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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-02-27 20:58:09 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-02-27 20:58:09 -0800 |
commit | 2a7d2b96d5cba7568139d9ab157a0e97ab32440f (patch) | |
tree | ad029d8cc7b7068b7250e914360ec6315fdfa114 /Documentation | |
parent | e3c4877de8b9d93bd47b6ee88eb594b1c1e10da5 (diff) | |
parent | b67bfe0d42cac56c512dd5da4b1b347a23f4b70a (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'akpm' (final batch from Andrew)
Merge third patch-bumb from Andrew Morton:
"This wraps me up for -rc1.
- Lots of misc stuff and things which were deferred/missed from
patchbombings 1 & 2.
- ocfs2 things
- lib/scatterlist
- hfsplus
- fatfs
- documentation
- signals
- procfs
- lockdep
- coredump
- seqfile core
- kexec
- Tejun's large IDR tree reworkings
- ipmi
- partitions
- nbd
- random() things
- kfifo
- tools/testing/selftests updates
- Sasha's large and pointless hlist cleanup"
* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (163 commits)
hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators
kcmp: make it depend on CHECKPOINT_RESTORE
selftests: add a simple doc
tools/testing/selftests/Makefile: rearrange targets
selftests/efivarfs: add create-read test
selftests/efivarfs: add empty file creation test
selftests: add tests for efivarfs
kfifo: fix kfifo_alloc() and kfifo_init()
kfifo: move kfifo.c from kernel/ to lib/
arch Kconfig: centralise CONFIG_ARCH_NO_VIRT_TO_BUS
w1: add support for DS2413 Dual Channel Addressable Switch
memstick: move the dereference below the NULL test
drivers/pps/clients/pps-gpio.c: use devm_kzalloc
Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt: fix typo
include/linux/eventfd.h: fix incorrect filename is a comment
mtd: mtd_stresstest: use prandom_bytes()
mtd: mtd_subpagetest: convert to use prandom library
mtd: mtd_speedtest: use prandom_bytes
mtd: mtd_pagetest: convert to use prandom library
mtd: mtd_oobtest: convert to use prandom library
...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/IPMI.txt | 18 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/blockdev/nbd.txt | 38 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt | 2 |
4 files changed, 22 insertions, 45 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt index 4a4fb295ceef..14129f149a75 100644 --- a/Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt +++ b/Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt @@ -488,9 +488,10 @@ will invoke the generic mapping error check interface. Doing so will ensure that the mapping code will work correctly on all dma implementations without any dependency on the specifics of the underlying implementation. Using the returned address without checking for errors could result in failures ranging -from panics to silent data corruption. Couple of example of incorrect ways to -check for errors that make assumptions about the underlying dma implementation -are as follows and these are applicable to dma_map_page() as well. +from panics to silent data corruption. A couple of examples of incorrect ways +to check for errors that make assumptions about the underlying dma +implementation are as follows and these are applicable to dma_map_page() as +well. Incorrect example 1: dma_addr_t dma_handle; @@ -751,7 +752,7 @@ Example 1: dma_unmap_single(dma_handle1); map_error_handling1: -Example 2: (if buffers are allocated a loop, unmap all mapped buffers when +Example 2: (if buffers are allocated in a loop, unmap all mapped buffers when mapping error is detected in the middle) dma_addr_t dma_addr; diff --git a/Documentation/IPMI.txt b/Documentation/IPMI.txt index 16eb4c9e9233..f13c9132e9f2 100644 --- a/Documentation/IPMI.txt +++ b/Documentation/IPMI.txt @@ -348,34 +348,40 @@ You can change this at module load time (for a module) with: modprobe ipmi_si.o type=<type1>,<type2>.... ports=<port1>,<port2>... addrs=<addr1>,<addr2>... - irqs=<irq1>,<irq2>... trydefaults=[0|1] + irqs=<irq1>,<irq2>... regspacings=<sp1>,<sp2>,... regsizes=<size1>,<size2>,... regshifts=<shift1>,<shift2>,... slave_addrs=<addr1>,<addr2>,... force_kipmid=<enable1>,<enable2>,... kipmid_max_busy_us=<ustime1>,<ustime2>,... unload_when_empty=[0|1] + trydefaults=[0|1] trydmi=[0|1] tryacpi=[0|1] + tryplatform=[0|1] trypci=[0|1] -Each of these except si_trydefaults is a list, the first item for the +Each of these except try... items is a list, the first item for the first interface, second item for the second interface, etc. The si_type may be either "kcs", "smic", or "bt". If you leave it blank, it defaults to "kcs". -If you specify si_addrs as non-zero for an interface, the driver will +If you specify addrs as non-zero for an interface, the driver will use the memory address given as the address of the device. This overrides si_ports. -If you specify si_ports as non-zero for an interface, the driver will +If you specify ports as non-zero for an interface, the driver will use the I/O port given as the device address. -If you specify si_irqs as non-zero for an interface, the driver will +If you specify irqs as non-zero for an interface, the driver will attempt to use the given interrupt for the device. -si_trydefaults sets whether the standard IPMI interface at 0xca2 and +trydefaults sets whether the standard IPMI interface at 0xca2 and any interfaces specified by ACPE are tried. By default, the driver tries it, set this value to zero to turn this off. +The other try... items disable discovery by their corresponding +names. These are all enabled by default, set them to zero to disable +them. The tryplatform disables openfirmware. + The next three parameters have to do with register layout. The registers used by the interfaces may not appear at successive locations and they may not be in 8-bit registers. These parameters diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/nbd.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/nbd.txt index aeb93ffe6416..271e607304da 100644 --- a/Documentation/blockdev/nbd.txt +++ b/Documentation/blockdev/nbd.txt @@ -4,43 +4,13 @@ can use a remote server as one of its block devices. So every time the client computer wants to read, e.g., /dev/nb0, it sends a request over TCP to the server, which will reply with the data read. - This can be used for stations with low disk space (or even diskless - - if you boot from floppy) to borrow disk space from another computer. - Unlike NFS, it is possible to put any filesystem on it, etc. It should - even be possible to use NBD as a root filesystem (I've never tried), - but it requires a user-level program to be in the initrd to start. - It also allows you to run block-device in user land (making server - and client physically the same computer, communicating using loopback). - - Current state: It currently works. Network block device is stable. - I originally thought that it was impossible to swap over TCP. It - turned out not to be true - swapping over TCP now works and seems - to be deadlock-free, but it requires heavy patches into Linux's - network layer. - + This can be used for stations with low disk space (or even diskless) + to borrow disk space from another computer. + Unlike NFS, it is possible to put any filesystem on it, etc. + For more information, or to download the nbd-client and nbd-server tools, go to http://nbd.sf.net/. - Howto: To setup nbd, you can simply do the following: - - First, serve a device or file from a remote server: - - nbd-server <port-number> <device-or-file-to-serve-to-client> - - e.g., - root@server1 # nbd-server 1234 /dev/sdb1 - - (serves sdb1 partition on TCP port 1234) - - Then, on the local (client) system: - - nbd-client <server-name-or-IP> <server-port-number> /dev/nb[0-n] - - e.g., - root@client1 # nbd-client server1 1234 /dev/nb0 - - (creates the nb0 device on client1) - The nbd kernel module need only be installed on the client system, as the nbd-server is completely in userspace. In fact, the nbd-server has been successfully ported to other operating diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt index b4b1fb3a83f0..a794ce91a2d5 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Throttling/Upper Limit policy mount -t cgroup -o blkio none /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio - Specify a bandwidth rate on particular device for root group. The format - for policy is "<major>:<minor> <byes_per_second>". + for policy is "<major>:<minor> <bytes_per_second>". echo "8:16 1048576" > /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio/blkio.throttle.read_bps_device |