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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4d637e1c4ff7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +What: /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/bl_power +Date: April 2005 +KernelVersion: 2.6.12 +Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> +Description: + Control BACKLIGHT power, values are FB_BLANK_* from fb.h + - FB_BLANK_UNBLANK (0) : power on. + - FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN (4) : power off +Users: HAL + +What: /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/brightness +Date: April 2005 +KernelVersion: 2.6.12 +Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> +Description: + Control the brightness for this <backlight>. Values + are between 0 and max_brightness. This file will also + show the brightness level stored in the driver, which + may not be the actual brightness (see actual_brightness). +Users: HAL + +What: /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/actual_brightness +Date: March 2006 +KernelVersion: 2.6.17 +Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> +Description: + Show the actual brightness by querying the hardware. +Users: HAL + +What: /sys/class/backlight/<backlight>/max_brightness +Date: April 2005 +KernelVersion: 2.6.12 +Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> +Description: + Maximum brightness for <backlight>. +Users: HAL diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-lcd b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-lcd new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..35906bf7aa70 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-lcd @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +What: /sys/class/lcd/<lcd>/lcd_power +Date: April 2005 +KernelVersion: 2.6.12 +Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> +Description: + Control LCD power, values are FB_BLANK_* from fb.h + - FB_BLANK_UNBLANK (0) : power on. + - FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN (4) : power off + +What: /sys/class/lcd/<lcd>/contrast +Date: April 2005 +KernelVersion: 2.6.12 +Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> +Description: + Current contrast of this LCD device. Value is between 0 and + /sys/class/lcd/<lcd>/max_contrast. + +What: /sys/class/lcd/<lcd>/max_contrast +Date: April 2005 +KernelVersion: 2.6.12 +Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> +Description: + Maximum contrast for this LCD device. diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9e4541d71cb6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +What: /sys/class/leds/<led>/brightness +Date: March 2006 +KernelVersion: 2.6.17 +Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> +Description: + Set the brightness of the LED. Most LEDs don't + have hardware brightness support so will just be turned on for + non-zero brightness settings. The value is between 0 and + /sys/class/leds/<led>/max_brightness. + +What: /sys/class/leds/<led>/max_brightness +Date: March 2006 +KernelVersion: 2.6.17 +Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> +Description: + Maximum brightness level for this led, default is 255 (LED_FULL). + +What: /sys/class/leds/<led>/trigger +Date: March 2006 +KernelVersion: 2.6.17 +Contact: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> +Description: + Set the trigger for this LED. A trigger is a kernel based source + of led events. + You can change triggers in a similar manner to the way an IO + scheduler is chosen. Trigger specific parameters can appear in + /sys/class/leds/<led> once a given trigger is selected. + diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-gpio b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-gpio index 8aab8092ad35..80f4c94c7bef 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-gpio +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-gpio @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Description: /gpioN ... for each exported GPIO #N /value ... always readable, writes fail for input GPIOs /direction ... r/w as: in, out (default low); write: high, low + /edge ... r/w as: none, falling, rising, both /gpiochipN ... for each gpiochip; #N is its first GPIO /base ... (r/o) same as N /label ... (r/o) descriptive, not necessarily unique diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-asus-laptop b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-asus-laptop new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a1cb660c50cf --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-asus-laptop @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +What: /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/display +Date: January 2007 +KernelVersion: 2.6.20 +Contact: "Corentin Chary" <corentincj@iksaif.net> +Description: + This file allows display switching. The value + is composed by 4 bits and defined as follow: + 4321 + |||`- LCD + ||`-- CRT + |`--- TV + `---- DVI + Ex: - 0 (0000b) means no display + - 3 (0011b) CRT+LCD. + +What: /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/gps +Date: January 2007 +KernelVersion: 2.6.20 +Contact: "Corentin Chary" <corentincj@iksaif.net> +Description: + Control the gps device. 1 means on, 0 means off. +Users: Lapsus + +What: /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/ledd +Date: January 2007 +KernelVersion: 2.6.20 +Contact: "Corentin Chary" <corentincj@iksaif.net> +Description: + Some models like the W1N have a LED display that can be + used to display several informations. + To control the LED display, use the following : + echo 0x0T000DDD > /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/ + where T control the 3 letters display, and DDD the 3 digits display. + The DDD table can be found in Documentation/laptops/asus-laptop.txt + +What: /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/bluetooth +Date: January 2007 +KernelVersion: 2.6.20 +Contact: "Corentin Chary" <corentincj@iksaif.net> +Description: + Control the bluetooth device. 1 means on, 0 means off. + This may control the led, the device or both. +Users: Lapsus + +What: /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/wlan +Date: January 2007 +KernelVersion: 2.6.20 +Contact: "Corentin Chary" <corentincj@iksaif.net> +Description: + Control the bluetooth device. 1 means on, 0 means off. + This may control the led, the device or both. +Users: Lapsus diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-eeepc-laptop b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-eeepc-laptop new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..7445dfb321b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-platform-eeepc-laptop @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +What: /sys/devices/platform/eeepc-laptop/disp +Date: May 2008 +KernelVersion: 2.6.26 +Contact: "Corentin Chary" <corentincj@iksaif.net> +Description: + This file allows display switching. + - 1 = LCD + - 2 = CRT + - 3 = LCD+CRT + If you run X11, you should use xrandr instead. + +What: /sys/devices/platform/eeepc-laptop/camera +Date: May 2008 +KernelVersion: 2.6.26 +Contact: "Corentin Chary" <corentincj@iksaif.net> +Description: + Control the camera. 1 means on, 0 means off. + +What: /sys/devices/platform/eeepc-laptop/cardr +Date: May 2008 +KernelVersion: 2.6.26 +Contact: "Corentin Chary" <corentincj@iksaif.net> +Description: + Control the card reader. 1 means on, 0 means off. + +What: /sys/devices/platform/eeepc-laptop/cpufv +Date: Jun 2009 +KernelVersion: 2.6.31 +Contact: "Corentin Chary" <corentincj@iksaif.net> +Description: + Change CPU clock configuration. + On the Eee PC 1000H there are three available clock configuration: + * 0 -> Super Performance Mode + * 1 -> High Performance Mode + * 2 -> Power Saving Mode + On Eee PC 701 there is only 2 available clock configurations. + Available configuration are listed in available_cpufv file. + Reading this file will show the raw hexadecimal value which + is defined as follow: + | 8 bit | 8 bit | + | `---- Current mode + `------------ Availables modes + For example, 0x301 means: mode 1 selected, 3 available modes. + +What: /sys/devices/platform/eeepc-laptop/available_cpufv +Date: Jun 2009 +KernelVersion: 2.6.31 +Contact: "Corentin Chary" <corentincj@iksaif.net> +Description: + List available cpufv modes. diff --git a/Documentation/Intel-IOMMU.txt b/Documentation/Intel-IOMMU.txt index 21bc416d887e..cf9431db8731 100644 --- a/Documentation/Intel-IOMMU.txt +++ b/Documentation/Intel-IOMMU.txt @@ -56,11 +56,7 @@ Graphics Problems? ------------------ If you encounter issues with graphics devices, you can try adding option intel_iommu=igfx_off to turn off the integrated graphics engine. - -If it happens to be a PCI device included in the INCLUDE_ALL Engine, -then try enabling CONFIG_DMAR_GFX_WA to setup a 1-1 map. We hear -graphics drivers may be in process of using DMA api's in the near -future and at that time this option can be yanked out. +If this fixes anything, please ensure you file a bug reporting the problem. Some exceptions to IOVA ----------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c b/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c index aa73e72fd793..6e25c2659e0a 100644 --- a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c +++ b/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ error: } -int send_cmd(int sd, __u16 nlmsg_type, __u32 nlmsg_pid, +static int send_cmd(int sd, __u16 nlmsg_type, __u32 nlmsg_pid, __u8 genl_cmd, __u16 nla_type, void *nla_data, int nla_len) { @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ int send_cmd(int sd, __u16 nlmsg_type, __u32 nlmsg_pid, * Probe the controller in genetlink to find the family id * for the TASKSTATS family */ -int get_family_id(int sd) +static int get_family_id(int sd) { struct { struct nlmsghdr n; @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ int get_family_id(int sd) return id; } -void print_delayacct(struct taskstats *t) +static void print_delayacct(struct taskstats *t) { printf("\n\nCPU %15s%15s%15s%15s\n" " %15llu%15llu%15llu%15llu\n" @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ void print_delayacct(struct taskstats *t) (unsigned long long)t->freepages_delay_total); } -void task_context_switch_counts(struct taskstats *t) +static void task_context_switch_counts(struct taskstats *t) { printf("\n\nTask %15s%15s\n" " %15llu%15llu\n", @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ void task_context_switch_counts(struct taskstats *t) (unsigned long long)t->nvcsw, (unsigned long long)t->nivcsw); } -void print_cgroupstats(struct cgroupstats *c) +static void print_cgroupstats(struct cgroupstats *c) { printf("sleeping %llu, blocked %llu, running %llu, stopped %llu, " "uninterruptible %llu\n", (unsigned long long)c->nr_sleeping, @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ void print_cgroupstats(struct cgroupstats *c) } -void print_ioacct(struct taskstats *t) +static void print_ioacct(struct taskstats *t) { printf("%s: read=%llu, write=%llu, cancelled_write=%llu\n", t->ac_comm, diff --git a/Documentation/auxdisplay/cfag12864b-example.c b/Documentation/auxdisplay/cfag12864b-example.c index 2caeea5e4993..e7823ffb1ca0 100644 --- a/Documentation/auxdisplay/cfag12864b-example.c +++ b/Documentation/auxdisplay/cfag12864b-example.c @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ unsigned char cfag12864b_buffer[CFAG12864B_SIZE]; * Unable to open: return = -1 * Unable to mmap: return = -2 */ -int cfag12864b_init(char *path) +static int cfag12864b_init(char *path) { cfag12864b_fd = open(path, O_RDWR); if (cfag12864b_fd == -1) @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ int cfag12864b_init(char *path) /* * exit a cfag12864b framebuffer device */ -void cfag12864b_exit(void) +static void cfag12864b_exit(void) { munmap(cfag12864b_mem, CFAG12864B_SIZE); close(cfag12864b_fd); @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ void cfag12864b_exit(void) /* * set (x, y) pixel */ -void cfag12864b_set(unsigned char x, unsigned char y) +static void cfag12864b_set(unsigned char x, unsigned char y) { if (CFAG12864B_CHECK(x, y)) cfag12864b_buffer[CFAG12864B_ADDRESS(x, y)] |= @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ void cfag12864b_set(unsigned char x, unsigned char y) /* * unset (x, y) pixel */ -void cfag12864b_unset(unsigned char x, unsigned char y) +static void cfag12864b_unset(unsigned char x, unsigned char y) { if (CFAG12864B_CHECK(x, y)) cfag12864b_buffer[CFAG12864B_ADDRESS(x, y)] &= @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ void cfag12864b_unset(unsigned char x, unsigned char y) * Pixel off: return = 0 * Pixel on: return = 1 */ -unsigned char cfag12864b_isset(unsigned char x, unsigned char y) +static unsigned char cfag12864b_isset(unsigned char x, unsigned char y) { if (CFAG12864B_CHECK(x, y)) if (cfag12864b_buffer[CFAG12864B_ADDRESS(x, y)] & @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ unsigned char cfag12864b_isset(unsigned char x, unsigned char y) /* * not (x, y) pixel */ -void cfag12864b_not(unsigned char x, unsigned char y) +static void cfag12864b_not(unsigned char x, unsigned char y) { if (cfag12864b_isset(x, y)) cfag12864b_unset(x, y); @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ void cfag12864b_not(unsigned char x, unsigned char y) /* * fill (set all pixels) */ -void cfag12864b_fill(void) +static void cfag12864b_fill(void) { unsigned short i; @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ void cfag12864b_fill(void) /* * clear (unset all pixels) */ -void cfag12864b_clear(void) +static void cfag12864b_clear(void) { unsigned short i; @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ void cfag12864b_clear(void) * Pixel off: src[i] = 0 * Pixel on: src[i] > 0 */ -void cfag12864b_format(unsigned char * matrix) +static void cfag12864b_format(unsigned char * matrix) { unsigned char i, j, n; @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ void cfag12864b_format(unsigned char * matrix) /* * blit buffer to lcd */ -void cfag12864b_blit(void) +static void cfag12864b_blit(void) { memcpy(cfag12864b_mem, cfag12864b_buffer, CFAG12864B_SIZE); } @@ -194,11 +194,10 @@ void cfag12864b_blit(void) */ #include <stdio.h> -#include <string.h> #define EXAMPLES 6 -void example(unsigned char n) +static void example(unsigned char n) { unsigned short i, j; unsigned char matrix[CFAG12864B_WIDTH * CFAG12864B_HEIGHT]; diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt index 6eb1a97e88ce..455d4e6d346d 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt @@ -408,6 +408,26 @@ You can attach the current shell task by echoing 0: # echo 0 > tasks +2.3 Mounting hierarchies by name +-------------------------------- + +Passing the name=<x> option when mounting a cgroups hierarchy +associates the given name with the hierarchy. This can be used when +mounting a pre-existing hierarchy, in order to refer to it by name +rather than by its set of active subsystems. Each hierarchy is either +nameless, or has a unique name. + +The name should match [\w.-]+ + +When passing a name=<x> option for a new hierarchy, you need to +specify subsystems manually; the legacy behaviour of mounting all +subsystems when none are explicitly specified is not supported when +you give a subsystem a name. + +The name of the subsystem appears as part of the hierarchy description +in /proc/mounts and /proc/<pid>/cgroups. + + 3. Kernel API ============= @@ -501,7 +521,7 @@ rmdir() will fail with it. From this behavior, pre_destroy() can be called multiple times against a cgroup. int can_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp, - struct task_struct *task) + struct task_struct *task, bool threadgroup) (cgroup_mutex held by caller) Called prior to moving a task into a cgroup; if the subsystem @@ -509,14 +529,20 @@ returns an error, this will abort the attach operation. If a NULL task is passed, then a successful result indicates that *any* unspecified task can be moved into the cgroup. Note that this isn't called on a fork. If this method returns 0 (success) then this should -remain valid while the caller holds cgroup_mutex. +remain valid while the caller holds cgroup_mutex. If threadgroup is +true, then a successful result indicates that all threads in the given +thread's threadgroup can be moved together. void attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp, - struct cgroup *old_cgrp, struct task_struct *task) + struct cgroup *old_cgrp, struct task_struct *task, + bool threadgroup) (cgroup_mutex held by caller) Called after the task has been attached to the cgroup, to allow any post-attachment activity that requires memory allocations or blocking. +If threadgroup is true, the subsystem should take care of all threads +in the specified thread's threadgroup. Currently does not support any +subsystem that might need the old_cgrp for every thread in the group. void fork(struct cgroup_subsy *ss, struct task_struct *task) diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt index 23d1262c0775..b871f2552b45 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt @@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ The reclaim algorithm has not been modified for cgroups, except that pages that are selected for reclaiming come from the per cgroup LRU list. +NOTE: Reclaim does not work for the root cgroup, since we cannot set any +limits on the root cgroup. + 2. Locking The memory controller uses the following hierarchy @@ -210,6 +213,7 @@ We can alter the memory limit: NOTE: We can use a suffix (k, K, m, M, g or G) to indicate values in kilo, mega or gigabytes. NOTE: We can write "-1" to reset the *.limit_in_bytes(unlimited). +NOTE: We cannot set limits on the root cgroup any more. # cat /cgroups/0/memory.limit_in_bytes 4194304 @@ -375,7 +379,42 @@ cgroups created below it. NOTE2: This feature can be enabled/disabled per subtree. -7. TODO +7. Soft limits + +Soft limits allow for greater sharing of memory. The idea behind soft limits +is to allow control groups to use as much of the memory as needed, provided + +a. There is no memory contention +b. They do not exceed their hard limit + +When the system detects memory contention or low memory control groups +are pushed back to their soft limits. If the soft limit of each control +group is very high, they are pushed back as much as possible to make +sure that one control group does not starve the others of memory. + +Please note that soft limits is a best effort feature, it comes with +no guarantees, but it does its best to make sure that when memory is +heavily contended for, memory is allocated based on the soft limit +hints/setup. Currently soft limit based reclaim is setup such that +it gets invoked from balance_pgdat (kswapd). + +7.1 Interface + +Soft limits can be setup by using the following commands (in this example we +assume a soft limit of 256 megabytes) + +# echo 256M > memory.soft_limit_in_bytes + +If we want to change this to 1G, we can at any time use + +# echo 1G > memory.soft_limit_in_bytes + +NOTE1: Soft limits take effect over a long period of time, since they involve + reclaiming memory for balancing between memory cgroups +NOTE2: It is recommended to set the soft limit always below the hard limit, + otherwise the hard limit will take precedence. + +8. TODO 1. Add support for accounting huge pages (as a separate controller) 2. Make per-cgroup scanner reclaim not-shared pages first diff --git a/Documentation/fb/ep93xx-fb.txt b/Documentation/fb/ep93xx-fb.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..5af1bd9effae --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/fb/ep93xx-fb.txt @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +================================ +Driver for EP93xx LCD controller +================================ + +The EP93xx LCD controller can drive both standard desktop monitors and +embedded LCD displays. If you have a standard desktop monitor then you +can use the standard Linux video mode database. In your board file: + + static struct ep93xxfb_mach_info some_board_fb_info = { + .num_modes = EP93XXFB_USE_MODEDB, + .bpp = 16, + }; + +If you have an embedded LCD display then you need to define a video +mode for it as follows: + + static struct fb_videomode some_board_video_modes[] = { + { + .name = "some_lcd_name", + /* Pixel clock, porches, etc */ + }, + }; + +Note that the pixel clock value is in pico-seconds. You can use the +KHZ2PICOS macro to convert the pixel clock value. Most other values +are in pixel clocks. See Documentation/fb/framebuffer.txt for further +details. + +The ep93xxfb_mach_info structure for your board should look like the +following: + + static struct ep93xxfb_mach_info some_board_fb_info = { + .num_modes = ARRAY_SIZE(some_board_video_modes), + .modes = some_board_video_modes, + .default_mode = &some_board_video_modes[0], + .bpp = 16, + }; + +The framebuffer device can be registered by adding the following to +your board initialisation function: + + ep93xx_register_fb(&some_board_fb_info); + +===================== +Video Attribute Flags +===================== + +The ep93xxfb_mach_info structure has a flags field which can be used +to configure the controller. The video attributes flags are fully +documented in section 7 of the EP93xx users' guide. The following +flags are available: + +EP93XXFB_PCLK_FALLING Clock data on the falling edge of the + pixel clock. The default is to clock + data on the rising edge. + +EP93XXFB_SYNC_BLANK_HIGH Blank signal is active high. By + default the blank signal is active low. + +EP93XXFB_SYNC_HORIZ_HIGH Horizontal sync is active high. By + default the horizontal sync is active low. + +EP93XXFB_SYNC_VERT_HIGH Vertical sync is active high. By + default the vertical sync is active high. + +The physical address of the framebuffer can be controlled using the +following flags: + +EP93XXFB_USE_SDCSN0 Use SDCSn[0] for the framebuffer. This + is the default setting. + +EP93XXFB_USE_SDCSN1 Use SDCSn[1] for the framebuffer. + +EP93XXFB_USE_SDCSN2 Use SDCSn[2] for the framebuffer. + +EP93XXFB_USE_SDCSN3 Use SDCSn[3] for the framebuffer. + +================== +Platform callbacks +================== + +The EP93xx framebuffer driver supports three optional platform +callbacks: setup, teardown and blank. The setup and teardown functions +are called when the framebuffer driver is installed and removed +respectively. The blank function is called whenever the display is +blanked or unblanked. + +The setup and teardown devices pass the platform_device structure as +an argument. The fb_info and ep93xxfb_mach_info structures can be +obtained as follows: + + static int some_board_fb_setup(struct platform_device *pdev) + { + struct ep93xxfb_mach_info *mach_info = pdev->dev.platform_data; + struct fb_info *fb_info = platform_get_drvdata(pdev); + + /* Board specific framebuffer setup */ + } + +====================== +Setting the video mode +====================== + +The video mode is set using the following syntax: + + video=XRESxYRES[-BPP][@REFRESH] + +If the EP93xx video driver is built-in then the video mode is set on +the Linux kernel command line, for example: + + video=ep93xx-fb:800x600-16@60 + +If the EP93xx video driver is built as a module then the video mode is +set when the module is installed: + + modprobe ep93xx-fb video=320x240 + +============== +Screenpage bug +============== + +At least on the EP9315 there is a silicon bug which causes bit 27 of +the VIDSCRNPAGE (framebuffer physical offset) to be tied low. There is +an unofficial errata for this bug at: + http://marc.info/?l=linux-arm-kernel&m=110061245502000&w=2 + +By default the EP93xx framebuffer driver checks if the allocated physical +address has bit 27 set. If it does, then the memory is freed and an +error is returned. The check can be disabled by adding the following +option when loading the driver: + + ep93xx-fb.check_screenpage_bug=0 + +In some cases it may be possible to reconfigure your SDRAM layout to +avoid this bug. See section 13 of the EP93xx users' guide for details. diff --git a/Documentation/fb/matroxfb.txt b/Documentation/fb/matroxfb.txt index ad7a67707d62..e5ce8a1a978b 100644 --- a/Documentation/fb/matroxfb.txt +++ b/Documentation/fb/matroxfb.txt @@ -186,9 +186,7 @@ noinverse - show true colors on screen. It is default. dev:X - bind driver to device X. Driver numbers device from 0 up to N, where device 0 is first `known' device found, 1 second and so on. lspci lists devices in this order. - Default is `every' known device for driver with multihead support - and first working device (usually dev:0) for driver without - multihead support. + Default is `every' known device. nohwcursor - disables hardware cursor (use software cursor instead). hwcursor - enables hardware cursor. It is default. If you are using non-accelerated mode (`noaccel' or `fbset -accel false'), software diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index fa75220f8d34..89a47b5aff07 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -354,14 +354,6 @@ Who: Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki <ole@ans.pl> --------------------------- -What: fscher and fscpos drivers -When: June 2009 -Why: Deprecated by the new fschmd driver. -Who: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> - Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> - ---------------------------- - What: sysfs ui for changing p4-clockmod parameters When: September 2009 Why: See commits 129f8ae9b1b5be94517da76009ea956e89104ce8 and diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt index 6208f55c44c3..57e0b80a5274 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt @@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ the 9p client is available in the form of a USENIX paper: Other applications are described in the following papers: * XCPU & Clustering - http://www.xcpu.org/xcpu-talk.pdf + http://xcpu.org/papers/xcpu-talk.pdf * KVMFS: control file system for KVM - http://www.xcpu.org/kvmfs.pdf - * CellFS: A New ProgrammingModel for the Cell BE - http://www.xcpu.org/cellfs-talk.pdf + http://xcpu.org/papers/kvmfs.pdf + * CellFS: A New Programming Model for the Cell BE + http://xcpu.org/papers/cellfs-talk.pdf * PROSE I/O: Using 9p to enable Application Partitions http://plan9.escet.urjc.es/iwp9/cready/PROSE_iwp9_2006.pdf @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ OPTIONS (see rfdno and wfdno) virtio - connect to the next virtio channel available (from lguest or KVM with trans_virtio module) + rdma - connect to a specified RDMA channel uname=name user name to attempt mount as on the remote server. The server may override or ignore this value. Certain user @@ -59,16 +60,22 @@ OPTIONS cache=mode specifies a caching policy. By default, no caches are used. loose = no attempts are made at consistency, intended for exclusive, read-only mounts + fscache = use FS-Cache for a persistent, read-only + cache backend. debug=n specifies debug level. The debug level is a bitmask. - 0x01 = display verbose error messages - 0x02 = developer debug (DEBUG_CURRENT) - 0x04 = display 9p trace - 0x08 = display VFS trace - 0x10 = display Marshalling debug - 0x20 = display RPC debug - 0x40 = display transport debug - 0x80 = display allocation debug + 0x01 = display verbose error messages + 0x02 = developer debug (DEBUG_CURRENT) + 0x04 = display 9p trace + 0x08 = display VFS trace + 0x10 = display Marshalling debug + 0x20 = display RPC debug + 0x40 = display transport debug + 0x80 = display allocation debug + 0x100 = display protocol message debug + 0x200 = display Fid debug + 0x400 = display packet debug + 0x800 = display fscache tracing debug rfdno=n the file descriptor for reading with trans=fd @@ -100,6 +107,10 @@ OPTIONS any = v9fs does single attach and performs all operations as one user + cachetag cache tag to use the specified persistent cache. + cache tags for existing cache sessions can be listed at + /sys/fs/9p/caches. (applies only to cache=fscache) + RESOURCES ========= @@ -118,7 +129,7 @@ and export. A Linux version of the 9p server is now maintained under the npfs project on sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/npfs). The currently maintained version is the single-threaded version of the server (named spfs) -available from the same CVS repository. +available from the same SVN repository. There are user and developer mailing lists available through the v9fs project on sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/v9fs). @@ -126,7 +137,8 @@ on sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/v9fs). A stand-alone version of the module (which should build for any 2.6 kernel) is available via (http://github.com/ericvh/9p-sac/tree/master) -News and other information is maintained on SWiK (http://swik.net/v9fs). +News and other information is maintained on SWiK (http://swik.net/v9fs) +and the Wiki (http://sf.net/apps/mediawiki/v9fs/index.php). Bug reports may be issued through the kernel.org bugzilla (http://bugzilla.kernel.org) diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ncpfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ncpfs.txt index f12c30c93f2f..5af164f4b37b 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ncpfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ncpfs.txt @@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/ncpfs, but sunsite and its many mirrors will have it as well. Related products are linware and mars_nwe, which will give Linux partial -NetWare server functionality. Linware's home site is -klokan.sh.cvut.cz/pub/linux/linware; mars_nwe can be found on -ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/ncpfs. +NetWare server functionality. + +mars_nwe can be found on ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/ncpfs. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index 75988ba26a51..b5aee7838a00 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ read the file /proc/PID/status: CapBnd: ffffffffffffffff voluntary_ctxt_switches: 0 nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches: 1 + Stack usage: 12 kB This shows you nearly the same information you would get if you viewed it with the ps command. In fact, ps uses the proc file system to obtain its @@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ Table 1-2: Contents of the statm files (as of 2.6.30-rc7) Mems_allowed_list Same as previous, but in "list format" voluntary_ctxt_switches number of voluntary context switches nonvoluntary_ctxt_switches number of non voluntary context switches + Stack usage: stack usage high water mark (round up to page size) .............................................................................. Table 1-3: Contents of the statm files (as of 2.6.8-rc3) @@ -307,7 +309,7 @@ address perms offset dev inode pathname 08049000-0804a000 rw-p 00001000 03:00 8312 /opt/test 0804a000-0806b000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] a7cb1000-a7cb2000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 -a7cb2000-a7eb2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 +a7cb2000-a7eb2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [threadstack:001ff4b4] a7eb2000-a7eb3000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 a7eb3000-a7ed5000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 a7ed5000-a8008000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 4222 /lib/libc.so.6 @@ -343,6 +345,7 @@ is not associated with a file: [stack] = the stack of the main process [vdso] = the "virtual dynamic shared object", the kernel system call handler + [threadstack:xxxxxxxx] = the stack of the thread, xxxxxxxx is the stack size or if empty, the mapping is anonymous. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt index 736540045dc7..23a181074f94 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Shared Subtrees Contents: 1) Overview 2) Features - 3) smount command + 3) Setting mount states 4) Use-case 5) Detailed semantics 6) Quiz @@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. Here is an example: - Lets say /mnt has a mount that is shared. + Let's say /mnt has a mount that is shared. mount --make-shared /mnt - note: mount command does not yet support the --make-shared flag. - I have included a small C program which does the same by executing - 'smount /mnt shared' + Note: mount(8) command now supports the --make-shared flag, + so the sample 'smount' program is no longer needed and has been + removed. - #mount --bind /mnt /tmp + # mount --bind /mnt /tmp The above command replicates the mount at /mnt to the mountpoint /tmp and the contents of both the mounts remain identical. @@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. #ls /tmp a b c - Now lets say we mount a device at /tmp/a - #mount /dev/sd0 /tmp/a + Now let's say we mount a device at /tmp/a + # mount /dev/sd0 /tmp/a #ls /tmp/a t1 t2 t2 @@ -80,21 +80,20 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. Here is an example: - Lets say /mnt has a mount which is shared. - #mount --make-shared /mnt + Let's say /mnt has a mount which is shared. + # mount --make-shared /mnt - Lets bind mount /mnt to /tmp - #mount --bind /mnt /tmp + Let's bind mount /mnt to /tmp + # mount --bind /mnt /tmp the new mount at /tmp becomes a shared mount and it is a replica of the mount at /mnt. - Now lets make the mount at /tmp; a slave of /mnt - #mount --make-slave /tmp - [or smount /tmp slave] + Now let's make the mount at /tmp; a slave of /mnt + # mount --make-slave /tmp - lets mount /dev/sd0 on /mnt/a - #mount /dev/sd0 /mnt/a + let's mount /dev/sd0 on /mnt/a + # mount /dev/sd0 /mnt/a #ls /mnt/a t1 t2 t3 @@ -104,9 +103,9 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. Note the mount event has propagated to the mount at /tmp - However lets see what happens if we mount something on the mount at /tmp + However let's see what happens if we mount something on the mount at /tmp - #mount /dev/sd1 /tmp/b + # mount /dev/sd1 /tmp/b #ls /tmp/b s1 s2 s3 @@ -124,12 +123,11 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. 2d) A unbindable mount is a unbindable private mount - lets say we have a mount at /mnt and we make is unbindable + let's say we have a mount at /mnt and we make is unbindable - #mount --make-unbindable /mnt - [ smount /mnt unbindable ] + # mount --make-unbindable /mnt - Lets try to bind mount this mount somewhere else. + Let's try to bind mount this mount somewhere else. # mount --bind /mnt /tmp mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /mnt, or too many mounted file systems @@ -137,149 +135,15 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. Binding a unbindable mount is a invalid operation. -3) smount command +3) Setting mount states - Currently the mount command is not aware of shared subtree features. - Work is in progress to add the support in mount ( util-linux package ). - Till then use the following program. + The mount command (util-linux package) can be used to set mount + states: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - // - //this code was developed my Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> - //and modified by Ram Pai <linuxram@us.ibm.com> - // sample usage: - // smount /tmp shared - // - #include <stdio.h> - #include <stdlib.h> - #include <unistd.h> - #include <string.h> - #include <sys/mount.h> - #include <sys/fsuid.h> - - #ifndef MS_REC - #define MS_REC 0x4000 /* 16384: Recursive loopback */ - #endif - - #ifndef MS_SHARED - #define MS_SHARED 1<<20 /* Shared */ - #endif - - #ifndef MS_PRIVATE - #define MS_PRIVATE 1<<18 /* Private */ - #endif - - #ifndef MS_SLAVE - #define MS_SLAVE 1<<19 /* Slave */ - #endif - - #ifndef MS_UNBINDABLE - #define MS_UNBINDABLE 1<<17 /* Unbindable */ - #endif - - int main(int argc, char *argv[]) - { - int type; - if(argc != 3) { - fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s dir " - "<rshared|rslave|rprivate|runbindable|shared|slave" - "|private|unbindable>\n" , argv[0]); - return 1; - } - - fprintf(stdout, "%s %s %s\n", argv[0], argv[1], argv[2]); - - if (strcmp(argv[2],"rshared")==0) - type=(MS_SHARED|MS_REC); - else if (strcmp(argv[2],"rslave")==0) - type=(MS_SLAVE|MS_REC); - else if (strcmp(argv[2],"rprivate")==0) - type=(MS_PRIVATE|MS_REC); - else if (strcmp(argv[2],"runbindable")==0) - type=(MS_UNBINDABLE|MS_REC); - else if (strcmp(argv[2],"shared")==0) - type=MS_SHARED; - else if (strcmp(argv[2],"slave")==0) - type=MS_SLAVE; - else if (strcmp(argv[2],"private")==0) - type=MS_PRIVATE; - else if (strcmp(argv[2],"unbindable")==0) - type=MS_UNBINDABLE; - else { - fprintf(stderr, "invalid operation: %s\n", argv[2]); - return 1; - } - setfsuid(getuid()); - - if(mount("", argv[1], "dontcare", type, "") == -1) { - perror("mount"); - return 1; - } - return 0; - } - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - - Copy the above code snippet into smount.c - gcc -o smount smount.c - - - (i) To mark all the mounts under /mnt as shared execute the following - command: - - smount /mnt rshared - the corresponding syntax planned for mount command is - mount --make-rshared /mnt - - just to mark a mount /mnt as shared, execute the following - command: - smount /mnt shared - the corresponding syntax planned for mount command is - mount --make-shared /mnt - - (ii) To mark all the shared mounts under /mnt as slave execute the - following - - command: - smount /mnt rslave - the corresponding syntax planned for mount command is - mount --make-rslave /mnt - - just to mark a mount /mnt as slave, execute the following - command: - smount /mnt slave - the corresponding syntax planned for mount command is - mount --make-slave /mnt - - (iii) To mark all the mounts under /mnt as private execute the - following command: - - smount /mnt rprivate - the corresponding syntax planned for mount command is - mount --make-rprivate /mnt - - just to mark a mount /mnt as private, execute the following - command: - smount /mnt private - the corresponding syntax planned for mount command is - mount --make-private /mnt - - NOTE: by default all the mounts are created as private. But if - you want to change some shared/slave/unbindable mount as - private at a later point in time, this command can help. - - (iv) To mark all the mounts under /mnt as unbindable execute the - following - - command: - smount /mnt runbindable - the corresponding syntax planned for mount command is - mount --make-runbindable /mnt - - just to mark a mount /mnt as unbindable, execute the following - command: - smount /mnt unbindable - the corresponding syntax planned for mount command is - mount --make-unbindable /mnt + mount --make-shared mountpoint + mount --make-slave mountpoint + mount --make-private mountpoint + mount --make-unbindable mountpoint 4) Use cases @@ -350,7 +214,7 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. mount --rbind / /view/v3 mount --rbind / /view/v4 - and if /usr has a versioning filesystem mounted, than that + and if /usr has a versioning filesystem mounted, then that mount appears at /view/v1/usr, /view/v2/usr, /view/v3/usr and /view/v4/usr too @@ -390,7 +254,7 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. For example: mount --make-shared /mnt - mount --bin /mnt /tmp + mount --bind /mnt /tmp The mount at /mnt and that at /tmp are both shared and belong to the same peer group. Anything mounted or unmounted under @@ -558,7 +422,7 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. then the subtree under the unbindable mount is pruned in the new location. - eg: lets say we have the following mount tree. + eg: let's say we have the following mount tree. A / \ @@ -566,7 +430,7 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. / \ / \ D E F G - Lets say all the mount except the mount C in the tree are + Let's say all the mount except the mount C in the tree are of a type other than unbindable. If this tree is rbound to say Z @@ -683,13 +547,13 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. 'b' on mounts that receive propagation from mount 'B' and does not have sub-mounts within them are unmounted. - Example: Lets say 'B1', 'B2', 'B3' are shared mounts that propagate to + Example: Let's say 'B1', 'B2', 'B3' are shared mounts that propagate to each other. - lets say 'A1', 'A2', 'A3' are first mounted at dentry 'b' on mount + let's say 'A1', 'A2', 'A3' are first mounted at dentry 'b' on mount 'B1', 'B2' and 'B3' respectively. - lets say 'C1', 'C2', 'C3' are next mounted at the same dentry 'b' on + let's say 'C1', 'C2', 'C3' are next mounted at the same dentry 'b' on mount 'B1', 'B2' and 'B3' respectively. if 'C1' is unmounted, all the mounts that are most-recently-mounted on @@ -710,7 +574,7 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. A cloned namespace contains all the mounts as that of the parent namespace. - Lets say 'A' and 'B' are the corresponding mounts in the parent and the + Let's say 'A' and 'B' are the corresponding mounts in the parent and the child namespace. If 'A' is shared, then 'B' is also shared and 'A' and 'B' propagate to @@ -759,11 +623,11 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. mount --make-slave /mnt At this point we have the first mount at /tmp and - its root dentry is 1. Lets call this mount 'A' + its root dentry is 1. Let's call this mount 'A' And then we have a second mount at /tmp1 with root - dentry 2. Lets call this mount 'B' + dentry 2. Let's call this mount 'B' Next we have a third mount at /mnt with root dentry - mnt. Lets call this mount 'C' + mnt. Let's call this mount 'C' 'B' is the slave of 'A' and 'C' is a slave of 'B' A -> B -> C @@ -794,7 +658,7 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. Q3 Why is unbindable mount needed? - Lets say we want to replicate the mount tree at multiple + Let's say we want to replicate the mount tree at multiple locations within the same subtree. if one rbind mounts a tree within the same subtree 'n' times @@ -803,7 +667,7 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. mounts. Here is a example. step 1: - lets say the root tree has just two directories with + let's say the root tree has just two directories with one vfsmount. root / \ @@ -875,7 +739,7 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. Unclonable mounts come in handy here. step 1: - lets say the root tree has just two directories with + let's say the root tree has just two directories with one vfsmount. root / \ diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt index f49eecf2e573..623f094c9d8d 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt @@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ struct address_space_operations { /* migrate the contents of a page to the specified target */ int (*migratepage) (struct page *, struct page *); int (*launder_page) (struct page *); + int (*error_remove_page) (struct mapping *mapping, struct page *page); }; writepage: called by the VM to write a dirty page to backing store. @@ -694,6 +695,12 @@ struct address_space_operations { prevent redirtying the page, it is kept locked during the whole operation. + error_remove_page: normally set to generic_error_remove_page if truncation + is ok for this address space. Used for memory failure handling. + Setting this implies you deal with pages going away under you, + unless you have them locked or reference counts increased. + + The File Object =============== diff --git a/Documentation/gpio.txt b/Documentation/gpio.txt index e4b6985044a2..fa4dc077ae0e 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpio.txt +++ b/Documentation/gpio.txt @@ -524,6 +524,13 @@ and have the following read/write attributes: is configured as an output, this value may be written; any nonzero value is treated as high. + "edge" ... reads as either "none", "rising", "falling", or + "both". Write these strings to select the signal edge(s) + that will make poll(2) on the "value" file return. + + This file exists only if the pin can be configured as an + interrupt generating input pin. + GPIO controllers have paths like /sys/class/gpio/chipchip42/ (for the controller implementing GPIOs starting at #42) and have the following read-only attributes: @@ -555,6 +562,11 @@ requested using gpio_request(): /* reverse gpio_export() */ void gpio_unexport(); + /* create a sysfs link to an exported GPIO node */ + int gpio_export_link(struct device *dev, const char *name, + unsigned gpio) + + After a kernel driver requests a GPIO, it may only be made available in the sysfs interface by gpio_export(). The driver can control whether the signal direction may change. This helps drivers prevent userspace code @@ -563,3 +575,8 @@ from accidentally clobbering important system state. This explicit exporting can help with debugging (by making some kinds of experiments easier), or can provide an always-there interface that's suitable for documenting as part of a board support package. + +After the GPIO has been exported, gpio_export_link() allows creating +symlinks from elsewhere in sysfs to the GPIO sysfs node. Drivers can +use this to provide the interface under their own device in sysfs with +a descriptive name. diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/acpi_power_meter b/Documentation/hwmon/acpi_power_meter new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c80399a00c50 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/acpi_power_meter @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +Kernel driver power_meter +========================= + +This driver talks to ACPI 4.0 power meters. + +Supported systems: + * Any recent system with ACPI 4.0. + Prefix: 'power_meter' + Datasheet: http://acpi.info/, section 10.4. + +Author: Darrick J. Wong + +Description +----------- + +This driver implements sensor reading support for the power meters exposed in +the ACPI 4.0 spec (Chapter 10.4). These devices have a simple set of +features--a power meter that returns average power use over a configurable +interval, an optional capping mechanism, and a couple of trip points. The +sysfs interface conforms with the specification outlined in the "Power" section +of Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface. + +Special Features +---------------- + +The power[1-*]_is_battery knob indicates if the power supply is a battery. +Both power[1-*]_average_{min,max} must be set before the trip points will work. +When both of them are set, an ACPI event will be broadcast on the ACPI netlink +socket and a poll notification will be sent to the appropriate +power[1-*]_average sysfs file. + +The power[1-*]_{model_number, serial_number, oem_info} fields display arbitrary +strings that ACPI provides with the meter. The measures/ directory contains +symlinks to the devices that this meter measures. + +Some computers have the ability to enforce a power cap in hardware. If this is +the case, the power[1-*]_cap and related sysfs files will appear. When the +average power consumption exceeds the cap, an ACPI event will be broadcast on +the netlink event socket and a poll notification will be sent to the +appropriate power[1-*]_alarm file to indicate that capping has begun, and the +hardware has taken action to reduce power consumption. Most likely this will +result in reduced performance. + +There are a few other ACPI notifications that can be sent by the firmware. In +all cases the ACPI event will be broadcast on the ACPI netlink event socket as +well as sent as a poll notification to a sysfs file. The events are as +follows: + +power[1-*]_cap will be notified if the firmware changes the power cap. +power[1-*]_interval will be notified if the firmware changes the averaging +interval. diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/coretemp b/Documentation/hwmon/coretemp index dbbe6c7025b0..92267b62db59 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/coretemp +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/coretemp @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ Kernel driver coretemp Supported chips: * All Intel Core family Prefix: 'coretemp' - CPUID: family 0x6, models 0xe, 0xf, 0x16, 0x17 + CPUID: family 0x6, models 0xe (Pentium M DC), 0xf (Core 2 DC 65nm), + 0x16 (Core 2 SC 65nm), 0x17 (Penryn 45nm), + 0x1a (Nehalem), 0x1c (Atom), 0x1e (Lynnfield) Datasheet: Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual Volume 3A: System Programming Guide http://softwarecommunity.intel.com/Wiki/Mobility/720.htm diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/fscher b/Documentation/hwmon/fscher deleted file mode 100644 index 64031659aff3..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/fscher +++ /dev/null @@ -1,169 +0,0 @@ -Kernel driver fscher -==================== - -Supported chips: - * Fujitsu-Siemens Hermes chip - Prefix: 'fscher' - Addresses scanned: I2C 0x73 - -Authors: - Reinhard Nissl <rnissl@gmx.de> based on work - from Hermann Jung <hej@odn.de>, - Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>, - Philip Edelbrock <phil@netroedge.com> - -Description ------------ - -This driver implements support for the Fujitsu-Siemens Hermes chip. It is -described in the 'Register Set Specification BMC Hermes based Systemboard' -from Fujitsu-Siemens. - -The Hermes chip implements a hardware-based system management, e.g. for -controlling fan speed and core voltage. There is also a watchdog counter on -the chip which can trigger an alarm and even shut the system down. - -The chip provides three temperature values (CPU, motherboard and -auxiliary), three voltage values (+12V, +5V and battery) and three fans -(power supply, CPU and auxiliary). - -Temperatures are measured in degrees Celsius. The resolution is 1 degree. - -Fan rotation speeds are reported in RPM (rotations per minute). The value -can be divided by a programmable divider (1, 2 or 4) which is stored on -the chip. - -Voltage sensors (also known as "in" sensors) report their values in volts. - -All values are reported as final values from the driver. There is no need -for further calculations. - - -Detailed description --------------------- - -Below you'll find a single line description of all the bit values. With -this information, you're able to decode e. g. alarms, wdog, etc. To make -use of the watchdog, you'll need to set the watchdog time and enable the -watchdog. After that it is necessary to restart the watchdog time within -the specified period of time, or a system reset will occur. - -* revision - READING & 0xff = 0x??: HERMES revision identification - -* alarms - READING & 0x80 = 0x80: CPU throttling active - READING & 0x80 = 0x00: CPU running at full speed - - READING & 0x10 = 0x10: software event (see control:1) - READING & 0x10 = 0x00: no software event - - READING & 0x08 = 0x08: watchdog event (see wdog:2) - READING & 0x08 = 0x00: no watchdog event - - READING & 0x02 = 0x02: thermal event (see temp*:1) - READING & 0x02 = 0x00: no thermal event - - READING & 0x01 = 0x01: fan event (see fan*:1) - READING & 0x01 = 0x00: no fan event - - READING & 0x13 ! 0x00: ALERT LED is flashing - -* control - READING & 0x01 = 0x01: software event - READING & 0x01 = 0x00: no software event - - WRITING & 0x01 = 0x01: set software event - WRITING & 0x01 = 0x00: clear software event - -* watchdog_control - READING & 0x80 = 0x80: power off on watchdog event while thermal event - READING & 0x80 = 0x00: watchdog power off disabled (just system reset enabled) - - READING & 0x40 = 0x40: watchdog timebase 60 seconds (see also wdog:1) - READING & 0x40 = 0x00: watchdog timebase 2 seconds - - READING & 0x10 = 0x10: watchdog enabled - READING & 0x10 = 0x00: watchdog disabled - - WRITING & 0x80 = 0x80: enable "power off on watchdog event while thermal event" - WRITING & 0x80 = 0x00: disable "power off on watchdog event while thermal event" - - WRITING & 0x40 = 0x40: set watchdog timebase to 60 seconds - WRITING & 0x40 = 0x00: set watchdog timebase to 2 seconds - - WRITING & 0x20 = 0x20: disable watchdog - - WRITING & 0x10 = 0x10: enable watchdog / restart watchdog time - -* watchdog_state - READING & 0x02 = 0x02: watchdog system reset occurred - READING & 0x02 = 0x00: no watchdog system reset occurred - - WRITING & 0x02 = 0x02: clear watchdog event - -* watchdog_preset - READING & 0xff = 0x??: configured watch dog time in units (see wdog:3 0x40) - - WRITING & 0xff = 0x??: configure watch dog time in units - -* in* (0: +5V, 1: +12V, 2: onboard 3V battery) - READING: actual voltage value - -* temp*_status (1: CPU sensor, 2: onboard sensor, 3: auxiliary sensor) - READING & 0x02 = 0x02: thermal event (overtemperature) - READING & 0x02 = 0x00: no thermal event - - READING & 0x01 = 0x01: sensor is working - READING & 0x01 = 0x00: sensor is faulty - - WRITING & 0x02 = 0x02: clear thermal event - -* temp*_input (1: CPU sensor, 2: onboard sensor, 3: auxiliary sensor) - READING: actual temperature value - -* fan*_status (1: power supply fan, 2: CPU fan, 3: auxiliary fan) - READING & 0x04 = 0x04: fan event (fan fault) - READING & 0x04 = 0x00: no fan event - - WRITING & 0x04 = 0x04: clear fan event - -* fan*_div (1: power supply fan, 2: CPU fan, 3: auxiliary fan) - Divisors 2,4 and 8 are supported, both for reading and writing - -* fan*_pwm (1: power supply fan, 2: CPU fan, 3: auxiliary fan) - READING & 0xff = 0x00: fan may be switched off - READING & 0xff = 0x01: fan must run at least at minimum speed (supply: 6V) - READING & 0xff = 0xff: fan must run at maximum speed (supply: 12V) - READING & 0xff = 0x??: fan must run at least at given speed (supply: 6V..12V) - - WRITING & 0xff = 0x00: fan may be switched off - WRITING & 0xff = 0x01: fan must run at least at minimum speed (supply: 6V) - WRITING & 0xff = 0xff: fan must run at maximum speed (supply: 12V) - WRITING & 0xff = 0x??: fan must run at least at given speed (supply: 6V..12V) - -* fan*_input (1: power supply fan, 2: CPU fan, 3: auxiliary fan) - READING: actual RPM value - - -Limitations ------------ - -* Measuring fan speed -It seems that the chip counts "ripples" (typical fans produce 2 ripples per -rotation while VERAX fans produce 18) in a 9-bit register. This register is -read out every second, then the ripple prescaler (2, 4 or 8) is applied and -the result is stored in the 8 bit output register. Due to the limitation of -the counting register to 9 bits, it is impossible to measure a VERAX fan -properly (even with a prescaler of 8). At its maximum speed of 3500 RPM the -fan produces 1080 ripples per second which causes the counting register to -overflow twice, leading to only 186 RPM. - -* Measuring input voltages -in2 ("battery") reports the voltage of the onboard lithium battery and not -+3.3V from the power supply. - -* Undocumented features -Fujitsu-Siemens Computers has not documented all features of the chip so -far. Their software, System Guard, shows that there are a still some -features which cannot be controlled by this implementation. diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4 b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4 index f889481762b5..c5b37c570554 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4 +++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4 @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Supported adapters: Datasheet: Only available via NDA from ServerWorks * ATI IXP200, IXP300, IXP400, SB600, SB700 and SB800 southbridges Datasheet: Not publicly available + * AMD SB900 + Datasheet: Not publicly available * Standard Microsystems (SMSC) SLC90E66 (Victory66) southbridge Datasheet: Publicly available at the SMSC website http://www.smsc.com diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/chips/pca9539 b/Documentation/i2c/chips/pca9539 deleted file mode 100644 index 6aff890088b1..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/i2c/chips/pca9539 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,58 +0,0 @@ -Kernel driver pca9539 -===================== - -NOTE: this driver is deprecated and will be dropped soon, use -drivers/gpio/pca9539.c instead. - -Supported chips: - * Philips PCA9539 - Prefix: 'pca9539' - Addresses scanned: none - Datasheet: - http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/acrobat/datasheets/PCA9539_2.pdf - -Author: Ben Gardner <bgardner@wabtec.com> - - -Description ------------ - -The Philips PCA9539 is a 16 bit low power I/O device. -All 16 lines can be individually configured as an input or output. -The input sense can also be inverted. -The 16 lines are split between two bytes. - - -Detection ---------- - -The PCA9539 is difficult to detect and not commonly found in PC machines, -so you have to pass the I2C bus and address of the installed PCA9539 -devices explicitly to the driver at load time via the force=... parameter. - - -Sysfs entries -------------- - -Each is a byte that maps to the 8 I/O bits. -A '0' suffix is for bits 0-7, while '1' is for bits 8-15. - -input[01] - read the current value -output[01] - sets the output value -direction[01] - direction of each bit: 1=input, 0=output -invert[01] - toggle the input bit sense - -input reads the actual state of the line and is always available. -The direction defaults to input for all channels. - - -General Remarks ---------------- - -Note that each output, direction, and invert entry controls 8 lines. -You should use the read, modify, write sequence. -For example. to set output bit 0 of 1. - val=$(cat output0) - val=$(( $val | 1 )) - echo $val > output0 - diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/chips/pcf8574 b/Documentation/i2c/chips/pcf8574 deleted file mode 100644 index 235815c075ff..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/i2c/chips/pcf8574 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,65 +0,0 @@ -Kernel driver pcf8574 -===================== - -Supported chips: - * Philips PCF8574 - Prefix: 'pcf8574' - Addresses scanned: none - Datasheet: Publicly available at the Philips Semiconductors website - http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/pip/PCF8574P.html - - * Philips PCF8574A - Prefix: 'pcf8574a' - Addresses scanned: none - Datasheet: Publicly available at the Philips Semiconductors website - http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/pip/PCF8574P.html - -Authors: - Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>, - Philip Edelbrock <phil@netroedge.com>, - Dan Eaton <dan.eaton@rocketlogix.com>, - Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>, - Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>, - - -Description ------------ -The PCF8574(A) is an 8-bit I/O expander for the I2C bus produced by Philips -Semiconductors. It is designed to provide a byte I2C interface to up to 16 -separate devices (8 x PCF8574 and 8 x PCF8574A). - -This device consists of a quasi-bidirectional port. Each of the eight I/Os -can be independently used as an input or output. To setup an I/O as an -input, you have to write a 1 to the corresponding output. - -For more informations see the datasheet. - - -Accessing PCF8574(A) via /sys interface -------------------------------------- - -The PCF8574(A) is plainly impossible to detect ! Stupid chip. -So, you have to pass the I2C bus and address of the installed PCF857A -and PCF8574A devices explicitly to the driver at load time via the -force=... parameter. - -On detection (i.e. insmod, modprobe et al.), directories are being -created for each detected PCF8574(A): - -/sys/bus/i2c/devices/<0>-<1>/ -where <0> is the bus the chip was detected on (e. g. i2c-0) -and <1> the chip address ([20..27] or [38..3f]): - -(example: /sys/bus/i2c/devices/1-0020/) - -Inside these directories, there are two files each: -read and write (and one file with chip name). - -The read file is read-only. Reading gives you the current I/O input -if the corresponding output is set as 1, otherwise the current output -value, that is to say 0. - -The write file is read/write. Writing a value outputs it on the I/O -port. Reading returns the last written value. As it is not possible -to read this value from the chip, you need to write at least once to -this file before you can read back from it. diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/chips/pcf8575 b/Documentation/i2c/chips/pcf8575 deleted file mode 100644 index 40b268eb276f..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/i2c/chips/pcf8575 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,69 +0,0 @@ -About the PCF8575 chip and the pcf8575 kernel driver -==================================================== - -The PCF8575 chip is produced by the following manufacturers: - - * Philips NXP - http://www.nxp.com/#/pip/cb=[type=product,path=50807/41735/41850,final=PCF8575_3]|pip=[pip=PCF8575_3][0] - - * Texas Instruments - http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/pcf8575.html - - -Some vendors sell small PCB's with the PCF8575 mounted on it. You can connect -such a board to a Linux host via e.g. an USB to I2C interface. Examples of -PCB boards with a PCF8575: - - * SFE Breakout Board for PCF8575 I2C Expander by RobotShop - http://www.robotshop.ca/home/products/robot-parts/electronics/adapters-converters/sfe-pcf8575-i2c-expander-board.html - - * Breakout Board for PCF8575 I2C Expander by Spark Fun Electronics - http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8130 - - -Description ------------ -The PCF8575 chip is a 16-bit I/O expander for the I2C bus. Up to eight of -these chips can be connected to the same I2C bus. You can find this -chip on some custom designed hardware, but you won't find it on PC -motherboards. - -The PCF8575 chip consists of a 16-bit quasi-bidirectional port and an I2C-bus -interface. Each of the sixteen I/O's can be independently used as an input or -an output. To set up an I/O pin as an input, you have to write a 1 to the -corresponding output. - -For more information please see the datasheet. - - -Detection ---------- - -There is no method known to detect whether a chip on a given I2C address is -a PCF8575 or whether it is any other I2C device, so you have to pass the I2C -bus and address of the installed PCF8575 devices explicitly to the driver at -load time via the force=... parameter. - -/sys interface --------------- - -For each address on which a PCF8575 chip was found or forced the following -files will be created under /sys: -* /sys/bus/i2c/devices/<bus>-<address>/read -* /sys/bus/i2c/devices/<bus>-<address>/write -where bus is the I2C bus number (0, 1, ...) and address is the four-digit -hexadecimal representation of the 7-bit I2C address of the PCF8575 -(0020 .. 0027). - -The read file is read-only. Reading it will trigger an I2C read and will hence -report the current input state for the pins configured as inputs, and the -current output value for the pins configured as outputs. - -The write file is read-write. Writing a value to it will configure all pins -as output for which the corresponding bit is zero. Reading the write file will -return the value last written, or -EAGAIN if no value has yet been written to -the write file. - -On module initialization the configuration of the chip is not changed -- the -chip is left in the state it was already configured in through either power-up -or through previous I2C write actions. diff --git a/Documentation/ia64/aliasing-test.c b/Documentation/ia64/aliasing-test.c index d23610fb2ff9..3dfb76ca6931 100644 --- a/Documentation/ia64/aliasing-test.c +++ b/Documentation/ia64/aliasing-test.c @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ int sum; -int map_mem(char *path, off_t offset, size_t length, int touch) +static int map_mem(char *path, off_t offset, size_t length, int touch) { int fd, rc; void *addr; @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ int map_mem(char *path, off_t offset, size_t length, int touch) return 0; } -int scan_tree(char *path, char *file, off_t offset, size_t length, int touch) +static int scan_tree(char *path, char *file, off_t offset, size_t length, int touch) { struct dirent **namelist; char *name, *path2; @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ skip: char buf[1024]; -int read_rom(char *path) +static int read_rom(char *path) { int fd, rc; size_t size = 0; @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ int read_rom(char *path) return size; } -int scan_rom(char *path, char *file) +static int scan_rom(char *path, char *file) { struct dirent **namelist; char *name, *path2; diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt index aafca0a8f66a..947374977ca5 100644 --- a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt +++ b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt @@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ Code Seq# Include File Comments <http://mikonos.dia.unisa.it/tcfs> 'l' 40-7F linux/udf_fs_i.h in development: <http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-udf/> +'m' 00-09 linux/mmtimer.h 'm' all linux/mtio.h conflict! 'm' all linux/soundcard.h conflict! 'm' all linux/synclink.h conflict! diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt index f3355b6812df..bb3bf38f03da 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt @@ -65,6 +65,22 @@ 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. +INSTALLKERNEL +-------------------------------------------------- +Install script called when using "make install". +The default name is "installkernel". + +The script will be called with the following arguments: + $1 - kernel version + $2 - kernel image file + $3 - kernel map file + $4 - default install path (use root directory if blank) + +The implmentation of "make install" is architecture specific +and it may differ from the above. + +INSTALLKERNEL is provided to enable the possibility to +specify a custom installer when cross compiling a kernel. MODLIB -------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt index d76cfd8712e1..71c602d61680 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ This document describes the Linux kernel Makefiles. --- 3.9 Dependency tracking --- 3.10 Special Rules --- 3.11 $(CC) support functions + --- 3.12 $(LD) support functions === 4 Host Program support --- 4.1 Simple Host Program @@ -435,14 +436,14 @@ more details, with real examples. The second argument is optional, and if supplied will be used if first argument is not supported. - ld-option - ld-option is used to check if $(CC) when used to link object files + cc-ldoption + cc-ldoption is used to check if $(CC) when used to link object files supports the given option. An optional second option may be specified if first option are not supported. Example: #arch/i386/kernel/Makefile - vsyscall-flags += $(call ld-option, -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=sysv) + vsyscall-flags += $(call cc-ldoption, -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=sysv) In the above example, vsyscall-flags will be assigned the option -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=sysv if it is supported by $(CC). @@ -570,6 +571,19 @@ more details, with real examples. endif endif +--- 3.12 $(LD) support functions + + ld-option + ld-option is used to check if $(LD) supports the supplied option. + ld-option takes two options as arguments. + The second argument is an optional option that can be used if the + first option is not supported by $(LD). + + Example: + #Makefile + LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(call really-ld-option, -X) + + === 4 Host Program support Kbuild supports building executables on the host for use during the diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index c363840cdcea..6fa7292947e5 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file earlyprintk= [X86,SH,BLACKFIN] earlyprintk=vga earlyprintk=serial[,ttySn[,baudrate]] - earlyprintk=dbgp + earlyprintk=dbgp[debugController#] Append ",keep" to not disable it when the real console takes over. diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/asus-laptop.txt b/Documentation/laptops/asus-laptop.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c1c5be84e4b1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/laptops/asus-laptop.txt @@ -0,0 +1,258 @@ +Asus Laptop Extras + +Version 0.1 +August 6, 2009 + +Corentin Chary <corentincj@iksaif.net> +http://acpi4asus.sf.net/ + + This driver provides support for extra features of ACPI-compatible ASUS laptops. + It may also support some MEDION, JVC or VICTOR laptops (such as MEDION 9675 or + VICTOR XP7210 for example). It makes all the extra buttons generate standard + ACPI events that go through /proc/acpi/events and input events (like keyboards). + On some models adds support for changing the display brightness and output, + switching the LCD backlight on and off, and most importantly, allows you to + blink those fancy LEDs intended for reporting mail and wireless status. + +This driver supercedes the old asus_acpi driver. + +Requirements +------------ + + Kernel 2.6.X sources, configured for your computer, with ACPI support. + You also need CONFIG_INPUT and CONFIG_ACPI. + +Status +------ + + The features currently supported are the following (see below for + detailed description): + + - Fn key combinations + - Bluetooth enable and disable + - Wlan enable and disable + - GPS enable and disable + - Video output switching + - Ambient Light Sensor on and off + - LED control + - LED Display control + - LCD brightness control + - LCD on and off + + A compatibility table by model and feature is maintained on the web + site, http://acpi4asus.sf.net/. + +Usage +----- + + Try "modprobe asus_acpi". Check your dmesg (simply type dmesg). You should + see some lines like this : + + Asus Laptop Extras version 0.42 + L2D model detected. + + If it is not the output you have on your laptop, send it (and the laptop's + DSDT) to me. + + That's all, now, all the events generated by the hotkeys of your laptop + should be reported in your /proc/acpi/event entry. You can check with + "acpi_listen". + + Hotkeys are also reported as input keys (like keyboards) you can check + which key are supported using "xev" under X11. + + You can get informations on the version of your DSDT table by reading the + /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/infos entry. If you have a question or a + bug report to do, please include the output of this entry. + +LEDs +---- + + You can modify LEDs be echoing values to /sys/class/leds/asus::*/brightness : + echo 1 > /sys/class/leds/asus::mail/brightness + will switch the mail LED on. + You can also know if they are on/off by reading their content and use + kernel triggers like ide-disk or heartbeat. + +Backlight +--------- + + You can control lcd backlight power and brightness with + /sys/class/backlight/asus-laptop/. Brightness Values are between 0 and 15. + +Wireless devices +--------------- + + You can turn the internal Bluetooth adapter on/off with the bluetooth entry + (only on models with Bluetooth). This usually controls the associated LED. + Same for Wlan adapter. + +Display switching +----------------- + + Note: the display switching code is currently considered EXPERIMENTAL. + + Switching works for the following models: + L3800C + A2500H + L5800C + M5200N + W1000N (albeit with some glitches) + M6700R + A6JC + F3J + + Switching doesn't work for the following: + M3700N + L2X00D (locks the laptop under certain conditions) + + To switch the displays, echo values from 0 to 15 to + /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/display. The significance of those values + is as follows: + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + | Bin | Val | DVI | TV | CRT | LCD | + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 0000 + 0 + + + + + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 0001 + 1 + + + + X + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 0010 + 2 + + + X + + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 0011 + 3 + + + X + X + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 0100 + 4 + + X + + + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 0101 + 5 + + X + + X + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 0110 + 6 + + X + X + + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 0111 + 7 + + X + X + X + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 1000 + 8 + X + + + + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 1001 + 9 + X + + + X + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 1010 + 10 + X + + X + + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 1011 + 11 + X + + X + X + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 1100 + 12 + X + X + + + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 1101 + 13 + X + X + + X + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 1110 + 14 + X + X + X + + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + 1111 + 15 + X + X + X + X + + +-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ + + In most cases, the appropriate displays must be plugged in for the above + combinations to work. TV-Out may need to be initialized at boot time. + + Debugging: + 1) Check whether the Fn+F8 key: + a) does not lock the laptop (try disabling CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC or boot with + noapic / nolapic if it does) + b) generates events (0x6n, where n is the value corresponding to the + configuration above) + c) actually works + Record the disp value at every configuration. + 2) Echo values from 0 to 15 to /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/display. + Record its value, note any change. If nothing changes, try a broader range, + up to 65535. + 3) Send ANY output (both positive and negative reports are needed, unless your + machine is already listed above) to the acpi4asus-user mailing list. + + Note: on some machines (e.g. L3C), after the module has been loaded, only 0x6n + events are generated and no actual switching occurs. In such a case, a line + like: + + echo $((10#$arg-60)) > /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/display + + will usually do the trick ($arg is the 0000006n-like event passed to acpid). + + Note: there is currently no reliable way to read display status on xxN + (Centrino) models. + +LED display +----------- + + Some models like the W1N have a LED display that can be used to display + several informations. + + LED display works for the following models: + W1000N + W1J + + To control the LED display, use the following : + + echo 0x0T000DDD > /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/ + + where T control the 3 letters display, and DDD the 3 digits display, + according to the tables below. + + DDD (digits) + 000 to 999 = display digits + AAA = --- + BBB to FFF = turn-off + + T (type) + 0 = off + 1 = dvd + 2 = vcd + 3 = mp3 + 4 = cd + 5 = tv + 6 = cpu + 7 = vol + + For example "echo 0x01000001 >/sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/ledd" + would display "DVD001". + +Driver options: +--------------- + + Options can be passed to the asus-laptop driver using the standard + module argument syntax (<param>=<value> when passing the option to the + module or asus-laptop.<param>=<value> on the kernel boot line when + asus-laptop is statically linked into the kernel). + + wapf: WAPF defines the behavior of the Fn+Fx wlan key + The significance of values is yet to be found, but + most of the time: + - 0x0 should do nothing + - 0x1 should allow to control the device with Fn+Fx key. + - 0x4 should send an ACPI event (0x88) while pressing the Fn+Fx key + - 0x5 like 0x1 or 0x4 + + The default value is 0x1. + +Unsupported models +------------------ + + These models will never be supported by this module, as they use a completely + different mechanism to handle LEDs and extra stuff (meaning we have no clue + how it works): + + - ASUS A1300 (A1B), A1370D + - ASUS L7300G + - ASUS L8400 + +Patches, Errors, Questions: +-------------------------- + + I appreciate any success or failure + reports, especially if they add to or correct the compatibility table. + Please include the following information in your report: + + - Asus model name + - a copy of your ACPI tables, using the "acpidump" utility + - a copy of /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/infos + - which driver features work and which don't + - the observed behavior of non-working features + + Any other comments or patches are also more than welcome. + + acpi4asus-user@lists.sourceforge.net + http://sourceforge.net/projects/acpi4asus + diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt index e2ddcdeb61b6..6d03487ef1c7 100644 --- a/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt +++ b/Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ The following commands can be written to the /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey file: echo 0xffffffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- enable all hot keys echo 0 > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- disable all possible hot keys ... any other 8-hex-digit mask ... - echo reset > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- restore the original mask + echo reset > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey -- restore the recommended mask The following commands have been deprecated and will cause the kernel to log a warning: @@ -240,9 +240,13 @@ sysfs notes: Returns 0. hotkey_bios_mask: + DEPRECATED, DON'T USE, WILL BE REMOVED IN THE FUTURE. + Returns the hot keys mask when thinkpad-acpi was loaded. Upon module unload, the hot keys mask will be restored - to this value. + to this value. This is always 0x80c, because those are + the hotkeys that were supported by ancient firmware + without mask support. hotkey_enable: DEPRECATED, WILL BE REMOVED SOON. diff --git a/Documentation/leds-class.txt b/Documentation/leds-class.txt index 6399557cdab3..8fd5ca2ae32d 100644 --- a/Documentation/leds-class.txt +++ b/Documentation/leds-class.txt @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ + LED handling under Linux ======================== @@ -5,10 +6,10 @@ If you're reading this and thinking about keyboard leds, these are handled by the input subsystem and the led class is *not* needed. In its simplest form, the LED class just allows control of LEDs from -userspace. LEDs appear in /sys/class/leds/. The brightness file will -set the brightness of the LED (taking a value 0-255). Most LEDs don't -have hardware brightness support so will just be turned on for non-zero -brightness settings. +userspace. LEDs appear in /sys/class/leds/. The maximum brightness of the +LED is defined in max_brightness file. The brightness file will set the brightness +of the LED (taking a value 0-max_brightness). Most LEDs don't have hardware +brightness support so will just be turned on for non-zero brightness settings. The class also introduces the optional concept of an LED trigger. A trigger is a kernel based source of led events. Triggers can either be simple or diff --git a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c index 950cde6d6e58..ba9373f82ab5 100644 --- a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c +++ b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ #include <signal.h> #include "linux/lguest_launcher.h" #include "linux/virtio_config.h" +#include <linux/virtio_ids.h> #include "linux/virtio_net.h" #include "linux/virtio_blk.h" #include "linux/virtio_console.h" @@ -133,6 +134,9 @@ struct device { /* Is it operational */ bool running; + /* Does Guest want an intrrupt on empty? */ + bool irq_on_empty; + /* Device-specific data. */ void *priv; }; @@ -623,10 +627,13 @@ static void trigger_irq(struct virtqueue *vq) return; vq->pending_used = 0; - /* If they don't want an interrupt, don't send one, unless empty. */ - if ((vq->vring.avail->flags & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT) - && lg_last_avail(vq) != vq->vring.avail->idx) - return; + /* If they don't want an interrupt, don't send one... */ + if (vq->vring.avail->flags & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT) { + /* ... unless they've asked us to force one on empty. */ + if (!vq->dev->irq_on_empty + || lg_last_avail(vq) != vq->vring.avail->idx) + return; + } /* Send the Guest an interrupt tell them we used something up. */ if (write(lguest_fd, buf, sizeof(buf)) != 0) @@ -1042,6 +1049,15 @@ static void create_thread(struct virtqueue *vq) close(vq->eventfd); } +static bool accepted_feature(struct device *dev, unsigned int bit) +{ + const u8 *features = get_feature_bits(dev) + dev->feature_len; + + if (dev->feature_len < bit / CHAR_BIT) + return false; + return features[bit / CHAR_BIT] & (1 << (bit % CHAR_BIT)); +} + static void start_device(struct device *dev) { unsigned int i; @@ -1055,6 +1071,8 @@ static void start_device(struct device *dev) verbose(" %02x", get_feature_bits(dev) [dev->feature_len+i]); + dev->irq_on_empty = accepted_feature(dev, VIRTIO_F_NOTIFY_ON_EMPTY); + for (vq = dev->vq; vq; vq = vq->next) { if (vq->service) create_thread(vq); diff --git a/Documentation/pcmcia/crc32hash.c b/Documentation/pcmcia/crc32hash.c index 4210e5abab8a..44f8beea7260 100644 --- a/Documentation/pcmcia/crc32hash.c +++ b/Documentation/pcmcia/crc32hash.c @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ $ ./crc32hash "Dual Speed" #include <ctype.h> #include <stdlib.h> -unsigned int crc32(unsigned char const *p, unsigned int len) +static unsigned int crc32(unsigned char const *p, unsigned int len) { int i; unsigned int crc = 0; diff --git a/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt b/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt index c6cd4956047c..9f16c5178b66 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/power_supply_class.txt @@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ STATUS - this attribute represents operating status (charging, full, discharging (i.e. powering a load), etc.). This corresponds to BATTERY_STATUS_* values, as defined in battery.h. +CHARGE_TYPE - batteries can typically charge at different rates. +This defines trickle and fast charges. For batteries that +are already charged or discharging, 'n/a' can be displayed (or +'unknown', if the status is not known). + HEALTH - represents health of the battery, values corresponds to POWER_SUPPLY_HEALTH_*, defined in battery.h. @@ -108,6 +113,8 @@ relative, time-based measurements. ENERGY_FULL, ENERGY_EMPTY - same as above but for energy. CAPACITY - capacity in percents. +CAPACITY_LEVEL - capacity level. This corresponds to +POWER_SUPPLY_CAPACITY_LEVEL_*. TEMP - temperature of the power supply. TEMP_AMBIENT - ambient temperature. diff --git a/Documentation/power/regulator/design.txt b/Documentation/power/regulator/design.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f9b56b72b782 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/power/regulator/design.txt @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +Regulator API design notes +========================== + +This document provides a brief, partially structured, overview of some +of the design considerations which impact the regulator API design. + +Safety +------ + + - Errors in regulator configuration can have very serious consequences + for the system, potentially including lasting hardware damage. + - It is not possible to automatically determine the power confugration + of the system - software-equivalent variants of the same chip may + have different power requirments, and not all components with power + requirements are visible to software. + + => The API should make no changes to the hardware state unless it has + specific knowledge that these changes are safe to do perform on + this particular system. + +Consumer use cases +------------------ + + - The overwhelming majority of devices in a system will have no + requirement to do any runtime configuration of their power beyond + being able to turn it on or off. + + - Many of the power supplies in the system will be shared between many + different consumers. + + => The consumer API should be structured so that these use cases are + very easy to handle and so that consumers will work with shared + supplies without any additional effort. diff --git a/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt b/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt index ce3487d99abe..63728fed620b 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/regulator/machine.txt @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static struct platform_device regulator_devices[] = { }, }; /* register regulator 1 device */ -platform_device_register(&wm8350_regulator_devices[0]); +platform_device_register(®ulator_devices[0]); /* register regulator 2 device */ -platform_device_register(&wm8350_regulator_devices[1]); +platform_device_register(®ulator_devices[1]); diff --git a/Documentation/power/regulator/overview.txt b/Documentation/power/regulator/overview.txt index 0cded696ca01..ffd185bb6054 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/regulator/overview.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/regulator/overview.txt @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Some terms used in this document:- o PMIC - Power Management IC. An IC that contains numerous regulators - and often contains other susbsystems. + and often contains other subsystems. o Consumer - Electronic device that is supplied power by a regulator. @@ -168,4 +168,4 @@ relevant to non SoC devices and is split into the following four interfaces:- userspace via sysfs. This could be used to help monitor device power consumption and status. - See Documentation/ABI/testing/regulator-sysfs.txt + See Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-regulator diff --git a/Documentation/power/regulator/regulator.txt b/Documentation/power/regulator/regulator.txt index 4200accb9bba..3f8b528f237e 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/regulator/regulator.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/regulator/regulator.txt @@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ Registration Drivers can register a regulator by calling :- -struct regulator_dev *regulator_register(struct device *dev, - struct regulator_desc *regulator_desc); +struct regulator_dev *regulator_register(struct regulator_desc *regulator_desc, + struct device *dev, struct regulator_init_data *init_data, + void *driver_data); This will register the regulators capabilities and operations to the regulator core. diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/esdhc.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/esdhc.txt index 3ed3797b5086..8a0040738969 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/esdhc.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/esdhc.txt @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Required properties: - interrupts : should contain eSDHC interrupt. - interrupt-parent : interrupt source phandle. - clock-frequency : specifies eSDHC base clock frequency. + - sdhci,wp-inverted : (optional) specifies that eSDHC controller + reports inverted write-protect state; - sdhci,1-bit-only : (optional) specifies that a controller can only handle 1-bit data transfers. diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/mtd-physmap.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/mtd-physmap.txt index 667c9bde8699..80152cb567d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/mtd-physmap.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/mtd-physmap.txt @@ -1,18 +1,19 @@ -CFI or JEDEC memory-mapped NOR flash +CFI or JEDEC memory-mapped NOR flash, MTD-RAM (NVRAM...) Flash chips (Memory Technology Devices) are often used for solid state file systems on embedded devices. - - compatible : should contain the specific model of flash chip(s) - used, if known, followed by either "cfi-flash" or "jedec-flash" - - reg : Address range(s) of the flash chip(s) + - compatible : should contain the specific model of mtd chip(s) + used, if known, followed by either "cfi-flash", "jedec-flash" + or "mtd-ram". + - reg : Address range(s) of the mtd chip(s) It's possible to (optionally) define multiple "reg" tuples so that - non-identical NOR chips can be described in one flash node. - - bank-width : Width (in bytes) of the flash bank. Equal to the + non-identical chips can be described in one node. + - bank-width : Width (in bytes) of the bank. Equal to the device width times the number of interleaved chips. - - device-width : (optional) Width of a single flash chip. If + - device-width : (optional) Width of a single mtd chip. If omitted, assumed to be equal to 'bank-width'. - - #address-cells, #size-cells : Must be present if the flash has + - #address-cells, #size-cells : Must be present if the device has sub-nodes representing partitions (see below). In this case both #address-cells and #size-cells must be equal to 1. @@ -22,24 +23,24 @@ are defined: - vendor-id : Contains the flash chip's vendor id (1 byte). - device-id : Contains the flash chip's device id (1 byte). -In addition to the information on the flash bank itself, the +In addition to the information on the mtd bank itself, the device tree may optionally contain additional information -describing partitions of the flash address space. This can be +describing partitions of the address space. This can be used on platforms which have strong conventions about which -portions of the flash are used for what purposes, but which don't +portions of a flash are used for what purposes, but which don't use an on-flash partition table such as RedBoot. -Each partition is represented as a sub-node of the flash device. +Each partition is represented as a sub-node of the mtd device. Each node's name represents the name of the corresponding -partition of the flash device. +partition of the mtd device. Flash partitions - - reg : The partition's offset and size within the flash bank. - - label : (optional) The label / name for this flash partition. + - reg : The partition's offset and size within the mtd bank. + - label : (optional) The label / name for this partition. If omitted, the label is taken from the node name (excluding the unit address). - read-only : (optional) This parameter, if present, is a hint to - Linux that this flash partition should only be mounted + Linux that this partition should only be mounted read-only. This is usually used for flash partitions containing early-boot firmware images or data which should not be clobbered. @@ -78,3 +79,12 @@ Here an example with multiple "reg" tuples: reg = <0 0x04000000>; }; }; + +An example using SRAM: + + sram@2,0 { + compatible = "samsung,k6f1616u6a", "mtd-ram"; + reg = <2 0 0x00200000>; + bank-width = <2>; + }; + diff --git a/Documentation/rtc.txt b/Documentation/rtc.txt index 8deffcd68cb8..9104c1062084 100644 --- a/Documentation/rtc.txt +++ b/Documentation/rtc.txt @@ -135,6 +135,30 @@ a high functionality RTC is integrated into the SOC. That system might read the system clock from the discrete RTC, but use the integrated one for all other tasks, because of its greater functionality. +SYSFS INTERFACE +--------------- + +The sysfs interface under /sys/class/rtc/rtcN provides access to various +rtc attributes without requiring the use of ioctls. All dates and times +are in the RTC's timezone, rather than in system time. + +date: RTC-provided date +hctosys: 1 if the RTC provided the system time at boot via the + CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS kernel option, 0 otherwise +max_user_freq: The maximum interrupt rate an unprivileged user may request + from this RTC. +name: The name of the RTC corresponding to this sysfs directory +since_epoch: The number of seconds since the epoch according to the RTC +time: RTC-provided time +wakealarm: The time at which the clock will generate a system wakeup + event. This is a one shot wakeup event, so must be reset + after wake if a daily wakeup is required. Format is either + seconds since the epoch or, if there's a leading +, seconds + in the future. + +IOCTL INTERFACE +--------------- + The ioctl() calls supported by /dev/rtc are also supported by the RTC class framework. However, because the chips and systems are not standardized, some PC/AT functionality might not be provided. And in the same way, some @@ -185,6 +209,8 @@ driver returns ENOIOCTLCMD. Some common examples: hardware in the irq_set_freq function. If it isn't, return -EINVAL. If you cannot actually change the frequency, do not define irq_set_freq. + * RTC_PIE_ON, RTC_PIE_OFF: the irq_set_state function will be called. + If all else fails, check out the rtc-test.c driver! diff --git a/Documentation/spi/spi-summary b/Documentation/spi/spi-summary index 4a02d2508bc8..deab51ddc33e 100644 --- a/Documentation/spi/spi-summary +++ b/Documentation/spi/spi-summary @@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ SPI protocol drivers somewhat resemble platform device drivers: .resume = CHIP_resume, }; -The driver core will autmatically attempt to bind this driver to any SPI +The driver core will automatically attempt to bind this driver to any SPI device whose board_info gave a modalias of "CHIP". Your probe() code might look like this unless you're creating a device which is managing a bus (appearing under /sys/class/spi_master). diff --git a/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c b/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c index c1a5aad3c75a..10abd3773e49 100644 --- a/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c +++ b/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static void transfer(int fd) puts(""); } -void print_usage(const char *prog) +static void print_usage(const char *prog) { printf("Usage: %s [-DsbdlHOLC3]\n", prog); puts(" -D --device device to use (default /dev/spidev1.1)\n" @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void print_usage(const char *prog) exit(1); } -void parse_opts(int argc, char *argv[]) +static void parse_opts(int argc, char *argv[]) { while (1) { static const struct option lopts[] = { diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt index 1458448436cc..62682500878a 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt @@ -96,13 +96,16 @@ handles that the Linux kernel will allocate. When you get lots of error messages about running out of file handles, you might want to increase this limit. -The three values in file-nr denote the number of allocated -file handles, the number of unused file handles and the maximum -number of file handles. When the allocated file handles come -close to the maximum, but the number of unused file handles is -significantly greater than 0, you've encountered a peak in your -usage of file handles and you don't need to increase the maximum. - +Historically, the three values in file-nr denoted the number of +allocated file handles, the number of allocated but unused file +handles, and the maximum number of file handles. Linux 2.6 always +reports 0 as the number of free file handles -- this is not an +error, it just means that the number of allocated file handles +exactly matches the number of used file handles. + +Attempts to allocate more file descriptors than file-max are +reported with printk, look for "VFS: file-max limit <number> +reached". ============================================================== nr_open: diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 3e5b63ebb821..a028b92001ed 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - callhome [ S390 only ] - auto_msgmni - core_pattern +- core_pipe_limit - core_uses_pid - ctrl-alt-del - dentry-state @@ -135,6 +136,27 @@ core_pattern is used to specify a core dumpfile pattern name. ============================================================== +core_pipe_limit: + +This sysctl is only applicable when core_pattern is configured to pipe core +files to user space helper a (when the first character of core_pattern is a '|', +see above). When collecting cores via a pipe to an application, it is +occasionally usefull for the collecting application to gather data about the +crashing process from its /proc/pid directory. In order to do this safely, the +kernel must wait for the collecting process to exit, so as not to remove the +crashing processes proc files prematurely. This in turn creates the possibility +that a misbehaving userspace collecting process can block the reaping of a +crashed process simply by never exiting. This sysctl defends against that. It +defines how many concurrent crashing processes may be piped to user space +applications in parallel. If this value is exceeded, then those crashing +processes above that value are noted via the kernel log and their cores are +skipped. 0 is a special value, indicating that unlimited processes may be +captured in parallel, but that no waiting will take place (i.e. the collecting +process is not guaranteed access to /proc/<crahing pid>/). This value defaults +to 0. + +============================================================== + core_uses_pid: The default coredump filename is "core". By setting @@ -313,6 +335,14 @@ send before ratelimiting kicks in. ============================================================== +printk_delay: + +Delay each printk message in printk_delay milliseconds + +Value from 0 - 10000 is allowed. + +============================================================== + randomize-va-space: This option can be used to select the type of process address diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index e6fb1ec2744b..a6e360d2055c 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm: - legacy_va_layout - lowmem_reserve_ratio - max_map_count +- memory_failure_early_kill +- memory_failure_recovery - min_free_kbytes - min_slab_ratio - min_unmapped_ratio @@ -53,7 +55,6 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm: - vfs_cache_pressure - zone_reclaim_mode - ============================================================== block_dump @@ -275,6 +276,44 @@ e.g., up to one or two maps per allocation. The default value is 65536. +============================================================= + +memory_failure_early_kill: + +Control how to kill processes when uncorrected memory error (typically +a 2bit error in a memory module) is detected in the background by hardware +that cannot be handled by the kernel. In some cases (like the page +still having a valid copy on disk) the kernel will handle the failure +transparently without affecting any applications. But if there is +no other uptodate copy of the data it will kill to prevent any data +corruptions from propagating. + +1: Kill all processes that have the corrupted and not reloadable page mapped +as soon as the corruption is detected. Note this is not supported +for a few types of pages, like kernel internally allocated data or +the swap cache, but works for the majority of user pages. + +0: Only unmap the corrupted page from all processes and only kill a process +who tries to access it. + +The kill is done using a catchable SIGBUS with BUS_MCEERR_AO, so processes can +handle this if they want to. + +This is only active on architectures/platforms with advanced machine +check handling and depends on the hardware capabilities. + +Applications can override this setting individually with the PR_MCE_KILL prctl + +============================================================== + +memory_failure_recovery + +Enable memory failure recovery (when supported by the platform) + +1: Attempt recovery. + +0: Always panic on a memory failure. + ============================================================== min_free_kbytes: diff --git a/Documentation/usb/authorization.txt b/Documentation/usb/authorization.txt index 381b22ee7834..c069b6884c77 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/authorization.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/authorization.txt @@ -16,20 +16,20 @@ Usage: Authorize a device to connect: -$ echo 1 > /sys/usb/devices/DEVICE/authorized +$ echo 1 > /sys/bus/usb/devices/DEVICE/authorized Deauthorize a device: -$ echo 0 > /sys/usb/devices/DEVICE/authorized +$ echo 0 > /sys/bus/usb/devices/DEVICE/authorized Set new devices connected to hostX to be deauthorized by default (ie: lock down): -$ echo 0 > /sys/bus/devices/usbX/authorized_default +$ echo 0 > /sys/bus/usb/devices/usbX/authorized_default Remove the lock down: -$ echo 1 > /sys/bus/devices/usbX/authorized_default +$ echo 1 > /sys/bus/usb/devices/usbX/authorized_default By default, Wired USB devices are authorized by default to connect. Wireless USB hosts deauthorize by default all new connected @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ USB port): boot up rc.local -> - for host in /sys/bus/devices/usb* + for host in /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb* do echo 0 > $host/authorized_default done diff --git a/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt b/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt index 6c3c625b7f30..66f92d1194c1 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if usbmon is built into the kernel. Verify that bus sockets are present. -# ls /sys/kernel/debug/usbmon +# ls /sys/kernel/debug/usb/usbmon 0s 0u 1s 1t 1u 2s 2t 2u 3s 3t 3u 4s 4t 4u # @@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ Bus=03 means it's bus 3. 3. Start 'cat' -# cat /sys/kernel/debug/usbmon/3u > /tmp/1.mon.out +# cat /sys/kernel/debug/usb/usbmon/3u > /tmp/1.mon.out to listen on a single bus, otherwise, to listen on all buses, type: -# cat /sys/kernel/debug/usbmon/0u > /tmp/1.mon.out +# cat /sys/kernel/debug/usb/usbmon/0u > /tmp/1.mon.out This process will be reading until killed. Naturally, the output can be redirected to a desirable location. This is preferred, because it is going @@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ Before the call, hdr, data, and alloc should be filled. Upon return, the area pointed by hdr contains the next event structure, and the data buffer contains the data, if any. The event is removed from the kernel buffer. -The MON_IOCX_GET copies 48 bytes, MON_IOCX_GETX copies 64 bytes. +The MON_IOCX_GET copies 48 bytes to hdr area, MON_IOCX_GETX copies 64 bytes. MON_IOCX_MFETCH, defined as _IOWR(MON_IOC_MAGIC, 7, struct mon_mfetch_arg) diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/v4lgrab.c b/Documentation/video4linux/v4lgrab.c index 05769cff1009..c8ded175796e 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/v4lgrab.c +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/v4lgrab.c @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ } \ } -int get_brightness_adj(unsigned char *image, long size, int *brightness) { +static int get_brightness_adj(unsigned char *image, long size, int *brightness) { long i, tot = 0; for (i=0;i<size*3;i++) tot += image[i]; diff --git a/Documentation/vm/.gitignore b/Documentation/vm/.gitignore index 33e8a023df02..09b164a5700f 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/.gitignore +++ b/Documentation/vm/.gitignore @@ -1 +1,2 @@ +page-types slabinfo diff --git a/Documentation/vm/page-types.c b/Documentation/vm/page-types.c index 0833f44ba16b..fa1a30d9e9d5 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/page-types.c +++ b/Documentation/vm/page-types.c @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ * Copyright (C) 2009 Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> */ +#define _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> @@ -13,12 +14,33 @@ #include <string.h> #include <getopt.h> #include <limits.h> +#include <assert.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/errno.h> #include <sys/fcntl.h> /* + * pagemap kernel ABI bits + */ + +#define PM_ENTRY_BYTES sizeof(uint64_t) +#define PM_STATUS_BITS 3 +#define PM_STATUS_OFFSET (64 - PM_STATUS_BITS) +#define PM_STATUS_MASK (((1LL << PM_STATUS_BITS) - 1) << PM_STATUS_OFFSET) +#define PM_STATUS(nr) (((nr) << PM_STATUS_OFFSET) & PM_STATUS_MASK) +#define PM_PSHIFT_BITS 6 +#define PM_PSHIFT_OFFSET (PM_STATUS_OFFSET - PM_PSHIFT_BITS) +#define PM_PSHIFT_MASK (((1LL << PM_PSHIFT_BITS) - 1) << PM_PSHIFT_OFFSET) +#define PM_PSHIFT(x) (((u64) (x) << PM_PSHIFT_OFFSET) & PM_PSHIFT_MASK) +#define PM_PFRAME_MASK ((1LL << PM_PSHIFT_OFFSET) - 1) +#define PM_PFRAME(x) ((x) & PM_PFRAME_MASK) + +#define PM_PRESENT PM_STATUS(4LL) +#define PM_SWAP PM_STATUS(2LL) + + +/* * kernel page flags */ @@ -126,6 +148,14 @@ static int nr_addr_ranges; static unsigned long opt_offset[MAX_ADDR_RANGES]; static unsigned long opt_size[MAX_ADDR_RANGES]; +#define MAX_VMAS 10240 +static int nr_vmas; +static unsigned long pg_start[MAX_VMAS]; +static unsigned long pg_end[MAX_VMAS]; +static unsigned long voffset; + +static int pagemap_fd; + #define MAX_BIT_FILTERS 64 static int nr_bit_filters; static uint64_t opt_mask[MAX_BIT_FILTERS]; @@ -135,7 +165,6 @@ static int page_size; #define PAGES_BATCH (64 << 10) /* 64k pages */ static int kpageflags_fd; -static uint64_t kpageflags_buf[KPF_BYTES * PAGES_BATCH]; #define HASH_SHIFT 13 #define HASH_SIZE (1 << HASH_SHIFT) @@ -158,12 +187,17 @@ static uint64_t page_flags[HASH_SIZE]; type __min2 = (y); \ __min1 < __min2 ? __min1 : __min2; }) -unsigned long pages2mb(unsigned long pages) +#define max_t(type, x, y) ({ \ + type __max1 = (x); \ + type __max2 = (y); \ + __max1 > __max2 ? __max1 : __max2; }) + +static unsigned long pages2mb(unsigned long pages) { return (pages * page_size) >> 20; } -void fatal(const char *x, ...) +static void fatal(const char *x, ...) { va_list ap; @@ -178,7 +212,7 @@ void fatal(const char *x, ...) * page flag names */ -char *page_flag_name(uint64_t flags) +static char *page_flag_name(uint64_t flags) { static char buf[65]; int present; @@ -197,7 +231,7 @@ char *page_flag_name(uint64_t flags) return buf; } -char *page_flag_longname(uint64_t flags) +static char *page_flag_longname(uint64_t flags) { static char buf[1024]; int i, n; @@ -221,32 +255,40 @@ char *page_flag_longname(uint64_t flags) * page list and summary */ -void show_page_range(unsigned long offset, uint64_t flags) +static void show_page_range(unsigned long offset, uint64_t flags) { static uint64_t flags0; + static unsigned long voff; static unsigned long index; static unsigned long count; - if (flags == flags0 && offset == index + count) { + if (flags == flags0 && offset == index + count && + (!opt_pid || voffset == voff + count)) { count++; return; } - if (count) - printf("%lu\t%lu\t%s\n", + if (count) { + if (opt_pid) + printf("%lx\t", voff); + printf("%lx\t%lx\t%s\n", index, count, page_flag_name(flags0)); + } flags0 = flags; index = offset; + voff = voffset; count = 1; } -void show_page(unsigned long offset, uint64_t flags) +static void show_page(unsigned long offset, uint64_t flags) { - printf("%lu\t%s\n", offset, page_flag_name(flags)); + if (opt_pid) + printf("%lx\t", voffset); + printf("%lx\t%s\n", offset, page_flag_name(flags)); } -void show_summary(void) +static void show_summary(void) { int i; @@ -272,7 +314,7 @@ void show_summary(void) * page flag filters */ -int bit_mask_ok(uint64_t flags) +static int bit_mask_ok(uint64_t flags) { int i; @@ -289,7 +331,7 @@ int bit_mask_ok(uint64_t flags) return 1; } -uint64_t expand_overloaded_flags(uint64_t flags) +static uint64_t expand_overloaded_flags(uint64_t flags) { /* SLOB/SLUB overload several page flags */ if (flags & BIT(SLAB)) { @@ -308,7 +350,7 @@ uint64_t expand_overloaded_flags(uint64_t flags) return flags; } -uint64_t well_known_flags(uint64_t flags) +static uint64_t well_known_flags(uint64_t flags) { /* hide flags intended only for kernel hacker */ flags &= ~KPF_HACKERS_BITS; @@ -325,7 +367,7 @@ uint64_t well_known_flags(uint64_t flags) * page frame walker */ -int hash_slot(uint64_t flags) +static int hash_slot(uint64_t flags) { int k = HASH_KEY(flags); int i; @@ -352,7 +394,7 @@ int hash_slot(uint64_t flags) exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } -void add_page(unsigned long offset, uint64_t flags) +static void add_page(unsigned long offset, uint64_t flags) { flags = expand_overloaded_flags(flags); @@ -371,7 +413,7 @@ void add_page(unsigned long offset, uint64_t flags) total_pages++; } -void walk_pfn(unsigned long index, unsigned long count) +static void walk_pfn(unsigned long index, unsigned long count) { unsigned long batch; unsigned long n; @@ -383,6 +425,8 @@ void walk_pfn(unsigned long index, unsigned long count) lseek(kpageflags_fd, index * KPF_BYTES, SEEK_SET); while (count) { + uint64_t kpageflags_buf[KPF_BYTES * PAGES_BATCH]; + batch = min_t(unsigned long, count, PAGES_BATCH); n = read(kpageflags_fd, kpageflags_buf, batch * KPF_BYTES); if (n == 0) @@ -404,7 +448,82 @@ void walk_pfn(unsigned long index, unsigned long count) } } -void walk_addr_ranges(void) + +#define PAGEMAP_BATCH 4096 +static unsigned long task_pfn(unsigned long pgoff) +{ + static uint64_t buf[PAGEMAP_BATCH]; + static unsigned long start; + static long count; + uint64_t pfn; + + if (pgoff < start || pgoff >= start + count) { + if (lseek64(pagemap_fd, + (uint64_t)pgoff * PM_ENTRY_BYTES, + SEEK_SET) < 0) { + perror("pagemap seek"); + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); + } + count = read(pagemap_fd, buf, sizeof(buf)); + if (count == 0) + return 0; + if (count < 0) { + perror("pagemap read"); + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); + } + if (count % PM_ENTRY_BYTES) { + fatal("pagemap read not aligned.\n"); + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); + } + count /= PM_ENTRY_BYTES; + start = pgoff; + } + + pfn = buf[pgoff - start]; + if (pfn & PM_PRESENT) + pfn = PM_PFRAME(pfn); + else + pfn = 0; + + return pfn; +} + +static void walk_task(unsigned long index, unsigned long count) +{ + int i = 0; + const unsigned long end = index + count; + + while (index < end) { + + while (pg_end[i] <= index) + if (++i >= nr_vmas) + return; + if (pg_start[i] >= end) + return; + + voffset = max_t(unsigned long, pg_start[i], index); + index = min_t(unsigned long, pg_end[i], end); + + assert(voffset < index); + for (; voffset < index; voffset++) { + unsigned long pfn = task_pfn(voffset); + if (pfn) + walk_pfn(pfn, 1); + } + } +} + +static void add_addr_range(unsigned long offset, unsigned long size) +{ + if (nr_addr_ranges >= MAX_ADDR_RANGES) + fatal("too many addr ranges\n"); + + opt_offset[nr_addr_ranges] = offset; + opt_size[nr_addr_ranges] = min_t(unsigned long, size, ULONG_MAX-offset); + nr_addr_ranges++; +} + +static void walk_addr_ranges(void) { int i; @@ -415,10 +534,13 @@ void walk_addr_ranges(void) } if (!nr_addr_ranges) - walk_pfn(0, ULONG_MAX); + add_addr_range(0, ULONG_MAX); for (i = 0; i < nr_addr_ranges; i++) - walk_pfn(opt_offset[i], opt_size[i]); + if (!opt_pid) + walk_pfn(opt_offset[i], opt_size[i]); + else + walk_task(opt_offset[i], opt_size[i]); close(kpageflags_fd); } @@ -428,7 +550,7 @@ void walk_addr_ranges(void) * user interface */ -const char *page_flag_type(uint64_t flag) +static const char *page_flag_type(uint64_t flag) { if (flag & KPF_HACKERS_BITS) return "(r)"; @@ -437,7 +559,7 @@ const char *page_flag_type(uint64_t flag) return " "; } -void usage(void) +static void usage(void) { int i, j; @@ -446,8 +568,8 @@ void usage(void) " -r|--raw Raw mode, for kernel developers\n" " -a|--addr addr-spec Walk a range of pages\n" " -b|--bits bits-spec Walk pages with specified bits\n" -#if 0 /* planned features */ " -p|--pid pid Walk process address space\n" +#if 0 /* planned features */ " -f|--file filename Walk file address space\n" #endif " -l|--list Show page details in ranges\n" @@ -459,7 +581,7 @@ void usage(void) " N+M pages range from N to N+M-1\n" " N,M pages range from N to M-1\n" " N, pages range from N to end\n" -" ,M pages range from 0 to M\n" +" ,M pages range from 0 to M-1\n" "bits-spec:\n" " bit1,bit2 (flags & (bit1|bit2)) != 0\n" " bit1,bit2=bit1 (flags & (bit1|bit2)) == bit1\n" @@ -482,7 +604,7 @@ void usage(void) "(r) raw mode bits (o) overloaded bits\n"); } -unsigned long long parse_number(const char *str) +static unsigned long long parse_number(const char *str) { unsigned long long n; @@ -494,26 +616,62 @@ unsigned long long parse_number(const char *str) return n; } -void parse_pid(const char *str) +static void parse_pid(const char *str) { + FILE *file; + char buf[5000]; + opt_pid = parse_number(str); -} -void parse_file(const char *name) -{ + sprintf(buf, "/proc/%d/pagemap", opt_pid); + pagemap_fd = open(buf, O_RDONLY); + if (pagemap_fd < 0) { + perror(buf); + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); + } + + sprintf(buf, "/proc/%d/maps", opt_pid); + file = fopen(buf, "r"); + if (!file) { + perror(buf); + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); + } + + while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), file) != NULL) { + unsigned long vm_start; + unsigned long vm_end; + unsigned long long pgoff; + int major, minor; + char r, w, x, s; + unsigned long ino; + int n; + + n = sscanf(buf, "%lx-%lx %c%c%c%c %llx %x:%x %lu", + &vm_start, + &vm_end, + &r, &w, &x, &s, + &pgoff, + &major, &minor, + &ino); + if (n < 10) { + fprintf(stderr, "unexpected line: %s\n", buf); + continue; + } + pg_start[nr_vmas] = vm_start / page_size; + pg_end[nr_vmas] = vm_end / page_size; + if (++nr_vmas >= MAX_VMAS) { + fprintf(stderr, "too many VMAs\n"); + break; + } + } + fclose(file); } -void add_addr_range(unsigned long offset, unsigned long size) +static void parse_file(const char *name) { - if (nr_addr_ranges >= MAX_ADDR_RANGES) - fatal("too much addr ranges\n"); - - opt_offset[nr_addr_ranges] = offset; - opt_size[nr_addr_ranges] = size; - nr_addr_ranges++; } -void parse_addr_range(const char *optarg) +static void parse_addr_range(const char *optarg) { unsigned long offset; unsigned long size; @@ -547,7 +705,7 @@ void parse_addr_range(const char *optarg) add_addr_range(offset, size); } -void add_bits_filter(uint64_t mask, uint64_t bits) +static void add_bits_filter(uint64_t mask, uint64_t bits) { if (nr_bit_filters >= MAX_BIT_FILTERS) fatal("too much bit filters\n"); @@ -557,7 +715,7 @@ void add_bits_filter(uint64_t mask, uint64_t bits) nr_bit_filters++; } -uint64_t parse_flag_name(const char *str, int len) +static uint64_t parse_flag_name(const char *str, int len) { int i; @@ -577,7 +735,7 @@ uint64_t parse_flag_name(const char *str, int len) return parse_number(str); } -uint64_t parse_flag_names(const char *str, int all) +static uint64_t parse_flag_names(const char *str, int all) { const char *p = str; uint64_t flags = 0; @@ -596,7 +754,7 @@ uint64_t parse_flag_names(const char *str, int all) return flags; } -void parse_bits_mask(const char *optarg) +static void parse_bits_mask(const char *optarg) { uint64_t mask; uint64_t bits; @@ -621,7 +779,7 @@ void parse_bits_mask(const char *optarg) } -struct option opts[] = { +static struct option opts[] = { { "raw" , 0, NULL, 'r' }, { "pid" , 1, NULL, 'p' }, { "file" , 1, NULL, 'f' }, @@ -676,8 +834,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) } } + if (opt_list && opt_pid) + printf("voffset\t"); if (opt_list == 1) - printf("offset\tcount\tflags\n"); + printf("offset\tlen\tflags\n"); if (opt_list == 2) printf("offset\tflags\n"); diff --git a/Documentation/vm/slabinfo.c b/Documentation/vm/slabinfo.c index df3227605d59..92e729f4b676 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/slabinfo.c +++ b/Documentation/vm/slabinfo.c @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ int page_size; regex_t pattern; -void fatal(const char *x, ...) +static void fatal(const char *x, ...) { va_list ap; @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ void fatal(const char *x, ...) exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } -void usage(void) +static void usage(void) { printf("slabinfo 5/7/2007. (c) 2007 sgi.\n\n" "slabinfo [-ahnpvtsz] [-d debugopts] [slab-regexp]\n" @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ void usage(void) ); } -unsigned long read_obj(const char *name) +static unsigned long read_obj(const char *name) { FILE *f = fopen(name, "r"); @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ unsigned long read_obj(const char *name) /* * Get the contents of an attribute */ -unsigned long get_obj(const char *name) +static unsigned long get_obj(const char *name) { if (!read_obj(name)) return 0; @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ unsigned long get_obj(const char *name) return atol(buffer); } -unsigned long get_obj_and_str(const char *name, char **x) +static unsigned long get_obj_and_str(const char *name, char **x) { unsigned long result = 0; char *p; @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ unsigned long get_obj_and_str(const char *name, char **x) return result; } -void set_obj(struct slabinfo *s, const char *name, int n) +static void set_obj(struct slabinfo *s, const char *name, int n) { char x[100]; FILE *f; @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ void set_obj(struct slabinfo *s, const char *name, int n) fclose(f); } -unsigned long read_slab_obj(struct slabinfo *s, const char *name) +static unsigned long read_slab_obj(struct slabinfo *s, const char *name) { char x[100]; FILE *f; @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ unsigned long read_slab_obj(struct slabinfo *s, const char *name) /* * Put a size string together */ -int store_size(char *buffer, unsigned long value) +static int store_size(char *buffer, unsigned long value) { unsigned long divisor = 1; char trailer = 0; @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ int store_size(char *buffer, unsigned long value) return n; } -void decode_numa_list(int *numa, char *t) +static void decode_numa_list(int *numa, char *t) { int node; int nr; @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ void decode_numa_list(int *numa, char *t) } } -void slab_validate(struct slabinfo *s) +static void slab_validate(struct slabinfo *s) { if (strcmp(s->name, "*") == 0) return; @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ void slab_validate(struct slabinfo *s) set_obj(s, "validate", 1); } -void slab_shrink(struct slabinfo *s) +static void slab_shrink(struct slabinfo *s) { if (strcmp(s->name, "*") == 0) return; @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ void slab_shrink(struct slabinfo *s) int line = 0; -void first_line(void) +static void first_line(void) { if (show_activity) printf("Name Objects Alloc Free %%Fast Fallb O\n"); @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ void first_line(void) /* * Find the shortest alias of a slab */ -struct aliasinfo *find_one_alias(struct slabinfo *find) +static struct aliasinfo *find_one_alias(struct slabinfo *find) { struct aliasinfo *a; struct aliasinfo *best = NULL; @@ -318,18 +318,18 @@ struct aliasinfo *find_one_alias(struct slabinfo *find) return best; } -unsigned long slab_size(struct slabinfo *s) +static unsigned long slab_size(struct slabinfo *s) { return s->slabs * (page_size << s->order); } -unsigned long slab_activity(struct slabinfo *s) +static unsigned long slab_activity(struct slabinfo *s) { return s->alloc_fastpath + s->free_fastpath + s->alloc_slowpath + s->free_slowpath; } -void slab_numa(struct slabinfo *s, int mode) +static void slab_numa(struct slabinfo *s, int mode) { int node; @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ void slab_numa(struct slabinfo *s, int mode) line++; } -void show_tracking(struct slabinfo *s) +static void show_tracking(struct slabinfo *s) { printf("\n%s: Kernel object allocation\n", s->name); printf("-----------------------------------------------------------------------\n"); @@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ void show_tracking(struct slabinfo *s) } -void ops(struct slabinfo *s) +static void ops(struct slabinfo *s) { if (strcmp(s->name, "*") == 0) return; @@ -405,14 +405,14 @@ void ops(struct slabinfo *s) printf("\n%s has no kmem_cache operations\n", s->name); } -const char *onoff(int x) +static const char *onoff(int x) { if (x) return "On "; return "Off"; } -void slab_stats(struct slabinfo *s) +static void slab_stats(struct slabinfo *s) { unsigned long total_alloc; unsigned long total_free; @@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ void slab_stats(struct slabinfo *s) s->deactivate_to_tail, (s->deactivate_to_tail * 100) / total); } -void report(struct slabinfo *s) +static void report(struct slabinfo *s) { if (strcmp(s->name, "*") == 0) return; @@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ void report(struct slabinfo *s) slab_stats(s); } -void slabcache(struct slabinfo *s) +static void slabcache(struct slabinfo *s) { char size_str[20]; char dist_str[40]; @@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ void slabcache(struct slabinfo *s) /* * Analyze debug options. Return false if something is amiss. */ -int debug_opt_scan(char *opt) +static int debug_opt_scan(char *opt) { if (!opt || !opt[0] || strcmp(opt, "-") == 0) return 1; @@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ int debug_opt_scan(char *opt) return 1; } -int slab_empty(struct slabinfo *s) +static int slab_empty(struct slabinfo *s) { if (s->objects > 0) return 0; @@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ int slab_empty(struct slabinfo *s) return 1; } -void slab_debug(struct slabinfo *s) +static void slab_debug(struct slabinfo *s) { if (strcmp(s->name, "*") == 0) return; @@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ void slab_debug(struct slabinfo *s) set_obj(s, "trace", 1); } -void totals(void) +static void totals(void) { struct slabinfo *s; @@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ void totals(void) b1, b2, b3); } -void sort_slabs(void) +static void sort_slabs(void) { struct slabinfo *s1,*s2; @@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ void sort_slabs(void) } } -void sort_aliases(void) +static void sort_aliases(void) { struct aliasinfo *a1,*a2; @@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ void sort_aliases(void) } } -void link_slabs(void) +static void link_slabs(void) { struct aliasinfo *a; struct slabinfo *s; @@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ void link_slabs(void) } } -void alias(void) +static void alias(void) { struct aliasinfo *a; char *active = NULL; @@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ void alias(void) } -void rename_slabs(void) +static void rename_slabs(void) { struct slabinfo *s; struct aliasinfo *a; @@ -1102,12 +1102,12 @@ void rename_slabs(void) } } -int slab_mismatch(char *slab) +static int slab_mismatch(char *slab) { return regexec(&pattern, slab, 0, NULL, 0); } -void read_slab_dir(void) +static void read_slab_dir(void) { DIR *dir; struct dirent *de; @@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ void read_slab_dir(void) fatal("Too many aliases\n"); } -void output_slabs(void) +static void output_slabs(void) { struct slabinfo *slab; diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-test.c b/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-test.c index 65f6c19cb865..a750532ffcf8 100644 --- a/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-test.c +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-test.c @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ int fd; * the PC Watchdog card to reset its internal timer so it doesn't trigger * a computer reset. */ -void keep_alive(void) +static void keep_alive(void) { int dummy; diff --git a/Documentation/x86/earlyprintk.txt b/Documentation/x86/earlyprintk.txt index 607b1a016064..f19802c0f485 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/earlyprintk.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/earlyprintk.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ and two USB cables, connected like this: [host/target] <-------> [USB debug key] <-------> [client/console] -1. There are three specific hardware requirements: +1. There are a number of specific hardware requirements: a.) Host/target system needs to have USB debug port capability. @@ -42,7 +42,35 @@ and two USB cables, connected like this: This is a small blue plastic connector with two USB connections, it draws power from its USB connections. - c.) Thirdly, you need a second client/console system with a regular USB port. + c.) You need a second client/console system with a high speed USB 2.0 + port. + + d.) The Netchip device must be plugged directly into the physical + debug port on the "host/target" system. You cannot use a USB hub in + between the physical debug port and the "host/target" system. + + The EHCI debug controller is bound to a specific physical USB + port and the Netchip device will only work as an early printk + device in this port. The EHCI host controllers are electrically + wired such that the EHCI debug controller is hooked up to the + first physical and there is no way to change this via software. + You can find the physical port through experimentation by trying + each physical port on the system and rebooting. Or you can try + and use lsusb or look at the kernel info messages emitted by the + usb stack when you plug a usb device into various ports on the + "host/target" system. + + Some hardware vendors do not expose the usb debug port with a + physical connector and if you find such a device send a complaint + to the hardware vendor, because there is no reason not to wire + this port into one of the physically accessible ports. + + e.) It is also important to note, that many versions of the Netchip + device require the "client/console" system to be plugged into the + right and side of the device (with the product logo facing up and + readable left to right). The reason being is that the 5 volt + power supply is taken from only one side of the device and it + must be the side that does not get rebooted. 2. Software requirements: @@ -56,6 +84,13 @@ and two USB cables, connected like this: (If you are using Grub, append it to the 'kernel' line in /etc/grub.conf) + On systems with more than one EHCI debug controller you must + specify the correct EHCI debug controller number. The ordering + comes from the PCI bus enumeration of the EHCI controllers. The + default with no number argument is "0" the first EHCI debug + controller. To use the second EHCI debug controller, you would + use the command line: "earlyprintk=dbgp1" + NOTE: normally earlyprintk console gets turned off once the regular console is alive - use "earlyprintk=dbgp,keep" to keep this channel open beyond early bootup. This can be useful for |
