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-rw-r--r--Documentation/cputopology.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/boot.txt13
4 files changed, 16 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cputopology.txt b/Documentation/cputopology.txt
index 45932ec..b41f3e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/cputopology.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cputopology.txt
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ For an architecture to support this feature, it must define some of
these macros in include/asm-XXX/topology.h:
#define topology_physical_package_id(cpu)
#define topology_core_id(cpu)
-#define topology_thread_siblings(cpu)
-#define topology_core_siblings(cpu)
+#define topology_thread_cpumask(cpu)
+#define topology_core_cpumask(cpu)
The type of **_id is int.
-The type of siblings is cpumask_t.
+The type of siblings is (const) struct cpumask *.
To be consistent on all architectures, include/linux/topology.h
provides default definitions for any of the above macros that are
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
index d73fbd2..026ec7d 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ Only comments so marked will be considered by the kernel-doc scripts,
and any comment so marked must be in kernel-doc format. Do not use
"/**" to be begin a comment block unless the comment block contains
kernel-doc formatted comments. The closing comment marker for
-kernel-doc comments can be either "*/" or "**/".
+kernel-doc comments can be either "*/" or "**/", but "*/" is
+preferred in the Linux kernel tree.
Kernel-doc comments should be placed just before the function
or data structure being described.
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ Example kernel-doc function comment:
* comment lines.
*
* The longer description can have multiple paragraphs.
- **/
+ */
The first line, with the short description, must be on a single line.
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ Example kernel-doc data structure comment.
* perhaps with more lines and words.
*
* Longer description of this structure.
- **/
+ */
The kernel-doc function comments describe each parameter to the
function, in order, with the @name lines.
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index d8362cf..b182626 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -937,6 +937,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
intel_iommu= [DMAR] Intel IOMMU driver (DMAR) option
+ on
+ Enable intel iommu driver.
off
Disable intel iommu driver.
igfx_off [Default Off]
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
index 7b4596a..1229969 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning
0202/4 2.00+ header Magic signature "HdrS"
0206/2 2.00+ version Boot protocol version supported
0208/4 2.00+ realmode_swtch Boot loader hook (see below)
-020C/2 2.00+ start_sys The load-low segment (0x1000) (obsolete)
+020C/2 2.00+ start_sys_seg The load-low segment (0x1000) (obsolete)
020E/2 2.00+ kernel_version Pointer to kernel version string
0210/1 2.00+ type_of_loader Boot loader identifier
0211/1 2.00+ loadflags Boot protocol option flags
@@ -170,10 +170,11 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning
0224/2 2.01+ heap_end_ptr Free memory after setup end
0226/2 N/A pad1 Unused
0228/4 2.02+ cmd_line_ptr 32-bit pointer to the kernel command line
-022C/4 2.03+ initrd_addr_max Highest legal initrd address
+022C/4 2.03+ ramdisk_max Highest legal initrd address
0230/4 2.05+ kernel_alignment Physical addr alignment required for kernel
0234/1 2.05+ relocatable_kernel Whether kernel is relocatable or not
-0235/3 N/A pad2 Unused
+0235/1 N/A pad2 Unused
+0236/2 N/A pad3 Unused
0238/4 2.06+ cmdline_size Maximum size of the kernel command line
023C/4 2.07+ hardware_subarch Hardware subarchitecture
0240/8 2.07+ hardware_subarch_data Subarchitecture-specific data
@@ -299,14 +300,14 @@ Protocol: 2.00+
e.g. 0x0204 for version 2.04, and 0x0a11 for a hypothetical version
10.17.
-Field name: readmode_swtch
+Field name: realmode_swtch
Type: modify (optional)
Offset/size: 0x208/4
Protocol: 2.00+
Boot loader hook (see ADVANCED BOOT LOADER HOOKS below.)
-Field name: start_sys
+Field name: start_sys_seg
Type: read
Offset/size: 0x20c/2
Protocol: 2.00+
@@ -468,7 +469,7 @@ Protocol: 2.02+
zero, the kernel will assume that your boot loader does not support
the 2.02+ protocol.
-Field name: initrd_addr_max
+Field name: ramdisk_max
Type: read
Offset/size: 0x22c/4
Protocol: 2.03+