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authorPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2006-02-24 14:05:47 +1100
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt27
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/v9fs.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/fujitsu/frv/kernel-ABI.txt234
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kprobes.txt81
-rw-r--r--Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt10
11 files changed, 378 insertions, 58 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
index 08c5d04f308..57a09f99ecb 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
Joel Schopp <jschopp@austin.ibm.com>
ia64/x86_64:
Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
+ s390:
+ Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Authors: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Lots of feedback: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@austin.ibm.com>,
@@ -44,9 +46,28 @@ maxcpus=n Restrict boot time cpus to n. Say if you have 4 cpus, using
maxcpus=2 will only boot 2. You can choose to bring the
other cpus later online, read FAQ's for more info.
-additional_cpus=n [x86_64 only] use this to limit hotpluggable cpus.
- This option sets
- cpu_possible_map = cpu_present_map + additional_cpus
+additional_cpus*=n Use this to limit hotpluggable cpus. This option sets
+ cpu_possible_map = cpu_present_map + additional_cpus
+
+(*) Option valid only for following architectures
+- x86_64, ia64, s390
+
+ia64 and x86_64 use the number of disabled local apics in ACPI tables MADT
+to determine the number of potentially hot-pluggable cpus. The implementation
+should only rely on this to count the #of cpus, but *MUST* not rely on the
+apicid values in those tables for disabled apics. In the event BIOS doesnt
+mark such hot-pluggable cpus as disabled entries, one could use this
+parameter "additional_cpus=x" to represent those cpus in the cpu_possible_map.
+
+s390 uses the number of cpus it detects at IPL time to also the number of bits
+in cpu_possible_map. If it is desired to add additional cpus at a later time
+the number should be specified using this option or the possible_cpus option.
+
+possible_cpus=n [s390 only] use this to set hotpluggable cpus.
+ This option sets possible_cpus bits in
+ cpu_possible_map. Thus keeping the numbers of bits set
+ constant even if the machine gets rebooted.
+ This option overrides additional_cpus.
CPU maps and such
-----------------
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index b730d765b52..be5ae600f53 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -171,3 +171,12 @@ Why: The ISA interface is faster and should be always available. The I2C
probing is also known to cause trouble in at least one case (see
bug #5889.)
Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
+
+---------------------------
+
+What: mount/umount uevents
+When: February 2007
+Why: These events are not correct, and do not properly let userspace know
+ when a file system has been mounted or unmounted. Userspace should
+ poll the /proc/mounts file instead to detect this properly.
+Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt
index dbe4d87d261..8a155418c70 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt
@@ -79,15 +79,18 @@ that instance in a system with many cpus making intensive use of it.
tmpfs has a mount option to set the NUMA memory allocation policy for
-all files in that instance:
-mpol=interleave prefers to allocate memory from each node in turn
-mpol=default prefers to allocate memory from the local node
-mpol=bind prefers to allocate from mpol_nodelist
-mpol=preferred prefers to allocate from first node in mpol_nodelist
+all files in that instance (if CONFIG_NUMA is enabled) - which can be
+adjusted on the fly via 'mount -o remount ...'
-The following mount option is used in conjunction with mpol=interleave,
-mpol=bind or mpol=preferred:
-mpol_nodelist: nodelist suitable for parsing with nodelist_parse.
+mpol=default prefers to allocate memory from the local node
+mpol=prefer:Node prefers to allocate memory from the given Node
+mpol=bind:NodeList allocates memory only from nodes in NodeList
+mpol=interleave prefers to allocate from each node in turn
+mpol=interleave:NodeList allocates from each node of NodeList in turn
+
+NodeList format is a comma-separated list of decimal numbers and ranges,
+a range being two hyphen-separated decimal numbers, the smallest and
+largest node numbers in the range. For example, mpol=bind:0-3,5,7,9-15
To specify the initial root directory you can use the following mount
@@ -109,4 +112,4 @@ RAM/SWAP in 10240 inodes and it is only accessible by root.
Author:
Christoph Rohland <cr@sap.com>, 1.12.01
Updated:
- Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>, 13 March 2005
+ Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>, 19 February 2006
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/v9fs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/v9fs.txt
index 4e92feb6b50..24c7a9c41f0 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/v9fs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/v9fs.txt
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ OPTIONS
port=n port to connect to on the remote server
- timeout=n request timeouts (in ms) (default 60000ms)
-
noextend force legacy mode (no 9P2000.u semantics)
uid attempt to mount as a particular uid
@@ -74,10 +72,16 @@ OPTIONS
RESOURCES
=========
-The Linux version of the 9P server, along with some client-side utilities
-can be found at http://v9fs.sf.net (along with a CVS repository of the
-development branch of this module). There are user and developer mailing
-lists here, as well as a bug-tracker.
+The Linux version of the 9P server is now maintained under the npfs project
+on sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/npfs).
+
+There are user and developer mailing lists available through the v9fs project
+on sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/v9fs).
+
+News and other information is maintained on SWiK (http://swik.net/v9fs).
+
+Bug reports may be issued through the kernel.org bugzilla
+(http://bugzilla.kernel.org)
For more information on the Plan 9 Operating System check out
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9
diff --git a/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/kernel-ABI.txt b/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/kernel-ABI.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0ed9b0a779b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/fujitsu/frv/kernel-ABI.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+ =================================
+ INTERNAL KERNEL ABI FOR FR-V ARCH
+ =================================
+
+The internal FRV kernel ABI is not quite the same as the userspace ABI. A number of the registers
+are used for special purposed, and the ABI is not consistent between modules vs core, and MMU vs
+no-MMU.
+
+This partly stems from the fact that FRV CPUs do not have a separate supervisor stack pointer, and
+most of them do not have any scratch registers, thus requiring at least one general purpose
+register to be clobbered in such an event. Also, within the kernel core, it is possible to simply
+jump or call directly between functions using a relative offset. This cannot be extended to modules
+for the displacement is likely to be too far. Thus in modules the address of a function to call
+must be calculated in a register and then used, requiring two extra instructions.
+
+This document has the following sections:
+
+ (*) System call register ABI
+ (*) CPU operating modes
+ (*) Internal kernel-mode register ABI
+ (*) Internal debug-mode register ABI
+ (*) Virtual interrupt handling
+
+
+========================
+SYSTEM CALL REGISTER ABI
+========================
+
+When a system call is made, the following registers are effective:
+
+ REGISTERS CALL RETURN
+ =============== ======================= =======================
+ GR7 System call number Preserved
+ GR8 Syscall arg #1 Return value
+ GR9-GR13 Syscall arg #2-6 Preserved
+
+
+===================
+CPU OPERATING MODES
+===================
+
+The FR-V CPU has three basic operating modes. In order of increasing capability:
+
+ (1) User mode.
+
+ Basic userspace running mode.
+
+ (2) Kernel mode.
+
+ Normal kernel mode. There are many additional control registers available that may be
+ accessed in this mode, in addition to all the stuff available to user mode. This has two
+ submodes:
+
+ (a) Exceptions enabled (PSR.T == 1).
+
+ Exceptions will invoke the appropriate normal kernel mode handler. On entry to the
+ handler, the PSR.T bit will be cleared.
+
+ (b) Exceptions disabled (PSR.T == 0).
+
+ No exceptions or interrupts may happen. Any mandatory exceptions will cause the CPU to
+ halt unless the CPU is told to jump into debug mode instead.
+
+ (3) Debug mode.
+
+ No exceptions may happen in this mode. Memory protection and management exceptions will be
+ flagged for later consideration, but the exception handler won't be invoked. Debugging traps
+ such as hardware breakpoints and watchpoints will be ignored. This mode is entered only by
+ debugging events obtained from the other two modes.
+
+ All kernel mode registers may be accessed, plus a few extra debugging specific registers.
+
+
+=================================
+INTERNAL KERNEL-MODE REGISTER ABI
+=================================
+
+There are a number of permanent register assignments that are set up by entry.S in the exception
+prologue. Note that there is a complete set of exception prologues for each of user->kernel
+transition and kernel->kernel transition. There are also user->debug and kernel->debug mode
+transition prologues.
+
+
+ REGISTER FLAVOUR USE
+ =============== ======= ====================================================
+ GR1 Supervisor stack pointer
+ GR15 Current thread info pointer
+ GR16 GP-Rel base register for small data
+ GR28 Current exception frame pointer (__frame)
+ GR29 Current task pointer (current)
+ GR30 Destroyed by kernel mode entry
+ GR31 NOMMU Destroyed by debug mode entry
+ GR31 MMU Destroyed by TLB miss kernel mode entry
+ CCR.ICC2 Virtual interrupt disablement tracking
+ CCCR.CC3 Cleared by exception prologue (atomic op emulation)
+ SCR0 MMU See mmu-layout.txt.
+ SCR1 MMU See mmu-layout.txt.
+ SCR2 MMU Save for EAR0 (destroyed by icache insns in debug mode)
+ SCR3 MMU Save for GR31 during debug exceptions
+ DAMR/IAMR NOMMU Fixed memory protection layout.
+ DAMR/IAMR MMU See mmu-layout.txt.
+
+
+Certain registers are also used or modified across function calls:
+
+ REGISTER CALL RETURN
+ =============== =============================== ===============================
+ GR0 Fixed Zero -
+ GR2 Function call frame pointer
+ GR3 Special Preserved
+ GR3-GR7 - Clobbered
+ GR8 Function call arg #1 Return value (or clobbered)
+ GR9 Function call arg #2 Return value MSW (or clobbered)
+ GR10-GR13 Function call arg #3-#6 Clobbered
+ GR14 - Clobbered
+ GR15-GR16 Special Preserved
+ GR17-GR27 - Preserved
+ GR28-GR31 Special Only accessed explicitly
+ LR Return address after CALL Clobbered
+ CCR/CCCR - Mostly Clobbered
+
+
+================================
+INTERNAL DEBUG-MODE REGISTER ABI
+================================
+
+This is the same as the kernel-mode register ABI for functions calls. The difference is that in
+debug-mode there's a different stack and a different exception frame. Almost all the global
+registers from kernel-mode (including the stack pointer) may be changed.
+
+ REGISTER FLAVOUR USE
+ =============== ======= ====================================================
+ GR1 Debug stack pointer
+ GR16 GP-Rel base register for small data
+ GR31 Current debug exception frame pointer (__debug_frame)
+ SCR3 MMU Saved value of GR31
+
+
+Note that debug mode is able to interfere with the kernel's emulated atomic ops, so it must be
+exceedingly careful not to do any that would interact with the main kernel in this regard. Hence
+the debug mode code (gdbstub) is almost completely self-contained. The only external code used is
+the sprintf family of functions.
+
+Futhermore, break.S is so complicated because single-step mode does not switch off on entry to an
+exception. That means unless manually disabled, single-stepping will blithely go on stepping into
+things like interrupts. See gdbstub.txt for more information.
+
+
+==========================
+VIRTUAL INTERRUPT HANDLING
+==========================
+
+Because accesses to the PSR is so slow, and to disable interrupts we have to access it twice (once
+to read and once to write), we don't actually disable interrupts at all if we don't have to. What
+we do instead is use the ICC2 condition code flags to note virtual disablement, such that if we
+then do take an interrupt, we note the flag, really disable interrupts, set another flag and resume
+execution at the point the interrupt happened. Setting condition flags as a side effect of an
+arithmetic or logical instruction is really fast. This use of the ICC2 only occurs within the
+kernel - it does not affect userspace.
+
+The flags we use are:
+
+ (*) CCR.ICC2.Z [Zero flag]
+
+ Set to virtually disable interrupts, clear when interrupts are virtually enabled. Can be
+ modified by logical instructions without affecting the Carry flag.
+
+ (*) CCR.ICC2.C [Carry flag]
+
+ Clear to indicate hardware interrupts are really disabled, set otherwise.
+
+
+What happens is this:
+
+ (1) Normal kernel-mode operation.
+
+ ICC2.Z is 0, ICC2.C is 1.
+
+ (2) An interrupt occurs. The exception prologue examines ICC2.Z and determines that nothing needs
+ doing. This is done simply with an unlikely BEQ instruction.
+
+ (3) The interrupts are disabled (local_irq_disable)
+
+ ICC2.Z is set to 1.
+
+ (4) If interrupts were then re-enabled (local_irq_enable):
+
+ ICC2.Z would be set to 0.
+
+ A TIHI #2 instruction (trap #2 if condition HI - Z==0 && C==0) would be used to trap if
+ interrupts were now virtually enabled, but physically disabled - which they're not, so the
+ trap isn't taken. The kernel would then be back to state (1).
+
+ (5) An interrupt occurs. The exception prologue examines ICC2.Z and determines that the interrupt
+ shouldn't actually have happened. It jumps aside, and there disabled interrupts by setting
+ PSR.PIL to 14 and then it clears ICC2.C.
+
+ (6) If interrupts were then saved and disabled again (local_irq_save):
+
+ ICC2.Z would be shifted into the save variable and masked off (giving a 1).
+
+ ICC2.Z would then be set to 1 (thus unchanged), and ICC2.C would be unaffected (ie: 0).
+
+ (7) If interrupts were then restored from state (6) (local_irq_restore):
+
+ ICC2.Z would be set to indicate the result of XOR'ing the saved value (ie: 1) with 1, which
+ gives a result of 0 - thus leaving ICC2.Z set.
+
+ ICC2.C would remain unaffected (ie: 0).
+
+ A TIHI #2 instruction would be used to again assay the current state, but this would do
+ nothing as Z==1.
+
+ (8) If interrupts were then enabled (local_irq_enable):
+
+ ICC2.Z would be cleared. ICC2.C would be left unaffected. Both flags would now be 0.
+
+ A TIHI #2 instruction again issued to assay the current state would then trap as both Z==0
+ [interrupts virtually enabled] and C==0 [interrupts really disabled] would then be true.
+
+ (9) The trap #2 handler would simply enable hardware interrupts (set PSR.PIL to 0), set ICC2.C to
+ 1 and return.
+
+(10) Immediately upon returning, the pending interrupt would be taken.
+
+(11) The interrupt handler would take the path of actually processing the interrupt (ICC2.Z is
+ clear, BEQ fails as per step (2)).
+
+(12) The interrupt handler would then set ICC2.C to 1 since hardware interrupts are definitely
+ enabled - or else the kernel wouldn't be here.
+
+(13) On return from the interrupt handler, things would be back to state (1).
+
+This trap (#2) is only available in kernel mode. In user mode it will result in SIGILL.
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf b/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf
index 5d23776e990..bbeaba68044 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/w83627hf
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ Module Parameters
(default is 1)
Use 'init=0' to bypass initializing the chip.
Try this if your computer crashes when you load the module.
+* reset: int
+ (default is 0)
+ The driver used to reset the chip on load, but does no more. Use
+ 'reset=1' to restore the old behavior. Report if you need to do this.
Description
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 84370363da8..b874771385c 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1133,6 +1133,8 @@ running once the system is up.
Mechanism 1.
conf2 [IA-32] Force use of PCI Configuration
Mechanism 2.
+ nommconf [IA-32,X86_64] Disable use of MMCONFIG for PCI
+ Configuration
nosort [IA-32] Don't sort PCI devices according to
order given by the PCI BIOS. This sorting is
done to get a device order compatible with
@@ -1636,6 +1638,9 @@ running once the system is up.
Format:
<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
+ norandmaps Don't use address space randomization
+ Equivalent to echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
+
______________________________________________________________________
Changelog:
diff --git a/Documentation/kprobes.txt b/Documentation/kprobes.txt
index 0ea5a0c6e82..2c3b1eae428 100644
--- a/Documentation/kprobes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kprobes.txt
@@ -136,17 +136,20 @@ Kprobes, jprobes, and return probes are implemented on the following
architectures:
- i386
-- x86_64 (AMD-64, E64MT)
+- x86_64 (AMD-64, EM64T)
- ppc64
-- ia64 (Support for probes on certain instruction types is still in progress.)
+- ia64 (Does not support probes on instruction slot1.)
- sparc64 (Return probes not yet implemented.)
3. Configuring Kprobes
When configuring the kernel using make menuconfig/xconfig/oldconfig,
-ensure that CONFIG_KPROBES is set to "y". Under "Kernel hacking",
-look for "Kprobes". You may have to enable "Kernel debugging"
-(CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL) before you can enable Kprobes.
+ensure that CONFIG_KPROBES is set to "y". Under "Instrumentation
+Support", look for "Kprobes".
+
+So that you can load and unload Kprobes-based instrumentation modules,
+make sure "Loadable module support" (CONFIG_MODULES) and "Module
+unloading" (CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD) are set to "y".
You may also want to ensure that CONFIG_KALLSYMS and perhaps even
CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL are set to "y", since kallsyms_lookup_name()
@@ -262,18 +265,18 @@ at any time after the probe has been registered.
5. Kprobes Features and Limitations
-As of Linux v2.6.12, Kprobes allows multiple probes at the same
-address. Currently, however, there cannot be multiple jprobes on
-the same function at the same time.
+Kprobes allows multiple probes at the same address. Currently,
+however, there cannot be multiple jprobes on the same function at
+the same time.
In general, you can install a probe anywhere in the kernel.
In particular, you can probe interrupt handlers. Known exceptions
are discussed in this section.
-For obvious reasons, it's a bad idea to install a probe in
-the code that implements Kprobes (mostly kernel/kprobes.c and
-arch/*/kernel/kprobes.c). A patch in the v2.6.13 timeframe instructs
-Kprobes to reject such requests.
+The register_*probe functions will return -EINVAL if you attempt
+to install a probe in the code that implements Kprobes (mostly
+kernel/kprobes.c and arch/*/kernel/kprobes.c, but also functions such
+as do_page_fault and notifier_call_chain).
If you install a probe in an inline-able function, Kprobes makes
no attempt to chase down all inline instances of the function and
@@ -290,18 +293,14 @@ from the accidental ones. Don't drink and probe.
Kprobes makes no attempt to prevent probe handlers from stepping on
each other -- e.g., probing printk() and then calling printk() from a
-probe handler. As of Linux v2.6.12, if a probe handler hits a probe,
-that second probe's handlers won't be run in that instance.
-
-In Linux v2.6.12 and previous versions, Kprobes' data structures are
-protected by a single lock that is held during probe registration and
-unregistration and while handlers are run. Thus, no two handlers
-can run simultaneously. To improve scalability on SMP systems,
-this restriction will probably be removed soon, in which case
-multiple handlers (or multiple instances of the same handler) may
-run concurrently on different CPUs. Code your handlers accordingly.
-
-Kprobes does not use semaphores or allocate memory except during
+probe handler. If a probe handler hits a probe, that second probe's
+handlers won't be run in that instance, and the kprobe.nmissed member
+of the second probe will be incremented.
+
+As of Linux v2.6.15-rc1, multiple handlers (or multiple instances of
+the same handler) may run concurrently on different CPUs.
+
+Kprobes does not use mutexes or allocate memory except during
registration and unregistration.
Probe handlers are run with preemption disabled. Depending on the
@@ -316,11 +315,18 @@ address instead of the real return address for kretprobed functions.
(As far as we can tell, __builtin_return_address() is used only
for instrumentation and error reporting.)
-If the number of times a function is called does not match the
-number of times it returns, registering a return probe on that
-function may produce undesirable results. We have the do_exit()
-and do_execve() cases covered. do_fork() is not an issue. We're
-unaware of other specific cases where this could be a problem.
+If the number of times a function is called does not match the number
+of times it returns, registering a return probe on that function may
+produce undesirable results. We have the do_exit() case covered.
+do_execve() and do_fork() are not an issue. We're unaware of other
+specific cases where this could be a problem.
+
+If, upon entry to or exit from a function, the CPU is running on
+a stack other than that of the current task, registering a return
+probe on that function may produce undesirable results. For this
+reason, Kprobes doesn't support return probes (or kprobes or jprobes)
+on the x86_64 version of __switch_to(); the registration functions
+return -EINVAL.
6. Probe Overhead
@@ -347,14 +353,12 @@ k = 0.77 usec; j = 1.31; r = 1.26; kr = 1.45; jr = 1.99
7. TODO
-a. SystemTap (http://sourceware.org/systemtap): Work in progress
-to provide a simplified programming interface for probe-based
-instrumentation.
-b. Improved SMP scalability: Currently, work is in progress to handle
-multiple kprobes in parallel.
-c. Kernel return probes for sparc64.
-d. Support for other architectures.
-e. User-space probes.
+a. SystemTap (http://sourceware.org/systemtap): Provides a simplified
+programming interface for probe-based instrumentation. Try it out.
+b. Kernel return probes for sparc64.
+c. Support for other architectures.
+d. User-space probes.
+e. Watchpoint probes (which fire on data references).
8. Kprobes Example
@@ -411,8 +415,7 @@ int init_module(void)
printk("Couldn't find %s to plant kprobe\n", "do_fork");
return -1;
}
- ret = register_kprobe(&kp);
- if (ret < 0) {
+ if ((ret = register_kprobe(&kp) < 0)) {
printk("register_kprobe failed, returned %d\n", ret);
return -1;
}
diff --git a/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README b/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README
index a7e4c4ea356..afb31c141d9 100644
--- a/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README
+++ b/Documentation/mips/AU1xxx_IDE.README
@@ -95,11 +95,13 @@ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_MDMA2_DBDMA=y
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_BURSTABLE_ON=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_SEQTS_PER_RQ=128
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
+Also define 'IDE_AU1XXX_BURSTMODE' in 'drivers/ide/mips/au1xxx-ide.c' to enable
+the burst support on DBDMA controller.
+
If the used system need the USB support enable the following kernel configs for
high IDE to USB throughput.
@@ -115,6 +117,8 @@ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_SEQTS_PER_RQ=128
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
+Also undefine 'IDE_AU1XXX_BURSTMODE' in 'drivers/ide/mips/au1xxx-ide.c' to
+disable the burst support on DBDMA controller.
ADD NEW HARD DISC TO WHITE OR BLACK LIST
----------------------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas
index f8c16cbf56b..2dafa63bd37 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+1 Release Date : Wed Feb 03 14:31:44 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
+2 Current Version : 00.00.02.04
+3 Older Version : 00.00.02.04
+
+i. Support for 1078 type (ppc IOP) controller, device id : 0x60 added.
+ During initialization, depending on the device id, the template members
+ are initialized with function pointers specific to the ppc or
+ xscale controllers.
+
+ -Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
+
+1 Release Date : Fri Feb 03 14:16:25 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro
+ <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
+2 Current Version : 00.00.02.04
+3 Older Version : 00.00.02.02
+i. Register 16 byte CDB capability with scsi midlayer
+
+ "Ths patch properly registers the 16 byte command length capability of the
+ megaraid_sas controlled hardware with the scsi midlayer. All megaraid_sas
+ hardware supports 16 byte CDB's."
+
+ -Joshua Giles <joshua_giles@dell.com>
+
1 Release Date : Mon Jan 23 14:09:01 PST 2006 - Sumant Patro <Sumant.Patro@lsil.com>
2 Current Version : 00.00.02.02
3 Older Version : 00.00.02.01
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 9f11d36a8c1..b0c7ab93dcb 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ before actually making adjustments.
Currently, these files might (depending on your configuration)
show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
+- acpi_video_flags
- acct
- core_pattern
- core_uses_pid
@@ -57,6 +58,15 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
==============================================================
+acpi_video_flags:
+
+flags
+
+See Doc*/kernel/power/video.txt, it allows mode of video boot to be
+set during run time.
+
+==============================================================
+
acct:
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