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-rw-r--r--Documentation/Changes2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl1072
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/writing_usb_driver.tmpl3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/block/biodoc.txt113
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cachetlb.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-model/driver.txt68
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-model/porting.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/it878
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/lm9047
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/smsc47b3978
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/smsc47m17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/via686a17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i8101
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro27
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/chips/x120538
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/functionality7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/porting-clients2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/writing-clients27
-rw-r--r--Documentation/input/yealink.txt19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README168
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/bonding.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt2
27 files changed, 1470 insertions, 219 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes
index 27232be26e1..783ddc3ce4e 100644
--- a/Documentation/Changes
+++ b/Documentation/Changes
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ o isdn4k-utils 3.1pre1 # isdnctrl 2>&1|grep version
o nfs-utils 1.0.5 # showmount --version
o procps 3.2.0 # ps --version
o oprofile 0.9 # oprofiled --version
-o udev 058 # udevinfo -V
+o udev 071 # udevinfo -V
Kernel compilation
==================
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
index d650ce36485..4d9b66d8b4d 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
@@ -286,7 +286,9 @@ X!Edrivers/pci/search.c
-->
!Edrivers/pci/msi.c
!Edrivers/pci/bus.c
-!Edrivers/pci/hotplug.c
+<!-- FIXME: Removed for now since no structured comments in source
+X!Edrivers/pci/hotplug.c
+-->
!Edrivers/pci/probe.c
!Edrivers/pci/rom.c
</sect1>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
index 375ae760dc1..d260d92089a 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
@@ -415,6 +415,362 @@ and other resources, etc.
</sect1>
</chapter>
+ <chapter id="libataEH">
+ <title>Error handling</title>
+
+ <para>
+ This chapter describes how errors are handled under libata.
+ Readers are advised to read SCSI EH
+ (Documentation/scsi/scsi_eh.txt) and ATA exceptions doc first.
+ </para>
+
+ <sect1><title>Origins of commands</title>
+ <para>
+ In libata, a command is represented with struct ata_queued_cmd
+ or qc. qc's are preallocated during port initialization and
+ repetitively used for command executions. Currently only one
+ qc is allocated per port but yet-to-be-merged NCQ branch
+ allocates one for each tag and maps each qc to NCQ tag 1-to-1.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ libata commands can originate from two sources - libata itself
+ and SCSI midlayer. libata internal commands are used for
+ initialization and error handling. All normal blk requests
+ and commands for SCSI emulation are passed as SCSI commands
+ through queuecommand callback of SCSI host template.
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1><title>How commands are issued</title>
+
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>Internal commands</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ First, qc is allocated and initialized using
+ ata_qc_new_init(). Although ata_qc_new_init() doesn't
+ implement any wait or retry mechanism when qc is not
+ available, internal commands are currently issued only during
+ initialization and error recovery, so no other command is
+ active and allocation is guaranteed to succeed.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Once allocated qc's taskfile is initialized for the command to
+ be executed. qc currently has two mechanisms to notify
+ completion. One is via qc->complete_fn() callback and the
+ other is completion qc->waiting. qc->complete_fn() callback
+ is the asynchronous path used by normal SCSI translated
+ commands and qc->waiting is the synchronous (issuer sleeps in
+ process context) path used by internal commands.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Once initialization is complete, host_set lock is acquired
+ and the qc is issued.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>SCSI commands</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ All libata drivers use ata_scsi_queuecmd() as
+ hostt->queuecommand callback. scmds can either be simulated
+ or translated. No qc is involved in processing a simulated
+ scmd. The result is computed right away and the scmd is
+ completed.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ For a translated scmd, ata_qc_new_init() is invoked to
+ allocate a qc and the scmd is translated into the qc. SCSI
+ midlayer's completion notification function pointer is stored
+ into qc->scsidone.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ qc->complete_fn() callback is used for completion
+ notification. ATA commands use ata_scsi_qc_complete() while
+ ATAPI commands use atapi_qc_complete(). Both functions end up
+ calling qc->scsidone to notify upper layer when the qc is
+ finished. After translation is completed, the qc is issued
+ with ata_qc_issue().
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Note that SCSI midlayer invokes hostt->queuecommand while
+ holding host_set lock, so all above occur while holding
+ host_set lock.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1><title>How commands are processed</title>
+ <para>
+ Depending on which protocol and which controller are used,
+ commands are processed differently. For the purpose of
+ discussion, a controller which uses taskfile interface and all
+ standard callbacks is assumed.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Currently 6 ATA command protocols are used. They can be
+ sorted into the following four categories according to how
+ they are processed.
+ </para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry><term>ATA NO DATA or DMA</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ ATA_PROT_NODATA and ATA_PROT_DMA fall into this category.
+ These types of commands don't require any software
+ intervention once issued. Device will raise interrupt on
+ completion.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>ATA PIO</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ ATA_PROT_PIO is in this category. libata currently
+ implements PIO with polling. ATA_NIEN bit is set to turn
+ off interrupt and pio_task on ata_wq performs polling and
+ IO.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>ATAPI NODATA or DMA</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ ATA_PROT_ATAPI_NODATA and ATA_PROT_ATAPI_DMA are in this
+ category. packet_task is used to poll BSY bit after
+ issuing PACKET command. Once BSY is turned off by the
+ device, packet_task transfers CDB and hands off processing
+ to interrupt handler.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>ATAPI PIO</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ ATA_PROT_ATAPI is in this category. ATA_NIEN bit is set
+ and, as in ATAPI NODATA or DMA, packet_task submits cdb.
+ However, after submitting cdb, further processing (data
+ transfer) is handed off to pio_task.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1><title>How commands are completed</title>
+ <para>
+ Once issued, all qc's are either completed with
+ ata_qc_complete() or time out. For commands which are handled
+ by interrupts, ata_host_intr() invokes ata_qc_complete(), and,
+ for PIO tasks, pio_task invokes ata_qc_complete(). In error
+ cases, packet_task may also complete commands.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ ata_qc_complete() does the following.
+ </para>
+
+ <orderedlist>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ DMA memory is unmapped.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ ATA_QCFLAG_ACTIVE is clared from qc->flags.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ qc->complete_fn() callback is invoked. If the return value of
+ the callback is not zero. Completion is short circuited and
+ ata_qc_complete() returns.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ __ata_qc_complete() is called, which does
+ <orderedlist>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ qc->flags is cleared to zero.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ ap->active_tag and qc->tag are poisoned.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ qc->waiting is claread &amp; completed (in that order).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ qc is deallocated by clearing appropriate bit in ap->qactive.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </orderedlist>
+
+ <para>
+ So, it basically notifies upper layer and deallocates qc. One
+ exception is short-circuit path in #3 which is used by
+ atapi_qc_complete().
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ For all non-ATAPI commands, whether it fails or not, almost
+ the same code path is taken and very little error handling
+ takes place. A qc is completed with success status if it
+ succeeded, with failed status otherwise.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ However, failed ATAPI commands require more handling as
+ REQUEST SENSE is needed to acquire sense data. If an ATAPI
+ command fails, ata_qc_complete() is invoked with error status,
+ which in turn invokes atapi_qc_complete() via
+ qc->complete_fn() callback.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ This makes atapi_qc_complete() set scmd->result to
+ SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION, complete the scmd and return 1. As
+ the sense data is empty but scmd->result is CHECK CONDITION,
+ SCSI midlayer will invoke EH for the scmd, and returning 1
+ makes ata_qc_complete() to return without deallocating the qc.
+ This leads us to ata_scsi_error() with partially completed qc.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1><title>ata_scsi_error()</title>
+ <para>
+ ata_scsi_error() is the current hostt->eh_strategy_handler()
+ for libata. As discussed above, this will be entered in two
+ cases - timeout and ATAPI error completion. This function
+ calls low level libata driver's eng_timeout() callback, the
+ standard callback for which is ata_eng_timeout(). It checks
+ if a qc is active and calls ata_qc_timeout() on the qc if so.
+ Actual error handling occurs in ata_qc_timeout().
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If EH is invoked for timeout, ata_qc_timeout() stops BMDMA and
+ completes the qc. Note that as we're currently in EH, we
+ cannot call scsi_done. As described in SCSI EH doc, a
+ recovered scmd should be either retried with
+ scsi_queue_insert() or finished with scsi_finish_command().
+ Here, we override qc->scsidone with scsi_finish_command() and
+ calls ata_qc_complete().
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If EH is invoked due to a failed ATAPI qc, the qc here is
+ completed but not deallocated. The purpose of this
+ half-completion is to use the qc as place holder to make EH
+ code reach this place. This is a bit hackish, but it works.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Once control reaches here, the qc is deallocated by invoking
+ __ata_qc_complete() explicitly. Then, internal qc for REQUEST
+ SENSE is issued. Once sense data is acquired, scmd is
+ finished by directly invoking scsi_finish_command() on the
+ scmd. Note that as we already have completed and deallocated
+ the qc which was associated with the scmd, we don't need
+ to/cannot call ata_qc_complete() again.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1><title>Problems with the current EH</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Error representation is too crude. Currently any and all
+ error conditions are represented with ATA STATUS and ERROR
+ registers. Errors which aren't ATA device errors are treated
+ as ATA device errors by setting ATA_ERR bit. Better error
+ descriptor which can properly represent ATA and other
+ errors/exceptions is needed.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ When handling timeouts, no action is taken to make device
+ forget about the timed out command and ready for new commands.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ EH handling via ata_scsi_error() is not properly protected
+ from usual command processing. On EH entrance, the device is
+ not in quiescent state. Timed out commands may succeed or
+ fail any time. pio_task and atapi_task may still be running.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Too weak error recovery. Devices / controllers causing HSM
+ mismatch errors and other errors quite often require reset to
+ return to known state. Also, advanced error handling is
+ necessary to support features like NCQ and hotplug.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ ATA errors are directly handled in the interrupt handler and
+ PIO errors in pio_task. This is problematic for advanced
+ error handling for the following reasons.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ First, advanced error handling often requires context and
+ internal qc execution.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Second, even a simple failure (say, CRC error) needs
+ information gathering and could trigger complex error handling
+ (say, resetting &amp; reconfiguring). Having multiple code
+ paths to gather information, enter EH and trigger actions
+ makes life painful.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Third, scattered EH code makes implementing low level drivers
+ difficult. Low level drivers override libata callbacks. If
+ EH is scattered over several places, each affected callbacks
+ should perform its part of error handling. This can be error
+ prone and painful.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </sect1>
+ </chapter>
+
<chapter id="libataExt">
<title>libata Library</title>
!Edrivers/scsi/libata-core.c
@@ -431,6 +787,722 @@ and other resources, etc.
!Idrivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c
</chapter>
+ <chapter id="ataExceptions">
+ <title>ATA errors &amp; exceptions</title>
+
+ <para>
+ This chapter tries to identify what error/exception conditions exist
+ for ATA/ATAPI devices and describe how they should be handled in
+ implementation-neutral way.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The term 'error' is used to describe conditions where either an
+ explicit error condition is reported from device or a command has
+ timed out.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The term 'exception' is either used to describe exceptional
+ conditions which are not errors (say, power or hotplug events), or
+ to describe both errors and non-error exceptional conditions. Where
+ explicit distinction between error and exception is necessary, the
+ term 'non-error exception' is used.
+ </para>
+
+ <sect1 id="excat">
+ <title>Exception categories</title>
+ <para>
+ Exceptions are described primarily with respect to legacy
+ taskfile + bus master IDE interface. If a controller provides
+ other better mechanism for error reporting, mapping those into
+ categories described below shouldn't be difficult.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ In the following sections, two recovery actions - reset and
+ reconfiguring transport - are mentioned. These are described
+ further in <xref linkend="exrec"/>.
+ </para>
+
+ <sect2 id="excatHSMviolation">
+ <title>HSM violation</title>
+ <para>
+ This error is indicated when STATUS value doesn't match HSM
+ requirement during issuing or excution any ATA/ATAPI command.
+ </para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ ATA_STATUS doesn't contain !BSY &amp;&amp; DRDY &amp;&amp; !DRQ while trying
+ to issue a command.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ !BSY &amp;&amp; !DRQ during PIO data transfer.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ DRQ on command completion.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ !BSY &amp;&amp; ERR after CDB tranfer starts but before the
+ last byte of CDB is transferred. ATA/ATAPI standard states
+ that &quot;The device shall not terminate the PACKET command
+ with an error before the last byte of the command packet has
+ been written&quot; in the error outputs description of PACKET
+ command and the state diagram doesn't include such
+ transitions.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>
+ In these cases, HSM is violated and not much information
+ regarding the error can be acquired from STATUS or ERROR
+ register. IOW, this error can be anything - driver bug,
+ faulty device, controller and/or cable.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ As HSM is violated, reset is necessary to restore known state.
+ Reconfiguring transport for lower speed might be helpful too
+ as transmission errors sometimes cause this kind of errors.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="excatDevErr">
+ <title>ATA/ATAPI device error (non-NCQ / non-CHECK CONDITION)</title>
+
+ <para>
+ These are errors detected and reported by ATA/ATAPI devices
+ indicating device problems. For this type of errors, STATUS
+ and ERROR register values are valid and describe error
+ condition. Note that some of ATA bus errors are detected by
+ ATA/ATAPI devices and reported using the same mechanism as
+ device errors. Those cases are described later in this
+ section.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ For ATA commands, this type of errors are indicated by !BSY
+ &amp;&amp; ERR during command execution and on completion.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>For ATAPI commands,</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ !BSY &amp;&amp; ERR &amp;&amp; ABRT right after issuing PACKET
+ indicates that PACKET command is not supported and falls in
+ this category.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ !BSY &amp;&amp; ERR(==CHK) &amp;&amp; !ABRT after the last
+ byte of CDB is transferred indicates CHECK CONDITION and
+ doesn't fall in this category.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ !BSY &amp;&amp; ERR(==CHK) &amp;&amp; ABRT after the last byte
+ of CDB is transferred *probably* indicates CHECK CONDITION and
+ doesn't fall in this category.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>
+ Of errors detected as above, the followings are not ATA/ATAPI
+ device errors but ATA bus errors and should be handled
+ according to <xref linkend="excatATAbusErr"/>.
+ </para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>CRC error during data transfer</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This is indicated by ICRC bit in the ERROR register and
+ means that corruption occurred during data transfer. Upto
+ ATA/ATAPI-7, the standard specifies that this bit is only
+ applicable to UDMA transfers but ATA/ATAPI-8 draft revision
+ 1f says that the bit may be applicable to multiword DMA and
+ PIO.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>ABRT error during data transfer or on completion</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Upto ATA/ATAPI-7, the standard specifies that ABRT could be
+ set on ICRC errors and on cases where a device is not able
+ to complete a command. Combined with the fact that MWDMA
+ and PIO transfer errors aren't allowed to use ICRC bit upto
+ ATA/ATAPI-7, it seems to imply that ABRT bit alone could
+ indicate tranfer errors.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ However, ATA/ATAPI-8 draft revision 1f removes the part
+ that ICRC errors can turn on ABRT. So, this is kind of
+ gray area. Some heuristics are needed here.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ ATA/ATAPI device errors can be further categorized as follows.
+ </para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Media errors</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This is indicated by UNC bit in the ERROR register. ATA
+ devices reports UNC error only after certain number of
+ retries cannot recover the data, so there's nothing much
+ else to do other than notifying upper layer.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ READ and WRITE commands report CHS or LBA of the first
+ failed sector but ATA/ATAPI standard specifies that the
+ amount of transferred data on error completion is
+ indeterminate, so we cannot assume that sectors preceding
+ the failed sector have been transferred and thus cannot
+ complete those sectors successfully as SCSI does.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Media changed / media change requested error</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ &lt;&lt;TODO: fill here&gt;&gt;
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>Address error</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This is indicated by IDNF bit in the ERROR register.
+ Report to upper layer.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>Other errors</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This can be invalid command or parameter indicated by ABRT
+ ERROR bit or some other error condition. Note that ABRT
+ bit can indicate a lot of things including ICRC and Address
+ errors. Heuristics needed.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ Depending on commands, not all STATUS/ERROR bits are
+ applicable. These non-applicable bits are marked with
+ &quot;na&quot; in the output descriptions but upto ATA/ATAPI-7
+ no definition of &quot;na&quot; can be found. However,
+ ATA/ATAPI-8 draft revision 1f describes &quot;N/A&quot; as
+ follows.
+ </para>
+
+ <blockquote>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry><term>3.2.3.3a N/A</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ A keyword the indicates a field has no defined value in
+ this standard and should not be checked by the host or
+ device. N/A fields should be cleared to zero.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </blockquote>
+
+ <para>
+ So, it seems reasonable to assume that &quot;na&quot; bits are
+ cleared to zero by devices and thus need no explicit masking.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="excatATAPIcc">
+ <title>ATAPI device CHECK CONDITION</title>
+
+ <para>
+ ATAPI device CHECK CONDITION error is indicated by set CHK bit
+ (ERR bit) in the STATUS register after the last byte of CDB is
+ transferred for a PACKET command. For this kind of errors,
+ sense data should be acquired to gather information regarding
+ the errors. REQUEST SENSE packet command should be used to
+ acquire sense data.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Once sense data is acquired, this type of errors can be
+ handled similary to other SCSI errors. Note that sense data
+ may indicate ATA bus error (e.g. Sense Key 04h HARDWARE ERROR
+ &amp;&amp; ASC/ASCQ 47h/00h SCSI PARITY ERROR). In such
+ cases, the error should be considered as an ATA bus error and
+ handled according to <xref linkend="excatATAbusErr"/>.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="excatNCQerr">
+ <title>ATA device error (NCQ)</title>
+
+ <para>
+ NCQ command error is indicated by cleared BSY and set ERR bit
+ during NCQ command phase (one or more NCQ commands
+ outstanding). Although STATUS and ERROR registers will
+ contain valid values describing the error, READ LOG EXT is
+ required to clear the error condition, determine which command
+ has failed and acquire more information.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ READ LOG EXT Log Page 10h reports which tag has failed and
+ taskfile register values describing the error. With this
+ information the failed command can be handled as a normal ATA
+ command error as in <xref linkend="excatDevErr"/> and all
+ other in-flight commands must be retried. Note that this
+ retry should not be counted - it's likely that commands
+ retried this way would have completed normally if it were not
+ for the failed command.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Note that ATA bus errors can be reported as ATA device NCQ
+ errors. This should be handled as described in <xref
+ linkend="excatATAbusErr"/>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ If READ LOG EXT Log Page 10h fails or reports NQ, we're
+ thoroughly screwed. This condition should be treated
+ according to <xref linkend="excatHSMviolation"/>.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="excatATAbusErr">
+ <title>ATA bus error</title>
+
+ <para>
+ ATA bus error means that data corruption occurred during
+ transmission over ATA bus (SATA or PATA). This type of errors
+ can be indicated by
+ </para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ ICRC or ABRT error as described in <xref linkend="excatDevErr"/>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Controller-specific error completion with error information
+ indicating transmission error.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ On some controllers, command timeout. In this case, there may
+ be a mechanism to determine that the timeout is due to
+ transmission error.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Unknown/random errors, timeouts and all sorts of weirdities.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>
+ As described above, transmission errors can cause wide variety
+ of symptoms ranging from device ICRC error to random device
+ lockup, and, for many cases, there is no way to tell if an
+ error condition is due to transmission error or not;
+ therefore, it's necessary to employ some kind of heuristic
+ when dealing with errors and timeouts. For example,
+ encountering repetitive ABRT errors for known supported
+ command is likely to indicate ATA bus error.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Once it's determined that ATA bus errors have possibly
+ occurred, lowering ATA bus transmission speed is one of
+ actions which may alleviate the problem. See <xref
+ linkend="exrecReconf"/> for more information.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="excatPCIbusErr">
+ <title>PCI bus error</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Data corruption or other failures during transmission over PCI
+ (or other system bus). For standard BMDMA, this is indicated
+ by Error bit in the BMDMA Status register. This type of
+ errors must be logged as it indicates something is very wrong
+ with the system. Resetting host controller is recommended.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="excatLateCompletion">
+ <title>Late completion</title>
+
+ <para>
+ This occurs when timeout occurs and the timeout handler finds
+ out that the timed out command has completed successfully or
+ with error. This is usually caused by lost interrupts. This
+ type of errors must be logged. Resetting host controller is
+ recommended.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="excatUnknown">
+ <title>Unknown error (timeout)</title>
+
+ <para>
+ This is when timeout occurs and the command is still
+ processing or the host and device are in unknown state. When
+ this occurs, HSM could be in any valid or invalid state. To
+ bring the device to known state and make it forget about the
+ timed out command, resetting is necessary. The timed out
+ command may be retried.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Timeouts can also be caused by transmission errors. Refer to
+ <xref linkend="excatATAbusErr"/> for more details.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="excatHoplugPM">
+ <title>Hotplug and power management exceptions</title>
+
+ <para>
+ &lt;&lt;TODO: fill here&gt;&gt;
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="exrec">
+ <title>EH recovery actions</title>
+
+ <para>
+ This section discusses several important recovery actions.
+ </para>
+
+ <sect2 id="exrecClr">
+ <title>Clearing error condition</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Many controllers require its error registers to be cleared by
+ error handler. Different controllers may have different
+ requirements.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ For SATA, it's strongly recommended to clear at least SError
+ register during error handling.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="exrecRst">
+ <title>Reset</title>
+
+ <para>
+ During EH, resetting is necessary in the following cases.
+ </para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ HSM is in unknown or invalid state
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ HBA is in unknown or invalid state
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ EH needs to make HBA/device forget about in-flight commands
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ HBA/device behaves weirdly
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>
+ Resetting during EH might be a good idea regardless of error
+ condition to improve EH robustness. Whether to reset both or
+ either one of HBA and device depends on situation but the
+ following scheme is recommended.
+ </para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ When it's known that HBA is in ready state but ATA/ATAPI
+ device in in unknown state, reset only device.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ If HBA is in unknown state, reset both HBA and device.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>
+ HBA resetting is implementation specific. For a controller
+ complying to taskfile/BMDMA PCI IDE, stopping active DMA
+ transaction may be sufficient iff BMDMA state is the only HBA
+ context. But even mostly taskfile/BMDMA PCI IDE complying
+ controllers may have implementation specific requirements and
+ mechanism to reset themselves. This must be addressed by
+ specific drivers.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ OTOH, ATA/ATAPI standard describes in detail ways to reset
+ ATA/ATAPI devices.
+ </para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>PATA hardware reset</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This is hardware initiated device reset signalled with
+ asserted PATA RESET- signal. There is no standard way to
+ initiate hardware reset from software although some
+ hardware provides registers that allow driver to directly
+ tweak the RESET- signal.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>Software reset</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This is achieved by turning CONTROL SRST bit on for at
+ least 5us. Both PATA and SATA support it but, in case of
+ SATA, this may require controller-specific support as the
+ second Register FIS to clear SRST should be transmitted
+ while BSY bit is still set. Note that on PATA, this resets
+ both master and slave devices on a channel.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>EXECUTE DEVICE DIAGNOSTIC command</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Although ATA/ATAPI standard doesn't describe exactly, EDD
+ implies some level of resetting, possibly similar level
+ with software reset. Host-side EDD protocol can be handled
+ with normal command processing and most SATA controllers
+ should be able to handle EDD's just like other commands.
+ As in software reset, EDD affects both devices on a PATA
+ bus.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Although EDD does reset devices, this doesn't suit error
+ handling as EDD cannot be issued while BSY is set and it's
+ unclear how it will act when device is in unknown/weird
+ state.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>ATAPI DEVICE RESET command</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This is very similar to software reset except that reset
+ can be restricted to the selected device without affecting
+ the other device sharing the cable.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>SATA phy reset</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This is the preferred way of resetting a SATA device. In
+ effect, it's identical to PATA hardware reset. Note that
+ this can be done with the standard SCR Control register.
+ As such, it's usually easier to implement than software
+ reset.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ One more thing to consider when resetting devices is that
+ resetting clears certain configuration parameters and they
+ need to be set to their previous or newly adjusted values
+ after reset.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Parameters affected are.
+ </para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ CHS set up with INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETERS (seldomly used)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Parameters set with SET FEATURES including transfer mode setting
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Block count set with SET MULTIPLE MODE
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Other parameters (SET MAX, MEDIA LOCK...)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>
+ ATA/ATAPI standard specifies that some parameters must be
+ maintained across hardware or software reset, but doesn't
+ strictly specify all of them. Always reconfiguring needed
+ parameters after reset is required for robustness. Note that
+ this also applies when resuming from deep sleep (power-off).
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Also, ATA/ATAPI standard requires that IDENTIFY DEVICE /
+ IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE is issued after any configuration
+ parameter is updated or a hardware reset and the result used
+ for further operation. OS driver is required to implement
+ revalidation mechanism to support this.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="exrecReconf">
+ <title>Reconfigure transport</title>
+
+ <para>
+ For both PATA and SATA, a lot of corners are cut for cheap
+ connectors, cables or controllers and it's quite common to see
+ high transmission error rate. This can be mitigated by
+ lowering transmission speed.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The following is a possible scheme Jeff Garzik suggested.
+ </para>
+
+ <blockquote>
+ <para>
+ If more than $N (3?) transmission errors happen in 15 minutes,
+ </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ if SATA, decrease SATA PHY speed. if speed cannot be decreased,
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ decrease UDMA xfer speed. if at UDMA0, switch to PIO4,
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ decrease PIO xfer speed. if at PIO3, complain, but continue
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </blockquote>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ </sect1>
+
+ </chapter>
+
<chapter id="PiixInt">
<title>ata_piix Internals</title>
!Idrivers/scsi/ata_piix.c
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl
index 705c442c7bf..15ce0f21e5e 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/usb.tmpl
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
!Edrivers/usb/core/hcd.c
!Edrivers/usb/core/hcd-pci.c
-!Edrivers/usb/core/buffer.c
+!Idrivers/usb/core/buffer.c
</chapter>
<chapter>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/writing_usb_driver.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/writing_usb_driver.tmpl
index 51f3bfb6fb6..008a341234d 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/writing_usb_driver.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/writing_usb_driver.tmpl
@@ -345,8 +345,7 @@ if (!retval) {
<programlisting>
static inline void skel_delete (struct usb_skel *dev)
{
- if (dev->bulk_in_buffer != NULL)
- kfree (dev->bulk_in_buffer);
+ kfree (dev->bulk_in_buffer);
if (dev->bulk_out_buffer != NULL)
usb_buffer_free (dev->udev, dev->bulk_out_size,
dev->bulk_out_buffer,
diff --git a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
index 6dd274d7e1c..2d65c218216 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt
@@ -906,9 +906,20 @@ Aside:
4. The I/O scheduler
-I/O schedulers are now per queue. They should be runtime switchable and modular
-but aren't yet. Jens has most bits to do this, but the sysfs implementation is
-missing.
+I/O scheduler, a.k.a. elevator, is implemented in two layers. Generic dispatch
+queue and specific I/O schedulers. Unless stated otherwise, elevator is used
+to refer to both parts and I/O scheduler to specific I/O schedulers.
+
+Block layer implements generic dispatch queue in ll_rw_blk.c and elevator.c.
+The generic dispatch queue is responsible for properly ordering barrier
+requests, requeueing, handling non-fs requests and all other subtleties.
+
+Specific I/O schedulers are responsible for ordering normal filesystem
+requests. They can also choose to delay certain requests to improve
+throughput or whatever purpose. As the plural form indicates, there are
+multiple I/O schedulers. They can be built as modules but at least one should
+be built inside the kernel. Each queue can choose different one and can also
+change to another one dynamically.
A block layer call to the i/o scheduler follows the convention elv_xxx(). This
calls elevator_xxx_fn in the elevator switch (drivers/block/elevator.c). Oh,
@@ -921,44 +932,36 @@ keeping work.
The functions an elevator may implement are: (* are mandatory)
elevator_merge_fn called to query requests for merge with a bio
-elevator_merge_req_fn " " " with another request
+elevator_merge_req_fn called when two requests get merged. the one
+ which gets merged into the other one will be
+ never seen by I/O scheduler again. IOW, after
+ being merged, the request is gone.
elevator_merged_fn called when a request in the scheduler has been
involved in a merge. It is used in the deadline
scheduler for example, to reposition the request
if its sorting order has changed.
-*elevator_next_req_fn returns the next scheduled request, or NULL
- if there are none (or none are ready).
+elevator_dispatch_fn fills the dispatch queue with ready requests.
+ I/O schedulers are free to postpone requests by
+ not filling the dispatch queue unless @force
+ is non-zero. Once dispatched, I/O schedulers
+ are not allowed to manipulate the requests -
+ they belong to generic dispatch queue.
-*elevator_add_req_fn called to add a new request into the scheduler
+elevator_add_req_fn called to add a new request into the scheduler
elevator_queue_empty_fn returns true if the merge queue is empty.
Drivers shouldn't use this, but rather check
if elv_next_request is NULL (without losing the
request if one exists!)
-elevator_remove_req_fn This is called when a driver claims ownership of
- the target request - it now belongs to the
- driver. It must not be modified or merged.
- Drivers must not lose the request! A subsequent
- call of elevator_next_req_fn must return the
- _next_ request.
-
-elevator_requeue_req_fn called to add a request to the scheduler. This
- is used when the request has alrnadebeen
- returned by elv_next_request, but hasn't
- completed. If this is not implemented then
- elevator_add_req_fn is called instead.
-
elevator_former_req_fn
elevator_latter_req_fn These return the request before or after the
one specified in disk sort order. Used by the
block layer to find merge possibilities.
-elevator_completed_req_fn called when a request is completed. This might
- come about due to being merged with another or
- when the device completes the request.
+elevator_completed_req_fn called when a request is completed.
elevator_may_queue_fn returns true if the scheduler wants to allow the
current context to queue a new request even if
@@ -967,13 +970,33 @@ elevator_may_queue_fn returns true if the scheduler wants to allow the
elevator_set_req_fn
elevator_put_req_fn Must be used to allocate and free any elevator
- specific storate for a request.
+ specific storage for a request.
+
+elevator_activate_req_fn Called when device driver first sees a request.
+ I/O schedulers can use this callback to
+ determine when actual execution of a request
+ starts.
+elevator_deactivate_req_fn Called when device driver decides to delay
+ a request by requeueing it.
elevator_init_fn
elevator_exit_fn Allocate and free any elevator specific storage
for a queue.
-4.2 I/O scheduler implementation
+4.2 Request flows seen by I/O schedulers
+All requests seens by I/O schedulers strictly follow one of the following three
+flows.
+
+ set_req_fn ->
+
+ i. add_req_fn -> (merged_fn ->)* -> dispatch_fn -> activate_req_fn ->
+ (deactivate_req_fn -> activate_req_fn ->)* -> completed_req_fn
+ ii. add_req_fn -> (merged_fn ->)* -> merge_req_fn
+ iii. [none]
+
+ -> put_req_fn
+
+4.3 I/O scheduler implementation
The generic i/o scheduler algorithm attempts to sort/merge/batch requests for
optimal disk scan and request servicing performance (based on generic
principles and device capabilities), optimized for:
@@ -993,18 +1016,7 @@ request in sort order to prevent binary tree lookups.
This arrangement is not a generic block layer characteristic however, so
elevators may implement queues as they please.
-ii. Last merge hint
-The last merge hint is part of the generic queue layer. I/O schedulers must do
-some management on it. For the most part, the most important thing is to make
-sure q->last_merge is cleared (set to NULL) when the request on it is no longer
-a candidate for merging (for example if it has been sent to the driver).
-
-The last merge performed is cached as a hint for the subsequent request. If
-sequential data is being submitted, the hint is used to perform merges without
-any scanning. This is not sufficient when there are multiple processes doing
-I/O though, so a "merge hash" is used by some schedulers.
-
-iii. Merge hash
+ii. Merge hash
AS and deadline use a hash table indexed by the last sector of a request. This
enables merging code to quickly look up "back merge" candidates, even when
multiple I/O streams are being performed at once on one disk.
@@ -1013,29 +1025,8 @@ multiple I/O streams are being performed at once on one disk.
are far less common than "back merges" due to the nature of most I/O patterns.
Front merges are handled by the binary trees in AS and deadline schedulers.
-iv. Handling barrier cases
-A request with flags REQ_HARDBARRIER or REQ_SOFTBARRIER must not be ordered
-around. That is, they must be processed after all older requests, and before
-any newer ones. This includes merges!
-
-In AS and deadline schedulers, barriers have the effect of flushing the reorder
-queue. The performance cost of this will vary from nothing to a lot depending
-on i/o patterns and device characteristics. Obviously they won't improve
-performance, so their use should be kept to a minimum.
-
-v. Handling insertion position directives
-A request may be inserted with a position directive. The directives are one of
-ELEVATOR_INSERT_BACK, ELEVATOR_INSERT_FRONT, ELEVATOR_INSERT_SORT.
-
-ELEVATOR_INSERT_SORT is a general directive for non-barrier requests.
-ELEVATOR_INSERT_BACK is used to insert a barrier to the back of the queue.
-ELEVATOR_INSERT_FRONT is used to insert a barrier to the front of the queue, and
-overrides the ordering requested by any previous barriers. In practice this is
-harmless and required, because it is used for SCSI requeueing. This does not
-require flushing the reorder queue, so does not impose a performance penalty.
-
-vi. Plugging the queue to batch requests in anticipation of opportunities for
- merge/sort optimizations
+iii. Plugging the queue to batch requests in anticipation of opportunities for
+ merge/sort optimizations
This is just the same as in 2.4 so far, though per-device unplugging
support is anticipated for 2.5. Also with a priority-based i/o scheduler,
@@ -1069,7 +1060,7 @@ Aside:
blk_kick_queue() to unplug a specific queue (right away ?)
or optionally, all queues, is in the plan.
-4.3 I/O contexts
+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
diff --git a/Documentation/cachetlb.txt b/Documentation/cachetlb.txt
index e132fb1163b..7eb715e07ed 100644
--- a/Documentation/cachetlb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cachetlb.txt
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ changes occur:
page table operations such as what happens during
fork, and exec.
- Platform developers note that generic code will always
- invoke this interface without mm->page_table_lock held.
-
3) void flush_tlb_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
@@ -72,9 +69,6 @@ changes occur:
call flush_tlb_page (see below) for each entry which may be
modified.
- Platform developers note that generic code will always
- invoke this interface with mm->page_table_lock held.
-
4) void flush_tlb_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
This time we need to remove the PAGE_SIZE sized translation
@@ -93,9 +87,6 @@ changes occur:
This is used primarily during fault processing.
- Platform developers note that generic code will always
- invoke this interface with mm->page_table_lock held.
-
5) void flush_tlb_pgtables(struct mm_struct *mm,
unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-model/driver.txt b/Documentation/driver-model/driver.txt
index fabaca1ab1b..59806c9761f 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-model/driver.txt
+++ b/Documentation/driver-model/driver.txt
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ struct device_driver {
int (*probe) (struct device * dev);
int (*remove) (struct device * dev);
- int (*suspend) (struct device * dev, pm_message_t state, u32 level);
- int (*resume) (struct device * dev, u32 level);
+ int (*suspend) (struct device * dev, pm_message_t state);
+ int (*resume) (struct device * dev);
};
@@ -194,69 +194,13 @@ device; i.e. anything in the device's driver_data field.
If the device is still present, it should quiesce the device and place
it into a supported low-power state.
- int (*suspend) (struct device * dev, pm_message_t state, u32 level);
+ int (*suspend) (struct device * dev, pm_message_t state);
-suspend is called to put the device in a low power state. There are
-several stages to successfully suspending a device, which is denoted in
-the @level parameter. Breaking the suspend transition into several
-stages affords the platform flexibility in performing device power
-management based on the requirements of the system and the
-user-defined policy.
+suspend is called to put the device in a low power state.
-SUSPEND_NOTIFY notifies the device that a suspend transition is about
-to happen. This happens on system power state transitions to verify
-that all devices can successfully suspend.
+ int (*resume) (struct device * dev);
-A driver may choose to fail on this call, which should cause the
-entire suspend transition to fail. A driver should fail only if it
-knows that the device will not be able to be resumed properly when the
-system wakes up again. It could also fail if it somehow determines it
-is in the middle of an operation too important to stop.
-
-SUSPEND_DISABLE tells the device to stop I/O transactions. When it
-stops transactions, or what it should do with unfinished transactions
-is a policy of the driver. After this call, the driver should not
-accept any other I/O requests.
-
-SUSPEND_SAVE_STATE tells the device to save the context of the
-hardware. This includes any bus-specific hardware state and
-device-specific hardware state. A pointer to this saved state can be
-stored in the device's saved_state field.
-
-SUSPEND_POWER_DOWN tells the driver to place the device in the low
-power state requested.
-
-Whether suspend is called with a given level is a policy of the
-platform. Some levels may be omitted; drivers must not assume the
-reception of any level. However, all levels must be called in the
-order above; i.e. notification will always come before disabling;
-disabling the device will come before suspending the device.
-
-All calls are made with interrupts enabled, except for the
-SUSPEND_POWER_DOWN level.
-
- int (*resume) (struct device * dev, u32 level);
-
-Resume is used to bring a device back from a low power state. Like the
-suspend transition, it happens in several stages.
-
-RESUME_POWER_ON tells the driver to set the power state to the state
-before the suspend call (The device could have already been in a low
-power state before the suspend call to put in a lower power state).
-
-RESUME_RESTORE_STATE tells the driver to restore the state saved by
-the SUSPEND_SAVE_STATE suspend call.
-
-RESUME_ENABLE tells the driver to start accepting I/O transactions
-again. Depending on driver policy, the device may already have pending
-I/O requests.
-
-RESUME_POWER_ON is called with interrupts disabled. The other resume
-levels are called with interrupts enabled.
-
-As with the various suspend stages, the driver must not assume that
-any other resume calls have been or will be made. Each call should be
-self-contained and not dependent on any external state.
+Resume is used to bring a device back from a low power state.
Attributes
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-model/porting.txt b/Documentation/driver-model/porting.txt
index ff2fef2107f..98b233cb8b3 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-model/porting.txt
+++ b/Documentation/driver-model/porting.txt
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ When a driver is registered, the bus's list of devices is iterated
over. bus->match() is called for each device that is not already
claimed by a driver.
-When a device is successfully bound to a device, device->driver is
+When a device is successfully bound to a driver, device->driver is
set, the device is added to a per-driver list of devices, and a
symlink is created in the driver's sysfs directory that points to the
device's physical directory:
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/it87 b/Documentation/hwmon/it87
index 0d0195040d8..7f42e441c64 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/it87
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/it87
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@ Kernel driver it87
Supported chips:
* IT8705F
Prefix: 'it87'
- Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space, or default ISA 0x290 (8 I/O ports)
+ Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports)
Datasheet: Publicly available at the ITE website
http://www.ite.com.tw/
* IT8712F
Prefix: 'it8712'
Addresses scanned: I2C 0x28 - 0x2f
- from Super I/O config space, or default ISA 0x290 (8 I/O ports)
+ from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports)
Datasheet: Publicly available at the ITE website
http://www.ite.com.tw/
* SiS950 [clone of IT8705F]
- Prefix: 'sis950'
- Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space, or default ISA 0x290 (8 I/O ports)
+ Prefix: 'it87'
+ Addresses scanned: from Super I/O config space (8 I/O ports)
Datasheet: No longer be available
Author: Christophe Gauthron <chrisg@0-in.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/lm90 b/Documentation/hwmon/lm90
index 2c4cf39471f..438cb24cee5 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/lm90
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/lm90
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ Supported chips:
http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM86.html
* Analog Devices ADM1032
Prefix: 'adm1032'
- Addresses scanned: I2C 0x4c
+ Addresses scanned: I2C 0x4c and 0x4d
Datasheet: Publicly available at the Analog Devices website
- http://products.analog.com/products/info.asp?product=ADM1032
+ http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,ADM1032,00.html
* Analog Devices ADT7461
Prefix: 'adt7461'
- Addresses scanned: I2C 0x4c
+ Addresses scanned: I2C 0x4c and 0x4d
Datasheet: Publicly available at the Analog Devices website
- http://products.analog.com/products/info.asp?product=ADT7461
+ http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,ADT7461,00.html
Note: Only if in ADM1032 compatibility mode
* Maxim MAX6657
Prefix: 'max6657'
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ increased resolution of the remote temperature measurement.
The different chipsets of the family are not strictly identical, although
very similar. This driver doesn't handle any specific feature for now,
-but could if there ever was a need for it. For reference, here comes a
-non-exhaustive list of specific features:
+with the exception of SMBus PEC. For reference, here comes a non-exhaustive
+list of specific features:
LM90:
* Filter and alert configuration register at 0xBF.
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ ADM1032:
* Conversion averaging.
* Up to 64 conversions/s.
* ALERT is triggered by open remote sensor.
+ * SMBus PEC support for Write Byte and Receive Byte transactions.
ADT7461
* Extended temperature range (breaks compatibility)
@@ -119,3 +120,37 @@ The lm90 driver will not update its values more frequently than every
other second; reading them more often will do no harm, but will return
'old' values.
+PEC Support
+-----------
+
+The ADM1032 is the only chip of the family which supports PEC. It does
+not support PEC on all transactions though, so some care must be taken.
+
+When reading a register value, the PEC byte is computed and sent by the
+ADM1032 chip. However, in the case of a combined transaction (SMBus Read
+Byte), the ADM1032 computes the CRC value over only the second half of
+the message rather than its entirety, because it thinks the first half
+of the message belongs to a different transaction. As a result, the CRC
+value differs from what the SMBus master expects, and all reads fail.
+
+For this reason, the lm90 driver will enable PEC for the ADM1032 only if
+the bus supports the SMBus Send Byte and Receive Byte transaction types.
+These transactions will be used to read register values, instead of
+SMBus Read Byte, and PEC will work properly.
+
+Additionally, the ADM1032 doesn't support SMBus Send Byte with PEC.
+Instead, it will try to write the PEC value to the register (because the
+SMBus Send Byte transaction with PEC is similar to a Write Byte transaction
+without PEC), which is not what we want. Thus, PEC is explicitely disabled
+on SMBus Send Byte transactions in the lm90 driver.
+
+PEC on byte data transactions represents a significant increase in bandwidth
+usage (+33% for writes, +25% for reads) in normal conditions. With the need
+to use two SMBus transaction for reads, this overhead jumps to +50%. Worse,
+two transactions will typically mean twice as much delay waiting for
+transaction completion, effectively doubling the register cache refresh time.
+I guess reliability comes at a price, but it's quite expensive this time.
+
+So, as not everyone might enjoy the slowdown, PEC can be disabled through
+sysfs. Just write 0 to the "pec" file and PEC will be disabled. Write 1
+to that file to enable PEC again.
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/smsc47b397 b/Documentation/hwmon/smsc47b397
index da9d80c9643..20682f15ae4 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/smsc47b397
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/smsc47b397
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Kernel driver smsc47b397
Supported chips:
* SMSC LPC47B397-NC
+ * SMSC SCH5307-NS
Prefix: 'smsc47b397'
Addresses scanned: none, address read from Super I/O config space
Datasheet: In this file
@@ -12,11 +13,14 @@ Authors: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
November 23, 2004
-The following specification describes the SMSC LPC47B397-NC sensor chip
+The following specification describes the SMSC LPC47B397-NC[1] sensor chip
(for which there is no public datasheet available). This document was
provided by Craig Kelly (In-Store Broadcast Network) and edited/corrected
by Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>.
+[1] And SMSC SCH5307-NS, which has a different device ID but is otherwise
+compatible.
+
* * * * *
Methods for detecting the HP SIO and reading the thermal data on a dc7100.
@@ -127,7 +131,7 @@ OUT DX,AL
The registers of interest for identifying the SIO on the dc7100 are Device ID
(0x20) and Device Rev (0x21).
-The Device ID will read 0X6F
+The Device ID will read 0x6F (for SCH5307-NS, 0x81)
The Device Rev currently reads 0x01
Obtaining the HWM Base Address.
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/smsc47m1 b/Documentation/hwmon/smsc47m1
index 34e6478c142..c15bbe68264 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/smsc47m1
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/smsc47m1
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ Supported chips:
http://www.smsc.com/main/datasheets/47m14x.pdf
http://www.smsc.com/main/tools/discontinued/47m15x.pdf
http://www.smsc.com/main/datasheets/47m192.pdf
+ * SMSC LPC47M997
+ Addresses scanned: none, address read from Super I/O config space
+ Prefix: 'smsc47m1'
+ Datasheet: none
Authors:
Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com>,
@@ -30,6 +34,9 @@ The 47M15x and 47M192 chips contain a full 'hardware monitoring block'
in addition to the fan monitoring and control. The hardware monitoring
block is not supported by the driver.
+No documentation is available for the 47M997, but it has the same device
+ID as the 47M15x and 47M192 chips and seems to be compatible.
+
Fan rotation speeds are reported in RPM (rotations per minute). An alarm is
triggered if the rotation speed has dropped below a programmable limit. Fan
readings can be divided by a programmable divider (1, 2, 4 or 8) to give
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface
index 346400519d0..764cdc5480e 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface
@@ -272,3 +272,6 @@ beep_mask Bitmask for beep.
eeprom Raw EEPROM data in binary form.
Read only.
+
+pec Enable or disable PEC (SMBus only)
+ Read/Write
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/via686a b/Documentation/hwmon/via686a
index b82014cb7c5..a936fb3824b 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/via686a
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/via686a
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ Authors:
Module Parameters
-----------------
-force_addr=0xaddr Set the I/O base address. Useful for Asus A7V boards
- that don't set the address in the BIOS. Does not do a
+force_addr=0xaddr Set the I/O base address. Useful for boards that
+ don't set the address in the BIOS. Look for a BIOS
+ upgrade before resorting to this. Does not do a
PCI force; the via686a must still be present in lspci.
Don't use this unless the driver complains that the
base address is not set.
@@ -63,3 +64,15 @@ miss once-only alarms.
The driver only updates its values each 1.5 seconds; reading it more often
will do no harm, but will return 'old' values.
+
+Known Issues
+------------
+
+This driver handles sensors integrated in some VIA south bridges. It is
+possible that a motherboard maker used a VT82C686A/B chip as part of a
+product design but was not interested in its hardware monitoring features,
+in which case the sensor inputs will not be wired. This is the case of
+the Asus K7V, A7V and A7V133 motherboards, to name only a few of them.
+So, if you need the force_addr parameter, and end up with values which
+don't seem to make any sense, don't look any further: your chip is simply
+not wired for hardware monitoring.
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i810 b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i810
index 0544eb33288..83c3b9743c3 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i810
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i810
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Kernel driver i2c-i810
Supported adapters:
* Intel 82810, 82810-DC100, 82810E, and 82815 (GMCH)
+ * Intel 82845G (GMCH)
Authors:
Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>,
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro
index 702f5ac68c0..9363b8bd610 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro
@@ -4,17 +4,18 @@ Supported adapters:
* VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C596A/B
Datasheet: Sometimes available at the VIA website
- * VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686A/B
+ * VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686A/B
Datasheet: Sometimes available at the VIA website
* VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8231, VT8233, VT8233A, VT8235, VT8237
Datasheet: available on request from Via
Authors:
- Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>,
- Philip Edelbrock <phil@netroedge.com>,
- Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>,
- Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com>
+ Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>,
+ Philip Edelbrock <phil@netroedge.com>,
+ Kyösti Mälkki <kmalkki@cc.hut.fi>,
+ Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com>,
+ Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Module Parameters
-----------------
@@ -28,20 +29,22 @@ Description
-----------
i2c-viapro is a true SMBus host driver for motherboards with one of the
-supported VIA southbridges.
+supported VIA south bridges.
Your lspci -n listing must show one of these :
- device 1106:3050 (VT82C596 function 3)
- device 1106:3051 (VT82C596 function 3)
+ device 1106:3050 (VT82C596A function 3)
+ device 1106:3051 (VT82C596B function 3)
device 1106:3057 (VT82C686 function 4)
device 1106:3074 (VT8233)
device 1106:3147 (VT8233A)
- device 1106:8235 (VT8231)
- devide 1106:3177 (VT8235)
- devide 1106:3227 (VT8237)
+ device 1106:8235 (VT8231 function 4)
+ device 1106:3177 (VT8235)
+ device 1106:3227 (VT8237R)
If none of these show up, you should look in the BIOS for settings like
enable ACPI / SMBus or even USB.
-
+Except for the oldest chips (VT82C596A/B, VT82C686A and most probably
+VT8231), this driver supports I2C block transactions. Such transactions
+are mainly useful to read from and write to EEPROMs.
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/chips/x1205 b/Documentation/i2c/chips/x1205
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..09407c991fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/chips/x1205
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+Kernel driver x1205
+===================
+
+Supported chips:
+ * Xicor X1205 RTC
+ Prefix: 'x1205'
+ Addresses scanned: none
+ Datasheet: http://www.intersil.com/cda/deviceinfo/0,1477,X1205,00.html
+
+Authors:
+ Karen Spearel <kas11@tampabay.rr.com>,
+ Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+This module aims to provide complete access to the Xicor X1205 RTC.
+Recently Xicor has merged with Intersil, but the chip is
+still sold under the Xicor brand.
+
+This chip is located at address 0x6f and uses a 2-byte register addressing.
+Two bytes need to be written to read a single register, while most
+other chips just require one and take the second one as the data
+to be written. To prevent corrupting unknown chips, the user must
+explicitely set the probe parameter.
+
+example:
+
+modprobe x1205 probe=0,0x6f
+
+The module supports one more option, hctosys, which is used to set the
+software clock from the x1205. On systems where the x1205 is the
+only hardware rtc, this parameter could be used to achieve a correct
+date/time earlier in the system boot sequence.
+
+example:
+
+modprobe x1205 probe=0,0x6f hctosys=1
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/functionality b/Documentation/i2c/functionality
index 41ffefbdc60..60cca249e45 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/functionality
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/functionality
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ For the most up-to-date list of functionality constants, please check
I2C_FUNC_I2C Plain i2c-level commands (Pure SMBus
adapters typically can not do these)
I2C_FUNC_10BIT_ADDR Handles the 10-bit address extensions
- I2C_FUNC_PROTOCOL_MANGLING Knows about the I2C_M_REV_DIR_ADDR,
- I2C_M_REV_DIR_ADDR and I2C_M_REV_DIR_NOSTART
- flags (which modify the i2c protocol!)
+ I2C_FUNC_PROTOCOL_MANGLING Knows about the I2C_M_IGNORE_NAK,
+ I2C_M_REV_DIR_ADDR, I2C_M_NOSTART and
+ I2C_M_NO_RD_ACK flags (which modify the
+ I2C protocol!)
I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_QUICK Handles the SMBus write_quick command
I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_BYTE Handles the SMBus read_byte command
I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WRITE_BYTE Handles the SMBus write_byte command
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/porting-clients b/Documentation/i2c/porting-clients
index 4849dfd6961..184fac2377a 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/porting-clients
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/porting-clients
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Technical changes:
exit and exit_free. For i2c+isa drivers, labels should be named
ERROR0, ERROR1 and ERROR2. Don't forget to properly set err before
jumping to error labels. By the way, labels should be left-aligned.
- Use memset to fill the client and data area with 0x00.
+ Use kzalloc instead of kmalloc.
Use i2c_set_clientdata to set the client data (as opposed to
a direct access to client->data).
Use strlcpy instead of strcpy to copy the client name.
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
index 077275722a7..e94d9c6cc52 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ static struct i2c_driver foo_driver = {
.command = &foo_command /* may be NULL */
}
-The name can be chosen freely, and may be upto 40 characters long. Please
-use something descriptive here.
+The name field must match the driver name, including the case. It must not
+contain spaces, and may be up to 31 characters long.
Don't worry about the flags field; just put I2C_DF_NOTIFY into it. This
means that your driver will be notified when new adapters are found.
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ This is almost always what you want.
All other fields are for call-back functions which will be explained
below.
-There use to be two additional fields in this structure, inc_use et dec_use,
-for module usage count, but these fields were obsoleted and removed.
-
Extra client data
=================
@@ -58,6 +55,7 @@ be very useful.
An example structure is below.
struct foo_data {
+ struct i2c_client client;
struct semaphore lock; /* For ISA access in `sensors' drivers. */
int sysctl_id; /* To keep the /proc directory entry for
`sensors' drivers. */
@@ -310,22 +308,15 @@ For now, you can ignore the `flags' parameter. It is there for future use.
client structure, even though we cannot fill it completely yet.
But it allows us to access several i2c functions safely */
- /* Note that we reserve some space for foo_data too. If you don't
- need it, remove it. We do it here to help to lessen memory
- fragmentation. */
- if (! (new_client = kmalloc(sizeof(struct i2c_client) +
- sizeof(struct foo_data),
- GFP_KERNEL))) {
+ if (!(data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct foo_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
err = -ENOMEM;
goto ERROR0;
}
- /* This is tricky, but it will set the data to the right value. */
- client->data = new_client + 1;
- data = (struct foo_data *) (client->data);
+ new_client = &data->client;
+ i2c_set_clientdata(new_client, data);
new_client->addr = address;
- new_client->data = data;
new_client->adapter = adapter;
new_client->driver = &foo_driver;
new_client->flags = 0;
@@ -451,7 +442,7 @@ much simpler than the attachment code, fortunately!
release_region(client->addr,LM78_EXTENT);
/* HYBRID SENSORS CHIP ONLY END */
- kfree(client); /* Frees client data too, if allocated at the same time */
+ kfree(data);
return 0;
}
@@ -576,12 +567,12 @@ SMBus communication
extern s32 i2c_smbus_write_block_data(struct i2c_client * client,
u8 command, u8 length,
u8 *values);
+ extern s32 i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data(struct i2c_client * client,
+ u8 command, u8 *values);
These ones were removed in Linux 2.6.10 because they had no users, but could
be added back later if needed:
- extern s32 i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data(struct i2c_client * client,
- u8 command, u8 *values);
extern s32 i2c_smbus_read_block_data(struct i2c_client * client,
u8 command, u8 *values);
extern s32 i2c_smbus_write_i2c_block_data(struct i2c_client * client,
diff --git a/Documentation/input/yealink.txt b/Documentation/input/yealink.txt
index 85f095a7ad0..0962c5c948b 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/yealink.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/yealink.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ Driver documentation for yealink usb-p1k phones
0. Status
~~~~~~~~~
-
The p1k is a relatively cheap usb 1.1 phone with:
- keyboard full support, yealink.ko / input event API
- LCD full support, yealink.ko / sysfs API
@@ -17,9 +16,8 @@ For vendor documentation see http://www.yealink.com
1. Compilation (stand alone version)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
Currently only kernel 2.6.x.y versions are supported.
-In order to build the yealink.ko module do:
+In order to build the yealink.ko module do
make
@@ -28,6 +26,21 @@ the Makefile is pointing to the location where your kernel sources
are located, default /usr/src/linux.
+1.1 Troubleshooting
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Q: Module yealink compiled and installed without any problem but phone
+ is not initialized and does not react to any actions.
+A: If you see something like:
+ hiddev0: USB HID v1.00 Device [Yealink Network Technology Ltd. VOIP USB Phone
+ in dmesg, it means that the hid driver has grabbed the device first. Try to
+ load module yealink before any other usb hid driver. Please see the
+ instructions provided by your distribution on module configuration.
+
+Q: Phone is working now (displays version and accepts keypad input) but I can't
+ find the sysfs files.
+A: The sysfs files are located on the particular usb endpoint. On most
+ distributions you can do: "find /sys/ -name get_icons" for a hint.
+
2. keyboard features
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 971589a9752..5dffcfefc3c 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1460,8 +1460,6 @@ running once the system is up.
stifb= [HW]
Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
- stram_swap= [HW,M68k]
-
swiotlb= [IA-64] Number of I/O TLB slabs
switches= [HW,M68k]
@@ -1517,8 +1515,6 @@ running once the system is up.
uart6850= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>,<irq>
- usb-handoff [HW] Enable early USB BIOS -> OS handoff
-
usbhid.mousepoll=
[USBHID] The interval which mice are to be polled at.
diff --git a/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt b/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt
index e191baad830..d5d3f064f55 100644
--- a/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ ignored (others aren't affected).
can be performed in optimal order. Not all SCSI devices support
tagged queuing (:-().
-4.6 switches=
+4.5 switches=
-------------
Syntax: switches=<list of switches>
@@ -661,28 +661,6 @@ correctly.
earlier initialization ("ov_"-less) takes precedence. But the
switching-off on reset still happens in this case.
-4.5) stram_swap=
-----------------
-
-Syntax: stram_swap=<do_swap>[,<max_swap>]
-
- This option is available only if the kernel has been compiled with
-CONFIG_STRAM_SWAP enabled. Normally, the kernel then determines
-dynamically whether to actually use ST-RAM as swap space. (Currently,
-the fraction of ST-RAM must be less or equal 1/3 of total memory to
-enable this swapping.) You can override the kernel's decision by
-specifying this option. 1 for <do_swap> means always enable the swap,
-even if you have less alternate RAM. 0 stands for never swap to
-ST-RAM, even if it's small enough compared to the rest of memory.
-
- If ST-RAM swapping is enabled, the kernel usually uses all free
-ST-RAM as swap "device". If the kernel resides in ST-RAM, the region
-allocated by it is obviously never used for swapping :-) You can also
-limit this amount by specifying the second parameter, <max_swap>, if
-you want to use parts of ST-RAM as normal system memory. <max_swap> is
-in kBytes and the number should be a multiple of 4 (otherwise: rounded
-down).
-
5) Options for Amiga Only:
==========================
diff --git a/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README b/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a7e4c4ea356
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+README for MIPS AU1XXX IDE driver - Released 2005-07-15
+
+ABOUT
+-----
+This file describes the 'drivers/ide/mips/au1xxx-ide.c', related files and the
+services they provide.
+
+If you are short in patience and just want to know how to add your hard disc to
+the white or black list, go to the 'ADD NEW HARD DISC TO WHITE OR BLACK LIST'
+section.
+
+
+LICENSE
+-------
+
+Copyright (c) 2003-2005 AMD, Personal Connectivity Solutions
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+version.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
+INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR
+BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+Note: for more information, please refer "AMD Alchemy Au1200/Au1550 IDE
+ Interface and Linux Device Driver" Application Note.
+
+
+FILES, CONFIGS AND COMPATABILITY
+--------------------------------
+
+Two files are introduced:
+
+ a) 'include/asm-mips/mach-au1x00/au1xxx_ide.h'
+ containes : struct _auide_hwif
+ struct drive_list_entry dma_white_list
+ struct drive_list_entry dma_black_list
+ timing parameters for PIO mode 0/1/2/3/4
+ timing parameters for MWDMA 0/1/2
+
+ b) 'drivers/ide/mips/au1xxx-ide.c'
+ contains the functionality of the AU1XXX IDE driver
+
+Four configs variables are introduced:
+
+ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_PIO_DBDMA - enable the PIO+DBDMA mode
+ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_MDMA2_DBDMA - enable the MWDMA mode
+ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_BURSTABLE_ON - set Burstable FIFO in DBDMA
+ controler
+ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_SEQTS_PER_RQ - maximum transfer size
+ per descriptor
+
+If MWDMA is enabled and the connected hard disc is not on the white list, the
+kernel switches to a "safe mwdma mode" at boot time. In this mode the IDE
+performance is substantial slower then in full speed mwdma. In this case
+please add your hard disc to the white list (follow instruction from 'ADD NEW
+HARD DISC TO WHITE OR BLACK LIST' section).
+
+
+SUPPORTED IDE MODES
+-------------------
+
+The AU1XXX IDE driver supported all PIO modes - PIO mode 0/1/2/3/4 - and all
+MWDMA modes - MWDMA 0/1/2 -. There is no support for SWDMA and UDMA mode.
+
+To change the PIO mode use the program hdparm with option -p, e.g.
+'hdparm -p0 [device]' for PIO mode 0. To enable the MWDMA mode use the option
+-X, e.g. 'hdparm -X32 [device]' for MWDMA mode 0.
+
+
+PERFORMANCE CONFIGURATIONS
+--------------------------
+
+If the used system doesn't need USB support enable the following kernel configs:
+
+CONFIG_IDE=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
+CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
+CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_MDMA2_DBDMA=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_BURSTABLE_ON=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_SEQTS_PER_RQ=128
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
+CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
+
+If the used system need the USB support enable the following kernel configs for
+high IDE to USB throughput.
+
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
+CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
+CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_MDMA2_DBDMA=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_SEQTS_PER_RQ=128
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
+CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
+
+
+ADD NEW HARD DISC TO WHITE OR BLACK LIST
+----------------------------------------
+
+Step 1 : detect the model name of your hard disc
+
+ a) connect your hard disc to the AU1XXX
+
+ b) boot your kernel and get the hard disc model.
+
+ Example boot log:
+
+ --snipped--
+ Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
+ ide: Assuming 50MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
+ Au1xxx IDE(builtin) configured for MWDMA2
+ Probing IDE interface ide0...
+ hda: Maxtor 6E040L0, ATA DISK drive
+ ide0 at 0xac800000-0xac800007,0xac8001c0 on irq 64
+ hda: max request size: 64KiB
+ hda: 80293248 sectors (41110 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=65535/16/63, (U)DMA
+ --snipped--
+
+ In this example 'Maxtor 6E040L0'.
+
+Step 2 : edit 'include/asm-mips/mach-au1x00/au1xxx_ide.h'
+
+ Add your hard disc to the dma_white_list or dma_black_list structur.
+
+Step 3 : Recompile the kernel
+
+ Enable MWDMA support in the kernel configuration. Recompile the kernel and
+ reboot.
+
+Step 4 : Tests
+
+ If you have add a hard disc to the white list, please run some stress tests
+ for verification.
+
+
+ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
+---------------
+
+These drivers wouldn't have been done without the base of kernel 2.4.x AU1XXX
+IDE driver from AMD.
+
+Additional input also from:
+Matthias Lenk <matthias.lenk@amd.com>
+
+Happy hacking!
+Enrico Walther <enrico.walther@amd.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
index a55f0f95b17..b0fe41da007 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ doing so is the same as described in the "Configuring Multiple Bonds
Manually" section, below.
NOTE: It has been observed that some Red Hat supplied kernels
-are apparently unable to rename modules at load time (the "-obonding1"
+are apparently unable to rename modules at load time (the "-o bond1"
part). Attempts to pass that option to modprobe will produce an
"Operation not permitted" error. This has been reported on some
Fedora Core kernels, and has been seen on RHEL 4 as well. On kernels
@@ -883,7 +883,8 @@ the above does not work, and the second bonding instance never sees
its options. In that case, the second options line can be substituted
as follows:
-install bonding1 /sbin/modprobe bonding -obond1 mode=balance-alb miimon=50
+install bond1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install bonding -o bond1 \
+ mode=balance-alb miimon=50
This may be repeated any number of times, specifying a new and
unique name in place of bond1 for each subsequent instance.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index b433c8a27e2..65895bb5141 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ tcp_tso_win_divisor - INTEGER
can be consumed by a single TSO frame.
The setting of this parameter is a choice between burstiness and
building larger TSO frames.
- Default: 8
+ Default: 3
tcp_frto - BOOLEAN
Enables F-RTO, an enhanced recovery algorithm for TCP retransmission