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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cciss.txt | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/i386/boot.txt | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 12 |
7 files changed, 36 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 2cd7f02ffd0b..d42ab4c9e893 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ then you just add a line saying Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@developer.example.org> +using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.) + Some people also put extra tags at the end. They'll just be ignored for now, but you can do this to mark internal company procedures or just point out some special detail about the sign-off. diff --git a/Documentation/cciss.txt b/Documentation/cciss.txt index 15378422fc46..9c629ffa0e58 100644 --- a/Documentation/cciss.txt +++ b/Documentation/cciss.txt @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ This driver is known to work with the following cards: * SA P400i * SA E200 * SA E200i + * SA E500 If nodes are not already created in the /dev/cciss directory, run as root: diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index d1cd5f93e028..552507fe9a7e 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -281,3 +281,16 @@ Why: The deferred output hooks are a layering violation causing unusual Who: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> --------------------------- + +What: frame diverter +When: November 2006 +Why: The frame diverter is included in most distribution kernels, but is + broken. It does not correctly handle many things: + - IPV6 + - non-linear skb's + - network device RCU on removal + - input frames not correctly checked for protocol errors + It also adds allocation overhead even if not enabled. + It is not clear if anyone is still using it. +Who: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> + diff --git a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt index 10312bebe55d..c51314b1a463 100644 --- a/Documentation/i386/boot.txt +++ b/Documentation/i386/boot.txt @@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ filled out, however: 5 ELILO 7 GRuB 8 U-BOOT + 9 Xen Please contact <hpa@zytor.com> if you need a bootloader ID value assigned. diff --git a/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt b/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt index df28c7416781..c04a421f4a7c 100644 --- a/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt +++ b/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt @@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ Offset Type Description 2 for bootsect-loader 3 for SYSLINUX 4 for ETHERBOOT + 5 for ELILO + 7 for GRuB + 8 for U-BOOT + 9 for Xen V = version 0x211 char loadflags: bit0 = 1: kernel is loaded high (bzImage) diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 7947cede8712..87a17337c7f6 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -697,6 +697,12 @@ running once the system is up. ips= [HW,SCSI] Adaptec / IBM ServeRAID controller See header of drivers/scsi/ips.c. + ports= [IP_VS_FTP] IPVS ftp helper module + Default is 21. + Up to 8 (IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) ports + may be specified. + Format: <port>,<port>.... + irqfixup [HW] When an interrupt is not handled search all handlers for it. Intended to get systems with badly broken diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index 3e0c017e7877..90ed78110fd4 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -102,9 +102,15 @@ inet_peer_gc_maxtime - INTEGER TCP variables: tcp_abc - INTEGER - Controls Appropriate Byte Count defined in RFC3465. If set to - 0 then does congestion avoid once per ack. 1 is conservative - value, and 2 is more agressive. + Controls Appropriate Byte Count (ABC) defined in RFC3465. + ABC is a way of increasing congestion window (cwnd) more slowly + in response to partial acknowledgments. + Possible values are: + 0 increase cwnd once per acknowledgment (no ABC) + 1 increase cwnd once per acknowledgment of full sized segment + 2 allow increase cwnd by two if acknowledgment is + of two segments to compensate for delayed acknowledgments. + Default: 0 (off) tcp_syn_retries - INTEGER Number of times initial SYNs for an active TCP connection attempt |
