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diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX index 7286ad090db..edef85ce119 100644 --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ i2c/ - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed). i2o/ - directory with info about the Linux I2O subsystem. -i386/ +x86/i386/ - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture. ia64/ - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture. @@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ w1/ - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem. watchdog/ - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-) -x86_64/ +x86/x86_64/ - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines. zorro.txt - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas. diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile index fabc06466b9..9b1f6ca100d 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ quiet_cmd_db2ps = PS $@ %.ps : %.xml $(call cmd,db2ps) -quiet_cmd_db2pdf = PDF $@ +quiet_cmd_db2pdf = PDF $@ cmd_db2pdf = $(subst TYPE,pdf, $($(PDF_METHOD)template)) %.pdf : %.xml $(call cmd,db2pdf) @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ build_main_index = rm -rf $(main_idx) && \ echo '<h2>Kernel Version: $(KERNELVERSION)</h2>' >> $(main_idx) && \ cat $(HTML) >> $(main_idx) -quiet_cmd_db2html = HTML $@ +quiet_cmd_db2html = HTML $@ cmd_db2html = xmlto xhtml $(XMLTOFLAGS) -o $(patsubst %.html,%,$@) $< && \ echo '<a HREF="$(patsubst %.html,%,$(notdir $@))/index.html"> \ $(patsubst %.html,%,$(notdir $@))</a><p>' > $@ diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/deviceiobook.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/deviceiobook.tmpl index 60d6e0b81bd..3ed88126ab8 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/deviceiobook.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/deviceiobook.tmpl @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ <surname>Cox</surname> <affiliation> <address> - <email>alan@redhat.com</email> + <email>alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk</email> </address> </affiliation> </author> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/mcabook.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/mcabook.tmpl index 499eddc2d07..467ccac6ec5 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/mcabook.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/mcabook.tmpl @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ <surname>Cox</surname> <affiliation> <address> - <email>alan@redhat.com</email> + <email>alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk</email> </address> </affiliation> </author> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/wanbook.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/wanbook.tmpl index 9eebcc304de..8c93db122f0 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/wanbook.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/wanbook.tmpl @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ <surname>Cox</surname> <affiliation> <address> - <email>alan@redhat.com</email> + <email>alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk</email> </address> </affiliation> </author> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/z8530book.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/z8530book.tmpl index a42a8a4c768..6f3883be877 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/z8530book.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/z8530book.tmpl @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ <surname>Cox</surname> <affiliation> <address> - <email>alan@redhat.com</email> + <email>alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk</email> </address> </affiliation> </author> diff --git a/Documentation/ManagementStyle b/Documentation/ManagementStyle index 49a8efa5afe..a5f0ea58c78 100644 --- a/Documentation/ManagementStyle +++ b/Documentation/ManagementStyle @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ companies. If you sign purchase orders or you have any clue about the budget of your group, you're almost certainly not a kernel manager. These suggestions may or may not apply to you. -First off, I'd suggest buying "Seven Habits of Highly Successful +First off, I'd suggest buying "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People", and NOT read it. Burn it, it's a great symbolic gesture. (*) This document does so not so much by answering the question, but by diff --git a/Documentation/accounting/.gitignore b/Documentation/accounting/.gitignore new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..86485203c4a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/accounting/.gitignore @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +getdelays diff --git a/Documentation/auxdisplay/.gitignore b/Documentation/auxdisplay/.gitignore new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..7af222860a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/auxdisplay/.gitignore @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +cfag12864b-example diff --git a/Documentation/connector/.gitignore b/Documentation/connector/.gitignore new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..d2b9c32accd --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/connector/.gitignore @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +ucon diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index 8362860e21a..23d2f4460de 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking @@ -161,8 +161,12 @@ prototypes: int (*set_page_dirty)(struct page *page); int (*readpages)(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping, struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages); - int (*prepare_write)(struct file *, struct page *, unsigned, unsigned); - int (*commit_write)(struct file *, struct page *, unsigned, unsigned); + int (*write_begin)(struct file *, struct address_space *mapping, + loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags, + struct page **pagep, void **fsdata); + int (*write_end)(struct file *, struct address_space *mapping, + loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned copied, + struct page *page, void *fsdata); sector_t (*bmap)(struct address_space *, sector_t); int (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned long); int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int); @@ -180,8 +184,6 @@ sync_page: no maybe writepages: no set_page_dirty no no readpages: no -prepare_write: no yes yes -commit_write: no yes yes write_begin: no locks the page yes write_end: no yes, unlocks yes perform_write: no n/a yes @@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ releasepage: no yes direct_IO: no launder_page: no yes - ->prepare_write(), ->commit_write(), ->sync_page() and ->readpage() + ->write_begin(), ->write_end(), ->sync_page() and ->readpage() may be called from the request handler (/dev/loop). ->readpage() unlocks the page, either synchronously or via I/O diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt index c4d348dabe9..5579bda58a6 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt @@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ written-back to storage typically in whole pages, however the address_space has finer control of write sizes. The read process essentially only requires 'readpage'. The write -process is more complicated and uses prepare_write/commit_write or +process is more complicated and uses write_begin/write_end or set_page_dirty to write data into the address_space, and writepage, sync_page, and writepages to writeback data to storage. @@ -521,8 +521,6 @@ struct address_space_operations { int (*set_page_dirty)(struct page *page); int (*readpages)(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping, struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages); - int (*prepare_write)(struct file *, struct page *, unsigned, unsigned); - int (*commit_write)(struct file *, struct page *, unsigned, unsigned); int (*write_begin)(struct file *, struct address_space *mapping, loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags, struct page **pagep, void **fsdata); @@ -598,37 +596,7 @@ struct address_space_operations { readpages is only used for read-ahead, so read errors are ignored. If anything goes wrong, feel free to give up. - prepare_write: called by the generic write path in VM to set up a write - request for a page. This indicates to the address space that - the given range of bytes is about to be written. The - address_space should check that the write will be able to - complete, by allocating space if necessary and doing any other - internal housekeeping. If the write will update parts of - any basic-blocks on storage, then those blocks should be - pre-read (if they haven't been read already) so that the - updated blocks can be written out properly. - The page will be locked. - - Note: the page _must not_ be marked uptodate in this function - (or anywhere else) unless it actually is uptodate right now. As - soon as a page is marked uptodate, it is possible for a concurrent - read(2) to copy it to userspace. - - commit_write: If prepare_write succeeds, new data will be copied - into the page and then commit_write will be called. It will - typically update the size of the file (if appropriate) and - mark the inode as dirty, and do any other related housekeeping - operations. It should avoid returning an error if possible - - errors should have been handled by prepare_write. - - write_begin: This is intended as a replacement for prepare_write. The - key differences being that: - - it returns a locked page (in *pagep) rather than being - given a pre locked page; - - it must be able to cope with short writes (where the - length passed to write_begin is greater than the number - of bytes copied into the page). - + write_begin: Called by the generic buffered write code to ask the filesystem to prepare to write len bytes at the given offset in the file. The address_space should check that the write will be able to complete, @@ -640,6 +608,9 @@ struct address_space_operations { The filesystem must return the locked pagecache page for the specified offset, in *pagep, for the caller to write into. + It must be able to cope with short writes (where the length passed to + write_begin is greater than the number of bytes copied into the page). + flags is a field for AOP_FLAG_xxx flags, described in include/linux/fs.h. diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-sis96x b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-sis96x index 266481fd26e..70e6a0cc1e1 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-sis96x +++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-sis96x @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ I suspect that this driver could be made to work for the following SiS chipsets as well: 635, and 635T. If anyone owns a board with those chips AND is willing to risk crashing & burning an otherwise well-behaved kernel in the name of progress... please contact me at <mhoffman@lightlink.com> or -via the project's mailing list: <i2c@lm-sensors.org>. Please send bug +via the linux-i2c mailing list: <linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org>. Please send bug reports and/or success stories as well. diff --git a/Documentation/ia64/.gitignore b/Documentation/ia64/.gitignore new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ab806edc873 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ia64/.gitignore @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +aliasing-test diff --git a/Documentation/isdn/CREDITS b/Documentation/isdn/CREDITS index 8cac6c2f23e..c1679e913fc 100644 --- a/Documentation/isdn/CREDITS +++ b/Documentation/isdn/CREDITS @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ I want to thank all who contributed to this project and especially to: Thomas Bogendörfer (tsbogend@bigbug.franken.de) Tester, lots of bugfixes and hints. -Alan Cox (alan@redhat.com) +Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk) For help getting into standard-kernel. Henner Eisen (eis@baty.hanse.de) diff --git a/Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO b/Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO index 0775cf4798b..55476982b5c 100644 --- a/Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO +++ b/Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO @@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ for non English (read: Japanese) speakers and is not intended as a fork. So if you have any comments or updates for this file, please try to update the original English file first. -Last Updated: 2008/08/21 +Last Updated: 2008/10/24 ================================== これは、 -linux-2.6.27/Documentation/HOWTO +linux-2.6.28/Documentation/HOWTO の和訳です。 翻訳団体： JF プロジェクト < http://www.linux.or.jp/JF/ > -翻訳日： 2008/8/5 +翻訳日： 2008/10/24 翻訳者： Tsugikazu Shibata <tshibata at ab dot jp dot nec dot com> 校正者： 松倉さん <nbh--mats at nifty dot com> 小林 雅典さん (Masanori Kobayasi) <zap03216 at nifty dot ne dot jp> @@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ Linux カーネルソースツリーは幅広い範囲のドキュメントを 新しいドキュメントファイルも追加することを勧めます。 カーネルの変更が、カーネルがユーザ空間に公開しているインターフェイスの 変更を引き起こす場合、その変更を説明するマニュアルページのパッチや情報 -をマニュアルページのメンテナ mtk.manpages@gmail.com に送ることを勧めま -す。 +をマニュアルページのメンテナ mtk.manpages@gmail.com に送り、CC を +linux-api@ver.kernel.org に送ることを勧めます。 以下はカーネルソースツリーに含まれている読んでおくべきファイルの一覧で す- @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Linux カーネルソースツリーは幅広い範囲のドキュメントを この他にパッチを作る方法についてのよくできた記述は- "The Perfect Patch" - http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/tpp.txt + http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt "Linux kernel patch submission format" http://linux.yyz.us/patch-format.html @@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ Linux カーネルコミュニティは、一度に大量のコードの塊を これについて全てがどのようにあるべきかについての詳細は、以下のドキュメ ントの ChangeLog セクションを見てください- "The Perfect Patch" - http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/tpp.txt + http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt これらのどれもが、時にはとても困難です。これらの慣例を完璧に実施するに は数年かかるかもしれません。これは継続的な改善のプロセスであり、そのた diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 343e0f0f84b..1bbcaa8982b 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ parameter is applicable: X86-32 X86-32, aka i386 architecture is enabled. X86-64 X86-64 architecture is enabled. More X86-64 boot options can be found in - Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt . + Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt . X86 Either 32bit or 64bit x86 (same as X86-32+X86-64) In addition, the following text indicates that the option: @@ -112,10 +112,10 @@ In addition, the following text indicates that the option: Parameters denoted with BOOT are actually interpreted by the boot loader, and have no meaning to the kernel directly. Do not modify the syntax of boot loader parameters without extreme -need or coordination with <Documentation/i386/boot.txt>. +need or coordination with <Documentation/x86/i386/boot.txt>. There are also arch-specific kernel-parameters not documented here. -See for example <Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt>. +See for example <Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt>. Note that ALL kernel parameters listed below are CASE SENSITIVE, and that a trailing = on the name of any parameter states that that parameter will @@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file mce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception - mce=option [X86-64] See Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt + mce=option [X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt md= [HW] RAID subsystems devices and level See Documentation/md.txt. @@ -1728,7 +1728,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file See Documentation/paride.txt. pirq= [SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup - See Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt. + See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt. plip= [PPT,NET] Parallel port network link Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 } @@ -2343,7 +2343,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt. vga= [BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode - See Documentation/i386/boot.txt and + See Documentation/x86/i386/boot.txt and Documentation/svga.txt. Use vga=ask for menu. This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is diff --git a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c index 7228369d101..da86fd53856 100644 --- a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c +++ b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c @@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ static unsigned long load_bzimage(int fd) void *p = from_guest_phys(0x100000); /* Go back to the start of the file and read the header. It should be - * a Linux boot header (see Documentation/i386/boot.txt) */ + * a Linux boot header (see Documentation/x86/i386/boot.txt) */ lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET); read(fd, &boot, sizeof(boot)); diff --git a/Documentation/networking/.gitignore b/Documentation/networking/.gitignore new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..286a5680f49 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/.gitignore @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +ifenslave diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dmfe.txt b/Documentation/networking/dmfe.txt index b1b7499dd9d..8006c227fda 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/dmfe.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/dmfe.txt @@ -60,6 +60,6 @@ Tobias Ringstrom <tori@unhappy.mine.nu> : Current Maintainer Contributors: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br> -Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> +Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz> diff --git a/Documentation/pcmcia/.gitignore b/Documentation/pcmcia/.gitignore new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..53d08133675 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/pcmcia/.gitignore @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +crc32hash diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/aacraid.txt b/Documentation/scsi/aacraid.txt index 709ca991a45..ddace3afc83 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/aacraid.txt +++ b/Documentation/scsi/aacraid.txt @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Supported Cards/Chipsets People ------------------------- -Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> +Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> (updates for new-style PCI probing and SCSI host registration, small cleanups/fixes) Matt Domsch <matt_domsch@dell.com> (revision ioctl, adapter messages) diff --git a/Documentation/spi/.gitignore b/Documentation/spi/.gitignore new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..4280576397e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/spi/.gitignore @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +spidev_fdx +spidev_test diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt index 4cfc78835bc..a452227361b 100644 --- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt +++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the marked CONFIG_BROKEN), an oops, a hang, data corruption, a real security issue, or some "oh, that's not good" issue. In short, something critical. + - New device IDs and quirks are also accepted. - No "theoretical race condition" issues, unless an explanation of how the race can be exploited is also provided. - It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes, diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index bde799e0659..a4ccdd1981c 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -363,11 +363,21 @@ tainted: Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted. Numeric values, which can be ORed together: - 1 - A module with a non-GPL license has been loaded, this - includes modules with no license. - Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools. - 2 - A module was force loaded by insmod -f. - Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools. - 4 - Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP. - 64 - A module from drivers/staging was loaded. + 1 - A module with a non-GPL license has been loaded, this + includes modules with no license. + Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools. + 2 - A module was force loaded by insmod -f. + Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools. + 4 - Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP. + 8 - A module was forcibly unloaded from the system by rmmod -f. + 16 - A hardware machine check error occurred on the system. + 32 - A bad page was discovered on the system. + 64 - The user has asked that the system be marked "tainted". This + could be because they are running software that directly modifies + the hardware, or for other reasons. + 128 - The system has died. + 256 - The ACPI DSDT has been overridden with one supplied by the user + instead of using the one provided by the hardware. + 512 - A kernel warning has occurred. +1024 - A module from drivers/staging was loaded. diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/.gitignore b/Documentation/video4linux/.gitignore new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..952703943e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/.gitignore @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +v4lgrab diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CONTRIBUTORS b/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CONTRIBUTORS index 8aad6dd93d6..eb41b265086 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CONTRIBUTORS +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CONTRIBUTORS @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Contributors to bttv: Michael Chu <mmchu@pobox.com> AverMedia fix and more flexible card recognition -Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> +Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Video4Linux interface and 2.1.x kernel adaptation Chris Kleitsch diff --git a/Documentation/vm/.gitignore b/Documentation/vm/.gitignore new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..33e8a023df0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/vm/.gitignore @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +slabinfo diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/src/.gitignore b/Documentation/watchdog/src/.gitignore new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ac90997dba9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/src/.gitignore @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +watchdog-simple +watchdog-test diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt index 72ffb5373ec..f6d561a1a9b 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ APICs nolapic Don't use the local APIC (alias for i386 compatibility) - pirq=... See Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt + pirq=... See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt noapictimer Don't set up the APIC timer @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Non Executable Mappings SMP additional_cpus=NUM Allow NUM more CPUs for hotplug - (defaults are specified by the BIOS, see Documentation/x86_64/cpu-hotplug-spec) + (defaults are specified by the BIOS, see Documentation/x86/x86_64/cpu-hotplug-spec) NUMA diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/fake-numa-for-cpusets b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/fake-numa-for-cpusets index d1a985c5b00..33bb5665599 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/fake-numa-for-cpusets +++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/fake-numa-for-cpusets @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ amount of system memory that are available to a certain class of tasks. For more information on the features of cpusets, see Documentation/cpusets.txt. There are a number of different configurations you can use for your needs. For more information on the numa=fake command line option and its various ways of -configuring fake nodes, see Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt. +configuring fake nodes, see Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt. For the purposes of this introduction, we'll assume a very primitive NUMA emulation setup of "numa=fake=4*512,". This will split our system memory into |