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - ----------------------------- - What: usedac i386 kernel parameter When: 2.6.27 Why: replaced by allowdac and no dac combination diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index bb1b0dd3bfc..71df353e367 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -1339,10 +1339,13 @@ nmi_watchdog Enables/Disables the NMI watchdog on x86 systems. When the value is non-zero the NMI watchdog is enabled and will continuously test all online cpus to -determine whether or not they are still functioning properly. +determine whether or not they are still functioning properly. Currently, +passing "nmi_watchdog=" parameter at boot time is required for this function +to work. -Because the NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile, by disabling the NMI -watchdog, oprofile may have more registers to utilize. +If LAPIC NMI watchdog method is in use (nmi_watchdog=2 kernel parameter), the +NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile. By disabling the NMI watchdog, +oprofile may have more registers to utilize. msgmni ------ diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index e0f346d201e..d5418d52891 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1393,7 +1393,20 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file when a NMI is triggered. Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die] - nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels + nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32,X86-64] Debugging features for SMP kernels + Format: [panic,][num] + Valid num: 0,1,2 + 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off + 1 - use the IO-APIC timer for the NMI watchdog + 2 - use the local APIC for the NMI watchdog using + a performance counter. Note: This will use one performance + counter and the local APIC's performance vector. + When panic is specified panic when an NMI watchdog timeout occurs. + This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and need the box + quickly up again. + Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following + symbolic names: lapic and ioapic + Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor @@ -1626,6 +1639,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide. + noioapicquirk [APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks. + Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This + should never be necessary. + ioapicreroute [APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the + primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable + boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs + when the system masks IRQs. + noioapicreroute [APIC] Disable workaround that uses the + boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to + a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled. + The opposite of ioapicreroute. biosirq [X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt routing table. These calls are known to be buggy on several machines and they hang the machine @@ -2255,6 +2279,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq> + tsc= Disable clocksource-must-verify flag for TSC. + Format: <string> + [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this + disables clocksource verification at runtime. + Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older + hardware, and in virtualized environment. + turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY] TurboGraFX parallel port interface Format: diff --git a/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt b/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt index 90aa4531cb6..bf9f80a9828 100644 --- a/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt +++ b/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt @@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ to the overall system performance. On x86 nmi_watchdog is disabled by default so you have to enable it with a boot time parameter. +It's possible to disable the NMI watchdog in run-time by writing "0" to +/proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog. Writing "1" to the same file will re-enable +the NMI watchdog. Notice that you still need to use "nmi_watchdog=" parameter +at boot time. + NOTE: In kernels prior to 2.4.2-ac18 the NMI-oopser is enabled unconditionally on x86 SMP boxes. diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt index 3cd2ad95817..394d7d378dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt @@ -1063,6 +1063,7 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed. STAC9227/9228/9229/927x ref Reference board + ref-no-jd Reference board without HP/Mic jack detection 3stack D965 3stack 5stack D965 5stack + SPDIF dell-3stack Dell Dimension E520 @@ -1076,6 +1077,7 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed. STAC92HD73* ref Reference board + no-jd BIOS setup but without jack-detection dell-m6-amic Dell desktops/laptops with analog mics dell-m6-dmic Dell desktops/laptops with digital mics dell-m6 Dell desktops/laptops with both type of mics diff --git a/Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt b/Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt index 9b22bd14c34..eac7df94d8e 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt @@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ modules. Then you must load the gadget serial driver. To load it as an ACM device (recommended for interoperability), do this: - modprobe g_serial use_acm=1 + modprobe g_serial To load it as a vendor specific bulk in/out device, do this: - modprobe g_serial + modprobe g_serial use_acm=0 This will also automatically load the underlying gadget peripheral controller driver. This must be done each time you reboot the gadget diff --git a/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt b/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt index 077e9032d0c..fafcd472326 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt @@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ it and 002/048 sometime later. These files can be read as binary data. The binary data consists of first the device descriptor, then the descriptors for each -configuration of the device. That information is also shown in -text form by the /proc/bus/usb/devices file, described later. +configuration of the device. Multi-byte fields in the device and +configuration descriptors, but not other descriptors, are converted +to host endianness by the kernel. This information is also shown +in text form by the /proc/bus/usb/devices file, described later. These files may also be used to write user-level drivers for the USB devices. You would open the /proc/bus/usb/BBB/DDD file read/write, diff --git a/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt b/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt index 2917ce4ffdc..270481906dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt @@ -34,11 +34,12 @@ if usbmon is built into the kernel. Verify that bus sockets are present. # ls /sys/kernel/debug/usbmon -0s 0t 0u 1s 1t 1u 2s 2t 2u 3s 3t 3u 4s 4t 4u +0s 0u 1s 1t 1u 2s 2t 2u 3s 3t 3u 4s 4t 4u # -Now you can choose to either use the sockets numbered '0' (to capture packets on -all buses), and skip to step #3, or find the bus used by your device with step #2. +Now you can choose to either use the socket '0u' (to capture packets on all +buses), and skip to step #3, or find the bus used by your device with step #2. +This allows to filter away annoying devices that talk continuously. 2. Find which bus connects to the desired device @@ -99,8 +100,9 @@ on the event type, but there is a set of words, common for all types. Here is the list of words, from left to right: -- URB Tag. This is used to identify URBs is normally a kernel mode address - of the URB structure in hexadecimal. +- URB Tag. This is used to identify URBs, and is normally an in-kernel address + of the URB structure in hexadecimal, but can be a sequence number or any + other unique string, within reason. - Timestamp in microseconds, a decimal number. The timestamp's resolution depends on available clock, and so it can be much worse than a microsecond diff --git a/Documentation/x86/pat.txt b/Documentation/x86/pat.txt index c93ff5f4c0d..cf08c9fff3c 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/pat.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/pat.txt @@ -80,6 +80,30 @@ pci proc | -- | -- | WC | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------- +Advanced APIs for drivers +------------------------- +A. Exporting pages to users with remap_pfn_range, io_remap_pfn_range, +vm_insert_pfn + +Drivers wanting to export some pages to userspace do it by using mmap +interface and a combination of +1) pgprot_noncached() +2) io_remap_pfn_range() or remap_pfn_range() or vm_insert_pfn() + +With PAT support, a new API pgprot_writecombine is being added. So, drivers can +continue to use the above sequence, with either pgprot_noncached() or +pgprot_writecombine() in step 1, followed by step 2. + +In addition, step 2 internally tracks the region as UC or WC in memtype +list in order to ensure no conflicting mapping. + +Note that this set of APIs only works with IO (non RAM) regions. If driver +wants to export a RAM region, it has to do set_memory_uc() or set_memory_wc() +as step 0 above and also track the usage of those pages and use set_memory_wb() +before the page is freed to free pool. + + + Notes: -- in the above table mean "Not suggested usage for the API". Some of the --'s diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt index f6d561a1a9b..34c13040a71 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt @@ -79,17 +79,6 @@ Timing Report when timer interrupts are lost because some code turned off interrupts for too long. - nmi_watchdog=NUMBER[,panic] - NUMBER can be: - 0 don't use an NMI watchdog - 1 use the IO-APIC timer for the NMI watchdog - 2 use the local APIC for the NMI watchdog using a performance counter. Note - This will use one performance counter and the local APIC's performance - vector. - When panic is specified panic when an NMI watchdog timeout occurs. - This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and need the box - quickly up again. - nohpet Don't use the HPET timer. |