7 files changed, 128 insertions, 107 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
index 7d87dd73cbe4..5a2882d275ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This makefile is used to generate the kernel documentation,
 # primarily based on in-line comments in various source files.
 # See Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt for instruction in how
-# to ducument the SRC - and how to read it.
+# to document the SRC - and how to read it.
 # To add a new book the only step required is to add the book to the
 # list of DOCBOOKS.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
index 8c9c6704e85b..ca02e04a906c 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
@@ -322,7 +322,6 @@ X!Earch/i386/kernel/mca.c
   <chapter id="sysfs">
      <title>The Filesystem for Exporting Kernel Objects</title>
 !Efs/sysfs/file.c
-!Efs/sysfs/dir.c
 !Efs/sysfs/symlink.c
 !Efs/sysfs/bin.c
   </chapter>
diff --git a/Documentation/acpi-hotkey.txt b/Documentation/acpi-hotkey.txt
index 744f1aec6553..38040fa37649 100644
--- a/Documentation/acpi-hotkey.txt
+++ b/Documentation/acpi-hotkey.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ specific hotkey(event))
 echo "event_num:event_type:event_argument" > 
         /proc/acpi/hotkey/action.
 The result of the execution of this aml method is 
-attached to /proc/acpi/hotkey/poll_method, which is dnyamically
+attached to /proc/acpi/hotkey/poll_method, which is dynamically
 created.  Please use command "cat /proc/acpi/hotkey/polling_method" 
 to retrieve it.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/kernel-ABI.txt b/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/kernel-ABI.txt
index 0ed9b0a779bc..8b0a5fc8bfd9 100644
--- a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/kernel-ABI.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/kernel-ABI.txt
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
-                                 =================================
-                                 INTERNAL KERNEL ABI FOR FR-V ARCH
-                                 =================================
-
-The internal FRV kernel ABI is not quite the same as the userspace ABI. A number of the registers
-are used for special purposed, and the ABI is not consistent between modules vs core, and MMU vs
-no-MMU.
-
-This partly stems from the fact that FRV CPUs do not have a separate supervisor stack pointer, and
-most of them do not have any scratch registers, thus requiring at least one general purpose
-register to be clobbered in such an event. Also, within the kernel core, it is possible to simply
-jump or call directly between functions using a relative offset. This cannot be extended to modules
-for the displacement is likely to be too far. Thus in modules the address of a function to call
-must be calculated in a register and then used, requiring two extra instructions.
+                        =================================
+                        INTERNAL KERNEL ABI FOR FR-V ARCH
+                        =================================
+
+The internal FRV kernel ABI is not quite the same as the userspace ABI. A
+number of the registers are used for special purposed, and the ABI is not
+consistent between modules vs core, and MMU vs no-MMU.
+
+This partly stems from the fact that FRV CPUs do not have a separate
+supervisor stack pointer, and most of them do not have any scratch
+registers, thus requiring at least one general purpose register to be
+clobbered in such an event. Also, within the kernel core, it is possible to
+simply jump or call directly between functions using a relative offset.
+This cannot be extended to modules for the displacement is likely to be too
+far. Thus in modules the address of a function to call must be calculated
+in a register and then used, requiring two extra instructions.
 
 This document has the following sections:
 
@@ -39,7 +41,8 @@ When a system call is made, the following registers are effective:
 CPU OPERATING MODES
 ===================
 
-The FR-V CPU has three basic operating modes. In order of increasing capability:
+The FR-V CPU has three basic operating modes. In order of increasing
+capability:
 
   (1) User mode.
 
@@ -47,42 +50,46 @@ The FR-V CPU has three basic operating modes. In order of increasing capability:
 
   (2) Kernel mode.
 
-      Normal kernel mode. There are many additional control registers available that may be
-      accessed in this mode, in addition to all the stuff available to user mode. This has two
-      submodes:
+      Normal kernel mode. There are many additional control registers
+      available that may be accessed in this mode, in addition to all the
+      stuff available to user mode. This has two submodes:
 
       (a) Exceptions enabled (PSR.T == 1).
 
-          Exceptions will invoke the appropriate normal kernel mode handler. On entry to the
-          handler, the PSR.T bit will be cleared.
+          Exceptions will invoke the appropriate normal kernel mode
+          handler. On entry to the handler, the PSR.T bit will be cleared.
 
       (b) Exceptions disabled (PSR.T == 0).
 
-          No exceptions or interrupts may happen. Any mandatory exceptions will cause the CPU to
-          halt unless the CPU is told to jump into debug mode instead.
+          No exceptions or interrupts may happen. Any mandatory exceptions
+          will cause the CPU to halt unless the CPU is told to jump into
+          debug mode instead.
 
   (3) Debug mode.
 
-      No exceptions may happen in this mode. Memory protection and management exceptions will be
-      flagged for later consideration, but the exception handler won't be invoked. Debugging traps
-      such as hardware breakpoints and watchpoints will be ignored. This mode is entered only by
-      debugging events obtained from the other two modes.
+      No exceptions may happen in this mode. Memory protection and
+      management exceptions will be flagged for later consideration, but
+      the exception handler won't be invoked. Debugging traps such as
+      hardware breakpoints and watchpoints will be ignored. This mode is
+      entered only by debugging events obtained from the other two modes.
 
-      All kernel mode registers may be accessed, plus a few extra debugging specific registers.
+      All kernel mode registers may be accessed, plus a few extra debugging
+      specific registers.
 
 
 =================================
 INTERNAL KERNEL-MODE REGISTER ABI
 =================================
 
-There are a number of permanent register assignments that are set up by entry.S in the exception
-prologue. Note that there is a complete set of exception prologues for each of user->kernel
-transition and kernel->kernel transition. There are also user->debug and kernel->debug mode
-transition prologues.
+There are a number of permanent register assignments that are set up by
+entry.S in the exception prologue. Note that there is a complete set of
+exception prologues for each of user->kernel transition and kernel->kernel
+transition. There are also user->debug and kernel->debug mode transition
+prologues.
 
 
         REGISTER        FLAVOUR USE
-        =============== ======= ====================================================
+        =============== ======= ==============================================
         GR1                     Supervisor stack pointer
         GR15                    Current thread info pointer
         GR16                    GP-Rel base register for small data
@@ -92,10 +99,12 @@ transition prologues.
         GR31            NOMMU   Destroyed by debug mode entry
         GR31            MMU     Destroyed by TLB miss kernel mode entry
         CCR.ICC2                Virtual interrupt disablement tracking
-        CCCR.CC3                Cleared by exception prologue (atomic op emulation)
+        CCCR.CC3                Cleared by exception prologue 
+                                (atomic op emulation)
         SCR0            MMU     See mmu-layout.txt.
         SCR1            MMU     See mmu-layout.txt.
-        SCR2            MMU     Save for EAR0 (destroyed by icache insns in debug mode)
+        SCR2            MMU     Save for EAR0 (destroyed by icache insns 
+                                               in debug mode)
         SCR3            MMU     Save for GR31 during debug exceptions
         DAMR/IAMR       NOMMU   Fixed memory protection layout.
         DAMR/IAMR       MMU     See mmu-layout.txt.
@@ -104,18 +113,21 @@ transition prologues.
 Certain registers are also used or modified across function calls:
 
         REGISTER        CALL                            RETURN
-        =============== =============================== ===============================
+        =============== =============================== ======================
         GR0             Fixed Zero                      -
         GR2             Function call frame pointer
         GR3             Special                         Preserved
         GR3-GR7         -                               Clobbered
-        GR8             Function call arg #1            Return value (or clobbered)
-        GR9             Function call arg #2            Return value MSW (or clobbered)
+        GR8             Function call arg #1            Return value 
+                                                        (or clobbered)
+        GR9             Function call arg #2            Return value MSW 
+                                                        (or clobbered)
         GR10-GR13       Function call arg #3-#6         Clobbered
         GR14            -                               Clobbered
         GR15-GR16       Special                         Preserved
         GR17-GR27       -                               Preserved
-        GR28-GR31       Special                         Only accessed explicitly
+        GR28-GR31       Special                         Only accessed 
+                                                        explicitly
         LR              Return address after CALL       Clobbered
         CCR/CCCR        -                               Mostly Clobbered
 
@@ -124,46 +136,53 @@ Certain registers are also used or modified across function calls:
 INTERNAL DEBUG-MODE REGISTER ABI
 ================================
 
-This is the same as the kernel-mode register ABI for functions calls. The difference is that in
-debug-mode there's a different stack and a different exception frame. Almost all the global
-registers from kernel-mode (including the stack pointer) may be changed.
+This is the same as the kernel-mode register ABI for functions calls. The
+difference is that in debug-mode there's a different stack and a different
+exception frame. Almost all the global registers from kernel-mode
+(including the stack pointer) may be changed.
 
         REGISTER        FLAVOUR USE
-        =============== ======= ====================================================
+        =============== ======= ==============================================
         GR1                     Debug stack pointer
         GR16                    GP-Rel base register for small data
-        GR31                    Current debug exception frame pointer (__debug_frame)
+        GR31                    Current debug exception frame pointer 
+                                (__debug_frame)
         SCR3            MMU     Saved value of GR31
 
 
-Note that debug mode is able to interfere with the kernel's emulated atomic ops, so it must be
-exceedingly careful not to do any that would interact with the main kernel in this regard. Hence
-the debug mode code (gdbstub) is almost completely self-contained. The only external code used is
-the sprintf family of functions.
+Note that debug mode is able to interfere with the kernel's emulated atomic
+ops, so it must be exceedingly careful not to do any that would interact
+with the main kernel in this regard. Hence the debug mode code (gdbstub) is
+almost completely self-contained. The only external code used is the
+sprintf family of functions.
 
-Futhermore, break.S is so complicated because single-step mode does not switch off on entry to an
-exception. That means unless manually disabled, single-stepping will blithely go on stepping into
-things like interrupts. See gdbstub.txt for more information.
+Futhermore, break.S is so complicated because single-step mode does not
+switch off on entry to an exception. That means unless manually disabled,
+single-stepping will blithely go on stepping into things like interrupts.
+See gdbstub.txt for more information.
 
 
 ==========================
 VIRTUAL INTERRUPT HANDLING
 ==========================
 
-Because accesses to the PSR is so slow, and to disable interrupts we have to access it twice (once
-to read and once to write), we don't actually disable interrupts at all if we don't have to. What
-we do instead is use the ICC2 condition code flags to note virtual disablement, such that if we
-then do take an interrupt, we note the flag, really disable interrupts, set another flag and resume
-execution at the point the interrupt happened. Setting condition flags as a side effect of an
-arithmetic or logical instruction is really fast. This use of the ICC2 only occurs within the
+Because accesses to the PSR is so slow, and to disable interrupts we have
+to access it twice (once to read and once to write), we don't actually
+disable interrupts at all if we don't have to. What we do instead is use
+the ICC2 condition code flags to note virtual disablement, such that if we
+then do take an interrupt, we note the flag, really disable interrupts, set
+another flag and resume execution at the point the interrupt happened.
+Setting condition flags as a side effect of an arithmetic or logical
+instruction is really fast. This use of the ICC2 only occurs within the
 kernel - it does not affect userspace.
 
 The flags we use are:
 
  (*) CCR.ICC2.Z [Zero flag]
 
-     Set to virtually disable interrupts, clear when interrupts are virtually enabled. Can be
-     modified by logical instructions without affecting the Carry flag.
+     Set to virtually disable interrupts, clear when interrupts are
+     virtually enabled. Can be modified by logical instructions without
+     affecting the Carry flag.
 
  (*) CCR.ICC2.C [Carry flag]
 
@@ -176,8 +195,9 @@ What happens is this:
 
         ICC2.Z is 0, ICC2.C is 1.
 
- (2) An interrupt occurs. The exception prologue examines ICC2.Z and determines that nothing needs
-     doing. This is done simply with an unlikely BEQ instruction.
+ (2) An interrupt occurs. The exception prologue examines ICC2.Z and
+     determines that nothing needs doing. This is done simply with an
+     unlikely BEQ instruction.
 
  (3) The interrupts are disabled (local_irq_disable)
 
@@ -187,48 +207,56 @@ What happens is this:
 
         ICC2.Z would be set to 0.
 
-     A TIHI #2 instruction (trap #2 if condition HI - Z==0 && C==0) would be used to trap if
-     interrupts were now virtually enabled, but physically disabled - which they're not, so the
-     trap isn't taken. The kernel would then be back to state (1).
+     A TIHI #2 instruction (trap #2 if condition HI - Z==0 && C==0) would
+     be used to trap if interrupts were now virtually enabled, but
+     physically disabled - which they're not, so the trap isn't taken. The
+     kernel would then be back to state (1).
 
- (5) An interrupt occurs. The exception prologue examines ICC2.Z and determines that the interrupt
-     shouldn't actually have happened. It jumps aside, and there disabled interrupts by setting
-     PSR.PIL to 14 and then it clears ICC2.C.
+ (5) An interrupt occurs. The exception prologue examines ICC2.Z and
+     determines that the interrupt shouldn't actually have happened. It
+     jumps aside, and there disabled interrupts by setting PSR.PIL to 14
+     and then it clears ICC2.C.
 
  (6) If interrupts were then saved and disabled again (local_irq_save):
 
-        ICC2.Z would be shifted into the save variable and masked off (giving a 1).
+        ICC2.Z would be shifted into the save variable and masked off 
+        (giving a 1).
 
-        ICC2.Z would then be set to 1 (thus unchanged), and ICC2.C would be unaffected (ie: 0).
+        ICC2.Z would then be set to 1 (thus unchanged), and ICC2.C would be
+        unaffected (ie: 0).
 
  (7) If interrupts were then restored from state (6) (local_irq_restore):
 
-        ICC2.Z would be set to indicate the result of XOR'ing the saved value (ie: 1) with 1, which
-        gives a result of 0 - thus leaving ICC2.Z set.
+        ICC2.Z would be set to indicate the result of XOR'ing the saved
+        value (ie: 1) with 1, which gives a result of 0 - thus leaving
+        ICC2.Z set.
 
         ICC2.C would remain unaffected (ie: 0).
 
-     A TIHI #2 instruction would be used to again assay the current state, but this would do
-     nothing as Z==1.
+     A TIHI #2 instruction would be used to again assay the current state,
+     but this would do nothing as Z==1.
 
  (8) If interrupts were then enabled (local_irq_enable):
 
-        ICC2.Z would be cleared. ICC2.C would be left unaffected. Both flags would now be 0.
+        ICC2.Z would be cleared. ICC2.C would be left unaffected. Both
+        flags would now be 0.
 
-     A TIHI #2 instruction again issued to assay the current state would then trap as both Z==0
-     [interrupts virtually enabled] and C==0 [interrupts really disabled] would then be true.
+     A TIHI #2 instruction again issued to assay the current state would
+     then trap as both Z==0 [interrupts virtually enabled] and C==0
+     [interrupts really disabled] would then be true.
 
- (9) The trap #2 handler would simply enable hardware interrupts (set PSR.PIL to 0), set ICC2.C to
-     1 and return.
+ (9) The trap #2 handler would simply enable hardware interrupts 
+     (set PSR.PIL to 0), set ICC2.C to 1 and return.
 
 (10) Immediately upon returning, the pending interrupt would be taken.
 
-(11) The interrupt handler would take the path of actually processing the interrupt (ICC2.Z is
-     clear, BEQ fails as per step (2)).
+(11) The interrupt handler would take the path of actually processing the
+     interrupt (ICC2.Z is clear, BEQ fails as per step (2)).
 
-(12) The interrupt handler would then set ICC2.C to 1 since hardware interrupts are definitely
-     enabled - or else the kernel wouldn't be here.
+(12) The interrupt handler would then set ICC2.C to 1 since hardware
+     interrupts are definitely enabled - or else the kernel wouldn't be here.
 
 (13) On return from the interrupt handler, things would be back to state (1).
 
-This trap (#2) is only available in kernel mode. In user mode it will result in SIGILL.
+This trap (#2) is only available in kernel mode. In user mode it will
+result in SIGILL.
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index f8cb55c30b0f..b3a6187e5305 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-February 2003             Kernel Parameters                     v2.5.59
+                          Kernel Parameters
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 The following is a consolidated list of the kernel parameters as implemented
@@ -17,9 +17,17 @@ are specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus
 
         usbcore.blinkenlights=1
 
-The text in square brackets at the beginning of the description states the
-restrictions on the kernel for the said kernel parameter to be valid. The
-restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if:
+This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command
+"modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable
+module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also
+reveal their parameters in /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/. Some of these
+parameters may be changed at runtime by the command
+"echo -n ${value} > /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/${parm}".
+
+The parameters listed below are only valid if certain kernel build options were
+enabled and if respective hardware is present. The text in square brackets at
+the beginning of each description states the restrictions within which a
+parameter is applicable:
 
         ACPI    ACPI support is enabled.
         ALSA    ALSA sound support is enabled.
@@ -1046,10 +1054,10 @@ running once the system is up.
         noltlbs         [PPC] Do not use large page/tlb entries for kernel
                         lowmem mapping on PPC40x.
 
-        nomce           [IA-32] Machine Check Exception
-
         nomca           [IA-64] Disable machine check abort handling
 
+        nomce           [IA-32] Machine Check Exception
+
         noresidual      [PPC] Don't use residual data on PReP machines.
 
         noresume        [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restores original swap
@@ -1682,20 +1690,6 @@ running once the system is up.
 
 
 ______________________________________________________________________
-Changelog:
-
-2000-06-??      Mr. Unknown
-        The last known update (for 2.4.0) - the changelog was not kept before.
-
-2002-11-24      Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz>
-                Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@verizon.net>
-        Update for 2.5.49, description for most of the options introduced,
-        references to other documentation (C files, READMEs, ..), added S390,
-        PPC, SPARC, MTD, ALSA and OSS category. Minor corrections and
-        reformatting.
-
-2005-10-19      Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
-        Lots of typos, whitespace, some reformatting.
 
 TODO:
 
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt b/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt
index 4fc8e9874320..aaf99d5f0dad 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ and, the number of frames be
 
         <block number> * <block size> / <frame size>
 
-Suposse the following parameters, which apply for 2.6 kernel and an
+Suppose the following parameters, which apply for 2.6 kernel and an
 i386 architecture:
 
         <size-max> = 131072 bytes
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt b/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt
index ec3d109d787a..76750fb9151a 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ This means that you have to read/write IP packets when you are using tun and
 ethernet frames when using tap.
 
 5. What is the difference between BPF and TUN/TAP driver?
-BFP is an advanced packet filter. It can be attached to existing
+BPF is an advanced packet filter. It can be attached to existing
 network interface. It does not provide a virtual network interface.
 A TUN/TAP driver does provide a virtual network interface and it is possible
 to attach BPF to this interface.