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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block index 4873c75..c1eb41c 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block @@ -142,3 +142,67 @@ Description: with the previous I/O request are enabled. When set to 2, all merge tries are disabled. The default value is 0 - which enables all types of merge tries. + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/discard_alignment +Date: May 2011 +Contact: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> +Description: + Devices that support discard functionality may + internally allocate space in units that are bigger than + the exported logical block size. The discard_alignment + parameter indicates how many bytes the beginning of the + device is offset from the internal allocation unit's + natural alignment. + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/<partition>/discard_alignment +Date: May 2011 +Contact: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> +Description: + Devices that support discard functionality may + internally allocate space in units that are bigger than + the exported logical block size. The discard_alignment + parameter indicates how many bytes the beginning of the + partition is offset from the internal allocation unit's + natural alignment. + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/queue/discard_granularity +Date: May 2011 +Contact: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> +Description: + Devices that support discard functionality may + internally allocate space using units that are bigger + than the logical block size. The discard_granularity + parameter indicates the size of the internal allocation + unit in bytes if reported by the device. Otherwise the + discard_granularity will be set to match the device's + physical block size. A discard_granularity of 0 means + that the device does not support discard functionality. + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/queue/discard_max_bytes +Date: May 2011 +Contact: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> +Description: + Devices that support discard functionality may have + internal limits on the number of bytes that can be + trimmed or unmapped in a single operation. Some storage + protocols also have inherent limits on the number of + blocks that can be described in a single command. The + discard_max_bytes parameter is set by the device driver + to the maximum number of bytes that can be discarded in + a single operation. Discard requests issued to the + device must not exceed this limit. A discard_max_bytes + value of 0 means that the device does not support + discard functionality. + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/queue/discard_zeroes_data +Date: May 2011 +Contact: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> +Description: + Devices that support discard functionality may return + stale or random data when a previously discarded block + is read back. This can cause problems if the filesystem + expects discarded blocks to be explicitly cleared. If a + device reports that it deterministically returns zeroes + when a discarded area is read the discard_zeroes_data + parameter will be set to one. Otherwise it will be 0 and + the result of reading a discarded area is undefined. diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ptp b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ptp new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d40d2b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ptp @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +What: /sys/class/ptp/ +Date: September 2010 +Contact: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> +Description: + This directory contains files and directories + providing a standardized interface to the ancillary + features of PTP hardware clocks. + +What: /sys/class/ptp/ptpN/ +Date: September 2010 +Contact: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> +Description: + This directory contains the attributes of the Nth PTP + hardware clock registered into the PTP class driver + subsystem. + +What: /sys/class/ptp/ptpN/clock_name +Date: September 2010 +Contact: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> +Description: + This file contains the name of the PTP hardware clock + as a human readable string. + +What: /sys/class/ptp/ptpN/max_adjustment +Date: September 2010 +Contact: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> +Description: + This file contains the PTP hardware clock's maximum + frequency adjustment value (a positive integer) in + parts per billion. + +What: /sys/class/ptp/ptpN/n_alarms +Date: September 2010 +Contact: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> +Description: + This file contains the number of periodic or one shot + alarms offer by the PTP hardware clock. + +What: /sys/class/ptp/ptpN/n_external_timestamps +Date: September 2010 +Contact: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> +Description: + This file contains the number of external timestamp + channels offered by the PTP hardware clock. + +What: /sys/class/ptp/ptpN/n_periodic_outputs +Date: September 2010 +Contact: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> +Description: + This file contains the number of programmable periodic + output channels offered by the PTP hardware clock. + +What: /sys/class/ptp/ptpN/pps_avaiable +Date: September 2010 +Contact: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> +Description: + This file indicates whether the PTP hardware clock + supports a Pulse Per Second to the host CPU. Reading + "1" means that the PPS is supported, while "0" means + not supported. + +What: /sys/class/ptp/ptpN/extts_enable +Date: September 2010 +Contact: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> +Description: + This write-only file enables or disables external + timestamps. To enable external timestamps, write the + channel index followed by a "1" into the file. + To disable external timestamps, write the channel + index followed by a "0" into the file. + +What: /sys/class/ptp/ptpN/fifo +Date: September 2010 +Contact: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> +Description: + This file provides timestamps on external events, in + the form of three integers: channel index, seconds, + and nanoseconds. + +What: /sys/class/ptp/ptpN/period +Date: September 2010 +Contact: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> +Description: + This write-only file enables or disables periodic + outputs. To enable a periodic output, write five + integers into the file: channel index, start time + seconds, start time nanoseconds, period seconds, and + period nanoseconds. To disable a periodic output, set + all the seconds and nanoseconds values to zero. + +What: /sys/class/ptp/ptpN/pps_enable +Date: September 2010 +Contact: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> +Description: + This write-only file enables or disables delivery of + PPS events to the Linux PPS subsystem. To enable PPS + events, write a "1" into the file. To disable events, + write a "0" into the file. diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile index 8436b01..3cebfa0 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ installmandocs: mandocs ### #External programs used KERNELDOC = $(srctree)/scripts/kernel-doc -DOCPROC = $(objtree)/scripts/basic/docproc +DOCPROC = $(objtree)/scripts/docproc XMLTOFLAGS = -m $(srctree)/Documentation/DocBook/stylesheet.xsl XMLTOFLAGS += --skip-validation diff --git a/Documentation/IRQ-affinity.txt b/Documentation/IRQ-affinity.txt index b4a615b..7890fae 100644 --- a/Documentation/IRQ-affinity.txt +++ b/Documentation/IRQ-affinity.txt @@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ ChangeLog: SMP IRQ affinity -/proc/irq/IRQ#/smp_affinity specifies which target CPUs are permitted -for a given IRQ source. It's a bitmask of allowed CPUs. It's not allowed -to turn off all CPUs, and if an IRQ controller does not support IRQ -affinity then the value will not change from the default 0xffffffff. +/proc/irq/IRQ#/smp_affinity and /proc/irq/IRQ#/smp_affinity_list specify +which target CPUs are permitted for a given IRQ source. It's a bitmask +(smp_affinity) or cpu list (smp_affinity_list) of allowed CPUs. It's not +allowed to turn off all CPUs, and if an IRQ controller does not support +IRQ affinity then the value will not change from the default of all cpus. /proc/irq/default_smp_affinity specifies default affinity mask that applies to all non-active IRQs. Once IRQ is allocated/activated its affinity bitmask @@ -54,3 +55,11 @@ round-trip min/avg/max = 0.1/0.5/585.4 ms This time around IRQ44 was delivered only to the last four processors. i.e counters for the CPU0-3 did not change. +Here is an example of limiting that same irq (44) to cpus 1024 to 1031: + +[root@moon 44]# echo 1024-1031 > smp_affinity +[root@moon 44]# cat smp_affinity +1024-1031 + +Note that to do this with a bitmask would require 32 bitmasks of zero +to follow the pertinent one. diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt index 89698e8..c00c6a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt +++ b/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt @@ -169,3 +169,18 @@ is issued which positions the tape to a known position. Typically you must rewind the tape (by issuing "mt -f /dev/st0 rewind" for example) before i/o can proceed again to a tape drive which was reset. +There is a cciss_tape_cmds module parameter which can be used to make cciss +allocate more commands for use by tape drives. Ordinarily only a few commands +(6) are allocated for tape drives because tape drives are slow and +infrequently used and the primary purpose of Smart Array controllers is to +act as a RAID controller for disk drives, so the vast majority of commands +are allocated for disk devices. However, if you have more than a few tape +drives attached to a smart array, the default number of commands may not be +enought (for example, if you have 8 tape drives, you could only rewind 6 +at one time with the default number of commands.) The cciss_tape_cmds module +parameter allows more commands (up to 16 more) to be allocated for use by +tape drives. For example: + + insmod cciss.ko cciss_tape_cmds=16 + +Or, as a kernel boot parameter passed in via grub: cciss.cciss_tape_cmds=8 diff --git a/Documentation/cachetlb.txt b/Documentation/cachetlb.txt index 9164ae3..9b728dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/cachetlb.txt +++ b/Documentation/cachetlb.txt @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on all processors in the system. Don't let this scare you into thinking SMP cache/tlb flushing must be so inefficient, this is in fact an area where many optimizations are possible. For example, if it can be proven that a user address space has never executed -on a cpu (see vma->cpu_vm_mask), one need not perform a flush +on a cpu (see mm_cpumask()), one need not perform a flush for this address space on that cpu. First, the TLB flushing interfaces, since they are the simplest. The diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-tsec-phy.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-tsec-phy.txt index edb7ae1..2c6be03 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-tsec-phy.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-tsec-phy.txt @@ -74,3 +74,57 @@ Example: interrupt-parent = <&mpic>; phy-handle = <&phy0> }; + +* Gianfar PTP clock nodes + +General Properties: + + - compatible Should be "fsl,etsec-ptp" + - reg Offset and length of the register set for the device + - interrupts There should be at least two interrupts. Some devices + have as many as four PTP related interrupts. + +Clock Properties: + + - fsl,tclk-period Timer reference clock period in nanoseconds. + - fsl,tmr-prsc Prescaler, divides the output clock. + - fsl,tmr-add Frequency compensation value. + - fsl,tmr-fiper1 Fixed interval period pulse generator. + - fsl,tmr-fiper2 Fixed interval period pulse generator. + - fsl,max-adj Maximum frequency adjustment in parts per billion. + + These properties set the operational parameters for the PTP + clock. You must choose these carefully for the clock to work right. + Here is how to figure good values: + + TimerOsc = system clock MHz + tclk_period = desired clock period nanoseconds + NominalFreq = 1000 / tclk_period MHz + FreqDivRatio = TimerOsc / NominalFreq (must be greater that 1.0) + tmr_add = ceil(2^32 / FreqDivRatio) + OutputClock = NominalFreq / tmr_prsc MHz + PulseWidth = 1 / OutputClock microseconds + FiperFreq1 = desired frequency in Hz + FiperDiv1 = 1000000 * OutputClock / FiperFreq1 + tmr_fiper1 = tmr_prsc * tclk_period * FiperDiv1 - tclk_period + max_adj = 1000000000 * (FreqDivRatio - 1.0) - 1 + + The calculation for tmr_fiper2 is the same as for tmr_fiper1. The + driver expects that tmr_fiper1 will be correctly set to produce a 1 + Pulse Per Second (PPS) signal, since this will be offered to the PPS + subsystem to synchronize the Linux clock. + +Example: + + ptp_clock@24E00 { + compatible = "fsl,etsec-ptp"; + reg = <0x24E00 0xB0>; + interrupts = <12 0x8 13 0x8>; + interrupt-parent = < &ipic >; + fsl,tclk-period = <10>; + fsl,tmr-prsc = <100>; + fsl,tmr-add = <0x999999A4>; + fsl,tmr-fiper1 = <0x3B9AC9F6>; + fsl,tmr-fiper2 = <0x00018696>; + fsl,max-adj = <659999998>; + }; diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt index b22abba..13de64c 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt @@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Other applications are described in the following papers: http://xcpu.org/papers/cellfs-talk.pdf * PROSE I/O: Using 9p to enable Application Partitions http://plan9.escet.urjc.es/iwp9/cready/PROSE_iwp9_2006.pdf + * VirtFS: A Virtualization Aware File System pass-through + http://goo.gl/3WPDg USAGE ===== @@ -130,31 +132,20 @@ OPTIONS RESOURCES ========= -Our current recommendation is to use Inferno (http://www.vitanuova.com/nferno/index.html) -as the 9p server. You can start a 9p server under Inferno by issuing the -following command: - ; styxlisten -A tcp!*!564 export '#U*' +Protocol specifications are maintained on github: +http://ericvh.github.com/9p-rfc/ -The -A specifies an unauthenticated export. The 564 is the port # (you may -have to choose a higher port number if running as a normal user). The '#U*' -specifies exporting the root of the Linux name space. You may specify a -subset of the namespace by extending the path: '#U*'/tmp would just export -/tmp. For more information, see the Inferno manual pages covering styxlisten -and export. +9p client and server implementations are listed on +http://9p.cat-v.org/implementations -A Linux version of the 9p server is now maintained under the npfs project -on sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/npfs). The currently -maintained version is the single-threaded version of the server (named spfs) -available from the same SVN repository. +A 9p2000.L server is being developed by LLNL and can be found +at http://code.google.com/p/diod/ There are user and developer mailing lists available through the v9fs project on sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/v9fs). -A stand-alone version of the module (which should build for any 2.6 kernel) -is available via (http://github.com/ericvh/9p-sac/tree/master) - -News and other information is maintained on SWiK (http://swik.net/v9fs) -and the Wiki (http://sf.net/apps/mediawiki/v9fs/index.php). +News and other information is maintained on a Wiki. +(http://sf.net/apps/mediawiki/v9fs/index.php). Bug reports may be issued through the kernel.org bugzilla (http://bugzilla.kernel.org) diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index 60740e8..f481780 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -574,6 +574,12 @@ The contents of each smp_affinity file is the same by default: > cat /proc/irq/0/smp_affinity ffffffff +There is an alternate interface, smp_affinity_list which allows specifying +a cpu range instead of a bitmask: + + > cat /proc/irq/0/smp_affinity_list + 1024-1031 + The default_smp_affinity mask applies to all non-active IRQs, which are the IRQs which have not yet been allocated/activated, and hence which lack a /proc/irq/[0-9]* directory. @@ -583,12 +589,13 @@ reports itself as being attached. This hardware locality information does not include information about any possible driver locality preference. prof_cpu_mask specifies which CPUs are to be profiled by the system wide -profiler. Default value is ffffffff (all cpus). +profiler. Default value is ffffffff (all cpus if there are only 32 of them). The way IRQs are routed is handled by the IO-APIC, and it's Round Robin between all the CPUs which are allowed to handle it. As usual the kernel has more info than you and does a better job than you, so the defaults are the -best choice for almost everyone. +best choice for almost everyone. [Note this applies only to those IO-APIC's +that support "Round Robin" interrupt distribution.] There are three more important subdirectories in /proc: net, scsi, and sys. The general rule is that the contents, or even the existence of these diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt index d7b13b0..8e4fab6 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt @@ -115,28 +115,8 @@ ubi.mtd=0 root=ubi0:rootfs rootfstype=ubifs Module Parameters for Debugging =============================== -When UBIFS has been compiled with debugging enabled, there are 3 module +When UBIFS has been compiled with debugging enabled, there are 2 module parameters that are available to control aspects of testing and debugging. -The parameters are unsigned integers where each bit controls an option. -The parameters are: - -debug_msgs Selects which debug messages to display, as follows: - - Message Type Flag value - - General messages 1 - Journal messages 2 - Mount messages 4 - Commit messages 8 - LEB search messages 16 - Budgeting messages 32 - Garbage collection messages 64 - Tree Node Cache (TNC) messages 128 - LEB properties (lprops) messages 256 - Input/output messages 512 - Log messages 1024 - Scan messages 2048 - Recovery messages 4096 debug_chks Selects extra checks that UBIFS can do while running: @@ -154,11 +134,9 @@ debug_tsts Selects a mode of testing, as follows: Test mode Flag value - Force in-the-gaps method 2 Failure mode for recovery testing 4 -For example, set debug_msgs to 5 to display General messages and Mount -messages. +For example, set debug_chks to 3 to enable general and TNC checks. References diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i801 b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i801 index 6df6976..2871fd5 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i801 +++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i801 @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Supported adapters: * Intel 6 Series (PCH) * Intel Patsburg (PCH) * Intel DH89xxCC (PCH) + * Intel Panther Point (PCH) Datasheets: Publicly available at the Intel website On Intel Patsburg and later chipsets, both the normal host SMBus controller diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients index 5ebf5af..5aa5337 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients +++ b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static struct i2c_driver foo_driver = { .name = "foo", }, - .id_table = foo_ids, + .id_table = foo_idtable, .probe = foo_probe, .remove = foo_remove, /* if device autodetection is needed: */ diff --git a/Documentation/input/elantech.txt b/Documentation/input/elantech.txt index 56941ae..db798af 100644 --- a/Documentation/input/elantech.txt +++ b/Documentation/input/elantech.txt @@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ Contents Currently the Linux Elantech touchpad driver is aware of two different hardware versions unimaginatively called version 1 and version 2. Version 1 is found in "older" laptops and uses 4 bytes per packet. Version 2 seems to -be introduced with the EeePC and uses 6 bytes per packet. +be introduced with the EeePC and uses 6 bytes per packet, and provides +additional features such as position of two fingers, and width of the touch. The driver tries to support both hardware versions and should be compatible with the Xorg Synaptics touchpad driver and its graphical configuration @@ -94,18 +95,44 @@ Currently the Linux Elantech touchpad driver provides two extra knobs under can check these bits and reject any packet that appears corrupted. Using this knob you can bypass that check. - It is not known yet whether hardware version 2 provides the same parity - bits. Hence checking is disabled by default. Currently even turning it on - will do nothing. - + Hardware version 2 does not provide the same parity bits. Only some basic + data consistency checking can be done. For now checking is disabled by + default. Currently even turning it on will do nothing. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// +3. Differentiating hardware versions + ================================= + +To detect the hardware version, read the version number as param[0].param[1].param[2] + + 4 bytes version: (after the arrow is the name given in the Dell-provided driver) + 02.00.22 => EF013 + 02.06.00 => EF019 +In the wild, there appear to be more versions, such as 00.01.64, 01.00.21, +02.00.00, 02.00.04, 02.00.06. + + 6 bytes: + 02.00.30 => EF113 + 02.08.00 => EF023 + 02.08.XX => EF123 + 02.0B.00 => EF215 + 04.01.XX => Scroll_EF051 + 04.02.XX => EF051 +In the wild, there appear to be more versions, such as 04.03.01, 04.04.11. There +appears to be almost no difference, except for EF113, which does not report +pressure/width and has different data consistency checks. + +Probably all the versions with param[0] <= 01 can be considered as +4 bytes/firmware 1. The versions < 02.08.00, with the exception of 02.00.30, as +4 bytes/firmware 2. Everything >= 02.08.00 can be considered as 6 bytes. + +///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// -3. Hardware version 1 +4. Hardware version 1 ================== -3.1 Registers +4.1 Registers ~~~~~~~~~ By echoing a hexadecimal value to a register it contents can be altered. @@ -168,7 +195,7 @@ For example: smart edge activation area width? -3.2 Native relative mode 4 byte packet format +4.2 Native relative mode 4 byte packet format ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ byte 0: @@ -226,9 +253,13 @@ byte 3: positive = down -3.3 Native absolute mode 4 byte packet format +4.3 Native absolute mode 4 byte packet format ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +EF013 and EF019 have a special behaviour (due to a bug in the firmware?), and +when 1 finger is touching, the first 2 position reports must be discarded. +This counting is reset whenever a different number of fingers is reported. + byte 0: firmware version 1.x: @@ -279,11 +310,11 @@ byte 3: ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// -4. Hardware version 2 +5. Hardware version 2 ================== -4.1 Registers +5.1 Registers ~~~~~~~~~ By echoing a hexadecimal value to a register it contents can be altered. @@ -316,16 +347,41 @@ For example: 0x7f = never i.e. tap again to release) -4.2 Native absolute mode 6 byte packet format +5.2 Native absolute mode 6 byte packet format ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -4.2.1 One finger touch +5.2.1 Parity checking and packet re-synchronization +There is no parity checking, however some consistency checks can be performed. + +For instance for EF113: + SA1= packet[0]; + A1 = packet[1]; + B1 = packet[2]; + SB1= packet[3]; + C1 = packet[4]; + D1 = packet[5]; + if( (((SA1 & 0x3C) != 0x3C) && ((SA1 & 0xC0) != 0x80)) || // check Byte 1 + (((SA1 & 0x0C) != 0x0C) && ((SA1 & 0xC0) == 0x80)) || // check Byte 1 (one finger pressed) + (((SA1 & 0xC0) != 0x80) && (( A1 & 0xF0) != 0x00)) || // check Byte 2 + (((SB1 & 0x3E) != 0x38) && ((SA1 & 0xC0) != 0x80)) || // check Byte 4 + (((SB1 & 0x0E) != 0x08) && ((SA1 & 0xC0) == 0x80)) || // check Byte 4 (one finger pressed) + (((SA1 & 0xC0) != 0x80) && (( C1 & 0xF0) != 0x00)) ) // check Byte 5 + // error detected + +For all the other ones, there are just a few constant bits: + if( ((packet[0] & 0x0C) != 0x04) || + ((packet[3] & 0x0f) != 0x02) ) + // error detected + + +In case an error is detected, all the packets are shifted by one (and packet[0] is discarded). + +5.2.1 One/Three finger touch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ byte 0: bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - n1 n0 . . . . R L + n1 n0 w3 w2 . . R L L, R = 1 when Left, Right mouse button pressed n1..n0 = numbers of fingers on touchpad @@ -333,24 +389,40 @@ byte 0: byte 1: bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - . . . . . x10 x9 x8 + p7 p6 p5 p4 . x10 x9 x8 byte 2: bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - x7 x6 x5 x4 x4 x2 x1 x0 + x7 x6 x5 x4 x3 x2 x1 x0 x10..x0 = absolute x value (horizontal) byte 3: bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - . . . . . . . . + n4 vf w1 w0 . . . b2 + + n4 = set if more than 3 fingers (only in 3 fingers mode) + vf = a kind of flag ? (only on EF123, 0 when finger is over one + of the buttons, 1 otherwise) + w3..w0 = width of the finger touch (not EF113) + b2 (on EF113 only, 0 otherwise), b2.R.L indicates one button pressed: + 0 = none + 1 = Left + 2 = Right + 3 = Middle (Left and Right) + 4 = Forward + 5 = Back + 6 = Another one + 7 = Another one byte 4: bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - . . . . . . y9 y8 + p3 p1 p2 p0 . . y9 y8 + + p7..p0 = pressure (not EF113) byte 5: @@ -363,6 +435,11 @@ byte 5: 4.2.2 Two finger touch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Note that the two pairs of coordinates are not exactly the coordinates of the +two fingers, but only the pair of the lower-left and upper-right coordinates. +So the actual fingers might be situated on the other diagonal of the square +defined by these two points. + byte 0: bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 @@ -376,14 +453,14 @@ byte 1: bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 ax7 ax6 ax5 ax4 ax3 ax2 ax1 ax0 - ax8..ax0 = first finger absolute x value + ax8..ax0 = lower-left finger absolute x value byte 2: bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 ay7 ay6 ay5 ay4 ay3 ay2 ay1 ay0 - ay8..ay0 = first finger absolute y value + ay8..ay0 = lower-left finger absolute y value byte 3: @@ -395,11 +472,11 @@ byte 4: bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 bx7 bx6 bx5 bx4 bx3 bx2 bx1 bx0 - bx8..bx0 = second finger absolute x value + bx8..bx0 = upper-right finger absolute x value byte 5: bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 by7 by8 by5 by4 by3 by2 by1 by0 - by8..by0 = second finger absolute y value + by8..by0 = upper-right finger absolute y value diff --git a/Documentation/input/rotary-encoder.txt b/Documentation/input/rotary-encoder.txt index 943e8f6..92e68bc 100644 --- a/Documentation/input/rotary-encoder.txt +++ b/Documentation/input/rotary-encoder.txt @@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ peripherals with two wires. The outputs are phase-shifted by 90 degrees and by triggering on falling and rising edges, the turn direction can be determined. +Some encoders have both outputs low in stable states, whereas others also have +a stable state with both outputs high (half-period mode). + The phase diagram of these two outputs look like this: _____ _____ _____ @@ -26,6 +29,8 @@ The phase diagram of these two outputs look like this: |<-------->| one step + |<-->| + one step (half-period mode) For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_encoder @@ -34,6 +39,13 @@ For more information, please see 1. Events / state machine ------------------------- +In half-period mode, state a) and c) above are used to determine the +rotational direction based on the last stable state. Events are reported in +states b) and d) given that the new stable state is different from the last +(i.e. the rotation was not reversed half-way). + +Otherwise, the following apply: + a) Rising edge on channel A, channel B in low state This state is used to recognize a clockwise turn @@ -96,6 +108,7 @@ static struct rotary_encoder_platform_data my_rotary_encoder_info = { .gpio_b = GPIO_ROTARY_B, .inverted_a = 0, .inverted_b = 0, + .half_period = false, }; static struct platform_device rotary_encoder_device = { diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt index 7c2a89b..68e32bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt @@ -201,3 +201,16 @@ KBUILD_ENABLE_EXTRA_GCC_CHECKS -------------------------------------------------- If enabled over the make command line with "W=1", it turns on additional gcc -W... options for more extensive build-time checking. + +KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP +-------------------------------------------------- +Setting this to a date string overrides the timestamp used in the +UTS_VERSION definition (uname -v in the running kernel). The value has to +be a string that can be passed to date -d. The default value +is the output of the date command at one point during build. + +KBUILD_BUILD_USER, KBUILD_BUILD_HOST +-------------------------------------------------- +These two variables allow to override the user@host string displayed during +boot and in /proc/version. The default value is the output of the commands +whoami and host, respectively. diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt index 5d145bb..47435e5 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt @@ -40,11 +40,13 @@ This document describes the Linux kernel Makefiles. --- 6.6 Commands useful for building a boot image --- 6.7 Custom kbuild commands --- 6.8 Preprocessing linker scripts + --- 6.9 Generic header files === 7 Kbuild syntax for exported headers --- 7.1 header-y --- 7.2 objhdr-y --- 7.3 destination-y + --- 7.4 generic-y === 8 Kbuild Variables === 9 Makefile language @@ -499,6 +501,18 @@ more details, with real examples. gcc >= 3.00. For gcc < 3.00, -malign-functions=4 is used. Note: cc-option-align uses KBUILD_CFLAGS for $(CC) options + cc-disable-warning + cc-disable-warning checks if gcc supports a given warning and returns + the commandline switch to disable it. This special function is needed, + because gcc 4.4 and later accept any unknown -Wno-* option and only + warn about it if there is another warning in the source file. + + Example: + KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-but-set-variable) + + In the above example, -Wno-unused-but-set-variable will be added to + KBUILD_CFLAGS only if gcc really accepts it. + cc-version cc-version returns a numerical version of the $(CC) compiler version. The format is <major><minor> where both are two digits. So for example @@ -955,6 +969,11 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly): used when linking modules. This is often a linker script. From commandline LDFLAGS_MODULE shall be used (see kbuild.txt). + KBUILD_ARFLAGS Options for $(AR) when creating archives + + $(KBUILD_ARFLAGS) set by the top level Makefile to "D" (deterministic + mode) if this option is supported by $(AR). + --- 6.2 Add prerequisites to archprepare: The archprepare: rule is used to list prerequisites that need to be @@ -1209,6 +1228,14 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly): The kbuild infrastructure for *lds file are used in several architecture-specific files. +--- 6.9 Generic header files + + The directory include/asm-generic contains the header files + that may be shared between individual architectures. + The recommended approach how to use a generic header file is + to list the file in the Kbuild file. + See "7.4 generic-y" for further info on syntax etc. + === 7 Kbuild syntax for exported headers The kernel include a set of headers that is exported to userspace. @@ -1265,6 +1292,32 @@ See subsequent chapter for the syntax of the Kbuild file. In the example above all exported headers in the Kbuild file will be located in the directory "include/linux" when exported. + --- 7.4 generic-y + + If an architecture uses a verbatim copy of a header from + include/asm-generic then this is listed in the file + arch/$(ARCH)/include/asm/Kbuild like this: + + Example: + #arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild + generic-y += termios.h + generic-y += rtc.h + + During the prepare phase of the build a wrapper include + file is generated in the directory: + + arch/$(ARCH)/include/generated/asm + + When a header is exported where the architecture uses + the generic header a similar wrapper is generated as part + of the set of exported headers in the directory: + + usr/include/asm + + The generated wrapper will in both cases look like the following: + + Example: termios.h + #include <asm-generic/termios.h> === 8 Kbuild Variables diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 7c6624e..5438a2d 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1777,9 +1777,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. nosoftlockup [KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector. - noswapaccount [KNL] Disable accounting of swap in memory resource - controller. (See Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt) - nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices. notsc [BUGS=X86-32] Disable Time Stamp Counter diff --git a/Documentation/lockstat.txt b/Documentation/lockstat.txt index 65f4c79..9c0a80d 100644 --- a/Documentation/lockstat.txt +++ b/Documentation/lockstat.txt @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ View the top contending locks: dcache_lock: 1037 1161 0.38 45.32 774.51 6611 243371 0.15 306.48 77387.24 &inode->i_mutex: 161 286 18446744073709 62882.54 1244614.55 3653 20598 18446744073709 62318.60 1693822.74 &zone->lru_lock: 94 94 0.53 7.33 92.10 4366 32690 0.29 59.81 16350.06 - &inode->i_data.i_mmap_lock: 79 79 0.40 3.77 53.03 11779 87755 0.28 116.93 29898.44 + &inode->i_data.i_mmap_mutex: 79 79 0.40 3.77 53.03 11779 87755 0.28 116.93 29898.44 &q->__queue_lock: 48 50 0.52 31.62 86.31 774 13131 0.17 113.08 12277.52 &rq->rq_lock_key: 43 47 0.74 68.50 170.63 3706 33929 0.22 107.99 17460.62 &rq->rq_lock_key#2: 39 46 0.75 6.68 49.03 2979 32292 0.17 125.17 17137.63 diff --git a/Documentation/ptp/ptp.txt b/Documentation/ptp/ptp.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ae8fef8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ptp/ptp.txt @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ + +* PTP hardware clock infrastructure for Linux + + This patch set introduces support for IEEE 1588 PTP clocks in + Linux. Together with the SO_TIMESTAMPING socket options, this + presents a standardized method for developing PTP user space + programs, synchronizing Linux with external clocks, and using the + ancillary features of PTP hardware clocks. + + A new class driver exports a kernel interface for specific clock + drivers and a user space interface. The infrastructure supports a + complete set of PTP hardware clock functionality. + + + Basic clock operations + - Set time + - Get time + - Shift the clock by a given offset atomically + - Adjust clock frequency + + + Ancillary clock features + - One short or periodic alarms, with signal delivery to user program + - Time stamp external events + - Period output signals configurable from user space + - Synchronization of the Linux system time via the PPS subsystem + +** PTP hardware clock kernel API + + A PTP clock driver registers itself with the class driver. The + class driver handles all of the dealings with user space. The + author of a clock driver need only implement the details of + programming the clock hardware. The clock driver notifies the class + driver of asynchronous events (alarms and external time stamps) via + a simple message passing interface. + + The class driver supports multiple PTP clock drivers. In normal use + cases, only one PTP clock is needed. However, for testing and + development, it can be useful to have more than one clock in a + single system, in order to allow performance comparisons. + +** PTP hardware clock user space API + + The class driver also creates a character device for each + registered clock. User space can use an open file descriptor from + the character device as a POSIX clock id and may call + clock_gettime, clock_settime, and clock_adjtime. These calls + implement the basic clock operations. + + User space programs may control the clock using standardized + ioctls. A program may query, enable, configure, and disable the + ancillary clock features. User space can receive time stamped + events via blocking read() and poll(). One shot and periodic + signals may be configured via the POSIX timer_settime() system + call. + +** Writing clock drivers + + Clock drivers include include/linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h and register + themselves by presenting a 'struct ptp_clock_info' to the + registration method. Clock drivers must implement all of the + functions in the interface. If a clock does not offer a particular + ancillary feature, then the driver should just return -EOPNOTSUPP + from those functions. + + Drivers must ensure that all of the methods in interface are + reentrant. Since most hardware implementations treat the time value + as a 64 bit integer accessed as two 32 bit registers, drivers + should use spin_lock_irqsave/spin_unlock_irqrestore to protect + against concurrent access. This locking cannot be accomplished in + class driver, since the lock may also be needed by the clock + driver's interrupt service routine. + +** Supported hardware + + + Freescale eTSEC gianfar + - 2 Time stamp external triggers, programmable polarity (opt. interrupt) + - 2 Alarm registers (optional interrupt) + - 3 Periodic signals (optional interrupt) + + + National DP83640 + - 6 GPIOs programmable as inputs or outputs + - 6 GPIOs with dedicated functions (LED/JTAG/clock) can also be + used as general inputs or outputs + - GPIO inputs can time stamp external triggers + - GPIO outputs can produce periodic signals + - 1 interrupt pin + + + Intel IXP465 + - Auxiliary Slave/Master Mode Snapshot (optional interrupt) + - Target Time (optional interrupt) diff --git a/Documentation/ptp/testptp.c b/Documentation/ptp/testptp.c new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f59ded0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ptp/testptp.c @@ -0,0 +1,381 @@ +/* + * PTP 1588 clock support - User space test program + * + * Copyright (C) 2010 OMICRON electronics GmbH + * + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or + * (at your option) any later version. + * + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + * GNU General Public License for more details. + * + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software + * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. + */ +#include <errno.h> +#include <fcntl.h> +#include <math.h> +#include <signal.h> +#include <stdio.h> +#include <stdlib.h> +#include <string.h> +#include <sys/ioctl.h> +#include <sys/mman.h> +#include <sys/stat.h> +#include <sys/time.h> +#include <sys/timex.h> +#include <sys/types.h> +#include <time.h> +#include <unistd.h> + +#include <linux/ptp_clock.h> + +#define DEVICE "/dev/ptp0" + +#ifndef ADJ_SETOFFSET +#define ADJ_SETOFFSET 0x0100 +#endif + +#ifndef CLOCK_INVALID +#define CLOCK_INVALID -1 +#endif + +/* When glibc offers the syscall, this will go away. */ +#include <sys/syscall.h> +static int clock_adjtime(clockid_t id, struct timex *tx) +{ + return syscall(__NR_clock_adjtime, id, tx); +} + +static clockid_t get_clockid(int fd) +{ +#define CLOCKFD 3 +#define FD_TO_CLOCKID(fd) ((~(clockid_t) (fd) << 3) | CLOCKFD) + + return FD_TO_CLOCKID(fd); +} + +static void handle_alarm(int s) +{ + printf("received signal %d\n", s); +} + +static int install_handler(int signum, void (*handler)(int)) +{ + struct sigaction action; + sigset_t mask; + + /* Unblock the signal. */ + sigemptyset(&mask); + sigaddset(&mask, signum); + sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &mask, NULL); + + /* Install the signal handler. */ + action.sa_handler = handler; + action.sa_flags = 0; + sigemptyset(&action.sa_mask); + sigaction(signum, &action, NULL); + + return 0; +} + +static long ppb_to_scaled_ppm(int ppb) +{ + /* + * The 'freq' field in the 'struct timex' is in parts per + * million, but with a 16 bit binary fractional field. + * Instead of calculating either one of + * + * scaled_ppm = (ppb / 1000) << 16 [1] + * scaled_ppm = (ppb << 16) / 1000 [2] + * + * we simply use double precision math, in order to avoid the + * truncation in [1] and the possible overflow in [2]. + */ + return (long) (ppb * 65.536); +} + +static void usage(char *progname) +{ + fprintf(stderr, + "usage: %s [options]\n" + " -a val request a one-shot alarm after 'val' seconds\n" + " -A val request a periodic alarm every 'val' seconds\n" + " -c query the ptp clock's capabilities\n" + " -d name device to open\n" + " -e val read 'val' external time stamp events\n" + " -f val adjust the ptp clock frequency by 'val' ppb\n" + " -g get the ptp clock time\n" + " -h prints this message\n" + " -p val enable output with a period of 'val' nanoseconds\n" + " -P val enable or disable (val=1|0) the system clock PPS\n" + " -s set the ptp clock time from the system time\n" + " -S set the system time from the ptp clock time\n" + " -t val shift the ptp clock time by 'val' seconds\n", + progname); +} + +int main(int argc, char *argv[]) +{ + struct ptp_clock_caps caps; + struct ptp_extts_event event; + struct ptp_extts_request extts_request; + struct ptp_perout_request perout_request; + struct timespec ts; + struct timex tx; + + static timer_t timerid; + struct itimerspec timeout; + struct sigevent sigevent; + + char *progname; + int c, cnt, fd; + + char *device = DEVICE; + clockid_t clkid; + int adjfreq = 0x7fffffff; + int adjtime = 0; + int capabilities = 0; + int extts = 0; + int gettime = 0; + int oneshot = 0; + int periodic = 0; + int perout = -1; + int pps = -1; + int settime = 0; + + progname = strrchr(argv[0], '/'); + progname = progname ? 1+progname : argv[0]; + while (EOF != (c = getopt(argc, argv, "a:A:cd:e:f:ghp:P:sSt:v"))) { + switch (c) { + case 'a': + oneshot = atoi(optarg); + break; + case 'A': + periodic = atoi(optarg); + break; + case 'c': + capabilities = 1; + break; + case 'd': + device = optarg; + break; + case 'e': + extts = atoi(optarg); + break; + case 'f': + adjfreq = atoi(optarg); + break; + case 'g': + gettime = 1; + break; + case 'p': + perout = atoi(optarg); + break; + case 'P': + pps = atoi(optarg); + break; + case 's': + settime = 1; + break; + case 'S': + settime = 2; + break; + case 't': + adjtime = atoi(optarg); + break; + case 'h': + usage(progname); + return 0; + case '?': + default: + usage(progname); + return -1; + } + } + + fd = open(device, O_RDWR); + if (fd < 0) { + fprintf(stderr, "opening %s: %s\n", device, strerror(errno)); + return -1; + } + + clkid = get_clockid(fd); + if (CLOCK_INVALID == clkid) { + fprintf(stderr, "failed to read clock id\n"); + return -1; + } + + if (capabilities) { + if (ioctl(fd, PTP_CLOCK_GETCAPS, &caps)) { + perror("PTP_CLOCK_GETCAPS"); + } else { + printf("capabilities:\n" + " %d maximum frequency adjustment (ppb)\n" + " %d programmable alarms\n" + " %d external time stamp channels\n" + " %d programmable periodic signals\n" + " %d pulse per second\n", + caps.max_adj, + caps.n_alarm, + caps.n_ext_ts, + caps.n_per_out, + caps.pps); + } + } + + if (0x7fffffff != adjfreq) { + memset(&tx, 0, sizeof(tx)); + tx.modes = ADJ_FREQUENCY; + tx.freq = ppb_to_scaled_ppm(adjfreq); + if (clock_adjtime(clkid, &tx)) { + perror("clock_adjtime"); + } else { + puts("frequency adjustment okay"); + } + } + + if (adjtime) { + memset(&tx, 0, sizeof(tx)); + tx.modes = ADJ_SETOFFSET; + tx.time.tv_sec = adjtime; + tx.time.tv_usec = 0; + if (clock_adjtime(clkid, &tx) < 0) { + perror("clock_adjtime"); + } else { + puts("time shift okay"); + } + } + + if (gettime) { + if (clock_gettime(clkid, &ts)) { + perror("clock_gettime"); + } else { + printf("clock time: %ld.%09ld or %s", + ts.tv_sec, ts.tv_nsec, ctime(&ts.tv_sec)); + } + } + + if (settime == 1) { + clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts); + if (clock_settime(clkid, &ts)) { + perror("clock_settime"); + } else { + puts("set time okay"); + } + } + + if (settime == 2) { + clock_gettime(clkid, &ts); + if (clock_settime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts)) { + perror("clock_settime"); + } else { + puts("set time okay"); + } + } + + if (extts) { + memset(&extts_request, 0, sizeof(extts_request)); + extts_request.index = 0; + extts_request.flags = PTP_ENABLE_FEATURE; + if (ioctl(fd, PTP_EXTTS_REQUEST, &extts_request)) { + perror("PTP_EXTTS_REQUEST"); + extts = 0; + } else { + puts("external time stamp request okay"); + } + for (; extts; extts--) { + cnt = read(fd, &event, sizeof(event)); + if (cnt != sizeof(event)) { + perror("read"); + break; + } + printf("event index %u at %lld.%09u\n", event.index, + event.t.sec, event.t.nsec); + fflush(stdout); + } + /* Disable the feature again. */ + extts_request.flags = 0; + if (ioctl(fd, PTP_EXTTS_REQUEST, &extts_request)) { + perror("PTP_EXTTS_REQUEST"); + } + } + + if (oneshot) { + install_handler(SIGALRM, handle_alarm); + /* Create a timer. */ + sigevent.sigev_notify = SIGEV_SIGNAL; + sigevent.sigev_signo = SIGALRM; + if (timer_create(clkid, &sigevent, &timerid)) { + perror("timer_create"); + return -1; + } + /* Start the timer. */ + memset(&timeout, 0, sizeof(timeout)); + timeout.it_value.tv_sec = oneshot; + if (timer_settime(timerid, 0, &timeout, NULL)) { + perror("timer_settime"); + return -1; + } + pause(); + timer_delete(timerid); + } + + if (periodic) { + install_handler(SIGALRM, handle_alarm); + /* Create a timer. */ + sigevent.sigev_notify = SIGEV_SIGNAL; + sigevent.sigev_signo = SIGALRM; + if (timer_create(clkid, &sigevent, &timerid)) { + perror("timer_create"); + return -1; + } + /* Start the timer. */ + memset(&timeout, 0, sizeof(timeout)); + timeout.it_interval.tv_sec = periodic; + timeout.it_value.tv_sec = periodic; + if (timer_settime(timerid, 0, &timeout, NULL)) { + perror("timer_settime"); + return -1; + } + while (1) { + pause(); + } + timer_delete(timerid); + } + + if (perout >= 0) { + if (clock_gettime(clkid, &ts)) { + perror("clock_gettime"); + return -1; + } + memset(&perout_request, 0, sizeof(perout_request)); + perout_request.index = 0; + perout_request.start.sec = ts.tv_sec + 2; + perout_request.start.nsec = 0; + perout_request.period.sec = 0; + perout_request.period.nsec = perout; + if (ioctl(fd, PTP_PEROUT_REQUEST, &perout_request)) { + perror("PTP_PEROUT_REQUEST"); + } else { + puts("periodic output request okay"); + } + } + + if (pps != -1) { + int enable = pps ? 1 : 0; + if (ioctl(fd, PTP_ENABLE_PPS, enable)) { + perror("PTP_ENABLE_PPS"); + } else { + puts("pps for system time request okay"); + } + } + + close(fd); + return 0; +} diff --git a/Documentation/ptp/testptp.mk b/Documentation/ptp/testptp.mk new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4ef2d97 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ptp/testptp.mk @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +# PTP 1588 clock support - User space test program +# +# Copyright (C) 2010 OMICRON electronics GmbH +# +# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or +# (at your option) any later version. +# +# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +# GNU General Public License for more details. +# +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software +# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. + +CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc +INC = -I$(KBUILD_OUTPUT)/usr/include +CFLAGS = -Wall $(INC) +LDLIBS = -lrt +PROGS = testptp + +all: $(PROGS) + +testptp: testptp.o + +clean: + rm -f testptp.o + +distclean: clean + rm -f $(PROGS) diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/virtual/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt index 9b7e190..5d0fc8b 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt @@ -1182,6 +1182,16 @@ forge.net/> and explains these in detail, as well as some other issues. + There is also a related point-to-point only "ucast" transport. + This is useful when your network does not support multicast, and + all network connections are simple point to point links. + + The full set of command line options for this transport are + + + ethn=ucast,ethernet address,remote address,listen port,remote port + + 66..66.. TTUUNN//TTAAPP wwiitthh tthhee uummll__nneett hheellppeerr diff --git a/Documentation/vm/locking b/Documentation/vm/locking index 25fadb4..f61228b 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/locking +++ b/Documentation/vm/locking @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ in some cases it is not really needed. Eg, vm_start is modified by expand_stack(), it is hard to come up with a destructive scenario without having the vmlist protection in this case. -The page_table_lock nests with the inode i_mmap_lock and the kmem cache +The page_table_lock nests with the inode i_mmap_mutex and the kmem cache c_spinlock spinlocks. This is okay, since the kmem code asks for pages after dropping c_spinlock. The page_table_lock also nests with pagecache_lock and pagemap_lru_lock spinlocks, and no code asks for memory with these locks |