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2008-06-09Merge branch 'merge'Paul Mackerras
Conflicts: arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_soc.c
2008-06-06pagemap: add documentation for pagemapThomas Tuttle
Just a quick explanation of the pagemap interface from a userspace point of view, and an example of how to use it (in English, not code). Signed-off-by: Thomas Tuttle <ttuttle@google.com> Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-06-06doc: document the kernel-doc conventions for kernel hackersPaul Jackson
Provide documentation of the kernel-doc documentation conventions oriented to kernel hackers. Since I figure that there will be more people reading this kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt file who are kernel developers focused on the rest of the kernel, than there will be readers of this file who are documentation developers extracting that embedded kernel-doc documentation, I have taken the liberty of making the new section added here: How to format kernel-doc comments the first section of the kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt file. This first section is intended to introduce, motivate and provide basic usage of the kernel-doc mechanism for kernel hackers developing other portions of the kernel. Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-06-06Fix various old email addresses for dwmw2David Woodhouse
Although if people have questions about ARCnet, perhaps it's _better_ for them to be mailing dwmw2@cam.ac.uk about it... Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-06-06doc: update to URL and status of kernel-docs.txt entryPaul Jackson
Update status and URL for the "Gary's Encyclopedia" entry. Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-06-06cpusets: fix and update DocumentationMiao Xie
Make the doc consistent with current cpusets implementation. Signed-off-by: Miao Xie <miaox@cn.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-06-05Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvbLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvb: (48 commits) V4L/DVB (8001): dib0070: fix dib0070_attach when !CONFIG_DVB_TUNER_DIB0070 V4L/DVB (8000): tda827x: fix NULL pointer in tda827xa_lna_gain V4L/DVB (7990): Fix entry for PowerColor RA 330 and make it run with firmware version 2.7 V4L/DVB (7983): tda18271_calc_rf_cal must return the return value of tda18271_lookup_map V4L/DVB (7978): cx18: explicitly test for XC2028 tuner V4L/DVB (7977): cx18: fix init order and remove duplicate open_on_first_use. V4L/DVB (7975): saa7134_empress V4L/DVB (7974): fix MEDIA_TUNER && FW_LOADER build error V4L/DVB (7972): or51132.c: unaligned V4L/DVB (7971): usb: unaligned V4L/DVB (7970): mix trivial endianness annotations V4L/DVB (7969): m920x: unaligned access V4L/DVB (7968): zoran: endianness annotations V4L/DVB (7967): bt8xx: unaligned access V4L/DVB (7966): cx18: direct dereferencing of iomem V4L/DVB (7965): annotate bcx_riscmem V4L/DVB (7964): cx18 iomem annotations V4L/DVB (7963): ivtv: trivial annotations V4L/DVB (7962): ttusb endianness annotations and fixes V4L/DVB (7961): fix endianness bug in dib0700_devices.c ...
2008-06-05doc: add suggestions about good practises for maintainersWilly Tarreau
Suggest how to deal with patch modifications caused by merging or back-porting when you're a maintainer. Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-06-05V4L/DVB (7990): Fix entry for PowerColor RA 330 and make it run with ↵Daniel Gimpelevich
firmware version 2.7 Signed-off-by: Daniel Gimpelevich <daniel@gimpelevich.san-francisco.ca.us> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-06-05V4L/DVB (7932): cx18: mark Compro H900 as fully supported.Hans Verkuil
I always assumed that the Compro H900 could do digital as well, but it turned out that it is an analog-only card. Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-06-03bridge: update URLAdrian Bunk
This patch updates the URL of the bridge homepage. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-06-02[POWERPC] Cleanup mpic nodes in .dtsKumar Gala
Removed clock-frequency, big-endian, and built-in props as they aren't specified anywhere. Also added compatible = "chrp,open-pic" in the places it was missing. Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
2008-06-02[POWERPC] Update booting-without-of for Freescale PCIe MSIJason Jin
Binding document adding for Freescale PCIe MSI support. Signed-off-by: Jason Jin <Jason.jin@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
2008-05-30lguest: notify on emptyRusty Russell
This is the lguest implementation of the VIRTIO_F_NOTIFY_ON_EMPTY feature. It is currently only published for network devices, but it is turned on for everyone. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-05-24ibmaem: new driver for power/energy/temp meters in IBM System X hardwareDarrick J. Wong
This driver reads IBM Active Energy Manager energy/temperature/power sensors on IBM System X hardware. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix printk warnings] Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com> Cc: "Mark M. Hoffman" <mhoffman@lightlink.com> Cc: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-24fuse: fix bdi naming conflictMiklos Szeredi
Fuse allocates a separate bdi for each filesystem, and registers them in sysfs with "MAJOR:MINOR" of sb->s_dev (st_dev). This works fine for anon devices normally used by fuse, but can conflict with an already registered BDI for "fuseblk" filesystems, where sb->s_dev represents a real block device. In particularl this happens if a non-partitioned device is being mounted. Fix by registering with a different name for "fuseblk" filesystems. Thanks to Ioan Ionita for the bug report. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Reported-by: Ioan Ionita <opslynx@gmail.com> Tested-by: Ioan Ionita <opslynx@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-23Merge branch 'fixes' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreq * 'fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreq: [CPUFREQ] clarify license of freq_table.c [CPUFREQ] Remove documentation of removed ondemand tunable. [CPUFREQ] Crusoe: longrun cpufreq module reports false min freq [CPUFREQ] powernow-k8: improve error messages
2008-05-23doc: add a chapter about trylock functions [Bug 9011]Matti Linnanvuori
Add a chapter about trylock functions. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9011 Signed-off-by: Matti Linnanvuori <mattilinnanvuori@yahoo.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (removed down_trylock)
2008-05-20[CPUFREQ] Remove documentation of removed ondemand tunable.Dave Jones
sampling_down_factor was removed in ccb2fe209dac9ff67f6351e783e610073afaaeaf back in June 2006. Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
2008-05-15Merge branch 'release' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6 * 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6: [IA64] fix personality(PER_LINUX32) performance issue [IA64] Properly unregister legacy interrupts [IA64] Remove NULL pointer check for argument never passed as NULL. [IA64] trivial cleanup for perfmon.c [IA64] trivial cleanup for entry.S [IA64] fix interrupt masking for pending works on kernel leave [IA64] allow user to force_pal_cache_flush [IA64] Don't reserve crashkernel memory > 4 GB [IA64] machvec support for SGI UV platform [IA64] Add header files for SGI UV platform
2008-05-15[S390] Remove last traces of cio_msg=.Cornelia Huck
cio_msg= is gone, also remove it from kernel-parameters.txt. Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-05-14m68knommu: add info about removing mcfserialSebastian Siewior
Schedule a removal for this driver. Alternative driver is available for a while now. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-14[IA64] allow user to force_pal_cache_flushAlex Chiang
The sequence executed in check_sal_cache_flush: - pend a timer interrupt - call SAL_CACHE_FLUSH - see if interrupt is still pending can hang HP machines with buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Provide a kernel command-line argument to allow users skip this check if desired. Using this parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call ia64_pal_cache_flush() instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH. Signed-off-by: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2008-05-14Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvbLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvb: (70 commits) V4L/DVB (7900): pvrusb: Fix Kconfig if DVB=m V4L_core=y V4L/DVB (7899): Fixes a few remaining Kbuild issues at common/tuners V4L/DVB (7898): Fix VIDEO_MEDIA Kconfig logic V4L/DVB (7895): tveeprom: update Hauppauge analog audio and video decoders V4L/DVB (7893): xc5000: bug-fix: allow multiple devices in a single system V4L/DVB (7891): cx18/ivtv: fix open() kernel oops V4L/DVB (7890): cx18: removed bogus and confusing conditional V4L/DVB (7889): cx18: improve HVR-1600 detection. V4L/DVB (7888): cx18: minor card definition updates. V4L/DVB (7887): cx18: fix Compro H900 analog support. V4L/DVB (7881): saa7134: fixed a compile warning in saa7134-core.c V4L/DVB (7880): saa7134: remove explicit GPIO initialization V4L/DVB(7879): Adding cx18 Support for mxl5005s V4L/DVB(7878): mxl55005s: Makefile and Kconfig additions V4L/DVB(7877): mxl5005s: Ensure debug is off V4L/DVB(7876): mxl5005s: Remove incorrect copyright holders V4L/DVB(7875): mxl5005s: Remove redundant functions V4L/DVB(7874): mxl5005s: Fix function statics V4L/DVB(7873): mxl5005s: Fix header includes. V4L/DVB(7872): mxl5005s: checkpatch.pl compliance ...
2008-05-14read_barrier_depends arch fixletsNick Piggin
read_barrie_depends has always been a noop (not a compiler barrier) on all architectures except SMP alpha. This brings UP alpha and frv into line with all other architectures, and fixes incorrect documentation. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-14V4L/DVB (7827): cx23885: add missing subsystem ID for Hauppauge HVR-1200 OEMMichael Krufky
Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@linuxtv.org> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-05-14V4L/DVB (7823): em28xx: add additional usb subids for Hauppauge HVR-950Michael Krufky
Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@linuxtv.org> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-05-13cgroups: fix documentationDhaval Giani
Correct the cgroups documentation to reflect the correct file names. Signed-off-by: Dhaval Giani <dhaval@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Sudhir Kumar <skumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@in.ibm.com> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-13adt7473: minor documentation updateDarrick J. Wong
Add a sentence about when fan speed increases to maximum. Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-11i2c: Improve the functionality documentationJean Delvare
Attempt to make the documentation about the I2C/SMBus functionality checking API clearer. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-05-11i2c: Improve smbus-protocol documentationDavid Brownell
Improve the smbus-protocol documentation file somewhat: - Use the names of the SMBus protocol operations (from the 2.0 specification), not made-up-for-Linux names. - Add the name of the call used to execute each operation ... and point out that there are mismatches, where functions execute different protocol operations than their names specify. The most confusing examples are that "Read Byte" isn't executed by i2c_smbus_read_byte(), and that "Write Byte" isn't executed by i2c_smbus_write_byte(). When coding, that's not as bad as it may seem; but that case would seem to be worth fixing. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-05-07[S390] cio: Remove cio_msg kernel parameter.Michael Ernst
The only sporadically used CIO_DEBUG messages are replaced by ordinary CIO_MSG_EVENT messages. The CIO_MSG_EVENT messages debug levels are consolidated. Signed-off-by: Michael Ernst <mernst@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-05-06[PATCH] kill ->put_inodeChristoph Hellwig
And with that last patch to affs killing the last put_inode instance we can finally, after many years of transition kill this racy and awkward interface. (It's kinda funny that even the description in Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt was entirely wrong..) Also remove a very misleading comment above the defintion of struct super_operations. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-05-05Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mingo/linux-2.6-sched-fixes * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mingo/linux-2.6-sched-fixes: sched: default to n for GROUP_SCHED and FAIR_GROUP_SCHED sched: add optional support for CONFIG_HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK sched, x86: add HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK sched: fix cpu clock sched: fair-group: fix a Div0 error of the fair group scheduler sched: fix missing locking in sched_domains code sched: make clock sync tunable by architecture code sched: fix debugging sched: fix sched_info_switch not being called according to documentation sched: fix hrtick_start_fair and CPU-Hotplug sched: fix SCHED_FAIR wake-idle logic error sched: fix RT task-wakeup logic sched: add statics, don't return void expressions sched: add debug checks to idle functions sched: remove old sched doc sched: make rt_sched_class, idle_sched_class static sched: optimize calc_delta_mine() sched: fix normalized sleeper
2008-05-05sched: remove old sched docIngo Molnar
Fabio Checconi noticed that Documentation/scheduler/sched-design.txt was a stale copy of the old scheduler. Remove it. Reported-by: Fabio Checconi <fabio@gandalf.sssup.it> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-05-05Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6: x86 PCI: call dmi_check_pciprobe() x86/pci: add pci=skip_isa_align command lines. x86/pci: remove flag in pci_cfg_space_size_ext x86: fix section mismatch in pci_scan_bus
2008-05-05m68k: remove old mac_esp cruftFinn Thain
Remove the rest of the old mac_esp driver. Also ditch the rest of the machw mechanism, it needs to be replaced by a fake openfirmware tree. Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-05x86/pci: add pci=skip_isa_align command lines.Yinghai Lu
so we don't align the io port start address for pci cards. also move out dmi check out acpi.c, because it has nothing to do with acpi. it could spare some calling when we have several peer root buses. Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2008-05-05kgdb: minor documentation fixesgrzegorz.chwesewicz@chilan.com
Two minor fixes to the kgdb documentation. Signed-off-by: Grzegorz Chwesewicz, Chilan <grzegorz.chwesewicz@chilan.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
2008-05-04kconfig-language.txt: remove bogus hintAdrian Bunk
For the use case the hint describe a simple dependency is enough. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
2008-05-03Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/slab-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/slab-2.6: slub: #ifdef simplification slabinfo: Support printout of the number of fallbacks slub: Whitespace cleanup and use of strict_strtoul
2008-05-03Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpcLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc: [POWERPC] Bolt in SLB entry for kernel stack on secondary cpus [POWERPC] PS3: Update ps3_defconfig [POWERPC] PS3: Remove unsupported wakeup sources [POWERPC] PS3: Make ps3_virq_setup and ps3_virq_destroy static [POWERPC] PS3: Add time include to lpm [POWERPC] Fix slb.c compile warnings [POWERPC] Xilinx: Fix compile warnings [POWERPC] Squash build warning for print of resource_size_t in fsl_soc.c [RAPIDIO] fix current kernel-doc notation [POWERPC] 86xx: mpc8610_hpcd: add support for PCI Express x8 slot Fix a potential issue in mpc52xx uart driver [POWERPC] mpc5200: Allow for fixed speed MII configurations [POWERPC] 86xx: Fix the wrong serial1 interrupt for 8610 board
2008-05-02Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: [SCSI] aic94xx: fix section mismatch [SCSI] u14-34f: Fix 32bit only problem [SCSI] dpt_i2o: sysfs code [SCSI] dpt_i2o: 64 bit support [SCSI] dpt_i2o: move from virt_to_bus/bus_to_virt to dma_alloc_coherent [SCSI] dpt_i2o: use standard __init / __exit code [SCSI] megaraid_sas: fix suspend/resume sections [SCSI] aacraid: Add Power Management support [SCSI] aacraid: Fix jbod operations scan issues [SCSI] aacraid: Fix warning about macro side-effects [SCSI] add support for variable length extended commands [SCSI] Let scsi_cmnd->cmnd use request->cmd buffer [SCSI] bsg: add large command support [SCSI] aacraid: Fix down_interruptible() to check the return value correctly [SCSI] megaraid_sas; Update the Version and Changelog [SCSI] ibmvscsi: Handle non SCSI error status [SCSI] bug fix for free list handling [SCSI] ipr: Rename ipr's state scsi host attribute to prevent collisions [SCSI] megaraid_mbox: fix Dell CERC firmware problem
2008-05-02lguest: make Launcher see device status updatesRusty Russell
This brings us closer to Real Life, where we'd examine the device features once it's set the DRIVER_OK status bit. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-05-02virtio: de-structify virtio_block status byteRusty Russell
Ron Minnich points out that a struct containing a char is not always sizeof(char); simplest to remove the structure to avoid confusion. Cc: "ron minnich" <rminnich@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-05-02slabinfo: Support printout of the number of fallbacksChristoph Lameter
Add functionality to slabinfo to print out the number of fallbacks that have occurred for each slab cache when the -D option is specified. Also widen the allocation / free field since the numbers became too big after a week. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
2008-05-01[POWERPC] mpc5200: Allow for fixed speed MII configurationsGrant Likely
Various improvements for configuring the MPC5200 MII link from the device tree: * Look for 'current-speed' property for fixed speed MII links * Look for 'fsl,7-wire-mode' property for boards using the 7 wire mode * move definition of private data structure out of the header file Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> Acked-by: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@grandegger.com>
2008-05-01Merge branch 'release' of git://lm-sensors.org/kernel/mhoffman/hwmon-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'release' of git://lm-sensors.org/kernel/mhoffman/hwmon-2.6: hwmon: (adt7473) minor cleanup / refactoring hwmon: (asb100) Remove some dead code hwmon: (lm75) Fix an incorrect comment hwmon: (w83793) VID and VRM handling cleanups hwmon: (w83l785ts) Don't ask the user to report failures hwmon: (smsc47b397) add a new chip id (0x8c)
2008-05-01kexec: make extended crashkernel= syntax less confusingMichael Ellerman
The extended crashkernel syntax is a little confusing in the way it handles ranges. eg: crashkernel=512M-2G:64M,2G-:128M Means if the machine has between 512M and 2G of memory the crash region should be 64M, and if the machine has 2G of memory the region should be 64M. Only if the machine has more than 2G memory will 128M be allocated. Although that semantic is correct, it is somewhat baffling. Instead I propose that the end of the range means the first address past the end of the range, ie: 512M up to but not including 2G. [bwalle@suse.de: clarify inclusive/exclusive in crashkernel commandline in documentation] Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au> Acked-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au> Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-30Merge branch 'release' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6 * 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: (179 commits) ACPI: Fix acpi_processor_idle and idle= boot parameters interaction acpi: fix section mismatch warning in pnpacpi intel_menlo: fix build warning ACPI: Cleanup: Remove unneeded, multiple local dummy variables ACPI: video - fix permissions on some proc entries ACPI: video - properly handle errors when registering proc elements ACPI: video - do not store invalid entries in attached_array list ACPI: re-name acpi_pm_ops to acpi_suspend_ops ACER_WMI/ASUS_LAPTOP: fix build bug thinkpad_acpi: fix possible NULL pointer dereference if kstrdup failed ACPI: check a return value correctly in acpi_power_get_context() #if 0 acpi/bay.c:eject_removable_drive() eeepc-laptop: add hwmon fan control eeepc-laptop: add backlight eeepc-laptop: add base driver ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: bump up version to 0.20 ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: fix selects in Kconfig ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: use a private workqueue ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: fluff really minor fix ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: use uppercase for "LED" on user documentation ... Fixed conflicts in drivers/acpi/video.c and drivers/misc/intel_menlow.c manually.