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-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/SubmittingPatches10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devices.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/infiniband/ipoib.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/initrd.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/usb/usb-help.txt3
13 files changed, 69 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
index 1ae4dc0fd856..f8fe882e33dc 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@
59!Iinclude/linux/hrtimer.h 59!Iinclude/linux/hrtimer.h
60!Ekernel/hrtimer.c 60!Ekernel/hrtimer.c
61 </sect1> 61 </sect1>
62 <sect1><title>Workqueues and Kevents</title>
63!Ekernel/workqueue.c
64 </sect1>
62 <sect1><title>Internal Functions</title> 65 <sect1><title>Internal Functions</title>
63!Ikernel/exit.c 66!Ikernel/exit.c
64!Ikernel/signal.c 67!Ikernel/signal.c
@@ -300,7 +303,7 @@ X!Ekernel/module.c
300 </sect1> 303 </sect1>
301 304
302 <sect1><title>Resources Management</title> 305 <sect1><title>Resources Management</title>
303!Ekernel/resource.c 306!Ikernel/resource.c
304 </sect1> 307 </sect1>
305 308
306 <sect1><title>MTRR Handling</title> 309 <sect1><title>MTRR Handling</title>
@@ -312,9 +315,7 @@ X!Ekernel/module.c
312!Edrivers/pci/pci-driver.c 315!Edrivers/pci/pci-driver.c
313!Edrivers/pci/remove.c 316!Edrivers/pci/remove.c
314!Edrivers/pci/pci-acpi.c 317!Edrivers/pci/pci-acpi.c
315<!-- kerneldoc does not understand __devinit 318!Edrivers/pci/search.c
316X!Edrivers/pci/search.c
317 -->
318!Edrivers/pci/msi.c 319!Edrivers/pci/msi.c
319!Edrivers/pci/bus.c 320!Edrivers/pci/bus.c
320<!-- FIXME: Removed for now since no structured comments in source 321<!-- FIXME: Removed for now since no structured comments in source
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index c2c85bcb3d43..2cd7f02ffd0b 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ kernel, the process can sometimes be daunting if you're not familiar
10with "the system." This text is a collection of suggestions which 10with "the system." This text is a collection of suggestions which
11can greatly increase the chances of your change being accepted. 11can greatly increase the chances of your change being accepted.
12 12
13If you are submitting a driver, also read Documentation/SubmittingDrivers. 13Read Documentation/SubmitChecklist for a list of items to check
14before submitting code. If you are submitting a driver, also read
15Documentation/SubmittingDrivers.
14 16
15 17
16 18
@@ -74,9 +76,6 @@ There are a number of scripts which can aid in this:
74Quilt: 76Quilt:
75http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt 77http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
76 78
77Randy Dunlap's patch scripts:
78http://www.xenotime.net/linux/scripts/patching-scripts-002.tar.gz
79
80Andrew Morton's patch scripts: 79Andrew Morton's patch scripts:
81http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/ 80http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/
82Instead of these scripts, quilt is the recommended patch management 81Instead of these scripts, quilt is the recommended patch management
@@ -484,7 +483,7 @@ Greg Kroah-Hartman "How to piss off a kernel subsystem maintainer".
484 <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/10/19/> 483 <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/10/19/>
485 <http://www.kroah.com/log/2006/01/11/> 484 <http://www.kroah.com/log/2006/01/11/>
486 485
487NO!!!! No more huge patch bombs to linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org people!. 486NO!!!! No more huge patch bombs to linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org people!
488 <http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112112749912944&w=2> 487 <http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112112749912944&w=2>
489 488
490Kernel Documentation/CodingStyle 489Kernel Documentation/CodingStyle
@@ -493,4 +492,3 @@ Kernel Documentation/CodingStyle
493Linus Torvald's mail on the canonical patch format: 492Linus Torvald's mail on the canonical patch format:
494 <http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/7/183> 493 <http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/7/183>
495-- 494--
496Last updated on 17 Nov 2005.
diff --git a/Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.txt b/Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.txt
index be215e58423b..1443cd71d263 100644
--- a/Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.txt
+++ b/Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.txt
@@ -64,11 +64,13 @@ Compile the kernel with
64 CONFIG_TASK_DELAY_ACCT=y 64 CONFIG_TASK_DELAY_ACCT=y
65 CONFIG_TASKSTATS=y 65 CONFIG_TASKSTATS=y
66 66
67Enable the accounting at boot time by adding 67Delay accounting is enabled by default at boot up.
68the following to the kernel boot options 68To disable, add
69 delayacct 69 nodelayacct
70to the kernel boot options. The rest of the instructions
71below assume this has not been done.
70 72
71and after the system has booted up, use a utility 73After the system has booted up, use a utility
72similar to getdelays.c to access the delays 74similar to getdelays.c to access the delays
73seen by a given task or a task group (tgid). 75seen by a given task or a task group (tgid).
74The utility also allows a given command to be 76The utility also allows a given command to be
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt
index 7fedc00c3d30..555c8cf3650a 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt
@@ -153,10 +153,13 @@ scaling_governor, and by "echoing" the name of another
153 that some governors won't load - they only 153 that some governors won't load - they only
154 work on some specific architectures or 154 work on some specific architectures or
155 processors. 155 processors.
156scaling_min_freq and 156scaling_min_freq and
157scaling_max_freq show the current "policy limits" (in 157scaling_max_freq show the current "policy limits" (in
158 kHz). By echoing new values into these 158 kHz). By echoing new values into these
159 files, you can change these limits. 159 files, you can change these limits.
160 NOTE: when setting a policy you need to
161 first set scaling_max_freq, then
162 scaling_min_freq.
160 163
161 164
162If you have selected the "userspace" governor which allows you to 165If you have selected the "userspace" governor which allows you to
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
index 1bcf69996c9d..bc107cb157a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
@@ -251,16 +251,24 @@ A: This is what you would need in your kernel code to receive notifications.
251 return NOTIFY_OK; 251 return NOTIFY_OK;
252 } 252 }
253 253
254 static struct notifier_block foobar_cpu_notifer = 254 static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata foobar_cpu_notifer =
255 { 255 {
256 .notifier_call = foobar_cpu_callback, 256 .notifier_call = foobar_cpu_callback,
257 }; 257 };
258 258
259You need to call register_cpu_notifier() from your init function.
260Init functions could be of two types:
2611. early init (init function called when only the boot processor is online).
2622. late init (init function called _after_ all the CPUs are online).
259 263
260In your init function, 264For the first case, you should add the following to your init function
261 265
262 register_cpu_notifier(&foobar_cpu_notifier); 266 register_cpu_notifier(&foobar_cpu_notifier);
263 267
268For the second case, you should add the following to your init function
269
270 register_hotcpu_notifier(&foobar_cpu_notifier);
271
264You can fail PREPARE notifiers if something doesn't work to prepare resources. 272You can fail PREPARE notifiers if something doesn't work to prepare resources.
265This will stop the activity and send a following CANCELED event back. 273This will stop the activity and send a following CANCELED event back.
266 274
diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt
index 4aaf68fafebe..66c725f530f3 100644
--- a/Documentation/devices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devices.txt
@@ -2565,10 +2565,10 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
2565 243 = /dev/usb/dabusb3 Fourth dabusb device 2565 243 = /dev/usb/dabusb3 Fourth dabusb device
2566 2566
2567180 block USB block devices 2567180 block USB block devices
2568 0 = /dev/uba First USB block device 2568 0 = /dev/uba First USB block device
2569 8 = /dev/ubb Second USB block device 2569 8 = /dev/ubb Second USB block device
2570 16 = /dev/ubc Thrid USB block device 2570 16 = /dev/ubc Third USB block device
2571 ... 2571 ...
2572 2572
2573181 char Conrad Electronic parallel port radio clocks 2573181 char Conrad Electronic parallel port radio clocks
2574 0 = /dev/pcfclock0 First Conrad radio clock 2574 0 = /dev/pcfclock0 First Conrad radio clock
diff --git a/Documentation/infiniband/ipoib.txt b/Documentation/infiniband/ipoib.txt
index 187035560d7f..864ff3283780 100644
--- a/Documentation/infiniband/ipoib.txt
+++ b/Documentation/infiniband/ipoib.txt
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ Debugging Information
51 51
52References 52References
53 53
54 IETF IP over InfiniBand (ipoib) Working Group
55 http://ietf.org/html.charters/ipoib-charter.html
56 Transmission of IP over InfiniBand (IPoIB) (RFC 4391) 54 Transmission of IP over InfiniBand (IPoIB) (RFC 4391)
57 http://ietf.org/rfc/rfc4391.txt 55 http://ietf.org/rfc/rfc4391.txt
58 IP over InfiniBand (IPoIB) Architecture (RFC 4392) 56 IP over InfiniBand (IPoIB) Architecture (RFC 4392)
diff --git a/Documentation/initrd.txt b/Documentation/initrd.txt
index b1b6440237a6..15f1b35deb34 100644
--- a/Documentation/initrd.txt
+++ b/Documentation/initrd.txt
@@ -72,6 +72,22 @@ initrd adds the following new options:
72 initrd is mounted as root, and the normal boot procedure is followed, 72 initrd is mounted as root, and the normal boot procedure is followed,
73 with the RAM disk still mounted as root. 73 with the RAM disk still mounted as root.
74 74
75Compressed cpio images
76----------------------
77
78Recent kernels have support for populating a ramdisk from a compressed cpio
79archive, on such systems, the creation of a ramdisk image doesn't need to
80involve special block devices or loopbacks, you merely create a directory on
81disk with the desired initrd content, cd to that directory, and run (as an
82example):
83
84find . | cpio --quiet -c -o | gzip -9 -n > /boot/imagefile.img
85
86Examining the contents of an existing image file is just as simple:
87
88mkdir /tmp/imagefile
89cd /tmp/imagefile
90gzip -cd /boot/imagefile.img | cpio -imd --quiet
75 91
76Installation 92Installation
77------------ 93------------
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index 14ef3868a328..0706699c9da9 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -407,6 +407,20 @@ more details, with real examples.
407 The second argument is optional, and if supplied will be used 407 The second argument is optional, and if supplied will be used
408 if first argument is not supported. 408 if first argument is not supported.
409 409
410 ld-option
411 ld-option is used to check if $(CC) when used to link object files
412 supports the given option. An optional second option may be
413 specified if first option are not supported.
414
415 Example:
416 #arch/i386/kernel/Makefile
417 vsyscall-flags += $(call ld-option, -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=sysv)
418
419 In the above example vsyscall-flags will be assigned the option
420 -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=sysv if it is supported by $(CC).
421 The second argument is optional, and if supplied will be used
422 if first argument is not supported.
423
410 cc-option 424 cc-option
411 cc-option is used to check if $(CC) support a given option, and not 425 cc-option is used to check if $(CC) support a given option, and not
412 supported to use an optional second option. 426 supported to use an optional second option.
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index e11f7728ec6f..b50595a0550f 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -448,8 +448,6 @@ running once the system is up.
448 Format: <area>[,<node>] 448 Format: <area>[,<node>]
449 See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt. 449 See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.
450 450
451 delayacct [KNL] Enable per-task delay accounting
452
453 dhash_entries= [KNL] 451 dhash_entries= [KNL]
454 Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache. 452 Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
455 453
@@ -1031,6 +1029,8 @@ running once the system is up.
1031 1029
1032 nocache [ARM] 1030 nocache [ARM]
1033 1031
1032 nodelayacct [KNL] Disable per-task delay accounting
1033
1034 nodisconnect [HW,SCSI,M68K] Disables SCSI disconnects. 1034 nodisconnect [HW,SCSI,M68K] Disables SCSI disconnects.
1035 1035
1036 noexec [IA-64] 1036 noexec [IA-64]
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index b0c7ab93dcb9..7345c338080a 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -211,9 +211,8 @@ Controls the kernel's behaviour when an oops or BUG is encountered.
211 211
2120: try to continue operation 2120: try to continue operation
213 213
2141: delay a few seconds (to give klogd time to record the oops output) and 2141: panic immediatly. If the `panic' sysctl is also non-zero then the
215 then panic. If the `panic' sysctl is also non-zero then the machine will 215 machine will be rebooted.
216 be rebooted.
217 216
218============================================================== 217==============================================================
219 218
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt b/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt
index f86550fe38ee..22c5331260ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt
+++ b/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ bind to an interface (or perhaps several) using an ioctl call. You
59would issue more ioctls to the device to communicate to it using 59would issue more ioctls to the device to communicate to it using
60control, bulk, or other kinds of USB transfers. The IOCTLs are 60control, bulk, or other kinds of USB transfers. The IOCTLs are
61listed in the <linux/usbdevice_fs.h> file, and at this writing the 61listed in the <linux/usbdevice_fs.h> file, and at this writing the
62source code (linux/drivers/usb/devio.c) is the primary reference 62source code (linux/drivers/usb/core/devio.c) is the primary reference
63for how to access devices through those files. 63for how to access devices through those files.
64 64
65Note that since by default these BBB/DDD files are writable only by 65Note that since by default these BBB/DDD files are writable only by
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/usb-help.txt b/Documentation/usb/usb-help.txt
index b7c324973695..a7408593829f 100644
--- a/Documentation/usb/usb-help.txt
+++ b/Documentation/usb/usb-help.txt
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ For USB help other than the readme files that are located in
5Documentation/usb/*, see the following: 5Documentation/usb/*, see the following:
6 6
7Linux-USB project: http://www.linux-usb.org 7Linux-USB project: http://www.linux-usb.org
8 mirrors at http://www.suse.cz/development/linux-usb/ 8 mirrors at http://usb.in.tum.de/linux-usb/
9 and http://usb.in.tum.de/linux-usb/
10 and http://it.linux-usb.org 9 and http://it.linux-usb.org
11Linux USB Guide: http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net 10Linux USB Guide: http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net
12Linux-USB device overview (working devices and drivers): 11Linux-USB device overview (working devices and drivers):