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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-02-04 10:58:52 -0500 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-02-04 10:58:52 -0500 |
commit | f5bb3a5e9dcdb8435471562b6cada89525cf4df1 (patch) | |
tree | 7b7cf9b90bacd0e2fe07cb3387516e9243f1ab66 /Documentation | |
parent | 9853832c49dc1685587abeb4e1decd4be690d256 (diff) | |
parent | 1560a79a2c2ea0c3826150da8029991d685de990 (diff) |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial: (79 commits)
Jesper Juhl is the new trivial patches maintainer
Documentation: mention email-clients.txt in SubmittingPatches
fs/binfmt_elf.c: spello fix
do_invalidatepage() comment typo fix
Documentation/filesystems/porting fixes
typo fixes in net/core/net_namespace.c
typo fix in net/rfkill/rfkill.c
typo fixes in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
lib/: Spelling fixes
kernel/: Spelling fixes
include/scsi/: Spelling fixes
include/linux/: Spelling fixes
include/asm-m68knommu/: Spelling fixes
include/asm-frv/: Spelling fixes
fs/: Spelling fixes
drivers/watchdog/: Spelling fixes
drivers/video/: Spelling fixes
drivers/ssb/: Spelling fixes
drivers/serial/: Spelling fixes
drivers/scsi/: Spelling fixes
...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/00-INDEX | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/BUG-HUNTING | 22 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 16 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/IOBarrier | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/debugging-modules.txt | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/porting | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/frv/README.txt (renamed from Documentation/fujitsu/frv/README.txt) | 0 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/frv/atomic-ops.txt (renamed from Documentation/fujitsu/frv/atomic-ops.txt) | 0 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/frv/booting.txt (renamed from Documentation/fujitsu/frv/booting.txt) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/frv/clock.txt (renamed from Documentation/fujitsu/frv/clock.txt) | 0 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/frv/configuring.txt (renamed from Documentation/fujitsu/frv/configuring.txt) | 0 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/frv/features.txt (renamed from Documentation/fujitsu/frv/features.txt) | 0 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/frv/gdbinit (renamed from Documentation/fujitsu/frv/gdbinit) | 0 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/frv/gdbstub.txt (renamed from Documentation/fujitsu/frv/gdbstub.txt) | 0 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/frv/kernel-ABI.txt (renamed from Documentation/fujitsu/frv/kernel-ABI.txt) | 0 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/frv/mmu-layout.txt (renamed from Documentation/fujitsu/frv/mmu-layout.txt) | 0 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/initrd.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 21 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/decnet.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/smp.txt | 22 |
24 files changed, 38 insertions, 72 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX index c3014df066c4..40ac7759c3bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX | |||
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ firmware_class/ | |||
154 | - request_firmware() hotplug interface info. | 154 | - request_firmware() hotplug interface info. |
155 | floppy.txt | 155 | floppy.txt |
156 | - notes and driver options for the floppy disk driver. | 156 | - notes and driver options for the floppy disk driver. |
157 | fujitsu/ | 157 | frv/ |
158 | - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation. | 158 | - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation. |
159 | gpio.txt | 159 | gpio.txt |
160 | - overview of GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) access conventions. | 160 | - overview of GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) access conventions. |
@@ -364,8 +364,6 @@ sharedsubtree.txt | |||
364 | - a description of shared subtrees for namespaces. | 364 | - a description of shared subtrees for namespaces. |
365 | smart-config.txt | 365 | smart-config.txt |
366 | - description of the Smart Config makefile feature. | 366 | - description of the Smart Config makefile feature. |
367 | smp.txt | ||
368 | - a few notes on symmetric multi-processing. | ||
369 | sony-laptop.txt | 367 | sony-laptop.txt |
370 | - Sony Notebook Control Driver (SNC) Readme. | 368 | - Sony Notebook Control Driver (SNC) Readme. |
371 | sonypi.txt | 369 | sonypi.txt |
diff --git a/Documentation/BUG-HUNTING b/Documentation/BUG-HUNTING index 35f5bd243336..6c816751b868 100644 --- a/Documentation/BUG-HUNTING +++ b/Documentation/BUG-HUNTING | |||
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Finding it the old way | |||
53 | 53 | ||
54 | [Sat Mar 2 10:32:33 PST 1996 KERNEL_BUG-HOWTO lm@sgi.com (Larry McVoy)] | 54 | [Sat Mar 2 10:32:33 PST 1996 KERNEL_BUG-HOWTO lm@sgi.com (Larry McVoy)] |
55 | 55 | ||
56 | This is how to track down a bug if you know nothing about kernel hacking. | 56 | This is how to track down a bug if you know nothing about kernel hacking. |
57 | It's a brute force approach but it works pretty well. | 57 | It's a brute force approach but it works pretty well. |
58 | 58 | ||
59 | You need: | 59 | You need: |
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ You will then do: | |||
66 | 66 | ||
67 | . Rebuild a revision that you believe works, install, and verify that. | 67 | . Rebuild a revision that you believe works, install, and verify that. |
68 | . Do a binary search over the kernels to figure out which one | 68 | . Do a binary search over the kernels to figure out which one |
69 | introduced the bug. I.e., suppose 1.3.28 didn't have the bug, but | 69 | introduced the bug. I.e., suppose 1.3.28 didn't have the bug, but |
70 | you know that 1.3.69 does. Pick a kernel in the middle and build | 70 | you know that 1.3.69 does. Pick a kernel in the middle and build |
71 | that, like 1.3.50. Build & test; if it works, pick the mid point | 71 | that, like 1.3.50. Build & test; if it works, pick the mid point |
72 | between .50 and .69, else the mid point between .28 and .50. | 72 | between .50 and .69, else the mid point between .28 and .50. |
73 | . You'll narrow it down to the kernel that introduced the bug. You | 73 | . You'll narrow it down to the kernel that introduced the bug. You |
74 | can probably do better than this but it gets tricky. | 74 | can probably do better than this but it gets tricky. |
75 | 75 | ||
76 | . Narrow it down to a subdirectory | 76 | . Narrow it down to a subdirectory |
77 | 77 | ||
@@ -81,27 +81,27 @@ You will then do: | |||
81 | directories: | 81 | directories: |
82 | 82 | ||
83 | Copy the non-working directory next to the working directory | 83 | Copy the non-working directory next to the working directory |
84 | as "dir.63". | 84 | as "dir.63". |
85 | One directory at time, try moving the working directory to | 85 | One directory at time, try moving the working directory to |
86 | "dir.62" and mv dir.63 dir"time, try | 86 | "dir.62" and mv dir.63 dir"time, try |
87 | 87 | ||
88 | mv dir dir.62 | 88 | mv dir dir.62 |
89 | mv dir.63 dir | 89 | mv dir.63 dir |
90 | find dir -name '*.[oa]' -print | xargs rm -f | 90 | find dir -name '*.[oa]' -print | xargs rm -f |
91 | 91 | ||
92 | And then rebuild and retest. Assuming that all related | 92 | And then rebuild and retest. Assuming that all related |
93 | changes were contained in the sub directory, this should | 93 | changes were contained in the sub directory, this should |
94 | isolate the change to a directory. | 94 | isolate the change to a directory. |
95 | 95 | ||
96 | Problems: changes in header files may have occurred; I've | 96 | Problems: changes in header files may have occurred; I've |
97 | found in my case that they were self explanatory - you may | 97 | found in my case that they were self explanatory - you may |
98 | or may not want to give up when that happens. | 98 | or may not want to give up when that happens. |
99 | 99 | ||
100 | . Narrow it down to a file | 100 | . Narrow it down to a file |
101 | 101 | ||
102 | - You can apply the same technique to each file in the directory, | 102 | - You can apply the same technique to each file in the directory, |
103 | hoping that the changes in that file are self contained. | 103 | hoping that the changes in that file are self contained. |
104 | 104 | ||
105 | . Narrow it down to a routine | 105 | . Narrow it down to a routine |
106 | 106 | ||
107 | - You can take the old file and the new file and manually create | 107 | - You can take the old file and the new file and manually create |
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ You will then do: | |||
130 | that makes the difference. | 130 | that makes the difference. |
131 | 131 | ||
132 | Finally, you take all the info that you have, kernel revisions, bug | 132 | Finally, you take all the info that you have, kernel revisions, bug |
133 | description, the extent to which you have narrowed it down, and pass | 133 | description, the extent to which you have narrowed it down, and pass |
134 | that off to whomever you believe is the maintainer of that section. | 134 | that off to whomever you believe is the maintainer of that section. |
135 | A post to linux.dev.kernel isn't such a bad idea if you've done some | 135 | A post to linux.dev.kernel isn't such a bad idea if you've done some |
136 | work to narrow it down. | 136 | work to narrow it down. |
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 681e2b36195c..08a1ed1cb5d8 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches | |||
@@ -220,20 +220,8 @@ decreasing the likelihood of your MIME-attached change being accepted. | |||
220 | Exception: If your mailer is mangling patches then someone may ask | 220 | Exception: If your mailer is mangling patches then someone may ask |
221 | you to re-send them using MIME. | 221 | you to re-send them using MIME. |
222 | 222 | ||
223 | 223 | See Documentation/email-clients.txt for hints about configuring | |
224 | WARNING: Some mailers like Mozilla send your messages with | 224 | your e-mail client so that it sends your patches untouched. |
225 | ---- message header ---- | ||
226 | Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed | ||
227 | ---- message header ---- | ||
228 | The problem is that "format=flowed" makes some of the mailers | ||
229 | on receiving side to replace TABs with spaces and do similar | ||
230 | changes. Thus the patches from you can look corrupted. | ||
231 | |||
232 | To fix this just make your mozilla defaults/pref/mailnews.js file to look like: | ||
233 | pref("mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed", false); // RFC 2646======= | ||
234 | pref("mailnews.display.disable_format_flowed_support", true); | ||
235 | |||
236 | |||
237 | 225 | ||
238 | 8) E-mail size. | 226 | 8) E-mail size. |
239 | 227 | ||
diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/IOBarrier b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/IOBarrier index c0d8853672dc..2e953e228f4d 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/IOBarrier +++ b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/IOBarrier | |||
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ BARRIER IO before the access to the SMC chip because the AEN latch | |||
32 | only needs occurs after the SMC IO write cycle. The routines that | 32 | only needs occurs after the SMC IO write cycle. The routines that |
33 | implement this work-around make an additional concession which is to | 33 | implement this work-around make an additional concession which is to |
34 | disable interrupts during the IO sequence. Other hardware devices | 34 | disable interrupts during the IO sequence. Other hardware devices |
35 | (the LogicPD CPLD) have registers in the same the physical memory | 35 | (the LogicPD CPLD) have registers in the same physical memory |
36 | region as the SMC chip. An interrupt might allow an access to one of | 36 | region as the SMC chip. An interrupt might allow an access to one of |
37 | those registers while SMC IO is being performed. | 37 | those registers while SMC IO is being performed. |
38 | 38 | ||
diff --git a/Documentation/debugging-modules.txt b/Documentation/debugging-modules.txt index 24029f65fc94..172ad4aec493 100644 --- a/Documentation/debugging-modules.txt +++ b/Documentation/debugging-modules.txt | |||
@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@ echo 'echo "$@" >> /tmp/modprobe.log' >> /tmp/modprobe | |||
16 | echo 'exec /sbin/modprobe "$@"' >> /tmp/modprobe | 16 | echo 'exec /sbin/modprobe "$@"' >> /tmp/modprobe |
17 | chmod a+x /tmp/modprobe | 17 | chmod a+x /tmp/modprobe |
18 | echo /tmp/modprobe > /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe | 18 | echo /tmp/modprobe > /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe |
19 | |||
20 | Note that the above applies only when the *kernel* is requesting | ||
21 | that the module be loaded -- it won't have any effect if that module | ||
22 | is being loaded explicitly using "modprobe" from userspace. | ||
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt index d1b98257d000..44c97e6accb2 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt | |||
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ more explicit to have a method whereby userspace sees this divergence. | |||
377 | Rather than have a group where some items behave differently than | 377 | Rather than have a group where some items behave differently than |
378 | others, configfs provides a method whereby one or many subgroups are | 378 | others, configfs provides a method whereby one or many subgroups are |
379 | automatically created inside the parent at its creation. Thus, | 379 | automatically created inside the parent at its creation. Thus, |
380 | mkdir("parent) results in "parent", "parent/subgroup1", up through | 380 | mkdir("parent") results in "parent", "parent/subgroup1", up through |
381 | "parent/subgroupN". Items of type 1 can now be created in | 381 | "parent/subgroupN". Items of type 1 can now be created in |
382 | "parent/subgroup1", and items of type N can be created in | 382 | "parent/subgroup1", and items of type N can be created in |
383 | "parent/subgroupN". | 383 | "parent/subgroupN". |
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting index dac45c92d872..0f33c77bc14b 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting | |||
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ | |||
1 | Changes since 2.5.0: | 1 | Changes since 2.5.0: |
2 | 2 | ||
3 | --- | 3 | --- |
4 | [recommended] | 4 | [recommended] |
5 | 5 | ||
6 | New helpers: sb_bread(), sb_getblk(), sb_find_get_block(), set_bh(), | 6 | New helpers: sb_bread(), sb_getblk(), sb_find_get_block(), set_bh(), |
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Use them. | |||
10 | 10 | ||
11 | (sb_find_get_block() replaces 2.4's get_hash_table()) | 11 | (sb_find_get_block() replaces 2.4's get_hash_table()) |
12 | 12 | ||
13 | --- | 13 | --- |
14 | [recommended] | 14 | [recommended] |
15 | 15 | ||
16 | New methods: ->alloc_inode() and ->destroy_inode(). | 16 | New methods: ->alloc_inode() and ->destroy_inode(). |
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Declare | |||
28 | 28 | ||
29 | Use FOO_I(inode) instead of &inode->u.foo_inode_i; | 29 | Use FOO_I(inode) instead of &inode->u.foo_inode_i; |
30 | 30 | ||
31 | Add foo_alloc_inode() and foo_destory_inode() - the former should allocate | 31 | Add foo_alloc_inode() and foo_destroy_inode() - the former should allocate |
32 | foo_inode_info and return the address of ->vfs_inode, the latter should free | 32 | foo_inode_info and return the address of ->vfs_inode, the latter should free |
33 | FOO_I(inode) (see in-tree filesystems for examples). | 33 | FOO_I(inode) (see in-tree filesystems for examples). |
34 | 34 | ||
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index 194c8f351320..0b1b0c008613 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | |||
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ Table 1-3: Contents of the stat files (as of 2.6.22-rc3) | |||
216 | priority priority level | 216 | priority priority level |
217 | nice nice level | 217 | nice nice level |
218 | num_threads number of threads | 218 | num_threads number of threads |
219 | it_real_value (obsolete, always 0) | ||
219 | start_time time the process started after system boot | 220 | start_time time the process started after system boot |
220 | vsize virtual memory size | 221 | vsize virtual memory size |
221 | rss resident set memory size | 222 | rss resident set memory size |
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt index 339c6a4f220e..7be232b44ee4 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt | |||
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ All this differs from the old initrd in several ways: | |||
118 | with the new root (cd /newmount; mount --move . /; chroot .), attach | 118 | with the new root (cd /newmount; mount --move . /; chroot .), attach |
119 | stdin/stdout/stderr to the new /dev/console, and exec the new init. | 119 | stdin/stdout/stderr to the new /dev/console, and exec the new init. |
120 | 120 | ||
121 | Since this is a remarkably persnickity process (and involves deleting | 121 | Since this is a remarkably persnickety process (and involves deleting |
122 | commands before you can run them), the klibc package introduced a helper | 122 | commands before you can run them), the klibc package introduced a helper |
123 | program (utils/run_init.c) to do all this for you. Most other packages | 123 | program (utils/run_init.c) to do all this for you. Most other packages |
124 | (such as busybox) have named this command "switch_root". | 124 | (such as busybox) have named this command "switch_root". |
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt index 18d23f9a18c7..094f2d2f38b1 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt | |||
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ close() decrements the channel buffer's refcount. When the refcount | |||
140 | In order for a user application to make use of relay files, the | 140 | In order for a user application to make use of relay files, the |
141 | host filesystem must be mounted. For example, | 141 | host filesystem must be mounted. For example, |
142 | 142 | ||
143 | mount -t debugfs debugfs /debug | 143 | mount -t debugfs debugfs /sys/kernel/debug |
144 | 144 | ||
145 | NOTE: the host filesystem doesn't need to be mounted for kernel | 145 | NOTE: the host filesystem doesn't need to be mounted for kernel |
146 | clients to create or use channels - it only needs to be | 146 | clients to create or use channels - it only needs to be |
diff --git a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/README.txt b/Documentation/frv/README.txt index a984faa968e8..a984faa968e8 100644 --- a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/README.txt +++ b/Documentation/frv/README.txt | |||
diff --git a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/atomic-ops.txt b/Documentation/frv/atomic-ops.txt index 96638e9b9fe0..96638e9b9fe0 100644 --- a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/atomic-ops.txt +++ b/Documentation/frv/atomic-ops.txt | |||
diff --git a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/booting.txt b/Documentation/frv/booting.txt index 4e229056ef22..ace200b7c214 100644 --- a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/booting.txt +++ b/Documentation/frv/booting.txt | |||
@@ -177,5 +177,5 @@ separated by spaces: | |||
177 | (*) vdc=... | 177 | (*) vdc=... |
178 | 178 | ||
179 | This option configures the MB93493 companion chip visual display | 179 | This option configures the MB93493 companion chip visual display |
180 | driver. Please see Documentation/fujitsu/mb93493/vdc.txt for more | 180 | driver. Please see Documentation/frv/mb93493/vdc.txt for more |
181 | information. | 181 | information. |
diff --git a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/clock.txt b/Documentation/frv/clock.txt index c72d350e177a..c72d350e177a 100644 --- a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/clock.txt +++ b/Documentation/frv/clock.txt | |||
diff --git a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/configuring.txt b/Documentation/frv/configuring.txt index 36e76a2336fa..36e76a2336fa 100644 --- a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/configuring.txt +++ b/Documentation/frv/configuring.txt | |||
diff --git a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/features.txt b/Documentation/frv/features.txt index fa20c0e72833..fa20c0e72833 100644 --- a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/features.txt +++ b/Documentation/frv/features.txt | |||
diff --git a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/gdbinit b/Documentation/frv/gdbinit index 51517b6f307f..51517b6f307f 100644 --- a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/gdbinit +++ b/Documentation/frv/gdbinit | |||
diff --git a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/gdbstub.txt b/Documentation/frv/gdbstub.txt index b92bfd902a4e..b92bfd902a4e 100644 --- a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/gdbstub.txt +++ b/Documentation/frv/gdbstub.txt | |||
diff --git a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/kernel-ABI.txt b/Documentation/frv/kernel-ABI.txt index aaa1cec86f0b..aaa1cec86f0b 100644 --- a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/kernel-ABI.txt +++ b/Documentation/frv/kernel-ABI.txt | |||
diff --git a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/mmu-layout.txt b/Documentation/frv/mmu-layout.txt index db10250df6be..db10250df6be 100644 --- a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/mmu-layout.txt +++ b/Documentation/frv/mmu-layout.txt | |||
diff --git a/Documentation/initrd.txt b/Documentation/initrd.txt index 74f68b35f7c1..1ba84f3584e3 100644 --- a/Documentation/initrd.txt +++ b/Documentation/initrd.txt | |||
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ involve special block devices or loopbacks; you merely create a directory on | |||
85 | disk with the desired initrd content, cd to that directory, and run (as an | 85 | disk with the desired initrd content, cd to that directory, and run (as an |
86 | example): | 86 | example): |
87 | 87 | ||
88 | find . | cpio --quiet -c -o | gzip -9 -n > /boot/imagefile.img | 88 | find . | cpio --quiet -H newc -o | gzip -9 -n > /boot/imagefile.img |
89 | 89 | ||
90 | Examining the contents of an existing image file is just as simple: | 90 | Examining the contents of an existing image file is just as simple: |
91 | 91 | ||
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index cf3868956f1e..9ad4e6fc56fd 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |||
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
549 | 1 will print _a lot_ more information - normally | 549 | 1 will print _a lot_ more information - normally |
550 | only useful to kernel developers. | 550 | only useful to kernel developers. |
551 | 551 | ||
552 | decnet= [HW,NET] | 552 | decnet.addr= [HW,NET] |
553 | Format: <area>[,<node>] | 553 | Format: <area>[,<node>] |
554 | See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt. | 554 | See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt. |
555 | 555 | ||
@@ -1561,14 +1561,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
1561 | ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes | 1561 | ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes |
1562 | See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. | 1562 | See Documentation/ramdisk.txt. |
1563 | 1563 | ||
1564 | rcu.blimit= [KNL,BOOT] Set maximum number of finished | 1564 | rcupdate.blimit= [KNL,BOOT] |
1565 | RCU callbacks to process in one batch. | 1565 | Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to process |
1566 | in one batch. | ||
1566 | 1567 | ||
1567 | rcu.qhimark= [KNL,BOOT] Set threshold of queued | 1568 | rcupdate.qhimark= [KNL,BOOT] |
1569 | Set threshold of queued | ||
1568 | RCU callbacks over which batch limiting is disabled. | 1570 | RCU callbacks over which batch limiting is disabled. |
1569 | 1571 | ||
1570 | rcu.qlowmark= [KNL,BOOT] Set threshold of queued | 1572 | rcupdate.qlowmark= [KNL,BOOT] |
1571 | RCU callbacks below which batch limiting is re-enabled. | 1573 | Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which |
1574 | batch limiting is re-enabled. | ||
1572 | 1575 | ||
1573 | rdinit= [KNL] | 1576 | rdinit= [KNL] |
1574 | Format: <full_path> | 1577 | Format: <full_path> |
@@ -1888,9 +1891,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
1888 | st= [HW,SCSI] SCSI tape parameters (buffers, etc.) | 1891 | st= [HW,SCSI] SCSI tape parameters (buffers, etc.) |
1889 | See Documentation/scsi/st.txt. | 1892 | See Documentation/scsi/st.txt. |
1890 | 1893 | ||
1891 | st0x= [HW,SCSI] | ||
1892 | See header of drivers/scsi/seagate.c. | ||
1893 | |||
1894 | sti= [PARISC,HW] | 1894 | sti= [PARISC,HW] |
1895 | Format: <num> | 1895 | Format: <num> |
1896 | Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC | 1896 | Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC |
@@ -1975,9 +1975,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file | |||
1975 | tipar.delay= [HW,PPT] | 1975 | tipar.delay= [HW,PPT] |
1976 | Set inter-bit delay in microseconds (default 10). | 1976 | Set inter-bit delay in microseconds (default 10). |
1977 | 1977 | ||
1978 | tmc8xx= [HW,SCSI] | ||
1979 | See header of drivers/scsi/seagate.c. | ||
1980 | |||
1981 | tmscsim= [HW,SCSI] | 1978 | tmscsim= [HW,SCSI] |
1982 | See comment before function dc390_setup() in | 1979 | See comment before function dc390_setup() in |
1983 | drivers/scsi/tmscsim.c. | 1980 | drivers/scsi/tmscsim.c. |
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/decnet.txt b/Documentation/networking/decnet.txt index badb7480ea62..d8968958d839 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/decnet.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/decnet.txt | |||
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ operation of the local communications in any other way though. | |||
60 | 60 | ||
61 | The kernel command line takes options looking like the following: | 61 | The kernel command line takes options looking like the following: |
62 | 62 | ||
63 | decnet=1,2 | 63 | decnet.addr=1,2 |
64 | 64 | ||
65 | the two numbers are the node address 1,2 = 1.2 For 2.2.xx kernels | 65 | the two numbers are the node address 1,2 = 1.2 For 2.2.xx kernels |
66 | and early 2.3.xx kernels, you must use a comma when specifying the | 66 | and early 2.3.xx kernels, you must use a comma when specifying the |
diff --git a/Documentation/smp.txt b/Documentation/smp.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 82fc50b6305d..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/smp.txt +++ /dev/null | |||
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@ | |||
1 | To set up SMP | ||
2 | |||
3 | Configure the kernel and answer Y to CONFIG_SMP. | ||
4 | |||
5 | If you are using LILO, it is handy to have both SMP and non-SMP | ||
6 | kernel images on hand. Edit /etc/lilo.conf to create an entry | ||
7 | for another kernel image called "linux-smp" or something. | ||
8 | |||
9 | The next time you compile the kernel, when running a SMP kernel, | ||
10 | edit linux/Makefile and change "MAKE=make" to "MAKE=make -jN" | ||
11 | (where N = number of CPU + 1, or if you have tons of memory/swap | ||
12 | you can just use "-j" without a number). Feel free to experiment | ||
13 | with this one. | ||
14 | |||
15 | Of course you should time how long each build takes :-) | ||
16 | Example: | ||
17 | make config | ||
18 | time -v sh -c 'make clean install modules modules_install' | ||
19 | |||
20 | If you are using some Compaq MP compliant machines you will need to set | ||
21 | the operating system in the BIOS settings to "Unixware" - don't ask me | ||
22 | why Compaqs don't work otherwise. | ||