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-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/tracepoint.tmpl13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/block/biodoc.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/connector/cn_test.c1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/fb/efifb.txt (renamed from Documentation/fb/imacfb.txt)14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt143
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/cpm_qe/qe.txt54
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-simple.c3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-test.c8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt5
11 files changed, 256 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/tracepoint.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/tracepoint.tmpl
index 8bca1d5cec09..e8473eae2a20 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/tracepoint.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/tracepoint.tmpl
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@
16 </address> 16 </address>
17 </affiliation> 17 </affiliation>
18 </author> 18 </author>
19 <author>
20 <firstname>William</firstname>
21 <surname>Cohen</surname>
22 <affiliation>
23 <address>
24 <email>wcohen@redhat.com</email>
25 </address>
26 </affiliation>
27 </author>
19 </authorgroup> 28 </authorgroup>
20 29
21 <legalnotice> 30 <legalnotice>
@@ -91,4 +100,8 @@
91!Iinclude/trace/events/signal.h 100!Iinclude/trace/events/signal.h
92 </chapter> 101 </chapter>
93 102
103 <chapter id="block">
104 <title>Block IO</title>
105!Iinclude/trace/events/block.h
106 </chapter>
94</book> 107</book>
diff --git a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
index 6fab97ea7e6b..508b5b2b0289 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
@@ -1162,8 +1162,8 @@ where a driver received a request ala this before:
1162 1162
1163As mentioned, there is no virtual mapping of a bio. For DMA, this is 1163As mentioned, there is no virtual mapping of a bio. For DMA, this is
1164not a problem as the driver probably never will need a virtual mapping. 1164not a problem as the driver probably never will need a virtual mapping.
1165Instead it needs a bus mapping (pci_map_page for a single segment or 1165Instead it needs a bus mapping (dma_map_page for a single segment or
1166use blk_rq_map_sg for scatter gather) to be able to ship it to the driver. For 1166use dma_map_sg for scatter gather) to be able to ship it to the driver. For
1167PIO drivers (or drivers that need to revert to PIO transfer once in a 1167PIO drivers (or drivers that need to revert to PIO transfer once in a
1168while (IDE for example)), where the CPU is doing the actual data 1168while (IDE for example)), where the CPU is doing the actual data
1169transfer a virtual mapping is needed. If the driver supports highmem I/O, 1169transfer a virtual mapping is needed. If the driver supports highmem I/O,
diff --git a/Documentation/connector/cn_test.c b/Documentation/connector/cn_test.c
index b07add3467f1..7764594778d4 100644
--- a/Documentation/connector/cn_test.c
+++ b/Documentation/connector/cn_test.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
25#include <linux/module.h> 25#include <linux/module.h>
26#include <linux/moduleparam.h> 26#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
27#include <linux/skbuff.h> 27#include <linux/skbuff.h>
28#include <linux/slab.h>
28#include <linux/timer.h> 29#include <linux/timer.h>
29 30
30#include <linux/connector.h> 31#include <linux/connector.h>
diff --git a/Documentation/fb/imacfb.txt b/Documentation/fb/efifb.txt
index 316ec9bb7deb..a59916c29b33 100644
--- a/Documentation/fb/imacfb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fb/efifb.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
1 1
2What is imacfb? 2What is efifb?
3=============== 3===============
4 4
5This is a generic EFI platform driver for Intel based Apple computers. 5This is a generic EFI platform driver for Intel based Apple computers.
6Imacfb is only for EFI booted Intel Macs. 6efifb is only for EFI booted Intel Macs.
7 7
8Supported Hardware 8Supported Hardware
9================== 9==================
@@ -16,16 +16,16 @@ MacMini
16How to use it? 16How to use it?
17============== 17==============
18 18
19Imacfb does not have any kind of autodetection of your machine. 19efifb does not have any kind of autodetection of your machine.
20You have to add the following kernel parameters in your elilo.conf: 20You have to add the following kernel parameters in your elilo.conf:
21 Macbook : 21 Macbook :
22 video=imacfb:macbook 22 video=efifb:macbook
23 MacMini : 23 MacMini :
24 video=imacfb:mini 24 video=efifb:mini
25 Macbook Pro 15", iMac 17" : 25 Macbook Pro 15", iMac 17" :
26 video=imacfb:i17 26 video=efifb:i17
27 Macbook Pro 17", iMac 20" : 27 Macbook Pro 17", iMac 20" :
28 video=imacfb:i20 28 video=efifb:i20
29 29
30-- 30--
31Edgar Hucek <gimli@dark-green.com> 31Edgar Hucek <gimli@dark-green.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt
index 57e0b80a5274..c0236e753bc8 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ For Plan 9 From User Space applications (http://swtch.com/plan9)
37 37
38 mount -t 9p `namespace`/acme /mnt/9 -o trans=unix,uname=$USER 38 mount -t 9p `namespace`/acme /mnt/9 -o trans=unix,uname=$USER
39 39
40For server running on QEMU host with virtio transport:
41
42 mount -t 9p -o trans=virtio <mount_tag> /mnt/9
43
44where mount_tag is the tag associated by the server to each of the exported
45mount points. Each 9P export is seen by the client as a virtio device with an
46associated "mount_tag" property. Available mount tags can be
47seen by reading /sys/bus/virtio/drivers/9pnet_virtio/virtio<n>/mount_tag files.
48
40OPTIONS 49OPTIONS
41======= 50=======
42 51
@@ -47,7 +56,7 @@ OPTIONS
47 fd - used passed file descriptors for connection 56 fd - used passed file descriptors for connection
48 (see rfdno and wfdno) 57 (see rfdno and wfdno)
49 virtio - connect to the next virtio channel available 58 virtio - connect to the next virtio channel available
50 (from lguest or KVM with trans_virtio module) 59 (from QEMU with trans_virtio module)
51 rdma - connect to a specified RDMA channel 60 rdma - connect to a specified RDMA channel
52 61
53 uname=name user name to attempt mount as on the remote server. The 62 uname=name user name to attempt mount as on the remote server. The
@@ -85,7 +94,12 @@ OPTIONS
85 94
86 port=n port to connect to on the remote server 95 port=n port to connect to on the remote server
87 96
88 noextend force legacy mode (no 9p2000.u semantics) 97 noextend force legacy mode (no 9p2000.u or 9p2000.L semantics)
98
99 version=name Select 9P protocol version. Valid options are:
100 9p2000 - Legacy mode (same as noextend)
101 9p2000.u - Use 9P2000.u protocol
102 9p2000.L - Use 9P2000.L protocol
89 103
90 dfltuid attempt to mount as a particular uid 104 dfltuid attempt to mount as a particular uid
91 105
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt b/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7ee770b5ef5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
1 STMicroelectronics 10/100/1000 Synopsys Ethernet driver
2
3Copyright (C) 2007-2010 STMicroelectronics Ltd
4Author: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@st.com>
5
6This is the driver for the MAC 10/100/1000 on-chip Ethernet controllers
7(Synopsys IP blocks); it has been fully tested on STLinux platforms.
8
9Currently this network device driver is for all STM embedded MAC/GMAC
10(7xxx SoCs).
11
12DWC Ether MAC 10/100/1000 Universal version 3.41a and DWC Ether MAC 10/100
13Universal version 4.0 have been used for developing the first code
14implementation.
15
16Please, for more information also visit: www.stlinux.com
17
181) Kernel Configuration
19The kernel configuration option is STMMAC_ETH:
20 Device Drivers ---> Network device support ---> Ethernet (1000 Mbit) --->
21 STMicroelectronics 10/100/1000 Ethernet driver (STMMAC_ETH)
22
232) Driver parameters list:
24 debug: message level (0: no output, 16: all);
25 phyaddr: to manually provide the physical address to the PHY device;
26 dma_rxsize: DMA rx ring size;
27 dma_txsize: DMA tx ring size;
28 buf_sz: DMA buffer size;
29 tc: control the HW FIFO threshold;
30 tx_coe: Enable/Disable Tx Checksum Offload engine;
31 watchdog: transmit timeout (in milliseconds);
32 flow_ctrl: Flow control ability [on/off];
33 pause: Flow Control Pause Time;
34 tmrate: timer period (only if timer optimisation is configured).
35
363) Command line options
37Driver parameters can be also passed in command line by using:
38 stmmaceth=dma_rxsize:128,dma_txsize:512
39
404) Driver information and notes
41
424.1) Transmit process
43The xmit method is invoked when the kernel needs to transmit a packet; it sets
44the descriptors in the ring and informs the DMA engine that there is a packet
45ready to be transmitted.
46Once the controller has finished transmitting the packet, an interrupt is
47triggered; So the driver will be able to release the socket buffers.
48By default, the driver sets the NETIF_F_SG bit in the features field of the
49net_device structure enabling the scatter/gather feature.
50
514.2) Receive process
52When one or more packets are received, an interrupt happens. The interrupts
53are not queued so the driver has to scan all the descriptors in the ring during
54the receive process.
55This is based on NAPI so the interrupt handler signals only if there is work to be
56done, and it exits.
57Then the poll method will be scheduled at some future point.
58The incoming packets are stored, by the DMA, in a list of pre-allocated socket
59buffers in order to avoid the memcpy (Zero-copy).
60
614.3) Timer-Driver Interrupt
62Instead of having the device that asynchronously notifies the frame receptions, the
63driver configures a timer to generate an interrupt at regular intervals.
64Based on the granularity of the timer, the frames that are received by the device
65will experience different levels of latency. Some NICs have dedicated timer
66device to perform this task. STMMAC can use either the RTC device or the TMU
67channel 2 on STLinux platforms.
68The timers frequency can be passed to the driver as parameter; when change it,
69take care of both hardware capability and network stability/performance impact.
70Several performance tests on STM platforms showed this optimisation allows to spare
71the CPU while having the maximum throughput.
72
734.4) WOL
74Wake up on Lan feature through Magic Frame is only supported for the GMAC
75core.
76
774.5) DMA descriptors
78Driver handles both normal and enhanced descriptors. The latter has been only
79tested on DWC Ether MAC 10/100/1000 Universal version 3.41a.
80
814.6) Ethtool support
82Ethtool is supported. Driver statistics and internal errors can be taken using:
83ethtool -S ethX command. It is possible to dump registers etc.
84
854.7) Jumbo and Segmentation Offloading
86Jumbo frames are supported and tested for the GMAC.
87The GSO has been also added but it's performed in software.
88LRO is not supported.
89
904.8) Physical
91The driver is compatible with PAL to work with PHY and GPHY devices.
92
934.9) Platform information
94Several information came from the platform; please refer to the
95driver's Header file in include/linux directory.
96
97struct plat_stmmacenet_data {
98 int bus_id;
99 int pbl;
100 int has_gmac;
101 void (*fix_mac_speed)(void *priv, unsigned int speed);
102 void (*bus_setup)(unsigned long ioaddr);
103#ifdef CONFIG_STM_DRIVERS
104 struct stm_pad_config *pad_config;
105#endif
106 void *bsp_priv;
107};
108
109Where:
110- pbl (Programmable Burst Length) is maximum number of
111 beats to be transferred in one DMA transaction.
112 GMAC also enables the 4xPBL by default.
113- fix_mac_speed and bus_setup are used to configure internal target
114 registers (on STM platforms);
115- has_gmac: GMAC core is on board (get it at run-time in the next step);
116- bus_id: bus identifier.
117
118struct plat_stmmacphy_data {
119 int bus_id;
120 int phy_addr;
121 unsigned int phy_mask;
122 int interface;
123 int (*phy_reset)(void *priv);
124 void *priv;
125};
126
127Where:
128- bus_id: bus identifier;
129- phy_addr: physical address used for the attached phy device;
130 set it to -1 to get it at run-time;
131- interface: physical MII interface mode;
132- phy_reset: hook to reset HW function.
133
134TODO:
135- Continue to make the driver more generic and suitable for other Synopsys
136 Ethernet controllers used on other architectures (i.e. ARM).
137- 10G controllers are not supported.
138- MAC uses Normal descriptors and GMAC uses enhanced ones.
139 This is a limit that should be reviewed. MAC could want to
140 use the enhanced structure.
141- Checksumming: Rx/Tx csum is done in HW in case of GMAC only.
142- Review the timer optimisation code to use an embedded device that seems to be
143 available in new chip generations.
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/cpm_qe/qe.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/cpm_qe/qe.txt
index 6e37be1eeb2d..4f8930263dd9 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/cpm_qe/qe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/cpm_qe/qe.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ Required properties:
21- fsl,qe-num-snums: define how many serial number(SNUM) the QE can use for the 21- fsl,qe-num-snums: define how many serial number(SNUM) the QE can use for the
22 threads. 22 threads.
23 23
24Optional properties:
25- fsl,firmware-phandle:
26 Usage: required only if there is no fsl,qe-firmware child node
27 Value type: <phandle>
28 Definition: Points to a firmware node (see "QE Firmware Node" below)
29 that contains the firmware that should be uploaded for this QE.
30 The compatible property for the firmware node should say,
31 "fsl,qe-firmware".
32
24Recommended properties 33Recommended properties
25- brg-frequency : the internal clock source frequency for baud-rate 34- brg-frequency : the internal clock source frequency for baud-rate
26 generators in Hz. 35 generators in Hz.
@@ -59,3 +68,48 @@ Example:
59 reg = <0 c000>; 68 reg = <0 c000>;
60 }; 69 };
61 }; 70 };
71
72* QE Firmware Node
73
74This node defines a firmware binary that is embedded in the device tree, for
75the purpose of passing the firmware from bootloader to the kernel, or from
76the hypervisor to the guest.
77
78The firmware node itself contains the firmware binary contents, a compatible
79property, and any firmware-specific properties. The node should be placed
80inside a QE node that needs it. Doing so eliminates the need for a
81fsl,firmware-phandle property. Other QE nodes that need the same firmware
82should define an fsl,firmware-phandle property that points to the firmware node
83in the first QE node.
84
85The fsl,firmware property can be specified in the DTS (possibly using incbin)
86or can be inserted by the boot loader at boot time.
87
88Required properties:
89 - compatible
90 Usage: required
91 Value type: <string>
92 Definition: A standard property. Specify a string that indicates what
93 kind of firmware it is. For QE, this should be "fsl,qe-firmware".
94
95 - fsl,firmware
96 Usage: required
97 Value type: <prop-encoded-array>, encoded as an array of bytes
98 Definition: A standard property. This property contains the firmware
99 binary "blob".
100
101Example:
102 qe1@e0080000 {
103 compatible = "fsl,qe";
104 qe_firmware:qe-firmware {
105 compatible = "fsl,qe-firmware";
106 fsl,firmware = [0x70 0xcd 0x00 0x00 0x01 0x46 0x45 ...];
107 };
108 ...
109 };
110
111 qe2@e0090000 {
112 compatible = "fsl,qe";
113 fsl,firmware-phandle = <&qe_firmware>;
114 ...
115 };
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt
index f4dd3bf99d12..98d14cb8a85d 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt
@@ -119,10 +119,18 @@ the codec slots 0 and 1 no matter what the hardware reports.
119 119
120Interrupt Handling 120Interrupt Handling
121~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 121~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
122In rare but some cases, the interrupt isn't properly handled as 122HD-audio driver uses MSI as default (if available) since 2.6.33
123default. You would notice this by the DMA transfer error reported by 123kernel as MSI works better on some machines, and in general, it's
124ALSA PCM core, for example. Using MSI might help in such a case. 124better for performance. However, Nvidia controllers showed bad
125Pass `enable_msi=1` option for enabling MSI. 125regressions with MSI (especially in a combination with AMD chipset),
126thus we disabled MSI for them.
127
128There seem also still other devices that don't work with MSI. If you
129see a regression wrt the sound quality (stuttering, etc) or a lock-up
130in the recent kernel, try to pass `enable_msi=0` option to disable
131MSI. If it works, you can add the known bad device to the blacklist
132defined in hda_intel.c. In such a case, please report and give the
133patch back to the upstream developer.
126 134
127 135
128HD-AUDIO CODEC 136HD-AUDIO CODEC
diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-simple.c b/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-simple.c
index 4cf72f3fa8e9..ba45803a2216 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-simple.c
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-simple.c
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ int main(void)
17 ret = -1; 17 ret = -1;
18 break; 18 break;
19 } 19 }
20 ret = fsync(fd);
21 if (ret)
22 break;
23 sleep(10); 20 sleep(10);
24 } 21 }
25 close(fd); 22 close(fd);
diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-test.c b/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-test.c
index a750532ffcf8..63fdc34ceb98 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-test.c
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-test.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ static void keep_alive(void)
31 */ 31 */
32int main(int argc, char *argv[]) 32int main(int argc, char *argv[])
33{ 33{
34 int flags;
35
34 fd = open("/dev/watchdog", O_WRONLY); 36 fd = open("/dev/watchdog", O_WRONLY);
35 37
36 if (fd == -1) { 38 if (fd == -1) {
@@ -41,12 +43,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
41 43
42 if (argc > 1) { 44 if (argc > 1) {
43 if (!strncasecmp(argv[1], "-d", 2)) { 45 if (!strncasecmp(argv[1], "-d", 2)) {
44 ioctl(fd, WDIOC_SETOPTIONS, WDIOS_DISABLECARD); 46 flags = WDIOS_DISABLECARD;
47 ioctl(fd, WDIOC_SETOPTIONS, &flags);
45 fprintf(stderr, "Watchdog card disabled.\n"); 48 fprintf(stderr, "Watchdog card disabled.\n");
46 fflush(stderr); 49 fflush(stderr);
47 exit(0); 50 exit(0);
48 } else if (!strncasecmp(argv[1], "-e", 2)) { 51 } else if (!strncasecmp(argv[1], "-e", 2)) {
49 ioctl(fd, WDIOC_SETOPTIONS, WDIOS_ENABLECARD); 52 flags = WDIOS_ENABLECARD;
53 ioctl(fd, WDIOC_SETOPTIONS, &flags);
50 fprintf(stderr, "Watchdog card enabled.\n"); 54 fprintf(stderr, "Watchdog card enabled.\n");
51 fflush(stderr); 55 fflush(stderr);
52 exit(0); 56 exit(0);
diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt
index 4cc4ba9d7150..eb7132ed8bbc 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt
@@ -222,11 +222,10 @@ returned value is the temperature in degrees fahrenheit.
222 ioctl(fd, WDIOC_GETTEMP, &temperature); 222 ioctl(fd, WDIOC_GETTEMP, &temperature);
223 223
224Finally the SETOPTIONS ioctl can be used to control some aspects of 224Finally the SETOPTIONS ioctl can be used to control some aspects of
225the cards operation; right now the pcwd driver is the only one 225the cards operation.
226supporting this ioctl.
227 226
228 int options = 0; 227 int options = 0;
229 ioctl(fd, WDIOC_SETOPTIONS, options); 228 ioctl(fd, WDIOC_SETOPTIONS, &options);
230 229
231The following options are available: 230The following options are available:
232 231