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authorAndy Voltz <andy.voltz@timesys.com>2010-11-15 16:00:38 -0500
committerAndy Voltz <andy.voltz@timesys.com>2010-11-17 11:30:34 -0500
commit2e0ae4bf137e282e825b27b02eb46f86c59d004e (patch)
tree7c2534acd757ca414f02c5b983ee67eb2b2493c6 /Documentation
parent22763c5cf3690a681551162c15d34d935308c8d7 (diff)
Bump Linux kernel to 2.6.32.25
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/Changes2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/Makefile21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/ltc42454
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i8013
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kvm/api.txt36
-rw-r--r--Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt55
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/3c509.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa71341
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt1
13 files changed, 110 insertions, 62 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes
index 6d0f1efc5bf6..f08b313cd235 100644
--- a/Documentation/Changes
+++ b/Documentation/Changes
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ o oprofile 0.9 # oprofiled --version
o udev 081 # udevinfo -V
o grub 0.93 # grub --version
o mcelog 0.6
+o iptables 1.4.1 # iptables -V
+
Kernel compilation
==================
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
index ab8300f67182..50075df94962 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ PS_METHOD = $(prefer-db2x)
###
# The targets that may be used.
-PHONY += xmldocs sgmldocs psdocs pdfdocs htmldocs mandocs installmandocs cleandocs media
+PHONY += xmldocs sgmldocs psdocs pdfdocs htmldocs mandocs installmandocs cleandocs xmldoclinks
BOOKS := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(DOCBOOKS))
-xmldocs: $(BOOKS)
+xmldocs: $(BOOKS) xmldoclinks
sgmldocs: xmldocs
PS := $(patsubst %.xml, %.ps, $(BOOKS))
@@ -45,15 +45,24 @@ PDF := $(patsubst %.xml, %.pdf, $(BOOKS))
pdfdocs: $(PDF)
HTML := $(sort $(patsubst %.xml, %.html, $(BOOKS)))
-htmldocs: media $(HTML)
+htmldocs: $(HTML)
$(call build_main_index)
+ $(call build_images)
MAN := $(patsubst %.xml, %.9, $(BOOKS))
mandocs: $(MAN)
-media:
- mkdir -p $(srctree)/Documentation/DocBook/media/
- cp $(srctree)/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/*.png $(srctree)/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/*.gif $(srctree)/Documentation/DocBook/media/
+build_images = mkdir -p $(objtree)/Documentation/DocBook/media/ && \
+ cp $(srctree)/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/*.png $(srctree)/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/*.gif $(objtree)/Documentation/DocBook/media/
+
+xmldoclinks:
+ifneq ($(objtree),$(srctree))
+ for dep in dvb media-entities.tmpl media-indices.tmpl v4l; do \
+ rm -f $(objtree)/Documentation/DocBook/$$dep \
+ && ln -s $(srctree)/Documentation/DocBook/$$dep $(objtree)/Documentation/DocBook/ \
+ || exit; \
+ done
+endif
installmandocs: mandocs
mkdir -p /usr/local/man/man9/
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
index 6d94e0696f8c..e1def1786e50 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ journal_dev=devnum When the external journal device's major/minor numbers
identified through its new major/minor numbers encoded
in devnum.
-noload Don't load the journal on mounting. Note that
- if the filesystem was not unmounted cleanly,
+norecovery Don't load the journal on mounting. Note that
+noload if the filesystem was not unmounted cleanly,
skipping the journal replay will lead to the
filesystem containing inconsistencies that can
lead to any number of problems.
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ nobarrier This also requires an IO stack which can support
also be used to enable or disable barriers, for
consistency with other ext4 mount options.
-inode_readahead=n This tuning parameter controls the maximum
+inode_readahead_blks=n This tuning parameter controls the maximum
number of inode table blocks that ext4's inode
table readahead algorithm will pre-read into
the buffer cache. The default value is 32 blocks.
@@ -353,6 +353,12 @@ noauto_da_alloc replacing existing files via patterns such as
system crashes before the delayed allocation
blocks are forced to disk.
+discard Controls whether ext4 should issue discard/TRIM
+nodiscard(*) commands to the underlying block device when
+ blocks are freed. This is useful for SSD devices
+ and sparse/thinly-provisioned LUNs, but it is off
+ by default until sufficient testing has been done.
+
Data Mode
=========
There are 3 different data modes:
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index 2c48f945546b..5c86fe95555a 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ read the file /proc/PID/status:
CapBnd: ffffffffffffffff
voluntary_ctxt_switches: 0
nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches: 1
- Stack usage: 12 kB
This shows you nearly the same information you would get if you viewed it with
the ps command. In fact, ps uses the proc file system to obtain its
@@ -230,7 +229,6 @@ Table 1-2: Contents of the statm files (as of 2.6.30-rc7)
Mems_allowed_list Same as previous, but in "list format"
voluntary_ctxt_switches number of voluntary context switches
nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches number of non voluntary context switches
- Stack usage: stack usage high water mark (round up to page size)
..............................................................................
Table 1-3: Contents of the statm files (as of 2.6.8-rc3)
@@ -309,7 +307,7 @@ address perms offset dev inode pathname
08049000-0804a000 rw-p 00001000 03:00 8312 /opt/test
0804a000-0806b000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap]
a7cb1000-a7cb2000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
-a7cb2000-a7eb2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [threadstack:001ff4b4]
+a7cb2000-a7eb2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
a7eb2000-a7eb3000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
a7eb3000-a7ed5000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
a7ed5000-a8008000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 4222 /lib/libc.so.6
@@ -345,7 +343,6 @@ is not associated with a file:
[stack] = the stack of the main process
[vdso] = the "virtual dynamic shared object",
the kernel system call handler
- [threadstack:xxxxxxxx] = the stack of the thread, xxxxxxxx is the stack size
or if empty, the mapping is anonymous.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt
index 3015da0c6b2a..fe09a2cb1858 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt
@@ -82,11 +82,13 @@ tmpfs has a mount option to set the NUMA memory allocation policy for
all files in that instance (if CONFIG_NUMA is enabled) - which can be
adjusted on the fly via 'mount -o remount ...'
-mpol=default prefers to allocate memory from the local node
+mpol=default use the process allocation policy
+ (see set_mempolicy(2))
mpol=prefer:Node prefers to allocate memory from the given Node
mpol=bind:NodeList allocates memory only from nodes in NodeList
mpol=interleave prefers to allocate from each node in turn
mpol=interleave:NodeList allocates from each node of NodeList in turn
+mpol=local prefers to allocate memory from the local node
NodeList format is a comma-separated list of decimal numbers and ranges,
a range being two hyphen-separated decimal numbers, the smallest and
@@ -134,3 +136,5 @@ Author:
Christoph Rohland <cr@sap.com>, 1.12.01
Updated:
Hugh Dickins, 4 June 2007
+Updated:
+ KOSAKI Motohiro, 16 Mar 2010
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4245 b/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4245
index 02838a47d862..86b5880d8502 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4245
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4245
@@ -72,9 +72,7 @@ in6_min_alarm 5v output undervoltage alarm
in7_min_alarm 3v output undervoltage alarm
in8_min_alarm Vee (-12v) output undervoltage alarm
-in9_input GPIO #1 voltage data
-in10_input GPIO #2 voltage data
-in11_input GPIO #3 voltage data
+in9_input GPIO voltage data
power1_input 12v power usage (mW)
power2_input 5v power usage (mW)
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i801 b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i801
index 81c0c59a60ea..e1bb5b261693 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i801
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i801
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ Supported adapters:
* Intel 82801I (ICH9)
* Intel EP80579 (Tolapai)
* Intel 82801JI (ICH10)
- * Intel PCH
+ * Intel 3400/5 Series (PCH)
+ * Intel Cougar Point (PCH)
Datasheets: Publicly available at the Intel website
Authors:
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 9107b387e91f..5f6aa11fb457 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
acpi_sleep= [HW,ACPI] Sleep options
Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
- old_ordering, s4_nonvs }
+ old_ordering, s4_nonvs, sci_force_enable }
See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on
s3_bios and s3_mode.
s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
@@ -254,6 +254,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
of _PTS is used by default).
s4_nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
ACPI NVS memory during hibernation.
+ sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
+ on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
+ but some broken systems don't work without it).
acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
@@ -2645,6 +2648,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
to a common usb-storage quirk flag as follows:
a = SANE_SENSE (collect more than 18 bytes
of sense data);
+ b = BAD_SENSE (don't collect more than 18
+ bytes of sense data);
c = FIX_CAPACITY (decrease the reported
device capacity by one sector);
h = CAPACITY_HEURISTICS (decrease the
@@ -2666,6 +2671,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
medium is write-protected).
Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc
+ userpte=
+ [X86] Flags controlling user PTE allocations.
+
+ nohigh = do not allocate PTE pages in
+ HIGHMEM regardless of setting
+ of CONFIG_HIGHPTE.
+
vdso= [X86,SH]
vdso=2: enable compat VDSO (default with COMPAT_VDSO)
vdso=1: enable VDSO (default)
diff --git a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt
index 5a4bc8cf6d04..db3a7062d793 100644
--- a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt
@@ -593,6 +593,42 @@ struct kvm_irqchip {
} chip;
};
+4.27 KVM_GET_CLOCK
+
+Capability: KVM_CAP_ADJUST_CLOCK
+Architectures: x86
+Type: vm ioctl
+Parameters: struct kvm_clock_data (out)
+Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
+
+Gets the current timestamp of kvmclock as seen by the current guest. In
+conjunction with KVM_SET_CLOCK, it is used to ensure monotonicity on scenarios
+such as migration.
+
+struct kvm_clock_data {
+ __u64 clock; /* kvmclock current value */
+ __u32 flags;
+ __u32 pad[9];
+};
+
+4.28 KVM_SET_CLOCK
+
+Capability: KVM_CAP_ADJUST_CLOCK
+Architectures: x86
+Type: vm ioctl
+Parameters: struct kvm_clock_data (in)
+Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
+
+Sets the current timestamp of kvmclock to the valued specific in its parameter.
+In conjunction with KVM_GET_CLOCK, it is used to ensure monotonicity on scenarios
+such as migration.
+
+struct kvm_clock_data {
+ __u64 clock; /* kvmclock current value */
+ __u32 flags;
+ __u32 pad[9];
+};
+
5. The kvm_run structure
Application code obtains a pointer to the kvm_run structure by
diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
index aafcaa634191..387eb9c6bf5d 100644
--- a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt
@@ -460,6 +460,8 @@ event code Key Notes
For Lenovo ThinkPads with a new
BIOS, it has to be handled either
by the ACPI OSI, or by userspace.
+ The driver does the right thing,
+ never mess with this.
0x1011 0x10 FN+END Brightness down. See brightness
up for details.
@@ -582,46 +584,15 @@ with hotkey_report_mode.
Brightness hotkey notes:
-These are the current sane choices for brightness key mapping in
-thinkpad-acpi:
+Don't mess with the brightness hotkeys in a Thinkpad. If you want
+notifications for OSD, use the sysfs backlight class event support.
-For IBM and Lenovo models *without* ACPI backlight control (the ones on
-which thinkpad-acpi will autoload its backlight interface by default,
-and on which ACPI video does not export a backlight interface):
-
-1. Don't enable or map the brightness hotkeys in thinkpad-acpi, as
- these older firmware versions unfortunately won't respect the hotkey
- mask for brightness keys anyway, and always reacts to them. This
- usually work fine, unless X.org drivers are doing something to block
- the BIOS. In that case, use (3) below. This is the default mode of
- operation.
-
-2. Enable the hotkeys, but map them to something else that is NOT
- KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP/DOWN or any other keycode that would cause
- userspace to try to change the backlight level, and use that as an
- on-screen-display hint.
-
-3. IF AND ONLY IF X.org drivers find a way to block the firmware from
- automatically changing the brightness, enable the hotkeys and map
- them to KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP and KEY_BRIGHTNESS_DOWN, and feed that to
- something that calls xbacklight. thinkpad-acpi will not be able to
- change brightness in that case either, so you should disable its
- backlight interface.
-
-For Lenovo models *with* ACPI backlight control:
-
-1. Load up ACPI video and use that. ACPI video will report ACPI
- events for brightness change keys. Do not mess with thinkpad-acpi
- defaults in this case. thinkpad-acpi should not have anything to do
- with backlight events in a scenario where ACPI video is loaded:
- brightness hotkeys must be disabled, and the backlight interface is
- to be kept disabled as well. This is the default mode of operation.
-
-2. Do *NOT* load up ACPI video, enable the hotkeys in thinkpad-acpi,
- and map them to KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP and KEY_BRIGHTNESS_DOWN. Process
- these keys on userspace somehow (e.g. by calling xbacklight).
- The driver will do this automatically if it detects that ACPI video
- has been disabled.
+The driver will issue KEY_BRIGHTNESS_UP and KEY_BRIGHTNESS_DOWN events
+automatically for the cases were userspace has to do something to
+implement brightness changes. When you override these events, you will
+either fail to handle properly the ThinkPads that require explicit
+action to change backlight brightness, or the ThinkPads that require
+that no action be taken to work properly.
Bluetooth
@@ -679,6 +650,10 @@ LCD, CRT or DVI (if available). The following commands are available:
echo expand_toggle > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
echo video_switch > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
+NOTE: Access to this feature is restricted to processes owning the
+CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for safety reasons, as it can interact badly
+enough with some versions of X.org to crash it.
+
Each video output device can be enabled or disabled individually.
Reading /proc/acpi/ibm/video shows the status of each device.
@@ -1465,3 +1440,5 @@ Sysfs interface changelog:
and it is always able to disable hot keys. Very old
thinkpads are properly supported. hotkey_bios_mask
is deprecated and marked for removal.
+
+0x020600: Marker for backlight change event support.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/3c509.txt b/Documentation/networking/3c509.txt
index 0643e3b7168c..3c45d5dcd63b 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/3c509.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/3c509.txt
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ for LILO parameters for doing this:
This configures the first found 3c509 card for IRQ 10, base I/O 0x310, and
transceiver type 3 (10base2). The flag "0x3c509" must be set to avoid conflicts
with other card types when overriding the I/O address. When the driver is
-loaded as a module, only the IRQ and transceiver setting may be overridden.
-For example, setting two cards to 10base2/IRQ10 and AUI/IRQ11 is done by using
-the xcvr and irq module options:
+loaded as a module, only the IRQ may be overridden. For example,
+setting two cards to IRQ10 and IRQ11 is done by using the irq module
+option:
- options 3c509 xcvr=3,1 irq=10,11
+ options 3c509 irq=10,11
(2) Full-duplex mode
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ operation.
itself full-duplex capable. This is almost certainly one of two things: a full-
duplex-capable Ethernet switch (*not* a hub), or a full-duplex-capable NIC on
another system that's connected directly to the 3c509B via a crossover cable.
+
+Full-duplex mode can be enabled using 'ethtool'.
/////Extremely important caution concerning full-duplex mode/////
Understand that the 3c509B's hardware's full-duplex support is much more
@@ -113,6 +115,8 @@ This insured that merely upgrading the driver from an earlier version would
never automatically enable full-duplex mode in an existing installation;
it must always be explicitly enabled via one of these code in order to be
activated.
+
+The transceiver type can be changed using 'ethtool'.
(4a) Interpretation of error messages and common problems
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134
index 2620d60341ee..94e255a76f79 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134
@@ -172,3 +172,4 @@
171 -> Beholder BeholdTV X7 [5ace:7595]
172 -> RoverMedia TV Link Pro FM [19d1:0138]
173 -> Zolid Hybrid TV Tuner PCI [1131:2004]
+174 -> Asus Europa Hybrid OEM [1043:4847]
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt
index 3f61825be499..90e85a8a8817 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ ov519 041e:405f Creative Live! VISTA VF0330
ov519 041e:4060 Creative Live! VISTA VF0350
ov519 041e:4061 Creative Live! VISTA VF0400
ov519 041e:4064 Creative Live! VISTA VF0420
+ov519 041e:4067 Creative Live! Cam Video IM (VF0350)
ov519 041e:4068 Creative Live! VISTA VF0470
spca561 0458:7004 Genius VideoCAM Express V2
sunplus 0458:7006 Genius Dsc 1.3 Smart