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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cputopology.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/nfs-rdma.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt | 29 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/boot.txt | 13 |
8 files changed, 52 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cputopology.txt b/Documentation/cputopology.txt index 45932ec21cee..b41f3e58aefa 100644 --- a/Documentation/cputopology.txt +++ b/Documentation/cputopology.txt @@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ For an architecture to support this feature, it must define some of these macros in include/asm-XXX/topology.h: #define topology_physical_package_id(cpu) #define topology_core_id(cpu) -#define topology_thread_siblings(cpu) -#define topology_core_siblings(cpu) +#define topology_thread_cpumask(cpu) +#define topology_core_cpumask(cpu) The type of **_id is int. -The type of siblings is cpumask_t. +The type of siblings is (const) struct cpumask *. To be consistent on all architectures, include/linux/topology.h provides default definitions for any of the above macros that are diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs-rdma.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs-rdma.txt index 44bd766f2e5d..85eaeaddd27c 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs-rdma.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs-rdma.txt @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ NFS/RDMA Setup Instruct the server to listen on the RDMA transport: - $ echo rdma 2050 > /proc/fs/nfsd/portlist + $ echo rdma 20049 > /proc/fs/nfsd/portlist - On the client system @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ NFS/RDMA Setup Regardless of how the client was built (module or built-in), use this command to mount the NFS/RDMA server: - $ mount -o rdma,port=2050 <IPoIB-server-name-or-address>:/<export> /mnt + $ mount -o rdma,port=20049 <IPoIB-server-name-or-address>:/<export> /mnt To verify that the mount is using RDMA, run "cat /proc/mounts" and check the "proto" field for the given mount. diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt index 923f9ddee8f6..f3355b6812df 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Environment variables KCPPFLAGS -------------------------------------------------- Additional options to pass when preprocessing. The preprocessing options -will be used in all cases where kbuild do preprocessing including +will be used in all cases where kbuild does preprocessing including building C files and assembler files. KAFLAGS @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Additional options to the C compiler. KBUILD_VERBOSE -------------------------------------------------- -Set the kbuild verbosity. Can be assinged same values as "V=...". +Set the kbuild verbosity. Can be assigned same values as "V=...". See make help for the full list. Setting "V=..." takes precedence over KBUILD_VERBOSE. @@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ KBUILD_OUTPUT -------------------------------------------------- Specify the output directory when building the kernel. The output directory can also be specificed using "O=...". -Setting "O=..." takes precedence over KBUILD_OUTPUT +Setting "O=..." takes precedence over KBUILD_OUTPUT. ARCH -------------------------------------------------- Set ARCH to the architecture to be built. In most cases the name of the architecture is the same as the directory name found in the arch/ directory. -But some architectures suach as x86 and sparc has aliases. +But some architectures such as x86 and sparc have aliases. x86: i386 for 32 bit, x86_64 for 64 bit sparc: sparc for 32 bit, sparc64 for 64 bit @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ CF is often used on the command-line like this: INSTALL_PATH -------------------------------------------------- INSTALL_PATH specifies where to place the updated kernel and system map -images. Default is /boot, but you can set it to other values +images. Default is /boot, but you can set it to other values. MODLIB @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ INSTALL_MOD_STRIP will used as the options to the strip command. INSTALL_FW_PATH -------------------------------------------------- -INSTALL_FW_PATH specify where to install the firmware blobs. +INSTALL_FW_PATH specifies where to install the firmware blobs. The default value is: $(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/lib/firmware @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ The value can be overridden in which case the default value is ignored. INSTALL_HDR_PATH -------------------------------------------------- -INSTALL_HDR_PATH specify where to install user space headers when +INSTALL_HDR_PATH specifies where to install user space headers when executing "make headers_*". The default value is: @@ -112,22 +112,23 @@ The value can be overridden in which case the default value is ignored. KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN -------------------------------------------------- -KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN can be set to avoid error out in case of undefined -symbols in the final module linking stage. +KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN can be set to avoid errors in case of undefined +symbols in the final module linking stage. It changes such errors +into warnings. -KBUILD_MODPOST_FINAL +KBUILD_MODPOST_NOFINAL -------------------------------------------------- KBUILD_MODPOST_NOFINAL can be set to skip the final link of modules. -This is solely usefull to speed up test compiles. +This is solely useful to speed up test compiles. KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS -------------------------------------------------- -For modules use symbols from another modules. +For modules that use symbols from other modules. See more details in modules.txt. ALLSOURCE_ARCHS -------------------------------------------------- -For tags/TAGS/cscope targets, you can specify more than one archs -to be included in the databases, separated by blankspace. e.g. +For tags/TAGS/cscope targets, you can specify more than one arch +to be included in the databases, separated by blank space. E.g.: $ make ALLSOURCE_ARCHS="x86 mips arm" tags diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 8511d3532c27..d8362cf9909e 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -577,9 +577,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for a example. - cs4232= [HW,OSS] - Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mpuio>,<mpuirq> - cs89x0_dma= [HW,NET] Format: <dma> @@ -732,10 +729,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Default value is 0. Value can be changed at runtime via /selinux/enforce. - es1371= [HW,OSS] - Format: <spdif>,[<nomix>,[<amplifier>]] - See also header of sound/oss/es1371.c. - ether= [HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details. diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt index 898b4987bb80..41bc99fa1884 100644 --- a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt +++ b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver - Version 0.21 - May 29th, 2008 + Version 0.22 + November 23rd, 2008 Borislav Deianov <borislav@users.sf.net> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ supported by the generic Linux ACPI drivers. This driver used to be named ibm-acpi until kernel 2.6.21 and release 0.13-20070314. It used to be in the drivers/acpi tree, but it was moved to the drivers/misc tree and renamed to thinkpad-acpi for kernel -2.6.22, and release 0.14. +2.6.22, and release 0.14. It was moved to drivers/platform/x86 for +kernel 2.6.29 and release 0.22. The driver is named "thinkpad-acpi". In some places, like module names, "thinkpad_acpi" is used because of userspace issues. @@ -1412,6 +1413,24 @@ Sysfs notes: rfkill controller switch "tpacpi_wwan_sw": refer to Documentation/rfkill.txt for details. +EXPERIMENTAL: UWB +----------------- + +This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because it has not been extensively +tested and validated in various ThinkPad models yet. The feature may not +work as expected. USE WITH CAUTION! To use this feature, you need to supply +the experimental=1 parameter when loading the module. + +sysfs rfkill class: switch "tpacpi_uwb_sw" + +This feature exports an rfkill controller for the UWB device, if one is +present and enabled in the BIOS. + +Sysfs notes: + + rfkill controller switch "tpacpi_uwb_sw": refer to + Documentation/rfkill.txt for details. + Multiple Commands, Module Parameters ------------------------------------ diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt b/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt index 3c2f2b328638..8d022073e3ef 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt @@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ Built-in netconsole starts immediately after the TCP stack is initialized and attempts to bring up the supplied dev at the supplied address. -The remote host can run either 'netcat -u -l -p <port>' or syslogd. +The remote host can run either 'netcat -u -l -p <port>', +'nc -l -u <port>' or syslogd. Dynamic reconfiguration: ======================== diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt index 64eb1100eec1..0f5d26bea80f 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt @@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ STAC92HD73* STAC92HD83* =========== ref Reference board + mic-ref Reference board with power managment for ports STAC9872 ======== diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt index 7b4596ac4120..12299697b7cd 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/boot.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.txt @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning 0202/4 2.00+ header Magic signature "HdrS" 0206/2 2.00+ version Boot protocol version supported 0208/4 2.00+ realmode_swtch Boot loader hook (see below) -020C/2 2.00+ start_sys The load-low segment (0x1000) (obsolete) +020C/2 2.00+ start_sys_seg The load-low segment (0x1000) (obsolete) 020E/2 2.00+ kernel_version Pointer to kernel version string 0210/1 2.00+ type_of_loader Boot loader identifier 0211/1 2.00+ loadflags Boot protocol option flags @@ -170,10 +170,11 @@ Offset Proto Name Meaning 0224/2 2.01+ heap_end_ptr Free memory after setup end 0226/2 N/A pad1 Unused 0228/4 2.02+ cmd_line_ptr 32-bit pointer to the kernel command line -022C/4 2.03+ initrd_addr_max Highest legal initrd address +022C/4 2.03+ ramdisk_max Highest legal initrd address 0230/4 2.05+ kernel_alignment Physical addr alignment required for kernel 0234/1 2.05+ relocatable_kernel Whether kernel is relocatable or not -0235/3 N/A pad2 Unused +0235/1 N/A pad2 Unused +0236/2 N/A pad3 Unused 0238/4 2.06+ cmdline_size Maximum size of the kernel command line 023C/4 2.07+ hardware_subarch Hardware subarchitecture 0240/8 2.07+ hardware_subarch_data Subarchitecture-specific data @@ -299,14 +300,14 @@ Protocol: 2.00+ e.g. 0x0204 for version 2.04, and 0x0a11 for a hypothetical version 10.17. -Field name: readmode_swtch +Field name: realmode_swtch Type: modify (optional) Offset/size: 0x208/4 Protocol: 2.00+ Boot loader hook (see ADVANCED BOOT LOADER HOOKS below.) -Field name: start_sys +Field name: start_sys_seg Type: read Offset/size: 0x20c/2 Protocol: 2.00+ @@ -468,7 +469,7 @@ Protocol: 2.02+ zero, the kernel will assume that your boot loader does not support the 2.02+ protocol. -Field name: initrd_addr_max +Field name: ramdisk_max Type: read Offset/size: 0x22c/4 Protocol: 2.03+ |