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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/00-INDEX | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci | 40 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt (renamed from Documentation/IO-mapping.txt) | 0 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/credentials.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.tuner | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt | 5 |
8 files changed, 26 insertions, 46 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX index dd10b51b4e6..5405f7aecef 100644 --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX @@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ DocBook/ - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation. HOWTO - the process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development. -IO-mapping.txt - - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers. IPMI.txt - info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver. IRQ-affinity.txt @@ -84,6 +82,8 @@ blockdev/ - info on block devices & drivers btmrvl.txt - info on Marvell Bluetooth driver usage. +bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt + - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers. cachetlb.txt - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses. cdrom/ @@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ initrd.txt - how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem. input/ - info on Linux input device support. +io-mapping.txt + - description of io_mapping functions in linux/io-mapping.h io_ordering.txt - info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses. ioctl/ diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci index 428676cfa61..25be3250f7d 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci @@ -133,46 +133,6 @@ Description: The symbolic link points to the PCI device sysfs entry of the Physical Function this device associates with. - -What: /sys/bus/pci/slots/... -Date: April 2005 (possibly older) -KernelVersion: 2.6.12 (possibly older) -Contact: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org -Description: - When the appropriate driver is loaded, it will create a - directory per claimed physical PCI slot in - /sys/bus/pci/slots/. The names of these directories are - specific to the driver, which in turn, are specific to the - platform, but in general, should match the label on the - machine's physical chassis. - - The drivers that can create slot directories include the - PCI hotplug drivers, and as of 2.6.27, the pci_slot driver. - - The slot directories contain, at a minimum, a file named - 'address' which contains the PCI bus:device:function tuple. - Other files may appear as well, but are specific to the - driver. - -What: /sys/bus/pci/slots/.../function[0-7] -Date: March 2010 -KernelVersion: 2.6.35 -Contact: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org -Description: - If PCI slot directories (as described above) are created, - and the physical slot is actually populated with a device, - symbolic links in the slot directory pointing to the - device's PCI functions are created as well. - -What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../slot -Date: March 2010 -KernelVersion: 2.6.35 -Contact: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org -Description: - If PCI slot directories (as described above) are created, - a symbolic link pointing to the slot directory will be - created as well. - What: /sys/bus/pci/slots/.../module Date: June 2009 Contact: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org diff --git a/Documentation/IO-mapping.txt b/Documentation/bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt index 1b5aa10df84..1b5aa10df84 100644 --- a/Documentation/IO-mapping.txt +++ b/Documentation/bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt diff --git a/Documentation/credentials.txt b/Documentation/credentials.txt index a2db3528700..995baf379c0 100644 --- a/Documentation/credentials.txt +++ b/Documentation/credentials.txt @@ -417,6 +417,9 @@ reference on them using: This does all the RCU magic inside of it. The caller must call put_cred() on the credentials so obtained when they're finished with. + [*] Note: The result of __task_cred() should not be passed directly to + get_cred() as this may race with commit_cred(). + There are a couple of convenience functions to access bits of another task's credentials, hiding the RCU magic from the caller: diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index c268783bc4e..1571c0c83db 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -647,3 +647,10 @@ Who: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> ---------------------------- +What: The acpi_sleep=s4_nonvs command line option +When: 2.6.37 +Files: arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c +Why: superseded by acpi_sleep=nonvs +Who: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> + +---------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 1808f1157f3..2b2407d9a6d 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file control method, with respect to putting devices into low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering of _PTS is used by default). - s4_nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the - ACPI NVS memory during hibernation. + nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the + ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume. sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec, but some broken systems don't work without it). @@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file If there are multiple matching configurations changing the same attribute, the last one is used. - lmb=debug [KNL] Enable lmb debug messages. + memblock=debug [KNL] Enable memblock debug messages. load_ramdisk= [RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt. @@ -2048,7 +2048,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file WARNING: Forcing ASPM on may cause system lockups. pcie_pme= [PCIE,PM] Native PCIe PME signaling options: - off Do not use native PCIe PME signaling. + Format: {auto|force}[,nomsi] + auto Use native PCIe PME signaling if the BIOS allows the + kernel to control PCIe config registers of root ports. force Use native PCIe PME signaling even if the BIOS refuses to allow the kernel to control the relevant PCIe config registers. diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.tuner b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.tuner index 9b2e0dd6017..e67c1db9685 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.tuner +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.tuner @@ -82,3 +82,4 @@ tuner=81 - Partsnic (Daewoo) PTI-5NF05 tuner=82 - Philips CU1216L tuner=83 - NXP TDA18271 tuner=84 - Sony BTF-Pxn01Z +tuner=85 - Philips FQ1236 MK5 diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt index 41c95cc1dc1..17ddd822b45 100644 --- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt @@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ ibmasr: nowayout: Watchdog cannot be stopped once started (default=kernel config parameter) ------------------------------------------------- +imx2_wdt: +timeout: Watchdog timeout in seconds (default 60 s) +nowayout: Watchdog cannot be stopped once started + (default=kernel config parameter) +------------------------------------------------- indydog: nowayout: Watchdog cannot be stopped once started (default=kernel config parameter) |