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2010-05-27hwmon: (tmp102) Don't always stop chip at exitJean Delvare
Only stop the chip at driver exit if it was stopped when driver was loaded. Leave it running otherwise. Also restore the device configuration if probe failed, to not leave the system in a dangling state. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Steven King <sfking@fdwdc.com>
2010-05-27hwmon: (tmp102) Fix suspend and resume functionsJean Delvare
Suspend and resume functions shouldn't overwrite the configuration register. They should only alter the one bit they have to touch. Also don't assume that register reads and writes always succeed. Handle errors properly, shall they happen. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Steven King <sfking@fdwdc.com>
2010-05-27hwmon: (tmp102) Various fixesJean Delvare
Fixes from my driver review: http://lists.lm-sensors.org/pipermail/lm-sensors/2010-March/028051.html Only the small changes are in there, more important changes will come later separately as time permits. * Drop the remnants of the now gone detect function * The TMP102 has no known compatible chip * Include the right header files * Clarify why byte swapping of register values is needed * Strip resolution info bit from temperature register value * Set cache lifetime to 1/3 second * Don't arbitrarily reject limit values; clamp as needed * Make limit writing unconditional * Don't check for transaction types the driver doesn't use * Properly check for error when setting configuration * Report error on failed probe * Make the driver load automatically where needed * Various other minor fixes Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Steven King <sfking@fdwdc.com>
2010-05-27hwmon: Driver for TI TMP102 temperature sensorSteven King
Driver for the TI TMP102. The TI TMP102 is similar to the LM75. It differs from the LM75 by having a 16-bit conf register and the temp registers have a minimum resolution of 12 bits; the extended conf register can select 13-bit resolution (which this driver does) and also change the update rate (which this driver currently doesn't use). [JD: Fix tmp102_exit tag, must be __exit, not __init.] Signed-off-by: Steven King <sfking@fdwdc.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-05-27hwmon: EMC1403 thermal sensor supportKalhan Trisal
Provides support for the EMC1403 thermal sensor. Only reporting of values is supported. The various Moorestown specific extras to do with thermal alerts and the like are not in this version of the driver. Considerably edited and tidied up by Alan Cox, plus fixes and detection bits from Jean Delvare. Signed-off-by: Kalhan Trisal <kalhan.trisal@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-05-27hwmon: (applesmc) Add temperature sensor labels to sysfs interfaceAlex Murray
The Apple SMC uses a systematic labeling scheme for the hardware temperature sensors. This scheme is currently hidden from userland. Since the sensor set, and consequently the numbering, differs between models, an extensive database of configurations is required for an application such as fan control. This patch adds the SMC labels to the hwmon sysfs interface, allowing applications to use the sensors more intelligibly. [rydberg@euromail.se: fixed error handling] Signed-off-by: Alex Murray <murray.alex@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-05-27hwmon: (applesmc) Add generic support for MacBook Pro 7Henrik Rydberg
This patch adds generic support for the MacBook Pro 7 family based on the 7,1 model. Signed-off-by: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-05-27hwmon: (applesmc) Add generic support for MacBook Pro 6Bernhard Froemel
This patch adds generic support for the MacBook Pro 6 family based on the 6,2 model. [rydberg@euromail.se: patch cleanup] Signed-off-by: Bernhard Froemel <froemel@vmars.tuwien.ac.at> Signed-off-by: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-05-27hwmon: (applesmc) Add support for MacBook Pro 5,3 and 5,4Henrik Rydberg
The MacBookPro 5,3 model has two fans, whereas the 5,4 model has only one. This patch adds explicit support for the 5,3 and 5,4 models. Signed-off-by: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-05-27hwmon: (tmp401) Reorganize code to get rid of static forward declarationsAndre Prendel
Signed-off-by: Andre Prendel <andre.prendel@gmx.de> Acked-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-05-27hwmon: (tmp401) Use constants for sysfs file permissionsAndre Prendel
Replace octal representation of file permissions by the corresponding constants. Signed-off-by: Andre Prendel <andre.prendel@gmx.de> Acked-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-05-27hwmon: (adm1031) Allow setting update rateJean Delvare
Based on earlier work by Ira W. Snyder. The adm1031 chip is capable of using a runtime configurable sampling rate, using the fan filter register. Add support for reading and setting the update rate via sysfs. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Acked-by: Ira W. Snyder <iws@ovro.caltech.edu>
2010-05-27hwmon: Add description of the update_rate sysfs attributeIra W. Snyder
The update_rate attribute can be used by drivers to let userspace choose the update rate of the chip, if it is configurable. Signed-off-by: Ira W. Snyder <iws@ovro.caltech.edu> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-05-27hwmon: (lm90) Use programmed update rateIra W. Snyder
The lm90 driver programs the sensor chip to update its readings at 2 Hz (500 ms between readings). However, the driver only does reads from the chip at intervals of 2 * HZ (2000 ms between readings). Change the driver update rate to the programmed update rate. Signed-off-by: Ira W. Snyder <iws@ovro.caltech.edu> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-05-27hwmon: (f71882fg) Acquire I/O regions while we're working with themGiel van Schijndel
Acquire the I/O region for the Super I/O chip while we're working on it. Signed-off-by: Giel van Schijndel <me@mortis.eu> Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-05-27hwmon: (f71882fg) Code cleanupGiel van Schijndel
Some code cleanup: properly use previously defined functions, rather than duplicating their code. Signed-off-by: Giel van Schijndel <me@mortis.eu> Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-05-27hwmon: (f71882fg) Use strict_stro(l|ul) instead of simple_strto$1Giel van Schijndel
Use the strict_strol and strict_stroul functions instead of simple_strol and simple_stroul respectively in sysfs functions. Signed-off-by: Giel van Schijndel <me@mortis.eu> Acked-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-05-27hwmon: (f71882fg) Fixed braces coding style issuesGiel van Schijndel
Fixed several coding style issues. Signed-off-by: Giel van Schijndel <me@mortis.eu> Acked-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-05-27hwmon: (lm63) Add basic support for LM64Matthew Garrett
The LM64 appears to be an LM63 with added GPIO lines. Add support for the hwmon functionality - GPIO can be added at some later stage if someone has a need for them. Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-05-27hwmon: (asus_atk0110) Don't load if ACPI resources aren't enforcedJean Delvare
When the user passes the kernel parameter acpi_enforce_resources=lax, the ACPI resources are no longer protected, so a native driver can make use of them. In that case, we do not want the asus_atk0110 to be loaded. Unfortunately, this driver loads automatically due to its MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE, so the user ends up with two drivers loaded for the same device - this is bad. So I suggest that we prevent the asus_atk0110 driver from loading if acpi_enforce_resources=lax. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Acked-by: Luca Tettamanti <kronos.it@gmail.com> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
2010-05-26Merge branch 'drm-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6 * 'drm-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6: agp: amd64, fix pci reference leaks drm/edid: Allow non-fatal checksum errors in CEA blocks drm/radeon/kms: suppress a build warning (unused variable) drm: Fixes linux-next & linux-2.6 checkstack warnings: nouveau: fix acpi_lid_open undefined drm/radeon/kms: release AGP bridge at suspend
2010-05-26do_generic_file_read: clear page errors when issuing a fresh read of the pageJeff Moyer
I/O errors can happen due to temporary failures, like multipath errors or losing network contact with the iSCSI server. Because of that, the VM will retry readpage on the page. However, do_generic_file_read does not clear PG_error. This causes the system to be unable to actually use the data in the page cache page, even if the subsequent readpage completes successfully! The function filemap_fault has had a ClearPageError before readpage forever. This patch simply adds the same to do_generic_file_read. Signed-off-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Acked-by: Larry Woodman <lwoodman@redhat.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-05-26Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pkl/squashfs-linusLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pkl/squashfs-linus: squashfs: update documentation to include description of xattr layout squashfs: fix name reading in squashfs_xattr_get squashfs: constify xattr handlers squashfs: xattr fix sparse warnings squashfs: xattr_lookup sparse fix squashfs: add xattr support configure option squashfs: add new extended inode types squashfs: add support for xattr reading squashfs: add xattr id support
2010-05-26Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid: HID: roccat: fix build failure if built as module HID: roccat: propagate special events of roccat hardware to userspace HID: Add the GYR4101US USB ID to hid-gyration HID: fix hid-roccat-kone for bin_attr API change
2010-05-26Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6: ALSA: emu10k1: allow high-resolution mixer controls ALSA: pcm: fix delta calculation at boundary wraparound ALSA: hda_intel: fix handling of non-completion stream interrupts ALSA: usb/caiaq: fix Traktor Kontrol X1 ABS_HAT2X axis ALSA: hda: Fix model quirk for Dell M1730 ALSA: hda - iMac9,1 sound fixes ALSA: hda: Use LPIB for Toshiba A100-259 ALSA: hda: Use LPIB for Acer Aspire 5110 ALSA: aw2-alsa.c: use pci_ids.h defines and fix checkpatch.pl noise ALSA: usb-audio: add support for Akai MPD16 ALSA: pcm: fix the fix of the runtime->boundary calculation
2010-05-26Revert "endian: #define __BYTE_ORDER"Linus Torvalds
This reverts commit b3b77c8caef1750ebeea1054e39e358550ea9f55, which was also totally broken (see commit 0d2daf5cc858 that reverted the crc32 version of it). As reported by Stephen Rothwell, it causes problems on big-endian machines: > In file included from fs/jfs/jfs_types.h:33, > from fs/jfs/jfs_incore.h:26, > from fs/jfs/file.c:22: > fs/jfs/endian24.h:36:101: warning: "__LITTLE_ENDIAN" is not defined The kernel has never had that crazy "__BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN" model. It's not how we do things, and it isn't how we _should_ do things. So don't go there. Requested-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-05-26nuc900: add maintainer entries for Wan ZongShunWan ZongShun
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-05-26revert "crc32: use __BYTE_ORDER macro for endian detection"Andrew Morton
It doesn't work on big-endian - those architectures don't define __LITTLE_ENDIAN. Cc: Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@transmode.se> Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-05-26fs/fscache/object-list.c: fix warning on 32-bitAndrew Morton
fs/fscache/object-list.c: In function 'fscache_objlist_lookup': fs/fscache/object-list.c:105: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-05-26nommu: allow private mappings of read-only devicesBernd Schmidt
Slightly rearrange the logic that determines capabilities and vm_flags. Disable BDI_CAP_MAP_DIRECT in all cases if the device can't support the protections. Allow private readonly mappings of readonly backing devices. Signed-off-by: Bernd Schmidt <bernds_cb1@t-online.de> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> Acked-by: David McCullough <davidm@snapgear.com> Acked-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org> Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-05-26mempolicy: ERR_PTR dereference in mpol_shared_policy_init()Dan Carpenter
The original code called mpol_put(new) while "new" was an ERR_PTR. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> Cc: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-05-26Merge branch 'fix/hda' into for-linusTakashi Iwai
2010-05-26agp: amd64, fix pci reference leaksJiri Slaby
Stanse found pci reference leaks in uli_agp_init and nforce3_agp_init initialization functions. The PCI devices are bridges, so it's not critical, but still worth fixing. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
2010-05-26drm/edid: Allow non-fatal checksum errors in CEA blocksAdam Jackson
Switches will try to update the topology address and not correctly fix up the checksum, so just let it slide. https://bugs.freedesktop.org/28229 Signed-off-by: Adam Jackson <ajax@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
2010-05-26drm/radeon/kms: suppress a build warning (unused variable)Stefan Richter
At least 'make CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y' causes drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_crtc.c: In function 'atombios_crtc_set_pll': drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_crtc.c:684: warning: 'pll' may be used uninitialized in this function which has the looks of a falso positive. Add a default: case so that gcc rests assured that all possible pll_id's are covered. Keep the present cases that fall through to the default one for self-documentation. Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Reviewed-by: Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
2010-05-26squashfs: update documentation to include description of xattr layoutPhillip Lougher
Signed-off-by: Phillip Lougher <phillip@lougher.demon.co.uk>
2010-05-25Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (63 commits) drivers/net/usb/asix.c: Fix pointer cast. be2net: Bug fix to avoid disabling bottom half during firmware upgrade. proc_dointvec: write a single value hso: add support for new products Phonet: fix potential use-after-free in pep_sock_close() ath9k: remove VEOL support for ad-hoc ath9k: change beacon allocation to prefer the first beacon slot sock.h: fix kernel-doc warning cls_cgroup: Fix build error when built-in macvlan: do proper cleanup in macvlan_common_newlink() V2 be2net: Bug fix in init code in probe net/dccp: expansion of error code size ath9k: Fix rx of mcast/bcast frames in PS mode with auto sleep wireless: fix sta_info.h kernel-doc warnings wireless: fix mac80211.h kernel-doc warnings iwlwifi: testing the wrong variable in iwl_add_bssid_station() ath9k_htc: rare leak in ath9k_hif_usb_alloc_tx_urbs() ath9k_htc: dereferencing before check in hif_usb_tx_cb() rt2x00: Fix rt2800usb TX descriptor writing. rt2x00: Fix failed SLEEP->AWAKE and AWAKE->SLEEP transitions. ...
2010-05-25Merge branch 'alpha-next' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mattst88/alpha-2.6 * 'alpha-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mattst88/alpha-2.6: alpha: simplify and optimize sched_find_first_bit alpha: invoke oom-killer from page fault Convert alpha to use clocksources instead of arch_gettimeoffset
2010-05-25Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6: driver core: add devname module aliases to allow module on-demand auto-loading
2010-05-25Revert "module: drop the lock while waiting for module to complete ↵Linus Torvalds
initialization." This reverts commit 480b02df3aa9f07d1c7df0cd8be7a5ca73893455, since Rafael reports that it causes occasional kernel paging request faults in load_module(). Dropping the module lock and re-taking it deep in the call-chain is definitely not the right thing to do. That just turns the mutex from a lock into a "random non-locking data structure" that doesn't actually protect what it's supposed to protect. Requested-and-tested-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Brandon Philips <brandon@ifup.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-05-25drivers/net/usb/asix.c: Fix pointer cast.David S. Miller
Stephen Rothwell reports the following new warning: drivers/net/usb/asix.c: In function 'asix_rx_fixup': drivers/net/usb/asix.c:325: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size drivers/net/usb/asix.c:354: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size The code just cares about the low alignment bits, so use an "unsigned long" cast instead of one to "u32". Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-25be2net: Bug fix to avoid disabling bottom half during firmware upgrade.Sarveshwar Bandi
Certain firmware commands/operations to upgrade firmware could take several seconds to complete. The code presently disables bottom half during these operations which could lead to unpredictable behaviour in certain cases. This patch now does all firmware upgrade operations asynchronously using a completion variable. Signed-off-by: Sarveshwar Bandi <sarveshwarb@serverengines.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-25proc_dointvec: write a single valueJ. R. Okajima
The commit 00b7c3395aec3df43de5bd02a3c5a099ca51169f "sysctl: refactor integer handling proc code" modified the behaviour of writing to /proc. Before the commit, write("1\n") to /proc/sys/kernel/printk succeeded. But now it returns EINVAL. This commit supports writing a single value to a multi-valued entry. Signed-off-by: J. R. Okajima <hooanon05@yahoo.co.jp> Reviewed-and-tested-by: WANG Cong <amwang@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-25hso: add support for new productsFilip Aben
This patch adds a few new product id's for the hso driver. Signed-off-by: Filip Aben <f.aben@option.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-25Phonet: fix potential use-after-free in pep_sock_close()Rémi Denis-Courmont
sk_common_release() might destroy our last reference to the socket. So an extra temporary reference is needed during cleanup. Signed-off-by: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis-courmont@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-26alpha: simplify and optimize sched_find_first_bitMatt Turner
Search only the first 100 bits instead of 140, saving a couple instructions. The resulting code is about 1/3 faster (40K ticks/1000 iterations down to 30K ticks/1000 iterations). Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru> Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org Acked-by: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net> Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
2010-05-26alpha: invoke oom-killer from page faultNick Piggin
As explained in commit 1c0fe6e3bd, we want to call the architecture independent oom killer when getting an unexplained OOM from handle_mm_fault, rather than simply killing current. [mattst88: kill now unused 'survive' label] Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net> Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
2010-05-26Convert alpha to use clocksources instead of arch_gettimeoffsetJohn Stultz
Alpha has a tsc like rpcc counter that it uses to manage time. This can be converted to an actual clocksource instead of utilizing the arch_gettimeoffset method that is really only there for legacy systems with no continuous counter. Further cleanups could be made if alpha converted to the clockevent model. CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> CC: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net> Acked-by: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru> Tested-by: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru> Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
2010-05-25driver core: add devname module aliases to allow module on-demand auto-loadingKay Sievers
This adds: alias: devname:<name> to some common kernel modules, which will allow the on-demand loading of the kernel module when the device node is accessed. Ideally all these modules would be compiled-in, but distros seems too much in love with their modularization that we need to cover the common cases with this new facility. It will allow us to remove a bunch of pretty useless init scripts and modprobes from init scripts. The static device node aliases will be carried in the module itself. The program depmod will extract this information to a file in the module directory: $ cat /lib/modules/2.6.34-00650-g537b60d-dirty/modules.devname # Device nodes to trigger on-demand module loading. microcode cpu/microcode c10:184 fuse fuse c10:229 ppp_generic ppp c108:0 tun net/tun c10:200 dm_mod mapper/control c10:235 Udev will pick up the depmod created file on startup and create all the static device nodes which the kernel modules specify, so that these modules get automatically loaded when the device node is accessed: $ /sbin/udevd --debug ... static_dev_create_from_modules: mknod '/dev/cpu/microcode' c10:184 static_dev_create_from_modules: mknod '/dev/fuse' c10:229 static_dev_create_from_modules: mknod '/dev/ppp' c108:0 static_dev_create_from_modules: mknod '/dev/net/tun' c10:200 static_dev_create_from_modules: mknod '/dev/mapper/control' c10:235 udev_rules_apply_static_dev_perms: chmod '/dev/net/tun' 0666 udev_rules_apply_static_dev_perms: chmod '/dev/fuse' 0666 A few device nodes are switched to statically allocated numbers, to allow the static nodes to work. This might also useful for systems which still run a plain static /dev, which is completely unsafe to use with any dynamic minor numbers. Note: The devname aliases must be limited to the *common* and *single*instance* device nodes, like the misc devices, and never be used for conceptually limited systems like the loop devices, which should rather get fixed properly and get a control node for losetup to talk to, instead of creating a random number of device nodes in advance, regardless if they are ever used. This facility is to hide the mess distros are creating with too modualized kernels, and just to hide that these modules are not compiled-in, and not to paper-over broken concepts. Thanks! :) Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com> Cc: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> Cc: Tigran Aivazian <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk> Cc: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> Signed-Off-By: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-05-25Merge branch 'wimax-2.6.35.y' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/inaky/wimax
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