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authorRobert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>2011-11-08 15:52:15 +0100
committerRobert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>2011-11-08 15:52:15 +0100
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Merge branch 'perf/core' into oprofile/master
Merge reason: Resolve conflicts with Don's NMI rework: commit 9c48f1c629ecfa114850c03f875c6691003214de Author: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> Date: Fri Sep 30 15:06:21 2011 -0400 x86, nmi: Wire up NMI handlers to new routines Conflicts: arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_timer_int.c Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/coretemp14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/scaling.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt7
4 files changed, 11 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/coretemp b/Documentation/hwmon/coretemp
index fa8776a..84d46c0 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/coretemp
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/coretemp
@@ -35,13 +35,6 @@ the Out-Of-Spec bit. Following table summarizes the exported sysfs files:
All Sysfs entries are named with their core_id (represented here by 'X').
tempX_input - Core temperature (in millidegrees Celsius).
tempX_max - All cooling devices should be turned on (on Core2).
- Initialized with IA32_THERM_INTERRUPT. When the CPU
- temperature reaches this temperature, an interrupt is
- generated and tempX_max_alarm is set.
-tempX_max_hyst - If the CPU temperature falls below than temperature,
- an interrupt is generated and tempX_max_alarm is reset.
-tempX_max_alarm - Set if the temperature reaches or exceeds tempX_max.
- Reset if the temperature drops to or below tempX_max_hyst.
tempX_crit - Maximum junction temperature (in millidegrees Celsius).
tempX_crit_alarm - Set when Out-of-spec bit is set, never clears.
Correct CPU operation is no longer guaranteed.
@@ -49,9 +42,10 @@ tempX_label - Contains string "Core X", where X is processor
number. For Package temp, this will be "Physical id Y",
where Y is the package number.
-The TjMax temperature is set to 85 degrees C if undocumented model specific
-register (UMSR) 0xee has bit 30 set. If not the TjMax is 100 degrees C as
-(sometimes) documented in processor datasheet.
+On CPU models which support it, TjMax is read from a model-specific register.
+On other models, it is set to an arbitrary value based on weak heuristics.
+If these heuristics don't work for you, you can pass the correct TjMax value
+as a module parameter (tjmax).
Appendix A. Known TjMax lists (TBD):
Some information comes from ark.intel.com
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 8154699..ca5cdcd 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ conf/interface/*:
The functional behaviour for certain settings is different
depending on whether local forwarding is enabled or not.
-accept_ra - BOOLEAN
+accept_ra - INTEGER
Accept Router Advertisements; autoconfigure using them.
Possible values are:
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ dad_transmits - INTEGER
The amount of Duplicate Address Detection probes to send.
Default: 1
-forwarding - BOOLEAN
+forwarding - INTEGER
Configure interface-specific Host/Router behaviour.
Note: It is recommended to have the same setting on all
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/scaling.txt b/Documentation/networking/scaling.txt
index 58fd741..8ce7c30 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/scaling.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/scaling.txt
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ configured. The number of entries in the global flow table is set through:
The number of entries in the per-queue flow table are set through:
- /sys/class/net/<dev>/queues/tx-<n>/rps_flow_cnt
+ /sys/class/net/<dev>/queues/rx-<n>/rps_flow_cnt
== Suggested Configuration
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt b/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt
index 0924aac..29bdf62 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt
@@ -123,10 +123,11 @@ be automatically shutdown if it's set to "never".
khugepaged runs usually at low frequency so while one may not want to
invoke defrag algorithms synchronously during the page faults, it
should be worth invoking defrag at least in khugepaged. However it's
-also possible to disable defrag in khugepaged:
+also possible to disable defrag in khugepaged by writing 0 or enable
+defrag in khugepaged by writing 1:
-echo yes >/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/defrag
-echo no >/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/defrag
+echo 0 >/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/defrag
+echo 1 >/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/defrag
You can also control how many pages khugepaged should scan at each
pass:
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