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2010-06-04ppp_generic: fix multilink fragment sizesBen McKeegan
Fix bug in multilink fragment size calculation introduced by commit 9c705260feea6ae329bc6b6d5f6d2ef0227eda0a "ppp: ppp_mp_explode() redesign" Signed-off-by: Ben McKeegan <ben@netservers.co.uk> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-04ixgbe: only check pfc bits in hang logic if pfc is enabledJohn Fastabend
Only check pfc bits in hang logic if PFC is enabled. Previously, if DCB was enabled but PFC was disabled the incorrect pause bits would be checked. Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com> Acked-by: Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-03Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6
2010-06-03ixgbe: return IXGBE_ERR_RAR_INDEX when out of rangeJeff Kirsher
Based on original patch from Shirley Ma <xma@us.ibm.com> Return IXGBE_ERR_RAR_INDEX when RAR index is out of range, instead of returning IXGBE_SUCCESS. CC: Shirley Ma <xma@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Acked-by: Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-03sfc: Store port number in net_device::dev_idBen Hutchings
This exposes the port number to userland through sysfs. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-03epic100: Test __BIG_ENDIAN instead of (non-existent) CONFIG_BIG_ENDIANRoland Dreier
Probably no one has used this driver on big-endian systems, since it was setting up descriptor swapping if CONFIG_BIG_ENDIAN is set, which it never is, since that symbol is not mentioned anywhere else in the kernel source. Switch this test to a check for __BIG_ENDIAN so it has a chance at working. Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com> Acked-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-03tehuti: return -EFAULT on copy_to_user errorsDan Carpenter
copy_to_user() returns the number of bytes remaining but we want to return a negative error code here. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-03e1000e: change logical negate to bitwiseDan Carpenter
The bitwise negate is intended here. With the logical negate the condition is always false. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> Acked-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-03sfc: Get port number from CS_PORT_NUM, not PCI function numberBen Hutchings
A single shared memory region used to communicate with firmware is mapped into both PCI PFs of the SFC9020 and SFL9021. Drivers must be able to identify which port they are addressing in order to use the correct sub-region. Currently we use the PCI function number, but the PCI address may be virtualised. Use the CS_PORT_NUM register field defined for just this purpose. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-02net/fec: fix pm to survive to suspend/resumeEric Bénard
* in the actual driver, calling fec_stop and fec_enet_init doesn't allow to have a working network interface at resume (where a ifconfig down and up is required to recover the interface) * by using fec_enet_close and fec_enet_open, this patch solves this problem and handle the case where the link changed between suspend and resume * this patch also disable clock at suspend and reenable it at resume Signed-off-by: Eric Bénard <eric@eukrea.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-02korina: count RX DMA OVR as rx_fifo_errorPhil Sutter
This way, RX DMA overruns (actually being caused by overrun of the 512byte input FIFO) show up in ifconfig output. The rx_fifo_errors counter is unused otherwise. Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-02korina: use netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align() here, tooPhil Sutter
This patch completes commit 89d71a66c40d629e3b1285def543ab1425558cd5 which missed this spot, as it seems. Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-02korina: fix deadlock on RX FIFO overrunPhil Sutter
By calling korina_restart(), the IRQ handler tries to disable the interrupt it's currently serving. This leads to a deadlock since disable_irq() waits for any running IRQ handlers to finish before returning. This patch addresses the issue by turning korina_restart() into a workqueue task, which is then scheduled when needed. Reproducing the deadlock is easily done using e.g. GNU netcat to send large amounts of UDP data to the host running this driver. Note that the same problem (and fix) applies to TX FIFO underruns, but apparently these are less easy to trigger. Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-02enic: bug fix: make the set/get netlink VF_PORT support symmetricalScott Feldman
To make get/set netlink VF_PORT truly symmetrical, we need to keep track of what items are set and only return those items on get. Previously, the driver wasn't differentiating between a set of attr with a NULL string, for example, and not setting the attr at all. We only want to return the NULL string if the attr was actually set with a NULL string. Otherwise, don't return the attr. Signed-off-by: Scott Feldman <scofeldm@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-02bnx2: Fix hang during rmmod bnx2.Michael Chan
The regression is caused by: commit 4327ba435a56ada13eedf3eb332e583c7a0586a9 bnx2: Fix netpoll crash. If ->open() and ->close() are called multiple times, the same napi structs will be added to dev->napi_list multiple times, corrupting the dev->napi_list. This causes free_netdev() to hang during rmmod. We fix this by calling netif_napi_del() during ->close(). Also, bnx2_init_napi() must not be in the __devinit section since it is called by ->open(). Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Li <benli@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-01ath5k: wake queues on resetBruno Randolf
We can wake all queues after a chip reset since everything should be set up and we are ready to transmit. If we don't do that we might end up starting up with stopped queues, not beeing able to transmit. (This started to happen after "ath5k: clean up queue manipulation" but since periodic calibration also stopped and started the queues this effect was hidden most of the time). This way we can also get rid of the superfluous ath5k_reset_wake() function. Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org> Acked-by: Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-06-01ksz884x: Add missing validate_addr hookDenis Kirjanov
Add missing validate_addr hook Signed-off-by: Denis Kirjanov <dkirjanov@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-01ksz884x: convert to netdev_tx_tDenis Kirjanov
Convert TX hook to netdev_tx_t type Signed-off-by: Denis Kirjanov <dkirjanov@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-01virtio-net: pass gfp to add_bufMichael S. Tsirkin
virtio-net bounces buffer allocations off to a thread if it can't allocate buffers from the atomic pool. However, if posting buffers still requires atomic buffers, this is unlikely to succeed. Fix by passing in the proper gfp_t parameter. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-01be2net: convert hdr.timeout in be_cmd_loopback_test() to le32Sathya Perla
The current code fails on ppc as hdr.timeout is not being converted to le32. Signed-off-by: Sathya Perla <sathyap@serverengines.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-01can: mpc5xxx_can.c: Fix build failureAnatolij Gustschin
Fixes build error caused by the OF device_node pointer being moved into struct device. Signed-off-by: Anatolij Gustschin <agust@denx.de> Cc: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@grandegger.com> Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-31greth: Fix build after OF device conversions.David S. Miller
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-31Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/David S. Miller
2010-05-30Merge branch 'for-next' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sameo/mfd-2.6 * 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sameo/mfd-2.6: (47 commits) mfd: Rename twl5031 sih modules mfd: Storage class for timberdale should be before const qualifier mfd: Remove unneeded and dangerous clearing of clientdata mfd: New AB8500 driver gpio: Fix inverted rdc321x gpio data out registers mfd: Change rdc321x resources flags to IORESOURCE_IO mfd: Move pcf50633 irq related functions to its own file. mfd: Use threaded irq for pcf50633 mfd: pcf50633-adc: Fix potential race in pcf50633_adc_sync_read mfd: Fix pcf50633 bitfield logic in interrupt handler gpio: rdc321x needs to select MFD_CORE mfd: Use menuconfig for quicker config editing ARM: AB3550 board configuration and irq for U300 mfd: AB3550 core driver mfd: AB3100 register access change to abx500 API mfd: Renamed ab3100.h to abx500.h gpio: Add TC35892 GPIO driver mfd: Add Toshiba's TC35892 MFD core mfd: Delay to mask tsc irq in max8925 mfd: Remove incorrect wm8350 kfree ...
2010-05-29be2net: remove superfluous externsDan Carpenter
This fixes some sparse warnings: drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c:1503:12: warning: function 'be_cmd_enable_magic_wol' with external linkage has definition drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c:1668:12: warning: function 'be_cmd_get_seeprom_data' with external linkage has definition Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> Acked-by: Sarveshwar Bandi <sarveshwarb@serverengines.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-29be2net: add unlock on error pathDan Carpenter
The unlock accidentally got removed from the error path in dd131e76e5: "be2net: Bug fix to avoid disabling bottom half during firmware upgrade." Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> Acked-by: Sarveshwar Bandi <sarveshwarb@serverengines.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-29fs_enet: Adjust BDs after tx errorMark Ware
This patch fixes an occasional transmit lockup in the mac-fcc which occurs after a tx error. The test scenario had the local port set to autoneg and the other end fixed at 100FD, resulting in a large number of late collisions. According to the MPC8280RM 30.10.1.3 (also 8272RM 29.10.1.3), after a tx error occurs, TBPTR may sometimes point beyond BDs still marked as ready. This patch walks back through the BDs and points TBPTR to the earliest one marked as ready. Tested on a custom board with a MPC8280. Signed-off-by: Mark Ware <mware@elphinstone.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-29Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6
2010-05-28libertas: fix uninitialized variable warningPrarit Bhargava
Fixes: drivers/net/wireless/libertas/rx.c: In function process_rxed_802_11_packet: drivers/net/wireless/libertas/rx.c:354: error: radiotap_hdr.flags may be used uninitialized in this function Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-05-28ath9k: Fix bug in the way "bf_tx_aborted" of struct ath_buf is usedVasanthakumar Thiagarajan
This bug was introduced by the following commit Author: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@atheros.com> Date: Thu Apr 15 17:38:46 2010 -0400 ath9k: Remove ATH9K_TX_SW_ABORTED and introduce a bool for this purpose Wrong buffer is checked for bf_tx_aborted field in ath_tx_num_badfrms(), this may result in a rate scaling with wrong feedback (number of unacked frames in this case). It is the last one in the chain of buffers for an aggregate frame that should be checked. Also it misses the initialization of this field in the buffer, this may lead to a situation where we stop the sw retransmission of failed subframes associated to this buffer. Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-05-28ath9k: Fix ath_print in xmit for hardware reset.Justin P. Mattock
ath_print in xmit.c should say "Reseting hardware" instead of Resetting HAL!(since HAL is being fazed out). dmesg shows: [ 8660.899624] ath: Failed to stop TX DMA in 100 msec after killing last frame [ 8660.899676] ath: Unable to stop TxDMA. Reset HAL! Signed-off-by: Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-05-28Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (22 commits) netlink: bug fix: wrong size was calculated for vfinfo list blob netlink: bug fix: don't overrun skbs on vf_port dump xt_tee: use skb_dst_drop() netdev/fec: fix ifconfig eth0 down hang issue cnic: Fix context memory init. on 5709. drivers/net: Eliminate a NULL pointer dereference drivers/net/hamradio: Eliminate a NULL pointer dereference be2net: Patch removes redundant while statement in loop. ipv6: Add GSO support on forwarding path net: fix __neigh_event_send() vhost: fix the memory leak which will happen when memory_access_ok fails vhost-net: fix to check the return value of copy_to/from_user() correctly vhost: fix to check the return value of copy_to/from_user() correctly vhost: Fix host panic if ioctl called with wrong index net: fix lock_sock_bh/unlock_sock_bh net/iucv: Add missing spin_unlock net: ll_temac: fix checksum offload logic net: ll_temac: fix interrupt bug when interrupt 0 is used sctp: dubious bitfields in sctp_transport ipmr: off by one in __ipmr_fill_mroute() ...
2010-05-28netdev/fec: fix ifconfig eth0 down hang issueBryan Wu
BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/559065 In fec open/close function, we need to use phy_connect and phy_disconnect operation before we start/stop phy. Otherwise it will cause system hang. Only call fec_enet_mii_probe() in open function, because the first open action will cause NULL pointer error. Signed-off-by: Bryan Wu <bryan.wu@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-28cnic: Fix context memory init. on 5709.Michael Chan
We need to zero context memory on 5709 in the function cnic_init_context(). Without this, iscsid restart on 5709 will not work because of stale data. TX context blocks should not be initialized by cnic_init_context() because of the special remapping on 5709. Update version to 2.1.2. Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-28drivers/net: Eliminate a NULL pointer dereferenceJulia Lawall
At the point of the print, dev is NULL. A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @r exists@ expression E,E1; identifier f; statement S1,S2,S3; @@ if ((E == NULL && ...) || ...) { ... when != if (...) S1 else S2 when != E = E1 * E->f ... when any return ...; } else S3 // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-28drivers/net/hamradio: Eliminate a NULL pointer dereferenceJulia Lawall
At the point of the print, dev is NULL. A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @r exists@ expression E,E1; identifier f; statement S1,S2,S3; @@ if ((E == NULL && ...) || ...) { ... when != if (...) S1 else S2 when != E = E1 * E->f ... when any return ...; } else S3 // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-28be2net: Patch removes redundant while statement in loop.Sarveshwar Bandi
Signed-off-by: Sarveshwar Bandi <sarveshwarb@serverengines.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-27can: Add support for Janz VMOD-ICAN3 Intelligent CAN moduleIra W. Snyder
The Janz VMOD-ICAN3 is a MODULbus daughterboard which fits onto any MODULbus carrier board. It is an intelligent CAN controller with a microcontroller and associated firmware. Signed-off-by: Ira W. Snyder <iws@ovro.caltech.edu> Acked-by: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@grandegger.com> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com>
2010-05-27net: ll_temac: fix checksum offload logicBrian Hill
The current checksum offload code does not work and this corrects that functionality. It also updates the interrupt coallescing initialization so than there are fewer interrupts and performance is increased. Signed-off-by: Brian Hill <brian.hill@xilinx.com> Signed-off-by: John Linn <john.linn@xilinx.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-27net: ll_temac: fix interrupt bug when interrupt 0 is usedBrian Hill
The code is not checking the interrupt for DMA correctly so that an interrupt number of 0 will cause a false error. Signed-off-by: Brian Hill <brian.hill@xilinx.com> Signed-off-by: John Linn <john.linn@xilinx.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-26ar9170usb: fix read from freed driver contextChristian Lamparter
Commit "ar9170: wait for asynchronous firmware loading" introduced a bug, which is triggered by fatal errors while the driver is initializing the device. BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 6b6b6bf7 IP: [<c117b567>] kobject_put+0x7/0x70 *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT last sysfs file: /sys/devices/platform/hdaps/position Modules linked in: ar9170usb [...] Pid: 6246, comm: firmware/ar9170 Not tainted 2.6.34-wl #54 EIP: 0060:[<c117b567>] EFLAGS: 00010206 CPU: 0 EIP is at kobject_put+0x7/0x70 EAX: 6b6b6bd7 EBX: f4d3d0e0 ECX: f5ba9124 EDX: f6af2a7c ESI: 00000000 EDI: f4d3d0e0 EBP: 00000000 ESP: f5e98f9c DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 0000 GS: 0000 SS: 0068 Process firmware/ar9170 (pid: 6246) Stack: c12532ed 00000246 f5bfaa70 f8487353 f4d3d0e0 Call Trace: [<c12532ed>] ? device_release_driver+0x1d/0x30 [<f8487353>] ? ar9170_usb_firmware_failed+0x43/0x70 [ar9170usb] [<c125983c>] ? request_firmware_work_func+0x2c/0x70 [<c1259810>] ? request_firmware_work_func+0x0/0x70 [<c10413f4>] ? kthread+0x74/0x80 [<c1041380>] ? kthread+0x0/0x80 [<c1003136>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0x10 Code: 40 d3 f2 ff 85 c0 89 c3 74 0a ba 44 86 4c c1 e8 [...] EIP: [<c117b567>] kobject_put+0x7/0x70 SS:ESP 0068:f5e98f9c CR2: 000000006b6b6bf7 ---[ end trace e81abb992434b410 ]--- Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-05-26Revert "rt2x00: Fix rt2800usb TX descriptor writing."John W. Linville
This reverts commit 663cb47cc2c5acd32850f67d051e47d62ed199c9. This patch was merged out of the proper order, so instead of fixing a problem with a prior (unmerged) patch, it creates one. Ooops! Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-05-26be2net: increase POST timeout for EEH recoverySathya Perla
Sometimes BE requires longer time for POST completion after an EEH reset. Increasing the timeout value accordingly. Signed-off-by: Sathya Perla <sathyap@serverengines.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-25Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (63 commits) drivers/net/usb/asix.c: Fix pointer cast. be2net: Bug fix to avoid disabling bottom half during firmware upgrade. proc_dointvec: write a single value hso: add support for new products Phonet: fix potential use-after-free in pep_sock_close() ath9k: remove VEOL support for ad-hoc ath9k: change beacon allocation to prefer the first beacon slot sock.h: fix kernel-doc warning cls_cgroup: Fix build error when built-in macvlan: do proper cleanup in macvlan_common_newlink() V2 be2net: Bug fix in init code in probe net/dccp: expansion of error code size ath9k: Fix rx of mcast/bcast frames in PS mode with auto sleep wireless: fix sta_info.h kernel-doc warnings wireless: fix mac80211.h kernel-doc warnings iwlwifi: testing the wrong variable in iwl_add_bssid_station() ath9k_htc: rare leak in ath9k_hif_usb_alloc_tx_urbs() ath9k_htc: dereferencing before check in hif_usb_tx_cb() rt2x00: Fix rt2800usb TX descriptor writing. rt2x00: Fix failed SLEEP->AWAKE and AWAKE->SLEEP transitions. ...
2010-05-25drivers/net/usb/asix.c: Fix pointer cast.David S. Miller
Stephen Rothwell reports the following new warning: drivers/net/usb/asix.c: In function 'asix_rx_fixup': drivers/net/usb/asix.c:325: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size drivers/net/usb/asix.c:354: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size The code just cares about the low alignment bits, so use an "unsigned long" cast instead of one to "u32". Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-25be2net: Bug fix to avoid disabling bottom half during firmware upgrade.Sarveshwar Bandi
Certain firmware commands/operations to upgrade firmware could take several seconds to complete. The code presently disables bottom half during these operations which could lead to unpredictable behaviour in certain cases. This patch now does all firmware upgrade operations asynchronously using a completion variable. Signed-off-by: Sarveshwar Bandi <sarveshwarb@serverengines.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-25hso: add support for new productsFilip Aben
This patch adds a few new product id's for the hso driver. Signed-off-by: Filip Aben <f.aben@option.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-25driver core: add devname module aliases to allow module on-demand auto-loadingKay Sievers
This adds: alias: devname:<name> to some common kernel modules, which will allow the on-demand loading of the kernel module when the device node is accessed. Ideally all these modules would be compiled-in, but distros seems too much in love with their modularization that we need to cover the common cases with this new facility. It will allow us to remove a bunch of pretty useless init scripts and modprobes from init scripts. The static device node aliases will be carried in the module itself. The program depmod will extract this information to a file in the module directory: $ cat /lib/modules/2.6.34-00650-g537b60d-dirty/modules.devname # Device nodes to trigger on-demand module loading. microcode cpu/microcode c10:184 fuse fuse c10:229 ppp_generic ppp c108:0 tun net/tun c10:200 dm_mod mapper/control c10:235 Udev will pick up the depmod created file on startup and create all the static device nodes which the kernel modules specify, so that these modules get automatically loaded when the device node is accessed: $ /sbin/udevd --debug ... static_dev_create_from_modules: mknod '/dev/cpu/microcode' c10:184 static_dev_create_from_modules: mknod '/dev/fuse' c10:229 static_dev_create_from_modules: mknod '/dev/ppp' c108:0 static_dev_create_from_modules: mknod '/dev/net/tun' c10:200 static_dev_create_from_modules: mknod '/dev/mapper/control' c10:235 udev_rules_apply_static_dev_perms: chmod '/dev/net/tun' 0666 udev_rules_apply_static_dev_perms: chmod '/dev/fuse' 0666 A few device nodes are switched to statically allocated numbers, to allow the static nodes to work. This might also useful for systems which still run a plain static /dev, which is completely unsafe to use with any dynamic minor numbers. Note: The devname aliases must be limited to the *common* and *single*instance* device nodes, like the misc devices, and never be used for conceptually limited systems like the loop devices, which should rather get fixed properly and get a control node for losetup to talk to, instead of creating a random number of device nodes in advance, regardless if they are ever used. This facility is to hide the mess distros are creating with too modualized kernels, and just to hide that these modules are not compiled-in, and not to paper-over broken concepts. Thanks! :) Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com> Cc: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> Cc: Tigran Aivazian <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk> Cc: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> Signed-Off-By: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-05-25Merge branch 'wimax-2.6.35.y' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/inaky/wimax
2010-05-25Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6