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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/firewire-cdev b/Documentation/ABI/stable/firewire-cdev new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..16d030827368 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/firewire-cdev @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ +What: /dev/fw[0-9]+ +Date: May 2007 +KernelVersion: 2.6.22 +Contact: linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net +Description: + The character device files /dev/fw* are the interface between + firewire-core and IEEE 1394 device drivers implemented in + userspace. The ioctl(2)- and read(2)-based ABI is defined and + documented in <linux/firewire-cdev.h>. + + This ABI offers most of the features which firewire-core also + exposes to kernelspace IEEE 1394 drivers. + + Each /dev/fw* is associated with one IEEE 1394 node, which can + be remote or local nodes. Operations on a /dev/fw* file have + different scope: + - The 1394 node which is associated with the file: + - Asynchronous request transmission + - Get the Configuration ROM + - Query node ID + - Query maximum speed of the path between this node + and local node + - The 1394 bus (i.e. "card") to which the node is attached to: + - Isochronous stream transmission and reception + - Asynchronous stream transmission and reception + - Asynchronous broadcast request transmission + - PHY packet transmission and reception + - Allocate, reallocate, deallocate isochronous + resources (channels, bandwidth) at the bus's IRM + - Query node IDs of local node, root node, IRM, bus + manager + - Query cycle time + - Bus reset initiation, bus reset event reception + - All 1394 buses: + - Allocation of IEEE 1212 address ranges on the local + link layers, reception of inbound requests to such + an address range, asynchronous response transmission + to inbound requests + - Addition of descriptors or directories to the local + nodes' Configuration ROM + + Due to the different scope of operations and in order to let + userland implement different access permission models, some + operations are restricted to /dev/fw* files that are associated + with a local node: + - Addition of descriptors or directories to the local + nodes' Configuration ROM + - PHY packet transmission and reception + + A /dev/fw* file remains associated with one particular node + during its entire life time. Bus topology changes, and hence + node ID changes, are tracked by firewire-core. ABI users do not + need to be aware of topology. + + The following file operations are supported: + + open(2) + Currently the only useful flags are O_RDWR. + + ioctl(2) + Initiate various actions. Some take immediate effect, others + are performed asynchronously while or after the ioctl returns. + See the inline documentation in <linux/firewire-cdev.h> for + descriptions of all ioctls. + + poll(2), select(2), epoll_wait(2) etc. + Watch for events to become available to be read. + + read(2) + Receive various events. There are solicited events like + outbound asynchronous transaction completion or isochronous + buffer completion, and unsolicited events such as bus resets, + request reception, or PHY packet reception. Always use a read + buffer which is large enough to receive the largest event that + could ever arrive. See <linux/firewire-cdev.h> for descriptions + of all event types and for which ioctls affect reception of + events. + + mmap(2) + Allocate a DMA buffer for isochronous reception or transmission + and map it into the process address space. The arguments should + be used as follows: addr = NULL, length = the desired buffer + size, i.e. number of packets times size of largest packet, + prot = at least PROT_READ for reception and at least PROT_WRITE + for transmission, flags = MAP_SHARED, fd = the handle to the + /dev/fw*, offset = 0. + + Isochronous reception works in packet-per-buffer fashion except + for multichannel reception which works in buffer-fill mode. + + munmap(2) + Unmap the isochronous I/O buffer from the process address space. + + close(2) + Besides stopping and freeing I/O contexts that were associated + with the file descriptor, back out any changes to the local + nodes' Configuration ROM. Deallocate isochronous channels and + bandwidth at the IRM that were marked for kernel-assisted + re- and deallocation. + +Users: libraw1394 + libdc1394 + tools like jujuutils, fwhack, ... diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-firewire b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-firewire new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..3d484e5dc846 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-firewire @@ -0,0 +1,122 @@ +What: /sys/bus/firewire/devices/fw[0-9]+/ +Date: May 2007 +KernelVersion: 2.6.22 +Contact: linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net +Description: + IEEE 1394 node device attributes. + Read-only. Mutable during the node device's lifetime. + See IEEE 1212 for semantic definitions. + + config_rom + Contents of the Configuration ROM register. + Binary attribute; an array of host-endian u32. + + guid + The node's EUI-64 in the bus information block of + Configuration ROM. + Hexadecimal string representation of an u64. + + +What: /sys/bus/firewire/devices/fw[0-9]+/units +Date: June 2009 +KernelVersion: 2.6.31 +Contact: linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net +Description: + IEEE 1394 node device attribute. + Read-only. Mutable during the node device's lifetime. + See IEEE 1212 for semantic definitions. + + units + Summary of all units present in an IEEE 1394 node. + Contains space-separated tuples of specifier_id and + version of each unit present in the node. Specifier_id + and version are hexadecimal string representations of + u24 of the respective unit directory entries. + Specifier_id and version within each tuple are separated + by a colon. + +Users: udev rules to set ownership and access permissions or ACLs of + /dev/fw[0-9]+ character device files + + +What: /sys/bus/firewire/devices/fw[0-9]+[.][0-9]+/ +Date: May 2007 +KernelVersion: 2.6.22 +Contact: linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net +Description: + IEEE 1394 unit device attributes. + Read-only. Immutable during the unit device's lifetime. + See IEEE 1212 for semantic definitions. + + modalias + Same as MODALIAS in the uevent at device creation. + + rom_index + Offset of the unit directory within the parent device's + (node device's) Configuration ROM, in quadlets. + Decimal string representation. + + +What: /sys/bus/firewire/devices/*/ +Date: May 2007 +KernelVersion: 2.6.22 +Contact: linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net +Description: + Attributes common to IEEE 1394 node devices and unit devices. + Read-only. Mutable during the node device's lifetime. + Immutable during the unit device's lifetime. + See IEEE 1212 for semantic definitions. + + These attributes are only created if the root directory of an + IEEE 1394 node or the unit directory of an IEEE 1394 unit + actually contains according entries. + + hardware_version + Hexadecimal string representation of an u24. + + hardware_version_name + Contents of a respective textual descriptor leaf. + + model + Hexadecimal string representation of an u24. + + model_name + Contents of a respective textual descriptor leaf. + + specifier_id + Hexadecimal string representation of an u24. + Mandatory in unit directories according to IEEE 1212. + + vendor + Hexadecimal string representation of an u24. + Mandatory in the root directory according to IEEE 1212. + + vendor_name + Contents of a respective textual descriptor leaf. + + version + Hexadecimal string representation of an u24. + Mandatory in unit directories according to IEEE 1212. + + +What: /sys/bus/firewire/drivers/sbp2/fw*/host*/target*/*:*:*:*/ieee1394_id + formerly + /sys/bus/ieee1394/drivers/sbp2/fw*/host*/target*/*:*:*:*/ieee1394_id +Date: Feb 2004 +KernelVersion: 2.6.4 +Contact: linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net +Description: + SCSI target port identifier and logical unit identifier of a + logical unit of an SBP-2 target. The identifiers are specified + in SAM-2...SAM-4 annex A. They are persistent and world-wide + unique properties the SBP-2 attached target. + + Read-only attribute, immutable during the target's lifetime. + Format, as exposed by firewire-sbp2 since 2.6.22, May 2007: + Colon-separated hexadecimal string representations of + u64 EUI-64 : u24 directory_ID : u16 LUN + without 0x prefixes, without whitespace. The former sbp2 driver + (removed in 2.6.37 after being superseded by firewire-sbp2) used + a somewhat shorter format which was not as close to SAM. + +Users: udev rules to create /dev/disk/by-id/ symlinks diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/80211.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/80211.tmpl index 8906648f962b..445289cd0e65 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/80211.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/80211.tmpl @@ -402,8 +402,9 @@ !Finclude/net/mac80211.h set_key_cmd !Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_key_conf !Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_key_flags -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_tkip_key_type -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_tkip_key +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_tkip_p1k +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_tkip_p1k_iv +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_tkip_p2k !Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_key_removed </chapter> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/fsl-imx-gpio.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/fsl-imx-gpio.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4363ae4b3c14 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/fsl-imx-gpio.txt @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +* Freescale i.MX/MXC GPIO controller + +Required properties: +- compatible : Should be "fsl,<soc>-gpio" +- reg : Address and length of the register set for the device +- interrupts : Should be the port interrupt shared by all 32 pins, if + one number. If two numbers, the first one is the interrupt shared + by low 16 pins and the second one is for high 16 pins. +- gpio-controller : Marks the device node as a gpio controller. +- #gpio-cells : Should be two. The first cell is the pin number and + the second cell is used to specify optional parameters (currently + unused). + +Example: + +gpio0: gpio@73f84000 { + compatible = "fsl,imx51-gpio", "fsl,imx31-gpio"; + reg = <0x73f84000 0x4000>; + interrupts = <50 51>; + gpio-controller; + #gpio-cells = <2>; +}; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt index edaa84d288a1..4e16ba4feab0 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt @@ -4,17 +4,45 @@ Specifying GPIO information for devices 1) gpios property ----------------- -Nodes that makes use of GPIOs should define them using `gpios' property, -format of which is: <&gpio-controller1-phandle gpio1-specifier - &gpio-controller2-phandle gpio2-specifier - 0 /* holes are permitted, means no GPIO 3 */ - &gpio-controller4-phandle gpio4-specifier - ...>; +Nodes that makes use of GPIOs should specify them using one or more +properties, each containing a 'gpio-list': -Note that gpio-specifier length is controller dependent. + gpio-list ::= <single-gpio> [gpio-list] + single-gpio ::= <gpio-phandle> <gpio-specifier> + gpio-phandle : phandle to gpio controller node + gpio-specifier : Array of #gpio-cells specifying specific gpio + (controller specific) + +GPIO properties should be named "[<name>-]gpios". Exact +meaning of each gpios property must be documented in the device tree +binding for each device. + +For example, the following could be used to describe gpios pins to use +as chip select lines; with chip selects 0, 1 and 3 populated, and chip +select 2 left empty: + + gpio1: gpio1 { + gpio-controller + #gpio-cells = <2>; + }; + gpio2: gpio2 { + gpio-controller + #gpio-cells = <1>; + }; + [...] + chipsel-gpios = <&gpio1 12 0>, + <&gpio1 13 0>, + <0>, /* holes are permitted, means no GPIO 2 */ + <&gpio2 2>; + +Note that gpio-specifier length is controller dependent. In the +above example, &gpio1 uses 2 cells to specify a gpio, while &gpio2 +only uses one. gpio-specifier may encode: bank, pin position inside the bank, whether pin is open-drain and whether pin is logically inverted. +Exact meaning of each specifier cell is controller specific, and must +be documented in the device tree binding for the device. Example of the node using GPIOs: @@ -28,8 +56,8 @@ and empty GPIO flags as accepted by the "qe_pio_e" gpio-controller. 2) gpio-controller nodes ------------------------ -Every GPIO controller node must have #gpio-cells property defined, -this information will be used to translate gpio-specifiers. +Every GPIO controller node must both an empty "gpio-controller" +property, and have #gpio-cells contain the size of the gpio-specifier. Example of two SOC GPIO banks defined as gpio-controller nodes: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio_nvidia.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio_nvidia.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..eb4b530d64e1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio_nvidia.txt @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +NVIDIA Tegra 2 GPIO controller + +Required properties: +- compatible : "nvidia,tegra20-gpio" +- #gpio-cells : Should be two. The first cell is the pin number and the + second cell is used to specify optional parameters: + - bit 0 specifies polarity (0 for normal, 1 for inverted) +- gpio-controller : Marks the device node as a GPIO controller. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/fsl-imx-cspi.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/fsl-imx-cspi.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9841057d112b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/fsl-imx-cspi.txt @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +* Freescale (Enhanced) Configurable Serial Peripheral Interface + (CSPI/eCSPI) for i.MX + +Required properties: +- compatible : Should be "fsl,<soc>-cspi" or "fsl,<soc>-ecspi" +- reg : Offset and length of the register set for the device +- interrupts : Should contain CSPI/eCSPI interrupt +- fsl,spi-num-chipselects : Contains the number of the chipselect +- cs-gpios : Specifies the gpio pins to be used for chipselects. + +Example: + +ecspi@70010000 { + #address-cells = <1>; + #size-cells = <0>; + compatible = "fsl,imx51-ecspi"; + reg = <0x70010000 0x4000>; + interrupts = <36>; + fsl,spi-num-chipselects = <2>; + cs-gpios = <&gpio3 24 0>, /* GPIO4_24 */ + <&gpio3 25 0>; /* GPIO4_25 */ +}; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi_nvidia.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi_nvidia.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6b9e51896693 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi_nvidia.txt @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +NVIDIA Tegra 2 SPI device + +Required properties: +- compatible : should be "nvidia,tegra20-spi". +- gpios : should specify GPIOs used for chipselect. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt index d5c0cef38a71..873a2ab2e9f8 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nilfs2.txt @@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ Features which NILFS2 does not support yet: - POSIX ACLs - quotas - fsck - - resize - defragmentation Mount options diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt index 8e4fab639d9c..a0a61d2f389f 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt @@ -111,34 +111,6 @@ The following is an example of the kernel boot arguments to attach mtd0 to UBI and mount volume "rootfs": ubi.mtd=0 root=ubi0:rootfs rootfstype=ubifs - -Module Parameters for Debugging -=============================== - -When UBIFS has been compiled with debugging enabled, there are 2 module -parameters that are available to control aspects of testing and debugging. - -debug_chks Selects extra checks that UBIFS can do while running: - - Check Flag value - - General checks 1 - Check Tree Node Cache (TNC) 2 - Check indexing tree size 4 - Check orphan area 8 - Check old indexing tree 16 - Check LEB properties (lprops) 32 - Check leaf nodes and inodes 64 - -debug_tsts Selects a mode of testing, as follows: - - Test mode Flag value - - Failure mode for recovery testing 4 - -For example, set debug_chks to 3 to enable general and TNC checks. - - References ========== diff --git a/Documentation/mmc/00-INDEX b/Documentation/mmc/00-INDEX index 93dd7a714075..a9ba6720ffdf 100644 --- a/Documentation/mmc/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/mmc/00-INDEX @@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ mmc-dev-attrs.txt - info on SD and MMC device attributes mmc-dev-parts.txt - info on SD and MMC device partitions +mmc-async-req.txt + - info on mmc asynchronous requests diff --git a/Documentation/mmc/mmc-async-req.txt b/Documentation/mmc/mmc-async-req.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ae1907b10e4a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/mmc/mmc-async-req.txt @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +Rationale +========= + +How significant is the cache maintenance overhead? +It depends. Fast eMMC and multiple cache levels with speculative cache +pre-fetch makes the cache overhead relatively significant. If the DMA +preparations for the next request are done in parallel with the current +transfer, the DMA preparation overhead would not affect the MMC performance. +The intention of non-blocking (asynchronous) MMC requests is to minimize the +time between when an MMC request ends and another MMC request begins. +Using mmc_wait_for_req(), the MMC controller is idle while dma_map_sg and +dma_unmap_sg are processing. Using non-blocking MMC requests makes it +possible to prepare the caches for next job in parallel with an active +MMC request. + +MMC block driver +================ + +The mmc_blk_issue_rw_rq() in the MMC block driver is made non-blocking. +The increase in throughput is proportional to the time it takes to +prepare (major part of preparations are dma_map_sg() and dma_unmap_sg()) +a request and how fast the memory is. The faster the MMC/SD is the +more significant the prepare request time becomes. Roughly the expected +performance gain is 5% for large writes and 10% on large reads on a L2 cache +platform. In power save mode, when clocks run on a lower frequency, the DMA +preparation may cost even more. As long as these slower preparations are run +in parallel with the transfer performance won't be affected. + +Details on measurements from IOZone and mmc_test +================================================ + +https://wiki.linaro.org/WorkingGroups/Kernel/Specs/StoragePerfMMC-async-req + +MMC core API extension +====================== + +There is one new public function mmc_start_req(). +It starts a new MMC command request for a host. The function isn't +truly non-blocking. If there is an ongoing async request it waits +for completion of that request and starts the new one and returns. It +doesn't wait for the new request to complete. If there is no ongoing +request it starts the new request and returns immediately. + +MMC host extensions +=================== + +There are two optional members in the mmc_host_ops -- pre_req() and +post_req() -- that the host driver may implement in order to move work +to before and after the actual mmc_host_ops.request() function is called. +In the DMA case pre_req() may do dma_map_sg() and prepare the DMA +descriptor, and post_req() runs the dma_unmap_sg(). + +Optimize for the first request +============================== + +The first request in a series of requests can't be prepared in parallel +with the previous transfer, since there is no previous request. +The argument is_first_req in pre_req() indicates that there is no previous +request. The host driver may optimize for this scenario to minimize +the performance loss. A way to optimize for this is to split the current +request in two chunks, prepare the first chunk and start the request, +and finally prepare the second chunk and start the transfer. + +Pseudocode to handle is_first_req scenario with minimal prepare overhead: + +if (is_first_req && req->size > threshold) + /* start MMC transfer for the complete transfer size */ + mmc_start_command(MMC_CMD_TRANSFER_FULL_SIZE); + + /* + * Begin to prepare DMA while cmd is being processed by MMC. + * The first chunk of the request should take the same time + * to prepare as the "MMC process command time". + * If prepare time exceeds MMC cmd time + * the transfer is delayed, guesstimate max 4k as first chunk size. + */ + prepare_1st_chunk_for_dma(req); + /* flush pending desc to the DMAC (dmaengine.h) */ + dma_issue_pending(req->dma_desc); + + prepare_2nd_chunk_for_dma(req); + /* + * The second issue_pending should be called before MMC runs out + * of the first chunk. If the MMC runs out of the first data chunk + * before this call, the transfer is delayed. + */ + dma_issue_pending(req->dma_desc); diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ifenslave.c b/Documentation/networking/ifenslave.c index 2bac9618c345..65968fbf1e49 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ifenslave.c +++ b/Documentation/networking/ifenslave.c @@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) case 'V': opt_V++; exclusive++; break; case '?': - fprintf(stderr, usage_msg); + fprintf(stderr, "%s", usage_msg); res = 2; goto out; } @@ -268,13 +268,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) /* options check */ if (exclusive > 1) { - fprintf(stderr, usage_msg); + fprintf(stderr, "%s", usage_msg); res = 2; goto out; } if (opt_v || opt_V) { - printf(version); + printf("%s", version); if (opt_V) { res = 0; goto out; @@ -282,14 +282,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) } if (opt_u) { - printf(usage_msg); + printf("%s", usage_msg); res = 0; goto out; } if (opt_h) { - printf(usage_msg); - printf(help_msg); + printf("%s", usage_msg); + printf("%s", help_msg); res = 0; goto out; } @@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) goto out; } else { /* Just show usage */ - fprintf(stderr, usage_msg); + fprintf(stderr, "%s", usage_msg); res = 2; goto out; } @@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) master_ifname = *spp++; if (master_ifname == NULL) { - fprintf(stderr, usage_msg); + fprintf(stderr, "%s", usage_msg); res = 2; goto out; } @@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) if (slave_ifname == NULL) { if (opt_d || opt_c) { - fprintf(stderr, usage_msg); + fprintf(stderr, "%s", usage_msg); res = 2; goto out; } diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index d3d653a5f9b9..db2a4067013c 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -106,16 +106,6 @@ inet_peer_maxttl - INTEGER when the number of entries in the pool is very small). Measured in seconds. -inet_peer_gc_mintime - INTEGER - Minimum interval between garbage collection passes. This interval is - in effect under high memory pressure on the pool. - Measured in seconds. - -inet_peer_gc_maxtime - INTEGER - Minimum interval between garbage collection passes. This interval is - in effect under low (or absent) memory pressure on the pool. - Measured in seconds. - TCP variables: somaxconn - INTEGER @@ -346,7 +336,7 @@ tcp_orphan_retries - INTEGER when RTO retransmissions remain unacknowledged. See tcp_retries2 for more details. - The default value is 7. + The default value is 8. If your machine is a loaded WEB server, you should think about lowering this value, such sockets may consume significant resources. Cf. tcp_max_orphans. @@ -394,7 +384,7 @@ tcp_rmem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, default, max min: Minimal size of receive buffer used by TCP sockets. It is guaranteed to each TCP socket, even under moderate memory pressure. - Default: 8K + Default: 1 page default: initial size of receive buffer used by TCP sockets. This value overrides net.core.rmem_default used by other protocols. @@ -483,7 +473,7 @@ tcp_window_scaling - BOOLEAN tcp_wmem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, default, max min: Amount of memory reserved for send buffers for TCP sockets. Each TCP socket has rights to use it due to fact of its birth. - Default: 4K + Default: 1 page default: initial size of send buffer used by TCP sockets. This value overrides net.core.wmem_default used by other protocols. @@ -553,13 +543,13 @@ udp_rmem_min - INTEGER Minimal size of receive buffer used by UDP sockets in moderation. Each UDP socket is able to use the size for receiving data, even if total pages of UDP sockets exceed udp_mem pressure. The unit is byte. - Default: 4096 + Default: 1 page udp_wmem_min - INTEGER Minimal size of send buffer used by UDP sockets in moderation. Each UDP socket is able to use the size for sending data, even if total pages of UDP sockets exceed udp_mem pressure. The unit is byte. - Default: 4096 + Default: 1 page CIPSOv4 Variables: @@ -1465,10 +1455,17 @@ sctp_mem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, pressure, max Default is calculated at boot time from amount of available memory. sctp_rmem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, default, max - See tcp_rmem for a description. + Only the first value ("min") is used, "default" and "max" are + ignored. + + min: Minimal size of receive buffer used by SCTP socket. + It is guaranteed to each SCTP socket (but not association) even + under moderate memory pressure. + + Default: 1 page sctp_wmem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, default, max - See tcp_wmem for a description. + Currently this tunable has no effect. addr_scope_policy - INTEGER Control IPv4 address scoping - draft-stewart-tsvwg-sctp-ipv4-00 diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdev-features.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdev-features.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4b1c0dcef84c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdev-features.txt @@ -0,0 +1,154 @@ +Netdev features mess and how to get out from it alive +===================================================== + +Author: + Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl> + + + + Part I: Feature sets +====================== + +Long gone are the days when a network card would just take and give packets +verbatim. Today's devices add multiple features and bugs (read: offloads) +that relieve an OS of various tasks like generating and checking checksums, +splitting packets, classifying them. Those capabilities and their state +are commonly referred to as netdev features in Linux kernel world. + +There are currently three sets of features relevant to the driver, and +one used internally by network core: + + 1. netdev->hw_features set contains features whose state may possibly + be changed (enabled or disabled) for a particular device by user's + request. This set should be initialized in ndo_init callback and not + changed later. + + 2. netdev->features set contains features which are currently enabled + for a device. This should be changed only by network core or in + error paths of ndo_set_features callback. + + 3. netdev->vlan_features set contains features whose state is inherited + by child VLAN devices (limits netdev->features set). This is currently + used for all VLAN devices whether tags are stripped or inserted in + hardware or software. + + 4. netdev->wanted_features set contains feature set requested by user. + This set is filtered by ndo_fix_features callback whenever it or + some device-specific conditions change. This set is internal to + networking core and should not be referenced in drivers. + + + + Part II: Controlling enabled features +======================================= + +When current feature set (netdev->features) is to be changed, new set +is calculated and filtered by calling ndo_fix_features callback +and netdev_fix_features(). If the resulting set differs from current +set, it is passed to ndo_set_features callback and (if the callback +returns success) replaces value stored in netdev->features. +NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE notification is issued after that whenever current +set might have changed. + +The following events trigger recalculation: + 1. device's registration, after ndo_init returned success + 2. user requested changes in features state + 3. netdev_update_features() is called + +ndo_*_features callbacks are called with rtnl_lock held. Missing callbacks +are treated as always returning success. + +A driver that wants to trigger recalculation must do so by calling +netdev_update_features() while holding rtnl_lock. This should not be done +from ndo_*_features callbacks. netdev->features should not be modified by +driver except by means of ndo_fix_features callback. + + + + Part III: Implementation hints +================================ + + * ndo_fix_features: + +All dependencies between features should be resolved here. The resulting +set can be reduced further by networking core imposed limitations (as coded +in netdev_fix_features()). For this reason it is safer to disable a feature +when its dependencies are not met instead of forcing the dependency on. + +This callback should not modify hardware nor driver state (should be +stateless). It can be called multiple times between successive +ndo_set_features calls. + +Callback must not alter features contained in NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES or +NETIF_F_NEVER_CHANGE sets. The exception is NETIF_F_VLAN_CHALLENGED but +care must be taken as the change won't affect already configured VLANs. + + * ndo_set_features: + +Hardware should be reconfigured to match passed feature set. The set +should not be altered unless some error condition happens that can't +be reliably detected in ndo_fix_features. In this case, the callback +should update netdev->features to match resulting hardware state. +Errors returned are not (and cannot be) propagated anywhere except dmesg. +(Note: successful return is zero, >0 means silent error.) + + + + Part IV: Features +=================== + +For current list of features, see include/linux/netdev_features.h. +This section describes semantics of some of them. + + * Transmit checksumming + +For complete description, see comments near the top of include/linux/skbuff.h. + +Note: NETIF_F_HW_CSUM is a superset of NETIF_F_IP_CSUM + NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM. +It means that device can fill TCP/UDP-like checksum anywhere in the packets +whatever headers there might be. + + * Transmit TCP segmentation offload + +NETIF_F_TSO_ECN means that hardware can properly split packets with CWR bit +set, be it TCPv4 (when NETIF_F_TSO is enabled) or TCPv6 (NETIF_F_TSO6). + + * Transmit DMA from high memory + +On platforms where this is relevant, NETIF_F_HIGHDMA signals that +ndo_start_xmit can handle skbs with frags in high memory. + + * Transmit scatter-gather + +Those features say that ndo_start_xmit can handle fragmented skbs: +NETIF_F_SG --- paged skbs (skb_shinfo()->frags), NETIF_F_FRAGLIST --- +chained skbs (skb->next/prev list). + + * Software features + +Features contained in NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES are features of networking +stack. Driver should not change behaviour based on them. + + * LLTX driver (deprecated for hardware drivers) + +NETIF_F_LLTX should be set in drivers that implement their own locking in +transmit path or don't need locking at all (e.g. software tunnels). +In ndo_start_xmit, it is recommended to use a try_lock and return +NETDEV_TX_LOCKED when the spin lock fails. The locking should also properly +protect against other callbacks (the rules you need to find out). + +Don't use it for new drivers. + + * netns-local device + +NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL is set for devices that are not allowed to move between +network namespaces (e.g. loopback). + +Don't use it in drivers. + + * VLAN challenged + +NETIF_F_VLAN_CHALLENGED should be set for devices which can't cope with VLAN +headers. Some drivers set this because the cards can't handle the bigger MTU. +[FIXME: Those cases could be fixed in VLAN code by allowing only reduced-MTU +VLANs. This may be not useful, though.] diff --git a/Documentation/networking/nfc.txt b/Documentation/networking/nfc.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b24c29bdae27 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/nfc.txt @@ -0,0 +1,128 @@ +Linux NFC subsystem +=================== + +The Near Field Communication (NFC) subsystem is required to standardize the +NFC device drivers development and to create an unified userspace interface. + +This document covers the architecture overview, the device driver interface +description and the userspace interface description. + +Architecture overview +--------------------- + +The NFC subsystem is responsible for: + - NFC adapters management; + - Polling for targets; + - Low-level data exchange; + +The subsystem is divided in some parts. The 'core' is responsible for +providing the device driver interface. On the other side, it is also +responsible for providing an interface to control operations and low-level +data exchange. + +The control operations are available to userspace via generic netlink. + +The low-level data exchange interface is provided by the new socket family +PF_NFC. The NFC_SOCKPROTO_RAW performs raw communication with NFC targets. + + + +--------------------------------------+ + | USER SPACE | + +--------------------------------------+ + ^ ^ + | low-level | control + | data exchange | operations + | | + | v + | +-----------+ + | AF_NFC | netlink | + | socket +-----------+ + | raw ^ + | | + v v + +---------+ +-----------+ + | rawsock | <--------> | core | + +---------+ +-----------+ + ^ + | + v + +-----------+ + | driver | + +-----------+ + +Device Driver Interface +----------------------- + +When registering on the NFC subsystem, the device driver must inform the core +of the set of supported NFC protocols and the set of ops callbacks. The ops +callbacks that must be implemented are the following: + +* start_poll - setup the device to poll for targets +* stop_poll - stop on progress polling operation +* activate_target - select and initialize one of the targets found +* deactivate_target - deselect and deinitialize the selected target +* data_exchange - send data and receive the response (transceive operation) + +Userspace interface +-------------------- + +The userspace interface is divided in control operations and low-level data +exchange operation. + +CONTROL OPERATIONS: + +Generic netlink is used to implement the interface to the control operations. +The operations are composed by commands and events, all listed below: + +* NFC_CMD_GET_DEVICE - get specific device info or dump the device list +* NFC_CMD_START_POLL - setup a specific device to polling for targets +* NFC_CMD_STOP_POLL - stop the polling operation in a specific device +* NFC_CMD_GET_TARGET - dump the list of targets found by a specific device + +* NFC_EVENT_DEVICE_ADDED - reports an NFC device addition +* NFC_EVENT_DEVICE_REMOVED - reports an NFC device removal +* NFC_EVENT_TARGETS_FOUND - reports START_POLL results when 1 or more targets +are found + +The user must call START_POLL to poll for NFC targets, passing the desired NFC +protocols through NFC_ATTR_PROTOCOLS attribute. The device remains in polling +state until it finds any target. However, the user can stop the polling +operation by calling STOP_POLL command. In this case, it will be checked if +the requester of STOP_POLL is the same of START_POLL. + +If the polling operation finds one or more targets, the event TARGETS_FOUND is +sent (including the device id). The user must call GET_TARGET to get the list of +all targets found by such device. Each reply message has target attributes with +relevant information such as the supported NFC protocols. + +All polling operations requested through one netlink socket are stopped when +it's closed. + +LOW-LEVEL DATA EXCHANGE: + +The userspace must use PF_NFC sockets to perform any data communication with +targets. All NFC sockets use AF_NFC: + +struct sockaddr_nfc { + sa_family_t sa_family; + __u32 dev_idx; + __u32 target_idx; + __u32 nfc_protocol; +}; + +To establish a connection with one target, the user must create an +NFC_SOCKPROTO_RAW socket and call the 'connect' syscall with the sockaddr_nfc +struct correctly filled. All information comes from NFC_EVENT_TARGETS_FOUND +netlink event. As a target can support more than one NFC protocol, the user +must inform which protocol it wants to use. + +Internally, 'connect' will result in an activate_target call to the driver. +When the socket is closed, the target is deactivated. + +The data format exchanged through the sockets is NFC protocol dependent. For +instance, when communicating with MIFARE tags, the data exchanged are MIFARE +commands and their responses. + +The first received package is the response to the first sent package and so +on. In order to allow valid "empty" responses, every data received has a NULL +header of 1 byte. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt b/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt index 80a7a3454902..57a24108b845 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/stmmac.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ This is the driver for the MAC 10/100/1000 on-chip Ethernet controllers (Synopsys IP blocks); it has been fully tested on STLinux platforms. Currently this network device driver is for all STM embedded MAC/GMAC -(7xxx SoCs). Other platforms start using it i.e. ARM SPEAr. +(i.e. 7xxx/5xxx SoCs) and it's known working on other platforms i.e. ARM SPEAr. DWC Ether MAC 10/100/1000 Universal version 3.41a and DWC Ether MAC 10/100 Universal version 4.0 have been used for developing the first code @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Several performance tests on STM platforms showed this optimisation allows to sp the CPU while having the maximum throughput. 4.4) WOL -Wake up on Lan feature through Magic Frame is only supported for the GMAC +Wake up on Lan feature through Magic and Unicast frames are supported for the GMAC core. 4.5) DMA descriptors @@ -91,11 +91,15 @@ LRO is not supported. The driver is compatible with PAL to work with PHY and GPHY devices. 4.9) Platform information -Several information came from the platform; please refer to the -driver's Header file in include/linux directory. +Several driver's information can be passed through the platform +These are included in the include/linux/stmmac.h header file +and detailed below as well: -struct plat_stmmacenet_data { + struct plat_stmmacenet_data { int bus_id; + int phy_addr; + int interface; + struct stmmac_mdio_bus_data *mdio_bus_data; int pbl; int clk_csr; int has_gmac; @@ -103,67 +107,135 @@ struct plat_stmmacenet_data { int tx_coe; int bugged_jumbo; int pmt; - void (*fix_mac_speed)(void *priv, unsigned int speed); - void (*bus_setup)(unsigned long ioaddr); -#ifdef CONFIG_STM_DRIVERS - struct stm_pad_config *pad_config; -#endif - void *bsp_priv; -}; + int force_sf_dma_mode; + void (*fix_mac_speed)(void *priv, unsigned int speed); + void (*bus_setup)(void __iomem *ioaddr); + int (*init)(struct platform_device *pdev); + void (*exit)(struct platform_device *pdev); + void *bsp_priv; + }; Where: -- pbl (Programmable Burst Length) is maximum number of - beats to be transferred in one DMA transaction. - GMAC also enables the 4xPBL by default. -- fix_mac_speed and bus_setup are used to configure internal target - registers (on STM platforms); -- has_gmac: GMAC core is on board (get it at run-time in the next step); -- bus_id: bus identifier. -- tx_coe: core is able to perform the tx csum in HW. -- enh_desc: if sets the MAC will use the enhanced descriptor structure. -- clk_csr: CSR Clock range selection. -- bugged_jumbo: some HWs are not able to perform the csum in HW for - over-sized frames due to limited buffer sizes. Setting this - flag the csum will be done in SW on JUMBO frames. - -struct plat_stmmacphy_data { - int bus_id; - int phy_addr; - unsigned int phy_mask; - int interface; - int (*phy_reset)(void *priv); - void *priv; -}; + o bus_id: bus identifier. + o phy_addr: the physical address can be passed from the platform. + If it is set to -1 the driver will automatically + detect it at run-time by probing all the 32 addresses. + o interface: PHY device's interface. + o mdio_bus_data: specific platform fields for the MDIO bus. + o pbl: the Programmable Burst Length is maximum number of beats to + be transferred in one DMA transaction. + GMAC also enables the 4xPBL by default. + o clk_csr: CSR Clock range selection. + o has_gmac: uses the GMAC core. + o enh_desc: if sets the MAC will use the enhanced descriptor structure. + o tx_coe: core is able to perform the tx csum in HW. + o bugged_jumbo: some HWs are not able to perform the csum in HW for + over-sized frames due to limited buffer sizes. + Setting this flag the csum will be done in SW on + JUMBO frames. + o pmt: core has the embedded power module (optional). + o force_sf_dma_mode: force DMA to use the Store and Forward mode + instead of the Threshold. + o fix_mac_speed: this callback is used for modifying some syscfg registers + (on ST SoCs) according to the link speed negotiated by the + physical layer . + o bus_setup: perform HW setup of the bus. For example, on some ST platforms + this field is used to configure the AMBA bridge to generate more + efficient STBus traffic. + o init/exit: callbacks used for calling a custom initialisation; + this is sometime necessary on some platforms (e.g. ST boxes) + where the HW needs to have set some PIO lines or system cfg + registers. + o custom_cfg: this is a custom configuration that can be passed while + initialising the resources. + +The we have: + + struct stmmac_mdio_bus_data { + int bus_id; + int (*phy_reset)(void *priv); + unsigned int phy_mask; + int *irqs; + int probed_phy_irq; + }; Where: -- bus_id: bus identifier; -- phy_addr: physical address used for the attached phy device; - set it to -1 to get it at run-time; -- interface: physical MII interface mode; -- phy_reset: hook to reset HW function. - -SOURCES: -- Kconfig -- Makefile -- stmmac_main.c: main network device driver; -- stmmac_mdio.c: mdio functions; -- stmmac_ethtool.c: ethtool support; -- stmmac_timer.[ch]: timer code used for mitigating the driver dma interrupts - Only tested on ST40 platforms based. -- stmmac.h: private driver structure; -- common.h: common definitions and VFTs; -- descs.h: descriptor structure definitions; -- dwmac1000_core.c: GMAC core functions; -- dwmac1000_dma.c: dma functions for the GMAC chip; -- dwmac1000.h: specific header file for the GMAC; -- dwmac100_core: MAC 100 core and dma code; -- dwmac100_dma.c: dma funtions for the MAC chip; -- dwmac1000.h: specific header file for the MAC; -- dwmac_lib.c: generic DMA functions shared among chips -- enh_desc.c: functions for handling enhanced descriptors -- norm_desc.c: functions for handling normal descriptors - -TODO: -- XGMAC controller is not supported. -- Review the timer optimisation code to use an embedded device that seems to be + o bus_id: bus identifier; + o phy_reset: hook to reset the phy device attached to the bus. + o phy_mask: phy mask passed when register the MDIO bus within the driver. + o irqs: list of IRQs, one per PHY. + o probed_phy_irq: if irqs is NULL, use this for probed PHY. + +Below an example how the structures above are using on ST platforms. + + static struct plat_stmmacenet_data stxYYY_ethernet_platform_data = { + .pbl = 32, + .has_gmac = 0, + .enh_desc = 0, + .fix_mac_speed = stxYYY_ethernet_fix_mac_speed, + | + |-> to write an internal syscfg + | on this platform when the + | link speed changes from 10 to + | 100 and viceversa + .init = &stmmac_claim_resource, + | + |-> On ST SoC this calls own "PAD" + | manager framework to claim + | all the resources necessary + | (GPIO ...). The .custom_cfg field + | is used to pass a custom config. +}; + +Below the usage of the stmmac_mdio_bus_data: on this SoC, in fact, +there are two MAC cores: one MAC is for MDIO Bus/PHY emulation +with fixed_link support. + +static struct stmmac_mdio_bus_data stmmac1_mdio_bus = { + .bus_id = 1, + | + |-> phy device on the bus_id 1 + .phy_reset = phy_reset; + | + |-> function to provide the phy_reset on this board + .phy_mask = 0, +}; + +static struct fixed_phy_status stmmac0_fixed_phy_status = { + .link = 1, + .speed = 100, + .duplex = 1, +}; + +During the board's device_init we can configure the first +MAC for fixed_link by calling: + fixed_phy_add(PHY_POLL, 1, &stmmac0_fixed_phy_status));) +and the second one, with a real PHY device attached to the bus, +by using the stmmac_mdio_bus_data structure (to provide the id, the +reset procedure etc). + +4.10) List of source files: + o Kconfig + o Makefile + o stmmac_main.c: main network device driver; + o stmmac_mdio.c: mdio functions; + o stmmac_ethtool.c: ethtool support; + o stmmac_timer.[ch]: timer code used for mitigating the driver dma interrupts + Only tested on ST40 platforms based. + o stmmac.h: private driver structure; + o common.h: common definitions and VFTs; + o descs.h: descriptor structure definitions; + o dwmac1000_core.c: GMAC core functions; + o dwmac1000_dma.c: dma functions for the GMAC chip; + o dwmac1000.h: specific header file for the GMAC; + o dwmac100_core: MAC 100 core and dma code; + o dwmac100_dma.c: dma funtions for the MAC chip; + o dwmac1000.h: specific header file for the MAC; + o dwmac_lib.c: generic DMA functions shared among chips + o enh_desc.c: functions for handling enhanced descriptors + o norm_desc.c: functions for handling normal descriptors + +5) TODO: + o XGMAC is not supported. + o Review the timer optimisation code to use an embedded device that will be available in new chip generations. diff --git a/Documentation/spi/ep93xx_spi b/Documentation/spi/ep93xx_spi index 6325f5b48635..d8eb01c15db1 100644 --- a/Documentation/spi/ep93xx_spi +++ b/Documentation/spi/ep93xx_spi @@ -88,6 +88,16 @@ static void __init ts72xx_init_machine(void) ARRAY_SIZE(ts72xx_spi_devices)); } +The driver can use DMA for the transfers also. In this case ts72xx_spi_info +becomes: + +static struct ep93xx_spi_info ts72xx_spi_info = { + .num_chipselect = ARRAY_SIZE(ts72xx_spi_devices), + .use_dma = true; +}; + +Note that CONFIG_EP93XX_DMA should be enabled as well. + Thanks to ========= Martin Guy, H. Hartley Sweeten and others who helped me during development of diff --git a/Documentation/spi/pxa2xx b/Documentation/spi/pxa2xx index 493dada57372..00511e08db78 100644 --- a/Documentation/spi/pxa2xx +++ b/Documentation/spi/pxa2xx @@ -22,15 +22,11 @@ Typically a SPI master is defined in the arch/.../mach-*/board-*.c as a found in include/linux/spi/pxa2xx_spi.h: struct pxa2xx_spi_master { - enum pxa_ssp_type ssp_type; u32 clock_enable; u16 num_chipselect; u8 enable_dma; }; -The "pxa2xx_spi_master.ssp_type" field must have a value between 1 and 3 and -informs the driver which features a particular SSP supports. - The "pxa2xx_spi_master.clock_enable" field is used to enable/disable the corresponding SSP peripheral block in the "Clock Enable Register (CKEN"). See the "PXA2xx Developer Manual" section "Clocks and Power Management". @@ -61,7 +57,6 @@ static struct resource pxa_spi_nssp_resources[] = { }; static struct pxa2xx_spi_master pxa_nssp_master_info = { - .ssp_type = PXA25x_NSSP, /* Type of SSP */ .clock_enable = CKEN_NSSP, /* NSSP Peripheral clock */ .num_chipselect = 1, /* Matches the number of chips attached to NSSP */ .enable_dma = 1, /* Enables NSSP DMA */ diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/lguest/lguest.c b/Documentation/virtual/lguest/lguest.c index cd9d6af61d07..043bd7df3139 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/lguest/lguest.c +++ b/Documentation/virtual/lguest/lguest.c @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ #include <asm/bootparam.h> #include "../../../include/linux/lguest_launcher.h" /*L:110 - * We can ignore the 42 include files we need for this program, but I do want + * We can ignore the 43 include files we need for this program, but I do want * to draw attention to the use of kernel-style types. * * As Linus said, "C is a Spartan language, and so should your naming be." I @@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ typedef uint16_t u16; typedef uint8_t u8; /*:*/ -#define PAGE_PRESENT 0x7 /* Present, RW, Execute */ #define BRIDGE_PFX "bridge:" #ifndef SIOCBRADDIF #define SIOCBRADDIF 0x89a2 /* add interface to bridge */ @@ -861,8 +860,10 @@ static void console_output(struct virtqueue *vq) /* writev can return a partial write, so we loop here. */ while (!iov_empty(iov, out)) { int len = writev(STDOUT_FILENO, iov, out); - if (len <= 0) - err(1, "Write to stdout gave %i", len); + if (len <= 0) { + warn("Write to stdout gave %i (%d)", len, errno); + break; + } iov_consume(iov, out, len); } @@ -898,7 +899,7 @@ static void net_output(struct virtqueue *vq) * same format: what a coincidence! */ if (writev(net_info->tunfd, iov, out) < 0) - errx(1, "Write to tun failed?"); + warnx("Write to tun failed (%d)?", errno); /* * Done with that one; wait_for_vq_desc() will send the interrupt if @@ -955,7 +956,7 @@ static void net_input(struct virtqueue *vq) */ len = readv(net_info->tunfd, iov, in); if (len <= 0) - err(1, "Failed to read from tun."); + warn("Failed to read from tun (%d).", errno); /* * Mark that packet buffer as used, but don't interrupt here. We want @@ -1093,9 +1094,10 @@ static void update_device_status(struct device *dev) warnx("Device %s configuration FAILED", dev->name); if (dev->running) reset_device(dev); - } else if (dev->desc->status & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK) { - if (!dev->running) - start_device(dev); + } else { + if (dev->running) + err(1, "Device %s features finalized twice", dev->name); + start_device(dev); } } @@ -1120,25 +1122,11 @@ static void handle_output(unsigned long addr) return; } - /* - * Devices *can* be used before status is set to DRIVER_OK. - * The original plan was that they would never do this: they - * would always finish setting up their status bits before - * actually touching the virtqueues. In practice, we allowed - * them to, and they do (eg. the disk probes for partition - * tables as part of initialization). - * - * If we see this, we start the device: once it's running, we - * expect the device to catch all the notifications. - */ + /* Devices should not be used before features are finalized. */ for (vq = i->vq; vq; vq = vq->next) { if (addr != vq->config.pfn*getpagesize()) continue; - if (i->running) - errx(1, "Notification on running %s", i->name); - /* This just calls create_thread() for each virtqueue */ - start_device(i); - return; + errx(1, "Notification on %s before setup!", i->name); } } @@ -1370,7 +1358,7 @@ static void setup_console(void) * --sharenet=<name> option which opens or creates a named pipe. This can be * used to send packets to another guest in a 1:1 manner. * - * More sopisticated is to use one of the tools developed for project like UML + * More sophisticated is to use one of the tools developed for project like UML * to do networking. * * Faster is to do virtio bonding in kernel. Doing this 1:1 would be @@ -1380,7 +1368,7 @@ static void setup_console(void) * multiple inter-guest channels behind one interface, although it would * require some manner of hotplugging new virtio channels. * - * Finally, we could implement a virtio network switch in the kernel. + * Finally, we could use a virtio network switch in the kernel, ie. vhost. :*/ static u32 str2ip(const char *ipaddr) @@ -2017,10 +2005,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) /* Tell the entry path not to try to reload segment registers. */ boot->hdr.loadflags |= KEEP_SEGMENTS; - /* - * We tell the kernel to initialize the Guest: this returns the open - * /dev/lguest file descriptor. - */ + /* We tell the kernel to initialize the Guest. */ tell_kernel(start); /* Ensure that we terminate if a device-servicing child dies. */ diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt index 9b7221a86df2..7c3a8801b7ce 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt @@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ Protocol: 2.10+ Field name: init_size Type: read -Offset/size: 0x25c/4 +Offset/size: 0x260/4 This field indicates the amount of linear contiguous memory starting at the kernel runtime start address that the kernel needs before it |