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-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/networking.tmpl3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/wanbook.tmpl99
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt167
-rw-r--r--Documentation/controllers/cpuacct.txt32
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/credentials.txt582
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt48
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/README.ipw22002
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/bonding.txt68
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/dccp.txt32
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/driver.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt22
-rw-r--r--Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/tsec.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/rfkill.txt20
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scheduler/sched-arch.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sh/kgdb.txt179
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt330
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt348
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt577
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sound/alsa/Procfile.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/machine.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/boot.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/pat.txt24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt2
35 files changed, 1994 insertions, 695 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
index 9b1f6ca100d..0a08126d309 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
# To add a new book the only step required is to add the book to the
# list of DOCBOOKS.
-DOCBOOKS := wanbook.xml z8530book.xml mcabook.xml \
+DOCBOOKS := z8530book.xml mcabook.xml \
kernel-hacking.xml kernel-locking.xml deviceiobook.xml \
procfs-guide.xml writing_usb_driver.xml networking.xml \
kernel-api.xml filesystems.xml lsm.xml usb.xml kgdb.xml \
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/networking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/networking.tmpl
index f24f9e85e4a..627707a3cb9 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/networking.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/networking.tmpl
@@ -98,9 +98,6 @@
X!Enet/core/wireless.c
</sect1>
-->
- <sect1><title>Synchronous PPP</title>
-!Edrivers/net/wan/syncppp.c
- </sect1>
</chapter>
</book>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/wanbook.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/wanbook.tmpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c93db122f0..00000000000
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/wanbook.tmpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
- "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" []>
-
-<book id="WANGuide">
- <bookinfo>
- <title>Synchronous PPP and Cisco HDLC Programming Guide</title>
-
- <authorgroup>
- <author>
- <firstname>Alan</firstname>
- <surname>Cox</surname>
- <affiliation>
- <address>
- <email>alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk</email>
- </address>
- </affiliation>
- </author>
- </authorgroup>
-
- <copyright>
- <year>2000</year>
- <holder>Alan Cox</holder>
- </copyright>
-
- <legalnotice>
- <para>
- This documentation is free software; you can redistribute
- it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
- License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
- version.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
- useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
- warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
- See the GNU General Public License for more details.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
- License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
- Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
- MA 02111-1307 USA
- </para>
-
- <para>
- For more details see the file COPYING in the source
- distribution of Linux.
- </para>
- </legalnotice>
- </bookinfo>
-
-<toc></toc>
-
- <chapter id="intro">
- <title>Introduction</title>
- <para>
- The syncppp drivers in Linux provide a fairly complete
- implementation of Cisco HDLC and a minimal implementation of
- PPP. The longer term goal is to switch the PPP layer to the
- generic PPP interface that is new in Linux 2.3.x. The API should
- remain unchanged when this is done, but support will then be
- available for IPX, compression and other PPP features
- </para>
- </chapter>
- <chapter id="bugs">
- <title>Known Bugs And Assumptions</title>
- <para>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry><term>PPP is minimal</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The current PPP implementation is very basic, although sufficient
- for most wan usages.
- </para>
- </listitem></varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry><term>Cisco HDLC Quirks</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Currently we do not end all packets with the correct Cisco multicast
- or unicast flags. Nothing appears to mind too much but this should
- be corrected.
- </para>
- </listitem></varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
-
- </para>
- </chapter>
-
- <chapter id="pubfunctions">
- <title>Public Functions Provided</title>
-!Edrivers/net/wan/syncppp.c
- </chapter>
-
-</book>
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt b/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..239f542d48b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+Using hlist_nulls to protect read-mostly linked lists and
+objects using SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU allocations.
+
+Please read the basics in Documentation/RCU/listRCU.txt
+
+Using special makers (called 'nulls') is a convenient way
+to solve following problem :
+
+A typical RCU linked list managing objects which are
+allocated with SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU kmem_cache can
+use following algos :
+
+1) Lookup algo
+--------------
+rcu_read_lock()
+begin:
+obj = lockless_lookup(key);
+if (obj) {
+ if (!try_get_ref(obj)) // might fail for free objects
+ goto begin;
+ /*
+ * Because a writer could delete object, and a writer could
+ * reuse these object before the RCU grace period, we
+ * must check key after geting the reference on object
+ */
+ if (obj->key != key) { // not the object we expected
+ put_ref(obj);
+ goto begin;
+ }
+}
+rcu_read_unlock();
+
+Beware that lockless_lookup(key) cannot use traditional hlist_for_each_entry_rcu()
+but a version with an additional memory barrier (smp_rmb())
+
+lockless_lookup(key)
+{
+ struct hlist_node *node, *next;
+ for (pos = rcu_dereference((head)->first);
+ pos && ({ next = pos->next; smp_rmb(); prefetch(next); 1; }) &&
+ ({ tpos = hlist_entry(pos, typeof(*tpos), member); 1; });
+ pos = rcu_dereference(next))
+ if (obj->key == key)
+ return obj;
+ return NULL;
+
+And note the traditional hlist_for_each_entry_rcu() misses this smp_rmb() :
+
+ struct hlist_node *node;
+ for (pos = rcu_dereference((head)->first);
+ pos && ({ prefetch(pos->next); 1; }) &&
+ ({ tpos = hlist_entry(pos, typeof(*tpos), member); 1; });
+ pos = rcu_dereference(pos->next))
+ if (obj->key == key)
+ return obj;
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+Quoting Corey Minyard :
+
+"If the object is moved from one list to another list in-between the
+ time the hash is calculated and the next field is accessed, and the
+ object has moved to the end of a new list, the traversal will not
+ complete properly on the list it should have, since the object will
+ be on the end of the new list and there's not a way to tell it's on a
+ new list and restart the list traversal. I think that this can be
+ solved by pre-fetching the "next" field (with proper barriers) before
+ checking the key."
+
+2) Insert algo :
+----------------
+
+We need to make sure a reader cannot read the new 'obj->obj_next' value
+and previous value of 'obj->key'. Or else, an item could be deleted
+from a chain, and inserted into another chain. If new chain was empty
+before the move, 'next' pointer is NULL, and lockless reader can
+not detect it missed following items in original chain.
+
+/*
+ * Please note that new inserts are done at the head of list,
+ * not in the middle or end.
+ */
+obj = kmem_cache_alloc(...);
+lock_chain(); // typically a spin_lock()
+obj->key = key;
+atomic_inc(&obj->refcnt);
+/*
+ * we need to make sure obj->key is updated before obj->next
+ */
+smp_wmb();
+hlist_add_head_rcu(&obj->obj_node, list);
+unlock_chain(); // typically a spin_unlock()
+
+
+3) Remove algo
+--------------
+Nothing special here, we can use a standard RCU hlist deletion.
+But thanks to SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU, beware a deleted object can be reused
+very very fast (before the end of RCU grace period)
+
+if (put_last_reference_on(obj) {
+ lock_chain(); // typically a spin_lock()
+ hlist_del_init_rcu(&obj->obj_node);
+ unlock_chain(); // typically a spin_unlock()
+ kmem_cache_free(cachep, obj);
+}
+
+
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+With hlist_nulls we can avoid extra smp_rmb() in lockless_lookup()
+and extra smp_wmb() in insert function.
+
+For example, if we choose to store the slot number as the 'nulls'
+end-of-list marker for each slot of the hash table, we can detect
+a race (some writer did a delete and/or a move of an object
+to another chain) checking the final 'nulls' value if
+the lookup met the end of chain. If final 'nulls' value
+is not the slot number, then we must restart the lookup at
+the begining. If the object was moved to same chain,
+then the reader doesnt care : It might eventually
+scan the list again without harm.
+
+
+1) lookup algo
+
+ head = &table[slot];
+ rcu_read_lock();
+begin:
+ hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu(obj, node, head, member) {
+ if (obj->key == key) {
+ if (!try_get_ref(obj)) // might fail for free objects
+ goto begin;
+ if (obj->key != key) { // not the object we expected
+ put_ref(obj);
+ goto begin;
+ }
+ goto out;
+ }
+/*
+ * if the nulls value we got at the end of this lookup is
+ * not the expected one, we must restart lookup.
+ * We probably met an item that was moved to another chain.
+ */
+ if (get_nulls_value(node) != slot)
+ goto begin;
+ obj = NULL;
+
+out:
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
+2) Insert function :
+--------------------
+
+/*
+ * Please note that new inserts are done at the head of list,
+ * not in the middle or end.
+ */
+obj = kmem_cache_alloc(cachep);
+lock_chain(); // typically a spin_lock()
+obj->key = key;
+atomic_set(&obj->refcnt, 1);
+/*
+ * insert obj in RCU way (readers might be traversing chain)
+ */
+hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu(&obj->obj_node, list);
+unlock_chain(); // typically a spin_unlock()
diff --git a/Documentation/controllers/cpuacct.txt b/Documentation/controllers/cpuacct.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bb775fbe43d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/controllers/cpuacct.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+CPU Accounting Controller
+-------------------------
+
+The CPU accounting controller is used to group tasks using cgroups and
+account the CPU usage of these groups of tasks.
+
+The CPU accounting controller supports multi-hierarchy groups. An accounting
+group accumulates the CPU usage of all of its child groups and the tasks
+directly present in its group.
+
+Accounting groups can be created by first mounting the cgroup filesystem.
+
+# mkdir /cgroups
+# mount -t cgroup -ocpuacct none /cgroups
+
+With the above step, the initial or the parent accounting group
+becomes visible at /cgroups. At bootup, this group includes all the
+tasks in the system. /cgroups/tasks lists the tasks in this cgroup.
+/cgroups/cpuacct.usage gives the CPU time (in nanoseconds) obtained by
+this group which is essentially the CPU time obtained by all the tasks
+in the system.
+
+New accounting groups can be created under the parent group /cgroups.
+
+# cd /cgroups
+# mkdir g1
+# echo $$ > g1
+
+The above steps create a new group g1 and move the current shell
+process (bash) into it. CPU time consumed by this bash and its children
+can be obtained from g1/cpuacct.usage and the same is accumulated in
+/cgroups/cpuacct.usage also.
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt
index 4f3f3840320..e3443ddcfb8 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt
@@ -93,10 +93,8 @@ Several "PowerBook" and "iBook2" notebooks are supported.
1.5 SuperH
----------
-The following SuperH processors are supported by cpufreq:
-
-SH-3
-SH-4
+All SuperH processors supporting rate rounding through the clock
+framework are supported by cpufreq.
1.6 Blackfin
------------
diff --git a/Documentation/credentials.txt b/Documentation/credentials.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..df03169782e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/credentials.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,582 @@
+ ====================
+ CREDENTIALS IN LINUX
+ ====================
+
+By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
+
+Contents:
+
+ (*) Overview.
+
+ (*) Types of credentials.
+
+ (*) File markings.
+
+ (*) Task credentials.
+
+ - Immutable credentials.
+ - Accessing task credentials.
+ - Accessing another task's credentials.
+ - Altering credentials.
+ - Managing credentials.
+
+ (*) Open file credentials.
+
+ (*) Overriding the VFS's use of credentials.
+
+
+========
+OVERVIEW
+========
+
+There are several parts to the security check performed by Linux when one
+object acts upon another:
+
+ (1) Objects.
+
+ Objects are things in the system that may be acted upon directly by
+ userspace programs. Linux has a variety of actionable objects, including:
+
+ - Tasks
+ - Files/inodes
+ - Sockets
+ - Message queues
+ - Shared memory segments
+ - Semaphores
+ - Keys
+
+ As a part of the description of all these objects there is a set of
+ credentials. What's in the set depends on the type of object.
+
+ (2) Object ownership.
+
+ Amongst the credentials of most objects, there will be a subset that
+ indicates the ownership of that object. This is used for resource
+ accounting and limitation (disk quotas and task rlimits for example).
+
+ In a standard UNIX filesystem, for instance, this will be defined by the
+ UID marked on the inode.
+
+ (3) The objective context.
+
+ Also amongst the credentials of those objects, there will be a subset that
+ indicates the 'objective context' of that object. This may or may not be
+ the same set as in (2) - in standard UNIX files, for instance, this is the
+ defined by the UID and the GID marked on the inode.
+
+ The objective context is used as part of the security calculation that is
+ carried out when an object is acted upon.
+
+ (4) Subjects.
+
+ A subject is an object that is acting upon another object.
+
+ Most of the objects in the system are inactive: they don't act on other
+ objects within the system. Processes/tasks are the obvious exception:
+ they do stuff; they access and manipulate things.
+
+ Objects other than tasks may under some circumstances also be subjects.
+ For instance an open file may send SIGIO to a task using the UID and EUID
+ given to it by a task that called fcntl(F_SETOWN) upon it. In this case,
+ the file struct will have a subjective context too.
+
+ (5) The subjective context.
+
+ A subject has an additional interpretation of its credentials. A subset
+ of its credentials forms the 'subjective context'. The subjective context
+ is used as part of the security calculation that is carried out when a
+ subject acts.
+
+ A Linux task, for example, has the FSUID, FSGID and the supplementary
+ group list for when it is acting upon a file - which are quite separate
+ from the real UID and GID that normally form the objective context of the
+ task.
+
+ (6) Actions.
+
+ Linux has a number of actions available that a subject may perform upon an
+ object. The set of actions available depends on the nature of the subject
+ and the object.
+
+ Actions include reading, writing, creating and deleting files; forking or
+ signalling and tracing tasks.
+
+ (7) Rules, access control lists and security calculations.
+
+ When a subject acts upon an object, a security calculation is made. This
+ involves taking the subjective context, the objective context and the
+ action, and searching one or more sets of rules to see whether the subject
+ is granted or denied permission to act in the desired manner on the
+ object, given those contexts.
+
+ There are two main sources of rules:
+
+ (a) Discretionary access control (DAC):
+
+ Sometimes the object will include sets of rules as part of its
+ description. This is an 'Access Control List' or 'ACL'. A Linux
+ file may supply more than one ACL.
+
+ A traditional UNIX file, for example, includes a permissions mask that
+ is an abbreviated ACL with three fixed classes of subject ('user',
+ 'group' and 'other'), each of which may be granted certain privileges
+ ('read', 'write' and 'execute' - whatever those map to for the object
+ in question). UNIX file permissions do not allow the arbitrary
+ specification of subjects, however, and so are of limited use.
+
+ A Linux file might also sport a POSIX ACL. This is a list of rules
+ that grants various permissions to arbitrary subjects.
+
+ (b) Mandatory access control (MAC):
+
+ The system as a whole may have one or more sets of rules that get
+ applied to all subjects and objects, regardless of their source.
+ SELinux and Smack are examples of this.
+
+ In the case of SELinux and Smack, each object is given a label as part
+ of its credentials. When an action is requested, they take the
+ subject label, the object label and the action and look for a rule
+ that says that this action is either granted or denied.
+
+
+====================
+TYPES OF CREDENTIALS
+====================
+
+The Linux kernel supports the following types of credentials:
+
+ (1) Traditional UNIX credentials.
+
+ Real User ID
+ Real Group ID
+
+ The UID and GID are carried by most, if not all, Linux objects, even if in
+ some cases it has to be invented (FAT or CIFS files for example, which are
+ derived from Windows). These (mostly) define the objective context of
+ that object, with tasks being slightly different in some cases.
+
+ Effective, Saved and FS User ID
+ Effective, Saved and FS Group ID
+ Supplementary groups
+
+ These are additional credentials used by tasks only. Usually, an
+ EUID/EGID/GROUPS will be used as the subjective context, and real UID/GID
+ will be used as the objective. For tasks, it should be noted that this is
+ not always true.
+
+ (2) Capabilities.
+
+ Set of permitted capabilities
+ Set of inheritable capabilities
+ Set of effective capabilities
+ Capability bounding set
+
+ These are only carried by tasks. They indicate superior capabilities
+ granted piecemeal to a task that an ordinary task wouldn't otherwise have.
+ These are manipulated implicitly by changes to the traditional UNIX
+ credentials, but can also be manipulated directly by the capset() system
+ call.
+
+ The permitted capabilities are those caps that the process might grant
+ itself to its effective or permitted sets through capset(). This
+ inheritable set might also be so constrained.
+
+ The effective capabilities are the ones that a task is actually allowed to
+ make use of itself.
+
+ The inheritable capabilities are the ones that may get passed across
+ execve().
+
+ The bounding set limits the capabilities that may be inherited across
+ execve(), especially when a binary is executed that will execute as UID 0.
+
+ (3) Secure management flags (securebits).
+
+ These are only carried by tasks. These govern the way the above
+ credentials are manipulated and inherited over certain operations such as
+ execve(). They aren't used directly as objective or subjective
+ credentials.
+
+ (4) Keys and keyrings.
+
+ These are only carried by tasks. They carry and cache security tokens
+ that don't fit into the other standard UNIX credentials. They are for
+ making such things as network filesystem keys available to the file
+ accesses performed by processes, without the necessity of ordinary
+ programs having to know about security details involved.
+
+ Keyrings are a special type of key. They carry sets of other keys and can
+ be searched for the desired key. Each process may subscribe to a number
+ of keyrings:
+
+ Per-thread keying
+ Per-process keyring
+ Per-session keyring
+
+ When a process accesses a key, if not already present, it will normally be
+ cached on one of these keyrings for future accesses to find.
+
+ For more information on using keys, see Documentation/keys.txt.
+
+ (5) LSM
+
+ The Linux Security Module allows extra controls to be placed over the
+ operations that a task may do. Currently Linux supports two main
+ alternate LSM options: SELinux and Smack.
+
+ Both work by labelling the objects in a system and then applying sets of
+ rules (policies) that say what operations a task with one label may do to
+ an object with another label.
+
+ (6) AF_KEY
+
+ This is a socket-based approach to credential management for networking
+ stacks [RFC 2367]. It isn't discussed by this document as it doesn't
+ interact directly with task and file credentials; rather it keeps system
+ level credentials.
+
+
+When a file is opened, part of the opening task's subjective context is
+recorded in the file struct created. This allows operations using that file
+struct to use those credentials instead of the subjective context of the task
+that issued the operation. An example of this would be a file opened on a
+network filesystem where the credentials of the opened file should be presented
+to the server, regardless of who is actually doing a read or a write upon it.
+
+
+=============
+FILE MARKINGS
+=============
+
+Files on disk or obtained over the network may have annotations that form the
+objective security context of that file. Depending on the type of filesystem,
+this may include one or more of the following:
+
+ (*) UNIX UID, GID, mode;
+
+ (*) Windows user ID;
+
+ (*) Access control list;
+
+ (*) LSM security label;
+
+ (*) UNIX exec privilege escalation bits (SUID/SGID);
+
+ (*) File capabilities exec privilege escalation bits.
+
+These are compared to the task's subjective security context, and certain
+operations allowed or disallowed as a result. In the case of execve(), the
+privilege escalation bits come into play, and may allow the resulting process
+extra privileges, based on the annotations on the executable file.
+
+
+================
+TASK CREDENTIALS
+================
+
+In Linux, all of a task's credentials are held in (uid, gid) or through
+(groups, keys, LSM security) a refcounted structure of type 'struct cred'.
+Each task points to its credentials by a pointer called 'cred' in its
+task_struct.
+
+Once a set of credentials has been prepared and committed, it may not be
+changed, barring the following exceptions:
+
+ (1) its reference count may be changed;
+
+ (2) the reference count on the group_info struct it points to may be changed;
+
+ (3) the reference count on the security data it points to may be changed;
+
+ (4) the reference count on any keyrings it points to may be changed;
+
+ (5) any keyrings it points to may be revoked, expired or have their security
+ attributes changed; and
+
+ (6) the contents of any keyrings to which it points may be changed (the whole
+ point of keyrings being a shared set of credentials, modifiable by anyone
+ with appropriate access).
+
+To alter anything in the cred struct, the copy-and-replace principle must be
+adhered to. First take a copy, then alter the copy and then use RCU to change
+the task pointer to make it point to the new copy. There are wrappers to aid
+with this (see below).
+
+A task may only alter its _own_ credentials; it is no longer permitted for a
+task to alter another's credentials. This means the capset() system call is no
+longer permitted to take any PID other than the one of the current process.
+Also keyctl_instantiate() and keyctl_negate() functions no longer permit
+attachment to process-specific keyrings in the requesting process as the
+instantiating process may need to create them.
+
+
+IMMUTABLE CREDENTIALS
+---------------------
+
+Once a set of credentials has been made public (by calling commit_creds() for
+example), it must be considered immutable, barring two exceptions:
+
+ (1) The reference count may be altered.
+
+ (2) Whilst the keyring subscriptions of a set of credentials may not be
+ changed, the keyrings subscribed to may have their contents altered.
+
+To catch accidental credential alteration at compile time, struct task_struct
+has _const_ pointers to its credential sets, as does struct file. Furthermore,
+certain functions such as get_cred() and put_cred() operate on const pointers,
+thus rendering casts unnecessary, but require to temporarily ditch the const
+qualification to be able to alter the reference count.
+
+
+ACCESSING TASK CREDENTIALS
+--------------------------
+
+A task being able to alter only its own credentials permits the current process
+to read or replace its own credentials without the need for any form of locking
+- which simplifies things greatly. It can just call:
+
+ const struct cred *current_cred()
+
+to get a pointer to its credentials structure, and it doesn't have to release
+it afterwards.
+
+There are convenience wrappers for retrieving specific aspects of a task's
+credentials (the value is simply returned in each case):
+
+ uid_t current_uid(void) Current's real UID
+ gid_t current_gid(void) Current's real GID
+ uid_t current_euid(void) Current's effective UID
+ gid_t current_egid(void) Current's effective GID
+ uid_t current_fsuid(void) Current's file access UID
+ gid_t current_fsgid(void) Current's file access GID
+ kernel_cap_t current_cap(void) Current's effective capabilities
+ void *current_security(void) Current's LSM security pointer
+ struct user_struct *current_user(void) Current's user account
+
+There are also convenience wrappers for retrieving specific associated pairs of
+a task's credentials:
+
+ void current_uid_gid(uid_t *, gid_t *);
+ void current_euid_egid(uid_t *, gid_t *);
+ void current_fsuid_fsgid(uid_t *, gid_t *);
+
+which return these pairs of values through their arguments after retrieving
+them from the current task's credentials.
+
+
+In addition, there is a function for obtaining a reference on the current
+process's current set of credentials:
+
+ const struct cred *get_current_cred(void);
+
+and functions for getting references to one of the credentials that don't
+actually live in struct cred:
+
+ struct user_struct *get_current_user(void);
+ struct group_info *get_current_groups(void);
+
+which get references to the current process's user accounting structure and
+supplementary groups list respectively.
+
+Once a reference has been obtained, it must be released with put_cred(),
+free_uid() or put_group_info() as appropriate.
+
+
+ACCESSING ANOTHER TASK'S CREDENTIALS
+------------------------------------
+
+Whilst a task may access its own credentials without the need for locking, the
+same is not true of a task wanting to access another task's credentials. It
+must use the RCU read lock and rcu_dereference().
+
+The rcu_dereference() is wrapped by:
+
+ const struct cred *__task_cred(struct task_struct *task);
+
+This should be used inside the RCU read lock, as in the following example:
+
+ void foo(struct task_struct *t, struct foo_data *f)
+ {
+ const struct cred *tcred;
+ ...
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ tcred = __task_cred(t);
+ f->uid = tcred->uid;
+ f->gid = tcred->gid;
+ f->groups = get_group_info(tcred->groups);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ ...
+ }
+
+A function need not get RCU read lock to use __task_cred() if it is holding a
+spinlock at the time as this implicitly holds the RCU read lock.
+
+Should it be necessary to hold another task's credentials for a long period of
+time, and possibly to sleep whilst doing so, then the caller should get a
+reference on them using:
+
+ const struct cred *get_task_cred(struct task_struct *task);
+
+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.
+
+There are a couple of convenience functions to access bits of another task's
+credentials, hiding the RCU magic from the caller:
+
+ uid_t task_uid(task) Task's real UID
+ uid_t task_euid(task) Task's effective UID
+
+If the caller is holding a spinlock or the RCU read lock at the time anyway,
+then:
+
+ __task_cred(task)->uid
+ __task_cred(task)->euid
+
+should be used instead. Similarly, if multiple aspects of a task's credentials
+need to be accessed, RCU read lock or a spinlock should be used, __task_cred()
+called, the result stored in a temporary pointer and then the credential
+aspects called from that before dropping the lock. This prevents the
+potentially expensive RCU magic from being invoked multiple times.
+
+Should some other single aspect of another task's credentials need to be
+accessed, then this can be used:
+
+ task_cred_xxx(task, member)
+
+where 'member' is a non-pointer member of the cred struct. For instance:
+
+ uid_t task_cred_xxx(task, suid);
+
+will retrieve 'struct cred::suid' from the task, doing the appropriate RCU
+magic. This may not be used for pointer members as what they point to may
+disappear the moment the RCU read lock is dropped.
+
+
+ALTERING CREDENTIALS
+--------------------
+
+As previously mentioned, a task may only alter its own credentials, and may not
+alter those of another task. This means that it doesn't need to use any
+locking to alter its own credentials.
+
+To alter the current process's credentials, a function should first prepare a
+new set of credentials by calling:
+
+ struct cred *prepare_creds(void);
+
+this locks current->cred_replace_mutex and then allocates and constructs a
+duplicate of the current process's credentials, returning with the mutex still
+held if successful. It returns NULL if not successful (out of memory).
+
+The mutex prevents ptrace() from altering the ptrace state of a process whilst
+security checks on credentials construction and changing is taking place as
+the ptrace state may alter the outcome, particularly in the case of execve().
+
+The new credentials set should be altered appropriately, and any security
+checks and hooks done. Both the current and the proposed sets of credentials
+are available for this purpose as current_cred() will return the current set
+still at this point.
+
+
+When the credential set is ready, it should be committed to the current process
+by calling:
+
+ int commit_creds(struct cred *new);
+
+This will alter various aspects of the credentials and the process, giving the
+LSM a chance to do likewise, then it will use rcu_assign_pointer() to actually
+commit the new credentials to current->cred, it will release
+current->cred_replace_mutex to allow ptrace() to take place, and it will notify
+the scheduler and others of the changes.
+
+This function is guaranteed to return 0, so that it can be tail-called at the
+end of such functions as sys_setresuid().
+
+Note that this function consumes the caller's reference to the new credentials.
+The caller should _not_ call put_cred() on the new credentials afterwards.
+
+Furthermore, once this function has been called on a new set of credentials,
+those credentials may _not_ be changed further.
+
+
+Should the security checks fail or some other error occur after prepare_creds()
+has been called, then the following function should be invoked:
+
+ void abort_creds(struct cred *new);
+
+This releases the lock on current->cred_replace_mutex that prepare_creds() got
+and then releases the new credentials.
+
+
+A typical credentials alteration function would look something like this:
+
+ int alter_suid(uid_t suid)
+ {
+ struct cred *new;
+ int ret;
+
+ new = prepare_creds();
+ if (!new)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ new->suid = suid;
+ ret = security_alter_suid(new);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ abort_creds(new);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ return commit_creds(new);
+ }
+
+
+MANAGING CREDENTIALS
+--------------------
+
+There are some functions to help manage credentials:
+
+ (*) void put_cred(const struct cred *cred);
+
+ This releases a reference to the given set of credentials. If the
+ reference count reaches zero, the credentials will be scheduled for
+ destruction by the RCU system.
+
+ (*) const struct cred *get_cred(const struct cred *cred);
+
+ This gets a reference on a live set of credentials, returning a pointer to
+ that set of credentials.
+
+ (*) struct cred *get_new_cred(struct cred *cred);
+
+ This gets a reference on a set of credentials that is under construction
+ and is thus still mutable, returning a pointer to that set of credentials.
+
+
+=====================
+OPEN FILE CREDENTIALS
+=====================
+
+When a new file is opened, a reference is obtained on the opening task's
+credentials and this is attached to the file struct as 'f_cred' in place of
+'f_uid' and 'f_gid'. Code that used to access file->f_uid and file->f_gid
+should now access file->f_cred->fsuid and file->f_cred->fsgid.
+
+It is safe to access f_cred without the use of RCU or locking because the
+pointer will not change over the lifetime of the file struct, and nor will the
+contents of the cred struct pointed to, barring the exceptions listed above
+(see the Task Credentials section).
+
+
+=======================================
+OVERRIDING THE VFS'S USE OF CREDENTIALS
+=======================================
+
+Under some circumstances it is desirable to override the credentials used by
+the VFS, and that can be done by calling into such as vfs_mkdir() with a
+different set of credentials. This is done in the following places:
+
+ (*) sys_faccessat().
+
+ (*) do_coredump().
+
+ (*) nfs4recover.c.
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index c28a2ac88f9..dc7c681e532 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -120,13 +120,6 @@ Who: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
---------------------------
-What: eepro100 network driver
-When: January 2007
-Why: replaced by the e100 driver
-Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
-
----------------------------
-
What: Unused EXPORT_SYMBOL/EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL exports
(temporary transition config option provided until then)
The transition config option will also be removed at the same time.
@@ -244,18 +237,6 @@ Who: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
---------------------------
-What: init_mm export
-When: 2.6.26
-Why: Not used in-tree. The current out-of-tree users used it to
- work around problems in the CPA code which should be resolved
- by now. One usecase was described to provide verification code
- of the CPA operation. That's a good idea in general, but such
- code / infrastructure should be in the kernel and not in some
- out-of-tree driver.
-Who: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
-
-----------------------------
-
What: usedac i386 kernel parameter
When: 2.6.27
Why: replaced by allowdac and no dac combination
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index bb1b0dd3bfc..71df353e367 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -1339,10 +1339,13 @@ nmi_watchdog
Enables/Disables the NMI watchdog on x86 systems. When the value is non-zero
the NMI watchdog is enabled and will continuously test all online cpus to
-determine whether or not they are still functioning properly.
+determine whether or not they are still functioning properly. Currently,
+passing "nmi_watchdog=" parameter at boot time is required for this function
+to work.
-Because the NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile, by disabling the NMI
-watchdog, oprofile may have more registers to utilize.
+If LAPIC NMI watchdog method is in use (nmi_watchdog=2 kernel parameter), the
+NMI watchdog shares registers with oprofile. By disabling the NMI watchdog,
+oprofile may have more registers to utilize.
msgmni
------
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index 7a7753321a2..51104f9194a 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -383,6 +383,20 @@ more details, with real examples.
to prerequisites are referenced with $(src) (because they are not
generated files).
+ $(kecho)
+ echoing information to user in a rule is often a good practice
+ but when execution "make -s" one does not expect to see any output
+ except for warnings/errors.
+ To support this kbuild define $(kecho) which will echo out the
+ text following $(kecho) to stdout except if "make -s" is used.
+
+ Example:
+ #arch/blackfin/boot/Makefile
+ $(obj)/vmImage: $(obj)/vmlinux.gz
+ $(call if_changed,uimage)
+ @$(kecho) 'Kernel: $@ is ready'
+
+
--- 3.11 $(CC) support functions
The kernel may be built with several different versions of
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index f44552e0791..a2d8805c03d 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -823,6 +823,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
hlt [BUGS=ARM,SH]
+ hvc_iucv= [S390] Number of z/VM IUCV Hypervisor console (HVC)
+ back-ends. Valid parameters: 0..8
+
i8042.debug [HW] Toggle i8042 debug mode
i8042.direct [HW] Put keyboard port into non-translated mode
i8042.dumbkbd [HW] Pretend that controller can only read data from
@@ -1405,7 +1408,20 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
when a NMI is triggered.
Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
- nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels
+ nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86-32,X86-64] Debugging features for SMP kernels
+ Format: [panic,][num]
+ Valid num: 0,1,2
+ 0 - turn nmi_watchdog off
+ 1 - use the IO-APIC timer for the NMI watchdog
+ 2 - use the local APIC for the NMI watchdog using
+ a performance counter. Note: This will use one performance
+ counter and the local APIC's performance vector.
+ When panic is specified panic when an NMI watchdog timeout occurs.
+ This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and need the box
+ quickly up again.
+ Instead of 1 and 2 it is possible to use the following
+ symbolic names: lapic and ioapic
+ Example: nmi_watchdog=2 or nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic
no387 [BUGS=X86-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
@@ -1461,6 +1477,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
use it.
+ no_file_caps Tells the kernel not to honor file capabilities. The
+ only way then for a file to be executed with privilege
+ is to be setuid root or executed by root.
+
nohalt [IA-64] Tells the kernel not to use the power saving
function PAL_HALT_LIGHT when idle. This increases
power-consumption. On the positive side, it reduces
@@ -1638,6 +1658,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
nomsi [MSI] If the PCI_MSI kernel config parameter is
enabled, this kernel boot option can be used to
disable the use of MSI interrupts system-wide.
+ noioapicquirk [APIC] Disable all boot interrupt quirks.
+ Safety option to keep boot IRQs enabled. This
+ should never be necessary.
+ ioapicreroute [APIC] Enable rerouting of boot IRQs to the
+ primary IO-APIC for bridges that cannot disable
+ boot IRQs. This fixes a source of spurious IRQs
+ when the system masks IRQs.
+ noioapicreroute [APIC] Disable workaround that uses the
+ boot IRQ equivalent of an IRQ that connects to
+ a chipset where boot IRQs cannot be disabled.
+ The opposite of ioapicreroute.
biosirq [X86-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
on several machines and they hang the machine
@@ -2264,12 +2295,27 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
See comment before function dc390_setup() in
drivers/scsi/tmscsim.c.
+ topology= [S390]
+ Format: {off | on}
+ Specify if the kernel should make use of the cpu
+ topology informations if the hardware supports these.
+ The scheduler will make use of these informations and
+ e.g. base its process migration decisions on it.
+ Default is off.
+
tp720= [HW,PS2]
trix= [HW,OSS] MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro
Format:
<io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
+ tsc= Disable clocksource-must-verify flag for TSC.
+ Format: <string>
+ [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
+ disables clocksource verification at runtime.
+ Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older
+ hardware, and in virtualized environment.
+
turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY]
TurboGraFX parallel port interface
Format:
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 b/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200
index 4f2a40f1dbc..80c728522c4 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200
+++ b/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Where the supported parameter are:
driver. If disabled, the driver will not attempt to scan
for and associate to a network until it has been configured with
one or more properties for the target network, for example configuring
- the network SSID. Default is 1 (auto-associate)
+ the network SSID. Default is 0 (do not auto-associate)
Example: % modprobe ipw2200 associate=0
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
index 688dfe1e6b7..5ede7473b42 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
@@ -194,6 +194,48 @@ or, for backwards compatibility, the option value. E.g.,
The parameters are as follows:
+ad_select
+
+ Specifies the 802.3ad aggregation selection logic to use. The
+ possible values and their effects are:
+
+ stable or 0
+
+ The active aggregator is chosen by largest aggregate
+ bandwidth.
+
+ Reselection of the active aggregator occurs only when all
+ slaves of the active aggregator are down or the active
+ aggregator has no slaves.
+
+ This is the default value.
+
+ bandwidth or 1
+
+ The active aggregator is chosen by largest aggregate
+ bandwidth. Reselection occurs if:
+
+ - A slave is added to or removed from the bond
+
+ - Any slave's link state changes
+
+ - Any slave's 802.3ad association state changes
+
+ - The bond's adminstrative state changes to up
+
+ count or 2
+
+ The active aggregator is chosen by the largest number of
+ ports (slaves). Reselection occurs as described under the
+ "bandwidth" setting, above.
+
+ The bandwidth and count selection policies permit failover of
+ 802.3ad aggregations when partial failure of the active aggregator
+ occurs. This keeps the aggregator with the highest availability
+ (either in bandwidth or in number of ports) active at all times.
+
+ This option was added in bonding version 3.4.0.
+
arp_interval
Specifies the ARP link monitoring frequency in milliseconds.
@@ -551,6 +593,16 @@ num_grat_arp
affects only the active-backup mode. This option was added for
bonding version 3.3.0.
+num_unsol_na
+
+ Specifies the number of unsolicited IPv6 Neighbor Advertisements
+ to be issued after a failover event. One unsolicited NA is issued
+ immediately after the failover.
+
+ The valid range is 0 - 255; the default value is 1. This option
+ affects only the active-backup mode. This option was added for
+ bonding version 3.4.0.
+
primary
A string (eth0, eth2, etc) specifying which slave is the
@@ -922,17 +974,19 @@ USERCTL=no
NETMASK, NETWORK and BROADCAST) to match your network configuration.
For later versions of initscripts, such as that found with Fedora
-7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5 (or later), it is possible, and,
-indeed, preferable, to specify the bonding options in the ifcfg-bond0
+7 (or later) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5 (or later), it is possible,
+and, indeed, preferable, to specify the bonding options in the ifcfg-bond0
file, e.g. a line of the format:
-BONDING_OPTS="mode=active-backup arp_interval=60 arp_ip_target=+192.168.1.254"
+BONDING_OPTS="mode=active-backup arp_interval=60 arp_ip_target=192.168.1.254"
will configure the bond with the specified options. The options
specified in BONDING_OPTS are identical to the bonding module parameters
-except for the arp_ip_target field. Each target should be included as a
-separate option and should be preceded by a '+' to indicate it should be
-added to the list of queried targets, e.g.,
+except for the arp_ip_target field when using versions of initscripts older
+than and 8.57 (Fedora 8) and 8.45.19 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2). When
+using older versions each target should be included as a separate option and
+should be preceded by a '+' to indicate it should be added to the list of
+queried targets, e.g.,
arp_ip_target=+192.168.1.1 arp_ip_target=+192.168.1.2
@@ -940,7 +994,7 @@ added to the list of queried targets, e.g.,
options via BONDING_OPTS, it is not necessary to edit /etc/modules.conf or
/etc/modprobe.conf.
- For older versions of initscripts that do not support
+ For even older versions of initscripts that do not support
BONDING_OPTS, it is necessary to edit /etc/modules.conf (or
/etc/modprobe.conf, depending upon your distro) to load the bonding module
with your desired options when the bond0 interface is brought up. The
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt b/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt
index 39131a3c78f..7a3bb1abb83 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,24 @@ can be set before calling bind().
DCCP_SOCKOPT_GET_CUR_MPS is read-only and retrieves the current maximum packet
size (application payload size) in bytes, see RFC 4340, section 14.
+DCCP_SOCKOPT_AVAILABLE_CCIDS is also read-only and returns the list of CCIDs
+supported by the endpoint (see include/linux/dccp.h for symbolic constants).
+The caller needs to provide a sufficiently large (> 2) array of type uint8_t.
+
+DCCP_SOCKOPT_CCID is write-only and sets both the TX and RX CCIDs at the same
+time, combining the operation of the next two socket options. This option is
+preferrable over the latter two, since often applications will use the same
+type of CCID for both directions; and mixed use of CCIDs is not currently well
+understood. This socket option takes as argument at least one uint8_t value, or
+an array of uint8_t values, which must match available CCIDS (see above). CCIDs
+must be registered on the socket before calling connect() or listen().
+
+DCCP_SOCKOPT_TX_CCID is read/write. It returns the current CCID (if set) or sets
+the preference list for the TX CCID, using the same format as DCCP_SOCKOPT_CCID.
+Please note that the getsockopt argument type here is `int', not uint8_t.
+
+DCCP_SOCKOPT_RX_CCID is analogous to DCCP_SOCKOPT_TX_CCID, but for the RX CCID.
+
DCCP_SOCKOPT_SERVER_TIMEWAIT enables the server (listening socket) to hold
timewait state when closing the connection (RFC 4340, 8.3). The usual case is
that the closing server sends a CloseReq, whereupon the client holds timewait
@@ -115,20 +133,12 @@ retries2
importance for retransmitted acknowledgments and feature negotiation,
data packets are never retransmitted. Analogue of tcp_retries2.
-send_ndp = 1
- Whether or not to send NDP count options (sec. 7.7.2).
-
-send_ackvec = 1
- Whether or not to send Ack Vector options (sec. 11.5).
-
-ack_ratio = 2
- The default Ack Ratio (sec. 11.3) to use.
-
tx_ccid = 2
- Default CCID for the sender-receiver half-connection.
+ Default CCID for the sender-receiver half-connection. Depending on the
+ choice of CCID, the Send Ack Vector feature is enabled automatically.
rx_ccid = 2
- Default CCID for the receiver-sender half-connection.
+ Default CCID for the receiver-sender half-connection; see tx_ccid.
seq_window = 100
The initial sequence window (sec. 7.5.2).
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/driver.txt b/Documentation/networking/driver.txt
index ea72d2e66ca..03283daa64f 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/driver.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/driver.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Transmit path guidelines:
static int drv_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
struct net_device *dev)
{
- struct drv *dp = dev->priv;
+ struct drv *dp = netdev_priv(dev);
lock_tx(dp);
...
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.txt b/Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.txt
index 31bc8b759b7..4eb3cc40b70 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.txt
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
Generic HDLC layer currently supports:
-1. Frame Relay (ANSI, CCITT, Cisco and no LMI).
+1. Frame Relay (ANSI, CCITT, Cisco and no LMI)
- Normal (routed) and Ethernet-bridged (Ethernet device emulation)
interfaces can share a single PVC.
- ARP support (no InARP support in the kernel - there is an
experimental InARP user-space daemon available on:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/hdlc/).
-2. raw HDLC - either IP (IPv4) interface or Ethernet device emulation.
-3. Cisco HDLC.
-4. PPP (uses syncppp.c).
+2. raw HDLC - either IP (IPv4) interface or Ethernet device emulation
+3. Cisco HDLC
+4. PPP
5. X.25 (uses X.25 routines).
Generic HDLC is a protocol driver only - it needs a low-level driver
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index d84932650fd..c7712787933 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ min_adv_mss - INTEGER
The advertised MSS depends on the first hop route MTU, but will
never be lower than this setting.
+rt_cache_rebuild_count - INTEGER
+ The per net-namespace route cache emergency rebuild threshold.
+ Any net-namespace having its route cache rebuilt due to
+ a hash bucket chain being too long more than this many times
+ will have its route caching disabled
+
IP Fragmentation:
ipfrag_high_thresh - INTEGER
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README b/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README
index 2ff8ccb8dc3..24ac91d5669 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README
+++ b/Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/README
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ associates with the AP. hostapd and wpa_supplicant are used to take
care of WPA2-PSK authentication. In addition, hostapd is also
processing access point side of association.
-Please note that the current Linux kernel does not enable AP mode, so a
-simple patch is needed to enable AP mode selection:
-http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/kernel/all/LATEST/006-allow-ap-vlan-modes.patch
-
# Build mac80211_hwsim as part of kernel configuration
@@ -65,3 +61,8 @@ hostapd hostapd.conf
# Run wpa_supplicant (station) for wlan1
wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan1 -c wpa_supplicant.conf
+
+
+More test cases are available in hostap.git:
+git://w1.fi/srv/git/hostap.git and mac80211_hwsim/tests subdirectory
+(http://w1.fi/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=hostap.git;a=tree;f=mac80211_hwsim/tests)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
index d0f71fc7f78..a2ab6a0b116 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ There are routines in net_init.c to handle the common cases of
alloc_etherdev, alloc_netdev. These reserve extra space for driver
private data which gets freed when the network device is freed. If
separately allocated data is attached to the network device
-(dev->priv) then it is up to the module exit handler to free that.
+(netdev_priv(dev)) then it is up to the module exit handler to free that.
MTU
===
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt b/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt
index a96989a8ff3..dcf31648414 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt
@@ -131,11 +131,13 @@ are expected to do this during initialization.
r = zd_reg2alpha2(mac->regdomain, alpha2);
if (!r)
- regulatory_hint(hw->wiphy, alpha2, NULL);
+ regulatory_hint(hw->wiphy, alpha2);
Example code - drivers providing a built in regulatory domain:
--------------------------------------------------------------
+[NOTE: This API is not currently available, it can be added when required]
+
If you have regulatory information you can obtain from your
driver and you *need* to use this we let you build a regulatory domain
structure and pass it to the wireless core. To do this you should
@@ -167,7 +169,6 @@ struct ieee80211_regdomain mydriver_jp_regdom = {
Then in some part of your code after your wiphy has been registered:
- int r;
struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd;
int size_of_regd;
int num_rules = mydriver_jp_regdom.n_reg_rules;
@@ -178,17 +179,12 @@ Then in some part of your code after your wiphy has been registered:
rd = kzalloc(size_of_regd, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!rd)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ return -ENOMEM;
memcpy(rd, &mydriver_jp_regdom, sizeof(struct ieee80211_regdomain));
- for (i=0; i < num_rules; i++) {
- memcpy(&rd->reg_rules[i], &mydriver_jp_regdom.reg_rules[i],
- sizeof(struct ieee80211_reg_rule));
- }
- r = regulatory_hint(hw->wiphy, NULL, rd);
- if (r) {
- kfree(rd);
- return r;
- }
-
+ for (i=0; i < num_rules; i++)
+ memcpy(&rd->reg_rules[i],
+ &mydriver_jp_regdom.reg_rules[i],
+ sizeof(struct ieee80211_reg_rule));
+ regulatory_struct_hint(rd);
diff --git a/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt b/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt
index 90aa4531cb6..bf9f80a9828 100644
--- a/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ to the overall system performance.
On x86 nmi_watchdog is disabled by default so you have to enable it with
a boot time parameter.
+It's possible to disable the NMI watchdog in run-time by writing "0" to
+/proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog. Writing "1" to the same file will re-enable
+the NMI watchdog. Notice that you still need to use "nmi_watchdog=" parameter
+at boot time.
+
NOTE: In kernels prior to 2.4.2-ac18 the NMI-oopser is enabled unconditionally
on x86 SMP boxes.
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/tsec.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/tsec.txt
index cf55fa4112d..7fa4b27574b 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/tsec.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/tsec.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
The MDIO is a bus to which the PHY devices are connected. For each
device that exists on this bus, a child node should be created. See
-the definition of the PHY node below for an example of how to define
-a PHY.
+the definition of the PHY node in booting-without-of.txt for an example
+of how to define a PHY.
Required properties:
- reg : Offset and length of the register set for the device
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ Example:
};
};
+* TBI Internal MDIO bus
+
+As of this writing, every tsec is associated with an internal TBI PHY.
+This PHY is accessed through the local MDIO bus. These buses are defined
+similarly to the mdio buses, except they are compatible with "fsl,gianfar-tbi".
+The TBI PHYs underneath them are similar to normal PHYs, but the reg property
+is considered instructive, rather than descriptive. The reg property should
+be chosen so it doesn't interfere with other PHYs on the bus.
* Gianfar-compatible ethernet nodes
diff --git a/Documentation/rfkill.txt b/Documentation/rfkill.txt
index b65f0799df4..4d3ee317a4a 100644
--- a/Documentation/rfkill.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rfkill.txt
@@ -191,12 +191,20 @@ Userspace input handlers (uevents) or kernel input handlers (rfkill-input):
to tell the devices registered with the rfkill class to change
their state (i.e. translates the input layer event into real
action).
+
* rfkill-input implements EPO by handling EV_SW SW_RFKILL_ALL 0
(power off all transmitters) in a special way: it ignores any
overrides and local state cache and forces all transmitters to the
RFKILL_STATE_SOFT_BLOCKED state (including those which are already
- supposed to be BLOCKED). Note that the opposite event (power on all
- transmitters) is handled normally.
+ supposed to be BLOCKED).
+ * rfkill EPO will remain active until rfkill-input receives an
+ EV_SW SW_RFKILL_ALL 1 event. While the EPO is active, transmitters
+ are locked in the blocked state (rfkill will refuse to unblock them).
+ * rfkill-input implements different policies that the user can
+ select for handling EV_SW SW_RFKILL_ALL 1. It will unlock rfkill,
+ and either do nothing (leave transmitters blocked, but now unlocked),
+ restore the transmitters to their state before the EPO, or unblock
+ them all.
Userspace uevent handler or kernel platform-specific drivers hooked to the
rfkill notifier chain:
@@ -331,11 +339,9 @@ class to get a sysfs interface :-)
correct event for your switch/button. These events are emergency power-off
events when they are trying to turn the transmitters off. An example of an
input device which SHOULD generate *_RFKILL_ALL events is the wireless-kill
-switch in a laptop which is NOT a hotkey, but a real switch that kills radios
-in hardware, even if the O.S. has gone to lunch. An example of an input device
-which SHOULD NOT generate *_RFKILL_ALL events by default, is any sort of hot
-key that does nothing by itself, as well as any hot key that is type-specific
-(e.g. the one for WLAN).
+switch in a laptop which is NOT a hotkey, but a real sliding/rocker switch.
+An example of an input device which SHOULD NOT generate *_RFKILL_ALL events by
+default, is any sort of hot key that is type-specific (e.g. the one for WLAN).
3.1 Guidelines for wireless device drivers
diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-arch.txt b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-arch.txt
index 941615a9769..d43dbcbd163 100644
--- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-arch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-arch.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Context switch
By default, the switch_to arch function is called with the runqueue
locked. This is usually not a problem unless switch_to may need to
take the runqueue lock. This is usually due to a wake up operation in
-the context switch. See include/asm-ia64/system.h for an example.
+the context switch. See arch/ia64/include/asm/system.h for an example.
To request the scheduler call switch_to with the runqueue unlocked,
you must `#define __ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW` in a header file
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ disabled. Interrupts may be enabled over the call if it is likely to
introduce a significant interrupt latency by adding the line
`#define __ARCH_WANT_INTERRUPTS_ON_CTXSW` in the same place as for
unlocked context switches. This define also implies
-`__ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW`. See include/asm-arm/system.h for an
+`__ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW`. See arch/arm/include/asm/system.h for an
example.
diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt
index eb471c7a905..8398ca4ff4e 100644
--- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt
@@ -273,3 +273,24 @@ task groups and modify their CPU share using the "cgroups" pseudo filesystem.
# #Launch gmplayer (or your favourite movie player)
# echo <movie_player_pid> > multimedia/tasks
+
+8. Implementation note: user namespaces
+
+User namespaces are intended to be hierarchical. But they are currently
+only partially implemented. Each of those has ramifications for CFS.
+
+First, since user namespaces are hierarchical, the /sys/kernel/uids
+presentation is inadequate. Eventually we will likely want to use sysfs
+tagging to provide private views of /sys/kernel/uids within each user
+namespace.
+
+Second, the hierarchical nature is intended to support completely
+unprivileged use of user namespaces. So if using user groups, then
+we want the users in a user namespace to be children of the user
+who created it.
+
+That is currently unimplemented. So instead, every user in a new
+user namespace will receive 1024 shares just like any user in the
+initial user namespace. Note that at the moment creation of a new
+user namespace requires each of CAP_SYS_ADMIN, CAP_SETUID, and
+CAP_SETGID.
diff --git a/Documentation/sh/kgdb.txt b/Documentation/sh/kgdb.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 05b4ba89d28..00000000000
--- a/Documentation/sh/kgdb.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,179 +0,0 @@
-
-This file describes the configuration and behavior of KGDB for the SH
-kernel. Based on a description from Henry Bell <henry.bell@st.com>, it
-has been modified to account for quirks in the current implementation.
-
-Version
-=======
-
-This version of KGDB was written for 2.4.xx kernels for the SH architecture.
-Further documentation is available from the linux-sh project website.
-
-
-Debugging Setup: Host
-======================
-
-The two machines will be connected together via a serial line - this
-should be a null modem cable i.e. with a twist.
-
-On your DEVELOPMENT machine, go to your kernel source directory and
-build the kernel, enabling KGDB support in the "kernel hacking" section.
-This includes the KGDB code, and also makes the kernel be compiled with
-the "-g" option set -- necessary for debugging.
-
-To install this new kernel, use the following installation procedure.
-
-Decide on which tty port you want the machines to communicate, then
-cable them up back-to-back using the null modem. On the DEVELOPMENT
-machine, you may wish to create an initialization file called .gdbinit
-(in the kernel source directory or in your home directory) to execute
-commonly-used commands at startup.
-
-A minimal .gdbinit might look like this:
-
- file vmlinux
- set remotebaud 115200
- target remote /dev/ttyS0
-
-Change the "target" definition so that it specifies the tty port that
-you intend to use. Change the "remotebaud" definition to match the
-data rate that you are going to use for the com line (115200 is the
-default).
-
-Debugging Setup: Target
-========================
-
-By default, the KGDB stub will communicate with the host GDB using
-ttySC1 at 115200 baud, 8 databits, no parity; these defaults can be
-changed in the kernel configuration. As the kernel starts up, KGDB will
-initialize so that breakpoints, kernel segfaults, and so forth will
-generally enter the debugger.
-
-This behavior can be modified by including the "kgdb" option in the
-kernel command line; this option has the general form:
-
- kgdb=<ttyspec>,<action>
-
-The <ttyspec> indicates the port to use, and can optionally specify
-baud, parity and databits -- e.g. "ttySC0,9600N8" or "ttySC1,19200".
-
-The <action> can be "halt" or "disabled". The "halt" action enters the
-debugger via a breakpoint as soon as kgdb is initialized; the "disabled"
-action causes kgdb to ignore kernel segfaults and such until explicitly
-entered by a breakpoint in the code or by external action (sysrq or NMI).
-
-(Both <ttyspec> and <action> can appear alone, w/o the separating comma.)
-
-For example, if you wish to debug early in kernel startup code, you
-might specify the halt option:
-
- kgdb=halt
-
-Boot the TARGET machine, which will appear to hang.
-
-On your DEVELOPMENT machine, cd to the source directory and run the gdb
-program. (This is likely to be a cross GDB which runs on your host but
-is built for an SH target.) If everything is working correctly you
-should see gdb print out a few lines indicating that a breakpoint has
-been taken. It will actually show a line of code in the target kernel
-inside the gdbstub activation code.
-
-NOTE: BE SURE TO TERMINATE OR SUSPEND any other host application which
-may be using the same serial port (for example, a terminal emulator you
-have been using to connect to the target boot code.) Otherwise, data
-from the target may not all get to GDB!
-
-You can now use whatever gdb commands you like to set breakpoints.
-Enter "continue" to start your target machine executing again. At this
-point the target system will run at full speed until it encounters
-your breakpoint or gets a segment violation in the kernel, or whatever.
-
-Serial Ports: KGDB, Console
-============================
-
-This version of KGDB may not gracefully handle conflict with other
-drivers in the kernel using the same port. If KGDB is configured on the
-same port (and with the same parameters) as the kernel console, or if
-CONFIG_SH_KGDB_CONSOLE is configured, things should be fine (though in
-some cases console messages may appear twice through GDB). But if the
-KGDB port is not the kernel console and used by another serial driver
-which assumes different serial parameters (e.g. baud rate) KGDB may not
-recover.
-
-Also, when KGDB is entered via sysrq-g (requires CONFIG_KGDB_SYSRQ) and
-the kgdb port uses the same port as the console, detaching GDB will not
-restore the console to working order without the port being re-opened.
-
-Another serious consequence of this is that GDB currently CANNOT break
-into KGDB externally (e.g. via ^C or <BREAK>); unless a breakpoint or
-error is encountered, the only way to enter KGDB after the initial halt
-(see above) is via NMI (CONFIG_KGDB_NMI) or sysrq-g (CONFIG_KGDB_SYSRQ).
-
-Code is included for the basic Hitachi Solution Engine boards to allow
-the use of ttyS0 for KGDB if desired; this is less robust, but may be
-useful in some cases. (This cannot be selected using the config file,
-but only through the kernel command line, e.g. "kgdb=ttyS0", though the
-configured defaults for baud rate etc. still apply if not overridden.)
-
-If gdbstub Does Not Work
-========================
-
-If it doesn't work, you will have to troubleshoot it. Do the easy
-things first like double checking your cabling and data rates. You
-might try some non-kernel based programs to see if the back-to-back
-connection works properly. Just something simple like cat /etc/hosts
-/dev/ttyS0 on one machine and cat /dev/ttyS0 on the other will tell you
-if you can send data from one machine to the other. There is no point
-in tearing out your hair in the kernel if the line doesn't work.
-
-If you need to debug the GDB/KGDB communication itself, the gdb commands
-"set debug remote 1" and "set debug serial 1" may be useful, but be
-warned: they produce a lot of output.
-
-Threads
-=======
-
-Each process in a target machine is seen as a gdb thread. gdb thread related
-commands (info threads, thread n) can be used. CONFIG_KGDB_THREAD must
-be defined for this to work.
-
-In this version, kgdb reports PID_MAX (32768) as the process ID for the
-idle process (pid 0), since GDB does not accept 0 as an ID.
-
-Detaching (exiting KGDB)
-=========================
-
-There are two ways to resume full-speed target execution: "continue" and
-"detach". With "continue", GDB inserts any specified breakpoints in the
-target code and resumes execution; the target is still in "gdb mode".
-If a breakpoint or other debug event (e.g. NMI) happens, the target
-halts and communicates with GDB again, which is waiting for it.
-
-With "detach", GDB does *not* insert any breakpoints; target execution
-is resumed and GDB stops communicating (does not wait for the target).
-In this case, the target is no longer in "gdb mode" -- for example,
-console messages no longer get sent separately to the KGDB port, or
-encapsulated for GDB. If a debug event (e.g. NMI) occurs, the target
-will re-enter "gdb mode" and will display this fact on the console; you
-must give a new "target remote" command to gdb.
-
-NOTE: TO AVOID LOSSING CONSOLE MESSAGES IN CASE THE KERNEL CONSOLE AND
-KGDB USING THE SAME PORT, THE TARGET WAITS FOR ANY INPUT CHARACTER ON
-THE KGDB PORT AFTER A DETACH COMMAND. For example, after the detach you
-could start a terminal emulator on the same host port and enter a <cr>;
-however, this program must then be terminated or suspended in order to
-use GBD again if KGDB is re-entered.
-
-
-Acknowledgements
-================
-
-This code was mostly generated by Henry Bell <henry.bell@st.com>;
-largely from KGDB by Amit S. Kale <akale@veritas.com> - extracts from
-code by Glenn Engel, Jim Kingdon, David Grothe <dave@gcom.com>, Tigran
-Aivazian <tigran@sco.com>, William Gatliff <bgat@open-widgets.com>, Ben
-Lee, Steve Chamberlain and Benoit Miller <fulg@iname.com> are also
-included.
-
-Jeremy Siegel
-<jsiegel@mvista.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
index 394d7d378dc..841a9365d5f 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
@@ -757,6 +757,8 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed.
model - force the model name
position_fix - Fix DMA pointer (0 = auto, 1 = use LPIB, 2 = POSBUF)
probe_mask - Bitmask to probe codecs (default = -1, meaning all slots)
+ probe_only - Only probing and no codec initialization (default=off);
+ Useful to check the initial codec status for debugging
bdl_pos_adj - Specifies the DMA IRQ timing delay in samples.
Passing -1 will make the driver to choose the appropriate
value based on the controller chip.
@@ -772,327 +774,23 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed.
This module supports multiple cards and autoprobe.
+ See Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt for more details about
+ HD-audio driver.
+
Each codec may have a model table for different configurations.
If your machine isn't listed there, the default (usually minimal)
configuration is set up. You can pass "model=<name>" option to
specify a certain model in such a case. There are different
- models depending on the codec chip.
-
- Model name Description
- ---------- -----------
- ALC880
- 3stack 3-jack in back and a headphone out
- 3stack-digout 3-jack in back, a HP out and a SPDIF out
- 5stack 5-jack in back, 2-jack in front
- 5stack-digout 5-jack in back, 2-jack in front, a SPDIF out
- 6stack 6-jack in back, 2-jack in front
- 6stack-digout 6-jack with a SPDIF out
- w810 3-jack
- z71v 3-jack (HP shared SPDIF)
- asus 3-jack (ASUS Mobo)
- asus-w1v ASUS W1V
- asus-dig ASUS with SPDIF out
- asus-dig2 ASUS with SPDIF out (using GPIO2)
- uniwill 3-jack
- fujitsu Fujitsu Laptops (Pi1536)
- F1734 2-jack
- lg LG laptop (m1 express dual)
- lg-lw LG LW20/LW25 laptop
- tcl TCL S700
- clevo Clevo laptops (m520G, m665n)
- medion Medion Rim 2150
- test for testing/debugging purpose, almost all controls can be
- adjusted. Appearing only when compiled with
- $CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y
- auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
-
- ALC260
- hp HP machines
- hp-3013 HP machines (3013-variant)
- hp-dc7600 HP DC7600
- fujitsu Fujitsu S7020
- acer Acer TravelMate
- will Will laptops (PB V7900)
- replacer Replacer 672V
- basic fixed pin assignment (old default model)
- test for testing/debugging purpose, almost all controls can
- adjusted. Appearing only when compiled with
- $CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y
- auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
-
- ALC262
- fujitsu Fujitsu Laptop
- hp-bpc HP xw4400/6400/8400/9400 laptops
- hp-bpc-d7000 HP BPC D7000
- hp-tc-t5735 HP Thin Client T5735
- hp-rp5700 HP RP5700
- benq Benq ED8
- benq-t31 Benq T31
- hippo Hippo (ATI) with jack detection, Sony UX-90s
- hippo_1 Hippo (Benq) with jack detection
- sony-assamd Sony ASSAMD
- toshiba-s06 Toshiba S06
- toshiba-rx1 Toshiba RX1
- ultra Samsung Q1 Ultra Vista model
- lenovo-3000 Lenovo 3000 y410
- nec NEC Versa S9100
- basic fixed pin assignment w/o SPDIF
- auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
-
- ALC267/268
- quanta-il1 Quanta IL1 mini-notebook
- 3stack 3-stack model
- toshiba Toshiba A205
- acer Acer laptops
- acer-aspire Acer Aspire One
- dell Dell OEM laptops (Vostro 1200)
- zepto Zepto laptops
- test for testing/debugging purpose, almost all controls can
- adjusted. Appearing only when compiled with
- $CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y
- auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
-
- ALC269
- basic Basic preset
- quanta Quanta FL1
- eeepc-p703 ASUS Eeepc P703 P900A
- eeepc-p901 ASUS Eeepc P901 S101
-
- ALC662/663
- 3stack-dig 3-stack (2-channel) with SPDIF
- 3stack-6ch 3-stack (6-channel)
- 3stack-6ch-dig 3-stack (6-channel) with SPDIF
- 6stack-dig 6-stack with SPDIF
- lenovo-101e Lenovo laptop
- eeepc-p701 ASUS Eeepc P701
- eeepc-ep20 ASUS Eeepc EP20
- ecs ECS/Foxconn mobo
- m51va ASUS M51VA
- g71v ASUS G71V
- h13 ASUS H13
- g50v ASUS G50V
- asus-mode1 ASUS
- asus-mode2 ASUS
- asus-mode3 ASUS
- asus-mode4 ASUS
- asus-mode5 ASUS
- asus-mode6 ASUS
- auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
-
- ALC882/885
- 3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF I/O
- 6stack-dig 6-jack digital with SPDIF I/O
- arima Arima W820Di1
- targa Targa T8, MSI-1049 T8
- asus-a7j ASUS A7J
- asus-a7m ASUS A7M
- macpro MacPro support
- mbp3 Macbook Pro rev3
- imac24 iMac 24'' with jack detection
- w2jc ASUS W2JC
- auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
-
- ALC883/888
- 3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF I/O
- 6stack-dig 6-jack digital with SPDIF I/O
- 3stack-6ch 3-jack 6-channel
- 3stack-6ch-dig 3-jack 6-channel with SPDIF I/O
- 6stack-dig-demo 6-jack digital for Intel demo board
- acer Acer laptops (Travelmate 3012WTMi, Aspire 5600, etc)
- acer-aspire Acer Aspire 9810
- medion Medion Laptops
- medion-md2 Medion MD2
- targa-dig Targa/MSI
- targa-2ch-dig Targs/MSI with 2-channel
- laptop-eapd 3-jack with SPDIF I/O and EAPD (Clevo M540JE, M550JE)
- lenovo-101e Lenovo 101E
- lenovo-nb0763 Lenovo NB0763
- lenovo-ms7195-dig Lenovo MS7195
- lenovo-sky Lenovo Sky
- haier-w66 Haier W66
- 3stack-hp HP machines with 3stack (Lucknow, Samba boards)
- 6stack-dell Dell machines with 6stack (Inspiron 530)
- mitac Mitac 8252D
- clevo-m720 Clevo M720 laptop series
- fujitsu-pi2515 Fujitsu AMILO Pi2515
- 3stack-6ch-intel Intel DG33* boards
- auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
-
- ALC861/660
- 3stack 3-jack
- 3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF I/O
- 6stack-dig 6-jack with SPDIF I/O
- 3stack-660 3-jack (for ALC660)
- uniwill-m31 Uniwill M31 laptop
- toshiba Toshiba laptop support
- asus Asus laptop support
- asus-laptop ASUS F2/F3 laptops
- auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
-
- ALC861VD/660VD
- 3stack 3-jack
- 3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF OUT
- 6stack-dig 6-jack with SPDIF OUT
- 3stack-660 3-jack (for ALC660VD)
- 3stack-660-digout 3-jack with SPDIF OUT (for ALC660VD)
- lenovo Lenovo 3000 C200
- dallas Dallas laptops
- hp HP TX1000
- auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
-
- CMI9880
- minimal 3-jack in back
- min_fp 3-jack in back, 2-jack in front
- full 6-jack in back, 2-jack in front
- full_dig 6-jack in back, 2-jack in front, SPDIF I/O
- allout 5-jack in back, 2-jack in front, SPDIF out
- auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
-
- AD1882 / AD1882A
- 3stack 3-stack mode (default)
- 6stack 6-stack mode
-
- AD1884A / AD1883 / AD1984A / AD1984B
- desktop 3-stack desktop (default)
- laptop laptop with HP jack sensing
- mobile mobile devices with HP jack sensing
- thinkpad Lenovo Thinkpad X300
-
- AD1884
- N/A
-
- AD1981
- basic 3-jack (default)
- hp HP nx6320
- thinkpad Lenovo Thinkpad T60/X60/Z60
- toshiba Toshiba U205
-
- AD1983
- N/A
-
- AD1984
- basic default configuration
- thinkpad Lenovo Thinkpad T61/X61
- dell Dell T3400
-
- AD1986A
- 6stack 6-jack, separate surrounds (default)
- 3stack 3-stack, shared surrounds
- laptop 2-channel only (FSC V2060, Samsung M50)
- laptop-eapd 2-channel with EAPD (Samsung R65, ASUS A6J)
- laptop-automute 2-channel with EAPD and HP-automute (Lenovo N100)
- ultra 2-channel with EAPD (Samsung Ultra tablet PC)
-
- AD1988/AD1988B/AD1989A/AD1989B
- 6stack 6-jack
- 6stack-dig ditto with SPDIF
- 3stack 3-jack
- 3stack-dig ditto with SPDIF
- laptop 3-jack with hp-jack automute
- laptop-dig ditto with SPDIF
- auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
-
- Conexant 5045
- laptop-hpsense Laptop with HP sense (old model laptop)
- laptop-micsense Laptop with Mic sense (old model fujitsu)
- laptop-hpmicsense Laptop with HP and Mic senses
- benq Benq R55E
- test for testing/debugging purpose, almost all controls
- can be adjusted. Appearing only when compiled with
- $CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y
-
- Conexant 5047
- laptop Basic Laptop config
- laptop-hp Laptop config for some HP models (subdevice 30A5)
- laptop-eapd Laptop config with EAPD support
- test for testing/debugging purpose, almost all controls
- can be adjusted. Appearing only when compiled with
- $CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y
-
- Conexant 5051
- laptop Basic Laptop config (default)
- hp HP Spartan laptop
-
- STAC9200
- ref Reference board
- dell-d21 Dell (unknown)
- dell-d22 Dell (unknown)
- dell-d23 Dell (unknown)
- dell-m21 Dell Inspiron 630m, Dell Inspiron 640m
- dell-m22 Dell Latitude D620, Dell Latitude D820
- dell-m23 Dell XPS M1710, Dell Precision M90
- dell-m24 Dell Latitude 120L
- dell-m25 Dell Inspiron E1505n
- dell-m26 Dell Inspiron 1501
- dell-m27 Dell Inspiron E1705/9400
- gateway Gateway laptops with EAPD control
- panasonic Panasonic CF-74
-
- STAC9205/9254
- ref Reference board
- dell-m42 Dell (unknown)
- dell-m43 Dell Precision
- dell-m44 Dell Inspiron
-
- STAC9220/9221
- ref Reference board
- 3stack D945 3stack
- 5stack D945 5stack + SPDIF
- intel-mac-v1 Intel Mac Type 1
- intel-mac-v2 Intel Mac Type 2
- intel-mac-v3 Intel Mac Type 3
- intel-mac-v4 Intel Mac Type 4
- intel-mac-v5 Intel Mac Type 5
- intel-mac-auto Intel Mac (detect type according to subsystem id)
- macmini Intel Mac Mini (equivalent with type 3)
- macbook Intel Mac Book (eq. type 5)
- macbook-pro-v1 Intel Mac Book Pro 1st generation (eq. type 3)
- macbook-pro Intel Mac Book Pro 2nd generation (eq. type 3)
- imac-intel Intel iMac (eq. type 2)
- imac-intel-20 Intel iMac (newer version) (eq. type 3)
- dell-d81 Dell (unknown)
- dell-d82 Dell (unknown)
- dell-m81 Dell (unknown)
- dell-m82 Dell XPS M1210
-
- STAC9202/9250/9251
- ref Reference board, base config
- m2-2 Some Gateway MX series laptops
- m6 Some Gateway NX series laptops
- pa6 Gateway NX860 series
-
- STAC9227/9228/9229/927x
- ref Reference board
- ref-no-jd Reference board without HP/Mic jack detection
- 3stack D965 3stack
- 5stack D965 5stack + SPDIF
- dell-3stack Dell Dimension E520
- dell-bios Fixes with Dell BIOS setup
-
- STAC92HD71B*
- ref Reference board
- dell-m4-1 Dell desktops
- dell-m4-2 Dell desktops
- dell-m4-3 Dell desktops
-
- STAC92HD73*
- ref Reference board
- no-jd BIOS setup but without jack-detection
- dell-m6-amic Dell desktops/laptops with analog mics
- dell-m6-dmic Dell desktops/laptops with digital mics
- dell-m6 Dell desktops/laptops with both type of mics
-
- STAC9872
- vaio Setup for VAIO FE550G/SZ110
- vaio-ar Setup for VAIO AR
+ models depending on the codec chip. The list of available models
+ is found in HD-Audio-Models.txt
The model name "genric" is treated as a special case. When this
model is given, the driver uses the generic codec parser without
"codec-patch". It's sometimes good for testing and debugging.
If the default configuration doesn't work and one of the above
- matches with your device, report it together with the PCI
- subsystem ID (output of "lspci -nv") to ALSA BTS or alsa-devel
+ matches with your device, report it together with alsa-info.sh
+ output (with --no-upload option) to kernel bugzilla or alsa-devel
ML (see the section "Links and Addresses").
power_save and power_save_controller options are for power-saving
@@ -1652,7 +1350,8 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed.
* AuzenTech X-Meridian
* Bgears b-Enspirer
* Club3D Theatron DTS
- * HT-Omega Claro
+ * HT-Omega Claro (plus)
+ * HT-Omega Claro halo (XT)
* Razer Barracuda AC-1
* Sondigo Inferno
@@ -2409,8 +2108,11 @@ Links and Addresses
ALSA project homepage
http://www.alsa-project.org
- ALSA Bug Tracking System
- https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/bugs/
+ Kernel Bugzilla
+ http://bugzilla.kernel.org/
ALSA Developers ML
mailto:alsa-devel@alsa-project.org
+
+ alsa-info.sh script
+ http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4b7ac21ea9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,348 @@
+ Model name Description
+ ---------- -----------
+ALC880
+======
+ 3stack 3-jack in back and a headphone out
+ 3stack-digout 3-jack in back, a HP out and a SPDIF out
+ 5stack 5-jack in back, 2-jack in front
+ 5stack-digout 5-jack in back, 2-jack in front, a SPDIF out
+ 6stack 6-jack in back, 2-jack in front
+ 6stack-digout 6-jack with a SPDIF out
+ w810 3-jack
+ z71v 3-jack (HP shared SPDIF)
+ asus 3-jack (ASUS Mobo)
+ asus-w1v ASUS W1V
+ asus-dig ASUS with SPDIF out
+ asus-dig2 ASUS with SPDIF out (using GPIO2)
+ uniwill 3-jack
+ fujitsu Fujitsu Laptops (Pi1536)
+ F1734 2-jack
+ lg LG laptop (m1 express dual)
+ lg-lw LG LW20/LW25 laptop
+ tcl TCL S700
+ clevo Clevo laptops (m520G, m665n)
+ medion Medion Rim 2150
+ test for testing/debugging purpose, almost all controls can be
+ adjusted. Appearing only when compiled with
+ $CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y
+ auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
+
+ALC260
+======
+ hp HP machines
+ hp-3013 HP machines (3013-variant)
+ hp-dc7600 HP DC7600
+ fujitsu Fujitsu S7020
+ acer Acer TravelMate
+ will Will laptops (PB V7900)
+ replacer Replacer 672V
+ basic fixed pin assignment (old default model)
+ test for testing/debugging purpose, almost all controls can
+ adjusted. Appearing only when compiled with
+ $CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y
+ auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
+
+ALC262
+======
+ fujitsu Fujitsu Laptop
+ hp-bpc HP xw4400/6400/8400/9400 laptops
+ hp-bpc-d7000 HP BPC D7000
+ hp-tc-t5735 HP Thin Client T5735
+ hp-rp5700 HP RP5700
+ benq Benq ED8
+ benq-t31 Benq T31
+ hippo Hippo (ATI) with jack detection, Sony UX-90s
+ hippo_1 Hippo (Benq) with jack detection
+ sony-assamd Sony ASSAMD
+ toshiba-s06 Toshiba S06
+ toshiba-rx1 Toshiba RX1
+ ultra Samsung Q1 Ultra Vista model
+ lenovo-3000 Lenovo 3000 y410
+ nec NEC Versa S9100
+ basic fixed pin assignment w/o SPDIF
+ auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
+
+ALC267/268
+==========
+ quanta-il1 Quanta IL1 mini-notebook
+ 3stack 3-stack model
+ toshiba Toshiba A205
+ acer Acer laptops
+ acer-dmic Acer laptops with digital-mic
+ acer-aspire Acer Aspire One
+ dell Dell OEM laptops (Vostro 1200)
+ zepto Zepto laptops
+ test for testing/debugging purpose, almost all controls can
+ adjusted. Appearing only when compiled with
+ $CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y
+ auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
+
+ALC269
+======
+ basic Basic preset
+ quanta Quanta FL1
+ eeepc-p703 ASUS Eeepc P703 P900A
+ eeepc-p901 ASUS Eeepc P901 S101
+ fujitsu FSC Amilo
+ auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
+
+ALC662/663
+==========
+ 3stack-dig 3-stack (2-channel) with SPDIF
+ 3stack-6ch 3-stack (6-channel)
+ 3stack-6ch-dig 3-stack (6-channel) with SPDIF
+ 6stack-dig 6-stack with SPDIF
+ lenovo-101e Lenovo laptop
+ eeepc-p701 ASUS Eeepc P701
+ eeepc-ep20 ASUS Eeepc EP20
+ ecs ECS/Foxconn mobo
+ m51va ASUS M51VA
+ g71v ASUS G71V
+ h13 ASUS H13
+ g50v ASUS G50V
+ asus-mode1 ASUS
+ asus-mode2 ASUS
+ asus-mode3 ASUS
+ asus-mode4 ASUS
+ asus-mode5 ASUS
+ asus-mode6 ASUS
+ auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
+
+ALC882/885
+==========
+ 3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF I/O
+ 6stack-dig 6-jack digital with SPDIF I/O
+ arima Arima W820Di1
+ targa Targa T8, MSI-1049 T8
+ asus-a7j ASUS A7J
+ asus-a7m ASUS A7M
+ macpro MacPro support
+ mbp3 Macbook Pro rev3
+ imac24 iMac 24'' with jack detection
+ w2jc ASUS W2JC
+ auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
+
+ALC883/888
+==========
+ 3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF I/O
+ 6stack-dig 6-jack digital with SPDIF I/O
+ 3stack-6ch 3-jack 6-channel
+ 3stack-6ch-dig 3-jack 6-channel with SPDIF I/O
+ 6stack-dig-demo 6-jack digital for Intel demo board
+ acer Acer laptops (Travelmate 3012WTMi, Aspire 5600, etc)
+ acer-aspire Acer Aspire 9810
+ acer-aspire-4930g Acer Aspire 4930G
+ medion Medion Laptops
+ medion-md2 Medion MD2
+ targa-dig Targa/MSI
+ targa-2ch-dig Targs/MSI with 2-channel
+ laptop-eapd 3-jack with SPDIF I/O and EAPD (Clevo M540JE, M550JE)
+ lenovo-101e Lenovo 101E
+ lenovo-nb0763 Lenovo NB0763
+ lenovo-ms7195-dig Lenovo MS7195
+ lenovo-sky Lenovo Sky
+ haier-w66 Haier W66
+ 3stack-hp HP machines with 3stack (Lucknow, Samba boards)
+ 6stack-dell Dell machines with 6stack (Inspiron 530)
+ mitac Mitac 8252D
+ clevo-m720 Clevo M720 laptop series
+ fujitsu-pi2515 Fujitsu AMILO Pi2515
+ fujitsu-xa3530 Fujitsu AMILO XA3530
+ 3stack-6ch-intel Intel DG33* boards
+ auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
+
+ALC861/660
+==========
+ 3stack 3-jack
+ 3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF I/O
+ 6stack-dig 6-jack with SPDIF I/O
+ 3stack-660 3-jack (for ALC660)
+ uniwill-m31 Uniwill M31 laptop
+ toshiba Toshiba laptop support
+ asus Asus laptop support
+ asus-laptop ASUS F2/F3 laptops
+ auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
+
+ALC861VD/660VD
+==============
+ 3stack 3-jack
+ 3stack-dig 3-jack with SPDIF OUT
+ 6stack-dig 6-jack with SPDIF OUT
+ 3stack-660 3-jack (for ALC660VD)
+ 3stack-660-digout 3-jack with SPDIF OUT (for ALC660VD)
+ lenovo Lenovo 3000 C200
+ dallas Dallas laptops
+ hp HP TX1000
+ asus-v1s ASUS V1Sn
+ auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
+
+CMI9880
+=======
+ minimal 3-jack in back
+ min_fp 3-jack in back, 2-jack in front
+ full 6-jack in back, 2-jack in front
+ full_dig 6-jack in back, 2-jack in front, SPDIF I/O
+ allout 5-jack in back, 2-jack in front, SPDIF out
+ auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
+
+AD1882 / AD1882A
+================
+ 3stack 3-stack mode (default)
+ 6stack 6-stack mode
+
+AD1884A / AD1883 / AD1984A / AD1984B
+====================================
+ desktop 3-stack desktop (default)
+ laptop laptop with HP jack sensing
+ mobile mobile devices with HP jack sensing
+ thinkpad Lenovo Thinkpad X300
+
+AD1884
+======
+ N/A
+
+AD1981
+======
+ basic 3-jack (default)
+ hp HP nx6320
+ thinkpad Lenovo Thinkpad T60/X60/Z60
+ toshiba Toshiba U205
+
+AD1983
+======
+ N/A
+
+AD1984
+======
+ basic default configuration
+ thinkpad Lenovo Thinkpad T61/X61
+ dell Dell T3400
+
+AD1986A
+=======
+ 6stack 6-jack, separate surrounds (default)
+ 3stack 3-stack, shared surrounds
+ laptop 2-channel only (FSC V2060, Samsung M50)
+ laptop-eapd 2-channel with EAPD (ASUS A6J)
+ laptop-automute 2-channel with EAPD and HP-automute (Lenovo N100)
+ ultra 2-channel with EAPD (Samsung Ultra tablet PC)
+ samsung 2-channel with EAPD (Samsung R65)
+
+AD1988/AD1988B/AD1989A/AD1989B
+==============================
+ 6stack 6-jack
+ 6stack-dig ditto with SPDIF
+ 3stack 3-jack
+ 3stack-dig ditto with SPDIF
+ laptop 3-jack with hp-jack automute
+ laptop-dig ditto with SPDIF
+ auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
+
+Conexant 5045
+=============
+ laptop-hpsense Laptop with HP sense (old model laptop)
+ laptop-micsense Laptop with Mic sense (old model fujitsu)
+ laptop-hpmicsense Laptop with HP and Mic senses
+ benq Benq R55E
+ test for testing/debugging purpose, almost all controls
+ can be adjusted. Appearing only when compiled with
+ $CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y
+
+Conexant 5047
+=============
+ laptop Basic Laptop config
+ laptop-hp Laptop config for some HP models (subdevice 30A5)
+ laptop-eapd Laptop config with EAPD support
+ test for testing/debugging purpose, almost all controls
+ can be adjusted. Appearing only when compiled with
+ $CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y
+
+Conexant 5051
+=============
+ laptop Basic Laptop config (default)
+ hp HP Spartan laptop
+
+STAC9200
+========
+ ref Reference board
+ dell-d21 Dell (unknown)
+ dell-d22 Dell (unknown)
+ dell-d23 Dell (unknown)
+ dell-m21 Dell Inspiron 630m, Dell Inspiron 640m
+ dell-m22 Dell Latitude D620, Dell Latitude D820
+ dell-m23 Dell XPS M1710, Dell Precision M90
+ dell-m24 Dell Latitude 120L
+ dell-m25 Dell Inspiron E1505n
+ dell-m26 Dell Inspiron 1501
+ dell-m27 Dell Inspiron E1705/9400
+ gateway Gateway laptops with EAPD control
+ panasonic Panasonic CF-74
+
+STAC9205/9254
+=============
+ ref Reference board
+ dell-m42 Dell (unknown)
+ dell-m43 Dell Precision
+ dell-m44 Dell Inspiron
+
+STAC9220/9221
+=============
+ ref Reference board
+ 3stack D945 3stack
+ 5stack D945 5stack + SPDIF
+ intel-mac-v1 Intel Mac Type 1
+ intel-mac-v2 Intel Mac Type 2
+ intel-mac-v3 Intel Mac Type 3
+ intel-mac-v4 Intel Mac Type 4
+ intel-mac-v5 Intel Mac Type 5
+ intel-mac-auto Intel Mac (detect type according to subsystem id)
+ macmini Intel Mac Mini (equivalent with type 3)
+ macbook Intel Mac Book (eq. type 5)
+ macbook-pro-v1 Intel Mac Book Pro 1st generation (eq. type 3)
+ macbook-pro Intel Mac Book Pro 2nd generation (eq. type 3)
+ imac-intel Intel iMac (eq. type 2)
+ imac-intel-20 Intel iMac (newer version) (eq. type 3)
+ dell-d81 Dell (unknown)
+ dell-d82 Dell (unknown)
+ dell-m81 Dell (unknown)
+ dell-m82 Dell XPS M1210
+
+STAC9202/9250/9251
+==================
+ ref Reference board, base config
+ m2-2 Some Gateway MX series laptops
+ m6 Some Gateway NX series laptops
+ pa6 Gateway NX860 series
+
+STAC9227/9228/9229/927x
+=======================
+ ref Reference board
+ ref-no-jd Reference board without HP/Mic jack detection
+ 3stack D965 3stack
+ 5stack D965 5stack + SPDIF
+ dell-3stack Dell Dimension E520
+ dell-bios Fixes with Dell BIOS setup
+
+STAC92HD71B*
+============
+ ref Reference board
+ dell-m4-1 Dell desktops
+ dell-m4-2 Dell desktops
+ dell-m4-3 Dell desktops
+
+STAC92HD73*
+===========
+ ref Reference board
+ no-jd BIOS setup but without jack-detection
+ dell-m6-amic Dell desktops/laptops with analog mics
+ dell-m6-dmic Dell desktops/laptops with digital mics
+ dell-m6 Dell desktops/laptops with both type of mics
+
+STAC92HD83*
+===========
+ ref Reference board
+
+STAC9872
+========
+ vaio Setup for VAIO FE550G/SZ110
+ vaio-ar Setup for VAIO AR
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8d68fff7183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,577 @@
+MORE NOTES ON HD-AUDIO DRIVER
+=============================
+ Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
+
+
+GENERAL
+-------
+
+HD-audio is the new standard on-board audio component on modern PCs
+after AC97. Although Linux has been supporting HD-audio since long
+time ago, there are often problems with new machines. A part of the
+problem is broken BIOS, and the rest is the driver implementation.
+This document explains the brief trouble-shooting and debugging
+methods for the HD-audio hardware.
+
+The HD-audio component consists of two parts: the controller chip and
+the codec chips on the HD-audio bus. Linux provides a single driver
+for all controllers, snd-hda-intel. Although the driver name contains
+a word of a well-known harware vendor, it's not specific to it but for
+all controller chips by other companies. Since the HD-audio
+controllers are supposed to be compatible, the single snd-hda-driver
+should work in most cases. But, not surprisingly, there are known
+bugs and issues specific to each controller type. The snd-hda-intel
+driver has a bunch of workarounds for these as described below.
+
+A controller may have multiple codecs. Usually you have one audio
+codec and optionally one modem codec. In theory, there might be
+multiple audio codecs, e.g. for analog and digital outputs, and the
+driver might not work properly because of conflict of mixer elements.
+This should be fixed in future if such hardware really exists.
+
+The snd-hda-intel driver has several different codec parsers depending
+on the codec. It has a generic parser as a fallback, but this
+functionality is fairly limited until now. Instead of the generic
+parser, usually the codec-specific parser (coded in patch_*.c) is used
+for the codec-specific implementations. The details about the
+codec-specific problems are explained in the later sections.
+
+If you are interested in the deep debugging of HD-audio, read the
+HD-audio specification at first. The specification is found on
+Intel's web page, for example:
+
+- http://www.intel.com/standards/hdaudio/
+
+
+HD-AUDIO CONTROLLER
+-------------------
+
+DMA-Position Problem
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+The most common problem of the controller is the inaccurate DMA
+pointer reporting. The DMA pointer for playback and capture can be
+read in two ways, either via a LPIB register or via a position-buffer
+map. As default the driver tries to read from the io-mapped
+position-buffer, and falls back to LPIB if the position-buffer appears
+dead. However, this detection isn't perfect on some devices. In such
+a case, you can change the default method via `position_fix` option.
+
+`position_fix=1` means to use LPIB method explicitly.
+`position_fix=2` means to use the position-buffer. 0 is the default
+value, the automatic check and fallback to LPIB as described in the
+above. If you get a problem of repeated sounds, this option might
+help.
+
+In addition to that, every controller is known to be broken regarding
+the wake-up timing. It wakes up a few samples before actually
+processing the data on the buffer. This caused a lot of problems, for
+example, with ALSA dmix or JACK. Since 2.6.27 kernel, the driver puts
+an artificial delay to the wake up timing. This delay is controlled
+via `bdl_pos_adj` option.
+
+When `bdl_pos_adj` is a negative value (as default), it's assigned to
+an appropriate value depending on the controller chip. For Intel
+chips, it'd be 1 while it'd be 32 for others. Usually this works.
+Only in case it doesn't work and you get warning messages, you should
+change this parameter to other values.
+
+
+Codec-Probing Problem
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+A less often but a more severe problem is the codec probing. When
+BIOS reports the available codec slots wrongly, the driver gets
+confused and tries to access the non-existing codec slot. This often
+results in the total screw-up, and destructs the further communication
+with the codec chips. The symptom appears usually as error messages
+like:
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling mode:
+ last cmd=0x12345678
+ hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to single_cmd mode:
+ last cmd=0x12345678
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The first line is a warning, and this is usually relatively harmless.
+It means that the codec response isn't notified via an IRQ. The
+driver uses explicit polling method to read the response. It gives
+very slight CPU overhead, but you'd unlikely notice it.
+
+The second line is, however, a fatal error. If this happens, usually
+it means that something is really wrong. Most likely you are
+accessing a non-existing codec slot.
+
+Thus, if the second error message appears, try to narrow the probed
+codec slots via `probe_mask` option. It's a bitmask, and each bit
+corresponds to the codec slot. For example, to probe only the first
+slot, pass `probe_mask=1`. For the first and the third slots, pass
+`probe_mask=5` (where 5 = 1 | 4), and so on.
+
+Since 2.6.29 kernel, the driver has a more robust probing method, so
+this error might happen rarely, though.
+
+
+Interrupt Handling
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+In rare but some cases, the interrupt isn't properly handled as
+default. You would notice this by the DMA transfer error reported by
+ALSA PCM core, for example. Using MSI might help in such a case.
+Pass `enable_msi=1` option for enabling MSI.
+
+
+HD-AUDIO CODEC
+--------------
+
+Model Option
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+The most common problem regarding the HD-audio driver is the
+unsupported codec features or the mismatched device configuration.
+Most of codec-specific code has several preset models, either to
+override the BIOS setup or to provide more comprehensive features.
+
+The driver checks PCI SSID and looks through the static configuration
+table until any matching entry is found. If you have a new machine,
+you may see a message like below:
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC880, trying auto-probe from BIOS...
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Even if you see such a message, DON'T PANIC. Take a deep breath and
+keep your towel. First of all, it's an informational message, no
+warning, no error. This means that the PCI SSID of your device isn't
+listed in the known preset model (white-)list. But, this doesn't mean
+that the driver is broken. Many codec-drivers provide the automatic
+configuration mechanism based on the BIOS setup.
+
+The HD-audio codec has usually "pin" widgets, and BIOS sets the default
+configuration of each pin, which indicates the location, the
+connection type, the jack color, etc. The HD-audio driver can guess
+the right connection judging from these default configuration values.
+However -- some codec-support codes, such as patch_analog.c, don't
+support the automatic probing (yet as of 2.6.28). And, BIOS is often,
+yes, pretty often broken. It sets up wrong values and screws up the
+driver.
+
+The preset model is provided basically to overcome such a situation.
+When the matching preset model is found in the white-list, the driver
+assumes the static configuration of that preset and builds the mixer
+elements and PCM streams based on the static information. Thus, if
+you have a newer machine with a slightly different PCI SSID from the
+existing one, you may have a good chance to re-use the same model.
+You can pass the `model` option to specify the preset model instead of
+PCI SSID look-up.
+
+What `model` option values are available depends on the codec chip.
+Check your codec chip from the codec proc file (see "Codec Proc-File"
+section below). It will show the vendor/product name of your codec
+chip. Then, see Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Modelstxt file,
+the section of HD-audio driver. You can find a list of codecs
+and `model` options belonging to each codec. For example, for Realtek
+ALC262 codec chip, pass `model=ultra` for devices that are compatible
+with Samsung Q1 Ultra.
+
+Thus, the first thing you can do for any brand-new, unsupported and
+non-working HD-audio hardware is to check HD-audio codec and several
+different `model` option values. If you have a luck, some of them
+might suit with your device well.
+
+Some codecs such as ALC880 have a special model option `model=test`.
+This configures the driver to provide as many mixer controls as
+possible for every single pin feature except for the unsolicited
+events (and maybe some other specials). Adjust each mixer element and
+try the I/O in the way of trial-and-error until figuring out the whole
+I/O pin mappings.
+
+Note that `model=generic` has a special meaning. It means to use the
+generic parser regardless of the codec. Usually the codec-specific
+parser is much better than the generic parser (as now). Thus this
+option is more about the debugging purpose.
+
+
+Speaker and Headphone Output
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+One of the most frequent (and obvious) bugs with HD-audio is the
+silent output from either or both of a built-in speaker and a
+headphone jack. In general, you should try a headphone output at
+first. A speaker output often requires more additional controls like
+the external amplifier bits. Thus a headphone output has a slightly
+better chance.
+
+Before making a bug report, double-check whether the mixer is set up
+correctly. The recent version of snd-hda-intel driver provides mostly
+"Master" volume control as well as "Front" volume (where Front
+indicates the front-channels). In addition, there can be individual
+"Headphone" and "Speaker" controls.
+
+Ditto for the speaker output. There can be "External Amplifier"
+switch on some codecs. Turn on this if present.
+
+Another related problem is the automatic mute of speaker output by
+headphone plugging. This feature is implemented in most cases, but
+not on every preset model or codec-support code.
+
+In anyway, try a different model option if you have such a problem.
+Some other models may match better and give you more matching
+functionality. If none of the available models works, send a bug
+report. See the bug report section for details.
+
+If you are masochistic enough to debug the driver problem, note the
+following:
+
+- The speaker (and the headphone, too) output often requires the
+ external amplifier. This can be set usually via EAPD verb or a
+ certain GPIO. If the codec pin supports EAPD, you have a better
+ chance via SET_EAPD_BTL verb (0x70c). On others, GPIO pin (mostly
+ it's either GPIO0 or GPIO1) may turn on/off EAPD.
+- Some Realtek codecs require special vendor-specific coefficients to
+ turn on the amplifier. See patch_realtek.c.
+- IDT codecs may have extra power-enable/disable controls on each
+ analog pin. See patch_sigmatel.c.
+- Very rare but some devices don't accept the pin-detection verb until
+ triggered. Issuing GET_PIN_SENSE verb (0xf09) may result in the
+ codec-communication stall. Some examples are found in
+ patch_realtek.c.
+
+
+Capture Problems
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+The capture problems are often because of missing setups of mixers.
+Thus, before submitting a bug report, make sure that you set up the
+mixer correctly. For example, both "Capture Volume" and "Capture
+Switch" have to be set properly in addition to the right "Capture
+Source" or "Input Source" selection. Some devices have "Mic Boost"
+volume or switch.
+
+When the PCM device is opened via "default" PCM (without pulse-audio
+plugin), you'll likely have "Digital Capture Volume" control as well.
+This is provided for the extra gain/attenuation of the signal in
+software, especially for the inputs without the hardware volume
+control such as digital microphones. Unless really needed, this
+should be set to exactly 50%, corresponding to 0dB -- neither extra
+gain nor attenuation. When you use "hw" PCM, i.e., a raw access PCM,
+this control will have no influence, though.
+
+It's known that some codecs / devices have fairly bad analog circuits,
+and the recorded sound contains a certain DC-offset. This is no bug
+of the driver.
+
+Most of modern laptops have no analog CD-input connection. Thus, the
+recording from CD input won't work in many cases although the driver
+provides it as the capture source. Use CDDA instead.
+
+The automatic switching of the built-in and external mic per plugging
+is implemented on some codec models but not on every model. Partly
+because of my laziness but mostly lack of testers. Feel free to
+submit the improvement patch to the author.
+
+
+Direct Debugging
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+If no model option gives you a better result, and you are a tough guy
+to fight against evil, try debugging via hitting the raw HD-audio
+codec verbs to the device. Some tools are available: hda-emu and
+hda-analyzer. The detailed description is found in the sections
+below. You'd need to enable hwdep for using these tools. See "Kernel
+Configuration" section.
+
+
+OTHER ISSUES
+------------
+
+Kernel Configuration
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+In general, I recommend you to enable the sound debug option,
+`CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y`, no matter whether you are debugging or not.
+This enables snd_printd() macro and others, and you'll get additional
+kernel messages at probing.
+
+In addition, you can enable `CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_VERBOSE=y`. But this
+will give you far more messages. Thus turn this on only when you are
+sure to want it.
+
+Don't forget to turn on the appropriate `CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_*`
+options. Note that each of them corresponds to the codec chip, not
+the controller chip. Thus, even if lspci shows the Nvidia controller,
+you may need to choose the option for other vendors. If you are
+unsure, just select all yes.
+
+`CONFIG_SND_HDA_HWDEP` is a useful option for debugging the driver.
+When this is enabled, the driver creates hardware-dependent devices
+(one per each codec), and you have a raw access to the device via
+these device files. For example, `hwC0D2` will be created for the
+codec slot #2 of the first card (#0). For debug-tools such as
+hda-verb and hda-analyzer, the hwdep device has to be enabled.
+Thus, it'd be better to turn this on always.
+
+`CONFIG_SND_HDA_RECONFIG` is a new option, and this depends on the
+hwdep option above. When enabled, you'll have some sysfs files under
+the corresponding hwdep directory. See "HD-audio reconfiguration"
+section below.
+
+`CONFIG_SND_HDA_POWER_SAVE` option enables the power-saving feature.
+See "Power-saving" section below.
+
+
+Codec Proc-File
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+The codec proc-file is a treasure-chest for debugging HD-audio.
+It shows most of useful information of each codec widget.
+
+The proc file is located in /proc/asound/card*/codec#*, one file per
+each codec slot. You can know the codec vendor, product id and
+names, the type of each widget, capabilities and so on.
+This file, however, doesn't show the jack sensing state, so far. This
+is because the jack-sensing might be depending on the trigger state.
+
+This file will be picked up by the debug tools, and also it can be fed
+to the emulator as the primary codec information. See the debug tools
+section below.
+
+This proc file can be also used to check whether the generic parser is
+used. When the generic parser is used, the vendor/product ID name
+will appear as "Realtek ID 0262", instead of "Realtek ALC262".
+
+
+HD-Audio Reconfiguration
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+This is an experimental feature to allow you re-configure the HD-audio
+codec dynamically without reloading the driver. The following sysfs
+files are available under each codec-hwdep device directory (e.g.
+/sys/class/sound/hwC0D0):
+
+vendor_id::
+ Shows the 32bit codec vendor-id hex number. You can change the
+ vendor-id value by writing to this file.
+subsystem_id::
+ Shows the 32bit codec subsystem-id hex number. You can change the
+ subsystem-id value by writing to this file.
+revision_id::
+ Shows the 32bit codec revision-id hex number. You can change the
+ revision-id value by writing to this file.
+afg::
+ Shows the AFG ID. This is read-only.
+mfg::
+ Shows the MFG ID. This is read-only.
+name::
+ Shows the codec name string. Can be changed by writing to this
+ file.
+modelname::
+ Shows the currently set `model` option. Can be changed by writing
+ to this file.
+init_verbs::
+ The extra verbs to execute at initialization. You can add a verb by
+ writing to this file. Pass tree numbers, nid, verb and parameter.
+hints::
+ Shows hint strings for codec parsers for any use. Right now it's
+ not used.
+reconfig::
+ Triggers the codec re-configuration. When any value is written to
+ this file, the driver re-initialize and parses the codec tree
+ again. All the changes done by the sysfs entries above are taken
+ into account.
+clear::
+ Resets the codec, removes the mixer elements and PCM stuff of the
+ specified codec, and clear all init verbs and hints.
+
+
+Power-Saving
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+The power-saving is a kind of auto-suspend of the device. When the
+device is inactive for a certain time, the device is automatically
+turned off to save the power. The time to go down is specified via
+`power_save` module option, and this option can be changed dynamically
+via sysfs.
+
+The power-saving won't work when the analog loopback is enabled on
+some codecs. Make sure that you mute all unneeded signal routes when
+you want the power-saving.
+
+The power-saving feature might cause audible click noises at each
+power-down/up depending on the device. Some of them might be
+solvable, but some are hard, I'm afraid. Some distros such as
+openSUSE enables the power-saving feature automatically when the power
+cable is unplugged. Thus, if you hear noises, suspect first the
+power-saving. See /sys/module/snd_hda_intel/parameters/power_save to
+check the current value. If it's non-zero, the feature is turned on.
+
+
+Development Tree
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+The latest development codes for HD-audio are found on sound git tree:
+
+- git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git
+
+The master branch or for-next branches can be used as the main
+development branches in general while the HD-audio specific patches
+are committed in topic/hda branch.
+
+If you are using the latest Linus tree, it'd be better to pull the
+above GIT tree onto it. If you are using the older kernels, an easy
+way to try the latest ALSA code is to build from the snapshot
+tarball. There are daily tarballs and the latest snapshot tarball.
+All can be built just like normal alsa-driver release packages, that
+is, installed via the usual spells: configure, make and make
+install(-modules). See INSTALL in the package. The snapshot tarballs
+are found at:
+
+- ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tiwai/snapshot/
+
+
+Sending a Bug Report
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+If any model or module options don't work for your device, it's time
+to send a bug report to the developers. Give the following in your
+bug report:
+
+- Hardware vendor, product and model names
+- Kernel version (and ALSA-driver version if you built externally)
+- `alsa-info.sh` output; run with `--no-upload` option. See the
+ section below about alsa-info
+
+If it's a regression, at best, send alsa-info outputs of both working
+and non-working kernels. This is really helpful because we can
+compare the codec registers directly.
+
+Send a bug report either the followings:
+
+kernel-bugzilla::
+ http://bugme.linux-foundation.org/
+alsa-devel ML::
+ alsa-devel@alsa-project.org
+
+
+DEBUG TOOLS
+-----------
+
+This section describes some tools available for debugging HD-audio
+problems.
+
+alsa-info
+~~~~~~~~~
+The script `alsa-info.sh` is a very useful tool to gather the audio
+device information. You can fetch the latest version from:
+
+- http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh
+
+Run this script as root, and it will gather the important information
+such as the module lists, module parameters, proc file contents
+including the codec proc files, mixer outputs and the control
+elements. As default, it will store the information onto a web server
+on alsa-project.org. But, if you send a bug report, it'd be better to
+run with `--no-upload` option, and attach the generated file.
+
+There are some other useful options. See `--help` option output for
+details.
+
+
+hda-verb
+~~~~~~~~
+hda-verb is a tiny program that allows you to access the HD-audio
+codec directly. You can execute a raw HD-audio codec verb with this.
+This program accesses the hwdep device, thus you need to enable the
+kernel config `CONFIG_SND_HDA_HWDEP=y` beforehand.
+
+The hda-verb program takes four arguments: the hwdep device file, the
+widget NID, the verb and the parameter. When you access to the codec
+on the slot 2 of the card 0, pass /dev/snd/hwC0D2 to the first
+argument, typically. (However, the real path name depends on the
+system.)
+
+The second parameter is the widget number-id to access. The third
+parameter can be either a hex/digit number or a string corresponding
+to a verb. Similarly, the last parameter is the value to write, or
+can be a string for the parameter type.
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ % hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x12 0x701 2
+ nid = 0x12, verb = 0x701, param = 0x2
+ value = 0x0
+
+ % hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x0 PARAMETERS VENDOR_ID
+ nid = 0x0, verb = 0xf00, param = 0x0
+ value = 0x10ec0262
+
+ % hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 2 set_a 0xb080
+ nid = 0x2, verb = 0x300, param = 0xb080
+ value = 0x0
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Although you can issue any verbs with this program, the driver state
+won't be always updated. For example, the volume values are usually
+cached in the driver, and thus changing the widget amp value directly
+via hda-verb won't change the mixer value.
+
+The hda-verb program is found in the ftp directory:
+
+- ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tiwai/misc/
+
+Also a git repository is available:
+
+- git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/hda-verb.git
+
+See README file in the tarball for more details about hda-verb
+program.
+
+
+hda-analyzer
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+hda-analyzer provides a graphical interface to access the raw HD-audio
+control, based on pyGTK2 binding. It's a more powerful version of
+hda-verb. The program gives you an easy-to-use GUI stuff for showing
+the widget information and adjusting the amp values, as well as the
+proc-compatible output.
+
+The hda-analyzer is a part of alsa.git repository in
+alsa-project.org:
+
+- http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa.git;a=tree;f=hda-analyzer
+
+
+Codecgraph
+~~~~~~~~~~
+Codecgraph is a utility program to generate a graph and visualizes the
+codec-node connection of a codec chip. It's especially useful when
+you analyze or debug a codec without a proper datasheet. The program
+parses the given codec proc file and converts to SVG via graphiz
+program.
+
+The tarball and GIT trees are found in the web page at:
+
+- http://helllabs.org/codecgraph/
+
+
+hda-emu
+~~~~~~~
+hda-emu is an HD-audio emulator. The main purpose of this program is
+to debug an HD-audio codec without the real hardware. Thus, it
+doesn't emulate the behavior with the real audio I/O, but it just
+dumps the codec register changes and the ALSA-driver internal changes
+at probing and operating the HD-audio driver.
+
+The program requires a codec proc-file to simulate. Get a proc file
+for the target codec beforehand, or pick up an example codec from the
+codec proc collections in the tarball. Then, run the program with the
+proc file, and the hda-emu program will start parsing the codec file
+and simulates the HD-audio driver:
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ % hda-emu codecs/stac9200-dell-d820-laptop
+ # Parsing..
+ hda_codec: Unknown model for STAC9200, using BIOS defaults
+ hda_codec: pin nid 08 bios pin config 40c003fa
+ ....
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The program gives you only a very dumb command-line interface. You
+can get a proc-file dump at the current state, get a list of control
+(mixer) elements, set/get the control element value, simulate the PCM
+operation, the jack plugging simulation, etc.
+
+The package is found in:
+
+- ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tiwai/misc/
+
+A git repository is available:
+
+- git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/hda-emu.git
+
+See README file in the tarball for more details about hda-emu
+program.
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/Procfile.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/Procfile.txt
index f738b296440..bba2dbb79d8 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/Procfile.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/Procfile.txt
@@ -153,6 +153,16 @@ card*/codec#*
Shows the general codec information and the attribute of each
widget node.
+card*/eld#*
+ Available for HDMI or DisplayPort interfaces.
+ Shows ELD(EDID Like Data) info retrieved from the attached HDMI sink,
+ and describes its audio capabilities and configurations.
+
+ Some ELD fields may be modified by doing `echo name hex_value > eld#*`.
+ Only do this if you are sure the HDMI sink provided value is wrong.
+ And if that makes your HDMI audio work, please report to us so that we
+ can fix it in future kernel releases.
+
Sequencer Information
---------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/machine.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/machine.txt
index f370e7db86a..bab7711ce96 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/machine.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/machine.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ the audio subsystem with the kernel as a platform device and is represented by
the following struct:-
/* SoC machine */
-struct snd_soc_machine {
+struct snd_soc_card {
char *name;
int (*probe)(struct platform_device *pdev);
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ static struct snd_soc_dai_link corgi_dai = {
.ops = &corgi_ops,
};
-struct snd_soc_machine then sets up the machine with it's DAIs. e.g.
+struct snd_soc_card then sets up the machine with it's DAIs. e.g.
/* corgi audio machine driver */
-static struct snd_soc_machine snd_soc_machine_corgi = {
+static struct snd_soc_card snd_soc_corgi = {
.name = "Corgi",
.dai_link = &corgi_dai,
.num_links = 1,
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static struct wm8731_setup_data corgi_wm8731_setup = {
/* corgi audio subsystem */
static struct snd_soc_device corgi_snd_devdata = {
- .machine = &snd_soc_machine_corgi,
+ .machine = &snd_soc_corgi,
.platform = &pxa2xx_soc_platform,
.codec_dev = &soc_codec_dev_wm8731,
.codec_data = &corgi_wm8731_setup,
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
index 83c0033ee9e..fcdc62b3c3d 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ Protocol: 2.00+
3 SYSLINUX
4 EtherBoot
5 ELILO
- 7 GRuB
+ 7 GRUB
8 U-BOOT
9 Xen
A Gujin
@@ -537,8 +537,8 @@ Type: read
Offset/size: 0x248/4
Protocol: 2.08+
- If non-zero then this field contains the offset from the end of the
- real-mode code to the payload.
+ If non-zero then this field contains the offset from the beginning
+ of the protected-mode code to the payload.
The payload may be compressed. The format of both the compressed and
uncompressed data should be determined using the standard magic
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/pat.txt b/Documentation/x86/pat.txt
index c93ff5f4c0d..cf08c9fff3c 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/pat.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/pat.txt
@@ -80,6 +80,30 @@ pci proc | -- | -- | WC |
| | | |
-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Advanced APIs for drivers
+-------------------------
+A. Exporting pages to users with remap_pfn_range, io_remap_pfn_range,
+vm_insert_pfn
+
+Drivers wanting to export some pages to userspace do it by using mmap
+interface and a combination of
+1) pgprot_noncached()
+2) io_remap_pfn_range() or remap_pfn_range() or vm_insert_pfn()
+
+With PAT support, a new API pgprot_writecombine is being added. So, drivers can
+continue to use the above sequence, with either pgprot_noncached() or
+pgprot_writecombine() in step 1, followed by step 2.
+
+In addition, step 2 internally tracks the region as UC or WC in memtype
+list in order to ensure no conflicting mapping.
+
+Note that this set of APIs only works with IO (non RAM) regions. If driver
+wants to export a RAM region, it has to do set_memory_uc() or set_memory_wc()
+as step 0 above and also track the usage of those pages and use set_memory_wb()
+before the page is freed to free pool.
+
+
+
Notes:
-- in the above table mean "Not suggested usage for the API". Some of the --'s
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
index f6d561a1a9b..34c13040a71 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
@@ -79,17 +79,6 @@ Timing
Report when timer interrupts are lost because some code turned off
interrupts for too long.
- nmi_watchdog=NUMBER[,panic]
- NUMBER can be:
- 0 don't use an NMI watchdog
- 1 use the IO-APIC timer for the NMI watchdog
- 2 use the local APIC for the NMI watchdog using a performance counter. Note
- This will use one performance counter and the local APIC's performance
- vector.
- When panic is specified panic when an NMI watchdog timeout occurs.
- This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and need the box
- quickly up again.
-
nohpet
Don't use the HPET timer.
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
index efce7509736..29b52b14d0b 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Virtual memory map with 4 level page tables:
0000000000000000 - 00007fffffffffff (=47 bits) user space, different per mm
hole caused by [48:63] sign extension
ffff800000000000 - ffff80ffffffffff (=40 bits) guard hole
-ffff810000000000 - ffffc0ffffffffff (=46 bits) direct mapping of all phys. memory
+ffff880000000000 - ffffc0ffffffffff (=57 TB) direct mapping of all phys. memory
ffffc10000000000 - ffffc1ffffffffff (=40 bits) hole
ffffc20000000000 - ffffe1ffffffffff (=45 bits) vmalloc/ioremap space
ffffe20000000000 - ffffe2ffffffffff (=40 bits) virtual memory map (1TB)