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diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index c379a2a6949f..aa0c1e63f050 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ own source tree. For example: "dontdiff" is a list of files which are generated by the kernel during the build process, and should be ignored in any diff(1)-generated patch. The "dontdiff" file is included in the kernel tree in -2.6.12 and later. For earlier kernel versions, you can get it -from <http://www.xenotime.net/linux/doc/dontdiff>. +2.6.12 and later. Make sure your patch does not include any extra files which do not belong in a patch submission. Make sure to review your patch -after- diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt index 56fb62b09fc5..b428556197c9 100644 --- a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt +++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ The target is named "raid" and it accepts the following parameters: raid10 Various RAID10 inspired algorithms chosen by additional params - RAID10: Striped Mirrors (aka 'Striping on top of mirrors') - RAID1E: Integrated Adjacent Stripe Mirroring + - RAID1E: Integrated Offset Stripe Mirroring - and other similar RAID10 variants Reference: Chapter 4 of @@ -64,15 +65,15 @@ The target is named "raid" and it accepts the following parameters: synchronisation state for each region. [raid10_copies <# copies>] - [raid10_format near] + [raid10_format <near|far|offset>] These two options are used to alter the default layout of a RAID10 configuration. The number of copies is can be - specified, but the default is 2. There are other variations - to how the copies are laid down - the default and only current - option is "near". Near copies are what most people think of - with respect to mirroring. If these options are left - unspecified, or 'raid10_copies 2' and/or 'raid10_format near' - are given, then the layouts for 2, 3 and 4 devices are: + specified, but the default is 2. There are also three + variations to how the copies are laid down - the default + is "near". Near copies are what most people think of with + respect to mirroring. If these options are left unspecified, + or 'raid10_copies 2' and/or 'raid10_format near' are given, + then the layouts for 2, 3 and 4 devices are: 2 drives 3 drives 4 drives -------- ---------- -------------- A1 A1 A1 A1 A2 A1 A1 A2 A2 @@ -85,6 +86,33 @@ The target is named "raid" and it accepts the following parameters: 3-device layout is what might be called a 'RAID1E - Integrated Adjacent Stripe Mirroring'. + If 'raid10_copies 2' and 'raid10_format far', then the layouts + for 2, 3 and 4 devices are: + 2 drives 3 drives 4 drives + -------- -------------- -------------------- + A1 A2 A1 A2 A3 A1 A2 A3 A4 + A3 A4 A4 A5 A6 A5 A6 A7 A8 + A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A9 A10 A11 A12 + .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. + A2 A1 A3 A1 A2 A2 A1 A4 A3 + A4 A3 A6 A4 A5 A6 A5 A8 A7 + A6 A5 A9 A7 A8 A10 A9 A12 A11 + .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. + + If 'raid10_copies 2' and 'raid10_format offset', then the + layouts for 2, 3 and 4 devices are: + 2 drives 3 drives 4 drives + -------- ------------ ----------------- + A1 A2 A1 A2 A3 A1 A2 A3 A4 + A2 A1 A3 A1 A2 A2 A1 A4 A3 + A3 A4 A4 A5 A6 A5 A6 A7 A8 + A4 A3 A6 A4 A5 A6 A5 A8 A7 + A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A9 A10 A11 A12 + A6 A5 A9 A7 A8 A10 A9 A12 A11 + .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. + Here we see layouts closely akin to 'RAID1E - Integrated + Offset Stripe Mirroring'. + <#raid_devs>: The number of devices composing the array. Each device consists of two entries. The first is the device containing the metadata (if any); the second is the one containing the @@ -142,3 +170,5 @@ Version History 1.3.0 Added support for RAID 10 1.3.1 Allow device replacement/rebuild for RAID 10 1.3.2 Fix/improve redundancy checking for RAID10 +1.4.0 Non-functional change. Removes arg from mapping function. +1.4.1 Add RAID10 "far" and "offset" algorithm support. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/ab8500.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/ab8500.txt index 13b707b7355c..c3a14e0ad0ad 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/ab8500.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/ab8500.txt @@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ Required parent device properties: 4 = active high level-sensitive 8 = active low level-sensitive -Optional parent device properties: -- reg : contains the PRCMU mailbox address for the AB8500 i2c port - The AB8500 consists of a large and varied group of sub-devices: Device IRQ Names Supply Names Description @@ -86,9 +83,8 @@ Non-standard child device properties: - stericsson,amic2-bias-vamic1 : Analoge Mic wishes to use a non-standard Vamic - stericsson,earpeice-cmv : Earpeice voltage (only: 950 | 1100 | 1270 | 1580) -ab8500@5 { +ab8500 { compatible = "stericsson,ab8500"; - reg = <5>; /* mailbox 5 is i2c */ interrupts = <0 40 0x4>; interrupt-controller; #interrupt-cells = <2>; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/tty/serial/of-serial.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/tty/serial/of-serial.txt index 1e1145ca4f3c..8f01cb190f25 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/tty/serial/of-serial.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/tty/serial/of-serial.txt @@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ Required properties: - "nvidia,tegra20-uart" - "nxp,lpc3220-uart" - "ibm,qpace-nwp-serial" + - "altr,16550-FIFO32" + - "altr,16550-FIFO64" + - "altr,16550-FIFO128" - "serial" if the port type is unknown. - reg : offset and length of the register set for the device. - interrupts : should contain uart interrupt. diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/adm1275 b/Documentation/hwmon/adm1275 index 2cfa25667123..15b4a20d5062 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/adm1275 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/adm1275 @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Supported chips: Addresses scanned: - Datasheet: www.analog.com/static/imported-files/data_sheets/ADM1276.pdf -Author: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> +Author: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Description diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/adt7410 b/Documentation/hwmon/adt7410 index 96004000dc2a..58150c480e56 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/adt7410 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/adt7410 @@ -4,9 +4,14 @@ Kernel driver adt7410 Supported chips: * Analog Devices ADT7410 Prefix: 'adt7410' - Addresses scanned: I2C 0x48 - 0x4B + Addresses scanned: None Datasheet: Publicly available at the Analog Devices website http://www.analog.com/static/imported-files/data_sheets/ADT7410.pdf + * Analog Devices ADT7420 + Prefix: 'adt7420' + Addresses scanned: None + Datasheet: Publicly available at the Analog Devices website + http://www.analog.com/static/imported-files/data_sheets/ADT7420.pdf Author: Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@gmx.de> @@ -27,6 +32,10 @@ value per second or even justget one sample on demand for power saving. Besides, it can completely power down its ADC, if power management is required. +The ADT7420 is register compatible, the only differences being the package, +a slightly narrower operating temperature range (-40°C to +150°C), and a +better accuracy (0.25°C instead of 0.50°C.) + Configuration Notes ------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/jc42 b/Documentation/hwmon/jc42 index 165077121238..868d74d6b773 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/jc42 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/jc42 @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Supported chips: Addresses scanned: I2C 0x18 - 0x1f Author: - Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> + Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Description diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/lineage-pem b/Documentation/hwmon/lineage-pem index 2ba5ed126858..83b2ddc160c8 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/lineage-pem +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/lineage-pem @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Supported devices: Documentation: http://www.lineagepower.com/oem/pdf/CPLI2C.pdf -Author: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> +Author: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Description diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/lm25066 b/Documentation/hwmon/lm25066 index a21db81c4591..26025e419d35 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/lm25066 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/lm25066 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Supported chips: Datasheet: http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM5066.html -Author: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> +Author: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Description diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/lm75 b/Documentation/hwmon/lm75 index c91a1d15fa28..69af1c7db6b7 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/lm75 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/lm75 @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Supported chips: Datasheet: Publicly available at the Maxim website http://www.maxim-ic.com/ * Microchip (TelCom) TCN75 - Prefix: 'lm75' + Prefix: 'tcn75' Addresses scanned: none Datasheet: Publicly available at the Microchip website http://www.microchip.com/ diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ltc2978 b/Documentation/hwmon/ltc2978 index c365f9beb5dd..e4d75c606c97 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/ltc2978 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ltc2978 @@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ Supported chips: * Linear Technology LTC2978 Prefix: 'ltc2978' Addresses scanned: - - Datasheet: http://cds.linear.com/docs/Datasheet/2978fa.pdf + Datasheet: http://www.linear.com/product/ltc2978 * Linear Technology LTC3880 Prefix: 'ltc3880' Addresses scanned: - - Datasheet: http://cds.linear.com/docs/Datasheet/3880f.pdf + Datasheet: http://www.linear.com/product/ltc3880 -Author: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> +Author: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Description diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4261 b/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4261 index eba2e2c4b94d..9378a75c6134 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4261 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ltc4261 @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Supported chips: Datasheet: http://cds.linear.com/docs/Datasheet/42612fb.pdf -Author: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> +Author: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Description diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/max16064 b/Documentation/hwmon/max16064 index f8b478076f6d..d59cc7829bec 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/max16064 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/max16064 @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Supported chips: Addresses scanned: - Datasheet: http://datasheets.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/MAX16064.pdf -Author: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> +Author: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Description diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/max16065 b/Documentation/hwmon/max16065 index c11f64a1f2ad..208a29e43010 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/max16065 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/max16065 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Supported chips: http://datasheets.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/MAX16070-MAX16071.pdf -Author: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> +Author: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Description diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/max34440 b/Documentation/hwmon/max34440 index 47651ff341ae..37cbf472a19d 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/max34440 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/max34440 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Supported chips: Addresses scanned: - Datasheet: http://datasheets.maximintegrated.com/en/ds/MAX34461.pdf -Author: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> +Author: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Description diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/max8688 b/Documentation/hwmon/max8688 index fe849871df32..e78078638b91 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/max8688 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/max8688 @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Supported chips: Addresses scanned: - Datasheet: http://datasheets.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/MAX8688.pdf -Author: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> +Author: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Description diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/pmbus b/Documentation/hwmon/pmbus index 3d3a0f97f966..cf756ed48ff9 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/pmbus +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/pmbus @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Supported chips: Addresses scanned: - Datasheet: n.a. -Author: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> +Author: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Description diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/smm665 b/Documentation/hwmon/smm665 index 59e316140542..a341eeedab75 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/smm665 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/smm665 @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Supported chips: http://www.summitmicro.com/prod_select/summary/SMM766/SMM766_2086.pdf http://www.summitmicro.com/prod_select/summary/SMM766B/SMM766B_2122.pdf -Author: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> +Author: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Module Parameters diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ucd9000 b/Documentation/hwmon/ucd9000 index 0df5f276505b..805e33edb978 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/ucd9000 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ucd9000 @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Supported chips: http://focus.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/ucd9090.pdf http://focus.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/ucd90910.pdf -Author: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> +Author: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Description diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ucd9200 b/Documentation/hwmon/ucd9200 index fd7d07b1908a..1e8060e631bd 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/ucd9200 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ucd9200 @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Supported chips: http://focus.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/ucd9246.pdf http://focus.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/ucd9248.pdf -Author: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> +Author: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Description diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/zl6100 b/Documentation/hwmon/zl6100 index 3d924b6b59e9..756b57c6b73e 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/zl6100 +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/zl6100 @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ http://archive.ericsson.net/service/internet/picov/get?DocNo=28701-EN/LZT146401 http://archive.ericsson.net/service/internet/picov/get?DocNo=28701-EN/LZT146256 -Author: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> +Author: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Description diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-diolan-u2c b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-diolan-u2c index 30fe4bb9a069..0d6018c316c7 100644 --- a/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-diolan-u2c +++ b/Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-diolan-u2c @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Supported adapters: Documentation: http://www.diolan.com/i2c/u2c12.html -Author: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> +Author: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Description ----------- diff --git a/Documentation/input/alps.txt b/Documentation/input/alps.txt index 3262b6e4d686..e544c7ff8cfa 100644 --- a/Documentation/input/alps.txt +++ b/Documentation/input/alps.txt @@ -3,10 +3,26 @@ ALPS Touchpad Protocol Introduction ------------ - -Currently the ALPS touchpad driver supports four protocol versions in use by -ALPS touchpads, called versions 1, 2, 3, and 4. Information about the various -protocol versions is contained in the following sections. +Currently the ALPS touchpad driver supports five protocol versions in use by +ALPS touchpads, called versions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. + +Since roughly mid-2010 several new ALPS touchpads have been released and +integrated into a variety of laptops and netbooks. These new touchpads +have enough behavior differences that the alps_model_data definition +table, describing the properties of the different versions, is no longer +adequate. The design choices were to re-define the alps_model_data +table, with the risk of regression testing existing devices, or isolate +the new devices outside of the alps_model_data table. The latter design +choice was made. The new touchpad signatures are named: "Rushmore", +"Pinnacle", and "Dolphin", which you will see in the alps.c code. +For the purposes of this document, this group of ALPS touchpads will +generically be called "new ALPS touchpads". + +We experimented with probing the ACPI interface _HID (Hardware ID)/_CID +(Compatibility ID) definition as a way to uniquely identify the +different ALPS variants but there did not appear to be a 1:1 mapping. +In fact, it appeared to be an m:n mapping between the _HID and actual +hardware type. Detection --------- @@ -20,9 +36,13 @@ If the E6 report is successful, the touchpad model is identified using the "E7 report" sequence: E8-E7-E7-E7-E9. The response is the model signature and is matched against known models in the alps_model_data_array. -With protocol versions 3 and 4, the E7 report model signature is always -73-02-64. To differentiate between these versions, the response from the -"Enter Command Mode" sequence must be inspected as described below. +For older touchpads supporting protocol versions 3 and 4, the E7 report +model signature is always 73-02-64. To differentiate between these +versions, the response from the "Enter Command Mode" sequence must be +inspected as described below. + +The new ALPS touchpads have an E7 signature of 73-03-50 or 73-03-0A but +seem to be better differentiated by the EC Command Mode response. Command Mode ------------ @@ -47,6 +67,14 @@ address of the register being read, and the third contains the value of the register. Registers are written by writing the value one nibble at a time using the same encoding used for addresses. +For the new ALPS touchpads, the EC command is used to enter command +mode. The response in the new ALPS touchpads is significantly different, +and more important in determining the behavior. This code has been +separated from the original alps_model_data table and put in the +alps_identify function. For example, there seem to be two hardware init +sequences for the "Dolphin" touchpads as determined by the second byte +of the EC response. + Packet Format ------------- @@ -187,3 +215,28 @@ There are several things worth noting here. well. So far no v4 devices with tracksticks have been encountered. + +ALPS Absolute Mode - Protocol Version 5 +--------------------------------------- +This is basically Protocol Version 3 but with different logic for packet +decode. It uses the same alps_process_touchpad_packet_v3 call with a +specialized decode_fields function pointer to correctly interpret the +packets. This appears to only be used by the Dolphin devices. + +For single-touch, the 6-byte packet format is: + + byte 0: 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 + byte 1: 0 x6 x5 x4 x3 x2 x1 x0 + byte 2: 0 y6 y5 y4 y3 y2 y1 y0 + byte 3: 0 M R L 1 m r l + byte 4: y10 y9 y8 y7 x10 x9 x8 x7 + byte 5: 0 z6 z5 z4 z3 z2 z1 z0 + +For mt, the format is: + + byte 0: 1 1 1 n3 1 n2 n1 x24 + byte 1: 1 y7 y6 y5 y4 y3 y2 y1 + byte 2: ? x2 x1 y12 y11 y10 y9 y8 + byte 3: 0 x23 x22 x21 x20 x19 x18 x17 + byte 4: 0 x9 x8 x7 x6 x5 x4 x3 + byte 5: 0 x16 x15 x14 x13 x12 x11 x10 diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ipvs-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ipvs-sysctl.txt index f2a2488f1bf3..9573d0c48c6e 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ipvs-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ipvs-sysctl.txt @@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ amemthresh - INTEGER enabled and the variable is automatically set to 2, otherwise the strategy is disabled and the variable is set to 1. +backup_only - BOOLEAN + 0 - disabled (default) + not 0 - enabled + + If set, disable the director function while the server is + in backup mode to avoid packet loops for DR/TUN methods. + conntrack - BOOLEAN 0 - disabled (default) not 0 - enabled diff --git a/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt b/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt index c0aab985bad9..949d5dcdd9a3 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt @@ -105,6 +105,83 @@ Copyright (C) 1999-2000 Maxim Krasnyansky <max_mk@yahoo.com> Proto [2 bytes] Raw protocol(IP, IPv6, etc) frame. + 3.3 Multiqueue tuntap interface: + + From version 3.8, Linux supports multiqueue tuntap which can uses multiple + file descriptors (queues) to parallelize packets sending or receiving. The + device allocation is the same as before, and if user wants to create multiple + queues, TUNSETIFF with the same device name must be called many times with + IFF_MULTI_QUEUE flag. + + char *dev should be the name of the device, queues is the number of queues to + be created, fds is used to store and return the file descriptors (queues) + created to the caller. Each file descriptor were served as the interface of a + queue which could be accessed by userspace. + + #include <linux/if.h> + #include <linux/if_tun.h> + + int tun_alloc_mq(char *dev, int queues, int *fds) + { + struct ifreq ifr; + int fd, err, i; + + if (!dev) + return -1; + + memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr)); + /* Flags: IFF_TUN - TUN device (no Ethernet headers) + * IFF_TAP - TAP device + * + * IFF_NO_PI - Do not provide packet information + * IFF_MULTI_QUEUE - Create a queue of multiqueue device + */ + ifr.ifr_flags = IFF_TAP | IFF_NO_PI | IFF_MULTI_QUEUE; + strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, dev); + + for (i = 0; i < queues; i++) { + if ((fd = open("/dev/net/tun", O_RDWR)) < 0) + goto err; + err = ioctl(fd, TUNSETIFF, (void *)&ifr); + if (err) { + close(fd); + goto err; + } + fds[i] = fd; + } + + return 0; + err: + for (--i; i >= 0; i--) + close(fds[i]); + return err; + } + + A new ioctl(TUNSETQUEUE) were introduced to enable or disable a queue. When + calling it with IFF_DETACH_QUEUE flag, the queue were disabled. And when + calling it with IFF_ATTACH_QUEUE flag, the queue were enabled. The queue were + enabled by default after it was created through TUNSETIFF. + + fd is the file descriptor (queue) that we want to enable or disable, when + enable is true we enable it, otherwise we disable it + + #include <linux/if.h> + #include <linux/if_tun.h> + + int tun_set_queue(int fd, int enable) + { + struct ifreq ifr; + + memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr)); + + if (enable) + ifr.ifr_flags = IFF_ATTACH_QUEUE; + else + ifr.ifr_flags = IFF_DETACH_QUEUE; + + return ioctl(fd, TUNSETQUEUE, (void *)&ifr); + } + Universal TUN/TAP device driver Frequently Asked Question. 1. What platforms are supported by TUN/TAP driver ? diff --git a/Documentation/power/opp.txt b/Documentation/power/opp.txt index 3035d00757ad..425c51d56aef 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/opp.txt +++ b/Documentation/power/opp.txt @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ -*=============* -* OPP Library * -*=============* +Operating Performance Points (OPP) Library +========================================== (C) 2009-2010 Nishanth Menon <nm@ti.com>, Texas Instruments Incorporated @@ -16,15 +15,31 @@ Contents 1. Introduction =============== +1.1 What is an Operating Performance Point (OPP)? + Complex SoCs of today consists of a multiple sub-modules working in conjunction. In an operational system executing varied use cases, not all modules in the SoC need to function at their highest performing frequency all the time. To facilitate this, sub-modules in a SoC are grouped into domains, allowing some -domains to run at lower voltage and frequency while other domains are loaded -more. The set of discrete tuples consisting of frequency and voltage pairs that +domains to run at lower voltage and frequency while other domains run at +voltage/frequency pairs that are higher. + +The set of discrete tuples consisting of frequency and voltage pairs that the device will support per domain are called Operating Performance Points or OPPs. +As an example: +Let us consider an MPU device which supports the following: +{300MHz at minimum voltage of 1V}, {800MHz at minimum voltage of 1.2V}, +{1GHz at minimum voltage of 1.3V} + +We can represent these as three OPPs as the following {Hz, uV} tuples: +{300000000, 1000000} +{800000000, 1200000} +{1000000000, 1300000} + +1.2 Operating Performance Points Library + OPP library provides a set of helper functions to organize and query the OPP information. The library is located in drivers/base/power/opp.c and the header is located in include/linux/opp.h. OPP library can be enabled by enabling diff --git a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt index e8a6aa473bab..6e953564de03 100644 --- a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt +++ b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt @@ -170,5 +170,5 @@ Reminder: sizeof() result is of type size_t. Thank you for your cooperation and attention. -By Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> and +By Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> and Andrew Murray <amurray@mpc-data.co.uk> diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt index ce6581c8ca26..4499bd948860 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt @@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed. models depending on the codec chip. The list of available models is found in HD-Audio-Models.txt - The model name "genric" is treated as a special case. When this + The model name "generic" is treated as a special case. When this model is given, the driver uses the generic codec parser without "codec-patch". It's sometimes good for testing and debugging. diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/seq_oss.html b/Documentation/sound/alsa/seq_oss.html index d9776cf60c07..9663b45f6fde 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/seq_oss.html +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/seq_oss.html @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ sample data. <H4> 7.2.4 Close Callback</H4> The <TT>close</TT> callback is called when this device is closed by the -applicaion. If any private data was allocated in open callback, it must +application. If any private data was allocated in open callback, it must be released in the close callback. The deletion of ALSA port should be done here, too. This callback must not be NULL. <H4> diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt index 53d6a3c51d87..a372304aef10 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt @@ -1873,7 +1873,7 @@ feature: status\input | 0 | 1 | else | --------------+------------+------------+------------+ - not allocated |(do nothing)| alloc+swap | EINVAL | + not allocated |(do nothing)| alloc+swap |(do nothing)| --------------+------------+------------+------------+ allocated | free | swap | clear | --------------+------------+------------+------------+ |
