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-rw-r--r--Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio_keys.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/fsl-mma8450.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/frv/booting.txt13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt14
9 files changed, 56 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt b/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt
index dfab71848dc8..5cc699ba5453 100644
--- a/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt
+++ b/Documentation/acpi/apei/einj.txt
@@ -48,12 +48,19 @@ directory apei/einj. The following files are provided.
- param1
This file is used to set the first error parameter value. Effect of
parameter depends on error_type specified. For memory error, this is
- physical memory address.
+ physical memory address. Only available if param_extension module
+ parameter is specified.
- param2
This file is used to set the second error parameter value. Effect of
parameter depends on error_type specified. For memory error, this is
- physical memory address mask.
+ physical memory address mask. Only available if param_extension
+ module parameter is specified.
+
+Injecting parameter support is a BIOS version specific extension, that
+is, it only works on some BIOS version. If you want to use it, please
+make sure your BIOS version has the proper support and specify
+"param_extension=y" in module parameter.
For more information about EINJ, please refer to ACPI specification
version 4.0, section 17.5.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio_keys.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio_keys.txt
index 7190c99d7611..5c2c02140a62 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio_keys.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio_keys.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Optional properties:
Each button (key) is represented as a sub-node of "gpio-keys":
Subnode properties:
- - gpios: OF devcie-tree gpio specificatin.
+ - gpios: OF device-tree gpio specification.
- label: Descriptive name of the key.
- linux,code: Keycode to emit.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/fsl-mma8450.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/fsl-mma8450.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a00c94ccbdee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/fsl-mma8450.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+* Freescale MMA8450 3-Axis Accelerometer
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible : "fsl,mma8450".
+
+Example:
+
+accelerometer: mma8450@1c {
+ compatible = "fsl,mma8450";
+ reg = <0x1c>;
+};
diff --git a/Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.txt b/Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.txt
index 7be15e44d481..82a5d250d75e 100644
--- a/Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.txt
@@ -143,8 +143,7 @@ o provide a way to configure fault attributes
failslab, fail_page_alloc, and fail_make_request use this way.
Helper functions:
- init_fault_attr_dentries(entries, attr, name);
- void cleanup_fault_attr_dentries(entries);
+ fault_create_debugfs_attr(name, parent, attr);
- module parameters
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index ea0bace0124a..43f48098220d 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -296,15 +296,6 @@ Who: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran@scalex86.org>
---------------------------
-What: CONFIG_THERMAL_HWMON
-When: January 2009
-Why: This option was introduced just to allow older lm-sensors userspace
- to keep working over the upgrade to 2.6.26. At the scheduled time of
- removal fixed lm-sensors (2.x or 3.x) should be readily available.
-Who: Rene Herman <rene.herman@gmail.com>
-
----------------------------
-
What: Code that is now under CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS
(in net/core/net-sysfs.c)
When: After the only user (hal) has seen a release with the patches
diff --git a/Documentation/frv/booting.txt b/Documentation/frv/booting.txt
index ace200b7c214..37c4d84a0e57 100644
--- a/Documentation/frv/booting.txt
+++ b/Documentation/frv/booting.txt
@@ -106,13 +106,20 @@ separated by spaces:
To use the first on-chip serial port at baud rate 115200, no parity, 8
bits, and no flow control.
- (*) root=/dev/<xxxx>
+ (*) root=<xxxx>
- This specifies the device upon which the root filesystem resides. For
- example:
+ This specifies the device upon which the root filesystem resides. It
+ may be specified by major and minor number, device path, or even
+ partition uuid, if supported. For example:
/dev/nfs NFS root filesystem
/dev/mtdblock3 Fourth RedBoot partition on the System Flash
+ PARTUUID=00112233-4455-6677-8899-AABBCCDDEEFF/PARTNROFF=1
+ first partition after the partition with the given UUID
+ 253:0 Device with major 253 and minor 0
+
+ Authoritative information can be found in
+ "Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt".
(*) rw
diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt
index 72ba8d51dbc1..845a191004b1 100644
--- a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ Code Seq#(hex) Include File Comments
<mailto:buk@buks.ipn.de>
0xA0 all linux/sdp/sdp.h Industrial Device Project
<mailto:kenji@bitgate.com>
+0xA2 00-0F arch/tile/include/asm/hardwall.h
0xA3 80-8F Port ACL in development:
<mailto:tlewis@mindspring.com>
0xA3 90-9F linux/dtlk.h
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 26a83743af19..e279b7242912 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
See also Documentation/power/pm.txt, pci=noacpi
+ acpi_rsdp= [ACPI,EFI,KEXEC]
+ Pass the RSDP address to the kernel, mostly used
+ on machines running EFI runtime service to boot the
+ second kernel for kdump.
+
acpi_apic_instance= [ACPI, IOAPIC]
Format: <int>
2: use 2nd APIC table, if available
@@ -546,6 +551,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
/proc/<pid>/coredump_filter.
See also Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt.
+ cpuidle.off=1 [CPU_IDLE]
+ disable the cpuidle sub-system
+
cpcihp_generic= [HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
Format:
<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
@@ -2240,6 +2248,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
ro [KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
root= [KNL] Root filesystem
+ See name_to_dev_t comment in init/do_mounts.c.
rootdelay= [KNL] Delay (in seconds) to pause before attempting to
mount the root filesystem
diff --git a/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt b/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt
index c93bed66e25d..97d45f276fe6 100644
--- a/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt
@@ -129,6 +129,20 @@ decimal 11 is the major of SCSI CD-ROMs, and the minor 0 stands for
the first of these. You can find out all valid major numbers by
looking into include/linux/major.h.
+In addition to major and minor numbers, if the device containing your
+root partition uses a partition table format with unique partition
+identifiers, then you may use them. For instance,
+"root=PARTUUID=00112233-4455-6677-8899-AABBCCDDEEFF". It is also
+possible to reference another partition on the same device using a
+known partition UUID as the starting point. For example,
+if partition 5 of the device has the UUID of
+00112233-4455-6677-8899-AABBCCDDEEFF then partition 3 may be found as
+follows:
+ PARTUUID=00112233-4455-6677-8899-AABBCCDDEEFF/PARTNROFF=-2
+
+Authoritative information can be found in
+"Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt".
+
2.2) ro, rw
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