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2008-01-25IB/mthca: Remove MSI support as scheduledAdrian Bunk
Remove MSI support from the mthca driver, as scheduled. There is no reason to use MSI instead of MSI-X, since MSI-X performs better. No one has spoken up since MSI support was deprecated in commit f6be6fbe ("IB/mthca: Schedule MSI support for removal"), so apparently the MSI support is unused. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
2007-11-14feature-removal-schedule: remove SA_* flags entryAdrian Bunk
No reason to keep the feature-removal-schedule.txt entry after the code was removed. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-10-22V4L/DVB (6378b): Updates info about the removal of V4L1 at ↵Mauro Carvalho Chehab
feature-removal-schedule.txt Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2007-10-22V4L/DVB (6378a): Removal of VIDIOC_[G|S]_MPEGCOMP from ↵Mauro Carvalho Chehab
feature-removal-schedule.txt Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2007-10-18The next round of scheduled OSS code removalAdrian Bunk
This patch contains the next round of scheduled OSS code removal. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-10-18sysctl: deprecate sys_sysctl in a user space visible fashion.Eric W. Biederman
After adding checking to register_sysctl_table and finding a whole new set of bugs. Missed by countless code reviews and testers I have finally lost patience with the binary sysctl interface. The binary sysctl interface has been sort of deprecated for years and finding a user space program that uses the syscall is more difficult then finding a needle in a haystack. Problems continue to crop up, with the in kernel implementation. So since supporting something that no one uses is silly, deprecate sys_sysctl with a sufficient grace period and notice that the handful of user space applications that care can be fixed or replaced. The /proc/sys sysctl interface that people use will continue to be supported indefinitely. This patch moves the tested warning about sysctls from the path where sys_sysctl to a separate path called from both implementations of sys_sysctl, and it adds a proper entry into Documentation/feature-removal-schedule. Allowing us to revisit this in a couple years time and actually kill sys_sysctl. [lethal@linux-sh.org: sysctl: Fix syscall disabled build] Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-10-17Deprecate a.out ELF interpretersAndi Kleen
The Linux ELF loader is quite complicated and messy code (that could probably need a rewrite, but that's a different chapter). One particular messy part in it is the support for non ELF a.out ld.sos. This was originally added to make transition from a.out to ELF easier because an a.out ELF ld.so could be still build using an older a.out toolkit. But by now that should be fully obsolete and removing it would clean up binfmt_elf.c up a bit. I propose to deprecate this support and remove for 2.6.25. Drawback is that someone still runs their system with a.out ld.so they would need to update the ld.so when updating to a new kernel. This patch just adds an entry to the deprecation file and a printk warning users. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: better warning message] Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-10-13Input: remove tsdev interfaceRichard Purdie
Remove the obsolete tsdev.c driver as scheduled. Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
2007-10-11Merge branch 'master' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 * 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (867 commits) [SKY2]: status polling loop (post merge) [NET]: Fix NAPI completion handling in some drivers. [TCP]: Limit processing lost_retrans loop to work-to-do cases [TCP]: Fix lost_retrans loop vs fastpath problems [TCP]: No need to re-count fackets_out/sacked_out at RTO [TCP]: Extract tcp_match_queue_to_sack from sacktag code [TCP]: Kill almost unused variable pcount from sacktag [TCP]: Fix mark_head_lost to ignore R-bit when trying to mark L [TCP]: Add bytes_acked (ABC) clearing to FRTO too [IPv6]: Update setsockopt(IPV6_MULTICAST_IF) to support RFC 3493, try2 [NETFILTER]: x_tables: add missing ip6t_modulename aliases [NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack_tcp: fix connection reopening [QETH]: fix qeth_main.c [NETLINK]: fib_frontend build fixes [IPv6]: Export userland ND options through netlink (RDNSS support) [9P]: build fix with !CONFIG_SYSCTL [NET]: Fix dev_put() and dev_hold() comments [NET]: make netlink user -> kernel interface synchronious [NET]: unify netlink kernel socket recognition [NET]: cleanup 3rd argument in netlink_sendskb ... Fix up conflicts manually in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt and my new least favourite crap, the "mod_devicetable" support in the files include/linux/mod_devicetable.h and scripts/mod/file2alias.c. (The latter files seem to be explicitly _designed_ to get conflicts when different subsystems work with them - that have an absolutely horrid lack of subsystem separation!) Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-10-11x86: Add feature-removal entry for bzImage symlinksThomas Gleixner
The i386/x86_64 merge provides a symlink to the old bzImage location. This is just a transitional migration helper. Remove it after a 6 month grace period. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2007-10-10[SHAPER]: Mark for removal.Stephen Hemminger
This driver has been marked obsolete for a long time and is superseded by traffic schedulers. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-09-15sk98lin: resurrect driverStephen Hemminger
This reverts commit e1abecc48938fbe1966ea6e78267fc673fa59295. The driver works on some hardware that skge doesn't handle yet. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2007-08-23ACPI: Schedule /proc/acpi/event for removalLen Brown
Schedule /proc/acpi/event for removal in 6 months. Re-name acpi_bus_generate_event() to acpi_bus_generate_proc_event() to make sure there is no confusion that it is for /proc/acpi/event only. Add CONFIG_ACPI_PROC_EVENT to allow removal of /proc/acpi/event. There is no functional change if CONFIG_ACPI_PROC_EVENT=y Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2007-07-27[S390] cio: Remove deprecated rdc/rcd.Cornelia Huck
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118481061928246&w=2 seems to indicate disfavour of "deprecated", so let's just kill it now. Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2007-07-22Pull misc into release branchLen Brown
Conflicts: Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
2007-07-22ACPI: update ACPI proc I/F removal scheduleZhang Rui
ACPI sysfs conversion is not finished yet and some user space tools still depend on the ACPI proc I/F. We plan to finish all the sysfs conversion by January 2008 and remove the ACPI proc I/F in July 2008. Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2007-07-22ACPI: update feature-removal-schedule.txt, /sys/firmware/acpi/namespace is goneZhang Rui
The /sys/firmware/acpi/namespace has already been removed in 2.6.21. Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2007-07-19Merge branch 'release' of git://lm-sensors.org/kernel/mhoffman/hwmon-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'release' of git://lm-sensors.org/kernel/mhoffman/hwmon-2.6: (44 commits) i2c: Delete the i2c-isa pseudo bus driver hwmon: refuse to load abituguru driver on non-Abit boards hwmon: fix Abit Uguru3 driver detection on some motherboards hwmon/w83627ehf: Be quiet when no chip is found hwmon/w83627ehf: No need to initialize fan_min hwmon/w83627ehf: Export the thermal sensor types hwmon/w83627ehf: Enable VBAT monitoring hwmon/w83627ehf: Add support for the VID inputs hwmon/w83627ehf: Fix timing issues hwmon/w83627ehf: Add error messages for two error cases hwmon/w83627ehf: Convert to a platform driver hwmon/w83627ehf: Update the Kconfig entry make coretemp_device_remove() static hwmon: Add LM93 support hwmon: Improve the pwmN_enable documentation hwmon/smsc47b397: Don't report missing fans as spinning at 82 RPM hwmon: Add support for newer uGuru's hwmon/f71805f: Add temperature-tracking fan control mode hwmon/w83627ehf: Preserve speed reading when changing fan min hwmon: fix detection of abituguru volt inputs ... Manual fixup of trivial conflict in MAINTAINERS file
2007-07-19i2c: Delete the i2c-isa pseudo bus driverJean Delvare
There are no users of i2c-isa left, so we can finally get rid of it. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2007-07-19update checkpatch.pl to version 0.08Andy Whitcroft
This version brings a number of new checks, and a number of bug fixes. Of note: - warnings for multiple assignments per line - warnings for multiple declarations per line - checks for single statement blocks with braces This patch includes an update for feature-removal-schedule.txt to better target checks. Andy Whitcroft (12): Version: 0.08 only apply printk checks where there is a string literal allow suppression of errors for when no patch is found warn about multiple assignments warn on declaration of multiple variables check for kfree() with needless null check check for single statement braced blocks check for aggregate initialisation on the next line handle the => operator check for spaces between function name and open parenthesis move to explicit Check: entries in feature-removal-schedule.txt handle pointer attributes Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-19mm: fault feedback #1Nick Piggin
Change ->fault prototype. We now return an int, which contains VM_FAULT_xxx code in the low byte, and FAULT_RET_xxx code in the next byte. FAULT_RET_ code tells the VM whether a page was found, whether it has been locked, and potentially other things. This is not quite the way he wanted it yet, but that's changed in the next patch (which requires changes to arch code). This means we no longer set VM_CAN_INVALIDATE in the vma in order to say that a page is locked which requires filemap_nopage to go away (because we can no longer remain backward compatible without that flag), but we were going to do that anyway. struct fault_data is renamed to struct vm_fault as Linus asked. address is now a void __user * that we should firmly encourage drivers not to use without really good reason. The page is now returned via a page pointer in the vm_fault struct. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-19mm: merge populate and nopage into fault (fixes nonlinear)Nick Piggin
Nonlinear mappings are (AFAIKS) simply a virtual memory concept that encodes the virtual address -> file offset differently from linear mappings. ->populate is a layering violation because the filesystem/pagecache code should need to know anything about the virtual memory mapping. The hitch here is that the ->nopage handler didn't pass down enough information (ie. pgoff). But it is more logical to pass pgoff rather than have the ->nopage function calculate it itself anyway (because that's a similar layering violation). Having the populate handler install the pte itself is likewise a nasty thing to be doing. This patch introduces a new fault handler that replaces ->nopage and ->populate and (later) ->nopfn. Most of the old mechanism is still in place so there is a lot of duplication and nice cleanups that can be removed if everyone switches over. The rationale for doing this in the first place is that nonlinear mappings are subject to the pagefault vs invalidate/truncate race too, and it seemed stupid to duplicate the synchronisation logic rather than just consolidate the two. After this patch, MAP_NONBLOCK no longer sets up ptes for pages present in pagecache. Seems like a fringe functionality anyway. NOPAGE_REFAULT is removed. This should be implemented with ->fault, and no users have hit mainline yet. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: cleanup] [randy.dunlap@oracle.com: doc. fixes for readahead] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fix] Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-18Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6: sysfs: cosmetic clean up on node creation failure paths sysfs: kill an extra put in sysfs_create_link() failure path Driver core: check return code of sysfs_create_link() HOWTO: Add the knwon_regression URI to the documentation dev_vdbg() documentation dev_vdbg(), available with -DVERBOSE_DEBUG sysfs: make sysfs_init_inode() static sysfs: fix sysfs root inode nlink accounting Documentation fix devres.txt: lib/iomap.c -> lib/devres.c sysfs: avoid kmem_cache_free(NULL) PM: remove deprecated dpm_runtime_* routines PM: Remove deprecated sysfs files Driver core: accept all valid action-strings in uevent-trigger debugfs: remove rmdir() non-empty complaint
2007-07-18PM: remove deprecated dpm_runtime_* routinesAlan Stern
This patch (as933) removes the deprecated dpm_runtime_suspend() and dpm_runtime_resume() routines from the PM core. The only user of those routines is the PCMCIA ds driver; local replacements are added. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> CC: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-18PM: Remove deprecated sysfs filesAlan Stern
This patch (as932) removes the deprecated sysfs .../power/state attribute files. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-07-17IB/mthca: Schedule MSI support for removalRoland Dreier
The mthca driver supports both MSI and MSI-X. However, MSI-X works with all hardware that the driver handles, and provides a superset of what MSI does, so there's no point in having code for both. Schedule MSI support for removal in 2008 to give anyone who actually needs MSI and who can't use MSI time to speak up. Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
2007-07-16Merge branch 'merge' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc * 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc: (209 commits) [POWERPC] Create add_rtc() function to enable the RTC CMOS driver [POWERPC] Add H_ILLAN_ATTRIBUTES hcall number [POWERPC] xilinxfb: Parameterize xilinxfb platform device registration [POWERPC] Oprofile support for Power 5++ [POWERPC] Enable arbitary speed tty ioctls and split input/output speed [POWERPC] Make drivers/char/hvc_console.c:khvcd() static [POWERPC] Remove dead code for preventing pread() and pwrite() calls [POWERPC] Remove unnecessary #undef printk from prom.c [POWERPC] Fix typo in Ebony default DTS [POWERPC] Check for NULL ppc_md.init_IRQ() before calling [POWERPC] Remove extra return statement [POWERPC] pasemi: Don't auto-select CONFIG_EMBEDDED [POWERPC] pasemi: Rename platform [POWERPC] arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c: Move NUMA exports [POWERPC] Add __read_mostly support for powerpc [POWERPC] Modify sched_clock() to make CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME more sane [POWERPC] Create a dummy zImage if no valid platform has been selected [POWERPC] PS3: Bootwrapper support. [POWERPC] powermac i2c: Use mutex [POWERPC] Schedule removal of arch/ppc ... Fixed up conflicts manually in: Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_32.c arch/powerpc/kernel/pci_64.c include/asm-powerpc/pci.h and asked the powerpc people to double-check the result..
2007-07-16undeprecate raw driverDave Jones
Despite repeated attempts over the last two and half years, this driver seems somewhat persistant. Remove its deprecated status as it has existing users who may not be in a position to migrate their apps to O_DIRECT. Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-16add printk.time option, deprecate 'time'Randy Dunlap
Allow printk_time to be enabled or disabled at boot time. Previously it could be enabled only, but not disabled. Change printk_time from an int to a bool since that's what it is. Make its logical (exposed) name just be "time" (was "printk_time"). Note: Changes kernel boot option syntax from "time" to "printk.time=value". Since printk_time is declared as a module_param, it can also be changed at run-time by modifying /sys/module/printk/parameters/time to a value of 1/Y/y to enabled it or 0/N/n to disable it. Since printk_time is declared as a module_param, its value can also be set at boot-time by using linux printk.time=<bool> If the "time" boot option is used, print a message that it is deprecated and will be removed. Note its planned removal in feature-removal-schedule.txt. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-16more scheduled OSS driver removalAdrian Bunk
This patch contains the scheduled removal of OSS drivers that: - have ALSA drivers for the same hardware without known regressions and - whose Kconfig options have been removed in 2.6.20. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Acked-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-13[CPUFREQ] the overdue removal of X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO_ACPIAdrian Bunk
This patch contains the overdue removal of X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO_ACPI. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Acked-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
2007-07-12Merge branch 'master' of ↵Linus Torvalds
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 * 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (183 commits) [TG3]: Update version to 3.78. [TG3]: Add missing NVRAM strapping. [TG3]: Enable auto MDI. [TG3]: Fix the polarity bit. [TG3]: Fix irq_sync race condition. [NET_SCHED]: ematch: module autoloading [TCP]: tcp probe wraparound handling and other changes [RTNETLINK]: rtnl_link: allow specifying initial device address [RTNETLINK]: rtnl_link API simplification [VLAN]: Fix MAC address handling [ETH]: Validate address in eth_mac_addr [NET]: Fix races in net_rx_action vs netpoll. [AF_UNIX]: Rewrite garbage collector, fixes race. [NETFILTER]: {ip, nf}_conntrack_sctp: fix remotely triggerable NULL ptr dereference (CVE-2007-2876) [NET]: Make all initialized struct seq_operations const. [UDP]: Fix length check. [IPV6]: Remove unneeded pointer idev from addrconf_cleanup(). [DECNET]: Another unnecessary net/tcp.h inclusion in net/dn.h [IPV6]: Make IPV6_{RECV,2292}RTHDR boolean options. [IPV6]: Do not send RH0 anymore. ... Fixed up trivial conflict in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt manually. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-12i2c: Deprecate legacy RTC driversJean Delvare
We have a new RTC subsystem with better drivers. Legacy driver status: * ds1337: The DS1337 and DS1339 are now supported by the rtc-ds1307 driver, so it looks to me like we could even delete the ds1337 driver right away. * ds1374: Will soon be replaced with Scott Wood's rtc-ds1374 driver. * m41t00: The M41T00 is supported by the rtc-ds1307 driver. For the M41T81 and M41T85, the rtc-m41t80 driver written by Atsushi Nemoto should work. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it> Acked-by: Mark A. Greer <mgreer@mvista.com> Acked-by: James Chapman <jchapman@katalix.com> Cc: Randy Vinson <rvinson@mvista.com>
2007-07-10[NETFILTER]: ipt_SAME: add to feature-removal-schedulePatrick McHardy
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-07-10[IPV4]: The scheduled removal of multipath cached routing support.David S. Miller
With help from Chris Wedgwood. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-07-11Merge branch 'for-2.6.23' into mergePaul Mackerras
2007-07-10Remove sk98lin ethernet driver.Jeff Garzik
Unmaintained, superceded by skge. Prodded to deletion by Adrian Bunk. Acked by Stephen Hemminger. Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2007-07-10[POWERPC] Schedule removal of arch/ppcJosh Boyer
The arch/ppc tree has been in a semi-nebulous "bug fix only" state for a few kernel releases now. The patch below officially declares this as of the 2.6.22 kernel release and schedules arch/ppc for removal in June of 2008. Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-07-10ieee1394: remove old isochronous ABIStefan Richter
Based on patch "the scheduled removal of RAW1394_REQ_ISO_{SEND,LISTEN}" from Adrian Bunk, November 20 2006. This patch also removes the underlying facilities in ohci1394 and disables them in pcilynx. That is, hpsb_host_driver.devctl() and hpsb_host_driver.transmit_packet() are no longer used for iso reception and transmission. Since video1394 and dv1394 only work with ohci1394 and raw1394's rawiso interface has never been implemented in pcilynx, pcilynx is now no longer useful for isochronous applications. raw1394 will still handle the request types but will complete the requests with errors that indicate API version conflicts. Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
2007-06-08update feature-removal-schedule.txt to include deprecated functionsAndy Whitcroft
Now that deprecated functions are detected out of Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt update this to include kernel_thread. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-06-01add a trivial patch style checkerAndy Whitcroft
We are seeing increasing levels of minor patch style violations in submissions to the mailing lists as well as making it into the tree. These detract from the quality of the submission and cause unnessary work for reviewers. As a first step package up the current state of the patch style checker and include it in the kernel tree. Add instructions suggesting running it on submissions. This adds version v0.01 of the checkpatch.pl script. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Signed-off-by: Joel Schopp <jschopp@austin.ibm.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-29Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-rc-fixes-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-rc-fixes-2.6: [SCSI] megaraid_sas: intercept cmd timeout and throttle io [SCSI] fusion: Fix |/|| confusion [SCSI] aic94xx: asd_clear_nexus should fail if the cleared task does not complete [SCSI] aic7xxx: fix aicasm build failure with gcc-3.4.6 [SCSI] aacraid: apply commit config for reset_devices flag [SCSI] sd: fix refcounting regression in suspend/resume routines [SCSI] aacraid: fix panic on short Inquiry [SCSI] aacraid: Correct sa platform support. (Was: [Bug 8469] Bad EIP value on pentium3 SMP kernel-2.6.21.1) [SCSI] NCR53C9x: correct spelling mistake in deprecation notice [SCSI] tgt: fix a rdma indirect transfer error bug [SCSI] MegaRAID: Update MAINTAINERS email-id [SCSI] stex: minor cleanup and version update [SCSI] stex: fix reset recovery for console device [SCSI] stex: extend hard reset wait time [SCSI] stex: fix id mapping issue [SCSI] ipr: Proper return codes for eh_dev_reset for SATA devices [SCSI] zfcp: IO stall after deleting and path checker changes after reenabling zfcp devices [SCSI] zfcp: avoid clutter in erp_dbf
2007-05-17libata: remove libata.spindown_compatTejun Heo
With STANDBYDOWN tracking added, libata.spindown_compat isn't necessary anymore. If userspace shutdown(8) issues STANDBYNOW, libata warns. If userspace shutdown(8) doesn't issue STANDBYNOW, libata does the right thing. Userspace can tell whether kernel supports spindown by testing whether sysfs node manage_start_stop exists as before. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2007-05-16[SCSI] NCR53C9x: correct spelling mistake in deprecation noticeChristoph Hellwig
On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 03:16:39PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > +What: old NCR53C9x driver > > +When: October 2007 > > +Why: Replaced by the much better esp_scsi driver. Actual low-level > > + driver can ported over almost trivially. > ^ > be current linus' tree still has my spelling mistake. Here's a patch to update it Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
2007-05-11libata: implement libata.spindown_compatTejun Heo
Now that libata uses sd->manage_start_stop, libata spins down disk on shutdown. In an attempt to compensate libata's previous shortcoming, some distros sync and spin down disks attached via libata in their shutdown(8). Some disks spin back up just to spin down again on STANDBYNOW1 if the command is issued when the disk is spun down, so this double spinning down causes problem. This patch implements module parameter libata.spindown_compat which, when set to one (default value), prevents libata from spinning down disks on shutdown thus avoiding double spinning down. Note that libata spins down disks for suspend to mem and disk, so with libata.spindown_compat set to one, disks should be properly spun down in all cases without modifying shutdown(8). shutdown(8) should be fixed eventually. Some drive do spin up on SYNCHRONZE_CACHE even when their cache is clean. Those disks currently spin up briefly when sd tries to shutdown the device and then the machine powers off immediately, which can't be good for the head. We can't skip SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE during shudown as it can be dangerous data integrity-wise. So, this spindown_compat parameter is already scheduled for removal by the end of the next year and here's what shutdown(8) should do. * Check whether /sys/modules/libata/parameters/spindown_compat exists. If it does, write 0 to it. * For each libata harddisk { * Check whether /sys/class/scsi_disk/h:c:i:l/manage_start_stop exists. Iff it doesn't, synchronize cache and spin the disk down as before. } The above procedure will make shutdown(8) work properly with kernels before this change, ones with this workaround and later ones without it. To accelerate shutdown(8) updates, if the compat mode is in use, this patch prints BIG FAT warning for five seconds during shutdown (the optimal interval to annoy the user just the right amount discovered by hours of tireless usability testing). Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2007-05-10Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wim/linux-2.6-watchdogLinus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wim/linux-2.6-watchdog: [WATCHDOG] MTX-1 Watchdog driver [WATCHDOG] s3c2410_wdt - initialize watchdog irq resource [WATCHDOG] Kconfig menuconfig patch [WATCHDOG] pcwd.c: Port to the new device driver model [WATCHDOG] use mutex instead of semaphore in Berkshire USB-PC Watchdog driver [WATCHDOG] the scheduled removal of the i8xx_tco watchdog driver [WATCHDOG] Semi-typical watchdog bug re early misc_register() [WATCHDOG] add support for the w83627thf chipset.
2007-05-08Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: (58 commits) [SCSI] zfcp: clear boxed flag on unit reopen. [SCSI] zfcp: clear adapter failed flag if an fsf request times out. [SCSI] zfcp: rework request ID management. [SCSI] zfcp: Fix deadlock between zfcp ERP and SCSI [SCSI] zfcp: Locking for req_no and req_seq_no [SCSI] zfcp: print S_ID and D_ID with 3 bytes [SCSI] ipr: Use PCI-E reset API for new ipr adapter [SCSI] qla2xxx: Update version number to 8.01.07-k7. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Add MSI support. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Correct pci_set_msi() usage semantics. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Attempt to stop firmware only if it had been previously executed. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Honor NVRAM port-down-retry-count settings. [SCSI] qla2xxx: Error-out during probe() if we're unable to complete HBA initialization. [SCSI] zfcp: Stop system after memory corruption [SCSI] mesh: cleanup variable usage in interrupt handler [SCSI] megaraid: replace yield() with cond_resched() [SCSI] megaraid: fix warnings when CONFIG_PROC_FS=n [SCSI] aacraid: correct SUN products to README [SCSI] aacraid: superfluous adapter reset for IBM 8 series ServeRAID controllers [SCSI] aacraid: kexec fix (reset interrupt handler) ...
2007-05-08Char: mxser, schedule for removalJiri Slaby
mxser, schedule for removal Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08The scheduled -EINVAL for invalid timevals in setitimerAdrian Bunk
As scheduled, do_setitimer() now returns -EINVAL for invalid timeval. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08Deprecate SA_xxx interrupt flags -V2Thomas Gleixner
The deprecation of the SA_xxx interrupt flags did not emit deprecated warnings. Andrew said about the removal of the deprecated flag defines: > This is going to break a lot of external stuff. We should have found > a way to make usage of SA_* emit deprecated warnings (or _some_ > warning) to warn people of impending doom. But I can't immediately > find a way of doing that. if we _can_ find a way of doing this, I > suspect we'll need to do it, and give people another six months. It's > going to get ugly out there. We shall see... Define the deprecated flags as a call to a __deprecated inline function so a warning is emitted on compile time. Extend the reprieve of out of tree drivers to 9/2007. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>