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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2011-03-04 10:40:22 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2011-03-04 10:40:25 +0100
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Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/core
Merge reason: Pick up updates before queueing up dependent patches. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/jc4221
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/k10temp8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/workqueue.txt4
6 files changed, 47 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl
index 5e87ad58c0b5..f51f28531b8d 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/filesystems.tmpl
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@
</sect1>
</chapter>
+ <chapter id="fs_events">
+ <title>Events based on file descriptors</title>
+!Efs/eventfd.c
+ </chapter>
+
<chapter id="sysfs">
<title>The Filesystem for Exporting Kernel Objects</title>
!Efs/sysfs/file.c
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/jc42 b/Documentation/hwmon/jc42
index 0e76ef12e4c6..a22ecf48f255 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/jc42
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/jc42
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ Supported chips:
* JEDEC JC 42.4 compliant temperature sensor chips
Prefix: 'jc42'
Addresses scanned: I2C 0x18 - 0x1f
- Datasheet: -
+ Datasheet:
+ http://www.jedec.org/sites/default/files/docs/4_01_04R19.pdf
Author:
Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
@@ -60,7 +61,11 @@ Author:
Description
-----------
-This driver implements support for JEDEC JC 42.4 compliant temperature sensors.
+This driver implements support for JEDEC JC 42.4 compliant temperature sensors,
+which are used on many DDR3 memory modules for mobile devices and servers. Some
+systems use the sensor to prevent memory overheating by automatically throttling
+the memory controller.
+
The driver auto-detects the chips listed above, but can be manually instantiated
to support other JC 42.4 compliant chips.
@@ -81,15 +86,19 @@ limits. The chip supports only a single register to configure the hysteresis,
which applies to all limits. This register can be written by writing into
temp1_crit_hyst. Other hysteresis attributes are read-only.
+If the BIOS has configured the sensor for automatic temperature management, it
+is likely that it has locked the registers, i.e., that the temperature limits
+cannot be changed.
+
Sysfs entries
-------------
temp1_input Temperature (RO)
-temp1_min Minimum temperature (RW)
-temp1_max Maximum temperature (RW)
-temp1_crit Critical high temperature (RW)
+temp1_min Minimum temperature (RO or RW)
+temp1_max Maximum temperature (RO or RW)
+temp1_crit Critical high temperature (RO or RW)
-temp1_crit_hyst Critical hysteresis temperature (RW)
+temp1_crit_hyst Critical hysteresis temperature (RO or RW)
temp1_max_hyst Maximum hysteresis temperature (RO)
temp1_min_alarm Temperature low alarm
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/k10temp b/Documentation/hwmon/k10temp
index 6526eee525a6..d2b56a4fd1f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/k10temp
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/k10temp
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Supported chips:
Socket S1G3: Athlon II, Sempron, Turion II
* AMD Family 11h processors:
Socket S1G2: Athlon (X2), Sempron (X2), Turion X2 (Ultra)
+* AMD Family 12h processors: "Llano"
+* AMD Family 14h processors: "Brazos" (C/E/G-Series)
Prefix: 'k10temp'
Addresses scanned: PCI space
@@ -17,10 +19,14 @@ Supported chips:
http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/31116.pdf
BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide (BKDG) for AMD Family 11h Processors:
http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/41256.pdf
+ BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide (BKDG) for AMD Family 14h Models 00h-0Fh Processors:
+ http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/43170.pdf
Revision Guide for AMD Family 10h Processors:
http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/41322.pdf
Revision Guide for AMD Family 11h Processors:
http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/41788.pdf
+ Revision Guide for AMD Family 14h Models 00h-0Fh Processors:
+ http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/47534.pdf
AMD Family 11h Processor Power and Thermal Data Sheet for Notebooks:
http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/43373.pdf
AMD Family 10h Server and Workstation Processor Power and Thermal Data Sheet:
@@ -34,7 +40,7 @@ Description
-----------
This driver permits reading of the internal temperature sensor of AMD
-Family 10h and 11h processors.
+Family 10h/11h/12h/14h processors.
All these processors have a sensor, but on those for Socket F or AM2+,
the sensor may return inconsistent values (erratum 319). The driver
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 89835a4766a6..f4a04c0c7edc 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ a fixed number of characters. This limit depends on the architecture
and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE.
+Finally, the [KMG] suffix is commonly described after a number of kernel
+parameter values. These 'K', 'M', and 'G' letters represent the _binary_
+multipliers 'Kilo', 'Mega', and 'Giga', equalling 2^10, 2^20, and 2^30
+bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
+
acpi= [HW,ACPI,X86]
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
@@ -545,16 +550,20 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
Format:
<first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
- crashkernel=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
- [KNL] Reserve a chunk of physical memory to
- hold a kernel to switch to with kexec on panic.
+ crashkernel=size[KMG][@offset[KMG]]
+ [KNL] Using kexec, Linux can switch to a 'crash kernel'
+ upon panic. This parameter reserves the physical
+ memory region [offset, offset + size] for that kernel
+ image. If '@offset' is omitted, then a suitable offset
+ is selected automatically. Check
+ Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for further details.
crashkernel=range1:size1[,range2:size2,...][@offset]
[KNL] Same as above, but depends on the memory
in the running system. The syntax of range is
start-[end] where start and end are both
a memory unit (amount[KMG]). See also
- Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for a example.
+ Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt for an example.
cs89x0_dma= [HW,NET]
Format: <dma>
@@ -1262,10 +1271,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
6 (KERN_INFO) informational
7 (KERN_DEBUG) debug-level messages
- log_buf_len=n Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, in bytes.
- Format: { n | nk | nM }
- n must be a power of two. The default size
- is set in the kernel config file.
+ log_buf_len=n[KMG] Sets the size of the printk ring buffer,
+ in bytes. n must be a power of two. The default
+ size is set in the kernel config file.
logo.nologo [FB] Disables display of the built-in Linux logo.
This may be used to provide more screen space for
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/Makefile b/Documentation/networking/Makefile
index 5aba7a33aeeb..24c308dd3fd1 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/networking/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ obj- := dummy.o
# List of programs to build
hostprogs-y := ifenslave
+HOSTCFLAGS_ifenslave.o += -I$(objtree)/usr/include
+
# Tell kbuild to always build the programs
always := $(hostprogs-y)
diff --git a/Documentation/workqueue.txt b/Documentation/workqueue.txt
index 996a27d9b8db..01c513fac40e 100644
--- a/Documentation/workqueue.txt
+++ b/Documentation/workqueue.txt
@@ -190,9 +190,9 @@ resources, scheduled and executed.
* Long running CPU intensive workloads which can be better
managed by the system scheduler.
- WQ_FREEZEABLE
+ WQ_FREEZABLE
- A freezeable wq participates in the freeze phase of the system
+ A freezable wq participates in the freeze phase of the system
suspend operations. Work items on the wq are drained and no
new work item starts execution until thawed.
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