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* Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/pci-2.6Linus Torvalds2007-08-24
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/pci-2.6: PCI: Run k8t_sound_hostbridge quirk only when needed PCI: disable MSI on RX790 PCI: disable MSI on RD580 PCI: disable MSI on RS690 PCI: make pcie_get_readrq visible in pci.h PCI: lets kill the 'PCI hidden behind bridge' message pci/hotplug/cpqphp_ctrl.c: remove stale BKL use PCI: Document pci_iomap() PCI: quirk_e100_interrupt() called too early PCI: Move prototypes for pci_bus_find_capability to include/linux/pci.h
| * PCI: Document pci_iomap()Rolf Eike Beer2007-08-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This useful interface is hardly mentioned anywhere in the in-tree documentation. Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> Cc: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* | Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6Linus Torvalds2007-08-24
|\ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6: sysfs: don't warn on removal of a nonexistent binary file HOWTO: latest lxr url address changed HOWTO: korean translation of Documentation/HOWTO Fix Off-by-one in /sys/module/*/refcnt sysfs: fix locking in sysfs_lookup() and sysfs_rename_dir()
| * | HOWTO: latest lxr url address changedQi Yong2007-08-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hello, I've noticed that in Document/HOWTO the url address: http://sosdg.org/~coywolf/lxr/ has changed to http://users.sosdg.org/~qiyong/lxr/ from the website. -- qiyong Signed-off-by: Qi Yong <qiyong@fc-cn.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
| * | HOWTO: korean translation of Documentation/HOWTOMinchan Kim2007-08-22
| |/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This is a Documentation/HOWTO korean version of 2.6.23-rc1 The header is refered to a japanese's one. From: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* | Documentation: fix getdelays.c printf bugMichael Neuling2007-08-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Commit b663a79c191508f27cd885224b592a878c0ba0f6 ("taskstats: add context-switch counters") incorrectly removed a comma from a printf statement. This causes corruption in the output printing or a seg fault. Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org> Acked-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | Document Linux Memory PolicyLee Schermerhorn2007-08-22
|/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I couldn't find any memory policy documentation in the Documentation directory, so here is my attempt to document it. There's lots more that could be written about the internal design--including data structures, functions, etc. However, if you agree that this is better that the nothing that exists now, perhaps it could be merged. This will provide a baseline for updates to document the many policy patches that are currently being worked. Signed-off-by: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk-manpages@gmx.net> Acked-by: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wim/linux-2.6-watchdogLinus Torvalds2007-08-22
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wim/linux-2.6-watchdog: [WATCHDOG] Add support for 1533 bridge to alim1535_wdt [WATCHDOG] Add a 00-INDEX file to Documentation/watchdog/ [WATCHDOG] Eurotechwdt.c - clean-up comments
| * [WATCHDOG] Add a 00-INDEX file to Documentation/watchdog/Jesper Juhl2007-08-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add a 00-INDEX file to Documentation/watchdog/ Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
* | V4L/DVB (6016): get_dvb_firmware: update script for new location of tda10046 ↵Andreas Arens2007-08-20
|/ | | | | | | | | | | | | firmware Update get_dvb_firmware script for the new location of the tda10046 firmware. The old location doesn't work anymore. Signed-off-by: Andreas Arens <ari@goron.de> Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@linuxtv.org> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
* Pull bugzilla-8842 into release branchLen Brown2007-08-12
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| * ACPI: thermal: create "thermal.act=" to disable or override active trip pointLen Brown2007-08-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | thermal.act=-1 disables all active trip points in all ACPI thermal zones. thermal.act=C, where C > 0, overrides all lowest temperature active trip points in all thermal zones to C degrees Celsius. Raising this trip-point may allow you to keep your system silent up to a higher temperature. However, it will not allow you to raise the lowest temperature trip point above the next higher trip point (if there is one). Lowering this trip point may kick in the fan sooner. Note that overriding this trip-point will disable any BIOS attempts to implement hysteresis around the lowest temperature trip point. This may result in the fan starting and stopping frequently if temperature frequently crosses C. WARNING: raising trip points above the manufacturer's defaults may cause the system to run at higher temperature and shorten its life. Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
| * ACPI: thermal: create "thermal.nocrt" to disable critical actionsLen Brown2007-08-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | thermal.nocrt=1 disables actions on _CRT and _HOT ACPI thermal zone trip-points. They will be marked as <disabled> in /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/trip_points. There are two cases where this option is used: 1. Debugging a hot system crossing valid trip point. If your system fan is spinning at full speed, be sure that the vent is not clogged with dust. Many laptops have very fine thermal fins that are easily blocked. Check that the processor fan-sink is properly seated, has the proper thermal grease, and is really spinning. Check for fan related options in BIOS SETUP. Sometimes there is a performance vs quiet option. Defaults are generally the most conservative. If your fan is not spinning, yet /proc/acpi/fan/ has files in it, please file a Linux/ACPI bug. WARNING: you risk shortening the lifetime of your hardware if you use this parameter on a hot system. Note that this refers to all system components, including the disk drive. 2. Working around a cool system crossing critical trip point due to erroneous temperature reading. Try again with CONFIG_HWMON=n There is known potential for conflict between the the hwmon sub-system and the ACPI BIOS. If this fixes it, notify lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org and linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Otherwise, file a Linux/ACPI bug, or notify just linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org. Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
| * ACPI: thermal: create "thermal.psv=" to override passive trip pointsLen Brown2007-08-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | "thermal.psv=-1" disables passive trip points for all ACPI thermal zones. "thermal.psv=C", where 'C' is degrees Celsius, overrides all existing passive trip points for all ACPI thermal zones. thermal.psv is checked at module load time, and in response to trip-point change events. Note that if the system does not deliver thermal zone temperature change events near the new trip-point, then it will not be noticed. To force your custom trip point to be noticed, you may need to enable polling: eg. thermal.tzp=3000 invokes polling every 5 minutes. Note that once passive thermal throttling is invoked, it has its own internal Thermal Sampling Period (_TSP), that is unrelated to _TZP. WARNING: disabling or raising a thermal trip point may result in increased running temperature and shorter hardware lifetime on some systems. Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
| * ACPI: thermal: expose "thermal.tzp=" to set global polling frequencyLen Brown2007-08-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Thermal Zone Polling frequency (_TZP) is an optional ACPI object recommending the rate that the OS should poll the associated thermal zone. If _TZP is 0, no polling should be used. If _TZP is non-zero, then the platform recommends that the OS poll the thermal zone at the specified rate. The minimum period is 30 seconds. The maximum period is 5 minutes. (note _TZP and thermal.tzp units are in deci-seconds, so _TZP = 300 corresponds to 30 seconds) If _TZP is not present, ACPI 3.0b recommends that the thermal zone be polled at an "OS provided default frequency". However, common industry practice is: 1. The BIOS never specifies any _TZP 2. High volume OS's from this century never poll any thermal zones Ie. The OS depends on the platform's ability to provoke thermal events when necessary, and the "OS provided default frequency" is "never":-) There is a proposal that ACPI 4.0 be updated to reflect common industry practice -- ie. no _TZP, no polling. The Linux kernel already follows this practice -- thermal zones are not polled unless _TZP is present and non-zero. But thermal zone polling is useful as a workaround for systems which have ACPI thermal control, but have an issue preventing thermal events. Indeed, some Linux distributions still set a non-zero thermal polling frequency for this reason. But rather than ask the user to write a polling frequency into all the /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/polling_frequency files, here we simply document and expose the already existing module parameter to do the same at system level, to simplify debugging those broken platforms. Note that thermal.tzp is a module-load time parameter only. Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
| * ACPI: thermal: create "thermal.off=1" to disable ACPI thermal supportLen Brown2007-08-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | "thermal.off=1" disables all ACPI thermal support at boot time. CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=n can do this at build time. "# rmmod thermal" can do this at run time, as long as thermal is built as a module. WARNING: On some systems, disabling ACPI thermal support will cause the system to run hotter and reduce the lifetime of the hardware. Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
* | Pull bugzilla-3774 into release branchLen Brown2007-08-12
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| * | ACPI: add "acpi_no_auto_ssdt" bootparamLen Brown2007-07-26
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | "acpi_no_auto_ssdt" prevents Linux from automatically loading all the SSDTs listed in the RSDT/XSDT. This is needed for debugging. In particular, it allows a DSDT override to optionally be a DSDT+SSDT override. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3774 Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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*-. \ \ pull asus sony thinkpad into release branchLen Brown2007-08-12
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| | * | ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: fix sysfs paths in documentationHenrique de Moraes Holschuh2007-08-11
| |/ / | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The documentation used "thinkpad-acpi" to refer to the directories in sysfs, while it should have been using "thinkpad_acpi". Thanks to Hugh Dickins for the error report. I wish I could just call the module and everything else by the proper name with the "-", instead of using these ugly translations to "_". Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
* | | i386: Add warning in Documentation that zero-page is not a stable ABIAndi Kleen2007-08-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Some people writing boot loaders seem to falsely belief the 32bit zero page is a stable interface for out of tree code like the real mode boot protocol. Add a comment clarifying that is not true. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | docs: note about select in kconfig-language.txtJarek Poplawski2007-08-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A warning note from Sam Ravnborg about kconfig's select evilness, dependencies and the future (slightly corrected). Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@o2.pl> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | Documentation: sysrq, description of 'h' slightly inaccurateJesper Juhl2007-08-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In Documentation/sysrq.txt, the description of 'h' says that any key not listed *above* will generate help. That's obviously not true since all the keys listed below 'h' will do what they are described to do, not display help. So change the text so that it says that any key not listed in the table will generate help, which is what really happens. Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | kernel-parameters.txt : watchdog.txt should be wdt.txtGabriel C2007-08-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Documentation/watchdog/watchdog.txt does not exist, it is Documentation/watchdog/wdt.txt Signed-off-by: Gabriel Craciunescu <nix.or.die@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | Memory hotplug documentYasunori Goto2007-08-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This is add a document for memory hotplug to describe "How to use" and "Current status". Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Yasunori Goto <y-goto@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | pvr2fb: update Documentation/fb/pvr2fb.txtAdrian McMenamin2007-08-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The current version is very old and does not correctly specify how to set the video mode. Signed-off by: Adrian McMenamin <adrian@mcmen.demon.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | SLUB: Fix format specifier in Documentation/vm/slabinfo.cJesper Juhl2007-08-10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | There's a little problem in Documentation/vm/slabinfo.c The code is using "%d" in a printf() call to print an 'unsigned long'. This patch corrects it to use "%lu" instead. Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
* | | remove dubious legal statment from uio-howtoAlan Cox2007-08-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | UIO currently contains a rather dubious statement which wants removing. The actual questions around whether user space code that depends tightly on kernel GPL code designed to co-work with it are derivative works of the kernel is extremely complex, and since we don't have space for either a masters length essay on legal issues or need to start flamewars lets simply remove the comment and leave law to lawyers Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <tovalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mingo/linux-2.6-schedLinus Torvalds2007-08-09
|\ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mingo/linux-2.6-sched: (61 commits) sched: refine negative nice level granularity sched: fix update_stats_enqueue() reniced codepath sched: round a bit better sched: make the multiplication table more accurate sched: optimize update_rq_clock() calls in the load-balancer sched: optimize activate_task() sched: clean up set_curr_task_fair() sched: remove __update_rq_clock() call from entity_tick() sched: move the __update_rq_clock() call to scheduler_tick() sched debug: remove the 'u64 now' parameter from print_task()/_rq() sched: remove the 'u64 now' local variables sched: remove the 'u64 now' parameter from deactivate_task() sched: remove the 'u64 now' parameter from dequeue_task() sched: remove the 'u64 now' parameter from enqueue_task() sched: remove the 'u64 now' parameter from dec_nr_running() sched: remove the 'u64 now' parameter from inc_nr_running() sched: remove the 'u64 now' parameter from dec_load() sched: remove the 'u64 now' parameter from inc_load() sched: remove the 'u64 now' parameter from update_curr_load() sched: remove the 'u64 now' parameter from ->task_new() ...
| * | | sched: document nice levelsIngo Molnar2007-08-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Document the design thinking behind nice levels. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
| * | | sched: mention CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG in documentationThomas Voegtle2007-08-09
| |/ / | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | a little hint to switch on CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG should be given. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
* / / lguest: avoid shared libraries mapped over guest memoryRonald G. Minnich2007-08-09
|/ / | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Some versions of ld.so mmap the shared libraries right in over guest memory, so compile lguest statically by default. [ FC7 maps shared libraries very low, where the launcher maps guest's physical memory. Quick fix is to link Launcher static, real fix is for 2.6.24. ] -static is a simple fix. I expect this problem will be more common than we like, as different distro's make different "improvements" to ld.so Signed-off-by: Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | [x86 setup] Document grub < 0.93 as brokenH. Peter Anvin2007-08-02
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Grub older than 0.93 are broken when the kernel setup is bigger than 8K. This was fixed in 2002, and 0.93 was the first grub version which fixed this bug. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
* | Merge branch 'release' of git://lm-sensors.org/kernel/mhoffman/hwmon-2.6Linus Torvalds2007-07-31
|\ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * 'release' of git://lm-sensors.org/kernel/mhoffman/hwmon-2.6: hwmon: fscher read control bugfix hwmon: (adm1031) Fix broken links in documentation hwmon: make abituguru3_read_increment_offset() static hwmon: Fix regression caused by typo in lm90.c hwmon: (applesmc) add temperature sensors set for Macbook hwmon: fscher control update bugfix hwmon: fix dme1737 temp fault attribute hwmon: Add missing __devexit tags in various drivers hwmon: clean up duplicate includes hwmon: fix lm78 detection regression hwmon: fix array overruns in lm93.c hwmon: add support for THMC50 and ADM1022
| * | hwmon: (adm1031) Fix broken links in documentationJean Delvare2007-07-30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The Analog Devices chip information pages moved to a different location. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
| * | hwmon: add support for THMC50 and ADM1022Krzysztof Helt2007-07-30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds support for THMC50 and ADM1022 hardware monitoring chips. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl> Acked-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
* | | hpet.txt: broken link fixDave Young2007-07-31
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The specification link in hpet document is broken. Signed-off-by: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | docbook bad file referencesRandy Dunlap2007-07-31
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fix docbook warnings: Warning(linux-2.6.22-git12//drivers/base/power/main.c): no structured comments found Warning(linux-2.6.22-git12//include/linux/splice.h): no structured comments found Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | spidev_test utilityAnton Vorontsov2007-07-31
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This is a simple utility used to test SPI functionality. It could stand growing options to support using other test data patterns; this initial version only issues full duplex transfers, which rules out 3WIRE or Microwire links. Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@ru.mvista.com> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | Fix a typo in Documentation/keys.txtSatyam Sharma2007-07-31
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Satyam Sharma <satyam@infradead.org> Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | Doc: DMA-API updateRandy Dunlap2007-07-31
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fix typos and update function parameters. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Acked-by: Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@il.ibm.com> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | Documentation: document HFSPlusWyatt Banks2007-07-31
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Documentation: document HFSPlus filesystem and its mount options. Signed-off-by: Wyatt Banks <wyatt@banksresearch.com> Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | revert "x86, serial: convert legacy COM ports to platform devices"Andrew Morton2007-07-31
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Revert 7e92b4fc345f5b6f57585fbe5ffdb0f24d7c9b26. It broke Sébastien Dugué's machine and Jeff said (persuasively) This seems like it will break decades-long-working stuff, in favor of breaking new ground in our favorite area, "trusting the BIOS." It's just not worth it for serial ports, IMO. Serial ports are something that just shouldn't break at this late stage in the game. My new Intel platform boxes don't even have serial ports, so I question the value of messing with serial port probing even more... because... just wait a year, and your box won't have a serial port either! :) I certainly don't object to the use of platform devices (or isa_driver), but the probe change seems questionable. That's sorta analagous to rewriting the floppy driver probe routine. Sure you could do it... but why risk all that damage and go through debugging all over again? It seems clear from this report that we cannot, should not, trust BIOS for something (a) so simple and (b) that has been working for over a decade. Much discussion ensued and we've decided to have another go at all of this. Cc: Sébastien Dugué <sebastien.dugue@bull.net> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> Cc: Adam Belay <ambx1@neo.rr.com> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@gmail.com> Cc: Sascha Sommer <saschasommer@freenet.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | doc/kernel-parameters: use X86-32 tag instead of IA-32Alan Cox2007-07-31
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | pnp: fix kernel-doc warningsRandy Dunlap2007-07-31
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fix PNP docbook warnings: Warning(linux-2623-rc1g4//drivers/pnp/core.c): no structured comments found Warning(linux-2623-rc1g4//drivers/pnp/driver.c): no structured comments found Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | various doc/kernel-parameters fixesRandy Dunlap2007-07-31
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - tell what APIC (by request), MTD, & PARIDE mean - correct some source file names - remove IA64 "llsc*=" (seems to have been removed from source tree) - removel SCSI "53c7xx=" (driver already removed) Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Acked-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | update dontdiff fileRandy Dunlap2007-07-31
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Updates based on recent .gitignore updates: *.o.*: Says Alexey Dobriyan: These are presumably temporary gcc files, which aren't interesting. setup.bin, setup.elf: new x86 boot code files (from Matthew Wilcox) Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | kobject: update documentationCornelia Huck2007-07-30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Update kobject documentation: - Update structure definitions. - Remove documentation of removed struct subsystem. (First shot, uevent_ops probably need some documentation as well.) Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* | | stable_api_nonsense.txt: Disambiguate the use of "this" by using "that" to ↵Juan Lang2007-07-30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | refer to the syscall interface Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* | | Fix Doc/sysfs-rules typosRandy Dunlap2007-07-30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fix typos only (spelling, grammar, duplicate words, etc.). Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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