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diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX index 1f89424c36a..65bbd262239 100644 --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX @@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ printk-formats.txt - how to get printk format specifiers right prio_tree.txt - info on radix-priority-search-tree use for indexing vmas. +ramoops.txt + - documentation of the ramoops oops/panic logging module. rbtree.txt - info on what red-black trees are and what they are for. robust-futex-ABI.txt diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/removed/o2cb b/Documentation/ABI/removed/o2cb index 7f5daa46509..20c91adca6d 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/removed/o2cb +++ b/Documentation/ABI/removed/o2cb @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ What: /sys/o2cb symlink Date: May 2011 -KernelVersion: 2.6.40 +KernelVersion: 3.0 Contact: ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com Description: This is a symlink: /sys/o2cb to /sys/fs/o2cb. The symlink is removed when new versions of ocfs2-tools which know to look diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/removed/raw1394 b/Documentation/ABI/removed/raw1394 index 490aa1efc4a..ec333e67632 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/removed/raw1394 +++ b/Documentation/ABI/removed/raw1394 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Description: /dev/raw1394 was a character device file that allowed low-level access to FireWire buses. Its major drawbacks were its inability to implement sensible device security policies, and its low level - of abstraction that required userspace clients do duplicate much + of abstraction that required userspace clients to duplicate much of the kernel's ieee1394 core functionality. Replaced by /dev/fw*, i.e. the <linux/firewire-cdev.h> ABI of firewire-core. diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/evm b/Documentation/ABI/testing/evm new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..8374d4557e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/evm @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +What: security/evm +Date: March 2011 +Contact: Mimi Zohar <zohar@us.ibm.com> +Description: + EVM protects a file's security extended attributes(xattrs) + against integrity attacks. The initial method maintains an + HMAC-sha1 value across the extended attributes, storing the + value as the extended attribute 'security.evm'. + + EVM depends on the Kernel Key Retention System to provide it + with a trusted/encrypted key for the HMAC-sha1 operation. + The key is loaded onto the root's keyring using keyctl. Until + EVM receives notification that the key has been successfully + loaded onto the keyring (echo 1 > <securityfs>/evm), EVM + can not create or validate the 'security.evm' xattr, but + returns INTEGRITY_UNKNOWN. Loading the key and signaling EVM + should be done as early as possible. Normally this is done + in the initramfs, which has already been measured as part + of the trusted boot. For more information on creating and + loading existing trusted/encrypted keys, refer to: + Documentation/keys-trusted-encrypted.txt. (A sample dracut + patch, which loads the trusted/encrypted key and enables + EVM, is available from http://linux-ima.sourceforge.net/#EVM.) diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-bcma b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-bcma index 06b62badddd..721b4aea302 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-bcma +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-bcma @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ What: /sys/bus/bcma/devices/.../manuf Date: May 2011 -KernelVersion: 2.6.40 +KernelVersion: 3.0 Contact: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> Description: Each BCMA core has it's manufacturer id. See @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/bcma/devices/.../id Date: May 2011 -KernelVersion: 2.6.40 +KernelVersion: 3.0 Contact: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> Description: There are a few types of BCMA cores, they can be identified by @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/bcma/devices/.../rev Date: May 2011 -KernelVersion: 2.6.40 +KernelVersion: 3.0 Contact: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> Description: BCMA cores of the same type can still slightly differ depending @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Description: What: /sys/bus/bcma/devices/.../class Date: May 2011 -KernelVersion: 2.6.40 +KernelVersion: 3.0 Contact: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> Description: Each BCMA core is identified by few fields, including class it diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-drivers-ehci_hcd b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-drivers-ehci_hcd new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..60c60fa624b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-drivers-ehci_hcd @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +What: /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ehci_hcd/.../companion + /sys/bus/usb/devices/usbN/../companion +Date: January 2007 +KernelVersion: 2.6.21 +Contact: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> +Description: + PCI-based EHCI USB controllers (i.e., high-speed USB-2.0 + controllers) are often implemented along with a set of + "companion" full/low-speed USB-1.1 controllers. When a + high-speed device is plugged in, the connection is routed + to the EHCI controller; when a full- or low-speed device + is plugged in, the connection is routed to the companion + controller. + + Sometimes you want to force a high-speed device to connect + at full speed, which can be accomplished by forcing the + connection to be routed to the companion controller. + That's what this file does. Writing a port number to the + file causes connections on that port to be routed to the + companion controller, and writing the negative of a port + number returns the port to normal operation. + + For example: To force the high-speed device attached to + port 4 on bus 2 to run at full speed: + + echo 4 >/sys/bus/usb/devices/usb2/../companion + + To return the port to high-speed operation: + + echo -4 >/sys/bus/usb/devices/usb2/../companion + + Reading the file gives the list of ports currently forced + to the companion controller. + + Note: Some EHCI controllers do not have companions; they + may contain an internal "transaction translator" or they + may be attached directly to a "rate-matching hub". This + mechanism will not work with such controllers. Also, it + cannot be used to force a port on a high-speed hub to + connect at full speed. + + Note: When this file was first added, it appeared in a + different sysfs directory. The location given above is + correct for 2.6.35 (and proba |