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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/isdn/README.gigaset | 34 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kvm/api.txt | 109 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/bonding.txt | 42 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 36 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpc5200.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sound/alsa/ControlNames.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/ctl_unnumbered.txt | 22 |
12 files changed, 238 insertions, 59 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 5516941..591e944 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -317,18 +317,6 @@ Who: ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com --------------------------- -What: SCTP_GET_PEER_ADDRS_NUM_OLD, SCTP_GET_PEER_ADDRS_OLD, - SCTP_GET_LOCAL_ADDRS_NUM_OLD, SCTP_GET_LOCAL_ADDRS_OLD -When: June 2009 -Why: A newer version of the options have been introduced in 2005 that - removes the limitions of the old API. The sctp library has been - converted to use these new options at the same time. Any user - space app that directly uses the old options should convert to using - the new options. -Who: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com> - ---------------------------- - What: Ability for non root users to shm_get hugetlb pages based on mlock resource limits When: 2.6.31 diff --git a/Documentation/isdn/README.gigaset b/Documentation/isdn/README.gigaset index f996310..0fc9831 100644 --- a/Documentation/isdn/README.gigaset +++ b/Documentation/isdn/README.gigaset @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ GigaSet 307x Device Driver ------------ 1.1. Hardware -------- - This release supports the connection of the Gigaset 307x/417x family of + This driver supports the connection of the Gigaset 307x/417x family of ISDN DECT bases via Gigaset M101 Data, Gigaset M105 Data or direct USB connection. The following devices are reported to be compatible: @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ GigaSet 307x Device Driver http://gigaset307x.sourceforge.net/ We had also reports from users of Gigaset M105 who could use the drivers - with SX 100 and CX 100 ISDN bases (only in unimodem mode, see section 2.4.) + with SX 100 and CX 100 ISDN bases (only in unimodem mode, see section 2.5.) If you have another device that works with our driver, please let us know. Chances of getting an USB device to work are good if the output of @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ GigaSet 307x Device Driver -------- The driver works with ISDN4linux and so can be used with any software which is able to use ISDN4linux for ISDN connections (voice or data). - CAPI4Linux support is planned but not yet available. + Experimental Kernel CAPI support is available as a compilation option. There are some user space tools available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/gigaset307x/ @@ -102,20 +102,28 @@ GigaSet 307x Device Driver 2.3. ISDN4linux ---------- This is the "normal" mode of operation. After loading the module you can - set up the ISDN system just as you'd do with any ISDN card. - Your distribution should provide some configuration utility. - If not, you can use some HOWTOs like + set up the ISDN system just as you'd do with any ISDN card supported by + the ISDN4Linux subsystem. Most distributions provide some configuration + utility. If not, you can use some HOWTOs like http://www.linuxhaven.de/dlhp/HOWTO/DE-ISDN-HOWTO-5.html - If this doesn't work, because you have some recent device like SX100 where + If this doesn't work, because you have some device like SX100 where debug output (see section 3.2.) shows something like this when dialing CMD Received: ERROR Available Params: 0 Connection State: 0, Response: -1 gigaset_process_response: resp_code -1 in ConState 0 ! Timeout occurred - you might need to use unimodem mode: + you might need to use unimodem mode. (see section 2.5.) -2.4. Unimodem mode +2.4. CAPI + ---- + If the driver is compiled with CAPI support (kernel configuration option + GIGASET_CAPI, experimental) it can also be used with CAPI 2.0 kernel and + user space applications. ISDN4Linux is supported in this configuration + via the capidrv compatibility driver. The kernel module capidrv.ko must + be loaded explicitly ("modprobe capidrv") if needed. + +2.5. Unimodem mode ------------- This is needed for some devices [e.g. SX100] as they have problems with the "normal" commands. @@ -160,7 +168,7 @@ GigaSet 307x Device Driver configuration file like /etc/modprobe.conf.local, using that should be preferred. -2.5. Call-ID (CID) mode +2.6. Call-ID (CID) mode ------------------ Call-IDs are numbers used to tag commands to, and responses from, the Gigaset base in order to support the simultaneous handling of multiple @@ -188,7 +196,7 @@ GigaSet 307x Device Driver You can also use /sys/class/tty/ttyGxy/cidmode for changing the CID mode setting (ttyGxy is ttyGU0 or ttyGB0). -2.6. Unregistered Wireless Devices (M101/M105) +2.7. Unregistered Wireless Devices (M101/M105) ----------------------------------------- The main purpose of the ser_gigaset and usb_gigaset drivers is to allow the M101 and M105 wireless devices to be used as ISDN devices for ISDN @@ -228,7 +236,7 @@ GigaSet 307x Device Driver You have two or more DECT data adapters (M101/M105) and only the first one you turn on works. Solution: - Select Unimodem mode for all DECT data adapters. (see section 2.4.) + Select Unimodem mode for all DECT data adapters. (see section 2.5.) Problem: Messages like this: @@ -236,7 +244,7 @@ GigaSet 307x Device Driver appear in your syslog. Solution: Check whether your M10x wireless device is correctly registered to the - Gigaset base. (see section 2.6.) + Gigaset base. (see section 2.7.) 3.2. Telling the driver to provide more information ---------------------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index fce5b5e..495a39a 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2605,6 +2605,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file uart6850= [HW,OSS] Format: <io>,<irq> + uhash_entries= [KNL,NET] + Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections + uhci-hcd.ignore_oc= [USB] Ignore overcurrent events (default N). Some badly-designed motherboards generate lots of diff --git a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt index 5a4bc8cf..e1a1141 100644 --- a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt @@ -593,6 +593,115 @@ struct kvm_irqchip { } chip; }; +4.27 KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG + +Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM +Architectures: x86 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_xen_hvm_config (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Sets the MSR that the Xen HVM guest uses to initialize its hypercall +page, and provides the starting address and size of the hypercall +blobs in userspace. When the guest writes the MSR, kvm copies one +page of a blob (32- or 64-bit, depending on the vcpu mode) to guest +memory. + +struct kvm_xen_hvm_config { + __u32 flags; + __u32 msr; + __u64 blob_addr_32; + __u64 blob_addr_64; + __u8 blob_size_32; + __u8 blob_size_64; + __u8 pad2[30]; +}; + +4.27 KVM_GET_CLOCK + +Capability: KVM_CAP_ADJUST_CLOCK +Architectures: x86 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_clock_data (out) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Gets the current timestamp of kvmclock as seen by the current guest. In +conjunction with KVM_SET_CLOCK, it is used to ensure monotonicity on scenarios +such as migration. + +struct kvm_clock_data { + __u64 clock; /* kvmclock current value */ + __u32 flags; + __u32 pad[9]; +}; + +4.28 KVM_SET_CLOCK + +Capability: KVM_CAP_ADJUST_CLOCK +Architectures: x86 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_clock_data (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Sets the current timestamp of kvmclock to the valued specific in its parameter. +In conjunction with KVM_GET_CLOCK, it is used to ensure monotonicity on scenarios +such as migration. + +struct kvm_clock_data { + __u64 clock; /* kvmclock current value */ + __u32 flags; + __u32 pad[9]; +}; + +4.29 KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS + +Capability: KVM_CAP_VCPU_EVENTS +Architectures: x86 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_vcpu_event (out) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Gets currently pending exceptions, interrupts, and NMIs as well as related +states of the vcpu. + +struct kvm_vcpu_events { + struct { + __u8 injected; + __u8 nr; + __u8 has_error_code; + __u8 pad; + __u32 error_code; + } exception; + struct { + __u8 injected; + __u8 nr; + __u8 soft; + __u8 pad; + } interrupt; + struct { + __u8 injected; + __u8 pending; + __u8 masked; + __u8 pad; + } nmi; + __u32 sipi_vector; + __u32 flags; /* must be zero */ +}; + +4.30 KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS + +Capability: KVM_CAP_VCPU_EVENTS +Architectures: x86 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_vcpu_event (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Set pending exceptions, interrupts, and NMIs as well as related states of the +vcpu. + +See KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS for the data structure. + + 5. The kvm_run structure Application code obtains a pointer to the kvm_run structure by diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt index d5181ce..61f516b 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Linux Ethernet Bonding Driver HOWTO - Latest update: 12 November 2007 + Latest update: 23 September 2009 Initial release : Thomas Davis <tadavis at lbl.gov> Corrections, HA extensions : 2000/10/03-15 : @@ -614,6 +614,46 @@ primary The primary option is only valid for active-backup mode. +primary_reselect + + Specifies the reselection policy for the primary slave. This + affects how the primary slave is chosen to become the active slave + when failure of the active slave or recovery of the primary slave + occurs. This option is designed to prevent flip-flopping between + the primary slave and other slaves. Possible values are: + + always or 0 (default) + + The primary slave becomes the active slave whenever it + comes back up. + + better or 1 + + The primary slave becomes the active slave when it comes + back up, if the speed and duplex of the primary slave is + better than the speed and duplex of the current active + slave. + + failure or 2 + + The primary slave becomes the active slave only if the + current active slave fails and the primary slave is up. + + The primary_reselect setting is ignored in two cases: + + If no slaves are active, the first slave to recover is + made the active slave. + + When initially enslaved, the primary slave is always made + the active slave. + + Changing the primary_reselect policy via sysfs will cause an + immediate selection of the best active slave according to the new + policy. This may or may not result in a change of the active + slave, depending upon the circumstances. + + This option was added for bonding version 3.6.0. + updelay Specifies the time, in milliseconds, to wait before enabling a diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index fbe427a..006b39d 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -164,6 +164,14 @@ tcp_congestion_control - STRING additional choices may be available based on kernel configuration. Default is set as part of kernel configuration. +tcp_cookie_size - INTEGER + Default size of TCP Cookie Transactions (TCPCT) option, that may be + overridden on a per socket basis by the TCPCT socket option. + Values greater than the maximum (16) are interpreted as the maximum. + Values greater than zero and less than the minimum (8) are interpreted + as the minimum. Odd values are interpreted as the next even value. + Default: 0 (off). + tcp_dsack - BOOLEAN Allows TCP to send "duplicate" SACKs. @@ -723,6 +731,12 @@ accept_source_route - BOOLEAN default TRUE (router) FALSE (host) +accept_local - BOOLEAN + Accept packets with local source addresses. In combination with + suitable routing, this can be used to direct packets between two + local interfaces over the wire and have them accepted properly. + default FALSE + rp_filter - INTEGER 0 - No source validation. 1 - Strict mode as defined in RFC3704 Strict Reverse Path @@ -738,8 +752,8 @@ rp_filter - INTEGER to prevent IP spoofing from DDos attacks. If using asymmetric routing or other complicated routing, then loose mode is recommended. - conf/all/rp_filter must also be set to non-zero to do source validation - on the interface + The max value from conf/{all,interface}/rp_filter is used + when doing source validation on the {interface}. Default value is 0. Note that some distributions enable it in startup scripts. @@ -1086,6 +1100,24 @@ accept_dad - INTEGER 2: Enable DAD, and disable IPv6 operation if MAC-based duplicate link-local address has been found. +force_tllao - BOOLEAN + Enable sending the target link-layer address option even when + responding to a unicast neighbor solicitation. + Default: FALSE + + Quoting from RFC 2461, section 4.4, Target link-layer address: + + "The option MUST be included for multicast solicitations in order to + avoid infinite Neighbor Solicitation "recursion" when the peer node + does not have a cache entry to return a Neighbor Advertisements + message. When responding to unicast solicitations, the option can be + omitted since the sender of the solicitation has the correct link- + layer address; otherwise it would not have be able to send the unicast + solicitation in the first place. However, including the link-layer + address in this case adds little overhead and eliminates a potential + race condition where the sender deletes the cached link-layer address + prior to receiving a response to a previous solicitation." + icmp/*: ratelimit - INTEGER Limit the maximal rates for sending ICMPv6 packets. diff --git a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt index f49a33b..4a3109b 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ struct dev_pm_ops { ... int (*runtime_suspend)(struct device *dev); int (*runtime_resume)(struct device *dev); - void (*runtime_idle)(struct device *dev); + int (*runtime_idle)(struct device *dev); ... }; @@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ what to do to handle the device). purpose). In particular, if the driver requires remote wakeup capability for proper -functioning and device_may_wakeup() returns 'false' for the device, then +functioning and device_run_wake() returns 'false' for the device, then ->runtime_suspend() should return -EBUSY. On the other hand, if -device_may_wakeup() returns 'true' for the device and the device is put +device_run_wake() returns 'true' for the device and the device is put into a low power state during the execution of its bus type's ->runtime_suspend(), it is expected that remote wake-up (i.e. hardware mechanism allowing the device to request a change of its power state, such as PCI PME) @@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ The action performed by a bus type's ->runtime_idle() callback is totally dependent on the bus type in question, but the expected and recommended action is to check if the device can be suspended (i.e. if all of the conditions necessary for suspending the device are satisfied) and to queue up a suspend -request for the device in that case. +request for the device in that case. The value returned by this callback is +ignored by the PM core. The helper functions provided by the PM core, described in Section 4, guarantee that the following constraints are met with respect to the bus type's run-time @@ -214,6 +215,9 @@ defined in include/linux/pm.h: being executed for that device and it is not practical to wait for the suspend to complete; means "start a resume as soon as you've suspended" + unsigned int run_wake; + - set if the device is capable of generating run-time wake-up events + enum rpm_status runtime_status; - the run-time PM status of the device; this field's initial value is RPM_SUSPENDED, which means that each device is initially regarded by the diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpc5200.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpc5200.txt index 8447fd7..cabc780 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpc5200.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpc5200.txt @@ -178,3 +178,13 @@ External interrupts: external irq3: interrupts = <1 3 n>; 'n' is sense (0: level high, 1: edge rising, 2: edge falling 3: level low) +fsl,mpc5200-mscan nodes +----------------------- +In addition to the required compatible-, reg- and interrupt-properites, you can +also specify which clock source shall be used for the controller: + +- fsl,mscan-clock-source- a string describing the clock source. Valid values + are: "ip" for ip bus clock + "ref" for reference clock (XTAL) + "ref" is default in case this property is not + present. diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt index fd9a2f6..8923597 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt @@ -798,6 +798,9 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed. setup before initializing the codecs. This option is available only when CONFIG_SND_HDA_PATCH_LOADER=y is set. See HD-Audio.txt for details. + beep_mode - Selects the beep registration mode (0=off, 1=on, 2= + dynamic registration via mute switch on/off); the default + value is set via CONFIG_SND_HDA_INPUT_BEEP_MODE kconfig. [Single (global) options] single_cmd - Use single immediate commands to communicate with @@ -1454,6 +1457,7 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed. Module for internal PC-Speaker. + nopcm - Disable PC-Speaker PCM sound. Only beeps remain. nforce_wa - enable NForce chipset workaround. Expect bad sound. This module supports system beeps, some kind of PCM playback and @@ -1631,7 +1635,7 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed. Module snd-sscape ----------------- - Module for ENSONIQ SoundScape PnP cards. + Module for ENSONIQ SoundScape cards. port - Port # (PnP setup) wss_port - WSS Port # (PnP setup) @@ -1639,10 +1643,11 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed. mpu_irq - MPU-401 IRQ # (PnP setup) dma - DMA # (PnP setup) dma2 - 2nd DMA # (PnP setup, -1 to disable) + joystick - Enable gameport - 0 = disable (default), 1 = enable + + This module supports multiple cards. - This module supports multiple cards. ISA PnP must be enabled. - You need sscape_ctl tool in alsa-tools package for loading - the microcode. + The driver requires the firmware loader support on kernel. Module snd-sun-amd7930 (on sparc only) -------------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ControlNames.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ControlNames.txt index 5b18298..fea65bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ControlNames.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ControlNames.txt @@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ SOURCE: Master Master Mono Hardware Master + Speaker (internal speaker) Headphone - PC Speaker + Beep (beep generator) Phone Phone Input Phone Output diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt index 4c7f9ae..9000cd8 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt @@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ STAC92HD83* ref Reference board mic-ref Reference board with power management for ports dell-s14 Dell laptop + hp HP laptops with (inverted) mute-LED auto BIOS setup (default) STAC9872 diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/ctl_unnumbered.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/ctl_unnumbered.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 23003a8..0000000 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/ctl_unnumbered.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,22 +0,0 @@ - -Except for a few extremely rare exceptions user space applications do not use -the binary sysctl interface. Instead everyone uses /proc/sys/... with -readable ascii names. - -Recently the kernel has started supporting setting the binary sysctl value to -CTL_UNNUMBERED so we no longer need to assign a binary sysctl path to allow -sysctls to show up in /proc/sys. - -Assigning binary sysctl numbers is an endless source of conflicts in sysctl.h, -breaking of the user space ABI (because of those conflicts), and maintenance -problems. A complete pass through all of the sysctl users revealed multiple -instances where the sysctl binary interface was broken and had gone undetected -for years. - -So please do not add new binary sysctl numbers. They are unneeded and -problematic. - -If you really need a new binary sysctl number please first merge your sysctl -into the kernel and then as a separate patch allocate a binary sysctl number. - -(ebiederm@xmission.com, June 2007) |