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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-03-12 20:29:17 -0400 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-03-12 20:29:17 -0400 |
commit | 3c1f67d60e2b4f4455563928999fd41cc653645d (patch) | |
tree | 0d58c145a05fb09167f1ab6882b474eccb1f3563 /Documentation | |
parent | 03d78913f01e8f6599823f00357ed17b32747d3d (diff) | |
parent | 9ead64974b05501bbac0d63a47c99fa786d064ba (diff) |
Merge branch 'linus' into core/locking
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt | 12 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ext2.txt | 10 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/lm90 | 10 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt | 35 |
7 files changed, 74 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt index 6e253407b3dc..accfe2f5247d 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt | |||
@@ -298,3 +298,15 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome! | |||
298 | 298 | ||
299 | Note that, rcu_assign_pointer() and rcu_dereference() relate to | 299 | Note that, rcu_assign_pointer() and rcu_dereference() relate to |
300 | SRCU just as they do to other forms of RCU. | 300 | SRCU just as they do to other forms of RCU. |
301 | |||
302 | 15. The whole point of call_rcu(), synchronize_rcu(), and friends | ||
303 | is to wait until all pre-existing readers have finished before | ||
304 | carrying out some otherwise-destructive operation. It is | ||
305 | therefore critically important to -first- remove any path | ||
306 | that readers can follow that could be affected by the | ||
307 | destructive operation, and -only- -then- invoke call_rcu(), | ||
308 | synchronize_rcu(), or friends. | ||
309 | |||
310 | Because these primitives only wait for pre-existing readers, | ||
311 | it is the caller's responsibility to guarantee safety to | ||
312 | any subsequent readers. | ||
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 5ddbe350487a..20d3b94703a4 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | |||
@@ -335,3 +335,12 @@ Why: In 2.6.18 the Secmark concept was introduced to replace the "compat_net" | |||
335 | Secmark, it is time to deprecate the older mechanism and start the | 335 | Secmark, it is time to deprecate the older mechanism and start the |
336 | process of removing the old code. | 336 | process of removing the old code. |
337 | Who: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com> | 337 | Who: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com> |
338 | --------------------------- | ||
339 | |||
340 | What: sysfs ui for changing p4-clockmod parameters | ||
341 | When: September 2009 | ||
342 | Why: See commits 129f8ae9b1b5be94517da76009ea956e89104ce8 and | ||
343 | e088e4c9cdb618675874becb91b2fd581ee707e6. | ||
344 | Removal is subject to fixing any remaining bugs in ACPI which may | ||
345 | cause the thermal throttling not to happen at the right time. | ||
346 | Who: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>, Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> | ||
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext2.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext2.txt index 4333e836c495..23448551cabe 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext2.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext2.txt | |||
@@ -373,10 +373,10 @@ Filesystem Resizing http://ext2resize.sourceforge.net/ | |||
373 | Compression (*) http://e2compr.sourceforge.net/ | 373 | Compression (*) http://e2compr.sourceforge.net/ |
374 | 374 | ||
375 | Implementations for: | 375 | Implementations for: |
376 | Windows 95/98/NT/2000 http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/Explore2fs.htm | 376 | Windows 95/98/NT/2000 http://www.chrysocome.net/explore2fs |
377 | Windows 95 (*) http://www.yipton.demon.co.uk/content.html#FSDEXT2 | 377 | Windows 95 (*) http://www.yipton.net/content.html#FSDEXT2 |
378 | DOS client (*) ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/ext2/ | 378 | DOS client (*) ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/ext2/ |
379 | OS/2 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/matthieu.willm/ext2-os2/ | 379 | OS/2 (*) ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/ext2/ |
380 | RISC OS client ftp://ftp.barnet.ac.uk/pub/acorn/armlinux/iscafs/ | 380 | RISC OS client http://www.esw-heim.tu-clausthal.de/~marco/smorbrod/IscaFS/ |
381 | 381 | ||
382 | (*) no longer actively developed/supported (as of Apr 2001) | 382 | (*) no longer actively developed/supported (as of Mar 2009) |
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt index 9dd2a3bb2acc..e5f3833a6ef8 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt | |||
@@ -198,5 +198,5 @@ kernel source: <file:fs/ext3/> | |||
198 | programs: http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/ | 198 | programs: http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/ |
199 | http://ext2resize.sourceforge.net | 199 | http://ext2resize.sourceforge.net |
200 | 200 | ||
201 | useful links: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-fs7/ | 201 | useful links: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-fs7.html |
202 | http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-fs8/ | 202 | http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-fs8.html |
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt index 3e79e4a7a392..b324c033035a 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt | |||
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Squashfs filesystem features versus Cramfs: | |||
22 | 22 | ||
23 | Squashfs Cramfs | 23 | Squashfs Cramfs |
24 | 24 | ||
25 | Max filesystem size: 2^64 16 MiB | 25 | Max filesystem size: 2^64 256 MiB |
26 | Max file size: ~ 2 TiB 16 MiB | 26 | Max file size: ~ 2 TiB 16 MiB |
27 | Max files: unlimited unlimited | 27 | Max files: unlimited unlimited |
28 | Max directories: unlimited unlimited | 28 | Max directories: unlimited unlimited |
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/lm90 b/Documentation/hwmon/lm90 index 0e8411710238..93d8e3d55150 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/lm90 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/lm90 | |||
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ Supported chips: | |||
42 | Addresses scanned: I2C 0x4e | 42 | Addresses scanned: I2C 0x4e |
43 | Datasheet: Publicly available at the Maxim website | 43 | Datasheet: Publicly available at the Maxim website |
44 | http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/3497 | 44 | http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/3497 |
45 | * Maxim MAX6648 | ||
46 | Prefix: 'max6646' | ||
47 | Addresses scanned: I2C 0x4c | ||
48 | Datasheet: Publicly available at the Maxim website | ||
49 | http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/3500 | ||
45 | * Maxim MAX6649 | 50 | * Maxim MAX6649 |
46 | Prefix: 'max6646' | 51 | Prefix: 'max6646' |
47 | Addresses scanned: I2C 0x4c | 52 | Addresses scanned: I2C 0x4c |
@@ -74,6 +79,11 @@ Supported chips: | |||
74 | 0x4c, 0x4d and 0x4e | 79 | 0x4c, 0x4d and 0x4e |
75 | Datasheet: Publicly available at the Maxim website | 80 | Datasheet: Publicly available at the Maxim website |
76 | http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/3370 | 81 | http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/3370 |
82 | * Maxim MAX6692 | ||
83 | Prefix: 'max6646' | ||
84 | Addresses scanned: I2C 0x4c | ||
85 | Datasheet: Publicly available at the Maxim website | ||
86 | http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/3500 | ||
77 | 87 | ||
78 | 88 | ||
79 | Author: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> | 89 | Author: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> |
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt b/Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..268e5c103dd8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt | |||
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ | |||
1 | |||
2 | Options for the ipv6 module are supplied as parameters at load time. | ||
3 | |||
4 | Module options may be given as command line arguments to the insmod | ||
5 | or modprobe command, but are usually specified in either the | ||
6 | /etc/modules.conf or /etc/modprobe.conf configuration file, or in a | ||
7 | distro-specific configuration file. | ||
8 | |||
9 | The available ipv6 module parameters are listed below. If a parameter | ||
10 | is not specified the default value is used. | ||
11 | |||
12 | The parameters are as follows: | ||
13 | |||
14 | disable | ||
15 | |||
16 | Specifies whether to load the IPv6 module, but disable all | ||
17 | its functionality. This might be used when another module | ||
18 | has a dependency on the IPv6 module being loaded, but no | ||
19 | IPv6 addresses or operations are desired. | ||
20 | |||
21 | The possible values and their effects are: | ||
22 | |||
23 | 0 | ||
24 | IPv6 is enabled. | ||
25 | |||
26 | This is the default value. | ||
27 | |||
28 | 1 | ||
29 | IPv6 is disabled. | ||
30 | |||
31 | No IPv6 addresses will be added to interfaces, and | ||
32 | it will not be possible to open an IPv6 socket. | ||
33 | |||
34 | A reboot is required to enable IPv6. | ||
35 | |||