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2010-10-05ixgbevf.txt: Update ixgbevf documentationJeff Kirsher
Update the documentation for the ixgbevf (ixgbe virtual function driver). Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-09-07Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6: PCI: bus speed strings should be const PCI hotplug: Fix build with CONFIG_ACPI unset PCI: PCIe: Remove the port driver module exit routine PCI: PCIe: Move PCIe PME code to the pcie directory PCI: PCIe: Disable PCIe port services during port initialization PCI: PCIe: Ask BIOS for control of all native services at once ACPI/PCI: Negotiate _OSC control bits before requesting them ACPI/PCI: Do not preserve _OSC control bits returned by a query ACPI/PCI: Make acpi_pci_query_osc() return control bits ACPI/PCI: Reorder checks in acpi_pci_osc_control_set() PCI: PCIe: Introduce commad line switch for disabling port services PCI: PCIe AER: Introduce pci_aer_available() x86/PCI: only define pci_domain_nr if PCI and PCI_DOMAINS are set PCI: provide stub pci_domain_nr function for !CONFIG_PCI configs
2010-09-07Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wqLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq: workqueue: use zalloc_cpumask_var() for gcwq->mayday_mask workqueue: fix GCWQ_DISASSOCIATED initialization workqueue: Add a workqueue chapter to the tracepoint docbook workqueue: fix cwq->nr_active underflow workqueue: improve destroy_workqueue() debuggability workqueue: mark lock acquisition on worker_maybe_bind_and_lock() workqueue: annotate lock context change workqueue: free rescuer on destroy_workqueue
2010-08-27workqueue: Add a workqueue chapter to the tracepoint docbookJason Baron
Add a workqueue chapter to the traceopint docbook. Current book is at: http://www.kernel.org/doc/htmldocs/tracepoint/ Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2010-08-27lguest: clean up warnings in demonstration launcher.Rusty Russell
These days the headers we use are in glibc. If those are too old, you can add the -I lines to get the kernel headers. In file included from ../../include/linux/if_tun.h:19, from lguest.c:33: ../../include/linux/types.h:13:2: warning: #warning "Attempt to use kernel headers from user space, see http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelHeaders" lguest.c: In function ‘setup_tun_net’: lguest.c:1456: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘sin’ does break strict-aliasing rules lguest.c:1457: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘sin’ does break strict-aliasing rules lguest.c:1450: note: initialized from here Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2010-08-24PCI: PCIe: Ask BIOS for control of all native services at onceRafael J. Wysocki
After commit 852972acff8f10f3a15679be2059bb94916cba5d (ACPI: Disable ASPM if the platform won't provide _OSC control for PCIe) control of the PCIe Capability Structure is unconditionally requested by acpi_pci_root_add(), which in principle may cause problems to happen in two ways. First, the BIOS may refuse to give control of the PCIe Capability Structure if it is not asked for any of the _OSC features depending on it at the same time. Second, the BIOS may assume that control of the _OSC features depending on the PCIe Capability Structure will be requested in the future and may behave incorrectly if that doesn't happen. For this reason, control of the PCIe Capability Structure should always be requested along with control of any other _OSC features that may depend on it (ie. PCIe native PME, PCIe native hot-plug, PCIe AER). Rework the PCIe port driver so that (1) it checks which native PCIe port services can be enabled, according to the BIOS, and (2) it requests control of all these services simultaneously. In particular, this causes pcie_portdrv_probe() to fail if the BIOS refuses to grant control of the PCIe Capability Structure, which means that no native PCIe port services can be enabled for the PCIe Root Complex the given port belongs to. If that happens, ASPM is disabled to avoid problems with mishandling it by the part of the PCIe hierarchy for which control of the PCIe Capability Structure has not been received. Make it possible to override this behavior using 'pcie_ports=native' (use the PCIe native services regardless of the BIOS response to the control request), or 'pcie_ports=compat' (do not use the PCIe native services at all). Accordingly, rework the existing PCIe port service drivers so that they don't request control of the services directly. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2010-08-24PCI: PCIe: Introduce commad line switch for disabling port servicesRafael J. Wysocki
Introduce kernel command line switch pcie_ports= allowing one to disable all of the native PCIe port services, so that PCIe ports are treated like PCI-to-PCI bridges. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2010-08-23Merge branch 'for-upstream/pvhvm' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://xenbits.xensource.com/people/ianc/linux-2.6 * 'for-upstream/pvhvm' of git://xenbits.xensource.com/people/ianc/linux-2.6: xen: pvhvm: make it clearer that XEN_UNPLUG_* define bits in a bitfield xen: pvhvm: rename xen_emul_unplug=ignore to =unnnecessary xen: pvhvm: allow user to request no emulated device unplug
2010-08-23xen: pvhvm: rename xen_emul_unplug=ignore to =unnnecessaryIan Campbell
It is not immediately clear what this option causes to become ignored. The actual meaning is that it is not necessary to unplug the emulated devices to safely use the PV ones, even if the platform does not support the unplug protocol. (pressumably the user will only add this option if they have ensured that their domain configuration is safe). I think xen_emul_unplug=unnecessary better captures this. Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com> Acked-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Acked-by: Stefano Stabellini <Stefano.Stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
2010-08-23xen: pvhvm: allow user to request no emulated device unplugIan Campbell
this allows the user to disable pvhvm and revert to emulated devices in case of a system misconfiguration (e.g. initramfs with only emulated drivers in it). Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com> Acked-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Acked-by: Stefano Stabellini <Stefano.Stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
2010-08-20Documentation: fix ozlabs.org mailing list addressStephen Rothwell
This list moved to lists.ozlabs.org quite some time ago. Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-08-20Documentation: kernel-locking: mutex_trylock cannot be used in interrupt contextStefan Richter
Chapter 6 is right about mutex_trylock, but chapter 10 wasn't. This error was introduced during semaphore-to-mutex conversion of the Unreliable guide. :-) If user context which performs mutex_lock() or mutex_trylock() is preempted by interrupt context which performs mutex_trylock() on the same mutex instance, a deadlock occurs. This is because these functions do not disable local IRQs when they operate on mutex->wait_lock. Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-08-20revert "hwmon: f71882fg: add support for the Fintek F71808E"Andrew Morton
Revert commit 7721fea3d0fd93fb4d000eb737b444369358d6d3 ("hwmon: f71882fg: add support for the Fintek F71808E"). Hans said: : A second review after I've received a data sheet for this device from : Fintek has turned up a few bugs. : : Unfortunately Giel (nor I) have time to fix this in time for the 2.6.36 : cycle. Therefor I would like to see this patch reverted as not having any : support for the hwmon function of this superio chip is better then having : unreliable support. Cc: Giel van Schijndel <me@mortis.eu> Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> Cc: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@cam.ac.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-08-18Merge branch 'merge-devicetree' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'merge-devicetree' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6: spi.h: missing kernel-doc notation, please fix of: fix missing headers for of_address_to_resource() in MTD and SysACE drivers of: Fix missing includes ata: update for of_device to platform_device replacement microblaze: Fix of: eliminate of_device->node and dev_archdata->{of,prom}_node microblaze: Fix of/address: Merge all of the bus translation code booting-without-of: Remove nonexistent chapters from TOC, fix numbering
2010-08-16booting-without-of: Remove nonexistent chapters from TOC, fix numberingAnton Vorontsov
Marvell and GPIO bindings live in their own files, so the TOC should not mention them. Also fix chapters numbering. Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
2010-08-16thinkpad-acpi: untangle ACPI/vendor backlight selectionHenrique de Moraes Holschuh
acpi_video_backlight_support() already tells us if ACPI is handling backlight control through the generic ACPI handle. It is better to just trust it. While at it, adjust down a printk priority, and test earlier for brightness_enable=0. Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
2010-08-15Merge branch 'release' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6 * 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: gcc-4.6: ACPI: fix unused but set variables in ACPI ACPI thermal: make procfs I/F depend on CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS ACPI video: make procfs I/F depend on CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS ACPI processor: remove deprecated ACPI procfs I/F ACPI power_resource: remove unused procfs I/F ACPI: remove deprecated ACPI procfs I/F ACPI: introduce drivers/acpi/sysfs.c ACPI: introduce module parameter acpi.aml_debug_output ACPI: introduce drivers/acpi/debugfs.c ACPI, APEI, ERST debug support ACPI, APEI, Manage GHES as platform devices ACPI, APEI, Rename CPER and GHES severity constants ACPI, APEI, Fix a typo of error path of apei_resources_request ACPI / ACPICA: Fix reference counting problems with GPE handlers ACPI: Add the check of ADR flag in course of finding ACPI handle for PCI device ACPI / Sleep: Drop acpi_suspend_finish() ACPI / Sleep: Consolidate suspend and hibernation routines ACPI / Wakeup: Simplify enabling of wakeup devices ACPI / Sleep: Rework enabling wakeup devices ACPI / Sleep: Free NVS copy if suspending of devices fails Fixed up totally buggered "ACPI: fix unused but set variables in ACPI" patch that doesn't even compile in the merge. Thanks to Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@googlemail.com> for noticing the breakage before I even pulled. And a big "Grrr.." at Len for not even bothering to compile the tree before asking me to pull.
2010-08-15Merge git://git.infradead.org/iommu-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.infradead.org/iommu-2.6: intel-iommu: Fix 32-bit build warning with __cmpxchg() intr-remap: allow disabling source id checking
2010-08-15Merge branch 'linus' into releaseLen Brown
Conflicts: drivers/acpi/debug.c Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2010-08-14ACPI: introduce module parameter acpi.aml_debug_outputZhang Rui
Introduce module parameter acpi.aml_debug_output. With acpi.aml_debug_output set, we can get AML debug object output (Store (AAA, Debug)), even with CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG cleared. Together with the runtime custom method mechanism, we can debug AML code problems without rebuilding the kernel. Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2010-08-14Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/cleanupLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/cleanup: defconfig reduction kbuild: drop unifdef-y support archs: replace unifdef-y with header-y include: replace unifdef-y with header-y
2010-08-14Documentation: move SCSI parameters to their own text fileRandy Dunlap
Move SCSI parameters from kernel-parameters.txt to their own text file. This continues a trend of moving non-core parameters out of kernel-parameters.txt. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-08-14Merge branch 'hwmon-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging * 'hwmon-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging: (22 commits) hwmon: (via-cputemp) Remove bogus "SHOW" global variable hwmon: jc42 depends on I2C hwmon: (pc87427) Add a maintainer hwmon: (pc87427) Move sysfs file removal to a separate function hwmon: (pc87427) Add temperature monitoring support hwmon: (pc87427) Add support for the second logical device hwmon: (pc87427) Add support for manual fan speed control hwmon: (pc87427) Minor style cleanups hwmon: (pc87427) Handle disabled fan inputs properly hwmon: (w83627ehf) Add support for W83667HG-B hwmon: (w83627ehf) Driver cleanup hwmon: Add driver for SMSC EMC2103 temperature monitor and fan controller hwmon: Remove in[0-*]_fault from sysfs-interface hwmon: Add 4 current alarm/beep attributes to sysfs-interface hwmon: Add 3 critical limit attributes to sysfs-interface hwmon: (asc7621) Clean up and improve detect function hwmon: (it87) Export labels for internal sensors hwmon: (lm75) Add suspend/resume feature hwmon: (emc1403) Add power support hwmon: (ltc4245) Expose all GPIO pins as analog voltages ...
2010-08-14kbuild: drop unifdef-y supportSam Ravnborg
unifdef-y is not used anymore - drop remaining references Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
2010-08-14hwmon: (pc87427) Add temperature monitoring supportJean Delvare
Add support for the 6 temperature monitoring channels of the PC87427. Note that the sensors resolution can vary, and I couldn't find a way to figure it out, so we might have to compensate in user-space. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
2010-08-14hwmon: (pc87427) Add support for manual fan speed controlJean Delvare
Add initial support for PWM outputs of the PC87427 Super-I/O chip. Only mode change and manual fan speed control are supported. Automatic mode configuration isn't supported, and won't be until at least one board is known, which makes uses of the PWM outputs. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
2010-08-14hwmon: (w83627ehf) Add support for W83667HG-BGuenter Roeck
Add support for W83667HG-B (very similar to the W83667HG). Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-08-14hwmon: Add driver for SMSC EMC2103 temperature monitor and fan controllerSteve Glendinning
SMSC's EMC2103 family of temperature/fan controllers have 1 onboard and up to 3 external temperature sensors, and allow closed-loop control of one fan. This patch adds support for them. Signed-off-by: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@smsc.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-08-14hwmon: Remove in[0-*]_fault from sysfs-interfaceJean Delvare
Fault files are for hardware failures that can be reported. So far we've seen chips reporting such failures for temperature sensors and fans, but not for voltages. Remove in[0-*]_fault for now. It can be added back later if really needed, but I doubt it. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
2010-08-14hwmon: Add 4 current alarm/beep attributes to sysfs-interfaceGuenter Roeck
Add currX_alarm, currX_min_alarm, currX_max_alarm and currX_beep attributes to the hwmon sysfs API. currX_min_alarm and currX_max_alarm are already supported by the LTC4215 and LTC4245 drivers. currX_alarm is supported by the LTC4261 driver. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-08-14hwmon: Add 3 critical limit attributes to sysfs-interfaceGuenter Roeck
Added _lcrit and _crit to voltage attributes. Added _lcrit to temperature attributes. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-08-14hwmon: (ltc4245) Expose all GPIO pins as analog voltagesIra W. Snyder
Add support for exposing all GPIO pins as analog voltages. Though this is not an ideal use of the chip, some hardware engineers may decide that the LTC4245 meets their design requirements when studying the datasheet. The GPIO pins are sampled in round-robin fashion, meaning that a slow reader will see stale data. A userspace application can detect this, because it will get -EAGAIN when reading from a sysfs file which contains stale data. Users can choose to use this feature on a per-chip basis by using either platform data or the OF device tree (where applicable). Signed-off-by: Ira W. Snyder <iws@ovro.caltech.edu> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
2010-08-14Documentation: DMA-API-HOWTO.txt: rename ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN to ↵FUJITA Tomonori
ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN was renamed to ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN (the commit a6eb9fe105d5de0053b261148cee56c94b4720ca). ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN must be defined instead of ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN to ensure that kmalloc'ed buffer is DMA-safe. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-08-14bkl: Remove locked .ioctl file operationArnd Bergmann
The last user is gone, so we can safely remove this Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
2010-08-12Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-2.6-dmLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-2.6-dm: (33 commits) dm mpath: support discard dm stripe: support discards dm: split discard requests on target boundaries dm stripe: optimize sector division dm stripe: move sector translation to a function dm: error return error for discards dm delay: support discard dm: zero silently drop discards dm: use dm_target_offset macro dm: factor out max_io_len_target_boundary dm: use common __issue_target_request for flush and discard support dm: linear support discard dm crypt: simplify crypt_ctr dm crypt: simplify crypt_config destruction logic dm: allow autoloading of dm mod dm: rename map_info flush_request to target_request_nr dm ioctl: refactor dm_table_complete dm snapshot: implement merge dm: do not initialise full request queue when bio based dm ioctl: make bio or request based device type immutable ...
2010-08-12Merge branch 'i2c-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging * 'i2c-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging: i2c: I2C bus multiplexer driver pca954x i2c: Multiplexed I2C bus core support i2c: Use a separate mutex for userspace client lists i2c: Make i2c_default_probe self-sufficient i2c: Drop dummy variable i2c: Move adapter locking helpers to i2c-core V4L/DVB: Use custom I2C probing function mechanism i2c: Add support for custom probe function i2c-dev: Use memdup_user i2c-dev: Remove unnecessary kmalloc casts
2010-08-12Merge branch 'params' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus * 'params' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus: (22 commits) param: don't deref arg in __same_type() checks param: update drivers/acpi/debug.c to new scheme param: use module_param in drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c ide: use module_param_named rather than module_param_call param: update drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c to new scheme param: lock if_sdio's lbs_helper_name and lbs_fw_name against sysfs changes. param: lock myri10ge_fw_name against sysfs changes. param: simple locking for sysfs-writable charp parameters param: remove unnecessary writable charp param: add kerneldoc to moduleparam.h param: locking for kernel parameters param: make param sections const. param: use free hook for charp (fix leak of charp parameters) param: add a free hook to kernel_param_ops. param: silence .init.text references from param ops Add param ops struct for hvc_iucv driver. nfs: update for module_param_named API change AppArmor: update for module_param_named API change param: use ops in struct kernel_param, rather than get and set fns directly param: move the EXPORT_SYMBOL to after the definitions. ...
2010-08-12Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6: ASoC: add AD1980 obsolete information ASoC: register cache should be 1 byte aligned for 1 byte long register ALSA: hda - Adding support for new IDT 92HD87XX codecs ASoC: Fix inverted mute controls for WM8580 ALSA: HDA: Use model=auto for LG R510 ALSA: hda - Update model entries in HD-Audio-Models.txt ALSA: hda: document VIA models ALSA: hda - patch_nvhdmi.c: Add missing codec IDs, unify names ALSA: hda - add support for Conexant CX20584 ALSA: hda - New snd-hda-intel model/pin config for hp dv7-4000 ALSA: hda - Fix missing stream for second ADC on Realtek ALC260 HDA codec ALSA: hda - Make converter setups sticky ALSA: hda - Add support for Acer ZGA ALC271 (1025:047c) sound/oss: Adjust confusing if indentation sound: oss: au1550_ac97.c removed duplicated #include ASoC: Fix for changed Eureka Kconfig symbol names
2010-08-12mmc: add erase, secure erase, trim and secure trim operationsAdrian Hunter
SD/MMC cards tend to support an erase operation. In addition, eMMC v4.4 cards can support secure erase, trim and secure trim operations that are all variants of the basic erase command. SD/MMC device attributes "erase_size" and "preferred_erase_size" have been added. "erase_size" is the minimum size, in bytes, of an erase operation. For MMC, "erase_size" is the erase group size reported by the card. Note that "erase_size" does not apply to trim or secure trim operations where the minimum size is always one 512 byte sector. For SD, "erase_size" is 512 if the card is block-addressed, 0 otherwise. SD/MMC cards can erase an arbitrarily large area up to and including the whole card. When erasing a large area it may be desirable to do it in smaller chunks for three reasons: 1. A single erase command will make all other I/O on the card wait. This is not a problem if the whole card is being erased, but erasing one partition will make I/O for another partition on the same card wait for the duration of the erase - which could be a several minutes. 2. To be able to inform the user of erase progress. 3. The erase timeout becomes too large to be very useful. Because the erase timeout contains a margin which is multiplied by the size of the erase area, the value can end up being several minutes for large areas. "erase_size" is not the most efficient unit to erase (especially for SD where it is just one sector), hence "preferred_erase_size" provides a good chunk size for erasing large areas. For MMC, "preferred_erase_size" is the high-capacity erase size if a card specifies one, otherwise it is based on the capacity of the card. For SD, "preferred_erase_size" is the allocation unit size specified by the card. "preferred_erase_size" is in bytes. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@nokia.com> Acked-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Kyungmin Park <kmpark@infradead.org> Cc: Madhusudhan Chikkature <madhu.cr@ti.com> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Ben Gardiner <bengardiner@nanometrics.ca> Cc: <linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-08-12dm: allow autoloading of dm modPeter Rajnoha
Add devname:mapper/control and MAPPER_CTRL_MINOR module alias to support dm-mod module autoloading. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Rajnoha <prajnoha@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2010-08-11i2c: Add support for custom probe functionJean Delvare
The probe method used by i2c_new_probed_device() may not be suitable for all cases. Let the caller provide its own, optional probe function. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Acked-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2010-08-11Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pkl/squashfs-linusLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pkl/squashfs-linus: Squashfs: fix checkpatch.pl warnings Squashfs: fix filename typo Squashfs: update Kconfig and documentation for LZO Squashfs: fix block size use in LZO decompressor Squashfs: Add LZO compression support squashfs: fix filename in header comment Squashfs: Make XATTR config name consistent with other file systems squashfs: fix compiler inline warning
2010-08-11kfifo: replace the old non generic APIStefani Seibold
Simply replace the whole kfifo.c and kfifo.h files with the new generic version and fix the kerneldoc API template file. Signed-off-by: Stefani Seibold <stefani@seibold.net> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-08-11panic: keep blinking in spite of long spin timer modeTAMUKI Shoichi
To keep panic_timeout accuracy when running under a hypervisor, the current implementation only spins on long time (1 second) calls to mdelay. That brings a good effect, but the problem is the keyboard LEDs don't blink at all on that situation. This patch changes to call to panic_blink_enter() between every mdelay and keeps blinking in spite of long spin timer mode. The time to call to mdelay is now 100ms. Even this change will keep panic_timeout accuracy enough when running under a hypervisor. Signed-off-by: TAMUKI Shoichi <tamuki@linet.gr.jp> Cc: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org> Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru> Cc: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-08-11dma-mapping: add DMA_xxBIT_MASK to feature-removal-schedule.txtFUJITA Tomonori
DMA_xxBIT_MASK macros were marked as deprecated in June 2009. One more year is long enough, I think. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-08-11pci: add PCI DMA unamp state API to feature-removal-schedule.txtFUJITA Tomonori
It was replaced with the DMA unamp state API (which can be used for any bus). Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-08-11Documentation: DMA-API-HOWTO.txt: add multiple types of IOMMUs supportFUJITA Tomonori
Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-08-11dma-mapping: remove dma_is_consistent APIFUJITA Tomonori
Architectures implement dma_is_consistent() in different ways (some misinterpret the definition of API in DMA-API.txt). So it hasn't been so useful for drivers. We have only one user of the API in tree. Unlikely out-of-tree drivers use the API. Even if we fix dma_is_consistent() in some architectures, it doesn't look useful at all. It was invented long ago for some old systems that can't allocate coherent memory at all. It's better to export only APIs that are definitely necessary for drivers. Let's remove this API. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-08-11Documentation/padata.txt: fix typos etc.Randy Dunlap
Fix typos & grammar. Use CPU instead of cpu in text. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Acked-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-08-11Documentation/00-INDEX: remove reference to exception.txtHuang Shijie
The exception.txt has been removed from the Documentation directory. So update the index file for it. Signed-off-by: Huang Shijie <shijie8@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>