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authorJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>2006-02-23 21:16:27 -0500
committerJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>2006-02-23 21:16:27 -0500
commit7b0386921db20add25afd8678ed34a9253e512fc (patch)
tree8c6b888b76211e38e6c1c3006553dc4b2b24c75e /Documentation
parentc5580a7ecb859c6821dd761c95fa150ec7695ae1 (diff)
parent22fe472cb430ce45c4fb9b6d13060dd724d6dbc8 (diff)
Merge branch 'upstream-fixes'
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/v9fs.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt10
5 files changed, 48 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
index e71bc6cbbc5e..57a09f99ecb0 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
@@ -46,10 +46,12 @@ maxcpus=n Restrict boot time cpus to n. Say if you have 4 cpus, using
46 maxcpus=2 will only boot 2. You can choose to bring the 46 maxcpus=2 will only boot 2. You can choose to bring the
47 other cpus later online, read FAQ's for more info. 47 other cpus later online, read FAQ's for more info.
48 48
49additional_cpus=n [x86_64, s390 only] use this to limit hotpluggable cpus. 49additional_cpus*=n Use this to limit hotpluggable cpus. This option sets
50 This option sets
51 cpu_possible_map = cpu_present_map + additional_cpus 50 cpu_possible_map = cpu_present_map + additional_cpus
52 51
52(*) Option valid only for following architectures
53- x86_64, ia64, s390
54
53ia64 and x86_64 use the number of disabled local apics in ACPI tables MADT 55ia64 and x86_64 use the number of disabled local apics in ACPI tables MADT
54to determine the number of potentially hot-pluggable cpus. The implementation 56to determine the number of potentially hot-pluggable cpus. The implementation
55should only rely on this to count the #of cpus, but *MUST* not rely on the 57should only rely on this to count the #of cpus, but *MUST* not rely on the
@@ -57,6 +59,9 @@ apicid values in those tables for disabled apics. In the event BIOS doesnt
57mark such hot-pluggable cpus as disabled entries, one could use this 59mark such hot-pluggable cpus as disabled entries, one could use this
58parameter "additional_cpus=x" to represent those cpus in the cpu_possible_map. 60parameter "additional_cpus=x" to represent those cpus in the cpu_possible_map.
59 61
62s390 uses the number of cpus it detects at IPL time to also the number of bits
63in cpu_possible_map. If it is desired to add additional cpus at a later time
64the number should be specified using this option or the possible_cpus option.
60 65
61possible_cpus=n [s390 only] use this to set hotpluggable cpus. 66possible_cpus=n [s390 only] use this to set hotpluggable cpus.
62 This option sets possible_cpus bits in 67 This option sets possible_cpus bits in
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 79f0ed9f60de..975e14e150ae 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -178,3 +178,12 @@ Why: The ISA interface is faster and should be always available. The I2C
178 probing is also known to cause trouble in at least one case (see 178 probing is also known to cause trouble in at least one case (see
179 bug #5889.) 179 bug #5889.)
180Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> 180Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
181
182---------------------------
183
184What: mount/umount uevents
185When: February 2007
186Why: These events are not correct, and do not properly let userspace know
187 when a file system has been mounted or unmounted. Userspace should
188 poll the /proc/mounts file instead to detect this properly.
189Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt
index dbe4d87d2615..8a155418c705 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt
@@ -79,15 +79,18 @@ that instance in a system with many cpus making intensive use of it.
79 79
80 80
81tmpfs has a mount option to set the NUMA memory allocation policy for 81tmpfs has a mount option to set the NUMA memory allocation policy for
82all files in that instance: 82all files in that instance (if CONFIG_NUMA is enabled) - which can be
83mpol=interleave prefers to allocate memory from each node in turn 83adjusted on the fly via 'mount -o remount ...'
84mpol=default prefers to allocate memory from the local node
85mpol=bind prefers to allocate from mpol_nodelist
86mpol=preferred prefers to allocate from first node in mpol_nodelist
87 84
88The following mount option is used in conjunction with mpol=interleave, 85mpol=default prefers to allocate memory from the local node
89mpol=bind or mpol=preferred: 86mpol=prefer:Node prefers to allocate memory from the given Node
90mpol_nodelist: nodelist suitable for parsing with nodelist_parse. 87mpol=bind:NodeList allocates memory only from nodes in NodeList
88mpol=interleave prefers to allocate from each node in turn
89mpol=interleave:NodeList allocates from each node of NodeList in turn
90
91NodeList format is a comma-separated list of decimal numbers and ranges,
92a range being two hyphen-separated decimal numbers, the smallest and
93largest node numbers in the range. For example, mpol=bind:0-3,5,7,9-15
91 94
92 95
93To specify the initial root directory you can use the following mount 96To specify the initial root directory you can use the following mount
@@ -109,4 +112,4 @@ RAM/SWAP in 10240 inodes and it is only accessible by root.
109Author: 112Author:
110 Christoph Rohland <cr@sap.com>, 1.12.01 113 Christoph Rohland <cr@sap.com>, 1.12.01
111Updated: 114Updated:
112 Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>, 13 March 2005 115 Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>, 19 February 2006
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/v9fs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/v9fs.txt
index 4e92feb6b507..24c7a9c41f0d 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/v9fs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/v9fs.txt
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ OPTIONS
57 57
58 port=n port to connect to on the remote server 58 port=n port to connect to on the remote server
59 59
60 timeout=n request timeouts (in ms) (default 60000ms)
61
62 noextend force legacy mode (no 9P2000.u semantics) 60 noextend force legacy mode (no 9P2000.u semantics)
63 61
64 uid attempt to mount as a particular uid 62 uid attempt to mount as a particular uid
@@ -74,10 +72,16 @@ OPTIONS
74RESOURCES 72RESOURCES
75========= 73=========
76 74
77The Linux version of the 9P server, along with some client-side utilities 75The Linux version of the 9P server is now maintained under the npfs project
78can be found at http://v9fs.sf.net (along with a CVS repository of the 76on sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/npfs).
79development branch of this module). There are user and developer mailing 77
80lists here, as well as a bug-tracker. 78There are user and developer mailing lists available through the v9fs project
79on sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/v9fs).
80
81News and other information is maintained on SWiK (http://swik.net/v9fs).
82
83Bug reports may be issued through the kernel.org bugzilla
84(http://bugzilla.kernel.org)
81 85
82For more information on the Plan 9 Operating System check out 86For more information on the Plan 9 Operating System check out
83http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9 87http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 9f11d36a8c10..b0c7ab93dcb9 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ before actually making adjustments.
16 16
17Currently, these files might (depending on your configuration) 17Currently, these files might (depending on your configuration)
18show up in /proc/sys/kernel: 18show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
19- acpi_video_flags
19- acct 20- acct
20- core_pattern 21- core_pattern
21- core_uses_pid 22- core_uses_pid
@@ -57,6 +58,15 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
57 58
58============================================================== 59==============================================================
59 60
61acpi_video_flags:
62
63flags
64
65See Doc*/kernel/power/video.txt, it allows mode of video boot to be
66set during run time.
67
68==============================================================
69
60acct: 70acct:
61 71
62highwater lowwater frequency 72highwater lowwater frequency