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-rw-r--r--Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt22
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas23
3 files changed, 47 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
index 08c5d04f308..e71bc6cbbc5 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
Joel Schopp <jschopp@austin.ibm.com>
ia64/x86_64:
Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
+ s390:
+ Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Authors: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Lots of feedback: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@austin.ibm.com>,
@@ -44,9 +46,23 @@ maxcpus=n Restrict boot time cpus to n. Say if you have 4 cpus, using
maxcpus=2 will only boot 2. You can choose to bring the
other cpus later online, read FAQ's for more info.
-additional_cpus=n [x86_64 only] use this to limit hotpluggable cpus.
- This option sets
- cpu_possible_map = cpu_present_map + additional_cpus
+additional_cpus=n [x86_64, s390 only] use this to limit hotpluggable cpus.
+ This option sets
+ cpu_possible_map = cpu_present_map + additional_cpus
+
+ia64 and x86_64 use the number of disabled local apics in ACPI tables MADT
+to determine the number of potentially hot-pluggable cpus. The implementation
+should only rely on this to count the #of cpus, but *MUST* not rely on the
+apicid values in those tables for disabled apics. In the event BIOS doesnt
+mark such hot-pluggable cpus as disabled entries, one could use this
+parameter "additional_cpus=x" to represent those cpus in the cpu_possible_map.
+
+
+possible_cpus=n [s390 only] use this to set hotpluggable cpus.
+ This option sets possible_cpus bits in
+ cpu_possible_map. Thus keeping the numbers of bits set
+ constant even if the machine gets rebooted.
+ This option overrides additional_cpus.
CPU maps and such
-----------------
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 84370363da8..b874771385c 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1133,6 +1133,8 @@ running once the system is up.
Mechanism 1.
conf2 [IA-32] Force use of PCI Configuration
Mechanism 2.
+ nommconf [IA-32,X86_64] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
+ Configuration
nosort [IA-32] Don't sort PCI devices according to
order given by the PCI BIOS. This sorting is
done to get a device order compatible with
@@ -1636,6 +1638,9 @@ running once the system is up.
Format:
<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
+ norandmaps Don't use address space randomization
+ Equivalent to echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
+
______________________________________________________________________
Changelog:
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas
index f8c16cbf56b..2dafa63bd37 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+1 Release Date : Wed Feb 03 14:31:44 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
+2 Current Version : 00.00.02.04
+3 Older Version : 00.00.02.04
+
+i. Support for 1078 type (ppc IOP) controller, device id : 0x60 added.
+ During initialization, depending on the device id, the template members
+ are initialized with function pointers specific to the ppc or
+ xscale controllers.
+
+ -Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
+
+1 Release Date : Fri Feb 03 14:16:25 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro
+ <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
+2 Current Version : 00.00.02.04
+3 Older Version : 00.00.02.02
+i. Register 16 byte CDB capability with scsi midlayer
+
+ "Ths patch properly registers the 16 byte command length capability of the
+ megaraid_sas controlled hardware with the scsi midlayer. All megaraid_sas
+ hardware supports 16 byte CDB's."
+
+ -Joshua Giles <joshua_giles@dell.com>
+
1 Release Date : Mon Jan 23 14:09:01 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
2 Current Version : 00.00.02.02
3 Older Version : 00.00.02.01