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-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/Makefile48
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/stylesheet.xsl1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/atomic_ops.txt27
-rw-r--r--Documentation/block/biodoc.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/oops-tracing.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa71342
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.tuner1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86_64/mm.txt6
12 files changed, 99 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
index 7018f5c6a44..1c955883cf5 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ DOCBOOKS := wanbook.xml z8530book.xml mcabook.xml videobook.xml \
# +--> DIR=file (htmldocs)
# +--> man/ (mandocs)
+
+# for PDF and PS output you can choose between xmlto and docbook-utils tools
+PDF_METHOD = $(prefer-db2x)
+PS_METHOD = $(prefer-db2x)
+
+
###
# The targets that may be used.
.PHONY: xmldocs sgmldocs psdocs pdfdocs htmldocs mandocs installmandocs
@@ -93,27 +99,39 @@ C-procfs-example = procfs_example.xml
C-procfs-example2 = $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(C-procfs-example))
$(obj)/procfs-guide.xml: $(C-procfs-example2)
-###
-# Rules to generate postscript, PDF and HTML
-# db2html creates a directory. Generate a html file used for timestamp
+notfoundtemplate = echo "*** You have to install docbook-utils or xmlto ***"; \
+ exit 1
+db2xtemplate = db2TYPE -o $(dir $@) $<
+xmltotemplate = xmlto TYPE $(XMLTOFLAGS) -o $(dir $@) $<
+
+# determine which methods are available
+ifeq ($(shell which db2ps >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo found),found)
+ use-db2x = db2x
+ prefer-db2x = db2x
+else
+ use-db2x = notfound
+ prefer-db2x = $(use-xmlto)
+endif
+ifeq ($(shell which xmlto >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo found),found)
+ use-xmlto = xmlto
+ prefer-xmlto = xmlto
+else
+ use-xmlto = notfound
+ prefer-xmlto = $(use-db2x)
+endif
-quiet_cmd_db2ps = XMLTO $@
- cmd_db2ps = xmlto ps $(XMLTOFLAGS) -o $(dir $@) $<
+# the commands, generated from the chosen template
+quiet_cmd_db2ps = PS $@
+ cmd_db2ps = $(subst TYPE,ps, $($(PS_METHOD)template))
%.ps : %.xml
- @(which xmlto > /dev/null 2>&1) || \
- (echo "*** You need to install xmlto ***"; \
- exit 1)
$(call cmd,db2ps)
-quiet_cmd_db2pdf = XMLTO $@
- cmd_db2pdf = xmlto pdf $(XMLTOFLAGS) -o $(dir $@) $<
+quiet_cmd_db2pdf = PDF $@
+ cmd_db2pdf = $(subst TYPE,pdf, $($(PDF_METHOD)template))
%.pdf : %.xml
- @(which xmlto > /dev/null 2>&1) || \
- (echo "*** You need to install xmlto ***"; \
- exit 1)
$(call cmd,db2pdf)
-quiet_cmd_db2html = XMLTO $@
+quiet_cmd_db2html = HTML $@
cmd_db2html = xmlto xhtml $(XMLTOFLAGS) -o $(patsubst %.html,%,$@) $< && \
echo '<a HREF="$(patsubst %.html,%,$(notdir $@))/index.html"> \
Goto $(patsubst %.html,%,$(notdir $@))</a><p>' > $@
@@ -127,7 +145,7 @@ quiet_cmd_db2html = XMLTO $@
@if [ ! -z "$(PNG-$(basename $(notdir $@)))" ]; then \
cp $(PNG-$(basename $(notdir $@))) $(patsubst %.html,%,$@); fi
-quiet_cmd_db2man = XMLTO $@
+quiet_cmd_db2man = MAN $@
cmd_db2man = if grep -q refentry $<; then xmlto man $(XMLTOFLAGS) -o $(obj)/man $< ; gzip -f $(obj)/man/*.9; fi
%.9 : %.xml
@(which xmlto > /dev/null 2>&1) || \
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
index a8316b1a3e3..096aed62c32 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
@@ -68,9 +68,7 @@ X!Iinclude/linux/kobject.h
<sect1><title>Kernel utility functions</title>
!Iinclude/linux/kernel.h
-<!-- This needs to clean up to make kernel-doc happy
-X!Ekernel/printk.c
- -->
+!Ekernel/printk.c
!Ekernel/panic.c
!Ekernel/sys.c
!Ekernel/rcupdate.c
@@ -388,7 +386,7 @@ X!Edrivers/pnp/system.c
<chapter id="blkdev">
<title>Block Devices</title>
-!Edrivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c
+!Eblock/ll_rw_blk.c
</chapter>
<chapter id="miscdev">
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/stylesheet.xsl b/Documentation/DocBook/stylesheet.xsl
index 64be9f7ee3b..3ccce886c34 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/stylesheet.xsl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/stylesheet.xsl
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
<param name="chunk.quietly">1</param>
<param name="funcsynopsis.style">ansi</param>
<param name="funcsynopsis.tabular.threshold">80</param>
+<!-- <param name="paper.type">A4</param> -->
</stylesheet>
diff --git a/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt b/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt
index 8eedaa24f5e..23a1c2402bc 100644
--- a/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt
+++ b/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt
@@ -115,6 +115,33 @@ boolean is return which indicates whether the resulting counter value
is negative. It requires explicit memory barrier semantics around the
operation.
+Then:
+
+ int atomic_cmpxchg(atomic_t *v, int old, int new);
+
+This performs an atomic compare exchange operation on the atomic value v,
+with the given old and new values. Like all atomic_xxx operations,
+atomic_cmpxchg will only satisfy its atomicity semantics as long as all
+other accesses of *v are performed through atomic_xxx operations.
+
+atomic_cmpxchg requires explicit memory barriers around the operation.
+
+The semantics for atomic_cmpxchg are the same as those defined for 'cas'
+below.
+
+Finally:
+
+ int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u);
+
+If the atomic value v is not equal to u, this function adds a to v, and
+returns non zero. If v is equal to u then it returns zero. This is done as
+an atomic operation.
+
+atomic_add_unless requires explicit memory barriers around the operation.
+
+atomic_inc_not_zero, equivalent to atomic_add_unless(v, 1, 0)
+
+
If a caller requires memory barrier semantics around an atomic_t
operation which does not return a value, a set of interfaces are
defined which accomplish this:
diff --git a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
index 2d65c218216..0fe01c80548 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
@@ -1063,8 +1063,8 @@ Aside:
4.4 I/O contexts
I/O contexts provide a dynamically allocated per process data area. They may
be used in I/O schedulers, and in the block layer (could be used for IO statis,
-priorities for example). See *io_context in drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c, and
-as-iosched.c for an example of usage in an i/o scheduler.
+priorities for example). See *io_context in block/ll_rw_blk.c, and as-iosched.c
+for an example of usage in an i/o scheduler.
5. Scalability related changes
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 429db4bf98e..24fe8edad30 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -140,3 +140,12 @@ What: EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_hash)
When: January 2006
Why: Too low-level interface. Use lookup_one_len or lookup_create instead.
Who: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What: START_ARRAY ioctl for md
+When: July 2006
+Files: drivers/md/md.c
+Why: Not reliable by design - can fail when most needed.
+ Alternatives exist
+Who: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
diff --git a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
index c563842ed80..05960f8a748 100644
--- a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ the disk is not available then you have three options :-
(1) Hand copy the text from the screen and type it in after the machine
has restarted. Messy but it is the only option if you have not
- planned for a crash.
+ planned for a crash. Alternatively, you can take a picture of
+ the screen with a digital camera - not nice, but better than
+ nothing. If the messages scroll off the top of the console, you
+ may find that booting with a higher resolution (eg, vga=791)
+ will allow you to read more of the text. (Caveat: This needs vesafb,
+ so won't help for 'early' oopses)
(2) Boot with a serial console (see Documentation/serial-console.txt),
run a null modem to a second machine and capture the output there
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv
index 2404099996a..330246ac80f 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv
@@ -140,3 +140,4 @@
139 -> Prolink PixelView PlayTV MPEG2 PV-M4900
140 -> Osprey 440 [0070:ff07]
141 -> Asound Skyeye PCTV
+142 -> Sabrent TV-FM (bttv version)
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134
index 57c9d631db5..efb708ec116 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134
@@ -80,3 +80,5 @@
79 -> Sedna/MuchTV PC TV Cardbus TV/Radio (ITO25 Rev:2B)
80 -> ASUS Digimatrix TV [1043:0210]
81 -> Philips Tiger reference design [1131:2018]
+ 82 -> MSI TV@Anywhere plus [1462:6231]
+
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.tuner b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.tuner
index ec840ca6f45..9d6544ea9f4 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.tuner
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.tuner
@@ -67,3 +67,4 @@ tuner=65 - Ymec TVF66T5-B/DFF
tuner=66 - LG NTSC (TALN mini series)
tuner=67 - Philips TD1316 Hybrid Tuner
tuner=68 - Philips TUV1236D ATSC/NTSC dual in
+tuner=69 - Tena TNF 5335 MF
diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
index ffe1c062088..e566affeed7 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ Machine check
mce=off disable machine check
mce=bootlog Enable logging of machine checks left over from booting.
- Disabled by default because some BIOS leave bogus ones.
+ Disabled by default on AMD because some BIOS leave bogus ones.
If your BIOS doesn't do that it's a good idea to enable though
to make sure you log even machine check events that result
- in a reboot.
+ in a reboot. On Intel systems it is enabled by default.
+ mce=nobootlog
+ Disable boot machine check logging.
mce=tolerancelevel (number)
0: always panic, 1: panic if deadlock possible,
2: try to avoid panic, 3: never panic or exit (for testing)
@@ -122,6 +124,9 @@ SMP
cpumask=MASK only use cpus with bits set in mask
+ additional_cpus=NUM Allow NUM more CPUs for hotplug
+ (defaults are specified by the BIOS or half the available CPUs)
+
NUMA
numa=off Only set up a single NUMA node spanning all memory.
@@ -188,6 +193,9 @@ Debugging
kstack=N Print that many words from the kernel stack in oops dumps.
+ pagefaulttrace Dump all page faults. Only useful for extreme debugging
+ and will create a lot of output.
+
Misc
noreplacement Don't replace instructions with more appropiate ones
diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/mm.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/mm.txt
index 662b73971a6..133561b9cb0 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86_64/mm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86_64/mm.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Virtual memory map with 4 level page tables:
0000000000000000 - 00007fffffffffff (=47bits) user space, different per mm
hole caused by [48:63] sign extension
ffff800000000000 - ffff80ffffffffff (=40bits) guard hole
-ffff810000000000 - ffffc0ffffffffff (=46bits) direct mapping of phys. memory
+ffff810000000000 - ffffc0ffffffffff (=46bits) direct mapping of all phys. memory
ffffc10000000000 - ffffc1ffffffffff (=40bits) hole
ffffc20000000000 - ffffe1ffffffffff (=45bits) vmalloc/ioremap space
... unused hole ...
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ ffffffff80000000 - ffffffff82800000 (=40MB) kernel text mapping, from phys 0
... unused hole ...
ffffffff88000000 - fffffffffff00000 (=1919MB) module mapping space
+The direct mapping covers all memory in the system upto the highest
+memory address (this means in some cases it can also include PCI memory
+holes)
+
vmalloc space is lazily synchronized into the different PML4 pages of
the processes using the page fault handler, with init_level4_pgt as
reference.