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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-10-30 11:50:57 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-10-30 11:50:57 -0700
commit53387b0151260f6c3513adeca77f05ed052d6217 (patch)
tree740bf533e79d3b3b65e17163af78f03d345dd248 /Documentation
parent52e8e19b019ca7ad6951d7a39b78d24b198238bc (diff)
parent113328306dbdfd5f146f257e447364dc66d025d4 (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6: Driver core: fix 'dynamic_debug' cmd line parameter HOWTO: Sync patch for jp_JP/HOWTO Update stable tree documentation sysfs: Fix return values for sysdev_store_{ulong,int} driver core: drivers/base/sys.c: update comments Document kernel taint flags properly
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt24
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO b/Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO
index 0775cf4798b2..55476982b5ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO
+++ b/Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ for non English (read: Japanese) speakers and is not intended as a
fork. So if you have any comments or updates for this file, please try
to update the original English file first.
-Last Updated: 2008/08/21
+Last Updated: 2008/10/24
==================================
これは、
-linux-2.6.27/Documentation/HOWTO
+linux-2.6.28/Documentation/HOWTO
の和訳です。
翻訳団体: JF プロジェクト < http://www.linux.or.jp/JF/ >
-翻訳日: 2008/8/5
+翻訳日: 2008/10/24
翻訳者: Tsugikazu Shibata <tshibata at ab dot jp dot nec dot com>
校正者: 松倉さん <nbh--mats at nifty dot com>
小林 雅典さん (Masanori Kobayasi) <zap03216 at nifty dot ne dot jp>
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ Linux カーネルソースツリーは幅広い範囲のドキュメントを
新しいドキュメントファイルも追加することを勧めます。
カーネルの変更が、カーネルがユーザ空間に公開しているインターフェイスの
変更を引き起こす場合、その変更を説明するマニュアルページのパッチや情報
-をマニュアルページのメンテナ mtk.manpages@gmail.com に送ることを勧めま
-す。
+をマニュアルページのメンテナ mtk.manpages@gmail.com に送り、CC を
+linux-api@ver.kernel.org に送ることを勧めます。
以下はカーネルソースツリーに含まれている読んでおくべきファイルの一覧で
す-
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Linux カーネルソースツリーは幅広い範囲のドキュメントを
この他にパッチを作る方法についてのよくできた記述は-
"The Perfect Patch"
- http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/tpp.txt
+ http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt
"Linux kernel patch submission format"
http://linux.yyz.us/patch-format.html
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ Linux カーネルコミュニティは、一度に大量のコードの塊を
これについて全てがどのようにあるべきかについての詳細は、以下のドキュメ
ントの ChangeLog セクションを見てください-
"The Perfect Patch"
- http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/tpp.txt
+ http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt
これらのどれもが、時にはとても困難です。これらの慣例を完璧に実施するに
は数年かかるかもしれません。これは継続的な改善のプロセスであり、そのた
diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
index 4cfc78835bc1..a452227361b1 100644
--- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the
marked CONFIG_BROKEN), an oops, a hang, data corruption, a real
security issue, or some "oh, that's not good" issue. In short, something
critical.
+ - New device IDs and quirks are also accepted.
- No "theoretical race condition" issues, unless an explanation of how the
race can be exploited is also provided.
- It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes,
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index bde799e06598..a4ccdd1981cf 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -363,11 +363,21 @@ tainted:
Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted. Numeric values, which
can be ORed together:
- 1 - A module with a non-GPL license has been loaded, this
- includes modules with no license.
- Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
- 2 - A module was force loaded by insmod -f.
- Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
- 4 - Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP.
- 64 - A module from drivers/staging was loaded.
+ 1 - A module with a non-GPL license has been loaded, this
+ includes modules with no license.
+ Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
+ 2 - A module was force loaded by insmod -f.
+ Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
+ 4 - Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP.
+ 8 - A module was forcibly unloaded from the system by rmmod -f.
+ 16 - A hardware machine check error occurred on the system.
+ 32 - A bad page was discovered on the system.
+ 64 - The user has asked that the system be marked "tainted". This
+ could be because they are running software that directly modifies
+ the hardware, or for other reasons.
+ 128 - The system has died.
+ 256 - The ACPI DSDT has been overridden with one supplied by the user
+ instead of using the one provided by the hardware.
+ 512 - A kernel warning has occurred.
+1024 - A module from drivers/staging was loaded.