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-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/isdn/README.gigaset34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/bonding.txt42
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpc5200.txt10
6 files changed, 93 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index bc693fffabe..72ae06f73ac 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -302,18 +302,6 @@ Who: ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com
302 302
303--------------------------- 303---------------------------
304 304
305What: SCTP_GET_PEER_ADDRS_NUM_OLD, SCTP_GET_PEER_ADDRS_OLD,
306 SCTP_GET_LOCAL_ADDRS_NUM_OLD, SCTP_GET_LOCAL_ADDRS_OLD
307When: June 2009
308Why: A newer version of the options have been introduced in 2005 that
309 removes the limitions of the old API. The sctp library has been
310 converted to use these new options at the same time. Any user
311 space app that directly uses the old options should convert to using
312 the new options.
313Who: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com>
314
315---------------------------
316
317What: Ability for non root users to shm_get hugetlb pages based on mlock 305What: Ability for non root users to shm_get hugetlb pages based on mlock
318 resource limits 306 resource limits
319When: 2.6.31 307When: 2.6.31
diff --git a/Documentation/isdn/README.gigaset b/Documentation/isdn/README.gigaset
index f9963103ae3..0fc9831d7ec 100644
--- a/Documentation/isdn/README.gigaset
+++ b/Documentation/isdn/README.gigaset
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ GigaSet 307x Device Driver
5 ------------ 5 ------------
61.1. Hardware 61.1. Hardware
7 -------- 7 --------
8 This release supports the connection of the Gigaset 307x/417x family of 8 This driver supports the connection of the Gigaset 307x/417x family of
9 ISDN DECT bases via Gigaset M101 Data, Gigaset M105 Data or direct USB 9 ISDN DECT bases via Gigaset M101 Data, Gigaset M105 Data or direct USB
10 connection. The following devices are reported to be compatible: 10 connection. The following devices are reported to be compatible:
11 11
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ GigaSet 307x Device Driver
33 http://gigaset307x.sourceforge.net/ 33 http://gigaset307x.sourceforge.net/
34 34
35 We had also reports from users of Gigaset M105 who could use the drivers 35 We had also reports from users of Gigaset M105 who could use the drivers
36 with SX 100 and CX 100 ISDN bases (only in unimodem mode, see section 2.4.) 36 with SX 100 and CX 100 ISDN bases (only in unimodem mode, see section 2.5.)
37 If you have another device that works with our driver, please let us know. 37 If you have another device that works with our driver, please let us know.
38 38
39 Chances of getting an USB device to work are good if the output of 39 Chances of getting an USB device to work are good if the output of
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ GigaSet 307x Device Driver
49 -------- 49 --------
50 The driver works with ISDN4linux and so can be used with any software 50 The driver works with ISDN4linux and so can be used with any software
51 which is able to use ISDN4linux for ISDN connections (voice or data). 51 which is able to use ISDN4linux for ISDN connections (voice or data).
52 CAPI4Linux support is planned but not yet available. 52 Experimental Kernel CAPI support is available as a compilation option.
53 53
54 There are some user space tools available at 54 There are some user space tools available at
55 http://sourceforge.net/projects/gigaset307x/ 55 http://sourceforge.net/projects/gigaset307x/
@@ -102,20 +102,28 @@ GigaSet 307x Device Driver
1022.3. ISDN4linux 1022.3. ISDN4linux
103 ---------- 103 ----------
104 This is the "normal" mode of operation. After loading the module you can 104 This is the "normal" mode of operation. After loading the module you can
105 set up the ISDN system just as you'd do with any ISDN card. 105 set up the ISDN system just as you'd do with any ISDN card supported by
106 Your distribution should provide some configuration utility. 106 the ISDN4Linux subsystem. Most distributions provide some configuration
107 If not, you can use some HOWTOs like 107 utility. If not, you can use some HOWTOs like
108 http://www.linuxhaven.de/dlhp/HOWTO/DE-ISDN-HOWTO-5.html 108 http://www.linuxhaven.de/dlhp/HOWTO/DE-ISDN-HOWTO-5.html
109 If this doesn't work, because you have some recent device like SX100 where 109 If this doesn't work, because you have some device like SX100 where
110 debug output (see section 3.2.) shows something like this when dialing 110 debug output (see section 3.2.) shows something like this when dialing
111 CMD Received: ERROR 111 CMD Received: ERROR
112 Available Params: 0 112 Available Params: 0
113 Connection State: 0, Response: -1 113 Connection State: 0, Response: -1
114 gigaset_process_response: resp_code -1 in ConState 0 ! 114 gigaset_process_response: resp_code -1 in ConState 0 !
115 Timeout occurred 115 Timeout occurred
116 you might need to use unimodem mode: 116 you might need to use unimodem mode. (see section 2.5.)
117 117
1182.4. Unimodem mode 1182.4. CAPI
119 ----
120 If the driver is compiled with CAPI support (kernel configuration option
121 GIGASET_CAPI, experimental) it can also be used with CAPI 2.0 kernel and
122 user space applications. ISDN4Linux is supported in this configuration
123 via the capidrv compatibility driver. The kernel module capidrv.ko must
124 be loaded explicitly ("modprobe capidrv") if needed.
125
1262.5. Unimodem mode
119 ------------- 127 -------------
120 This is needed for some devices [e.g. SX100] as they have problems with 128 This is needed for some devices [e.g. SX100] as they have problems with
121 the "normal" commands. 129 the "normal" commands.
@@ -160,7 +168,7 @@ GigaSet 307x Device Driver
160 configuration file like /etc/modprobe.conf.local, 168 configuration file like /etc/modprobe.conf.local,
161 using that should be preferred. 169 using that should be preferred.
162 170
1632.5. Call-ID (CID) mode 1712.6. Call-ID (CID) mode
164 ------------------ 172 ------------------
165 Call-IDs are numbers used to tag commands to, and responses from, the 173 Call-IDs are numbers used to tag commands to, and responses from, the
166 Gigaset base in order to support the simultaneous handling of multiple 174 Gigaset base in order to support the simultaneous handling of multiple
@@ -188,7 +196,7 @@ GigaSet 307x Device Driver
188 You can also use /sys/class/tty/ttyGxy/cidmode for changing the CID mode 196 You can also use /sys/class/tty/ttyGxy/cidmode for changing the CID mode
189 setting (ttyGxy is ttyGU0 or ttyGB0). 197 setting (ttyGxy is ttyGU0 or ttyGB0).
190 198
1912.6. Unregistered Wireless Devices (M101/M105) 1992.7. Unregistered Wireless Devices (M101/M105)
192 ----------------------------------------- 200 -----------------------------------------
193 The main purpose of the ser_gigaset and usb_gigaset drivers is to allow 201 The main purpose of the ser_gigaset and usb_gigaset drivers is to allow
194 the M101 and M105 wireless devices to be used as ISDN devices for ISDN 202 the M101 and M105 wireless devices to be used as ISDN devices for ISDN
@@ -228,7 +236,7 @@ GigaSet 307x Device Driver
228 You have two or more DECT data adapters (M101/M105) and only the 236 You have two or more DECT data adapters (M101/M105) and only the
229 first one you turn on works. 237 first one you turn on works.
230 Solution: 238 Solution:
231 Select Unimodem mode for all DECT data adapters. (see section 2.4.) 239 Select Unimodem mode for all DECT data adapters. (see section 2.5.)
232 240
233 Problem: 241 Problem:
234 Messages like this: 242 Messages like this:
@@ -236,7 +244,7 @@ GigaSet 307x Device Driver
236 appear in your syslog. 244 appear in your syslog.
237 Solution: 245 Solution:
238 Check whether your M10x wireless device is correctly registered to the 246 Check whether your M10x wireless device is correctly registered to the
239 Gigaset base. (see section 2.6.) 247 Gigaset base. (see section 2.7.)
240 248
2413.2. Telling the driver to provide more information 2493.2. Telling the driver to provide more information
242 ---------------------------------------------- 250 ----------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 9107b387e91..52c34b4f567 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2590,6 +2590,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
2590 uart6850= [HW,OSS] 2590 uart6850= [HW,OSS]
2591 Format: <io>,<irq> 2591 Format: <io>,<irq>
2592 2592
2593 uhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
2594 Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections
2595
2593 uhci-hcd.ignore_oc= 2596 uhci-hcd.ignore_oc=
2594 [USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N). 2597 [USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N).
2595 Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of 2598 Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
index d5181ce9ff6..61f516b135b 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
1 1
2 Linux Ethernet Bonding Driver HOWTO 2 Linux Ethernet Bonding Driver HOWTO
3 3
4 Latest update: 12 November 2007 4 Latest update: 23 September 2009
5 5
6Initial release : Thomas Davis <tadavis at lbl.gov> 6Initial release : Thomas Davis <tadavis at lbl.gov>
7Corrections, HA extensions : 2000/10/03-15 : 7Corrections, HA extensions : 2000/10/03-15 :
@@ -614,6 +614,46 @@ primary
614 614
615 The primary option is only valid for active-backup mode. 615 The primary option is only valid for active-backup mode.
616 616
617primary_reselect
618
619 Specifies the reselection policy for the primary slave. This
620 affects how the primary slave is chosen to become the active slave
621 when failure of the active slave or recovery of the primary slave
622 occurs. This option is designed to prevent flip-flopping between
623 the primary slave and other slaves. Possible values are:
624
625 always or 0 (default)
626
627 The primary slave becomes the active slave whenever it
628 comes back up.
629
630 better or 1
631
632 The primary slave becomes the active slave when it comes
633 back up, if the speed and duplex of the primary slave is
634 better than the speed and duplex of the current active
635 slave.
636
637 failure or 2
638
639 The primary slave becomes the active slave only if the
640 current active slave fails and the primary slave is up.
641
642 The primary_reselect setting is ignored in two cases:
643
644 If no slaves are active, the first slave to recover is
645 made the active slave.
646
647 When initially enslaved, the primary slave is always made
648 the active slave.
649
650 Changing the primary_reselect policy via sysfs will cause an
651 immediate selection of the best active slave according to the new
652 policy. This may or may not result in a change of the active
653 slave, depending upon the circumstances.
654
655 This option was added for bonding version 3.6.0.
656
617updelay 657updelay
618 658
619 Specifies the time, in milliseconds, to wait before enabling a 659 Specifies the time, in milliseconds, to wait before enabling a
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index fbe427a6580..a0e134dd252 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -1086,6 +1086,24 @@ accept_dad - INTEGER
1086 2: Enable DAD, and disable IPv6 operation if MAC-based duplicate 1086 2: Enable DAD, and disable IPv6 operation if MAC-based duplicate
1087 link-local address has been found. 1087 link-local address has been found.
1088 1088
1089force_tllao - BOOLEAN
1090 Enable sending the target link-layer address option even when
1091 responding to a unicast neighbor solicitation.
1092 Default: FALSE
1093
1094 Quoting from RFC 2461, section 4.4, Target link-layer address:
1095
1096 "The option MUST be included for multicast solicitations in order to
1097 avoid infinite Neighbor Solicitation "recursion" when the peer node
1098 does not have a cache entry to return a Neighbor Advertisements
1099 message. When responding to unicast solicitations, the option can be
1100 omitted since the sender of the solicitation has the correct link-
1101 layer address; otherwise it would not have be able to send the unicast
1102 solicitation in the first place. However, including the link-layer
1103 address in this case adds little overhead and eliminates a potential
1104 race condition where the sender deletes the cached link-layer address
1105 prior to receiving a response to a previous solicitation."
1106
1089icmp/*: 1107icmp/*:
1090ratelimit - INTEGER 1108ratelimit - INTEGER
1091 Limit the maximal rates for sending ICMPv6 packets. 1109 Limit the maximal rates for sending ICMPv6 packets.
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpc5200.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpc5200.txt
index 8447fd7090d..cabc780f725 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpc5200.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpc5200.txt
@@ -178,3 +178,13 @@ External interrupts:
178 external irq3: interrupts = <1 3 n>; 178 external irq3: interrupts = <1 3 n>;
179'n' is sense (0: level high, 1: edge rising, 2: edge falling 3: level low) 179'n' is sense (0: level high, 1: edge rising, 2: edge falling 3: level low)
180 180
181fsl,mpc5200-mscan nodes
182-----------------------
183In addition to the required compatible-, reg- and interrupt-properites, you can
184also specify which clock source shall be used for the controller:
185
186- fsl,mscan-clock-source- a string describing the clock source. Valid values
187 are: "ip" for ip bus clock
188 "ref" for reference clock (XTAL)
189 "ref" is default in case this property is not
190 present.