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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2011-03-15 07:29:44 (GMT) |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2011-03-15 07:29:44 (GMT) |
commit | 8460b3e5bc64955aeefdd8357b3bf7b5ff79b3f2 (patch) | |
tree | 7e5f6d050b72ab08a4497e82a4a103fefb086e80 /Documentation | |
parent | 56396e6823fe9b42fe9cf9403d6ed67756255f70 (diff) | |
parent | 521cb40b0c44418a4fd36dc633f575813d59a43d (diff) | |
download | linux-fsl-qoriq-8460b3e5bc64955aeefdd8357b3bf7b5ff79b3f2.tar.xz |
Merge commit 'v2.6.38' into x86/mm
Conflicts:
arch/x86/mm/numa_64.c
Merge reason: Resolve the conflict, update the branch to .38.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm/Booting | 33 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt | 40 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/jc42 | 21 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/k10temp | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 24 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/00-INDEX | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/Makefile | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/workqueue.txt | 4 |
11 files changed, 62 insertions, 96 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl index 2861055..c279158 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl @@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ services. </para> <para> - The core of every DRM driver is struct drm_device. Drivers - will typically statically initialize a drm_device structure, + The core of every DRM driver is struct drm_driver. Drivers + will typically statically initialize a drm_driver structure, then pass it to drm_init() at load time. </para> @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ <title>Driver initialization</title> <para> Before calling the DRM initialization routines, the driver must - first create and fill out a struct drm_device structure. + first create and fill out a struct drm_driver structure. </para> <programlisting> static struct drm_driver driver = { diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl index 5e87ad5..f51f285 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl @@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ </sect1> </chapter> + <chapter id="fs_events"> + <title>Events based on file descriptors</title> +!Efs/eventfd.c + </chapter> + <chapter id="sysfs"> <title>The Filesystem for Exporting Kernel Objects</title> !Efs/sysfs/file.c diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Booting b/Documentation/arm/Booting index 4e686a2..7685029 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm/Booting +++ b/Documentation/arm/Booting @@ -65,19 +65,13 @@ looks at the connected hardware is beyond the scope of this document. The boot loader must ultimately be able to provide a MACH_TYPE_xxx value to the kernel. (see linux/arch/arm/tools/mach-types). -4. Setup boot data ------------------- + +4. Setup the kernel tagged list +------------------------------- Existing boot loaders: OPTIONAL, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED New boot loaders: MANDATORY -The boot loader must provide either a tagged list or a dtb image for -passing configuration data to the kernel. The physical address of the -boot data is passed to the kernel in register r2. - -4a. Setup the kernel tagged list --------------------------------- - The boot loader must create and initialise the kernel tagged list. A valid tagged list starts with ATAG_CORE and ends with ATAG_NONE. The ATAG_CORE tag may or may not be empty. An empty ATAG_CORE tag @@ -107,24 +101,6 @@ The tagged list must be placed in a region of memory where neither the kernel decompressor nor initrd 'bootp' program will overwrite it. The recommended placement is in the first 16KiB of RAM. -4b. Setup the device tree -------------------------- - -The boot loader must load a device tree image (dtb) into system ram -at a 64bit aligned address and initialize it with the boot data. The -dtb format is documented in Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt. -The kernel will look for the dtb magic value of 0xd00dfeed at the dtb -physical address to determine if a dtb has been passed instead of a -tagged list. - -The boot loader must pass at a minimum the size and location of the -system memory, and the root filesystem location. The dtb must be -placed in a region of memory where the kernel decompressor will not -overwrite it. The recommended placement is in the first 16KiB of RAM -with the caveat that it may not be located at physical address 0 since -the kernel interprets a value of 0 in r2 to mean neither a tagged list -nor a dtb were passed. - 5. Calling the kernel image --------------------------- @@ -149,8 +125,7 @@ In either case, the following conditions must be met: - CPU register settings r0 = 0, r1 = machine type number discovered in (3) above. - r2 = physical address of tagged list in system RAM, or - physical address of device tree block (dtb) in system RAM + r2 = physical address of tagged list in system RAM. - CPU mode All forms of interrupts must be disabled (IRQs and FIQs) diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt index 9381a14..28b1c9d 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt @@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Table of Contents I - Introduction 1) Entry point for arch/powerpc - 2) Entry point for arch/arm II - The DT block format 1) Header @@ -226,45 +225,6 @@ it with special cases. cannot support both configurations with Book E and configurations with classic Powerpc architectures. -2) Entry point for arch/arm ---------------------------- - - There is one single entry point to the kernel, at the start - of the kernel image. That entry point supports two calling - conventions. A summary of the interface is described here. A full - description of the boot requirements is documented in - Documentation/arm/Booting - - a) ATAGS interface. Minimal information is passed from firmware - to the kernel with a tagged list of predefined parameters. - - r0 : 0 - - r1 : Machine type number - - r2 : Physical address of tagged list in system RAM - - b) Entry with a flattened device-tree block. Firmware loads the - physical address of the flattened device tree block (dtb) into r2, - r1 is not used, but it is considered good practise to use a valid - machine number as described in Documentation/arm/Booting. - - r0 : 0 - - r1 : Valid machine type number. When using a device tree, - a single machine type number will often be assigned to - represent a class or family of SoCs. - - r2 : physical pointer to the device-tree block - (defined in chapter II) in RAM. Device tree can be located - anywhere in system RAM, but it should be aligned on a 32 bit - boundary. - - The kernel will differentiate between ATAGS and device tree booting by - reading the memory pointed to by r1 and looking for either the flattened - device tree block magic value (0xd00dfeed) or the ATAG_CORE value at - offset 0x4 from r2 (0x54410001). - II - The DT block format ======================== diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/jc42 b/Documentation/hwmon/jc42 index 0e76ef1..a22ecf4 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/jc42 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/jc42 @@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ Supported chips: * JEDEC JC 42.4 compliant temperature sensor chips Prefix: 'jc42' Addresses scanned: I2C 0x18 - 0x1f - Datasheet: - + Datasheet: + http://www.jedec.org/sites/default/files/docs/4_01_04R19.pdf Author: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> @@ -60,7 +61,11 @@ Author: Description ----------- -This driver implements support for JEDEC JC 42.4 compliant temperature sensors. +This driver implements support for JEDEC JC 42.4 compliant temperature sensors, +which are used on many DDR3 memory modules for mobile devices and servers. Some +systems use the sensor to prevent memory overheating by automatically throttling +the memory controller. + The driver auto-detects the chips listed above, but can be manually instantiated to support other JC 42.4 compliant chips. @@ -81,15 +86,19 @@ limits. The chip supports only a single register to configure the hysteresis, which applies to all limits. This register can be written by writing into temp1_crit_hyst. Other hysteresis attributes are read-only. +If the BIOS has configured the sensor for automatic temperature management, it +is likely that it has locked the registers, i.e., that the temperature limits +cannot be changed. + Sysfs entries ------------- temp1_input Temperature (RO) -temp1_min Minimum temperature (RW) -temp1_max Maximum temperature (RW) -temp1_crit Critical high temperature (RW) +temp1_min Minimum temperature (RO or RW) +temp1_max Maximum temperature (RO or RW) +temp1_crit Critical high temperature (RO or RW) -temp1_crit_hyst Critical hysteresis temperature (RW) +temp1_crit_hyst Critical hysteresis temperature (RO or RW) temp1_max_hyst Maximum hysteresis temperature (RO) temp1_min_alarm Temperature low alarm diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/k10temp b/Documentation/hwmon/k10temp index 6526eee..d2b56a4 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/k10temp +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/k10temp @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Supported chips: Socket S1G3: Athlon II, Sempron, Turion II * AMD Family 11h processors: Socket S1G2: Athlon (X2), Sempron (X2), Turion X2 (Ultra) +* AMD Family 12h processors: "Llano" +* AMD Family 14h processors: "Brazos" (C/E/G-Series) Prefix: 'k10temp' Addresses scanned: PCI space @@ -17,10 +19,14 @@ Supported chips: http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/31116.pdf BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide (BKDG) for AMD Family 11h Processors: http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/41256.pdf + BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide (BKDG) for AMD Family 14h Models 00h-0Fh Processors: + http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/43170.pdf Revision Guide for AMD Family 10h Processors: http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/41322.pdf Revision Guide for AMD Family 11h Processors: http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/41788.pdf + Revision Guide for AMD Family 14h Models 00h-0Fh Processors: + http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/47534.pdf AMD Family 11h Processor Power and Thermal Data Sheet for Notebooks: http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/43373.pdf AMD Family 10h Server and Workstation Processor Power and Thermal Data Sheet: @@ -34,7 +40,7 @@ Description ----------- This driver permits reading of the internal temperature sensor of AMD -Family 10h and 11h processors. +Family 10h/11h/12h/14h processors. All these processors have a sensor, but on those for Socket F or AM2+, the sensor may return inconsistent values (erratum 319). The driver diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 89835a4..f4a04c0 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ a fixed number of characters. This limit depends on the architecture and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file ./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE. +Finally, the [KMG] suffix is commonly described after a number of kernel +parameter values. These 'K', 'M', and 'G' letters represent the _binary_ +multipliers 'Kilo', 'Mega', and 'Giga', equalling 2^10, 2^20, and 2^30 +bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. + acpi= [HW,ACPI,X86] Advanced Configuration and Power Interface @@ -545,16 +550,20 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>] - crashkernel=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG] - [KNL] Reserve a chunk of physical memory to - hold a kernel to switch to with kexec on panic. + crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]] + [KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel' + upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical + memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel + image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset + is selected automatically. Check + Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for further details. crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset] [KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory in the running system. The syntax of range is start-[end] where start and end are both a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also - Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for a example. + Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for an example. cs89x0_dma= [HW,NET] Format: <dma> @@ -1262,10 +1271,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file 6 (KERN_INFO) informational 7 (KERN_DEBUG) debug-level messages - log_buf_len=n Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, in bytes. - Format: { n | nk | nM } - n must be a power of two. The default size - is set in the kernel config file. + log_buf_len=n[KMG] Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, + in bytes. n must be a power of two. The default + size is set in the kernel config file. logo.nologo [FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo. This may be used to provide more screen space for diff --git a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX index fe5c099..4edd78d 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX @@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ decnet.txt - info on using the DECnet networking layer in Linux. depca.txt - the Digital DEPCA/EtherWORKS DE1?? and DE2?? LANCE Ethernet driver -dgrs.txt - - the Digi International RightSwitch SE-X Ethernet driver dmfe.txt - info on the Davicom DM9102(A)/DM9132/DM9801 fast ethernet driver. e100.txt @@ -50,8 +48,6 @@ e1000.txt - info on Intel's E1000 line of gigabit ethernet boards eql.txt - serial IP load balancing -ethertap.txt - - the Ethertap user space packet reception and transmission driver ewrk3.txt - the Digital EtherWORKS 3 DE203/4/5 Ethernet driver filter.txt @@ -104,8 +100,6 @@ tuntap.txt - TUN/TAP device driver, allowing user space Rx/Tx of packets. vortex.txt - info on using 3Com Vortex (3c590, 3c592, 3c595, 3c597) Ethernet cards. -wavelan.txt - - AT&T GIS (nee NCR) WaveLAN card: An Ethernet-like radio transceiver x25.txt - general info on X.25 development. x25-iface.txt diff --git a/Documentation/networking/Makefile b/Documentation/networking/Makefile index 5aba7a3..24c308d 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/networking/Makefile @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ obj- := dummy.o # List of programs to build hostprogs-y := ifenslave +HOSTCFLAGS_ifenslave.o += -I$(objtree)/usr/include + # Tell kbuild to always build the programs always := $(hostprogs-y) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt b/Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt index aefd1e6..04ca0632 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt @@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ before the more general line given above as the first match is the one taken. create dns_resolver foo:* * /usr/sbin/dns.foo %k - ===== USAGE ===== @@ -104,6 +103,14 @@ implemented in the module can be called after doing: returned also. +=============================== +READING DNS KEYS FROM USERSPACE +=============================== + +Keys of dns_resolver type can be read from userspace using keyctl_read() or +"keyctl read/print/pipe". + + ========= MECHANISM ========= diff --git a/Documentation/workqueue.txt b/Documentation/workqueue.txt index 996a27d..01c513f 100644 --- a/Documentation/workqueue.txt +++ b/Documentation/workqueue.txt @@ -190,9 +190,9 @@ resources, scheduled and executed. * Long running CPU intensive workloads which can be better managed by the system scheduler. - WQ_FREEZEABLE + WQ_FREEZABLE - A freezeable wq participates in the freeze phase of the system + A freezable wq participates in the freeze phase of the system suspend operations. Work items on the wq are drained and no new work item starts execution until thawed. |