Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6:
  Driver core: fix 'dynamic_debug' cmd line parameter
  HOWTO: Sync patch for jp_JP/HOWTO
  Update stable tree documentation
  sysfs: Fix return values for sysdev_store_{ulong,int}
  driver core: drivers/base/sys.c: update comments
  Document kernel taint flags properly

3 files changed, 25 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO b/Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO
index 0775cf4798b2..55476982b5ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO
+++ b/Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ for non English (read: Japanese) speakers and is not intended as a
 fork. So if you have any comments or updates for this file, please try
 to update the original English file first.
 
-Last Updated: 2008/08/21
+Last Updated: 2008/10/24
 ==================================
 これは、
-linux-2.6.27/Documentation/HOWTO
+linux-2.6.28/Documentation/HOWTO
 の和訳です。
 
 翻訳団体： JF プロジェクト < http://www.linux.or.jp/JF/ >
-翻訳日： 2008/8/5
+翻訳日： 2008/10/24
 翻訳者： Tsugikazu Shibata <tshibata at ab dot jp dot nec dot com>
 校正者： 松倉さん <nbh--mats at nifty dot com>
          小林 雅典さん (Masanori Kobayasi) <zap03216 at nifty dot ne dot jp>
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ Linux カーネルソースツリーは幅広い範囲のドキュメントを�
 新しいドキュメントファイルも追加することを勧めます。
 カーネルの変更が、カーネルがユーザ空間に公開しているインターフェイスの
 変更を引き起こす場合、その変更を説明するマニュアルページのパッチや情報
-をマニュアルページのメンテナ mtk.manpages@gmail.com に送ることを勧めま
-す。
+をマニュアルページのメンテナ mtk.manpages@gmail.com に送り、CC を
+linux-api@ver.kernel.org に送ることを勧めます。
 
 以下はカーネルソースツリーに含まれている読んでおくべきファイルの一覧で
 す-
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Linux カーネルソースツリーは幅広い範囲のドキュメントを�
      この他にパッチを作る方法についてのよくできた記述は-
 
 	"The Perfect Patch"
-		http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/tpp.txt
+		http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt
 	"Linux kernel patch submission format"
 		http://linux.yyz.us/patch-format.html
 
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ Linux カーネルコミュニティは、一度に大量のコードの塊を�
 これについて全てがどのようにあるべきかについての詳細は、以下のドキュメ
 ントの ChangeLog セクションを見てください-
   "The Perfect Patch"
-      http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/tpp.txt
+      http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt
 
 これらのどれもが、時にはとても困難です。これらの慣例を完璧に実施するに
 は数年かかるかもしれません。これは継続的な改善のプロセスであり、そのた
diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
index 4cfc78835bc1..a452227361b1 100644
--- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the
    marked CONFIG_BROKEN), an oops, a hang, data corruption, a real
    security issue, or some "oh, that's not good" issue.  In short, something
    critical.
+ - New device IDs and quirks are also accepted.
  - No "theoretical race condition" issues, unless an explanation of how the
    race can be exploited is also provided.
  - It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes,
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index bde799e06598..a4ccdd1981cf 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -363,11 +363,21 @@ tainted:
 Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted.  Numeric values, which
 can be ORed together:
 
-  1 - A module with a non-GPL license has been loaded, this
-      includes modules with no license.
-      Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
-  2 - A module was force loaded by insmod -f.
-      Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
-  4 - Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP.
- 64 - A module from drivers/staging was loaded.
+   1 - A module with a non-GPL license has been loaded, this
+       includes modules with no license.
+       Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
+   2 - A module was force loaded by insmod -f.
+       Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
+   4 - Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP.
+   8 - A module was forcibly unloaded from the system by rmmod -f.
+  16 - A hardware machine check error occurred on the system.
+  32 - A bad page was discovered on the system.
+  64 - The user has asked that the system be marked "tainted".  This
+       could be because they are running software that directly modifies
+       the hardware, or for other reasons.
+ 128 - The system has died.
+ 256 - The ACPI DSDT has been overridden with one supplied by the user
+        instead of using the one provided by the hardware.
+ 512 - A kernel warning has occurred.
+1024 - A module from drivers/staging was loaded.