From e4ab1b3cbb8042f1653471c6333931134105d455 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark McLoughlin Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 12:46:03 +0000 Subject: x86/docs: remove noirqbalance param docs Impact: documentation fix irqbalance was removed by: commit 8b8e8c1bf7275eca859fe551dfa484134eaf013b Author: Yinghai Lu Date: Tue Aug 19 20:50:23 2008 -0700 Remove the associated documentation for noirqbalance. Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 1bbcaa8982b..de4de3e7bc1 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1470,8 +1470,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Valid arguments: on, off Default: on - noirqbalance [X86-32,SMP,KNL] Disable kernel irq balancing - noirqdebug [X86-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and disable unhandled interrupt sources. -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258 From 77ca7286d10b798e4907af941f29672bf484db77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Miller Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 12:53:14 -0800 Subject: cciss: new hardware support Add support for 2 new SAS/SATA controllers. Signed-off-by: Mike Miller Cc: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/cciss.txt | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/cciss.txt b/Documentation/cciss.txt index 8244c6442fa..48d80d95f0f 100644 --- a/Documentation/cciss.txt +++ b/Documentation/cciss.txt @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ This driver is known to work with the following cards: * SA P410i * SA P411 * SA P812 + * SA P712m + * SA P711m Detecting drive failures: ------------------------- -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258 From 1b6bcdbe7eaacde19b5d633b33c8d056e4818de0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Hockin Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 12:53:33 -0800 Subject: Documentation/email-clients.txt: add some info about gmail Signed-off-by: Tim Hockin Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/email-clients.txt | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/email-clients.txt b/Documentation/email-clients.txt index 2ebb94d6ed8..a618efab7b1 100644 --- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt +++ b/Documentation/email-clients.txt @@ -213,4 +213,29 @@ TkRat (GUI) Works. Use "Insert file..." or external editor. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Gmail (Web GUI) + +If you just have to use Gmail to send patches, it CAN be made to work. It +requires a bit of external help, though. + +The first problem is that Gmail converts tabs to spaces. This will +totally break your patches. To prevent this, you have to use a different +editor. There is a firefox extension called "ViewSourceWith" +(https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/394) which allows you to +edit any text box in the editor of your choice. Configure it to launch +your favorite editor. When you want to send a patch, use this technique. +Once you have crafted your messsage + patch, save and exit the editor, +which should reload the Gmail edit box. GMAIL WILL PRESERVE THE TABS. +Hoorah. Apparently you can cut-n-paste literal tabs, but Gmail will +convert those to spaces upon sending! + +The second problem is that Gmail converts tabs to spaces on replies. If +you reply to a patch, don't expect to be able to apply it as a patch. + +The last problem is that Gmail will base64-encode any message that has a +non-ASCII character. That includes things like European names. Be aware. + +Gmail is not convenient for lkml patches, but CAN be made to work. + ### -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258 From fd96feb2583688ad13d8467ded442f9c8d73cc4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dann frazier Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 12:53:34 -0800 Subject: cciss: add P700m to list of supported controllers P700m support was added in: 9cff3b383dad193b0762c27278a16237e10b53dc Update cciss.txt to match. Signed-off-by: dann frazier Acked-by: Mike Miller Cc: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/cciss.txt | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/cciss.txt b/Documentation/cciss.txt index 48d80d95f0f..89698e8df7d 100644 --- a/Documentation/cciss.txt +++ b/Documentation/cciss.txt @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ This driver is known to work with the following cards: * SA E200 * SA E200i * SA E500 + * SA P700m * SA P212 * SA P410 * SA P410i -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258 From b225d44e27521290faca2e0f9b1a4a8c74dc510a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Li Zefan Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 12:53:39 -0800 Subject: Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt: update 'isolcpus' kernel option cpuset can be used to move a process onto or off an isolated CPU. Signed-off-by: Li Zefan Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 1bbcaa8982b..8a8cb0ccc5f 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -995,13 +995,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: ,..., or - - (must be a positive range in ascending order) + - + (must be a positive range in ascending order) or a mixture ,...,- + This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling - algorithms. The only way to move a process onto or off - an "isolated" CPU is via the CPU affinity syscalls. + algorithms. You can move a process onto or off an + "isolated" CPU via the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset. begins at 0 and the maximum value is "number of CPUs in system - 1". -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258 From 8986ab59631b1f2e82ac820c8fd76a34462915ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bart Trojanowski Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 12:53:44 -0800 Subject: fat: document additional vfat mount options 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 Signed-off-by: OGAWA Hirofumi Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt index bbac4f1d905..dc9dc73d7d3 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt @@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ if you want to format from within Linux. VFAT MOUNT OPTIONS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- +uid=### -- Set the owner of all files on this filesystem. + The default is the uid of current process. + +gid=### -- Set the group of all files on this filesystem. + The default is the gid of current process. + umask=### -- The permission mask (for files and directories, see umask(1)). The default is the umask of current process. @@ -36,7 +42,7 @@ codepage=### -- Sets the codepage number for converting to shortname characters on FAT filesystem. By default, FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE setting is used. -iocharset=name -- Character set to use for converting between the +iocharset= -- Character set to use for converting between the encoding is used for user visible filename and 16 bit Unicode characters. Long filenames are stored on disk in Unicode format, but Unix for the most part doesn't @@ -86,6 +92,8 @@ check=s|r|n -- Case sensitivity checking setting. r: relaxed, case insensitive n: normal, default setting, currently case insensitive +nocase -- This was deprecated for vfat. Use shortname=win95 instead. + shortname=lower|win95|winnt|mixed -- Shortname display/create setting. lower: convert to lowercase for display, @@ -99,11 +107,23 @@ shortname=lower|win95|winnt|mixed tz=UTC -- Interpret timestamps as UTC rather than local time. This option disables the conversion of timestamps between local time (as used by Windows on FAT) and UTC - (which Linux uses internally). This is particuluarly + (which Linux uses internally). This is particularly useful when mounting devices (like digital cameras) that are set to UTC in order to avoid the pitfalls of local time. +showexec -- If set, the execute permission bits of the file will be + allowed only if the extension part of the name is .EXE, + .COM, or .BAT. Not set by default. + +debug -- Can be set, but unused by the current implementation. + +sys_immutable -- If set, ATTR_SYS attribute on FAT is handled as + IMMUTABLE flag on Linux. Not set by default. + +flush -- If set, the filesystem will try to flush to disk more + early than normal. Not set by default. + : 0,1,yes,no,true,false TODO -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258 From dfc209c0064efef5590f608056a48b61a5cac09c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: OGAWA Hirofumi Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 12:53:55 -0800 Subject: fat: Fix ATTR_RO for directory 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 Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt index dc9dc73d7d3..3a5ddc96901 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt @@ -124,6 +124,14 @@ sys_immutable -- If set, ATTR_SYS attribute on FAT is handled as flush -- If set, the filesystem will try to flush to disk more early than normal. Not set by default. +rodir -- 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. + + If you want to use ATTR_RO as read-only flag even for + the directory, set this option. + : 0,1,yes,no,true,false TODO -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258