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<title>linux-toradex.git/drivers/block, branch v2.6.25-rc2</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>Fix compile of swim3 as module</title>
<updated>2008-02-15T04:58:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tony Breeds</name>
<email>tony@bakeyournoodle.com</email>
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<published>2008-02-15T03:31:19+00:00</published>
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The current pmac32_defconfig fails to build with the following error:

  Building modules, stage 2.
ERROR: "check_media_bay" [drivers/block/swim3.ko] undefined!
WARNING: modpost: Found 23 section mismatch(es).
To see full details build your kernel with:
'make CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y'
make[2]: *** [__modpost] Error 1

This patch fixes that.

Signed-off-by: Tony Breeds &lt;tony@bakeyournoodle.com&gt;
Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Cc: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
Acked-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz &lt;bzolnier@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Josh Boyer &lt;jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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The current pmac32_defconfig fails to build with the following error:

  Building modules, stage 2.
ERROR: "check_media_bay" [drivers/block/swim3.ko] undefined!
WARNING: modpost: Found 23 section mismatch(es).
To see full details build your kernel with:
'make CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y'
make[2]: *** [__modpost] Error 1

This patch fixes that.

Signed-off-by: Tony Breeds &lt;tony@bakeyournoodle.com&gt;
Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Cc: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
Acked-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz &lt;bzolnier@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Josh Boyer &lt;jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ub: fix up the conversion to sg_init_table()</title>
<updated>2008-02-09T19:08:33+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pete Zaitcev</name>
<email>zaitcev@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-02-09T08:10:17+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Pete Zaitcev &lt;zaitcev@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: "Oliver Pinter" &lt;oliver.pntr@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: FUJITA Tomonori &lt;fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp&gt;
Cc: Greg KH &lt;greg@kroah.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Pete Zaitcev &lt;zaitcev@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: "Oliver Pinter" &lt;oliver.pntr@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: FUJITA Tomonori &lt;fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp&gt;
Cc: Greg KH &lt;greg@kroah.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block</title>
<updated>2008-02-08T17:42:46+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2008-02-08T17:42:46+00:00</published>
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* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block:
  Enhanced partition statistics: documentation update
  Enhanced partition statistics: remove old partition statistics
  Enhanced partition statistics: procfs
  Enhanced partition statistics: sysfs
  Enhanced partition statistics: aoe fix
  Enhanced partition statistics: update partition statitics
  Enhanced partition statistics: core statistics
  block: fixup rq_init() a bit

Manually fixed conflict in drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c due to statistics
support.
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* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block:
  Enhanced partition statistics: documentation update
  Enhanced partition statistics: remove old partition statistics
  Enhanced partition statistics: procfs
  Enhanced partition statistics: sysfs
  Enhanced partition statistics: aoe fix
  Enhanced partition statistics: update partition statitics
  Enhanced partition statistics: core statistics
  block: fixup rq_init() a bit

Manually fixed conflict in drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c due to statistics
support.
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<entry>
<title>NBD: remove limit on max number of nbd devices</title>
<updated>2008-02-08T17:22:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul Clements</name>
<email>paul.clements@steeleye.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-02-08T12:21:51+00:00</published>
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Remove the arbitrary 128 device limit for NBD.  nbds_max can now be set to
any number.  In certain scenarios where devices are used sparsely we have
run into the 128 device limit.

Signed-off-by: Paul Clements &lt;paul.clements@steeleye.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Remove the arbitrary 128 device limit for NBD.  nbds_max can now be set to
any number.  In certain scenarios where devices are used sparsely we have
run into the 128 device limit.

Signed-off-by: Paul Clements &lt;paul.clements@steeleye.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>aoe: statically initialise devlist_lock</title>
<updated>2008-02-08T17:22:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Andrew Morton</name>
<email>akpm@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2008-02-08T12:20:10+00:00</published>
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I guess aoedev_init() can go away now.

Cc: Greg KH &lt;greg@kroah.com&gt;
Cc: "Ed L. Cashin" &lt;ecashin@coraid.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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I guess aoedev_init() can go away now.

Cc: Greg KH &lt;greg@kroah.com&gt;
Cc: "Ed L. Cashin" &lt;ecashin@coraid.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>aoe: update copyright date</title>
<updated>2008-02-08T17:22:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ed L. Cashin</name>
<email>ecashin@coraid.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-02-08T12:20:09+00:00</published>
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Update the year in the copyright notices.

Signed-off-by: Ed L. Cashin &lt;ecashin@coraid.com&gt;
Cc: Greg KH &lt;greg@kroah.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Update the year in the copyright notices.

Signed-off-by: Ed L. Cashin &lt;ecashin@coraid.com&gt;
Cc: Greg KH &lt;greg@kroah.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>aoe: make error messages more specific</title>
<updated>2008-02-08T17:22:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ed L. Cashin</name>
<email>ecashin@coraid.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-02-08T12:20:09+00:00</published>
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Andrew Morton pointed out that the "too many targets" message in patch 2 could
be printed for failing GFP_ATOMIC allocations.  This patch makes the messages
more specific.

Signed-off-by: Ed L. Cashin &lt;ecashin@coraid.com&gt;
Cc: Greg KH &lt;greg@kroah.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Andrew Morton pointed out that the "too many targets" message in patch 2 could
be printed for failing GFP_ATOMIC allocations.  This patch makes the messages
more specific.

Signed-off-by: Ed L. Cashin &lt;ecashin@coraid.com&gt;
Cc: Greg KH &lt;greg@kroah.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>aoe: the aoeminor doesn't need a long format</title>
<updated>2008-02-08T17:22:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ed L. Cashin</name>
<email>ecashin@coraid.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-02-08T12:20:08+00:00</published>
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The aoedev aoeminor member doesn't need a long format.

Signed-off-by: Ed L. Cashin &lt;ecashin@coraid.com&gt;
Cc: Greg KH &lt;greg@kroah.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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The aoedev aoeminor member doesn't need a long format.

Signed-off-by: Ed L. Cashin &lt;ecashin@coraid.com&gt;
Cc: Greg KH &lt;greg@kroah.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>aoe: add module parameter for users who need more outstanding I/O</title>
<updated>2008-02-08T17:22:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ed L. Cashin</name>
<email>ecashin@coraid.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-02-08T12:20:07+00:00</published>
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An AoE target provides an estimate of the number of outstanding commands that
the AoE initiator can send before getting a response.  The aoe_maxout
parameter provides a way to set an even lower limit.  It will not allow a user
to use more outstanding commands than the target permits.  If a user discovers
a problem with a large setting, this parameter provides a way for us to work
with them to debug the problem.  We expect to improve the dynamic window
sizing algorithm and drop this parameter.  For the time being, it is a
debugging aid.

Signed-off-by: Ed L. Cashin &lt;ecashin@coraid.com&gt;
Cc: Greg KH &lt;greg@kroah.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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An AoE target provides an estimate of the number of outstanding commands that
the AoE initiator can send before getting a response.  The aoe_maxout
parameter provides a way to set an even lower limit.  It will not allow a user
to use more outstanding commands than the target permits.  If a user discovers
a problem with a large setting, this parameter provides a way for us to work
with them to debug the problem.  We expect to improve the dynamic window
sizing algorithm and drop this parameter.  For the time being, it is a
debugging aid.

Signed-off-by: Ed L. Cashin &lt;ecashin@coraid.com&gt;
Cc: Greg KH &lt;greg@kroah.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>aoe: only install new AoE device once</title>
<updated>2008-02-08T17:22:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ed L. Cashin</name>
<email>ecashin@coraid.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-02-08T12:20:06+00:00</published>
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An aoe driver user who had about 70 AoE targets found that he was hitting a
BUG in sysfs_create_file because the aoe driver was trying to tell the kernel
about an AoE device more than once.  Each AoE device was reachable by several
local network interfaces, and multiple ATA device indentify responses were
returning from that single device.

This patch eliminates a race condition so that aoe always informs the block
layer of a new AoE device once in the presence of multiple incoming ATA device
identify responses.

Signed-off-by: Ed L. Cashin &lt;ecashin@coraid.com&gt;
Cc: Greg KH &lt;greg@kroah.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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An aoe driver user who had about 70 AoE targets found that he was hitting a
BUG in sysfs_create_file because the aoe driver was trying to tell the kernel
about an AoE device more than once.  Each AoE device was reachable by several
local network interfaces, and multiple ATA device indentify responses were
returning from that single device.

This patch eliminates a race condition so that aoe always informs the block
layer of a new AoE device once in the presence of multiple incoming ATA device
identify responses.

Signed-off-by: Ed L. Cashin &lt;ecashin@coraid.com&gt;
Cc: Greg KH &lt;greg@kroah.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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