linux/Documentation, branch v3.8

x86, doc: Add a bootloader ID for OVMF

2013-02-08T17:26:57Z

OVMF (an implementation of UEFI based on TianoCore used in virtual environments) now has the ability to boot Linux natively; this is used for "qemu -kernel" and similar things in a UEFI environment. Accordingly, assign it a bootloader ID. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin Cc: David Woodhouse

Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2013-02-04T20:59:44Z

Pull x86 fixes from Ingo Molnar: "Three small fixlets" * 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/intel/cacheinfo: Shut up annoying warning x86, doc: Boot protocol 2.12 is in 3.8 x86-64: Replace left over sti/cli in ia32 audit exit code

Merge branch 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2013-02-04T20:56:07Z

Pull two small RCU fixlets from Ingo Molnar. * 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: rcu: Make rcu_nocb_poll an early_param instead of module_param rcu: Prevent soft-lockup complaints about no-CBs CPUs

x86, doc: Boot protocol 2.12 is in 3.8

2013-02-01T04:23:49Z

The boot protocol 2.12 changes were pulled for 3.8, so update the documentation accordingly. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin

Merge branch 'for-3.8/upstream-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid

2013-01-31T21:44:59Z

PullHID fixes from Jiri Kosina: - fix i2c-hid and hidraw interaction, by Benjamin Tissoires - a quirk to make a particular device (Formosa IR receiver) work properly, by Nicholas Santos * 'for-3.8/upstream-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid: HID: i2c-hid: fix i2c_hid_output_raw_report HID: usbhid: quirk for Formosa IR receiver HID: remove x bit from sensor doc

Merge branch 'x86-efi-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2013-01-31T06:10:36Z

Pull x86 EFI fixes from Peter Anvin: "This is a collection of fixes for the EFI support. The controversial bit here is a set of patches which bumps the boot protocol version as part of fixing some serious problems with the EFI handover protocol, used when booting under EFI using a bootloader as opposed to directly from EFI. These changes should also make it a lot saner to support cross-mode 32/64-bit EFI booting in the future. Getting these changes into 3.8 means we avoid presenting an inconsistent ABI to bootloaders. Other changes are display detection and fixing efivarfs." * 'x86-efi-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86, efi: remove attribute check from setup_efi_pci x86, build: Dynamically find entry points in compressed startup code x86, efi: Fix PCI ROM handing in EFI boot stub, in 32-bit mode x86, efi: Fix 32-bit EFI handover protocol entry point x86, efi: Fix display detection in EFI boot stub x86, boot: Define the 2.12 bzImage boot protocol x86/boot: Fix minor fd leakage in tools/relocs.c x86, efi: Set runtime_version to the EFI spec revision x86, efi: fix 32-bit warnings in setup_efi_pci() efivarfs: Delete dentry from dcache in efivarfs_file_write() efivarfs: Never return ENOENT from firmware efi, x86: Pass a proper identity mapping in efi_call_phys_prelog efivarfs: Drop link count of the right inode

Merge tag 'md-3.8-fixes' of git://neil.brown.name/md

2013-01-28T23:15:34Z

Pull dmraid fix from NeilBrown: "Just one fix for md in 3.8 dmraid assess redundancy and replacements slightly inaccurately which could lead to some degraded arrays failing to assemble." * tag 'md-3.8-fixes' of git://neil.brown.name/md: DM-RAID: Fix RAID10's check for sufficient redundancy

x86, boot: Define the 2.12 bzImage boot protocol

2013-01-27T23:56:37Z

Define the 2.12 bzImage boot protocol: add xloadflags and additional fields to allow the command line, initramfs and struct boot_params to live above the 4 GiB mark. The xloadflags now communicates if this is a 64-bit kernel with the legacy 64-bit entry point and which of the EFI handover entry points are supported. Avoid adding new read flags to loadflags because of claimed bootloaders testing the whole byte for == 1 to determine bzImageness at least until the issue can be researched further. This is based on patches by Yinghai Lu and David Woodhouse. Originally-by: Yinghai Lu Originally-by: David Woodhouse Acked-by: Yinghai Lu Acked-by: David Woodhouse Acked-by: Matt Fleming Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1359058816-7615-26-git-send-email-yinghai@kernel.org Cc: Rob Landley Cc: Gokul Caushik Cc: Josh Triplett Cc: Joe Millenbach

Merge tag 'fixes-for-linus2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm/arm-soc

2013-01-24T20:42:50Z

Pull ARM SoC fixes from Olof Johansson: "Here's a long-pending fixes pull request for arm-soc (I didn't send one in the -rc4 cycle). The larger deltas are from: - A fixup of error paths in the mvsdio driver - Header file move for a driver that hadn't been properly converted to multiplatform on i.MX, which was causing build failures when included - Device tree updates for at91 dealing mostly with their new pinctrl setup merged in 3.8 and mistakes in those initial configs The rest are the normal mix of small fixes all over the place; sunxi, omap, imx, mvebu, etc, etc." * tag 'fixes-for-linus2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm/arm-soc: (40 commits) mfd: vexpress-sysreg: Don't skip initialization on probe ARM: vexpress: Enable A7 cores in V2P-CA15_A7's Device Tree ARM: vexpress: extend the MPIDR range used for pen release check ARM: at91/dts: correct comment in at91sam9x5.dtsi for mii ARM: at91/at91_dt_defconfig: add at91sam9n12 SoC to DT defconfig ARM: at91/at91_dt_defconfig: remove memory specification to cmdline ARM: at91/dts: add macb mii pinctrl config for kizbox ARM: at91: rm9200: remake the BGA as default version ARM: at91: fix gpios on i2c-gpio for RM9200 DT ARM: at91/at91sam9x5 DTS: add SCK USART pins ARM: at91/at91sam9x5 DTS: correct wrong PIO BANK values on u(s)arts ARM: at91/at91-pinctrl documentation: fix typo and add some details ARM: kirkwood: fix missing #interrupt-cells property mmc: mvsdio: use devm_ API to simplify/correct error paths. clk: mvebu/clk-cpu.c: fix memory leakage ARM: OMAP2+: omap4-panda: add UART2 muxing for WiLink shared transport ARM: OMAP2+: DT node Timer iteration fix ARM: OMAP2+: Fix section warning for omap_init_ocp2scp() ARM: OMAP2+: fix build break for omapdrm ARM: OMAP2: Fix missing omap2xxx_clkt_vps_late_init function calls ...

Merge branch 'rcu/urgent' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu into core/urgent

2013-01-24T12:28:24Z

Pull RCU fixes from Paul E. McKenney. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar