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author | Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> | 2009-01-31 05:36:00 (GMT) |
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committer | Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> | 2009-01-31 05:36:00 (GMT) |
commit | da2c0b021cde94866f1e492f940aad29e8f61258 (patch) | |
tree | 0455f3e221d6128ba1efb68135c3fbe2c2c8b390 /Documentation | |
parent | 795f99b61d20c34cb04d17d8906b32f745a635ec (diff) | |
parent | 33bfad54b58cf05cfe6678c3ec9235d4bc8db4c2 (diff) | |
download | linux-fsl-qoriq-da2c0b021cde94866f1e492f940aad29e8f61258.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'master' into tj-percpu
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/block/biodoc.txt | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/alias.txt | 25 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt index 5d2480d..ecad6ee 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt +++ b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt @@ -954,14 +954,14 @@ elevator_allow_merge_fn called whenever the block layer determines results in some sort of conflict internally, this hook allows it to do that. -elevator_dispatch_fn fills the dispatch queue with ready requests. +elevator_dispatch_fn* fills the dispatch queue with ready requests. I/O schedulers are free to postpone requests by not filling the dispatch queue unless @force is non-zero. Once dispatched, I/O schedulers are not allowed to manipulate the requests - they belong to generic dispatch queue. -elevator_add_req_fn called to add a new request into the scheduler +elevator_add_req_fn* called to add a new request into the scheduler elevator_queue_empty_fn returns true if the merge queue is empty. Drivers shouldn't use this, but rather check @@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ elevator_activate_req_fn Called when device driver first sees a request. elevator_deactivate_req_fn Called when device driver decides to delay a request by requeueing it. -elevator_init_fn +elevator_init_fn* elevator_exit_fn Allocate and free any elevator specific storage for a queue. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/alias.txt b/Documentation/networking/alias.txt index cd12c2f..85046f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/alias.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/alias.txt @@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ IP-Aliasing: ============ -IP-aliases are additional IP-addresses/masks hooked up to a base -interface by adding a colon and a string when running ifconfig. -This string is usually numeric, but this is not a must. - -IP-Aliases are avail if CONFIG_INET (`standard' IPv4 networking) -is configured in the kernel. +IP-aliases are an obsolete way to manage multiple IP-addresses/masks +per interface. Newer tools such as iproute2 support multiple +address/prefixes per interface, but aliases are still supported +for backwards compatibility. +An alias is formed by adding a colon and a string when running ifconfig. +This string is usually numeric, but this is not a must. o Alias creation. Alias creation is done by 'magic' interface naming: eg. to create a @@ -38,16 +38,3 @@ o Relationship with main device If the base device is shut down the added aliases will be deleted too. - - -Contact -------- -Please finger or e-mail me: - Juan Jose Ciarlante <jjciarla@raiz.uncu.edu.ar> - -Updated by Erik Schoenfelder <schoenfr@gaertner.DE> - -; local variables: -; mode: indented-text -; mode: auto-fill -; end: |