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2008-06-25Merge branch 'linus' into sched/develtip-sched-devel-2008-06-25_10.27_WedIngo Molnar
Conflicts: kernel/sched_rt.c Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-06-24kgdb: documentation update - remove kgdboeJason Wessel
kgdboe is not presently included kgdb, and there should be no references to it. Also fix the tcp port terminal connection example. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2008-06-23Merge branch 'linus' into sched/develtip-sched-devel-2008-06-23_09.30_MonIngo Molnar
2008-06-21Merge branch 'release' of git://lm-sensors.org/kernel/mhoffman/hwmon-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'release' of git://lm-sensors.org/kernel/mhoffman/hwmon-2.6: hwmon: (lm75) sensor reading bugfix hwmon: (abituguru3) update driver detection hwmon: (w83791d) new maintainer hwmon: (abituguru3) Identify Abit AW8D board as such hwmon: Update the sysfs interface documentation hwmon: (adt7473) Initialize max_duty_at_overheat before use hwmon: (lm85) Fix function RANGE_TO_REG()
2008-06-19hwmon: Update the sysfs interface documentationJean Delvare
* Document the characteristics of libsensors 3.0.0 and 3.0.1. * The sysfs interface is no longer subject to changes. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Acked-by: Juerg Haefliger <juergh at gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
2008-06-19cpuset: limit the input of cpuset.sched_relax_domain_levelLi Zefan
We allow the inputs to be [-1 ... SD_LV_MAX), and return -EINVAL for inputs outside this range. Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Acked-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Acked-by: Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-06-18sched: fix typo in Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.txtHiroshi Shimamoto
Fix minor typos. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-06-16Merge branch 'linus' into sched-develtip-sched-devel-2008-06-16_09.15_MonIngo Molnar
2008-06-14Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6: PCI: fixup write combine comment in pci_mmap_resource x86: PAT export resource_wc in pci sysfs x86, pci-dma.c: don't always add __GFP_NORETRY to gfp suspend-vs-iommu: prevent suspend if we could not resume x86: pci-dma.c: use __GFP_NO_OOM instead of __GFP_NORETRY pci, x86: add workaround for bug in ASUS A7V600 BIOS (rev 1005) PCI: use dev_to_node in pci_call_probe PCI: Correct last two HP entries in the bfsort whitelist
2008-06-12cciss: add new hardware supportMike Miller
Add support for the next generation of HP Smart Array SAS/SATA controllers. Shipping date is late Fall 2008. Bump the driver version to 3.6.20 to reflect the new hardware support from patch 1 of this set. Signed-off-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-06-12Merge branch 'pci-for-jesse' of ↵Jesse Barnes
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-tip into for-linus
2008-06-12x86: PAT export resource_wc in pci sysfsvenkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com
For the ranges with IORESOURCE_PREFETCH, export a new resource_wc interface in pci /sysfs along with resource (which is uncached). Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> Acked-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-06-11Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6: kobject: Documentation Spelling Patch dev_set_name: fix missing kernel-doc
2008-06-11kobject: Documentation Spelling PatchDavid Brigada
Signed-off-by: David Brigada <brigad@rpi.edu> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-06-11thinkpad-acpi: SW_RADIO to SW_RFKILL_ALL renameHenrique de Moraes Holschuh
Rename SW_RADIO to SW_RFKILL_ALL in thinkpad-acpi code and docs, following 5adad0133907790c50283bf03271d920d6897043 "Input: rename SW_RADIO to SW_RFKILL_ALL". Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2008-06-06Merge branch 'for_linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4 * 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: ext4: enable barriers by default jbd2: Fix barrier fallback code to re-lock the buffer head ext4: Display the journal_async_commit mount option in /proc/mounts jbd2: If a journal checksum error is detected, propagate the error to ext4 jbd2: Fix memory leak when verifying checksums in the journal ext4: fix online resize bug ext4: Fix uninit block group initialization with FLEX_BG ext4: Fix use of uninitialized data with debug enabled.
2008-06-06pagemap: add documentation for pagemapThomas Tuttle
Just a quick explanation of the pagemap interface from a userspace point of view, and an example of how to use it (in English, not code). Signed-off-by: Thomas Tuttle <ttuttle@google.com> Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-06-06doc: document the kernel-doc conventions for kernel hackersPaul Jackson
Provide documentation of the kernel-doc documentation conventions oriented to kernel hackers. Since I figure that there will be more people reading this kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt file who are kernel developers focused on the rest of the kernel, than there will be readers of this file who are documentation developers extracting that embedded kernel-doc documentation, I have taken the liberty of making the new section added here: How to format kernel-doc comments the first section of the kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt file. This first section is intended to introduce, motivate and provide basic usage of the kernel-doc mechanism for kernel hackers developing other portions of the kernel. Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-06-06Fix various old email addresses for dwmw2David Woodhouse
Although if people have questions about ARCnet, perhaps it's _better_ for them to be mailing dwmw2@cam.ac.uk about it... Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-06-06doc: update to URL and status of kernel-docs.txt entryPaul Jackson
Update status and URL for the "Gary's Encyclopedia" entry. Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-06-06cpusets: fix and update DocumentationMiao Xie
Make the doc consistent with current cpusets implementation. Signed-off-by: Miao Xie <miaox@cn.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-06-06sched: update the sched-domains debug documentationGautham R Shenoy
SCHED_DOMAIN_DEBUG mentioned in the Documentation for sched-domains for enabling sched-domains debugging doesn't exist anymore. Update the documentation to reflect the correct way of enabling sched-domain debugging. Signed-off-by: Gautham R Shenoy <ego@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-06-05Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvbLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvb: (48 commits) V4L/DVB (8001): dib0070: fix dib0070_attach when !CONFIG_DVB_TUNER_DIB0070 V4L/DVB (8000): tda827x: fix NULL pointer in tda827xa_lna_gain V4L/DVB (7990): Fix entry for PowerColor RA 330 and make it run with firmware version 2.7 V4L/DVB (7983): tda18271_calc_rf_cal must return the return value of tda18271_lookup_map V4L/DVB (7978): cx18: explicitly test for XC2028 tuner V4L/DVB (7977): cx18: fix init order and remove duplicate open_on_first_use. V4L/DVB (7975): saa7134_empress V4L/DVB (7974): fix MEDIA_TUNER && FW_LOADER build error V4L/DVB (7972): or51132.c: unaligned V4L/DVB (7971): usb: unaligned V4L/DVB (7970): mix trivial endianness annotations V4L/DVB (7969): m920x: unaligned access V4L/DVB (7968): zoran: endianness annotations V4L/DVB (7967): bt8xx: unaligned access V4L/DVB (7966): cx18: direct dereferencing of iomem V4L/DVB (7965): annotate bcx_riscmem V4L/DVB (7964): cx18 iomem annotations V4L/DVB (7963): ivtv: trivial annotations V4L/DVB (7962): ttusb endianness annotations and fixes V4L/DVB (7961): fix endianness bug in dib0700_devices.c ...
2008-06-05doc: add suggestions about good practises for maintainersWilly Tarreau
Suggest how to deal with patch modifications caused by merging or back-porting when you're a maintainer. Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-06-05V4L/DVB (7990): Fix entry for PowerColor RA 330 and make it run with ↵Daniel Gimpelevich
firmware version 2.7 Signed-off-by: Daniel Gimpelevich <daniel@gimpelevich.san-francisco.ca.us> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-06-05V4L/DVB (7932): cx18: mark Compro H900 as fully supported.Hans Verkuil
I always assumed that the Compro H900 could do digital as well, but it turned out that it is an analog-only card. Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-06-03bridge: update URLAdrian Bunk
This patch updates the URL of the bridge homepage. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-05-30lguest: notify on emptyRusty Russell
This is the lguest implementation of the VIRTIO_F_NOTIFY_ON_EMPTY feature. It is currently only published for network devices, but it is turned on for everyone. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-05-26ext4: enable barriers by defaultEric Sandeen
I can't think of any valid reason for ext4 to not use barriers when they are available; I believe this is necessary for filesystem integrity in the face of a volatile write cache on storage. An administrator who trusts that the cache is sufficiently battery- backed (and power supplies are sufficiently redundant, etc...) can always turn it back off again. SuSE has carried such a patch for ext3 for quite some time now. Also document the mount option while we're at it. Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mingming Cao <cmm@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2008-05-24ibmaem: new driver for power/energy/temp meters in IBM System X hardwareDarrick J. Wong
This driver reads IBM Active Energy Manager energy/temperature/power sensors on IBM System X hardware. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix printk warnings] Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com> Cc: "Mark M. Hoffman" <mhoffman@lightlink.com> Cc: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-24fuse: fix bdi naming conflictMiklos Szeredi
Fuse allocates a separate bdi for each filesystem, and registers them in sysfs with "MAJOR:MINOR" of sb->s_dev (st_dev). This works fine for anon devices normally used by fuse, but can conflict with an already registered BDI for "fuseblk" filesystems, where sb->s_dev represents a real block device. In particularl this happens if a non-partitioned device is being mounted. Fix by registering with a different name for "fuseblk" filesystems. Thanks to Ioan Ionita for the bug report. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Reported-by: Ioan Ionita <opslynx@gmail.com> Tested-by: Ioan Ionita <opslynx@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-23Merge branch 'fixes' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreq * 'fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreq: [CPUFREQ] clarify license of freq_table.c [CPUFREQ] Remove documentation of removed ondemand tunable. [CPUFREQ] Crusoe: longrun cpufreq module reports false min freq [CPUFREQ] powernow-k8: improve error messages
2008-05-23doc: add a chapter about trylock functions [Bug 9011]Matti Linnanvuori
Add a chapter about trylock functions. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9011 Signed-off-by: Matti Linnanvuori <mattilinnanvuori@yahoo.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (removed down_trylock)
2008-05-20[CPUFREQ] Remove documentation of removed ondemand tunable.Dave Jones
sampling_down_factor was removed in ccb2fe209dac9ff67f6351e783e610073afaaeaf back in June 2006. Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
2008-05-15Merge branch 'release' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6 * 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6: [IA64] fix personality(PER_LINUX32) performance issue [IA64] Properly unregister legacy interrupts [IA64] Remove NULL pointer check for argument never passed as NULL. [IA64] trivial cleanup for perfmon.c [IA64] trivial cleanup for entry.S [IA64] fix interrupt masking for pending works on kernel leave [IA64] allow user to force_pal_cache_flush [IA64] Don't reserve crashkernel memory > 4 GB [IA64] machvec support for SGI UV platform [IA64] Add header files for SGI UV platform
2008-05-15[S390] Remove last traces of cio_msg=.Cornelia Huck
cio_msg= is gone, also remove it from kernel-parameters.txt. Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-05-14m68knommu: add info about removing mcfserialSebastian Siewior
Schedule a removal for this driver. Alternative driver is available for a while now. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-14[IA64] allow user to force_pal_cache_flushAlex Chiang
The sequence executed in check_sal_cache_flush: - pend a timer interrupt - call SAL_CACHE_FLUSH - see if interrupt is still pending can hang HP machines with buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Provide a kernel command-line argument to allow users skip this check if desired. Using this parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call ia64_pal_cache_flush() instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH. Signed-off-by: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2008-05-14Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvbLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvb: (70 commits) V4L/DVB (7900): pvrusb: Fix Kconfig if DVB=m V4L_core=y V4L/DVB (7899): Fixes a few remaining Kbuild issues at common/tuners V4L/DVB (7898): Fix VIDEO_MEDIA Kconfig logic V4L/DVB (7895): tveeprom: update Hauppauge analog audio and video decoders V4L/DVB (7893): xc5000: bug-fix: allow multiple devices in a single system V4L/DVB (7891): cx18/ivtv: fix open() kernel oops V4L/DVB (7890): cx18: removed bogus and confusing conditional V4L/DVB (7889): cx18: improve HVR-1600 detection. V4L/DVB (7888): cx18: minor card definition updates. V4L/DVB (7887): cx18: fix Compro H900 analog support. V4L/DVB (7881): saa7134: fixed a compile warning in saa7134-core.c V4L/DVB (7880): saa7134: remove explicit GPIO initialization V4L/DVB(7879): Adding cx18 Support for mxl5005s V4L/DVB(7878): mxl55005s: Makefile and Kconfig additions V4L/DVB(7877): mxl5005s: Ensure debug is off V4L/DVB(7876): mxl5005s: Remove incorrect copyright holders V4L/DVB(7875): mxl5005s: Remove redundant functions V4L/DVB(7874): mxl5005s: Fix function statics V4L/DVB(7873): mxl5005s: Fix header includes. V4L/DVB(7872): mxl5005s: checkpatch.pl compliance ...
2008-05-14read_barrier_depends arch fixletsNick Piggin
read_barrie_depends has always been a noop (not a compiler barrier) on all architectures except SMP alpha. This brings UP alpha and frv into line with all other architectures, and fixes incorrect documentation. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-14V4L/DVB (7827): cx23885: add missing subsystem ID for Hauppauge HVR-1200 OEMMichael Krufky
Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@linuxtv.org> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-05-14V4L/DVB (7823): em28xx: add additional usb subids for Hauppauge HVR-950Michael Krufky
Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@linuxtv.org> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-05-13cgroups: fix documentationDhaval Giani
Correct the cgroups documentation to reflect the correct file names. Signed-off-by: Dhaval Giani <dhaval@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Sudhir Kumar <skumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@in.ibm.com> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-13adt7473: minor documentation updateDarrick J. Wong
Add a sentence about when fan speed increases to maximum. Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-11i2c: Improve the functionality documentationJean Delvare
Attempt to make the documentation about the I2C/SMBus functionality checking API clearer. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-05-11i2c: Improve smbus-protocol documentationDavid Brownell
Improve the smbus-protocol documentation file somewhat: - Use the names of the SMBus protocol operations (from the 2.0 specification), not made-up-for-Linux names. - Add the name of the call used to execute each operation ... and point out that there are mismatches, where functions execute different protocol operations than their names specify. The most confusing examples are that "Read Byte" isn't executed by i2c_smbus_read_byte(), and that "Write Byte" isn't executed by i2c_smbus_write_byte(). When coding, that's not as bad as it may seem; but that case would seem to be worth fixing. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-05-07[S390] cio: Remove cio_msg kernel parameter.Michael Ernst
The only sporadically used CIO_DEBUG messages are replaced by ordinary CIO_MSG_EVENT messages. The CIO_MSG_EVENT messages debug levels are consolidated. Signed-off-by: Michael Ernst <mernst@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-05-06[PATCH] kill ->put_inodeChristoph Hellwig
And with that last patch to affs killing the last put_inode instance we can finally, after many years of transition kill this racy and awkward interface. (It's kinda funny that even the description in Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt was entirely wrong..) Also remove a very misleading comment above the defintion of struct super_operations. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-05-05Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mingo/linux-2.6-sched-fixes * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mingo/linux-2.6-sched-fixes: sched: default to n for GROUP_SCHED and FAIR_GROUP_SCHED sched: add optional support for CONFIG_HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK sched, x86: add HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK sched: fix cpu clock sched: fair-group: fix a Div0 error of the fair group scheduler sched: fix missing locking in sched_domains code sched: make clock sync tunable by architecture code sched: fix debugging sched: fix sched_info_switch not being called according to documentation sched: fix hrtick_start_fair and CPU-Hotplug sched: fix SCHED_FAIR wake-idle logic error sched: fix RT task-wakeup logic sched: add statics, don't return void expressions sched: add debug checks to idle functions sched: remove old sched doc sched: make rt_sched_class, idle_sched_class static sched: optimize calc_delta_mine() sched: fix normalized sleeper
2008-05-05sched: remove old sched docIngo Molnar
Fabio Checconi noticed that Documentation/scheduler/sched-design.txt was a stale copy of the old scheduler. Remove it. Reported-by: Fabio Checconi <fabio@gandalf.sssup.it> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>