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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DMA-API.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm/mem_alignment | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 27 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/input/input-programming.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/local_ops.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/spi/spi-summary | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/tracers/mmiotrace.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt | 12 |
15 files changed, 83 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt index b8e8646..b462bb1 100644 --- a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt +++ b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt @@ -316,12 +316,10 @@ reduce current DMA mapping usage or delay and try again later). pci_map_sg(struct pci_dev *hwdev, struct scatterlist *sg, int nents, int direction) -Maps a scatter gather list from the block layer. - Returns: the number of physical segments mapped (this may be shorter -than <nents> passed in if the block layer determines that some -elements of the scatter/gather list are physically adjacent and thus -may be mapped with a single entry). +than <nents> passed in if some elements of the scatter/gather list are +physically or virtually adjacent and an IOMMU maps them with a single +entry). Please note that the sg cannot be mapped again if it has been mapped once. The mapping process is allowed to destroy information in the sg. diff --git a/Documentation/arm/mem_alignment b/Documentation/arm/mem_alignment index d145ccc..c7c7a11 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm/mem_alignment +++ b/Documentation/arm/mem_alignment @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ real bad - it changes the behaviour of all unaligned instructions in user space, and might cause programs to fail unexpectedly. To change the alignment trap behavior, simply echo a number into -/proc/sys/debug/alignment. The number is made up from various bits: +/proc/cpu/alignment. The number is made up from various bits: bit behavior when set --- ----------------- diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt index 6c442d8..4f3f384 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Contents: 1.3 sparc64 1.4 ppc 1.5 SuperH +1.6 Blackfin 2. "Policy" / "Governor"? 2.1 Policy @@ -97,6 +98,17 @@ The following SuperH processors are supported by cpufreq: SH-3 SH-4 +1.6 Blackfin +------------ + +The following Blackfin processors are supported by cpufreq: + +BF522, BF523, BF524, BF525, BF526, BF527, Rev 0.1 or higher +BF531, BF532, BF533, Rev 0.3 or higher +BF534, BF536, BF537, Rev 0.2 or higher +BF561, Rev 0.3 or higher +BF542, BF544, BF547, BF548, BF549, Rev 0.1 or higher + 2. "Policy" / "Governor" ? ========================== diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt index 4340cc8..67310fb 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt @@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ Manish Singh <manish.singh@oracle.com> Caveats ======= Features which OCFS2 does not support yet: - - extended attributes - quotas - - cluster aware flock - - cluster aware lockf - Directory change notification (F_NOTIFY) - Distributed Caching (F_SETLEASE/F_GETLEASE/break_lease) - POSIX ACLs diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index bcceb99..bb1b0dd 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Table of Contents 2.14 /proc/<pid>/io - Display the IO accounting fields 2.15 /proc/<pid>/coredump_filter - Core dump filtering settings 2.16 /proc/<pid>/mountinfo - Information about mounts + 2.17 /proc/sys/fs/epoll - Configuration options for the epoll interface ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Preface @@ -2483,4 +2484,30 @@ For more information on mount propagation see: Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt +2.17 /proc/sys/fs/epoll - Configuration options for the epoll interface +-------------------------------------------------------- + +This directory contains configuration options for the epoll(7) interface. + +max_user_instances +------------------ + +This is the maximum number of epoll file descriptors that a single user can +have open at a given time. The default value is 128, and should be enough +for normal users. + +max_user_watches +---------------- + +Every epoll file descriptor can store a number of files to be monitored +for event readiness. Each one of these monitored files constitutes a "watch". +This configuration option sets the maximum number of "watches" that are +allowed for each user. +Each "watch" costs roughly 90 bytes on a 32bit kernel, and roughly 160 bytes +on a 64bit one. +The current default value for max_user_watches is the 1/32 of the available +low memory, divided for the "watch" cost in bytes. + + ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt index 62fe9b1..a8273d5 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt @@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ The 2.6 kernel build process always creates a gzipped cpio format initramfs archive and links it into the resulting kernel binary. By default, this archive is empty (consuming 134 bytes on x86). -The config option CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE (for some reason buried under -devices->block devices in menuconfig, and living in usr/Kconfig) can be used -to specify a source for the initramfs archive, which will automatically be -incorporated into the resulting binary. This option can point to an existing -gzipped cpio archive, a directory containing files to be archived, or a text -file specification such as the following example: +The config option CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE (in General Setup in menuconfig, +and living in usr/Kconfig) can be used to specify a source for the +initramfs archive, which will automatically be incorporated into the +resulting binary. This option can point to an existing gzipped cpio +archive, a directory containing files to be archived, or a text file +specification such as the following example: dir /dev 755 0 0 nod /dev/console 644 0 0 c 5 1 diff --git a/Documentation/input/input-programming.txt b/Documentation/input/input-programming.txt index 81905e8..7f8b9d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/input/input-programming.txt +++ b/Documentation/input/input-programming.txt @@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ pressed or released a BUTTON_IRQ happens. The driver could look like: static struct input_dev *button_dev; -static void button_interrupt(int irq, void *dummy, struct pt_regs *fp) +static irqreturn_t button_interrupt(int irq, void *dummy) { input_report_key(button_dev, BTN_0, inb(BUTTON_PORT) & 1); input_sync(button_dev); + return IRQ_HANDLED; } static int __init button_init(void) diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index e0f346d..c9115c1 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -220,14 +220,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g., ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ... - See Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for more information - about debug layers and levels. + The debug_level mask defaults to "info". See + Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for more information about + debug layers and levels. + Enable processor driver info messages: + acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000 + Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages: + acpi.debug_layer=0x400000 Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug object while interpreting AML: acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2 - Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages: - acpi.debug_layer=0x400000 acpi.debug_level=0x4 Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware: acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff diff --git a/Documentation/local_ops.txt b/Documentation/local_ops.txt index f4f8b1c..23045b8 100644 --- a/Documentation/local_ops.txt +++ b/Documentation/local_ops.txt @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static void do_test_timer(unsigned long data) int cpu; /* Increment the counters */ - on_each_cpu(test_each, NULL, 0, 1); + on_each_cpu(test_each, NULL, 1); /* Read all the counters */ printk("Counters read from CPU %d\n", smp_processor_id()); for_each_online_cpu(cpu) { diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt index e0e54a2..394d7d3 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt @@ -1063,6 +1063,7 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed. STAC9227/9228/9229/927x ref Reference board + ref-no-jd Reference board without HP/Mic jack detection 3stack D965 3stack 5stack D965 5stack + SPDIF dell-3stack Dell Dimension E520 @@ -1072,10 +1073,14 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed. ref Reference board dell-m4-1 Dell desktops dell-m4-2 Dell desktops + dell-m4-3 Dell desktops STAC92HD73* ref Reference board - dell-m6 Dell desktops + no-jd BIOS setup but without jack-detection + dell-m6-amic Dell desktops/laptops with analog mics + dell-m6-dmic Dell desktops/laptops with digital mics + dell-m6 Dell desktops/laptops with both type of mics STAC9872 vaio Setup for VAIO FE550G/SZ110 diff --git a/Documentation/spi/spi-summary b/Documentation/spi/spi-summary index 8bae2f0..0f5122e 100644 --- a/Documentation/spi/spi-summary +++ b/Documentation/spi/spi-summary @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ So for example arch/.../mach-*/board-*.c files might have code like: /* if your mach-* infrastructure doesn't support kernels that can * run on multiple boards, pdata wouldn't benefit from "__init". */ - static struct mysoc_spi_data __init pdata = { ... }; + static struct mysoc_spi_data __initdata pdata = { ... }; static __init board_init(void) { diff --git a/Documentation/tracers/mmiotrace.txt b/Documentation/tracers/mmiotrace.txt index 5bbbe20..cde23b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/tracers/mmiotrace.txt +++ b/Documentation/tracers/mmiotrace.txt @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ $ echo mmiotrace > /debug/tracing/current_tracer $ cat /debug/tracing/trace_pipe > mydump.txt & Start X or whatever. $ echo "X is up" > /debug/tracing/trace_marker -$ echo none > /debug/tracing/current_tracer +$ echo nop > /debug/tracing/current_tracer Check for lost events. @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ which action. It is recommended to place descriptive markers about what you do. Shut down mmiotrace (requires root privileges): -$ echo none > /debug/tracing/current_tracer +$ echo nop > /debug/tracing/current_tracer The 'cat' process exits. If it does not, kill it by issuing 'fg' command and pressing ctrl+c. @@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ are: $ cat /debug/tracing/trace_entries gives you a number. Approximately double this number and write it back, for instance: +$ echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled $ echo 128000 > /debug/tracing/trace_entries +$ echo 1 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled Then start again from the top. If you are doing a trace for a driver project, e.g. Nouveau, you should also diff --git a/Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt b/Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt index 9b22bd1..eac7df9 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt @@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ modules. Then you must load the gadget serial driver. To load it as an ACM device (recommended for interoperability), do this: - modprobe g_serial use_acm=1 + modprobe g_serial To load it as a vendor specific bulk in/out device, do this: - modprobe g_serial + modprobe g_serial use_acm=0 This will also automatically load the underlying gadget peripheral controller driver. This must be done each time you reboot the gadget diff --git a/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt b/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt index 077e903..fafcd47 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt @@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ it and 002/048 sometime later. These files can be read as binary data. The binary data consists of first the device descriptor, then the descriptors for each -configuration of the device. That information is also shown in -text form by the /proc/bus/usb/devices file, described later. +configuration of the device. Multi-byte fields in the device and +configuration descriptors, but not other descriptors, are converted +to host endianness by the kernel. This information is also shown +in text form by the /proc/bus/usb/devices file, described later. These files may also be used to write user-level drivers for the USB devices. You would open the /proc/bus/usb/BBB/DDD file read/write, diff --git a/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt b/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt index 2917ce4..2704819 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt @@ -34,11 +34,12 @@ if usbmon is built into the kernel. Verify that bus sockets are present. # ls /sys/kernel/debug/usbmon -0s 0t 0u 1s 1t 1u 2s 2t 2u 3s 3t 3u 4s 4t 4u +0s 0u 1s 1t 1u 2s 2t 2u 3s 3t 3u 4s 4t 4u # -Now you can choose to either use the sockets numbered '0' (to capture packets on -all buses), and skip to step #3, or find the bus used by your device with step #2. +Now you can choose to either use the socket '0u' (to capture packets on all +buses), and skip to step #3, or find the bus used by your device with step #2. +This allows to filter away annoying devices that talk continuously. 2. Find which bus connects to the desired device @@ -99,8 +100,9 @@ on the event type, but there is a set of words, common for all types. Here is the list of words, from left to right: -- URB Tag. This is used to identify URBs is normally a kernel mode address - of the URB structure in hexadecimal. +- URB Tag. This is used to identify URBs, and is normally an in-kernel address + of the URB structure in hexadecimal, but can be a sequence number or any + other unique string, within reason. - Timestamp in microseconds, a decimal number. The timestamp's resolution depends on available clock, and so it can be much worse than a microsecond |
