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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block index 2b5d56127fc..c1eb41cb987 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block @@ -206,16 +206,3 @@ Description: when a discarded area is read the discard_zeroes_data parameter will be set to one. Otherwise it will be 0 and the result of reading a discarded area is undefined. -What: /sys/block/<disk>/alias -Date: Aug 2011 -Contact: Nao Nishijima <nao.nishijima.xt@hitachi.com> -Description: - A raw device name of a disk does not always point a same disk - each boot-up time. Therefore, users have to use persistent - device names, which udev creates when the kernel finds a disk, - instead of raw device name. However, kernel doesn't show those - persistent names on its messages (e.g. dmesg). - This file can store an alias of the disk and it would be - appeared in kernel messages if it is set. A disk can have an - alias which length is up to 255bytes. Users can use alphabets, - numbers, "-" and "_" in alias name. This file is writeonce. diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt index 71464e09ec1..b79d0a13e7c 100644 --- a/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt +++ b/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt @@ -98,14 +98,12 @@ You must enable "SCSI tape drive support for Smart Array 5xxx" and "SCSI support" in your kernel configuration to be able to use SCSI tape drives with your Smart Array 5xxx controller. -Additionally, note that the driver will not engage the SCSI core at init -time. The driver must be directed to dynamically engage the SCSI core via -the /proc filesystem entry which the "block" side of the driver creates as -/proc/driver/cciss/cciss* at runtime. This is because at driver init time, -the SCSI core may not yet be initialized (because the driver is a block -driver) and attempting to register it with the SCSI core in such a case -would cause a hang. This is best done via an initialization script -(typically in /etc/init.d, but could vary depending on distribution). +Additionally, note that the driver will engage the SCSI core at init +time if any tape drives or medium changers are detected. The driver may +also be directed to dynamically engage the SCSI core via the /proc filesystem +entry which the "block" side of the driver creates as +/proc/driver/cciss/cciss* at runtime. This is best done via a script. + For example: for x in /proc/driver/cciss/cciss[0-9]* diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt index 03e2771ddee..91fee3b45fb 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt @@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ Development Tree ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The latest development codes for HD-audio are found on sound git tree: -- git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git +- git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git The master branch or for-next branches can be used as the main development branches in general while the HD-audio specific patches @@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ is, installed via the usual spells: configure, make and make install(-modules). See INSTALL in the package. The snapshot tarballs are found at: -- ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tiwai/snapshot/ +- ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/tiwai/snapshot/ Sending a Bug Report @@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ via hda-verb won't change the mixer value. The hda-verb program is found in the ftp directory: -- ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tiwai/misc/ +- ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/tiwai/misc/ Also a git repository is available: @@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ operation, the jack plugging simulation, etc. The package is found in: -- ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tiwai/misc/ +- ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/tiwai/misc/ A git repository is available: diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 7f6bc290d45..48fe11cc230 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -1927,10 +1927,11 @@ S: Maintained F: drivers/connector/ CONTROL GROUPS (CGROUPS) -M: Paul Menage <paul@paulmenage.org> +M: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> M: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> L: containers@lists.linux-foundation.org L: cgroups@vger.kernel.org +T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup.git S: Maintained F: include/linux/cgroup* F: kernel/cgroup* @@ -7435,7 +7436,8 @@ F: drivers/xen/*swiotlb* XFS FILESYSTEM P: Silicon Graphics Inc -M: Alex Elder <aelder@sgi.com> +M: Ben Myers <bpm@sgi.com> +M: Alex Elder <elder@kernel.org> M: xfs-masters@oss.sgi.com L: xfs@oss.sgi.com W: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig index b177caa56d9..951e18f5335 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig @@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ config ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE config KEXEC bool "kexec system call (EXPERIMENTAL)" - depends on (PPC_BOOK3S || FSL_BOOKE || (44x && !SMP && !47x)) && EXPERIMENTAL + depends on (PPC_BOOK3S || FSL_BOOKE || (44x && !SMP && !PPC_47x)) && EXPERIMENTAL help kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile index 57af16edc19..70ba0c0a122 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile +++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile @@ -255,12 +255,6 @@ checkbin: echo 'disable kernel modules' ; \ false ; \ fi - @if ! /bin/echo dssall | $(AS) -many -o $(TOUT) >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then \ - echo -n '*** ${VERSION}.${PATCHLEVEL} kernels no longer build ' ; \ - echo 'correctly with old versions of binutils.' ; \ - echo '*** Please upgrade your binutils to 2.12.1 or newer' ; \ - false ; \ - fi |