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-rw-r--r--Documentation/HOWTO20
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/s390/CommonIO2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/s390/cds.txt52
-rw-r--r--Documentation/s390/driver-model.txt3
5 files changed, 49 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/HOWTO b/Documentation/HOWTO
index d6f3dd1a346..8d51c148f72 100644
--- a/Documentation/HOWTO
+++ b/Documentation/HOWTO
@@ -395,6 +395,26 @@ bugme-janitor mailing list (every change in the bugzilla is mailed here)
+Managing bug reports
+--------------------
+
+One of the best ways to put into practice your hacking skills is by fixing
+bugs reported by other people. Not only you will help to make the kernel
+more stable, you'll learn to fix real world problems and you will improve
+your skills, and other developers will be aware of your presence. Fixing
+bugs is one of the best ways to get merits among other developers, because
+not many people like wasting time fixing other people's bugs.
+
+To work in the already reported bug reports, go to http://bugzilla.kernel.org.
+If you want to be advised of the future bug reports, you can subscribe to the
+bugme-new mailing list (only new bug reports are mailed here) or to the
+bugme-janitor mailing list (every change in the bugzilla is mailed here)
+
+ http://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/bugme-new
+ http://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/bugme-janitors
+
+
+
Mailing lists
-------------
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 24f3c63b301..1ac3c74646e 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ Who: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
What: PHYSDEVPATH, PHYSDEVBUS, PHYSDEVDRIVER in the uevent environment
-When: Oktober 2008
+When: October 2008
Why: The stacking of class devices makes these values misleading and
inconsistent.
Class devices should not carry any of these properties, and bus
diff --git a/Documentation/s390/CommonIO b/Documentation/s390/CommonIO
index 59d1166d41e..d684a6ac69a 100644
--- a/Documentation/s390/CommonIO
+++ b/Documentation/s390/CommonIO
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Command line parameters
When a device is un-ignored, device recognition and sensing is performed and
the device driver will be notified if possible, so the device will become
- available to the system.
+ available to the system. Note that un-ignoring is performed asynchronously.
You can also add ranges of devices to be ignored by piping to
/proc/cio_ignore; "add <device range>, <device range>, ..." will ignore the
diff --git a/Documentation/s390/cds.txt b/Documentation/s390/cds.txt
index d80e5733827..32a96cc3921 100644
--- a/Documentation/s390/cds.txt
+++ b/Documentation/s390/cds.txt
@@ -174,14 +174,10 @@ read_dev_chars() - Read Device Characteristics
This routine returns the characteristics for the device specified.
-The function is meant to be called with an irq handler in place; that is,
+The function is meant to be called with the device already enabled; that is,
at earliest during set_online() processing.
-While the request is processed synchronously, the device interrupt
-handler is called for final ending status. In case of error situations the
-interrupt handler may recover appropriately. The device irq handler can
-recognize the corresponding interrupts by the interruption parameter be
-0x00524443. The ccw_device must not be locked prior to calling read_dev_chars().
+The ccw_device must not be locked prior to calling read_dev_chars().
The function may be called enabled or disabled.
@@ -410,26 +406,7 @@ individual flag meanings.
Usage Notes :
-Prior to call ccw_device_start() the device driver must assure disabled state,
-i.e. the I/O mask value in the PSW must be disabled. This can be accomplished
-by calling local_save_flags( flags). The current PSW flags are preserved and
-can be restored by local_irq_restore( flags) at a later time.
-
-If the device driver violates this rule while running in a uni-processor
-environment an interrupt might be presented prior to the ccw_device_start()
-routine returning to the device driver main path. In this case we will end in a
-deadlock situation as the interrupt handler will try to obtain the irq
-lock the device driver still owns (see below) !
-
-The driver must assure to hold the device specific lock. This can be
-accomplished by
-
-(i) spin_lock(get_ccwdev_lock(cdev)), or
-(ii) spin_lock_irqsave(get_ccwdev_lock(cdev), flags)
-
-Option (i) should be used if the calling routine is running disabled for
-I/O interrupts (see above) already. Option (ii) obtains the device gate und
-puts the CPU into I/O disabled state by preserving the current PSW flags.
+ccw_device_start() must be called disabled and with the ccw device lock held.
The device driver is allowed to issue the next ccw_device_start() call from
within its interrupt handler already. It is not required to schedule a
@@ -488,7 +465,7 @@ int ccw_device_resume(struct ccw_device *cdev);
cdev - ccw_device the resume operation is requested for
-The resume_IO() function returns:
+The ccw_device_resume() function returns:
0 - suspended channel program is resumed
-EBUSY - status pending
@@ -507,6 +484,8 @@ a long-running channel program or the device might require to initially issue
a halt subchannel (HSCH) I/O command. For those purposes the ccw_device_halt()
command is provided.
+ccw_device_halt() must be called disabled and with the ccw device lock held.
+
int ccw_device_halt(struct ccw_device *cdev,
unsigned long intparm);
@@ -517,7 +496,7 @@ intparm : interruption parameter; value is only used if no I/O
The ccw_device_halt() function returns :
- 0 - successful completion or request successfully initiated
+ 0 - request successfully initiated
-EBUSY - the device is currently busy, or status pending.
-ENODEV - cdev invalid.
-EINVAL - The device is not operational or the ccw device is not online.
@@ -533,6 +512,23 @@ can then perform an appropriate action. Prior to interrupt of an outstanding
read to a network device (with or without PCI flag) a ccw_device_halt()
is required to end the pending operation.
+ccw_device_clear() - Terminage I/O Request Processing
+
+In order to terminate all I/O processing at the subchannel, the clear subchannel
+(CSCH) command is used. It can be issued via ccw_device_clear().
+
+ccw_device_clear() must be called disabled and with the ccw device lock held.
+
+int ccw_device_clear(struct ccw_device *cdev, unsigned long intparm);
+
+cdev: ccw_device the clear operation is requested for
+intparm: interruption parameter (see ccw_device_halt())
+
+The ccw_device_clear() function returns:
+
+ 0 - request successfully initiated
+-ENODEV - cdev invalid
+-EINVAL - The device is not operational or the ccw device is not online.
Miscellaneous Support Routines
diff --git a/Documentation/s390/driver-model.txt b/Documentation/s390/driver-model.txt
index 62c082387ae..77bf450ec39 100644
--- a/Documentation/s390/driver-model.txt
+++ b/Documentation/s390/driver-model.txt
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ status - Can be 'online' or 'offline'.
type - The physical type of the channel path.
+shared - Whether the channel path is shared.
+
+cmg - The channel measurement group.
3. System devices
-----------------