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author | Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> | 2008-06-30 10:16:50 +1000 |
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committer | Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> | 2008-06-30 10:16:50 +1000 |
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Merge branch 'linux-2.6'
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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl | 20 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cciss.txt | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cpusets.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt | 12 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface | 33 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kobject.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.au0828 | 2 |
10 files changed, 48 insertions, 40 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl index 028a844..e8acd1f 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl @@ -84,10 +84,9 @@ runs an instance of gdb against the vmlinux file which contains the symbols (not boot image such as bzImage, zImage, uImage...). In gdb the developer specifies the connection parameters and - connects to kgdb. Depending on which kgdb I/O modules exist in - the kernel for a given architecture, it may be possible to debug - the test machine's kernel with the development machine using a - rs232 or ethernet connection. + connects to kgdb. The type of connection a developer makes with + gdb depends on the availability of kgdb I/O modules compiled as + builtin's or kernel modules in the test machine's kernel. </para> </chapter> <chapter id="CompilingAKernel"> @@ -223,7 +222,7 @@ </para> <para> IMPORTANT NOTE: Using this option with kgdb over the console - (kgdboc) or kgdb over ethernet (kgdboe) is not supported. + (kgdboc) is not supported. </para> </sect1> </chapter> @@ -249,18 +248,11 @@ (gdb) target remote /dev/ttyS0 </programlisting> <para> - Example (kgdb to a terminal server): + Example (kgdb to a terminal server on tcp port 2012): </para> <programlisting> % gdb ./vmlinux - (gdb) target remote udp:192.168.2.2:6443 - </programlisting> - <para> - Example (kgdb over ethernet): - </para> - <programlisting> - % gdb ./vmlinux - (gdb) target remote udp:192.168.2.2:6443 + (gdb) target remote 192.168.2.2:2012 </programlisting> <para> Once connected, you can debug a kernel the way you would debug an diff --git a/Documentation/cciss.txt b/Documentation/cciss.txt index e65736c..63e59b8 100644 --- a/Documentation/cciss.txt +++ b/Documentation/cciss.txt @@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ This driver is known to work with the following cards: * SA E200 * SA E200i * SA E500 + * SA P212 + * SA P410 + * SA P410i + * SA P411 + * SA P812 Detecting drive failures: ------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/cpusets.txt b/Documentation/cpusets.txt index d803c5c..353504d 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpusets.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpusets.txt @@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ otherwise initial value -1 that indicates the cpuset has no request. 2 : search cores in a package. 3 : search cpus in a node [= system wide on non-NUMA system] ( 4 : search nodes in a chunk of node [on NUMA system] ) - ( 5~ : search system wide [on NUMA system]) + ( 5 : search system wide [on NUMA system] ) This file is per-cpuset and affect the sched domain where the cpuset belongs to. Therefore if the flag 'sched_load_balance' of a cpuset diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 5b3f31f..46ece3f 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -312,3 +312,12 @@ When: 2.6.26 Why: Implementation became generic; users should now include linux/semaphore.h instead. Who: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com> + +--------------------------- + +What: CONFIG_THERMAL_HWMON +When: January 2009 +Why: This option was introduced just to allow older lm-sensors userspace + to keep working over the upgrade to 2.6.26. At the scheduled time of + removal fixed lm-sensors (2.x or 3.x) should be readily available. +Who: Rene Herman <rene.herman@gmail.com> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt index 560f88d..0c5086d 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt @@ -139,8 +139,16 @@ commit=nrsec (*) Ext4 can be told to sync all its data and metadata Setting it to very large values will improve performance. -barrier=1 This enables/disables barriers. barrier=0 disables - it, barrier=1 enables it. +barrier=<0|1(*)> This enables/disables the use of write barriers in + the jbd code. barrier=0 disables, barrier=1 enables. + This also requires an IO stack which can support + barriers, and if jbd gets an error on a barrier + write, it will disable again with a warning. + Write barriers enforce proper on-disk ordering + of journal commits, making volatile disk write caches + safe to use, at some performance penalty. If + your disks are battery-backed in one way or another, + disabling barriers may safely improve performance. orlov (*) This enables the new Orlov block allocator. It is enabled by default. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt index 5daa2aa..68ef488 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ files, each with their own function. local_cpus nearby CPU mask (cpumask, ro) resource PCI resource host addresses (ascii, ro) resource0..N PCI resource N, if present (binary, mmap) + resource0_wc..N_wc PCI WC map resource N, if prefetchable (binary, mmap) rom PCI ROM resource, if present (binary, ro) subsystem_device PCI subsystem device (ascii, ro) subsystem_vendor PCI subsystem vendor (ascii, ro) diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface index f4a8ebc..2d84573 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface @@ -2,17 +2,12 @@ Naming and data format standards for sysfs files ------------------------------------------------ The libsensors library offers an interface to the raw sensors data -through the sysfs interface. See libsensors documentation and source for -further information. As of writing this document, libsensors -(from lm_sensors 2.8.3) is heavily chip-dependent. Adding or updating -support for any given chip requires modifying the library's code. -This is because libsensors was written for the procfs interface -older kernel modules were using, which wasn't standardized enough. -Recent versions of libsensors (from lm_sensors 2.8.2 and later) have -support for the sysfs interface, though. - -The new sysfs interface was designed to be as chip-independent as -possible. +through the sysfs interface. Since lm-sensors 3.0.0, libsensors is +completely chip-independent. It assumes that all the kernel drivers +implement the standard sysfs interface described in this document. +This makes adding or updating support for any given chip very easy, as +libsensors, and applications using it, do not need to be modified. +This is a major improvement compared to lm-sensors 2. Note that motherboards vary widely in the connections to sensor chips. There is no standard that ensures, for example, that the second @@ -35,19 +30,17 @@ access this data in a simple and consistent way. That said, such programs will have to implement conversion, labeling and hiding of inputs. For this reason, it is still not recommended to bypass the library. -If you are developing a userspace application please send us feedback on -this standard. - -Note that this standard isn't completely established yet, so it is subject -to changes. If you are writing a new hardware monitoring driver those -features can't seem to fit in this interface, please contact us with your -extension proposal. Keep in mind that backward compatibility must be -preserved. - Each chip gets its own directory in the sysfs /sys/devices tree. To find all sensor chips, it is easier to follow the device symlinks from /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon*. +Up to lm-sensors 3.0.0, libsensors looks for hardware monitoring attributes +in the "physical" device directory. Since lm-sensors 3.0.1, attributes found +in the hwmon "class" device directory are also supported. Complex drivers +(e.g. drivers for multifunction chips) may want to use this possibility to +avoid namespace pollution. The only drawback will be that older versions of +libsensors won't support the driver in question. + All sysfs values are fixed point numbers. There is only one value per file, unlike the older /proc specification. diff --git a/Documentation/kobject.txt b/Documentation/kobject.txt index bf3256e..51a8021 100644 --- a/Documentation/kobject.txt +++ b/Documentation/kobject.txt @@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ should not be manipulated by any other user. A kset keeps its children in a standard kernel linked list. Kobjects point back to their containing kset via their kset field. In almost all cases, -the kobjects belonging to a ket have that kset (or, strictly, its embedded +the kobjects belonging to a kset have that kset (or, strictly, its embedded kobject) in their parent. As a kset contains a kobject within it, it should always be dynamically diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt index 01c6c3d..64b3f14 100644 --- a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt +++ b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt @@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ generate input device EV_KEY events. In addition to the EV_KEY events, thinkpad-acpi may also issue EV_SW events for switches: -SW_RADIO T60 and later hardare rfkill rocker switch +SW_RFKILL_ALL T60 and later hardare rfkill rocker switch SW_TABLET_MODE Tablet ThinkPads HKEY events 0x5009 and 0x500A Non hot-key ACPI HKEY event map: diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.au0828 b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.au0828 index aaae360..86d1c8e 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.au0828 +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.au0828 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ 0 -> Unknown board (au0828) - 1 -> Hauppauge HVR950Q (au0828) [2040:7200] + 1 -> Hauppauge HVR950Q (au0828) [2040:7200,2040:7210,2040:7217,2040:721b,2040:721f,2040:7280,0fd9:0008] 2 -> Hauppauge HVR850 (au0828) [2040:7240] 3 -> DViCO FusionHDTV USB (au0828) [0fe9:d620] |