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author | Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> | 2006-09-19 00:42:13 -0400 |
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committer | Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> | 2006-09-19 00:42:13 -0400 |
commit | 4a3381feb823e06c8e2da7e283c17b0b6fdbddcf (patch) | |
tree | e1bef4c3db854bb10fd13dc67415d77b5d999533 /Documentation | |
parent | fea63e38013ec628ab3f7fddc4c2148064b7910a (diff) | |
parent | 47a5c6fa0e204a2b63309c648bb2fde36836c826 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' into upstream
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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cciss.txt | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 13 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/i386/boot.txt | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 12 |
7 files changed, 36 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 2cd7f02..d42ab4c 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ then you just add a line saying Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@developer.example.org> +using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.) + Some people also put extra tags at the end. They'll just be ignored for now, but you can do this to mark internal company procedures or just point out some special detail about the sign-off. diff --git a/Documentation/cciss.txt b/Documentation/cciss.txt index 1537842..9c629ff 100644 --- a/Documentation/cciss.txt +++ b/Documentation/cciss.txt @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ This driver is known to work with the following cards: * SA P400i * SA E200 * SA E200i + * SA E500 If nodes are not already created in the /dev/cciss directory, run as root: diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index d1cd5f9..552507f 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -281,3 +281,16 @@ Why: The deferred output hooks are a layering violation causing unusual Who: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> --------------------------- + +What: frame diverter +When: November 2006 +Why: The frame diverter is included in most distribution kernels, but is + broken. It does not correctly handle many things: + - IPV6 + - non-linear skb's + - network device RCU on removal + - input frames not correctly checked for protocol errors + It also adds allocation overhead even if not enabled. + It is not clear if anyone is still using it. +Who: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> + diff --git a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt index 10312be..c51314b 100644 --- a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt +++ b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt @@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ filled out, however: 5 ELILO 7 GRuB 8 U-BOOT + 9 Xen Please contact <hpa@zytor.com> if you need a bootloader ID value assigned. diff --git a/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt b/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt index df28c74..c04a421 100644 --- a/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt +++ b/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt @@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ Offset Type Description 2 for bootsect-loader 3 for SYSLINUX 4 for ETHERBOOT + 5 for ELILO + 7 for GRuB + 8 for U-BOOT + 9 for Xen V = version 0x211 char loadflags: bit0 = 1: kernel is loaded high (bzImage) diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 7947ced..87a1733 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -697,6 +697,12 @@ running once the system is up. ips= [HW,SCSI] Adaptec / IBM ServeRAID controller See header of drivers/scsi/ips.c. + ports= [IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module + Default is 21. + Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports + may be specified. + Format: <port>,<port>.... + irqfixup [HW] When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index 3e0c017..90ed781 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -102,9 +102,15 @@ inet_peer_gc_maxtime - INTEGER TCP variables: tcp_abc - INTEGER - Controls Appropriate Byte Count defined in RFC3465. If set to - 0 then does congestion avoid once per ack. 1 is conservative - value, and 2 is more agressive. + Controls Appropriate Byte Count (ABC) defined in RFC3465. + ABC is a way of increasing congestion window (cwnd) more slowly + in response to partial acknowledgments. + Possible values are: + 0 increase cwnd once per acknowledgment (no ABC) + 1 increase cwnd once per acknowledgment of full sized segment + 2 allow increase cwnd by two if acknowledgment is + of two segments to compensate for delayed acknowledgments. + Default: 0 (off) tcp_syn_retries - INTEGER Number of times initial SYNs for an active TCP connection attempt |