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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/f71882fg | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/powerpc/hvcs.txt | 2 |
4 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl index 084f6ad..0b1a3f9 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl @@ -1922,9 +1922,12 @@ machines due to caching. <function>mutex_lock()</function> </para> <para> - There is a <function>mutex_trylock()</function> which can be - used inside interrupt context, as it will not sleep. + There is a <function>mutex_trylock()</function> which does not + sleep. Still, it must not be used inside interrupt context since + its implementation is not safe for that. <function>mutex_unlock()</function> will also never sleep. + It cannot be used in interrupt context either since a mutex + must be released by the same task that acquired it. </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/f71882fg b/Documentation/hwmon/f71882fg index 1a07fd6..a7952c2 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/f71882fg +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/f71882fg @@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ Kernel driver f71882fg ====================== Supported chips: - * Fintek F71808E - Prefix: 'f71808fg' - Addresses scanned: none, address read from Super I/O config space - Datasheet: Not public * Fintek F71858FG Prefix: 'f71858fg' Addresses scanned: none, address read from Super I/O config space diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 2c85c06..f084af0 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2629,8 +2629,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file aux-ide-disks -- unplug non-primary-master IDE devices nics -- unplug network devices all -- unplug all emulated devices (NICs and IDE disks) - ignore -- continue loading the Xen platform PCI driver even - if the version check failed + unnecessary -- unplugging emulated devices is + unnecessary even if the host did not respond to + the unplug protocol + never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA] Format: diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/hvcs.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/hvcs.txt index f93462c..6d8be34 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/hvcs.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/hvcs.txt @@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ The proper channel for reporting bugs is either through the Linux OS distribution company that provided your OS or by posting issues to the PowerPC development mailing list at: -linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org +linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org This request is to provide a documented and searchable public exchange of the problems and solutions surrounding this driver for the benefit of |