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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cciss.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/email-clients.txt | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt | 32 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 |
4 files changed, 63 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cciss.txt b/Documentation/cciss.txt index 8244c6442fa..89698e8df7d 100644 --- a/Documentation/cciss.txt +++ b/Documentation/cciss.txt @@ -21,11 +21,14 @@ This driver is known to work with the following cards: * SA E200 * SA E200i * SA E500 + * SA P700m * SA P212 * SA P410 * SA P410i * SA P411 * SA P812 + * SA P712m + * SA P711m Detecting drive failures: ------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/email-clients.txt b/Documentation/email-clients.txt index 2ebb94d6ed8..a618efab7b1 100644 --- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt +++ b/Documentation/email-clients.txt @@ -213,4 +213,29 @@ TkRat (GUI) Works. Use "Insert file..." or external editor. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Gmail (Web GUI) + +If you just have to use Gmail to send patches, it CAN be made to work. It +requires a bit of external help, though. + +The first problem is that Gmail converts tabs to spaces. This will +totally break your patches. To prevent this, you have to use a different +editor. There is a firefox extension called "ViewSourceWith" +(https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/394) which allows you to +edit any text box in the editor of your choice. Configure it to launch +your favorite editor. When you want to send a patch, use this technique. +Once you have crafted your messsage + patch, save and exit the editor, +which should reload the Gmail edit box. GMAIL WILL PRESERVE THE TABS. +Hoorah. Apparently you can cut-n-paste literal tabs, but Gmail will +convert those to spaces upon sending! + +The second problem is that Gmail converts tabs to spaces on replies. If +you reply to a patch, don't expect to be able to apply it as a patch. + +The last problem is that Gmail will base64-encode any message that has a +non-ASCII character. That includes things like European names. Be aware. + +Gmail is not convenient for lkml patches, but CAN be made to work. + ### diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt index bbac4f1d905..3a5ddc96901 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt @@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ if you want to format from within Linux. VFAT MOUNT OPTIONS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- +uid=### -- Set the owner of all files on this filesystem. + The default is the uid of current process. + +gid=### -- Set the group of all files on this filesystem. + The default is the gid of current process. + umask=### -- The permission mask (for files and directories, see umask(1)). The default is the umask of current process. @@ -36,7 +42,7 @@ codepage=### -- Sets the codepage number for converting to shortname characters on FAT filesystem. By default, FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE setting is used. -iocharset=name -- Character set to use for converting between the +iocharset=<name> -- Character set to use for converting between the encoding is used for user visible filename and 16 bit Unicode characters. Long filenames are stored on disk in Unicode format, but Unix for the most part doesn't @@ -86,6 +92,8 @@ check=s|r|n -- Case sensitivity checking setting. r: relaxed, case insensitive n: normal, default setting, currently case insensitive +nocase -- This was deprecated for vfat. Use shortname=win95 instead. + shortname=lower|win95|winnt|mixed -- Shortname display/create setting. lower: convert to lowercase for display, @@ -99,11 +107,31 @@ shortname=lower|win95|winnt|mixed tz=UTC -- Interpret timestamps as UTC rather than local time. This option disables the conversion of timestamps between local time (as used by Windows on FAT) and UTC - (which Linux uses internally). This is particuluarly + (which Linux uses internally). This is particularly useful when mounting devices (like digital cameras) that are set to UTC in order to avoid the pitfalls of local time. +showexec -- If set, the execute permission bits of the file will be + allowed only if the extension part of the name is .EXE, + .COM, or .BAT. Not set by default. + +debug -- Can be set, but unused by the current implementation. + +sys_immutable -- If set, ATTR_SYS attribute on FAT is handled as + IMMUTABLE flag on Linux. Not set by default. + +flush -- If set, the filesystem will try to flush to disk more + early than normal. Not set by default. + +rodir -- FAT has the ATTR_RO (read-only) attribute. But on Windows, + the ATTR_RO of the directory will be just ignored actually, + and is used by only applications as flag. E.g. it's setted + for the customized folder. + + If you want to use ATTR_RO as read-only flag even for + the directory, set this option. + <bool>: 0,1,yes,no,true,false TODO diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 1bbcaa8982b..8a8cb0ccc5f 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -995,13 +995,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Format: <cpu number>,...,<cpu number> or - <cpu number>-<cpu number> (must be a positive range in ascending order) + <cpu number>-<cpu number> + (must be a positive range in ascending order) or a mixture <cpu number>,...,<cpu number>-<cpu number> + This option can be used to specify one or more CPUs to isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling - algorithms. The only way to move a process onto or off - an "isolated" CPU is via the CPU affinity syscalls. + algorithms. You can move a process onto or off an + "isolated" CPU via the CPU affinity syscalls or cpuset. <cpu number> begins at 0 and the maximum value is "number of CPUs in system - 1". |