talos-op-linux/Documentation, branch v3.1-rc3

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block

2011-08-19T17:47:07+00:00

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (23 commits) Revert "cfq: Remove special treatment for metadata rqs." block: fix flush machinery for stacking drivers with differring flush flags block: improve rq_affinity placement blktrace: add FLUSH/FUA support Move some REQ flags to the common bio/request area allow blk_flush_policy to return REQ_FSEQ_DATA independent of *FLUSH xen/blkback: Make description more obvious. cfq-iosched: Add documentation about idling block: Make rq_affinity = 1 work as expected block: swim3: fix unterminated of_device_id table block/genhd.c: remove useless cast in diskstats_show() drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c: relax check on dvd manufacturer value drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c: use bitmap_parse instead of __bitmap_parse bsg-lib: add module.h include cfq-iosched: Reduce linked group count upon group destruction blk-throttle: correctly determine sync bio loop: fix deadlock when sysfs and LOOP_CLR_FD race against each other loop: add BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT=%i to allow distros 0 pre-allocated loop devices loop: add management interface for on-demand device allocation loop: replace linked list of allocated devices with an idr index ...

Merge branch 'docs-move' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rdunlap/linux-docs

2011-08-16T02:24:42+00:00

* 'docs-move' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rdunlap/linux-docs: Docs: MSI-HOWTO: MSI -> MSIs Docs: MSI-HOWTO: Insert a comma Docs: MSI-HOWTO: can -> could Docs: MSI-HOWTO: Use `unknown ...' rather than `... know about.' Docs: MSI-HOWTO: may -> might Docs: MSI-HOWTO: Insert a comma Docs: MSI-HOWTO: API -> function Docs: MSI-HOWTO: , -> ; Docs: MSI-HOWTO: Move a sentence to another paragraph Docs: MSI-HOWTO: Insert `that' Docs: MSI-HOWTO: Offset modifier with a comma, and insert `yet' for emphasis Docs: MSI-HOWTO: Put the `because' subordinate clause first Docs: MSI-HOWTO: Streamline some wording Docs: MSI-HOWTO: `asked for' -> `requested' Docs: MSI-HOWTO: Use present tense and streamline some wording Docs: MSI-HOWTO: Use the subjunctive, and change `can' to `may'

lguest: allow booting guest with CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y

2011-08-15T00:45:10+00:00

The CONFIG_RELOCATABLE code tries to align the unpack destination to the value of 'kernel_alignment' in the setup_hdr. If that's 0, it tries to unpack to address 0, which in fact causes the gunzip code to call 'error("Out of memory while allocating output buffer")'. The bootloader (ie. the lguest Launcher in this case) should be doing setting this field; the normal bzImage is 16M, we can use the same. Reported-by: Stefanos Geraggelos Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell Cc: stable@kernel.org

virtio: Add text copy of spec to Documentation/virtual.

2011-08-15T00:45:10+00:00

As suggested by Christoph Hellwig. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell

Documentation: befs.txt: no maintainer, orphaned

2011-08-14T01:34:03+00:00

Remove the name of Sergey Kostyliov as maintainer of befs. In the MAINTAINERS file, befs is orphaned. Signed-off-by: Marcos Souza Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Documentation: SubmittingDrivers: fix Linus's git tree URL

2011-08-14T01:34:03+00:00

Change resource URL to new git tree - (http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git). Signed-off-by: Ralf Thielow Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Documentation: add Ramoops usage description

2011-08-14T01:34:03+00:00

Add a documentation file describing the usage of Ramoops Signed-off-by: Sergiu Iordache Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Documentation: email-clients: Add better Thunderbird information

2011-08-14T01:34:03+00:00

Add better Thunderbird information. Add Thunderbird Registry instructions to: Enable UTF8 & Preformat mode Disable HTML mode Signed-off-by: Paul McQuade Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Documentation: kernel-parameters.txt cleanups

2011-08-14T01:34:02+00:00

General cleanups to kernel-parameters.txt: - add missing $ARCH that are being used/referenced - alphabetize the parameter restrictions list - spell "IA-64" as listed in arch/ia64/Kconfig instead of "IA64" - remove trailing whitespace - use hyphen in 32-bit etc. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Documentation: add ARM user_debug to kernel-parameters.txt

2011-08-14T01:34:02+00:00

Usually kernel parameters are documented in kernel-parameters.txt but user_debug is only documented in the Kconfig. Document the option and point to the Kconfig help text for more info. Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd Cc: Russell King Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds