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diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX index 2a39aeba146..d05737aaa84 100644 --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX @@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ cachetlb.txt - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses. cdrom/ - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has. +cgroups/ + - cgroups features, including cpusets and memory controller. connector/ - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod. console/ @@ -98,8 +100,6 @@ cpu-load.txt - document describing how CPU load statistics are collected. cpuidle/ - info on CPU_IDLE, CPU idle state management subsystem. -cpusets.txt - - documents the cpusets feature; assign CPUs and Mem to a set of tasks. cputopology.txt - documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs. cris/ diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-regulator b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-regulator index 873ef1fc156..e091fa87379 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-regulator +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-regulator @@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ KernelVersion: 2.6.26 Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk> Description: Some regulator directories will contain a field called - state. This reports the regulator enable status, for - regulators which can report that value. + state. This reports the regulator enable control, for + regulators which can report that input value. This will be one of the following strings: @@ -14,16 +14,54 @@ Description: 'unknown' 'enabled' means the regulator output is ON and is supplying - power to the system. + power to the system (assuming no error prevents it). 'disabled' means the regulator output is OFF and is not - supplying power to the system.. + supplying power to the system (unless some non-Linux + control has enabled it). 'unknown' means software cannot determine the state, or the reported state is invalid. NOTE: this field can be used in conjunction with microvolts - and microamps to determine regulator output levels. + or microamps to determine configured regulator output levels. + + +What: /sys/class/regulator/.../status +Description: + Some regulator directories will contain a field called + "status". This reports the current regulator status, for + regulators which can report that output value. + + This will be one of the following strings: + + off + on + error + fast + normal + idle + standby + + "off" means the regulator is not supplying power to the + system. + + "on" means the regulator is supplying power to the system, + and the regulator can't report a detailed operation mode. + + "error" indicates an out-of-regulation status such as being + disabled due to thermal shutdown, or voltage being unstable + because of problems with the input power supply. + + "fast", "normal", "idle", and "standby" are all detailed + regulator operation modes (described elsewhere). They + imply "on", but provide more detail. + + Note that regulator status is a function of many inputs, + not limited to control inputs from Linux. For example, + the actual load presented may trigger "error" status; or + a regulator may be enabled by another user, even though + Linux did not enable it. What: /sys/class/regulator/.../type @@ -58,7 +96,7 @@ Description: Some regulator directories will contain a field called microvolts. This holds the regulator output voltage setting measured in microvolts (i.e. E-6 Volts), for regulators - which can report that voltage. + which can report the control input for voltage. NOTE: This value should not be used to determine the regulator output voltage level as this value is the same regardless of @@ -73,7 +111,7 @@ Description: Some regulator directories will contain a field called microamps. This holds the regulator output current limit setting measured in microamps (i.e. E-6 Amps), for regulators - which can report that current. + which can report the control input for a current limit. NOTE: This value should not be used to determine the regulator output current level as this value is the same regardless of @@ -87,7 +125,7 @@ Contact: Liam Girdwood <lrg@slimlogic.co.uk> Description: Some regulator directories will contain a field called opmode. This holds the current regulator operating mode, - for regulators which can report it. + for regulators which can report that control input value. The opmode value can be one of the following strings: @@ -101,7 +139,8 @@ Description: NOTE: This value should not be used to determine the regulator output operating mode as this value is the same regardless of - whether the regulator is enabled or disabled. + whether the regulator is enabled or disabled. A "status" + attribute may be available to determine the actual mode. What: /sys/class/regulator/.../min_microvolts diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/.gitignore b/Documentation/DocBook/.gitignore index c102c02ecf8..c6def352fe3 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/.gitignore +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/.gitignore @@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ *.html *.9.gz *.9 +*.aux +*.dvi +*.log +*.out diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/listRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/listRCU.txt index 1fd175368a8..4349c1487e9 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/listRCU.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/listRCU.txt @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Following are the RCU equivalents for these two functions: list_for_each_entry(e, list, list) { if (!audit_compare_rule(rule, &e->rule)) { list_del_rcu(&e->list); - call_rcu(&e->rcu, audit_free_rule, e); + call_rcu(&e->rcu, audit_free_rule); return 0; } } @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ RCU ("read-copy update") its name. The RCU code is as follows: ne->rule.action = newaction; ne->rule.file_count = newfield_count; list_replace_rcu(e, ne); - call_rcu(&e->rcu, audit_free_rule, e); + call_rcu(&e->rcu, audit_free_rule); return 0; } } @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ flag under the spinlock as follows: list_del_rcu(&e->list); e->deleted = 1; spin_unlock(&e->lock); - call_rcu(&e->rcu, audit_free_rule, e); + call_rcu(&e->rcu, audit_free_rule); return 0; } } diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt b/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt index 95821a29ae4..7aa2002ade7 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ o I hear that RCU needs work in order to support realtime kernels? This work is largely completed. Realtime-friendly RCU can be enabled via the CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU kernel configuration parameter. However, work is in progress for enabling priority boosting of - preempted RCU read-side critical sections.This is needed if you + preempted RCU read-side critical sections. This is needed if you have CPU-bound realtime threads. o Where can I find more information on RCU? diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt b/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt index 239f542d48b..6389dec3345 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if (obj) { /* * Because a writer could delete object, and a writer could * reuse these object before the RCU grace period, we - * must check key after geting the reference on object + * must check key after getting the reference on object */ if (obj->key != key) { // not the object we expected put_ref(obj); @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ a race (some writer did a delete and/or a move of an object to another chain) checking the final 'nulls' value if the lookup met the end of chain. If final 'nulls' value is not the slot number, then we must restart the lookup at -the begining. If the object was moved to same chain, +the beginning. If the object was moved to the same chain, then the reader doesnt care : It might eventually scan the list again without harm. diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/00-INDEX b/Documentation/cgroups/00-INDEX new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..3f58fa3d6d0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/00-INDEX @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +00-INDEX + - this file +cgroups.txt + - Control Groups definition, implementation details, examples and API. +cpuacct.txt + - CPU Accounting Controller; account CPU usage for groups of tasks. +cpusets.txt + - documents the cpusets feature; assign CPUs and Mem to a set of tasks. +devices.txt + - Device Whitelist Controller; description, interface and security. +freezer-subsystem.txt + - checkpointing; rationale to not use signals, interface. +memcg_test.txt + - Memory Resource Controller; implementation details. +memory.txt + - Memory Resource Controller; design, accounting, interface, testing. +resource_counter.txt + - Resource Counter API. diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt index 93feb844448..6eb1a97e88c 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ hierarchy, and a set of subsystems; each subsystem has system-specific state attached to each cgroup in the hierarchy. Each hierarchy has an instance of the cgroup virtual filesystem associated with it. -At any one time there may be multiple active hierachies of task +At any one time there may be multiple active hierarchies of task cgroups. Each hierarchy is a partition of all tasks in the system. User level code may create and destroy cgroups by name in an @@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ following lines: / \ Prof (15%) students (5%) -Browsers like firefox/lynx go into the WWW network class, while (k)nfsd go +Browsers like Firefox/Lynx go into the WWW network class, while (k)nfsd go into NFS network class. -At the same time firefox/lynx will share an appropriate CPU/Memory class +At the same time Firefox/Lynx will share an appropriate CPU/Memory class depending on who launched it (prof/student). With the ability to classify tasks differently for different resources @@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ and then start a subshell 'sh' in that cgroup: Creating, modifying, using the cgroups can be done through the cgroup virtual filesystem. -To mount a cgroup hierarchy will all available subsystems, type: +To mount a cgroup hierarchy with all available subsystems, type: # mount -t cgroup xxx /dev/cgroup The "xxx" is not interpreted by the cgroup code, but will appear in @@ -333,12 +333,23 @@ The "xxx" is not interpreted by the cgroup code, but will appear in To mount a cgroup hierarchy with just the cpuset and numtasks subsystems, type: -# mount -t cgroup -o cpuset,numtasks hier1 /dev/cgroup +# mount -t cgroup -o cpuset,memory hier1 /dev/cgroup To change the set of subsystems bound to a mounted hierarchy, just remount with different options: +# mount -o remount,cpuset,ns hier1 /dev/cgroup -# mount -o remount,cpuset,ns /dev/cgroup +Now memory is removed from the hierarchy and ns is added. + +Note this will add ns to the hierarchy but won't remove memory or +cpuset, because the new options are appended to the old ones: +# mount -o remount,ns /dev/cgroup + +To Specify a hierarchy's release_agent: +# mount -t cgroup -o cpuset,release_agent="/sbin/cpuset_release_agent" \ + xxx /dev/cgroup + +Note that specifying 'release_agent' more than once will return failure. Note that changing the set of subsystems is currently only supported when the hierarchy consists of a single (root) cgroup. Supporting @@ -349,6 +360,11 @@ Then under /dev/cgroup you can find a tree that corresponds to the tree of the cgroups in the system. For instance, /dev/cgroup is the cgroup that holds the whole system. +If you want to change the value of release_agent: +# echo "/sbin/new_release_agent" > /dev/cgroup/release_agent + +It can also be changed via remount. + If you want to create a new cgroup under /dev/cgroup: # cd /dev/cgroup # mkdir my_cgroup @@ -476,11 +492,13 @@ cgroup->parent is still valid. (Note - can also be called for a newly-created cgroup if an error occurs after this subsystem's create() method has been called for the new cgroup). -void pre_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp); +int pre_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp); Called before checking the reference count on each subsystem. This may be useful for subsystems which have some extra references even if -there are not tasks in the cgroup. +there are not tasks in the cgroup. If pre_destroy() returns error code, +rmdir() will fail with it. From this behavior, pre_destroy() can be +called multiple times against a cgroup. int can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *task) @@ -521,7 +539,7 @@ always handled well. void post_clone(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp) (cgroup_mutex held by caller) -Called at the end of cgroup_clone() to do any paramater +Called at the end of cgroup_clone() to do any parameter initialization which might be required before a task could attach. For example in cpusets, no task may attach before 'cpus' and 'mems' are set up. diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt index 0611e9528c7..f9ca389dddf 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Cpusets extends these two mechanisms as follows: - The hierarchy of cpusets can be mounted at /dev/cpuset, for browsing and manipulation from user space. - A cpuset may be marked exclusive, which ensures that no other - cpuset (except direct ancestors and descendents) may contain + cpuset (except direct ancestors and descendants) may contain any overlapping CPUs or Memory Nodes. - You can list all the tasks (by pid) attached to any cpuset. @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ nodes with memory--using the cpuset_track_online_nodes() hook. -------------------------------- If a cpuset is cpu or mem exclusive, no other cpuset, other than -a direct ancestor or descendent, may share any of the same CPUs or +a direct ancestor or descendant, may share any of the same CPUs or Memory Nodes. A cpuset that is mem_exclusive *or* mem_hardwall is "hardwalled", @@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ child cpusets have this flag enabled. When doing this, you don't usually want to leave any unpinned tasks in the top cpuset that might use non-trivial amounts of CPU, as such tasks may be artificially constrained to some subset of CPUs, depending on -the particulars of this flag setting in descendent cpusets. Even if +the particulars of this flag setting in descendant cpusets. Even if such a task could use spare CPU cycles in some other CPUs, the kernel scheduler might not consider the possibility of load balancing that task to that underused CPU. @@ -531,9 +531,9 @@ be idle. Of course it takes some searching cost to find movable tasks and/or idle CPUs, the scheduler might not search all CPUs in the domain -everytime. In fact, in some architectures, the searching ranges on +every time. In fact, in some architectures, the searching ranges on events are limited in the same socket or node where the CPU locates, -while the load balance on tick searchs all. +while the load balance on tick searches all. For example, assume CPU Z is relatively far from CPU X. Even if CPU Z is idle while CPU X and the siblings are busy, scheduler can't migrate @@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ its new cpuset, then the task will continue to use whatever subset of MPOL_BIND nodes are still allowed in the new cpuset. If the task was using MPOL_BIND and now none of its MPOL_BIND nodes are allowed in the new cpuset, then the task will be essentially treated as if it -was MPOL_BIND bound to the new cpuset (even though its numa placement, +was MPOL_BIND bound to the new cpuset (even though its NUMA placement, as queried by get_mempolicy(), doesn't change). If a task is moved from one cpuset to another, then the kernel will adjust the tasks memory placement, as above, the next time that the kernel attempts diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/devices.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/devices.txt index 7cc6e6a6067..57ca4c89fe5 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/devices.txt @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ suffice, but we can decide the best way to adequately restrict movement as people get some experience with this. We may just want to require CAP_SYS_ADMIN, which at least is a separate bit from CAP_MKNOD. We may want to just refuse moving to a cgroup which -isn't a descendent of the current one. Or we may want to use +isn't a descendant of the current one. Or we may want to use CAP_MAC_ADMIN, since we really are trying to lock down root. CAP_SYS_ADMIN is needed to modify the whitelist or move another diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt index 523a9c16c40..72db89ed060 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/memcg_test.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Memory Resource Controller(Memcg) Implementation Memo. -Last Updated: 2009/1/19 +Last Updated: 2009/1/20 Base Kernel Version: based on 2.6.29-rc2. Because VM is getting complex (one of reasons is memcg...), memcg's behavior @@ -356,7 +356,25 @@ Under below explanation, we assume CONFIG_MEM_RES_CTRL_SWAP=y. (Shell-B) # move all tasks in /cgroup/test to /cgroup # /sbin/swapoff -a - # rmdir /test/cgroup + # rmdir /cgroup/test # kill malloc task. Of course, tmpfs v.s. swapoff test should be tested, too. + + 9.8 OOM-Killer + Out-of-memory caused by memcg's limit will kill tasks under + the memcg. When hierarchy is used, a task under hierarchy + will be killed by the kernel. + In this case, panic_on_oom shouldn't be invoked and tasks + in other groups shouldn't be killed. + + It's not difficult to cause OOM under memcg as following. + Case A) when you can swapoff + #swapoff -a + #echo 50M > /memory.limit_in_bytes + run 51M of malloc + + Case B) when you use mem+swap limitation. + #echo 50M > memory.limit_in_bytes + #echo 50M > memory.memsw.limit_in_bytes + run 51M of malloc diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt index e1501964df1..a98a7fe7aab 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ will be charged as a new owner of it. unevictable - # of pages cannot be reclaimed.(mlocked etc) Below is depend on CONFIG_DEBUG_VM. - inactive_ratio - VM inernal parameter. (see mm/page_alloc.c) + inactive_ratio - VM internal parameter. (see mm/page_alloc.c) recent_rotated_anon - VM internal parameter. (see mm/vmscan.c) recent_rotated_file - VM internal parameter. (see mm/vmscan.c) recent_scanned_anon - VM internal parameter. (see mm/vmscan.c) diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt index 62254d4510c..327de162475 100644 --- a/Documentation/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/devices.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ LINUX ALLOCATED DEVICES (2.6+ version) - Maintained by Torben Mathiasen <device@lanana.org> + Maintained by Alan Cox <device@lanana.org> Last revised: 29 November 2006 @@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ up to date. Due to the number of registrations I have to maintain it in "batch mode", so there is likely additional registrations that haven't been listed yet. +Fourth, remember that Linux now has extensive support for dynamic allocation +of device numbering and can use sysfs and udev to handle the naming needs. +There are still some exceptions in the serial and boot device area. Before +asking for a device number make sure you actually need one. + Finally, sometimes I have to play "namespace police." Please don't be offended. I often get submissions for /dev names that would be bound to cause conflicts down the road. I am trying to avoid getting in a @@ -101,7 +106,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 0 = /dev/ram0 First RAM disk 1 = /dev/ram1 Second RAM disk ... - 250 = /dev/initrd Initial RAM disk {2.6} + 250 = /dev/initrd Initial RAM disk Older kernels had /dev/ramdisk (1, 1) here. /dev/initrd refers to a RAM disk which was preloaded @@ -340,7 +345,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 14 = /dev/touchscreen/ucb1x00 UCB 1x00 touchscreen 15 = /dev/touchscreen/mk712 MK712 touchscreen 128 = /dev/beep Fancy beep device - 129 = /dev/modreq Kernel module load request {2.6} + 129 = 130 = /dev/watchdog Watchdog timer port 131 = /dev/temperature Machine internal temperature 132 = /dev/hwtrap Hardware fault trap @@ -350,10 +355,10 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 139 = /dev/openprom SPARC OpenBoot PROM 140 = /dev/relay8 Berkshire Products Octal relay card 141 = /dev/relay16 Berkshire Products ISO-16 relay card - 142 = /dev/msr x86 model-specific registers {2.6} + 142 = 143 = /dev/pciconf PCI configuration space 144 = /dev/nvram Non-volatile configuration RAM - 145 = /dev/hfmodem Soundcard shortwave modem control {2.6} + 145 = /dev/hfmodem Soundcard shortwave modem control 146 = /dev/graphics Linux/SGI graphics device 147 = /dev/opengl Linux/SGI OpenGL pipe 148 = /dev/gfx Linux/SGI graphics effects device @@ -435,6 +440,9 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 228 = /dev/hpet HPET driver 229 = /dev/fuse Fuse (virtual filesystem in user-space) 230 = /dev/midishare MidiShare driver + 231 = /dev/snapshot System memory snapshot device + 232 = /dev/kvm Kernel-based virtual machine (hardware virtualization extensions) + 233 = /dev/kmview View-OS A process with a view 240-254 Reserved for local use 255 Reserved for MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR @@ -466,10 +474,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. The device names specified are proposed -- if there are "standard" names for these devices, please let me know. - 12 block MSCDEX CD-ROM callback support {2.6} - 0 = /dev/dos_cd0 First MSCDEX CD-ROM - 1 = /dev/dos_cd1 Second MSCDEX CD-ROM - ... + 12 block 13 char Input core 0 = /dev/input/js0 First joystick @@ -498,7 +503,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 2 = /dev/midi00 First MIDI port 3 = /dev/dsp Digital audio 4 = /dev/audio Sun-compatible digital audio - 6 = /dev/sndstat Sound card status information {2.6} + 6 = 7 = /dev/audioctl SPARC audio control device 8 = /dev/sequencer2 Sequencer -- alternate device 16 = /dev/mixer1 Second soundcard mixer control @@ -510,14 +515,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 34 = /dev/midi02 Third MIDI port 50 = /dev/midi03 Fourth MIDI port - 14 block BIOS harddrive callback support {2.6} - 0 = /dev/dos_hda First BIOS harddrive whole disk - 64 = /dev/dos_hdb Second BIOS harddrive whole disk - 128 = /dev/dos_hdc Third BIOS harddrive whole disk - 192 = /dev/dos_hdd Fourth BIOS harddrive whole disk - - Partitions are handled in the same way as IDE disks - (see major number 3). + 14 block 15 char Joystick 0 = /dev/js0 First analog joystick @@ -535,14 +533,14 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 16 block GoldStar CD-ROM 0 = /dev/gscd GoldStar CD-ROM - 17 char Chase serial card + 17 char OBSOLETE (was Chase serial card) 0 = /dev/ttyH0 First Chase port 1 = /dev/ttyH1 Second Chase port ... 17 block Optics Storage CD-ROM 0 = /dev/optcd Optics Storage CD-ROM - 18 char Chase serial card - alternate devices + 18 char OBSOLETE (was Chase serial card - alternate devices) 0 = /dev/cuh0 Callout device for ttyH0 1 = /dev/cuh1 Callout device for ttyH1 ... @@ -644,8 +642,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 2 = /dev/sbpcd2 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 0 unit 2 3 = /dev/sbpcd3 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 0 unit 3 - 26 char Quanta WinVision frame grabber {2.6} - 0 = /dev/wvisfgrab Quanta WinVision frame grabber + 26 char 26 block Second Matsushita (Panasonic/SoundBlaster) CD-ROM 0 = /dev/sbpcd4 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 1 unit 0 @@ -872,7 +869,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. and "user level packet I/O." This board is also accessible as a standard networking "eth" device. - 38 block Reserved for Linux/AP+ + 38 block OBSOLETE (was Linux/AP+) 39 char ML-16P experimental I/O board 0 = /dev/ml16pa-a0 First card, first analog channel @@ -892,29 +889,16 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated. 50 = /dev/ml16pb-c1 Second card, second counter/timer 51 = /dev/ml16pb-c2 Second card, third counter/timer ... - 39 block Reserved for Linux/AP+ + 39 block - 40 char Matrox Meteor frame grabber {2.6} - 0 = /dev/mmetfgrab Matrox Meteor frame grabber + 40 char - 40 block Syquest EZ135 parallel port removable drive - 0 = /dev/eza Parallel EZ135 drive, whole disk - - This device is obsolete and will be removed in a - future version of Linux. It has been replaced with - the parallel port IDE disk driver at major number 45. - Partitions are handled in the same way as IDE disks - (see major number 3). + 40 block 41 char Yet Another Micro Monitor 0 = /dev/yamm Yet Another Micro Monitor - 41 block MicroSolutions BackPack parallel port CD-ROM - 0 = /dev/bpcd BackPack CD-ROM - - This device is obsolete and will be removed in a - future version of Linux. It has been replaced with - the parallel port ATAPI CD-ROM driver at major number 46. |