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-rw-r--r--Documentation/DMA-API.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl32
-rw-r--r--Documentation/IPMI.txt34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devices.txt102
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/Locking2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/sysv-fs.txt177
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i386/boot.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt32
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/00-INDEX2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/generic_netlink.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/s2ram.txt56
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt60
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/swsusp.txt18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/userland-swsusp.txt64
-rw-r--r--Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt7
19 files changed, 547 insertions, 98 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt
index 05431621c86..805db4b2cba 100644
--- a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt
+++ b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ To get this part of the dma_ API, you must #include <linux/dmapool.h>
Many drivers need lots of small dma-coherent memory regions for DMA
descriptors or I/O buffers. Rather than allocating in units of a page
or more using dma_alloc_coherent(), you can use DMA pools. These work
-much like a kmem_cache_t, except that they use the dma-coherent allocator
+much like a struct kmem_cache, except that they use the dma-coherent allocator
not __get_free_pages(). Also, they understand common hardware constraints
for alignment, like queue heads needing to be aligned on N byte boundaries.
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ The pool create() routines initialize a pool of dma-coherent buffers
for use with a given device. It must be called in a context which
can sleep.
-The "name" is for diagnostics (like a kmem_cache_t name); dev and size
+The "name" is for diagnostics (like a struct kmem_cache name); dev and size
are like what you'd pass to dma_alloc_coherent(). The device's hardware
alignment requirement for this type of data is "align" (which is expressed
in bytes, and must be a power of two). If your device has no boundary
@@ -431,10 +431,10 @@ be identical to those passed in (and returned by
dma_alloc_noncoherent()).
int
-dma_is_consistent(dma_addr_t dma_handle)
+dma_is_consistent(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_handle)
-returns true if the memory pointed to by the dma_handle is actually
-consistent.
+returns true if the device dev is performing consistent DMA on the memory
+area pointed to by the dma_handle.
int
dma_get_cache_alignment(void)
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ anything like this. You must also be extra careful about accessing
memory you intend to sync partially.
void
-dma_cache_sync(void *vaddr, size_t size,
+dma_cache_sync(struct device *dev, void *vaddr, size_t size,
enum dma_data_direction direction)
Do a partial sync of memory that was allocated by
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
index a166675c430..ca094913c55 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
@@ -418,9 +418,35 @@ X!Edrivers/pnp/system.c
!Idrivers/parport/daisy.c
</chapter>
- <chapter id="viddev">
- <title>Video4Linux</title>
-!Edrivers/media/video/videodev.c
+ <chapter id="message_devices">
+ <title>Message-based devices</title>
+ <sect1><title>Fusion message devices</title>
+!Edrivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
+!Idrivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
+!Edrivers/message/fusion/mptscsih.c
+!Idrivers/message/fusion/mptscsih.c
+!Idrivers/message/fusion/mptctl.c
+!Idrivers/message/fusion/mptspi.c
+!Idrivers/message/fusion/mptfc.c
+!Idrivers/message/fusion/mptlan.c
+ </sect1>
+ <sect1><title>I2O message devices</title>
+!Iinclude/linux/i2o.h
+!Idrivers/message/i2o/core.h
+!Edrivers/message/i2o/iop.c
+!Idrivers/message/i2o/iop.c
+!Idrivers/message/i2o/config-osm.c
+!Edrivers/message/i2o/exec-osm.c
+!Idrivers/message/i2o/exec-osm.c
+!Idrivers/message/i2o/bus-osm.c
+!Edrivers/message/i2o/device.c
+!Idrivers/message/i2o/device.c
+!Idrivers/message/i2o/driver.c
+!Idrivers/message/i2o/pci.c
+!Idrivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
+!Idrivers/message/i2o/i2o_scsi.c
+!Idrivers/message/i2o/i2o_proc.c
+ </sect1>
</chapter>
<chapter id="snddev">
diff --git a/Documentation/IPMI.txt b/Documentation/IPMI.txt
index 0e3924ecd76..24dc3fcf159 100644
--- a/Documentation/IPMI.txt
+++ b/Documentation/IPMI.txt
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ You can change this at module load time (for a module) with:
regshifts=<shift1>,<shift2>,...
slave_addrs=<addr1>,<addr2>,...
force_kipmid=<enable1>,<enable2>,...
+ unload_when_empty=[0|1]
Each of these except si_trydefaults is a list, the first item for the
first interface, second item for the second interface, etc.
@@ -416,6 +417,11 @@ by the driver, but systems with broken interrupts might need an enable,
or users that don't want the daemon (don't need the performance, don't
want the CPU hit) can disable it.
+If unload_when_empty is set to 1, the driver will be unloaded if it
+doesn't find any interfaces or all the interfaces fail to work. The
+default is one. Setting to 0 is useful with the hotmod, but is
+obviously only useful for modules.
+
When compiled into the kernel, the parameters can be specified on the
kernel command line as:
@@ -441,6 +447,25 @@ have high-res timers enabled in the kernel and you don't have
interrupts enabled, the driver will run VERY slowly. Don't blame me,
these interfaces suck.
+The driver supports a hot add and remove of interfaces. This way,
+interfaces can be added or removed after the kernel is up and running.
+This is done using /sys/modules/ipmi_si/hotmod, which is a write-only
+parameter. You write a string to this interface. The string has the
+format:
+ <op1>[:op2[:op3...]]
+The "op"s are:
+ add|remove,kcs|bt|smic,mem|i/o,<address>[,<opt1>[,<opt2>[,...]]]
+You can specify more than one interface on the line. The "opt"s are:
+ rsp=<regspacing>
+ rsi=<regsize>
+ rsh=<regshift>
+ irq=<irq>
+ ipmb=<ipmb slave addr>
+and these have the same meanings as discussed above. Note that you
+can also use this on the kernel command line for a more compact format
+for specifying an interface. Note that when removing an interface,
+only the first three parameters (si type, address type, and address)
+are used for the comparison. Any options are ignored for removing.
The SMBus Driver
----------------
@@ -502,7 +527,10 @@ used to control it:
modprobe ipmi_watchdog timeout=<t> pretimeout=<t> action=<action type>
preaction=<preaction type> preop=<preop type> start_now=x
- nowayout=x
+ nowayout=x ifnum_to_use=n
+
+ifnum_to_use specifies which interface the watchdog timer should use.
+The default is -1, which means to pick the first one registered.
The timeout is the number of seconds to the action, and the pretimeout
is the amount of seconds before the reset that the pre-timeout panic will
@@ -624,5 +652,9 @@ command line. The parameter is also available via the proc filesystem
in /proc/sys/dev/ipmi/poweroff_powercycle. Note that if the system
does not support power cycling, it will always do the power off.
+The "ifnum_to_use" parameter specifies which interface the poweroff
+code should use. The default is -1, which means to pick the first one
+registered.
+
Note that if you have ACPI enabled, the system will prefer using ACPI to
power off.
diff --git a/Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt b/Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt
index e2a66f8143c..a598fe10a29 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ very similar behavior to the deadline IO scheduler.
Selecting IO schedulers
-----------------------
To choose IO schedulers at boot time, use the argument 'elevator=deadline'.
-'noop' and 'as' (the default) are also available. IO schedulers are assigned
-globally at boot time only presently.
+'noop', 'as' and 'cfq' (the default) are also available. IO schedulers are
+assigned globally at boot time only presently. It's also possible to change
+the IO scheduler for a determined device on the fly, as described in
+Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt.
Anticipatory IO scheduler Policies
diff --git a/Documentation/devices.txt b/Documentation/devices.txt
index 70690f1a14a..8de132a02ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/devices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devices.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
Maintained by Torben Mathiasen <device@lanana.org>
- Last revised: 15 May 2006
+ Last revised: 29 November 2006
This list is the Linux Device List, the official registry of allocated
device numbers and /dev directory nodes for the Linux operating
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
9 = /dev/urandom Faster, less secure random number gen.
10 = /dev/aio Asynchronous I/O notification interface
11 = /dev/kmsg Writes to this come out as printk's
+
1 block RAM disk
0 = /dev/ram0 First RAM disk
1 = /dev/ram1 Second RAM disk
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
devices are on major 128 and above and use the PTY
master multiplex (/dev/ptmx) to acquire a PTY on
demand.
-
+
2 block Floppy disks
0 = /dev/fd0 Controller 0, drive 0, autodetect
1 = /dev/fd1 Controller 0, drive 1, autodetect
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
129 = /dev/vcsa1 tty1 text/attribute contents
...
191 = /dev/vcsa63 tty63 text/attribute contents
-
+
NOTE: These devices permit both read and write access.
7 block Loopback devices
@@ -411,7 +412,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
207 = /dev/video/em8300_sp EM8300 DVD decoder subpicture
208 = /dev/compaq/cpqphpc Compaq PCI Hot Plug Controller
209 = /dev/compaq/cpqrid Compaq Remote Insight Driver
- 210 = /dev/impi/bt IMPI coprocessor block transfer
+ 210 = /dev/impi/bt IMPI coprocessor block transfer
211 = /dev/impi/smic IMPI coprocessor stream interface
212 = /dev/watchdogs/0 First watchdog device
213 = /dev/watchdogs/1 Second watchdog device
@@ -506,6 +507,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
33 = /dev/patmgr1 Sequencer patch manager
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
@@ -527,6 +529,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
16 char Non-SCSI scanners
0 = /dev/gs4500 Genius 4500 handheld scanner
+
16 block GoldStar CD-ROM
0 = /dev/gscd GoldStar CD-ROM
@@ -548,6 +551,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
0 = /dev/ttyC0 First Cyclades port
...
31 = /dev/ttyC31 32nd Cyclades port
+
19 block "Double" compressed disk
0 = /dev/double0 First compressed disk
...
@@ -563,6 +567,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
0 = /dev/cub0 Callout device for ttyC0
...
31 = /dev/cub31 Callout device for ttyC31
+
20 block Hitachi CD-ROM (under development)
0 = /dev/hitcd Hitachi CD-ROM
@@ -582,7 +587,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
This device is used on the ARM-based Acorn RiscPC.
Partitions are handled the same way as for IDE disks
- (see major number 3).
+ (see major number 3).
22 char Digiboard serial card
0 = /dev/ttyD0 First Digiboard port
@@ -591,7 +596,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
22 block Second IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
0 = /dev/hdc Master: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
64 = /dev/hdd Slave: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
-
+
Partitions are handled the same way as for the first
interface (see major number 3).
@@ -639,6 +644,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
26 char Quanta WinVision frame grabber {2.6}
0 = /dev/wvisfgrab Quanta WinVision frame grabber
+
26 block Second Matsushita (Panasonic/SoundBlaster) CD-ROM
0 = /dev/sbpcd4 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 1 unit 0
1 = /dev/sbpcd5 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 1 unit 1
@@ -670,6 +676,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
37 = /dev/nrawqft1 Unit 1, no rewind-on-close, no file marks
38 = /dev/nrawqft2 Unit 2, no rewind-on-close, no file marks
39 = /dev/nrawqft3 Unit 3, no rewind-on-close, no file marks
+
27 block Third Matsushita (Panasonic/SoundBlaster) CD-ROM
0 = /dev/sbpcd8 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 2 unit 0
1 = /dev/sbpcd9 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 2 unit 1
@@ -681,6 +688,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
1 = /dev/staliomem1 Second Stallion card I/O memory
2 = /dev/staliomem2 Third Stallion card I/O memory
3 = /dev/staliomem3 Fourth Stallion card I/O memory
+
28 char Atari SLM ACSI laser printer (68k/Atari)
0 = /dev/slm0 First SLM laser printer
1 = /dev/slm1 Second SLM laser printer
@@ -690,6 +698,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
1 = /dev/sbpcd13 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 3 unit 1
2 = /dev/sbpcd14 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 3 unit 2
3 = /dev/sbpcd15 Panasonic CD-ROM controller 3 unit 3
+
28 block ACSI disk (68k/Atari)
0 = /dev/ada First ACSI disk whole disk
16 = /dev/adb Second ACSI disk whole disk
@@ -750,6 +759,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
31 char MPU-401 MIDI
0 = /dev/mpu401data MPU-401 data port
1 = /dev/mpu401stat MPU-401 status port
+
31 block ROM/flash memory card
0 = /dev/rom0 First ROM card (rw)
...
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
34 block Fourth IDE hard disk/CD-ROM interface
0 = /dev/hdg Master: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
64 = /dev/hdh Slave: whole disk (or CD-ROM)
-
+
Partitions are handled the same way as for the first
interface (see major number 3).
@@ -818,6 +828,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
129 = /dev/smpte1 Second MIDI port, SMPTE timed
130 = /dev/smpte2 Third MIDI port, SMPTE timed
131 = /dev/smpte3 Fourth MIDI port, SMPTE timed
+
35 block Slow memory ramdisk
0 = /dev/slram Slow memory ramdisk
@@ -828,6 +839,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
16 = /dev/tap0 First Ethertap device
...
31 = /dev/tap15 16th Ethertap device
+
36 block MCA ESDI hard disk
0 = /dev/eda First ESDI disk whole disk
64 = /dev/edb Second ESDI disk whole disk
@@ -882,6 +894,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
40 char Matrox Meteor frame grabber {2.6}
0 = /dev/mmetfgrab Matrox Meteor frame grabber
+
40 block Syquest EZ135 parallel port removable drive
0 = /dev/eza Parallel EZ135 drive, whole disk
@@ -893,6 +906,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
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
@@ -901,6 +915,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
the parallel port ATAPI CD-ROM driver at major number 46.
42 char Demo/sample use
+
42 block Demo/sample use
This number is intended for use in sample code, as
@@ -918,6 +933,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
0 = /dev/ttyI0 First virtual modem
...
63 = /dev/ttyI63 64th virtual modem
+
43 block Network block devices
0 = /dev/nb0 First network block device
1 = /dev/nb1 Second network block device
@@ -934,12 +950,13 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
0 = /dev/cui0 Callout device for ttyI0
...
63 = /dev/cui63 Callout device for ttyI63
+
44 block Flash Translation Layer (FTL) filesystems
0 = /dev/ftla FTL on first Memory Technology Device
16 = /dev/ftlb FTL on second Memory Technology Device
32 = /dev/ftlc FTL on third Memory Technology Device
...
- 240 = /dev/ftlp FTL on 16th Memory Technology Device
+ 240 = /dev/ftlp FTL on 16th Memory Technology Device
Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
disks (see major number 3) except that the partition
@@ -958,6 +975,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
191 = /dev/ippp63 64th SyncPPP device
255 = /dev/isdninfo ISDN monitor interface
+
45 block Parallel port IDE disk devices
0 = /dev/pda First parallel port IDE disk
16 = /dev/pdb Second parallel port IDE disk
@@ -1044,6 +1062,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
1 = /dev/dcbri1 Second DataComm card
2 = /dev/dcbri2 Third DataComm card
3 = /dev/dcbri3 Fourth DataComm card
+
52 block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; fifth controller
0 = /dev/rd/c4d0 First disk, whole disk
8 = /dev/rd/c4d1 Second disk, whole disk
@@ -1093,6 +1112,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
55 char DSP56001 digital signal processor
0 = /dev/dsp56k First DSP56001
+
55 block Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller; eighth controller
0 = /dev/rd/c7d0 First disk, whole disk
8 = /dev/rd/c7d1 Second disk, whole disk
@@ -1130,6 +1150,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
0 = /dev/cup0 Callout device for ttyP0
1 = /dev/cup1 Callout device for ttyP1
...
+
58 block Reserved for logical volume manager
59 char sf firewall package
@@ -1149,6 +1170,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
NAMING CONFLICT -- PROPOSED REVISED NAME /dev/rpda0 etc
60-63 char LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE
+
60-63 block LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE
Allocated for local/experimental use. For devices not
assigned official numbers, these ranges should be
@@ -1434,7 +1456,6 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
partitions is 15.
-
78 char PAM Software's multimodem boards
0 = /dev/ttyM0 First PAM modem
1 = /dev/ttyM1 Second PAM modem
@@ -1450,7 +1471,6 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
partitions is 15.
-
79 char PAM Software's multimodem boards - alternate devices
0 = /dev/cum0 Callout device for ttyM0
1 = /dev/cum1 Callout device for ttyM1
@@ -1466,7 +1486,6 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
DAC960 (see major number 48) except that the limit on
partitions is 15.
-
80 char Photometrics AT200 CCD camera
0 = /dev/at200 Photometrics AT200 CCD camera
@@ -1679,7 +1698,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
1 = /dev/dcxx1 Second capture card
...
- 94 block IBM S/390 DASD block storage
+ 94 block IBM S/390 DASD block storage
0 = /dev/dasda First DASD device, major
1 = /dev/dasda1 First DASD device, block 1
2 = /dev/dasda2 First DASD device, block 2
@@ -1695,7 +1714,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
1 = /dev/ipnat NAT control device/log file
2 = /dev/ipstate State information log file
3 = /dev/ipauth Authentication control device/log file
- ...
+ ...
96 char Parallel port ATAPI tape devices
0 = /dev/pt0 First parallel port ATAPI tape
@@ -1705,7 +1724,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
129 = /dev/npt1 Second p.p. ATAPI tape, no rewind
...
- 96 block Inverse NAND Flash Translation Layer
+ 96 block Inverse NAND Flash Translation Layer
0 = /dev/inftla First INFTL layer
16 = /dev/inftlb Second INFTL layer
...
@@ -1937,7 +1956,6 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
...
113 block IBM iSeries virtual CD-ROM
-
0 = /dev/iseries/vcda First virtual CD-ROM
1 = /dev/iseries/vcdb Second virtual CD-ROM
...
@@ -2059,11 +2077,12 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
...
119 char VMware virtual network control
- 0 = /dev/vnet0 1st virtual network
- 1 = /dev/vnet1 2nd virtual network
+ 0 = /dev/vmnet0 1st virtual network
+ 1 = /dev/vmnet1 2nd virtual network
...
120-127 char LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE
+
120-127 block LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE
Allocated for local/experimental use. For devices not
assigned official numbers, these ranges should be
@@ -2075,7 +2094,6 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
nodes; instead they should be accessed through the
/dev/ptmx cloning interface.
-
128 block SCSI disk devices (128-143)
0 = /dev/sddy 129th SCSI disk whole disk
16 = /dev/sddz 130th SCSI disk whole disk
@@ -2087,7 +2105,6 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
partitions is 15.
-
129 block SCSI disk devices (144-159)
0 = /dev/sdeo 145th SCSI disk whole disk
16 = /dev/sdep 146th SCSI disk whole disk
@@ -2123,7 +2140,6 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
partitions is 15.
-
132 block SCSI disk devices (192-207)
0 = /dev/sdgk 193rd SCSI disk whole disk
16 = /dev/sdgl 194th SCSI disk whole disk
@@ -2135,7 +2151,6 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
partitions is 15.
-
133 block SCSI disk devices (208-223)
0 = /dev/sdha 209th SCSI disk whole disk
16 = /dev/sdhb 210th SCSI disk whole disk
@@ -2147,7 +2162,6 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
partitions is 15.
-
134 block SCSI disk devices (224-239)
0 = /dev/sdhq 225th SCSI disk whole disk
16 = /dev/sdhr 226th SCSI disk whole disk
@@ -2159,7 +2173,6 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
partitions is 15.
-
135 block SCSI disk devices (240-255)
0 = /dev/sdig 241st SCSI disk whole disk
16 = /dev/sdih 242nd SCSI disk whole disk
@@ -2171,7 +2184,6 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
partitions is 15.
-
136-143 char Unix98 PTY slaves
0 = /dev/pts/0 First Unix98 pseudo-TTY
1 = /dev/pts/1 Second Unix98 pesudo-TTY
@@ -2384,6 +2396,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
...
159 char RESERVED
+
159 block RESERVED
160 char General Purpose Instrument Bus (GPIB)
@@ -2427,7 +2440,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
- partitions is 31.
+ partitions is 31.
162 char Raw block device interface
0 = /dev/rawctl Raw I/O control device
@@ -2483,7 +2496,6 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
171 char Reserved for IEEE 1394 (Firewire)
-
172 char Moxa Intellio serial card
0 = /dev/ttyMX0 First Moxa port
1 = /dev/ttyMX1 Second Moxa port
@@ -2543,9 +2555,6 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
64 = /dev/usb/rio500 Diamond Rio 500
65 = /dev/usb/usblcd USBLCD Interface (info@usblcd.de)
66 = /dev/usb/cpad0 Synaptics cPad (mouse/LCD)
- 67 = /dev/usb/adutux0 1st Ontrak ADU device
- ...
- 76 = /dev/usb/adutux10 10th Ontrak ADU device
96 = /dev/usb/hiddev0 1st USB HID device
...
111 = /dev/usb/hiddev15 16th USB HID device
@@ -2558,7 +2567,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
132 = /dev/usb/idmouse ID Mouse (fingerprint scanner) device
133 = /dev/usb/sisusbvga1 First SiSUSB VGA device
...
- 140 = /dev/usb/sisusbvga8 Eigth SISUSB VGA device
+ 140 = /dev/usb/sisusbvga8 Eighth SISUSB VGA device
144 = /dev/usb/lcd USB LCD device
160 = /dev/usb/legousbtower0 1st USB Legotower device
...
@@ -2571,7 +2580,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
0 = /dev/uba First USB block device
8 = /dev/ubb Second USB block device
16 = /dev/ubc Third USB block device
- ...
+ ...
181 char Conrad Electronic parallel port radio clocks
0 = /dev/pcfclock0 First Conrad radio clock
@@ -2657,7 +2666,7 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
32 = /dev/mvideo/status2 Third device
...
...
- 240 = /dev/mvideo/status15 16th device
+ 240 = /dev/mvideo/status15 16th device
...
195 char Nvidia graphics devices
@@ -2795,6 +2804,10 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
...
185 = /dev/ttyNX15 Hilscher netX serial port 15
186 = /dev/ttyJ0 JTAG1 DCC protocol based serial port emulation
+ 187 = /dev/ttyUL0 Xilinx uartlite - port 0
+ ...
+ 190 = /dev/ttyUL3 Xilinx uartlite - port 3
+ 191 = /dev/xvc0 Xen virtual console - port 0
205 char Low-density serial ports (alternate device)
0 = /dev/culu0 Callout device for ttyLU0
@@ -2832,7 +2845,6 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
82 = /dev/cuvr0 Callout device for ttyVR0
83 = /dev/cuvr1 Callout device for ttyVR1
-
206 char OnStream SC-x0 tape devices
0 = /dev/osst0 First OnStream SCSI tape, mode 0
1 = /dev/osst1 Second OnStream SCSI tape, mode 0
@@ -2922,7 +2934,6 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
...
212 char LinuxTV.org DVB driver subsystem
-
0 = /dev/dvb/adapter0/video0 first video decoder of first card
1 = /dev/dvb/adapter0/audio0 first audio decoder of first card
2 = /dev/dvb/adapter0/sec0 (obsolete/unused)
@@ -3008,9 +3019,9 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
2 = /dev/3270/tub2 Second 3270 terminal
...
-229 char IBM iSeries virtual console
- 0 = /dev/iseries/vtty0 First console port
- 1 = /dev/iseries/vtty1 Second console port
+229 char IBM iSeries/pSeries virtual console
+ 0 = /dev/hvc0 First console port
+ 1 = /dev/hvc1 Second console port
...
230 char IBM iSeries virtual tape
@@ -3083,12 +3094,14 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
234-239 UNASSIGNED
240-254 char LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE
+
240-254 block LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL USE
Allocated for local/experimental use. For devices not
assigned official numbers, these ranges should be
used in order to avoid conflicting with future assignments.
255 char RESERVED
+
255 block RESERVED
This major is reserved to assist the expansion to a
@@ -3115,7 +3128,20 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
257 char Phoenix Technologies Cryptographic Services Driver
0 = /dev/ptlsec Crypto Services Driver
-
+257 block SSFDC Flash Translation Layer filesystem
+ 0 = /dev/ssfdca First SSFDC layer
+ 8 = /dev/ssfdcb Second SSFDC layer
+ 16 = /dev/ssfdcc Third SSFDC layer
+ 24 = /dev/ssfdcd 4th SSFDC layer
+ 32 = /dev/ssfdce 5th SSFDC layer
+ 40 = /dev/ssfdcf 6th SSFDC layer
+ 48 = /dev/ssfdcg 7th SSFDC layer
+ 56 = /dev/ssfdch 8th SSFDC layer
+
+258 block ROM/Flash read-only translation layer
+ 0 = /dev/blockrom0 First ROM card's translation layer interface
+ 1 = /dev/blockrom1 Second ROM card's translation layer interface
+ ...
**** ADDITIONAL /dev DIRECTORY ENTRIES
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index eb1a6cad21e..790ef6fbe49 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ sync_fs: no no read
write_super_lockfs: ?
unlockfs: ?
statfs: no no no
-remount_fs: no yes maybe (see below)
+remount_fs: yes yes maybe (see below)
clear_inode: no
umount_begin: yes no no
show_options: no (vfsmount->sem)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt
index 3d744773895..345392c4cae 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,22 @@ homepage:
http://fuse.sourceforge.net/
+Filesystem type
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The filesystem type given to mount(2) can be one of the following:
+
+'fuse'
+
+ This is the usual way to mount a FUSE filesystem. The first
+ argument of the mount system call may contain an arbitrary string,
+ which is not interpreted by the kernel.
+
+'fuseblk'
+
+ The filesystem is block device based. The first argument of the
+ mount system call is interpreted as the name of the device.
+
Mount options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -94,6 +110,11 @@ Mount options
The default is infinite. Note that the size of read requests is
limited anyway to 32 pages (which is 128kbyte on i386).
+'blksize=N'
+
+ Set the block size for the filesystem. The default is 512. This
+ option is only valid for 'fuseblk' type mounts.
+
Control filesystem
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysv-fs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysv-fs.txt
index d8172241801..253b50d1328 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysv-fs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysv-fs.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
-This is the implementation of the SystemV/Coherent filesystem for Linux.
It implements all of
- Xenix FS,
- SystemV/386 FS,
- Coherent FS.
-This is version beta 4.
-
To install:
* Answer the 'System V and Coherent filesystem support' question with 'y'
when configuring the kernel.
@@ -28,11 +25,173 @@ Bugs in the present implementation:
for this FS on hard disk yet.
-Please report any bugs and suggestions to
- Bruno Haible <haible@ma2s2.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de>
- Pascal Haible <haible@izfm.uni-stuttgart.de>
- Krzysztof G. Baranowski <kgb@manjak.knm.org.pl>
+These filesystems are rather similar. Here is a comparison with Minix FS:
+
+* Linux fdisk reports on partitions
+ - Minix FS 0x81 Linux/Minix
+ - Xenix FS ??
+ - SystemV FS ??
+ - Coherent FS 0x08 AIX bootable
+
+* Size of a block or zone (data allocation unit on disk)
+ - Minix FS 1024
+ - Xenix FS 1024 (also 512 ??)
+ - SystemV FS 1024 (also 512 and 2048)
+ - Coherent FS 512
+
+* General layout: all have one boot block, one super block and
+ separate areas for inodes and for directories/data.
+ On SystemV Release 2 FS (e.g. Microport) the first track is reserved and
+ all the block numbers (including the super block) are offset by one track.
+
+* Byte ordering of "short" (16 bit entities) on disk:
+ - Minix FS little endian 0 1
+ - Xenix FS little endian 0 1
+ - SystemV FS little endian 0 1
+ - Coherent FS little endian 0 1
+ Of course, this affects only the file system, not the data of files on it!
+
+* Byte ordering of "long" (32 bit entities) on disk:
+ - Minix FS little endian 0 1 2 3
+ - Xenix FS little endian 0 1 2 3
+ - SystemV FS little endian 0 1 2 3
+ - Coherent FS PDP-11 2 3 0 1
+ Of course, this affects only the file system, not the data of files on it!
+
+* Inode on disk: "short", 0 means non-existent, the root dir ino is:
+ - Minix FS 1
+ - Xenix FS, SystemV FS, Coherent FS 2
+
+* Maximum number of hard links to a file:
+ - Minix FS 250
+ - Xenix FS ??
+ - SystemV FS ??
+ - Coherent FS >=10000
+
+* Free inode management:
+ - Minix FS a bitmap
+ - Xenix FS, SystemV FS, Coherent FS
+ There is a cache of a certain number of free inodes in the super-block.
+ When it is exhausted, new free inodes are found using a linear search.
+
+* Free block management:
+ - Minix FS a bitmap
+ - Xenix FS, SystemV FS, Coherent FS
+ Free blocks are organized in a "free list". Maybe a misleading term,
+ since it is not true that every free block contains a pointer to
+ the next free block. Rather, the free blocks are organized in chunks
+ of limited size, and every now and then a free block contains pointers
+ to the free blocks pertaining to the next chunk; the first of these
+ contains pointers and so on. The list terminates with a "block number"
+ 0 on Xenix FS and SystemV FS, with a block zeroed out on Coherent FS.
+
+* Super-block location:
+ - Minix FS block 1 = bytes 1024..2047
+ - Xenix FS block 1 = bytes 1024..2047
+ - SystemV FS bytes 512..1023
+ - Coherent FS block 1 = bytes 512..1023
+
+* Super-block layout:
+ - Minix FS