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* [PATCH] I8K: use standard DMI interfaceDmitry Torokhov2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | I8K: Change to use stock dmi infrastructure instead of homegrown parsing code. The driver now requires box's DMI data to match list of supported models so driver can be safely compiled-in by default without fear of it poking into random SMM BIOS code. DMI checks can be ignored with i8k.ignore_dmi option. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] dvb-bt8xx.txt fixesUwe Bugla2005-06-25
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] xip: descriptionCarsten Otte2005-06-24
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] DocBook: update commentsMartin Waitz2005-06-24
| | | | | | | | This patch updates some comments to match code changes. Signed-off-by: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] DocBook: only use tabular style for long synopsisMartin Waitz2005-06-24
| | | | | | | | | There was a complaint that function declarations are shown tabular in the documentation since switching to xmlto. This patch disables tabular mode when the function fits in one line. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] docbook build fixJiri Slaby2005-06-24
| | | | | | | | | Fix documentation build with `make O=' Cc: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] DViCO FusionHDTV3 Gold-T documentation fixMichael Krufky2005-06-24
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Even though it says DViCO FusionHDTV3 Gold-Q on the box, Gold-T is printed on the card. This fix corrects the error in all places, and corrects the tuner name Thomson DDT 7611 (ATSC/NTSC) in the documentation. This applies against 2.6.12-rc5-mm2 after applying Manueal Capinha's patch "Add support for PixelView Ultra Pro in v4l" (because of the change from card=27 to card=28) Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Video for Linux DocumentationMauro Carvalho Chehab2005-06-24
| | | | | | | | This patch synchronizes documentation from V4L CVS with current kernel release. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] oprofile: report anonymous region samplesJohn Levon2005-06-24
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The below patch passes samples from anonymous regions to userspace instead of just dropping them. This provides the support needed for reporting anonymous-region code samples (today: basic accumulated results; later: Java and other dynamically compiled code). As this changes the format, an upgrade to the just-released 0.9 release of the userspace tools is required. This patch is based upon an earlier one by Will Cohen <wcohen@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: John Levon <levon@movementarian.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] dvb: Add generalized dvb-usb driverJohannes Stezenbach2005-06-24
| | | | | | | | | | Add generalized dvb-usb driver which supports a wide variety of devices. Signed-off-by: Patrick Boettcher <pb@linuxtv.org> Signed-off-by: Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] dvb: drop obsolete dibusb driverJohannes Stezenbach2005-06-24
| | | | | | | | | | Remove the dibusb driver which has been obsoleted by the generalized dvb-usb driver. Signed-off-by: Patrick Boettcher <pb@linuxtv.org> Signed-off-by: Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] ipmi: add power cycle capabilityCorey Minyard2005-06-24
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch to adds "power cycle" functionality to the IPMI power off module ipmi_poweroff. It also contains changes to support procfs control of the feature. The power cycle action is considered an optional chassis control in the IPMI specification. However, it is definitely useful when the hardware supports it. A power cycle is usually required in order to reset a firmware in a bad state. This action is critical to allow remote management of servers. The implementation adds power cycle as optional to the ipmi_poweroff module. It can be modified dynamically through the proc entry mentioned above. During a power down and enabled, the power cycle command is sent to the BMC firmware. If it fails either due to non-support or some error, it will retry to send the command as power off. Signed-off-by: Christopher A. Poblete <Chris_Poblete@dell.com> Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] ipmi: doc updatesCorey Minyard2005-06-24
| | | | | | | | | This cleans up the IPMI documentation to fix some problems and make it more accurate for the current drivers. Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Keys: Make request-key create an authorisation keyDavid Howells2005-06-24
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The attached patch makes the following changes: (1) There's a new special key type called ".request_key_auth". This is an authorisation key for when one process requests a key and another process is started to construct it. This type of key cannot be created by the user; nor can it be requested by kernel services. Authorisation keys hold two references: (a) Each refers to a key being constructed. When the key being constructed is instantiated the authorisation key is revoked, rendering it of no further use. (b) The "authorising process". This is either: (i) the process that called request_key(), or: (ii) if the process that called request_key() itself had an authorisation key in its session keyring, then the authorising process referred to by that authorisation key will also be referred to by the new authorisation key. This means that the process that initiated a chain of key requests will authorise the lot of them, and will, by default, wind up with the keys obtained from them in its keyrings. (2) request_key() creates an authorisation key which is then passed to /sbin/request-key in as part of a new session keyring. (3) When request_key() is searching for a key to hand back to the caller, if it comes across an authorisation key in the session keyring of the calling process, it will also search the keyrings of the process specified therein and it will use the specified process's credentials (fsuid, fsgid, groups) to do that rather than the calling process's credentials. This allows a process started by /sbin/request-key to find keys belonging to the authorising process. (4) A key can be read, even if the process executing KEYCTL_READ doesn't have direct read or search permission if that key is contained within the keyrings of a process specified by an authorisation key found within the calling process's session keyring, and is searchable using the credentials of the authorising process. This allows a process started by /sbin/request-key to read keys belonging to the authorising process. (5) The magic KEY_SPEC_*_KEYRING key IDs when passed to KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE or KEYCTL_NEGATE will specify a keyring of the authorising process, rather than the process doing the instantiation. (6) One of the process keyrings can be nominated as the default to which request_key() should attach new keys if not otherwise specified. This is done with KEYCTL_SET_REQKEY_KEYRING and one of the KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_* constants. The current setting can also be read using this call. (7) request_key() is partially interruptible. If it is waiting for another process to finish constructing a key, it can be interrupted. This permits a request-key cycle to be broken without recourse to rebooting. Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-Off-By: Benoit Boissinot <benoit.boissinot@ens-lyon.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] keys: Discard key spinlock and use RCU for key payloadDavid Howells2005-06-24
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The attached patch changes the key implementation in a number of ways: (1) It removes the spinlock from the key structure. (2) The key flags are now accessed using atomic bitops instead of write-locking the key spinlock and using C bitwise operators. The three instantiation flags are dealt with with the construction semaphore held during the request_key/instantiate/negate sequence, thus rendering the spinlock superfluous. The key flags are also now bit numbers not bit masks. (3) The key payload is now accessed using RCU. This permits the recursive keyring search algorithm to be simplified greatly since no locks need be taken other than the usual RCU preemption disablement. Searching now does not require any locks or semaphores to be held; merely that the starting keyring be pinned. (4) The keyring payload now includes an RCU head so that it can be disposed of by call_rcu(). This requires that the payload be copied on unlink to prevent introducing races in copy-down vs search-up. (5) The user key payload is now a structure with the data following it. It includes an RCU head like the keyring payload and for the same reason. It also contains a data length because the data length in the key may be changed on another CPU whilst an RCU protected read is in progress on the payload. This would then see the supposed RCU payload and the on-key data length getting out of sync. I'm tempted to drop the key's datalen entirely, except that it's used in conjunction with quota management and so is a little tricky to get rid of. (6) Update the keys documentation. Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [TCP]: Update sysctl and congestion control documentation.Stephen Hemminger2005-06-23
| | | | | | | | | Update the documentation to remove the old sysctl values and include the new congestion control infrastructure. Includes changes to tcp.txt by Ian McDonald. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [PATCH] Add removal schedule of register_serial/unregister_serial to ↵Russell King2005-06-23
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* [PATCH] Introduce tty_unregister_ldisc()Alexey Dobriyan2005-06-23
| | | | | | | | | It's a bit strange to see tty_register_ldisc call in modules' exit functions. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] add note about verify_area removal to feature-removal-schedule.txtJesper Juhl2005-06-23
| | | | | | | | | Add note about the soon-to-come removal of verify_area() to Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt. Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@dif.dk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Add offset.h to dontdiffMichal Schmidt2005-06-23
| | | | | | | | | include/asm/offset.h is a generated file on x86_64 and mips. Let's add it to Documentation/dontdiff. Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt <xschmi00@stud.feec.vutbr.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] setuid core dumpAlan Cox2005-06-23
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add a new `suid_dumpable' sysctl: This value can be used to query and set the core dump mode for setuid or otherwise protected/tainted binaries. The modes are 0 - (default) - traditional behaviour. Any process which has changed privilege levels or is execute only will not be dumped 1 - (debug) - all processes dump core when possible. The core dump is owned by the current user and no security is applied. This is intended for system debugging situations only. Ptrace is unchecked. 2 - (suidsafe) - any binary which normally would not be dumped is dumped readable by root only. This allows the end user to remove such a dump but not access it directly. For security reasons core dumps in this mode will not overwrite one another or other files. This mode is appropriate when adminstrators are attempting to debug problems in a normal environment. (akpm: > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(suid_dumpable); > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL? No problem to me. > > if (current->euid == current->uid && current->egid == current->gid) > > current->mm->dumpable = 1; > > Should this be SUID_DUMP_USER? Actually the feedback I had from last time was that the SUID_ defines should go because its clearer to follow the numbers. They can go everywhere (and there are lots of places where dumpable is tested/used as a bool in untouched code) > Maybe this should be renamed to `dump_policy' or something. Doing that > would help us catch any code which isn't using the #defines, too. Fair comment. The patch was designed to be easy to maintain for Red Hat rather than for merging. Changing that field would create a gigantic diff because it is used all over the place. ) Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/i2c-2.6Linus Torvalds2005-06-22
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| * [PATCH] I2C: w83781d: remove non-i2c sensor chipsJean Delvare2005-06-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch removes the support for the W83697HF and W83627THF chips from the w83781d driver. These chips have no I2C/SMBus interface and are better supported by the Super-I/O-based w83627hf driver. Documentation was updated to reflect the support drop. Signed-off-by: Grant Coady <gcoady@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
| * [PATCH] I2C: add new pca9539 driverbgardner@wabtec.com2005-06-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This is an i2c driver for the Philips PCA9539 (16 bit I/O port). It uses the new i2c-sysfs interfaces. The patch includes documentation. It depends on the patch that renames "i2c-sysfs.h" to "hwmon-sysfs.h" Signed-off-by: Ben Gardner <bgardner@wabtec.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
| * [PATCH] max6875: new i2c device driverBGardner@Wabtec.com2005-06-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds support for the MAX6875/MAX6874 chips. Signed-off-by: Ben Gardner <bgardner@wabtec.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
| * [PATCH] I2C: add adm9240 driver documentationGrant Coady2005-06-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds adm9240 driver doc, with thanks to Rudolf Marek for review. Signed-off-by: Grant Coady <gcoady@gmail.com> Acked-by: Rudolf Marek <r.marek@sh.cvut.cz> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
| * [PATCH] I2C: documentation update 3/3R.Marek@sh.cvut.cz2005-06-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds information about available userspace utillities for system health monitoring drivers. Signed-off-by: Rudolf Marek <r.marek@sh.cvut.cz> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
| * [PATCH] I2C: documentation update 2/3R.Marek@sh.cvut.cz2005-06-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds missing documentation for system health monitoring chips. I would like to thank all people, who helped me with this project. Signed-off-by: Rudolf Marek <r.marek@sh.cvut.cz> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
| * [PATCH] I2C: documentation update 1/3R.Marek@sh.cvut.cz2005-06-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch just changes the extension of Documentation/i2c/chips/smsc47b397.txt to none - to conform with naming in i2c subsystem directory. Signed-off-by: Rudolf Marek <r.marek@sh.cvut.cz> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
| * [PATCH] I2C: Sensors mailing list has movedJean Delvare2005-06-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The following patch updates all references to the sensors mailing list, so as to reflect the fact that the list recently moved to a new home and changed addresses. I'll work out a similar patch for Linux 2.4 soon. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
| * [PATCH] I2C: sysfs names: rename to cpu0_vid, take 3Grant Coady2005-06-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This small patch changes two drivers, adm1025 and adm1026, to report vid as cpu0_vid sysfs name as used by the other drivers. Added duplicated names and six month warning for old names to be removed as requested. Compile tested. Signed-off-by: Grant Coady <gcoady@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
| * [PATCH] I2C: Kill address ranges in non-sensors i2c chip driversJean Delvare2005-06-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Some months ago, you killed the address ranges mechanism from all sensors i2c chip drivers (both the module parameters and the in-code address lists). I think it was a very good move, as the ranges can easily be replaced by individual addresses, and this allowed for significant cleanups in the i2c core (let alone the impressive size shrink for all these drivers). Unfortunately you did not do the same for non-sensors i2c chip drivers. These need the address ranges even less, so we could get rid of the ranges here as well for another significant i2c core cleanup. Here comes a patch which does just that. Since the process is exactly the same as what you did for the other drivers set already, I did not split this one in parts. A documentation update is included. The change saves 308 bytes in the i2c core, and an average 1382 bytes for chip drivers which use I2C_CLIENT_INSMOD, 126 bytes for those which do not. This change is required if we want to merge the sensors and non-sensors i2c code (and we want to do this). Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Index: gregkh-2.6/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients ===================================================================
* | Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/w1-2.6Linus Torvalds2005-06-22
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| * | [PATCH] w1: Updates the w1 documentation (w1.generic)Evgeniy Polyakov2005-06-22
| |/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Updates the w1 documentation (w1.generic) Signed-off-by: Ben Gardner <bgardner@wabtec.com> Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* | [ALSA] hda-codec - More fix of ALC880 codec supportTakashi Iwai2005-06-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Documentation,HDA Codec driver,HDA generic driver,HDA Intel driver - Fix some invalid configurations, typos in the last patch - Make init_verbs chainable, so that different configs can share the same init_verbs - Reorder and clean up the source codes in patch_realtek.c - Add the pin default configuration parser, used commonly in cmedia and realtek patch codes. - Add 'auto' model to ALC880 for auto-configuration from BIOS Use this model as default, and 3-stack as fallback Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
* | [ALSA] Add documentation for HDSP MADITakashi Iwai2005-06-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Documentation Added documentation for HDSP MADI driver by Winfried Ritsch. Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
* | [ALSA] Add write support to snd-page-alloc proc fileTakashi Iwai2005-06-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Documentation,Memalloc module,RME HDSP driver,RME9652 driver Add the write support to snd-page-alloc proc file for buffer pre-allocation. Removed the pre-allocation codes via module options. Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
* | Merge with ↵Jaroslav Kysela2005-06-22
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| * [PATCH] intelfb documentationSylvain Meyer2005-06-21
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add a small documentation of the driver parameters. Signed-off-by: Sylvain Meyer <sylvain.meyer@worldonline.fr> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
| * [PATCH] isofs: show hidden files, add granularity for assoc/hidden files flagsJeremy White2005-06-21
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The current isofs treatment of hidden files is flawed in two ways. First, it does not provide sufficient granularity; it hides both 'hidden' files and 'associated' files (resource fork for Mac files). Second, the default behavior to completely strip hidden files, while an admirable implementation of the spec, is a poor choice given the real world use of hidden files as a poor mans copy protection scheme for MSDOS and Windows based systems. A longer description of this is available here: http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0205.3/0267.html This patch was originally built after a few private conversations with Alan Cox; I shamefully failed to persist in seeing it go forward, I hope to make amends now. This patch introduces granularity by allowing explicit control for both hidden and associated files. It also reverses the default so that by default, hidden files are treated as regular files on the iso9660 file system. This allow Wine to process Windows CDs, including those that are hybrid Mac/Windows CDs properly and completely, without our having to go muck up peoples fstabs as we do now. (I have tested this with such a hybrid + hidden CD and have verified that this patch works as claimed). Signed-off-by: Jeremy White <jwhite@codeweavers.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
| * [PATCH] s390: cio documentationCornelia Huck2005-06-21
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Some clarifications in the cio documentation. Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
| * [PATCH] ioc4: Core driver rewriteBrent Casavant2005-06-21
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This series of patches reworks the configuration and internal structure of the SGI IOC4 I/O controller device drivers. These changes are motivated by several factors: - The IOC4 chip PCI resources are of mixed use between functions (i.e. multiple functions are handled in the same address range, sometimes within the same register), muddling resource ownership and initialization issues. Centralizing this ownership in a core driver is desirable. - The IOC4 chip implements multiple functions (serial, IDE, others not yet implemented in the mainline kernel) but is not a multifunction PCI device. In order to properly handle device addition and removal as well as module insertion and deletion, an intermediary IOC4-specific driver layer is needed to handle these operations cleanly. - All IOC4 drivers are currently enabled by a single CONFIG value. As not all systems need all IOC4 functions, it is desireable to enable these drivers independently. - The current IOC4 core driver will trigger loading of all function-level drivers, as it makes direct calls to them. This situation should be reversed (i.e. function-level drivers cause loading of core driver) in order to maintain a clear and least-surprise driver loading model. - IOC4 hardware design necessitates some driver-level dependency on the PCI bus clock speed. Current code assumes a 66MHz bus, but the speed should be autodetected and appropriate compensation taken. This patch series effects the above changes by a newly and better designed IOC4 core driver with which the function-level drivers can register and deregister themselves upon module insertion/removal. By tracking these modules, device addition/removal is also handled properly. PCI resource management and ownership issues are centralized in this core driver, and IOC4-wide configuration actions such as bus speed detection are also handled in this core driver. This patch: The SGI IOC4 I/O controller chip implements multiple functions, though it is not a multi-function PCI device. Additionally, various PCI resources of the IOC4 are shared by multiple hardware functions, and thus resource ownership by driver is not clearly delineated. Due to the current driver design, all core and subordinate drivers must be loaded, or none, which is undesirable if not all IOC4 hardware features are being used. This patch reorganizes the IOC4 drivers so that the core driver provides a subdriver registration service. Through appropriate callbacks the subdrivers can now handle device addition and removal, as well as module insertion and deletion (though the IOC4 IDE driver requires further work before module deletion will work). The core driver now takes care of allocating PCI resources and data which must be shared between subdrivers, to clearly delineate module ownership of these items. Signed-off-by: Brent Casavant <bcasavan@sgi.com> Acked-by: Pat Gefre <pfg@sgi.com Acked-by: Jeremy Higdon <jeremy@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
| * [PATCH] shmem: restore superblock infoHugh Dickins2005-06-21
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | To improve shmem scalability, we allowed tmpfs instances which don't need their blocks or inodes limited not to count them, and not to allocate any sbinfo. Which was okay when the only use for the sbinfo was accounting blocks and inodes; but since then a couple of unrelated projects extending tmpfs want to store other data in the sbinfo. Whether either extension reaches mainline is beside the point: I'm guilty of a bad design decision, and should restore sbinfo to make any such future extensions easier. So, once again allocate a shmem_sb_info for every shmem/tmpfs instance, and now let max_blocks 0 indicate unlimited blocks, and max_inodes 0 unlimited inodes. Brent Casavant verified (many months ago) that this does not perceptibly impact the scalability (since the unlimited sbinfo cacheline is repeatedly accessed but only once dirtied). And merge shmem_set_size into its sole caller shmem_remount_fs. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | Merge with /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.gitJaroslav Kysela2005-06-21
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| * [PATCH] Driver core: Documentation: update device attribute callbacksYani Ioannou2005-06-20
| | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Yani Ioannou <yani.ioannou@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
| * [PATCH] Driver Core: driver model doc updateDavid Brownell2005-06-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This updates some driver data documentation: - removes references to some fields that haven't been there for a long time now, e.g. pre-kobject or even older; - giving more information about the probe() method; - adding an example of how platform_data is used Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
| * [PATCH] fix "make mandocs" after class_simple.c removalAdrian Bunk2005-06-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Due to the removal of class_simple.c, "make mandocs" no longer works. This patch fixes this issue. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
| * Manual merge of ↵Linus Torvalds2005-06-18
| |\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6.git This is a fixed-up version of the broken "upstream-2.6.13" branch, where I re-did the manual merge of drivers/net/r8169.c by hand, and made sure the history is all good.
| | * Automatic merge of /spare/repo/netdev-2.6 branch remove-drivers2005-06-04
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| | | * [PATCH] remove two obsolete net driversAdrian Bunk2005-05-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The options FMV18X and SK_G16 do depend on the non-available CONFIG_OBSOLETE even in kernel 2.4 - IOW, the last time it was able to select them was in kernel 2.2 (or even before). Since it seems noone misses these drivers, this patch removes them. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
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