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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-06-10 02:22:26 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-06-10 02:22:26 -0700
commit65b53e4cc90e59936733b3b95b9451d2ca47528d (patch)
tree29932718192962671c48c3fd1ea017a6112459e8 /Documentation
parent788c0a53164c05c5ccdb1472474372b72ba74644 (diff)
parent2e761e0532a784816e7e822dbaaece8c5d4be14d (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts: drivers/net/tg3.c drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl25
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem37
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/lguest/lguest.c12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/bridge.txt2
7 files changed, 83 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi
index 5ac1e01bbd4..5f500977b42 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ MAJOR:MINOR
non-block filesystems which provide their own BDI, such as NFS
and FUSE.
+MAJOR:MINOR-fuseblk
+
+ Value of st_dev on fuseblk filesystems.
+
default
The default backing dev, used for non-block device backed
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl
index 77c42f40be5..2510763295d 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl
@@ -703,6 +703,31 @@
</sect1>
</chapter>
+<chapter id="trylock-functions">
+ <title>The trylock Functions</title>
+ <para>
+ There are functions that try to acquire a lock only once and immediately
+ return a value telling about success or failure to acquire the lock.
+ They can be used if you need no access to the data protected with the lock
+ when some other thread is holding the lock. You should acquire the lock
+ later if you then need access to the data protected with the lock.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <function>spin_trylock()</function> does not spin but returns non-zero if
+ it acquires the spinlock on the first try or 0 if not. This function can
+ be used in all contexts like <function>spin_lock</function>: you must have
+ disabled the contexts that might interrupt you and acquire the spin lock.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <function>mutex_trylock()</function> does not suspend your task
+ but returns non-zero if it could lock the mutex on the first try
+ or 0 if not. This function cannot be safely used in hardware or software
+ interrupt contexts despite not sleeping.
+ </para>
+</chapter>
+
<chapter id="Examples">
<title>Common Examples</title>
<para>
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt
index 6a9c55bd556..dcec0564d04 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt
@@ -129,14 +129,6 @@ to its default value of '80' it means that between the checking
intervals the CPU needs to be on average more than 80% in use to then
decide that the CPU frequency needs to be increased.
-sampling_down_factor: this parameter controls the rate that the CPU
-makes a decision on when to decrease the frequency. When set to its
-default value of '5' it means that at 1/5 the sampling_rate the kernel
-makes a decision to lower the frequency. Five "lower rate" decisions
-have to be made in a row before the CPU frequency is actually lower.
-If set to '1' then the frequency decreases as quickly as it increases,
-if set to '2' it decreases at half the rate of the increase.
-
ignore_nice_load: this parameter takes a value of '0' or '1'. When
set to '0' (its default), all processes are counted towards the
'cpu utilisation' value. When set to '1', the processes that are
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem b/Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2fefaf582a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+Kernel driver ibmaem
+======================
+
+Supported systems:
+ * Any recent IBM System X server with Active Energy Manager support.
+ This includes the x3350, x3550, x3650, x3655, x3755, x3850 M2,
+ x3950 M2, and certain HS2x/LS2x/QS2x blades. The IPMI host interface
+ driver ("ipmi-si") needs to be loaded for this driver to do anything.
+ Prefix: 'ibmaem'
+ Datasheet: Not available
+
+Author: Darrick J. Wong
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+This driver implements sensor reading support for the energy and power
+meters available on various IBM System X hardware through the BMC. All
+sensor banks will be exported as platform devices; this driver can talk
+to both v1 and v2 interfaces. This driver is completely separate from the
+older ibmpex driver.
+
+The v1 AEM interface has a simple set of features to monitor energy use.
+There is a register that displays an estimate of raw energy consumption
+since the last BMC reset, and a power sensor that returns average power
+use over a configurable interval.
+
+The v2 AEM interface is a bit more sophisticated, being able to present
+a wider range of energy and power use registers, the power cap as
+set by the AEM software, and temperature sensors.
+
+Special Features
+----------------
+
+The "power_cap" value displays the current system power cap, as set by
+the Active Energy Manager software. Setting the power cap from the host
+is not currently supported.
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index cdd5b934f43..e07c432c731 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -398,9 +398,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
cio_ignore= [S390]
See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
- cio_msg= [S390]
- See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
-
clock= [BUGS=X86-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
[Deprecated]
Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
@@ -689,6 +686,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
floppy= [HW]
See Documentation/floppy.txt.
+ force_pal_cache_flush
+ [IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on
+ buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this
+ parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
+ ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
+
gamecon.map[2|3]=
[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
diff --git a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
index 3be8ab2a886..82fafe0429f 100644
--- a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
+++ b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ struct virtqueue
/* The routine to call when the Guest pings us. */
void (*handle_output)(int fd, struct virtqueue *me);
+
+ /* Outstanding buffers */
+ unsigned int inflight;
};
/* Remember the arguments to the program so we can "reboot" */
@@ -702,6 +705,7 @@ static unsigned get_vq_desc(struct virtqueue *vq,
errx(1, "Looped descriptor");
} while ((i = next_desc(vq, i)) != vq->vring.num);
+ vq->inflight++;
return head;
}
@@ -719,6 +723,7 @@ static void add_used(struct virtqueue *vq, unsigned int head, int len)
/* Make sure buffer is written before we update index. */
wmb();
vq->vring.used->idx++;
+ vq->inflight--;
}
/* This actually sends the interrupt for this virtqueue */
@@ -726,8 +731,9 @@ static void trigger_irq(int fd, struct virtqueue *vq)
{
unsigned long buf[] = { LHREQ_IRQ, vq->config.irq };
- /* If they don't want an interrupt, don't send one. */
- if (vq->vring.avail->flags & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT)
+ /* If they don't want an interrupt, don't send one, unless empty. */
+ if ((vq->vring.avail->flags & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT)
+ && vq->inflight)
return;
/* Send the Guest an interrupt tell them we used something up. */
@@ -1107,6 +1113,7 @@ static void add_virtqueue(struct device *dev, unsigned int num_descs,
vq->next = NULL;
vq->last_avail_idx = 0;
vq->dev = dev;
+ vq->inflight = 0;
/* Initialize the configuration. */
vq->config.num = num_descs;
@@ -1368,6 +1375,7 @@ static void setup_tun_net(const char *arg)
/* Tell Guest what MAC address to use. */
add_feature(dev, VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC);
+ add_feature(dev, VIRTIO_F_NOTIFY_ON_EMPTY);
set_config(dev, sizeof(conf), &conf);
/* We don't need the socket any more; setup is done. */
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bridge.txt b/Documentation/networking/bridge.txt
index bdae2db4119..bec69a8a169 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/bridge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/bridge.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
In order to use the Ethernet bridging functionality, you'll need the
userspace tools. These programs and documentation are available
-at http://bridge.sourceforge.net. The download page is
+at http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Net:Bridge. The download page is
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/bridge.
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