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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl | 20 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cpusets.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface | 33 |
3 files changed, 20 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl index 028a8444d95e..e8acd1f03456 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl | |||
@@ -84,10 +84,9 @@ | |||
84 | runs an instance of gdb against the vmlinux file which contains | 84 | runs an instance of gdb against the vmlinux file which contains |
85 | the symbols (not boot image such as bzImage, zImage, uImage...). | 85 | the symbols (not boot image such as bzImage, zImage, uImage...). |
86 | In gdb the developer specifies the connection parameters and | 86 | In gdb the developer specifies the connection parameters and |
87 | connects to kgdb. Depending on which kgdb I/O modules exist in | 87 | connects to kgdb. The type of connection a developer makes with |
88 | the kernel for a given architecture, it may be possible to debug | 88 | gdb depends on the availability of kgdb I/O modules compiled as |
89 | the test machine's kernel with the development machine using a | 89 | builtin's or kernel modules in the test machine's kernel. |
90 | rs232 or ethernet connection. | ||
91 | </para> | 90 | </para> |
92 | </chapter> | 91 | </chapter> |
93 | <chapter id="CompilingAKernel"> | 92 | <chapter id="CompilingAKernel"> |
@@ -223,7 +222,7 @@ | |||
223 | </para> | 222 | </para> |
224 | <para> | 223 | <para> |
225 | IMPORTANT NOTE: Using this option with kgdb over the console | 224 | IMPORTANT NOTE: Using this option with kgdb over the console |
226 | (kgdboc) or kgdb over ethernet (kgdboe) is not supported. | 225 | (kgdboc) is not supported. |
227 | </para> | 226 | </para> |
228 | </sect1> | 227 | </sect1> |
229 | </chapter> | 228 | </chapter> |
@@ -249,18 +248,11 @@ | |||
249 | (gdb) target remote /dev/ttyS0 | 248 | (gdb) target remote /dev/ttyS0 |
250 | </programlisting> | 249 | </programlisting> |
251 | <para> | 250 | <para> |
252 | Example (kgdb to a terminal server): | 251 | Example (kgdb to a terminal server on tcp port 2012): |
253 | </para> | 252 | </para> |
254 | <programlisting> | 253 | <programlisting> |
255 | % gdb ./vmlinux | 254 | % gdb ./vmlinux |
256 | (gdb) target remote udp:192.168.2.2:6443 | 255 | (gdb) target remote 192.168.2.2:2012 |
257 | </programlisting> | ||
258 | <para> | ||
259 | Example (kgdb over ethernet): | ||
260 | </para> | ||
261 | <programlisting> | ||
262 | % gdb ./vmlinux | ||
263 | (gdb) target remote udp:192.168.2.2:6443 | ||
264 | </programlisting> | 256 | </programlisting> |
265 | <para> | 257 | <para> |
266 | Once connected, you can debug a kernel the way you would debug an | 258 | Once connected, you can debug a kernel the way you would debug an |
diff --git a/Documentation/cpusets.txt b/Documentation/cpusets.txt index d803c5c68ab5..353504de3084 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpusets.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpusets.txt | |||
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ otherwise initial value -1 that indicates the cpuset has no request. | |||
542 | 2 : search cores in a package. | 542 | 2 : search cores in a package. |
543 | 3 : search cpus in a node [= system wide on non-NUMA system] | 543 | 3 : search cpus in a node [= system wide on non-NUMA system] |
544 | ( 4 : search nodes in a chunk of node [on NUMA system] ) | 544 | ( 4 : search nodes in a chunk of node [on NUMA system] ) |
545 | ( 5~ : search system wide [on NUMA system]) | 545 | ( 5 : search system wide [on NUMA system] ) |
546 | 546 | ||
547 | This file is per-cpuset and affect the sched domain where the cpuset | 547 | This file is per-cpuset and affect the sched domain where the cpuset |
548 | belongs to. Therefore if the flag 'sched_load_balance' of a cpuset | 548 | belongs to. Therefore if the flag 'sched_load_balance' of a cpuset |
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface index f4a8ebc1ef1a..2d845730d4e0 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface | |||
@@ -2,17 +2,12 @@ Naming and data format standards for sysfs files | |||
2 | ------------------------------------------------ | 2 | ------------------------------------------------ |
3 | 3 | ||
4 | The libsensors library offers an interface to the raw sensors data | 4 | The libsensors library offers an interface to the raw sensors data |
5 | through the sysfs interface. See libsensors documentation and source for | 5 | through the sysfs interface. Since lm-sensors 3.0.0, libsensors is |
6 | further information. As of writing this document, libsensors | 6 | completely chip-independent. It assumes that all the kernel drivers |
7 | (from lm_sensors 2.8.3) is heavily chip-dependent. Adding or updating | 7 | implement the standard sysfs interface described in this document. |
8 | support for any given chip requires modifying the library's code. | 8 | This makes adding or updating support for any given chip very easy, as |
9 | This is because libsensors was written for the procfs interface | 9 | libsensors, and applications using it, do not need to be modified. |
10 | older kernel modules were using, which wasn't standardized enough. | 10 | This is a major improvement compared to lm-sensors 2. |
11 | Recent versions of libsensors (from lm_sensors 2.8.2 and later) have | ||
12 | support for the sysfs interface, though. | ||
13 | |||
14 | The new sysfs interface was designed to be as chip-independent as | ||
15 | possible. | ||
16 | 11 | ||
17 | Note that motherboards vary widely in the connections to sensor chips. | 12 | Note that motherboards vary widely in the connections to sensor chips. |
18 | There is no standard that ensures, for example, that the second | 13 | There is no standard that ensures, for example, that the second |
@@ -35,19 +30,17 @@ access this data in a simple and consistent way. That said, such programs | |||
35 | will have to implement conversion, labeling and hiding of inputs. For | 30 | will have to implement conversion, labeling and hiding of inputs. For |
36 | this reason, it is still not recommended to bypass the library. | 31 | this reason, it is still not recommended to bypass the library. |
37 | 32 | ||
38 | If you are developing a userspace application please send us feedback on | ||
39 | this standard. | ||
40 | |||
41 | Note that this standard isn't completely established yet, so it is subject | ||
42 | to changes. If you are writing a new hardware monitoring driver those | ||
43 | features can't seem to fit in this interface, please contact us with your | ||
44 | extension proposal. Keep in mind that backward compatibility must be | ||
45 | preserved. | ||
46 | |||
47 | Each chip gets its own directory in the sysfs /sys/devices tree. To | 33 | Each chip gets its own directory in the sysfs /sys/devices tree. To |
48 | find all sensor chips, it is easier to follow the device symlinks from | 34 | find all sensor chips, it is easier to follow the device symlinks from |
49 | /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon*. | 35 | /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon*. |
50 | 36 | ||
37 | Up to lm-sensors 3.0.0, libsensors looks for hardware monitoring attributes | ||
38 | in the "physical" device directory. Since lm-sensors 3.0.1, attributes found | ||
39 | in the hwmon "class" device directory are also supported. Complex drivers | ||
40 | (e.g. drivers for multifunction chips) may want to use this possibility to | ||
41 | avoid namespace pollution. The only drawback will be that older versions of | ||
42 | libsensors won't support the driver in question. | ||
43 | |||
51 | All sysfs values are fixed point numbers. | 44 | All sysfs values are fixed point numbers. |
52 | 45 | ||
53 | There is only one value per file, unlike the older /proc specification. | 46 | There is only one value per file, unlike the older /proc specification. |