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2007-10-19Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivialLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial: (74 commits) fix do_sys_open() prototype sysfs: trivial: fix sysfs_create_file kerneldoc spelling mistake Documentation: Fix typo in SubmitChecklist. Typo: depricated -> deprecated Add missing profile=kvm option to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt fix typo about TBI in e1000 comment proc.txt: Add /proc/stat field small documentation fixes Fix compiler warning in smount example program from sharedsubtree.txt docs/sysfs: add missing word to sysfs attribute explanation documentation/ext3: grammar fixes Documentation/java.txt: typo and grammar fixes Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt: typo fix include/asm-*/system.h: remove unused set_rmb(), set_wmb() macros trivial copy_data_pages() tidy up Fix typo in arch/x86/kernel/tsc_32.c file link fix for Pegasus USB net driver help remove unused return within void return function Typo fixes retrun -> return x86 hpet.h: remove broken links ...
2007-10-20Add missing profile=kvm option to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txtDave Jones
Whilst looking up what profile=sleep did, I noticed that we missed adding docs for the most recent addition to the profiler. Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
2007-10-20Documentation: Remove unreferenced "blkmtd_*" parmsRobert P. J. Day
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
2007-10-20Documentation: Remove reference to non-existent "unwind_debug" kernel parmRobert P. J. Day
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
2007-10-20Documentation: Fix erroneous "dmascc=" documentationRobert P. J. Day
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
2007-10-19Merge ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/linux-2.6-x86Linus Torvalds
* ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/linux-2.6-x86: (33 commits) x86: convert cpuinfo_x86 array to a per_cpu array x86: introduce frame_pointer() and stack_pointer() x86 & generic: change to __builtin_prefetch() i386: do not BUG_ON() when MSR is unknown x86: acpi use cpu_physical_id x86: convert cpu_llc_id to be a per cpu variable x86: convert cpu_to_apicid to be a per cpu variable i386: introduce "used_vectors" bitmap which can be used to reserve vectors. x86: use raw locks during oopses x86: honor _PAGE_PSE bit on page walks i386: do cpuid_device_create() in CPU_UP_PREPARE instead of CPU_ONLINE. x86: implement missing x86_64 function smp_call_function_mask() x86: use descriptor's functions instead of inline assembly i386: consolidate show_regs and show_registers for i386 i386: make callgraph use dump_trace() on i386/x86_64 x86: enable iommu_merge by default i386: i386 add AMD64 Barcelona PMU MSR definitions to msr.h x86: Unify i386 and x86-64 early quirks x86: enable HPET on ICH3 and ICH4 x86: force enable HPET on VT8235/8237 chipsets ... Manually fix trivial conflict with task pid container helper changes in arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
2007-10-20Documentation: Remove references to dead "eda" and "edb" kernel parmsRobert P. J. Day
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
2007-10-20Documentation: Remove references to dead "cyclades=" boot optionRobert P. J. Day
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
2007-10-19Documentation: Remove reference to non-existent "applicom" kernel parmRobert P. J. Day
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
2007-10-19Documentation: Remove references to dead "noasync" kernel parmRobert P. J. Day
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
2007-10-19Documentation: Remove reference to dead "lasi" kernel parmRobert P. J. Day
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
2007-10-19Documentation: Delete final reference to "sg_def_reserved_size" kernel parmRobert P. J. Day
given the following: $ grep -rw sg_def_reserved_size * Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt: sg_def_reserved_size= [SCSI] $ that kernel parameter looks exceedingly dead. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
2007-10-19Documentation: Remove remaining useless reference to acpi_fake_ecdtRobert P. J. Day
>From commit cd8c93a4e04dce8f00d1ef3a476aac8bd65ae40b: "Similar functionality was turned on by acpi_fake_ecdt=1 command line before. Now it is on all the time." Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
2007-10-19Documentation: Delete dead OSS-related kernel parameter.Robert P. J. Day
Since the OSS-related "sb" kernel parameter doesn't seem to be supported, drop its reference from the kernel-parameters.txt file. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
2007-10-19Documentation: Drop reference to dead "eicon" kernel paramter.Robert P. J. Day
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Acked-by: Armin Schindler <armin@melware.de> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
2007-10-19Add documentation for extended crashkernel syntaxBernhard Walle
This adds the documentation for the extended crashkernel syntax into Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt. Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-10-19x86: add force_hpet boot optionThomas Gleixner
add force_hpet boot option. (this will be useful to make the forced-enable quirks depend on.) Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2007-10-18serial: turn serial console suspend a boot rather than compile time optionAndres Salomon
Currently, there's a CONFIG_DISABLE_CONSOLE_SUSPEND that allows one to stop the serial console from being suspended when the rest of the machine goes to sleep. This is incredibly useful for debugging power management-related things; however, having it as a compile-time option has proved to be incredibly inconvenient for us (OLPC). There are plenty of times that we want serial console to not suspend, but for the most part we'd like serial console to be suspended. This drops CONFIG_DISABLE_CONSOLE_SUSPEND, and replaces it with a kernel boot parameter (no_console_suspend). By default, the serial console will be suspended along with the rest of the system; by passing 'no_console_suspend' to the kernel during boot, serial console will remain alive during suspend. For now, this is pretty serial console specific; further fixes could be applied to make this work for things like netconsole. Signed-off-by: Andres Salomon <dilinger@debian.org> Acked-by: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Cc: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@suspend2.net> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-10-17x86: clean up mce= argument parsing slightlyAndi Kleen
Move the = into the __setup line. Document the option in kernel-parameters.txt by adding a pointer to the x86-64 specific documentation. [ tglx: arch/x86 adaptation ] Pointed out by Robert Day Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2007-10-17security: Convert LSM into a static interfaceJames Morris
Convert LSM into a static interface, as the ability to unload a security module is not required by in-tree users and potentially complicates the overall security architecture. Needlessly exported LSM symbols have been unexported, to help reduce API abuse. Parameters for the capability and root_plug modules are now specified at boot. The SECURITY_FRAMEWORK_VERSION macro has also been removed. In a nutshell, there is no safe way to unload an LSM. The modular interface is thus unecessary and broken infrastructure. It is used only by out-of-tree modules, which are often binary-only, illegal, abusive of the API and dangerous, e.g. silently re-vectoring SELinux. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: cleanups] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: USB Kconfig fix] [randy.dunlap@oracle.com: fix LSM kernel-doc] Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Acked-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Cc: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> 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>
2007-10-17Remove final traces of long-deprecated "ramdisk" kernel parmRobert P. J. Day
Since the "ramdisk" kernel parameter has been officially deprecated since at least 2.6.18, might as well finally get rid of it. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-10-16fbcon: logo: disable logo at bootRandy Dunlap
Add logo.nologo kernel boot option to disable the logo in order to provide more screen space for kernel messages; especially useful when debugging and screen space is more critical. newport_con driver changes are untested. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: cleanups, coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-10-16slow down printk during bootRandy Dunlap
Optionally add a boot delay after each kernel printk() call, crudely measured in milliseconds, with a maximum delay of 10 seconds per printk. Enable CONFIG_BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY=y and then add (e.g.): "lpj=loops_per_jiffy boot_delay=100" to the kernel command line. It has been useful in cases like "during boot, my machine just reboots or the screen goes black" by slowing down printk, (and adding initcall_debug), we can usually see the last thing that happened before the lights went out which is usually a valuable clue. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: not all architectures implement CONFIG_HZ] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix lots of stuff] [bunk@stusta.de: kernel/printk.c: make 2 variables static] [heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com: fix slow down printk on boot compile error] Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-10-15Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input: (40 commits) Input: use full RCU API Input: remove tsdev interface Input: add support for Blackfin BF54x Keypad controller Input: appletouch - another fix for idle reset logic HWMON: hdaps - switch to using input-polldev Input: add support for SEGA Dreamcast keyboard Input: omap-keyboard - don't pretend we support changing keymap Input: lifebook - fix X and Y axis range Input: usbtouchscreen - add support for GeneralTouch devices Input: fix open count handling in input interfaces Input: keyboard - add CapsShift lock Input: adbhid - produce all CapsLock key events Input: ALPS - add signature for ThinkPad R61 Input: jornada720_kbd - send MSC_SCAN events Input: add support for the HP Jornada 7xx (710/720/728) touchscreen Input: add support for HP Jornada 7xx onboard keyboard Input: add support for HP Jornada onboard keyboard (HP6XX) Input: ucb1400_ts - use schedule_timeout_uninterruptible Input: xpad - fix dependancy on LEDS class Input: auto-select INPUT for MAC_EMUMOUSEBTN option ... Resolved conflicts manually in drivers/hwmon/applesmc.c: converting from a class device to a device and converting to use input-polldev created a few apparently trivial clashes..
2007-10-15Merge git://git.linux-nfs.org/pub/linux/nfs-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.linux-nfs.org/pub/linux/nfs-2.6: (131 commits) NFSv4: Fix a typo in nfs_inode_reclaim_delegation NFS: Add a boot parameter to disable 64 bit inode numbers NFS: nfs_refresh_inode should clear cache_validity flags on success NFS: Fix a connectathon regression in NFSv3 and NFSv4 NFS: Use nfs_refresh_inode() in ops that aren't expected to change the inode SUNRPC: Don't call xprt_release in call refresh SUNRPC: Don't call xprt_release() if call_allocate fails SUNRPC: Fix buggy UDP transmission [23/37] Clean up duplicate includes in [2.6 patch] net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c: make struct rpcb_program static SUNRPC: Use correct type in buffer length calculations SUNRPC: Fix default hostname created in rpc_create() nfs: add server port to rpc_pipe info file NFS: Get rid of some obsolete macros NFS: Simplify filehandle revalidation NFS: Ensure that nfs_link() returns a hashed dentry NFS: Be strict about dentry revalidation when doing exclusive create NFS: Don't zap the readdir caches upon error NFS: Remove the redundant nfs_reval_fsid() NFSv3: Always use directory post-op attributes in nfs3_proc_lookup ... Fix up trivial conflict due to sock_owned_by_user() cleanup manually in net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
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>
2007-10-12Merge branch 'upstream' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev * 'upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev: (119 commits) [libata] struct pci_dev related cleanups libata: use ata_exec_internal() for PMP register access libata: implement ATA_PFLAG_RESETTING libata: add @timeout to ata_exec_internal[_sg]() ahci: fix notification handling ahci: clean up PORT_IRQ_BAD_PMP enabling ahci: kill leftover from enabling NCQ over PMP libata: wrap schedule_timeout_uninterruptible() in loop libata: skip suppress reporting if ATA_EHI_QUIET libata: clear ehi description after initial host report pata_jmicron: match vendor and class code only libata: add ST9160821AS / 3.ALD to NCQ blacklist pata_acpi: ACPI driver support libata-core: Expose gtm methods for driver use libata: add HDT722516DLA380 to NCQ blacklist libata: blacklist NCQ on Seagate Barracuda ST380817AS [libata] Turn on ACPI by default libata_scsi: Fix ATAPI transfer lengths libata: correct handling of SRST reset sequences libata: Integrate ACPI-based PATA/SATA hotplug - version 5 ...
2007-10-12Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/pci-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/pci-2.6: (37 commits) PCI: merge almost all of pci_32.h and pci_64.h together PCI: X86: Introduce and enable PCI domain support PCI: Add 'nodomains' boot option, and pci_domains_supported global PCI: modify PCI bridge control ISA flag for clarity PCI: use _CRS for PCI resource allocation PCI: avoid P2P prefetch window for expansion ROMs PCI: skip ISA ioresource alignment on some systems PCI: remove transparent bridge sizing pci: write file size to inode on proc bus file write pci: use size stored in proc_dir_entry for proc bus files pci: implement "pci=noaer" PCI: fix IDE legacy mode resources MSI: Use correct data offset for 32-bit MSI in read_msi_msg() PCI: Fix incorrect argument order to list_add_tail() in PCI dynamic ID code PCI: i386: Compaq EVO N800c needs PCI bus renumbering PCI: Remove no longer correct documentation regarding MSI vector assignment PCI: re-enable onboard sound on "MSI K8T Neo2-FIR" PCI: quirk_vt82c586_acpi: Omit reading PCI revision ID PCI: quirk amd_8131_mmrbc: Omit reading pci revision ID cpqphp: Use PCI_CLASS_REVISION instead of PCI_REVISION_ID for read ...
2007-10-12Merge 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: (75 commits) PM: merge device power-management source files sysfs: add copyrights kobject: update the copyrights kset: add some kerneldoc to help describe what these strange things are Driver core: rename ktype_edd and ktype_efivar Driver core: rename ktype_driver Driver core: rename ktype_device Driver core: rename ktype_class driver core: remove subsystem_init() sysfs: move sysfs file poll implementation to sysfs_open_dirent sysfs: implement sysfs_open_dirent sysfs: move sysfs_dirent->s_children into sysfs_dirent->s_dir sysfs: make sysfs_root a regular directory dirent sysfs: open code sysfs_attach_dentry() sysfs: make s_elem an anonymous union sysfs: make bin attr open get active reference of parent too sysfs: kill unnecessary NULL pointer check in sysfs_release() sysfs: kill unnecessary sysfs_get() in open paths sysfs: reposition sysfs_dirent->s_mode. sysfs: kill sysfs_update_file() ...
2007-10-12PCI: Add 'nodomains' boot option, and pci_domains_supported globalJeff Garzik
* Introduce pci_domains_supported global, hardcoded to zero if !CONFIG_PCI_DOMAINS. * Introduce 'nodomains' boot option, which clears pci_domains_supported on platforms that enable it by default (x86, x86-64, and others when they are converted to use this). Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-10-12PCI: use _CRS for PCI resource allocationGary Hade
Use _CRS for PCI resource allocation This patch resolves an issue where incorrect PCI memory and i/o ranges are being assigned to hotplugged PCI devices on some IBM systems. The resource mis-allocation not only makes the PCI device unuseable but often makes the entire system unuseable due to resulting machine checks. The hotplug capable PCI slots on the affected systems are not located under a standard P2P bridge but are instead located under PCI root bridges or subtractive decode P2P bridges. For example, the IBM x3850 contains 2 hotplug capable PCI-X slots and 4 hotplug capable PCIe slots with the PCI-X slots each located under a PCI root bridge and the PCIe slots each located under a subtractive decode P2P bridge. The current i386/x86_64 PCI resource allocation code does not use _CRS returned resource information. No other resource information source is available for slots that are not below a standard P2P bridge so incorrect ranges are being allocated from e820 hole causing the bad result. This patch causes the kernel to use _CRS returned resource info. It is roughly based on a change provided by Matthew Wilcox for the ia64 kernel in 2005. Due to possible buggy BIOS factor and possible yet to be discovered kernel issues the function is disabled by default and can be enabled with pci=use_crs. Signed-off-by: Gary Hade <gary.hade@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-10-12pci: implement "pci=noaer"Randy Dunlap
For cases in which CONFIG_PCIEAER=y (such as distro kernels), allow users to disable PCIE Advanced Error Reporting by using "pci=noaer" on the kernel command line. This can be used to work around hardware or (kernel) software problems. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-10-12PTY: add kernel parameter to overwrite legacy pty countKay Sievers
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2007-10-12x86: Geode MFGPT clock event device supportAndres Salomon
Add support for an MFGPT clock event device; this allows us to use MFGPTs as the basis for high-resolution timers. Signed-off-by: Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Andres Salomon <dilinger@debian.org> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2007-10-12x86: Geode Multi-Function General Purpose Timers supportAndres Salomon
This adds support for Multi-Function General Purpose Timers. It detects the available timers during southbridge init, and provides an API for allocating and setting the timers. They're higher resolution than the standard PIT, so the MFGPTs come in handy for quite a few things. Note that we never clobber the timers that the BIOS might have opted to use; we just check for unused timers. Signed-off-by: Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Andres Salomon <dilinger@debian.org> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2007-10-12libata: correct kernel parameter in documentation.Dave Jones
'noacpi' isn't a standalone parameter, give it its prefix. Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2007-10-09NFS: Add a boot parameter to disable 64 bit inode numbersTrond Myklebust
This boot parameter will allow legacy 32-bit applications which call stat() to continue to function even if the NFSv3/v4 server uses 64-bit inode numbers. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
2007-09-17V4L/DVB (6173a): Documentation: Remove reference to dead "cpia_pp=" ↵Robert P. J. Day
boot-time option Since this boot-time option was removed in commit 9ab7e323af9f9efad3e20a14faa4d947adfac381, delete the reference to it. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2007-09-17Revert "V4L/DVB (6173a): Documentation: Remove reference to dead "cpia_pp=" ↵Mauro Carvalho Chehab
boot-time option" This reverts commit 4730d3af625b532e3df5f091b5c8edb08f512fbf. Unfortunately, patch got mangled by a whitespace removal script. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2007-09-14V4L/DVB (6173a): Documentation: Remove reference to dead "cpia_pp=" ↵Robert P. J. Day
boot-time option Since this boot-time option was removed in commit 9ab7e323af9f9efad3e20a14faa4d947adfac381, delete the reference to it. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2007-08-24Pull thermal into release branchLen Brown
2007-08-21ACPI: boot correctly with "nosmp" or "maxcpus=0"Len Brown
In MPS mode, "nosmp" and "maxcpus=0" boot a UP kernel with IOAPIC disabled. However, in ACPI mode, these parameters didn't completely disable the IO APIC initialization code and boot failed. init/main.c: Disable the IO_APIC if "nosmp" or "maxcpus=0" undefine disable_ioapic_setup() when it doesn't apply. i386: delete ioapic_setup(), it was a duplicate of parse_noapic() delete undefinition of disable_ioapic_setup() x86_64: rename disable_ioapic_setup() to parse_noapic() to match i386 define disable_ioapic_setup() in header to match i386 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1641 Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2007-08-14ACPI: thermal: create "thermal.crt=C" bootparamLen Brown
Some hardware will malfunction at a temperature below the BIOS provided critical shutdown threshold. This hook allows moving the critical trip points down to a temperature which provokes a graceful shutdown before the hardware malfunction. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8884 WARNING: A trip-point override will not get noticed until the system delivers a temperature change event, or unless thermal zone polling is enabled. eg. "thermal.tzp=10" Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2007-08-12Pull bugzilla-8842 into release branchLen Brown
2007-08-12Pull bugzilla-3774 into release branchLen Brown
2007-08-12ACPI: thermal: create "thermal.act=" to disable or override active trip pointLen Brown
thermal.act=-1 disables all active trip points in all ACPI thermal zones. thermal.act=C, where C > 0, overrides all lowest temperature active trip points in all thermal zones to C degrees Celsius. Raising this trip-point may allow you to keep your system silent up to a higher temperature. However, it will not allow you to raise the lowest temperature trip point above the next higher trip point (if there is one). Lowering this trip point may kick in the fan sooner. Note that overriding this trip-point will disable any BIOS attempts to implement hysteresis around the lowest temperature trip point. This may result in the fan starting and stopping frequently if temperature frequently crosses C. WARNING: raising trip points above the manufacturer's defaults may cause the system to run at higher temperature and shorten its life. Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2007-08-12ACPI: thermal: create "thermal.nocrt" to disable critical actionsLen Brown
thermal.nocrt=1 disables actions on _CRT and _HOT ACPI thermal zone trip-points. They will be marked as <disabled> in /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/trip_points. There are two cases where this option is used: 1. Debugging a hot system crossing valid trip point. If your system fan is spinning at full speed, be sure that the vent is not clogged with dust. Many laptops have very fine thermal fins that are easily blocked. Check that the processor fan-sink is properly seated, has the proper thermal grease, and is really spinning. Check for fan related options in BIOS SETUP. Sometimes there is a performance vs quiet option. Defaults are generally the most conservative. If your fan is not spinning, yet /proc/acpi/fan/ has files in it, please file a Linux/ACPI bug. WARNING: you risk shortening the lifetime of your hardware if you use this parameter on a hot system. Note that this refers to all system components, including the disk drive. 2. Working around a cool system crossing critical trip point due to erroneous temperature reading. Try again with CONFIG_HWMON=n There is known potential for conflict between the the hwmon sub-system and the ACPI BIOS. If this fixes it, notify lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org and linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Otherwise, file a Linux/ACPI bug, or notify just linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org. Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2007-08-12ACPI: thermal: create "thermal.psv=" to override passive trip pointsLen Brown
"thermal.psv=-1" disables passive trip points for all ACPI thermal zones. "thermal.psv=C", where 'C' is degrees Celsius, overrides all existing passive trip points for all ACPI thermal zones. thermal.psv is checked at module load time, and in response to trip-point change events. Note that if the system does not deliver thermal zone temperature change events near the new trip-point, then it will not be noticed. To force your custom trip point to be noticed, you may need to enable polling: eg. thermal.tzp=3000 invokes polling every 5 minutes. Note that once passive thermal throttling is invoked, it has its own internal Thermal Sampling Period (_TSP), that is unrelated to _TZP. WARNING: disabling or raising a thermal trip point may result in increased running temperature and shorter hardware lifetime on some systems. Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2007-08-12ACPI: thermal: expose "thermal.tzp=" to set global polling frequencyLen Brown
Thermal Zone Polling frequency (_TZP) is an optional ACPI object recommending the rate that the OS should poll the associated thermal zone. If _TZP is 0, no polling should be used. If _TZP is non-zero, then the platform recommends that the OS poll the thermal zone at the specified rate. The minimum period is 30 seconds. The maximum period is 5 minutes. (note _TZP and thermal.tzp units are in deci-seconds, so _TZP = 300 corresponds to 30 seconds) If _TZP is not present, ACPI 3.0b recommends that the thermal zone be polled at an "OS provided default frequency". However, common industry practice is: 1. The BIOS never specifies any _TZP 2. High volume OS's from this century never poll any thermal zones Ie. The OS depends on the platform's ability to provoke thermal events when necessary, and the "OS provided default frequency" is "never":-) There is a proposal that ACPI 4.0 be updated to reflect common industry practice -- ie. no _TZP, no polling. The Linux kernel already follows this practice -- thermal zones are not polled unless _TZP is present and non-zero. But thermal zone polling is useful as a workaround for systems which have ACPI thermal control, but have an issue preventing thermal events. Indeed, some Linux distributions still set a non-zero thermal polling frequency for this reason. But rather than ask the user to write a polling frequency into all the /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/*/polling_frequency files, here we simply document and expose the already existing module parameter to do the same at system level, to simplify debugging those broken platforms. Note that thermal.tzp is a module-load time parameter only. Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2007-08-12ACPI: thermal: create "thermal.off=1" to disable ACPI thermal supportLen Brown
"thermal.off=1" disables all ACPI thermal support at boot time. CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=n can do this at build time. "# rmmod thermal" can do this at run time, as long as thermal is built as a module. WARNING: On some systems, disabling ACPI thermal support will cause the system to run hotter and reduce the lifetime of the hardware. Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>