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2005-11-07[PATCH] RapidIO support: core baseMatt Porter
Adds a RapidIO subsystem to the kernel. RIO is a switched fabric interconnect used in higher-end embedded applications. The curious can look at the specs over at http://www.rapidio.org The core code implements enumeration/discovery, management of devices/resources, and interfaces for RIO drivers. There's a lot more to do to take advantages of all the hardware features. However, this should provide a good base for folks with RIO hardware to start contributing. Signed-off-by: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-11-07[PATCH] perform maintenance on Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txtMuli Ben-Yehuda
Updates to Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt: - there's no need to select HUGETLB_PAGE manually and it's no longer under the processor menu. Update the text accordingly. - fix typos and trim trailing whitespace. Signed-Off-By: Muli Ben-Yehuda <mulix@mulix.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-11-07[PATCH] Remove hlist_for_each_rcu() API, convert existing use to ↵Paul E. McKenney
hlist_for_each_entry_rcu Remove the hlist_for_each_rcu() API, which is used only in one place, and is trivially converted to hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(), making the code shorter and more readable. Any out-of-tree uses may be similarly converted. Signed-off-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-11-07[PATCH] s390: documentation updateCornelia Huck
Fix typos and add a section about cpus in the driver-model documentation. Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-11-07[PATCH] suspend-to-ram: update docsPavel Machek
This adds few more working systems. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-11-07[PATCH] mm: rename kmem_cache_s to kmem_cachePekka J Enberg
This patch renames struct kmem_cache_s to kmem_cache so we can start using it instead of kmem_cache_t typedef. Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-11-06Merge master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-armLinus Torvalds
2005-11-05[PATCH] S2io: Updated documentationRavinandan Arakali
Hi, This patch provides updated documentation on the Neterion(S2io) driver. Please review the patch. Signed-off-by: Ravinandan Arakali <ravinandan.arakali@neterion.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
2005-11-05[ARM] Documentation/arm/README: small updateAdrian Bunk
- egcs is not supported by kernel 2.6 - gcc 3.3 seems to be a good choice on ARM Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2005-11-04Merge by HandJames Bottomley
Conflicts in dec_esp.c (Thanks Bacchus), scsi_transport_iscsi.c and scsi_transport_fc.h Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
2005-11-04Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/net-2.6Linus Torvalds
2005-11-03Merge git://oss.sgi.com:8090/oss/git/xfs-2.6Linus Torvalds
2005-11-03[XFS] Update XFS documentation.Nathan Scott
Signed-off-by: Nathan Scott <nathans@sgi.com>
2005-11-02[ETHERNET]: Add ether stuff to docbookStephen Hemminger
Fix up etherdevice docbook comments and make them (and other networking stuff) get dragged into the kernel-api. Delete the old 8390 stuff, it really isn't interesting anymore. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@mandriva.com>
2005-11-01Merge master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-serialLinus Torvalds
2005-11-01Merge master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-armLinus Torvalds
2005-11-01[ARM] 3076/1: S3C2410 - updated documentation for platfrom data initBen Dooks
Patch from Ben Dooks Update the Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX to add example platform data initialisation, and add the linux-arm mailing list URL. Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2005-10-31[SERIAL] Update serial_core documentationRussell King
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2005-10-31Merge branch 'master' of /usr/src/ntfs-2.6/Anton Altaparmakov
2005-10-30[PATCH] fix missing includesTim Schmielau
I recently picked up my older work to remove unnecessary #includes of sched.h, starting from a patch by Dave Jones to not include sched.h from module.h. This reduces the number of indirect includes of sched.h by ~300. Another ~400 pointless direct includes can be removed after this disentangling (patch to follow later). However, quite a few indirect includes need to be fixed up for this. In order to feed the patches through -mm with as little disturbance as possible, I've split out the fixes I accumulated up to now (complete for i386 and x86_64, more archs to follow later) and post them before the real patch. This way this large part of the patch is kept simple with only adding #includes, and all hunks are independent of each other. So if any hunk rejects or gets in the way of other patches, just drop it. My scripts will pick it up again in the next round. Signed-off-by: Tim Schmielau <tim@physik3.uni-rostock.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-10-30[PATCH] RCU torture-testing kernel modulePaul E. McKenney
This patch is a rewrite of the one submitted on October 1st, using modules (http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112819093522998&w=2). This rewrite adds a tristate CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST, which enables an intense torture test of the RCU infratructure. This is needed due to the continued changes to the RCU infrastructure to accommodate dynamic ticks, CPU hotplug, realtime, and so on. Most of the code is in a separate file that is compiled only if the CONFIG variable is set. Documentation on how to run the test and interpret the output is also included. This code has been tested on i386 and ppc64, and an earlier version of the code has received extensive testing on a number of architectures as part of the PREEMPT_RT patchset. Signed-off-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-10-30[PATCH] Keys: Add LSM hooks for key management [try #3]David Howells
The attached patch adds LSM hooks for key management facilities. The notable changes are: (1) The key struct now supports a security pointer for the use of security modules. This will permit key labelling and restrictions on which programs may access a key. (2) Security modules get a chance to note (or abort) the allocation of a key. (3) The key permission checking can now be enhanced by the security modules; the permissions check consults LSM if all other checks bear out. (4) The key permissions checking functions now return an error code rather than a boolean value. (5) An extra permission has been added to govern the modification of attributes (UID, GID, permissions). Note that there isn't an LSM hook specifically for each keyctl() operation, but rather the permissions hook allows control of individual operations based on the permission request bits. Key management access control through LSM is enabled by automatically if both CONFIG_KEYS and CONFIG_SECURITY are enabled. This should be applied on top of the patch ensubjected: [PATCH] Keys: Possessor permissions should be additive Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-10-30[PATCH] Typo fix: explictly -> explicitlyJean Delvare
(akpm: I don't do typo patches, but one of these is in a printk string) Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-10-30[PATCH] remove some more check_region stuffJeff Garzik
Removed some more references to check_region(). I checked these changes into the 'checkreg' branch of rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/misc-2.6.git The only valid references remaining are in: drivers/scsi/advansys.c drivers/scsi/BusLogic.c drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.c sound/oss/pss.c Remove last vestiges of ide_check_region() drivers/char/specialix: trim trailing whitespace drivers/char/specialix: eliminate use of check_region() Remove outdated and unused references to check_region() [sound oss] remove check_region() usage from cs4232, wavfront [netdrvr eepro] trim trailing whitespace [netdrvr eepro] remove check_region() usage Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-10-30Merge branch 'master' of /usr/src/ntfs-2.6/Anton Altaparmakov
2005-10-29[PATCH] mm: flush_tlb_range outside ptlockHugh Dickins
There was one small but very significant change in the previous patch: mprotect's flush_tlb_range fell outside the page_table_lock: as it is in 2.4, but that doesn't prove it safe in 2.6. On some architectures flush_tlb_range comes to the same as flush_tlb_mm, which has always been called from outside page_table_lock in dup_mmap, and is so proved safe. Others required a deeper audit: I could find no reliance on page_table_lock in any; but in ia64 and parisc found some code which looks a bit as if it might want preemption disabled. That won't do any actual harm, so pending a decision from the maintainers, disable preemption there. Remove comments on page_table_lock from flush_tlb_mm, flush_tlb_range and flush_tlb_page entries in cachetlb.txt: they were rather misleading (what generic code does is different from what usually happens), the rules are now changing, and it's not yet clear where we'll end up (will the generic tlb_flush_mmu happen always under lock? never under lock? or sometimes under and sometimes not?). Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-10-29[PATCH] mm: m68k kill stram swapHugh Dickins
Please, please now delete the Atari CONFIG_STRAM_SWAP code. It may be excellent and ingenious code, but its reference to swap_vfsmnt betrays that it hasn't been built since 2.5.1 (four years old come December), it's delving deep into matters which are the preserve of core mm code, its only purpose is to give the more conscientious mm guys an anxiety attack from time to time; yet we keep on breaking it more and more. If you want to use RAM for swap, then if the MTD driver does not already provide just what you need, I'm sure David could be persuaded to add the extra. But you'd also like to be able to allocate extents of that swap for other use: we can give you a core interface for that if you need. But unbuilt for four years suggests to me that there's no need at all. I cannot swear the patch below won't break your build, but believe so. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-10-29Cleaned up AMD Au1200 IDE driver:Pete Popov
- converted to platform bus - removed pci dependencies - removed virt_to_phys/phys_to_virt calls System now can root off of a disk. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> diff --git a/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README b/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README new file mode 100644
2005-10-29Merge branch 'master' of /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2005-10-29[TCP]: fix tcp_tso_win_divisor documentationAkinobu Mita
The default value for tcp_tso_win_divisor is 3. Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <mita@miraclelinux.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@mandriva.com>
2005-10-28[PATCH] USB: Always do usb-handoffAlan Stern
This revised patch (as586b) makes usb-handoff permanently true and no longer a kernel boot parameter. It also removes the piix3_usb quirk code; that was nothing more than an early version of the USB handoff code (written at a time when Intel's PIIX3 was about the only motherboard with USB support). And it adds identifiers for the three PCI USB controller classes to pci_ids.h. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-10-28[PATCH] usb doc: fix kernel-doc warningRandy Dunlap
usb/core/buffer.c doesn't export any symbols, so it should use !I instead of !E to eliminate this warning message: Warning(/var/linsrc/linux-2614-rc4//drivers/usb/core/buffer.c): no structured comments found Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-10-28[PATCH] USB: Buffer overflow patch for Yealink driverHenk
Just a small patch that fixes a small parameter validation bug. drivers/usb/input/map_to_7segment.h: This patch fixes the broken parameter validation in the char to seg7 conversion. This could cause out-of-bounds memory references. MAINTAINERS: Yealink maintainer info now in sorted order. Documentation/input/yealink.txt: Added a Q&A section that answers some common questions. Signed-off-by: Henk <Henk.Vergonet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> 006491df1a13f85ad245d1039dfdf20e49c394fd
2005-10-28[PATCH] kernel-doc: fix PCI hotplugRandy Dunlap
PCI hotplug.c: does not contain kernel-doc, so don't process it for now. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-10-28[PATCH] hwmon: smsc47m1 documentation updateJean Delvare
The SMSC LPC47M997 Super-I/O chip seems to be compatible with the LPC47M192, so it is supported by the smsc47m1 driver. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-10-28[PATCH] hwmon: lm90 documentation updateJean Delvare
Update the I2C addresses for the ADM1032 and ADT7461 chips. Also update the links to the Analog Devices web site. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-10-28[PATCH] hwmon: Add PEC support to the lm90 driverJean Delvare
Add PEC support to the lm90 driver. Only the ADM1032 chip supports it, and in a rather tricky way, which is why this patch comes with documentation reinforcements. At least, this demonstrates that the new PEC support logic in i2c-core can properly deal with chips with partial PEC support. As enabling PEC causes a significant performance drop, it can be disabled through a sysfs file (unsurprisingly named "pec"). Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-10-28[PATCH] i2c: i2c-i810 documentation updateJean Delvare
Update the documented list of devices supported by the i2c-i810 driver. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-10-28[PATCH] i2c: Documentation updateJean Delvare
Update the i2c documentation: kzalloc should be used instead of kmalloc. I also fixed a couple other things nearby in writing-clients, as several past changes had never been reported there. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-10-28[PATCH] i2c: New Xicor X1205 RTC driverAlessandro Zummo
New driver for the Xicor X1205 RTC chip. Signed-off-by: Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@towertech.it> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-10-28[PATCH] hwmon: New device ID for the smsc47b397 driverMark M. Hoffman
This patch adds a new ID to the SMSC LPC47B397-NC hardware monitoring driver - for a chip that is claimed to be 100% compatible otherwise. Signed-off-by: Bryan Young (Utilitek Systems, Inc.) Signed-off-by: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-10-28[PATCH] hwmon: Drop legacy ISA address support from it87Jean Delvare
Drop legacy ISA address support from the it87 driver. All supported chips are Super-I/O chips, so the device ISA address can be safely read from Super-I/O space rather than blindly assumed. Two nearby inaccurate documentation statements have been fixed as well: * The IT8705F doesn't have an SMBus interface. * The SiS950 doesn't have a distinct prefix. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-10-28[PATCH] i2c: Documentation fixesJean Delvare
i2c documentation fixes. >From Hideki Iwamoto: * i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data is not deleted in 2.6.10. It still exists. * The name which can be set to i2c_driver is up to 31 characters. >From Jean Delvare: * Reword the paragraph about i2c_driver.name, to reflect the "new" naming policy. * Delete the out-of-date note about now gone inc_use and dec_use fields. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-10-28[PATCH] i2c-viapro: Update supported devices listJean Delvare
Make it clearer which chips are supported by the i2c-viapro driver, and which support I2C block transactions. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro | 12 ++++++------ drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro.c | 22 +++++++++++++--------- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
2005-10-28[PATCH] i2c-viapro: Implement I2C Block transactionsJean Delvare
Implement the I2C block transactions on VIA chips which support them: VT82C686B, VT8233, VT8233A, VT8235 and VT8237R. This speeds up EEPROM accesses by a factor 10 or so. I would like to thank Antonino A. Daplas, Hinko Kocevar, Salah Coronya and Andreas Henriksson for their help in testing this new feature. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro | 7 +++++- drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
2005-10-28[PATCH] i2c-viapro: Coding style fixesJean Delvare
Before I go on cleaning up and improving the i2c-viapro driver, let's fix all the coding style issues: mostly trailing white space, and spaces used where tabs should be. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro | 12 ++--- drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-viapro.c | 76 ++++++++++++++++++------------------ 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
2005-10-28[PATCH] i2c: Fix I2C_FUNC_PROTOCOL_MANGLING documentationHideki Iwamoto
Fix the description of I2C_FUNC_PROTOCOL_MANGLING. From: Hideki Iwamoto <h-iwamoto@kit.hi-ho.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Documentation/i2c/functionality | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
2005-10-28[PATCH] hwmon: Do not forcibly enable via686a by defaultJean Delvare
Do not enable the VIA VT82C686A/B integrated sensors by default, as disabled sensors usually means that this feature is not used so the values won't make any sense. This has been confusing many users in the past: http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/readticket.cgi?ticket=1786 http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/readticket.cgi?ticket=1811 http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/readticket.cgi?ticket=2052 It is still possible to forcibly enable the sensors by using the force_addr module parameter. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Documentation/hwmon/via686a | 17 +++++++++++++++-- drivers/hwmon/via686a.c | 18 +++++++++++------- 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
2005-10-28Merge ../bleed-2.6Greg KH
2005-10-28[SCSI] qla2xxx: Update license.Andrew Vasquez
Signed-off-by: Andrew Vasquez <andrew.vasquez@qlogic.com> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>