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2008-11-11V4L/DVB (9482): Documentation, especially regarding audio and informational ↵Tobias Lorenz
links This patch adds a recommendation to select SND_USB_AUDIO for listing and adds a documentation file for si470x. Signed-off-by: Tobias Lorenz <tobias.lorenz@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2008-11-11V4L/DVB (9369): Documentation update for cx88Rafael Diniz
Attached is a patch that updates the cx88 documentation to add the fact the closed caption works for at least NTSC capture. ps: I also updated the wiki at: http://www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Text_capture#cx88_devices Signed-off-by: Rafael Diniz <diniz@wimobilis.com.br> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2008-11-11V4L/DVB (9337b): remove tuner-3036 and dpc7146 drivers from ↵Jean Delvare
feature-removal-schedule.txt The tuner-3036 and dpc7146 drivers have been deleted now so we can remove the corresponding entries from feature-removal-schedule.txt. (Thanks for doing this, BTW.) Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2008-11-11Merge branch 'devel' of ↵Ingo Molnar
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace into tracing/urgent
2008-11-10powerpc: Repair device bindings documentationTrent Piepho
Commit d0fc2eaaf4c56a95f5ed29b6bfb609e19714fc16 "powerpc/fsl: Refactor device bindings" split out a number of device bindings from booting-without-of.txt into separate files. Having them all in one file was a frequent source of merge conflicts. However, in the next merge, 49997d75152b3d23c53b0fa730599f2f74c92c65, there was another conflict. Some of the bindings removed from booting-without-of.txt were mistakenly added back in and the copies in dts-bindings were kept as well. This patch re-removes "Freescale Display Interface" and "Freescale on board FPGA" and fixes the table of contents. Signed-off-by: Trent Piepho <tpiepho@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
2008-11-07ACPI video: if no ACPI backlight support, use vendor driversThomas Renninger
If an ACPI graphics device supports backlight brightness functions (cmp. with latest ACPI spec Appendix B), let the ACPI video driver control backlight and switch backlight control off in vendor specific ACPI drivers (asus_acpi, thinkpad_acpi, eeepc, fujitsu_laptop, msi_laptop, sony_laptop, acer-wmi). Currently it is possible to load above drivers and let both poke on the brightness HW registers, the video and vendor specific ACPI drivers -> bad. This patch provides the basic support to check for BIOS capabilities before driver loading time. Driver specific modifications are in separate follow up patches. "acpi_backlight=vendor" Prever vendor driver over ACPI driver for backlight. "acpi_backlight=video" (default) Prever ACPI driver over vendor driver for backlight. Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de> Acked-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2008-11-07ACPI: update debug parameter documentationBjorn Helgaas
Reformat acpi.debug_layer and acpi.debug_level documentation so it's more readable, add some clues about how to figure out the mask bits that enable a specific ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statement, and include some useful examples. Move the list of masks to Documentation/acpi/debug.txt (these are copies of the authoritative values in acoutput.h and acpi_drivers.h). Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2008-11-06Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: Revert "x86: default to reboot via ACPI" x86: align DirectMap in /proc/meminfo AMD IOMMU: fix lazy IO/TLB flushing in unmap path x86: add smp_mb() before sending INVALIDATE_TLB_VECTOR x86: remove VISWS and PARAVIRT around NR_IRQS puzzle x86: mention ACPI in top-level Kconfig menu x86: size NR_IRQS on 32-bit systems the same way as 64-bit x86: don't allow nr_irqs > NR_IRQS x86/docs: remove noirqbalance param docs x86: don't use tsc_khz to calculate lpj if notsc is passed x86, voyager: fix smp_intr_init() compile breakage AMD IOMMU: fix detection of NP capable IOMMUs
2008-11-06fat: Fix ATTR_RO for directoryOGAWA Hirofumi
FAT has the ATTR_RO (read-only) attribute. But on Windows, the ATTR_RO of the directory will be just ignored actually, and is used by only applications as flag. E.g. it's setted for the customized folder by Explorer. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa969337.aspx This adds "rodir" option. If user specified it, ATTR_RO is used as read-only flag even if it's the directory. Otherwise, inode->i_mode is not used to hold ATTR_RO (i.e. fat_mode_can_save_ro() returns 0). Signed-off-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-11-06fat: document additional vfat mount optionsBart Trojanowski
While debugging a sync mount regression on vfat I noticed that there were mount options parsed by the driver that were not documented. [hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp: fix some parts] Signed-off-by: Bart Trojanowski <bart@jukie.net> Signed-off-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-11-06Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt: update 'isolcpus' kernel optionLi Zefan
cpuset can be used to move a process onto or off an isolated CPU. Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-11-06cciss: add P700m to list of supported controllersdann frazier
P700m support was added in: 9cff3b383dad193b0762c27278a16237e10b53dc Update cciss.txt to match. Signed-off-by: dann frazier <dannf@hp.com> Acked-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-11-06Documentation/email-clients.txt: add some info about gmailTim Hockin
Signed-off-by: Tim Hockin <thockin@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-11-06cciss: new hardware supportMike Miller
Add support for 2 new SAS/SATA controllers. Signed-off-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-11-04x86/docs: remove noirqbalance param docsMark McLoughlin
Impact: documentation fix irqbalance was removed by: commit 8b8e8c1bf7275eca859fe551dfa484134eaf013b Author: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com> Date: Tue Aug 19 20:50:23 2008 -0700 Remove the associated documentation for noirqbalance. Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-11-04ftrace: ftrace.txt version updateSteven Rostedt
Impact: Documentation update only Update the version that the ftrace document was written for. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-11-04ftrace: update txt documentSteven Rostedt
Impact: Documentation update only A lot of changes have gone into ftrace. This patch updates the ftrace.txt document. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-11-03Merge branch 'io-mappings-for-linus-2' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'io-mappings-for-linus-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: io mapping: clean up #ifdefs io mapping: improve documentation i915: use io-mapping interfaces instead of a variety of mapping kludges resources: add io-mapping functions to dynamically map large device apertures x86: add iomap_atomic*()/iounmap_atomic() on 32-bit using fixmaps
2008-11-03io mapping: improve documentationKeith Packard
Impact: add documentation Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-10-31resources: add io-mapping functions to dynamically map large device aperturesKeith Packard
Impact: add new generic io_map_*() APIs Graphics devices have large PCI apertures which would consume a significant fraction of a 32-bit address space if mapped during driver initialization. Using ioremap at runtime is impractical as it is too slow. This new set of interfaces uses atomic mappings on 32-bit processors and a large static mapping on 64-bit processors to provide reasonable 32-bit performance and optimal 64-bit performance. The current implementation sits atop the io_map_atomic fixmap-based mechanism for 32-bit processors. This includes some editorial suggestions from Randy Dunlap for Documentation/io-mapping.txt Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Anholt <eric@anholt.net> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-10-31Merge branch 'master' of ↵Paul Mundt
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
2008-10-30Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linusLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus: lguest: fix irq vectors. lguest: fix early_ioremap. lguest: fix example launcher compile after moved asm-x86 dir.
2008-10-30Merge branch 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: sched: remove sched-design.txt from 00-INDEX sched: change sched_debug's mode to 0444
2008-10-30Merge branch 'tracing-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'tracing-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: ftrace: handle archs that do not support irqs_disabled_flags
2008-10-31lguest: fix example launcher compile after moved asm-x86 dir.Rusty Russell
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-10-30Merge master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-armLinus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm: [ARM] 5326/1: AFEB9260: Fix for i2c_board_info structure [ARM] mx31ads: Add missing include [ARM] MXC: Fix mxc_gpio_get(), which must read PSR register instead DR. [ARM] MX3: Use ioremap wrapper to map SoC devices nonshared [ARM] gpio_free might sleep, arm architecture [ARM] ep93xx: fix OHCI DMA mask leds: da903x: (da9030 only) led brightness reversed. [ARM] sharpsl_pm: fix compilation w/o CONFIG_PM [ARM] pcm037: map AIPS1 and AIPS2 as nonshared area [ARM] build fixes for netX serial driver [ARM] 5323/1: Remove outdated empeg documentation. [ARM] 5299/1: Add maintainer for Mobilepro 900/c [ARM] corgi_lcd: fix simultaneous compilation with corgi_bl [ARM] pxa/spitz: fix spi cs on spitz [ARM] 5322/1: Fix fastpath issue in mmci.c [ARM] xsc3: revert writethrough memory-type encoding change
2008-10-31ftrace: handle archs that do not support irqs_disabled_flagsSteven Rostedt
Impact: build fix on non-lockdep architectures Some architectures do not support a way to read the irq flags that is set from "local_irq_save(flags)" to determine if interrupts were disabled or enabled. Ftrace uses this information to display to the user if the trace occurred with interrupts enabled or disabled. Besides the fact that those archs that do not support this will fail to compile, unless they fix it, we do not want to have the trace simply say interrupts were not disabled or they were enabled, without knowing the real answer. This patch adds a 'X' in the output to let the user know that the architecture they are running on does not support a way for the tracer to determine if interrupts were enabled or disabled. It also lets those same archs compile with tracing enabled. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-10-30Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86, gart: fix gart detection for Fam11h CPUs x86: 64 bit print out absent pages num too x86, kdump: fix invalid access on i386 sparsemem x86: fix APIC_DEBUG with inquire_remote_apic x86: AMD microcode patch loader author update x86: microcode patch loader author update mailmap: add Peter Oruba x86, bts: improve help text for BTS config doc/x86: fix doc subdirs
2008-10-30Merge branch 'i2c-for-linus' of git://jdelvare.pck.nerim.net/jdelvare-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'i2c-for-linus' of git://jdelvare.pck.nerim.net/jdelvare-2.6: i2c-s3c2410: Correct use of ! and & i2c: The i2c mailing list is moving scx200_i2c: Add missing class parameter
2008-10-30Merge 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: fix 'dynamic_debug' cmd line parameter HOWTO: Sync patch for jp_JP/HOWTO Update stable tree documentation sysfs: Fix return values for sysdev_store_{ulong,int} driver core: drivers/base/sys.c: update comments Document kernel taint flags properly
2008-10-30Rationalise Randy's address a bitAlan Cox
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-10-30docs: fix ManagementStyle book nameJiri Pirko
Just corrected the book name. I'm probably the only one who ever read this file :-) Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-10-30docbook: fix command spacingHans Ulrich Niedermann
The total width of the command name plus spaces should be 8 characters, but were 7 and 9, respectively. With 8 chars, all commands are now lining up nicely. The mandocs, psdocs, xmldocs commands are OK. Before: HOSTCC scripts/basic/docproc DOCPROC Documentation/DocBook/deviceiobook.xml HTML Documentation/DocBook/deviceiobook.html DOCPROC Documentation/DocBook/wanbook.xml PDF Documentation/DocBook/wanbook.pdf After: HOSTCC scripts/basic/docproc DOCPROC Documentation/DocBook/deviceiobook.xml HTML Documentation/DocBook/deviceiobook.html DOCPROC Documentation/DocBook/wanbook.xml PDF Documentation/DocBook/wanbook.pdf Signed-off-by: Hans Ulrich Niedermann <hun@n-dimensional.de> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-10-30fs: remove prepare_write/commit_writeNick Piggin
Nothing uses prepare_write or commit_write. Remove them from the tree completely. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: schedule simple_prepare_write() for unexporting] Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-10-30.gitignore updatesAlexey Dobriyan
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-10-30i2c: The i2c mailing list is movingJean Delvare
Replace all references to the old i2c mailing list. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2008-10-30Merge branch 'fix' of ↵Russell King
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ycmiao/pxa-linux-2.6
2008-10-30sched: remove sched-design.txt from 00-INDEXLi Zefan
Impact: remove stale documentation reference sched-design.txt has been removed. Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-10-29HOWTO: Sync patch for jp_JP/HOWTOTsugikazu Shibata
Sync the jp_JP version of HOWTO to contain the latest updates From: Tsugikazu Shibata <tshibata@ab.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-10-29Update stable tree documentationJosh Boyer
Update the documentation for the stable tree rules to reflect that device IDs and quirks are also suitable for -stable kernels. Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-10-29Document kernel taint flags properlyGreg Kroah-Hartman
This fills in the documentation for all of the current kernel taint flags, and fixes the number for TAINT_CRAP, which was incorrectly described. Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2008-10-29[ARM] 5323/1: Remove outdated empeg documentation.Mike Crowe
The documents aren't particularly useful anyway and the hardware in question has never run anything newer than a v2.2.14 kernel to my knowledge. Signed-off-by: Mike Crowe <mac@mcrowe.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2008-10-28Merge branch 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: sched: fix documentation reference for sched_min_granularity_ns sched: virtual time buddy preemption sched: re-instate vruntime based wakeup preemption sched: weaken sync hint sched: more accurate min_vruntime accounting sched: fix a find_busiest_group buglet sched: add CONFIG_SMP consistency
2008-10-28doc/x86: fix doc subdirsUwe Hermann
The Documentation/i386 and Documentation/x86_64 directories and their contents have been moved into Documentation/x86. Fix references to those files accordingly. Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-10-28sh: Kill off long-dead HD64465 cchip support.Paul Mundt
This code has been dead for many years. The last update it received was in 2003 in order to update it for the driver model changes, though it had already been in disarray and unused before that point. The only boards that ever used this chip have not had users in many years either, so it is finally safe to just kill it off and move on with life. Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
2008-10-28ACPI: bugfix reporting of event handler statusZhang Rui
Introduce a new flag showing whether the event has an event handler/method. For all the GPEs and Fixed Events, 1. ACPI_EVENT_FLAG_HANDLE is cleared, it's an "invalid" ACPI event. 2. Both ACPI_EVENT_FLAG_HANDLE and ACPI_EVENT_FLAG_DISABLE are set, it's "disabled". 3. Both ACPI_EVENT_FLAG_HANDLE and ACPI_EVENT_FLAG_ENABLE are set, it's "enabled". 4. Both ACPI_EVENT_FLAG_HANDLE and ACPI_EVENT_FLAG_WAKE_ENABLE are set, it's "wake_enabled". Among other things, this prevents incorrect reporting of ACPI events as being "invalid" when it's really just (temporarily) "disabled". Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2008-10-27sched: fix documentation reference for sched_min_granularity_nsJiri Kosina
Impact: documentation fix sched-design-CFS.txt wrongly references sched_granularity_ns sysctl, as its name in fact is sched_min_granularity_ns. Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-10-26Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input: Input: psmouse - add support for Elantech touchpads Input: i8042 - add Blue FB5601 to noloop exception table
2008-10-26docbooks: fix fatal filename errorsRandy Dunlap
Fix docbook fatal errors (file location changed): docproc: lin2628-rc1/include/asm-x86/io_32.h: No such file or directory make[1]: *** [Documentation/DocBook/deviceiobook.xml] Error 1 docproc: lin2628-rc1/include/asm-x86/atomic_32.h: No such file or directory make[1]: *** [Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.xml] Error 1 docproc: lin2628-rc1/include/asm-x86/mca_dma.h: No such file or directory make[1]: *** [Documentation/DocBook/mcabook.xml] Error 1 Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-10-26hwmon: (lm90) Add support for the LM99 16 degree offsetJean Delvare
The LM99 differs from the LM86, LM89 and LM90 in that it reports remote temperatures (temp2) 16 degrees lower than they really are. So far we have been cheating and handled this in userspace but it really should be handled by the driver directly. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>