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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm64/tagged-pointers.txt | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/block/00-INDEX | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/exynos-dw-mshc.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/rockchip-dw-mshc.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/synopsys-dw-mshc.txt (renamed from Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/synopsis-dw-mshc.txt) | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-tsec-phy.txt | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/designware-pcie.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/qca,ar9330-uart.txt (renamed from Documentation/devicetree/bindings/tty/serial/qca,ar9330-uart.txt) | 0 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/bonding.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt | 6 |
14 files changed, 74 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/tagged-pointers.txt b/Documentation/arm64/tagged-pointers.txt index 264e9841563..d9995f1f51b 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm64/tagged-pointers.txt +++ b/Documentation/arm64/tagged-pointers.txt @@ -18,17 +18,17 @@ this byte for application use, with the following caveats: parameters containing user virtual addresses *must* have their top byte cleared before trapping to the kernel. - (2) Tags are not guaranteed to be preserved when delivering - signals. This means that signal handlers in applications - making use of tags cannot rely on the tag information for - user virtual addresses being maintained for fields inside - siginfo_t. One exception to this rule is for signals raised - in response to debug exceptions, where the tag information + (2) Non-zero tags are not preserved when delivering signals. + This means that signal handlers in applications making use + of tags cannot rely on the tag information for user virtual + addresses being maintained for fields inside siginfo_t. + One exception to this rule is for signals raised in response + to watchpoint debug exceptions, where the tag information will be preserved. (3) Special care should be taken when using tagged pointers, since it is likely that C compilers will not hazard two - addresses differing only in the upper bits. + virtual addresses differing only in the upper byte. The architecture prevents the use of a tagged PC, so the upper byte will be set to a sign-extension of bit 55 on exception return. diff --git a/Documentation/block/00-INDEX b/Documentation/block/00-INDEX index d18ecd827c4..929d9904f74 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/block/00-INDEX @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ capability.txt - Generic Block Device Capability (/sys/block/<device>/capability) cfq-iosched.txt - CFQ IO scheduler tunables +cmdline-partition.txt + - how to specify block device partitions on kernel command line data-integrity.txt - Block data integrity deadline-iosched.txt diff --git a/Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt b/Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt index 2bbf4cc40c3..525b9f6d7fb 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt +++ b/Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -Embedded device command line partition +Embedded device command line partition parsing ===================================================================== -Read block device partition table from command line. -The partition used for fixed block device (eMMC) embedded device. -It is no MBR, save storage space. Bootloader can be easily accessed +Support for reading the block device partition table from the command line. +It is typically used for fixed block (eMMC) embedded devices. +It has no MBR, so saves storage space. Bootloader can be easily accessed by absolute address of data on the block device. Users can easily change the partition. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/exynos-dw-mshc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/exynos-dw-mshc.txt index 6d1c0988cfc..c67b975c890 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/exynos-dw-mshc.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/exynos-dw-mshc.txt @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -* Samsung Exynos specific extensions to the Synopsis Designware Mobile +* Samsung Exynos specific extensions to the Synopsys Designware Mobile Storage Host Controller -The Synopsis designware mobile storage host controller is used to interface +The Synopsys designware mobile storage host controller is used to interface a SoC with storage medium such as eMMC or SD/MMC cards. This file documents -differences between the core Synopsis dw mshc controller properties described -by synopsis-dw-mshc.txt and the properties used by the Samsung Exynos specific -extensions to the Synopsis Designware Mobile Storage Host Controller. +differences between the core Synopsys dw mshc controller properties described +by synopsys-dw-mshc.txt and the properties used by the Samsung Exynos specific +extensions to the Synopsys Designware Mobile Storage Host Controller. Required Properties: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/rockchip-dw-mshc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/rockchip-dw-mshc.txt index 8a3d91d47b6..c559f3f3630 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/rockchip-dw-mshc.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/rockchip-dw-mshc.txt @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -* Rockchip specific extensions to the Synopsis Designware Mobile +* Rockchip specific extensions to the Synopsys Designware Mobile Storage Host Controller -The Synopsis designware mobile storage host controller is used to interface +The Synopsys designware mobile storage host controller is used to interface a SoC with storage medium such as eMMC or SD/MMC cards. This file documents -differences between the core Synopsis dw mshc controller properties described -by synopsis-dw-mshc.txt and the properties used by the Rockchip specific -extensions to the Synopsis Designware Mobile Storage Host Controller. +differences between the core Synopsys dw mshc controller properties described +by synopsys-dw-mshc.txt and the properties used by the Rockchip specific +extensions to the Synopsys Designware Mobile Storage Host Controller. Required Properties: diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/synopsis-dw-mshc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/synopsys-dw-mshc.txt index cdcebea9c6f..066a78b034c 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/synopsis-dw-mshc.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/synopsys-dw-mshc.txt @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ -* Synopsis Designware Mobile Storage Host Controller +* Synopsys Designware Mobile Storage Host Controller -The Synopsis designware mobile storage host controller is used to interface +The Synopsys designware mobile storage host controller is used to interface a SoC with storage medium such as eMMC or SD/MMC cards. This file documents differences between the core mmc properties described by mmc.txt and the -properties used by the Synopsis Designware Mobile Storage Host Controller. +properties used by the Synopsys Designware Mobile Storage Host Controller. Required Properties: * compatible: should be - - snps,dw-mshc: for controllers compliant with synopsis dw-mshc. + - snps,dw-mshc: for controllers compliant with synopsys dw-mshc. * #address-cells: should be 1. * #size-cells: should be 0. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-tsec-phy.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-tsec-phy.txt index 2c6be0377f5..d2ea4605d07 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-tsec-phy.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-tsec-phy.txt @@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ General Properties: Clock Properties: + - fsl,cksel Timer reference clock source. - fsl,tclk-period Timer reference clock period in nanoseconds. - fsl,tmr-prsc Prescaler, divides the output clock. - fsl,tmr-add Frequency compensation value. @@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ Clock Properties: clock. You must choose these carefully for the clock to work right. Here is how to figure good values: - TimerOsc = system clock MHz + TimerOsc = selected reference clock MHz tclk_period = desired clock period nanoseconds NominalFreq = 1000 / tclk_period MHz FreqDivRatio = TimerOsc / NominalFreq (must be greater that 1.0) @@ -114,6 +115,20 @@ Clock Properties: Pulse Per Second (PPS) signal, since this will be offered to the PPS subsystem to synchronize the Linux clock. + Reference clock source is determined by the value, which is holded + in CKSEL bits in TMR_CTRL register. "fsl,cksel" property keeps the + value, which will be directly written in those bits, that is why, + according to reference manual, the next clock sources can be used: + + <0> - external high precision timer reference clock (TSEC_TMR_CLK + input is used for this purpose); + <1> - eTSEC system clock; + <2> - eTSEC1 transmit clock; + <3> - RTC clock input. + + When this attribute is not used, eTSEC system clock will serve as + IEEE 1588 timer reference clock. + Example: ptp_clock@24E00 { @@ -121,6 +136,7 @@ Example: reg = <0x24E00 0xB0>; interrupts = <12 0x8 13 0x8>; interrupt-parent = < &ipic >; + fsl,cksel = <1>; fsl,tclk-period = <10>; fsl,tmr-prsc = <100>; fsl,tmr-add = <0x999999A4>; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/designware-pcie.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/designware-pcie.txt index eabcb4b5db6..e216af35684 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/designware-pcie.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pci/designware-pcie.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -* Synopsis Designware PCIe interface +* Synopsys Designware PCIe interface Required properties: - compatible: should contain "snps,dw-pcie" to identify the diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/tty/serial/qca,ar9330-uart.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/qca,ar9330-uart.txt index c5e032c85bf..c5e032c85bf 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/tty/serial/qca,ar9330-uart.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/qca,ar9330-uart.txt diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt index f93a88250a4..deb48b5fd88 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt @@ -359,11 +359,9 @@ struct inode_operations { ssize_t (*listxattr) (struct dentry *, char *, size_t); int (*removexattr) (struct dentry *, const char *); void (*update_time)(struct inode *, struct timespec *, int); - int (*atomic_open)(struct inode *, struct dentry *, + int (*atomic_open)(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct file *, + unsigned open_flag, umode_t create_mode, int *opened); int (*tmpfile) (struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t); -} ____cacheline_aligned; - struct file *, unsigned open_flag, - umode_t create_mode, int *opened); }; Again, all methods are called without any locks being held, unless @@ -470,9 +468,11 @@ otherwise noted. method the filesystem can look up, possibly create and open the file in one atomic operation. If it cannot perform this (e.g. the file type turned out to be wrong) it may signal this by returning 1 instead of - usual 0 or -ve . This method is only called if the last - component is negative or needs lookup. Cached positive dentries are - still handled by f_op->open(). + usual 0 or -ve . This method is only called if the last component is + negative or needs lookup. Cached positive dentries are still handled by + f_op->open(). If the file was created, the FILE_CREATED flag should be + set in "opened". In case of O_EXCL the method must only succeed if the + file didn't exist and hence FILE_CREATED shall always be set on success. tmpfile: called in the end of O_TMPFILE open(). Optional, equivalent to atomically creating, opening and unlinking a file in given directory. diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 1a036cd972f..fcbb736d55f 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -480,6 +480,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode> See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c. + blkdevparts= Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for + embedded devices based on command line input. + See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt + boot_delay= Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot. Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to no delay (0). @@ -1357,7 +1361,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. pages. In the event, a node is too small to have both kernelcore and Movable pages, kernelcore pages will take priority and other nodes will have a larger number - of kernelcore pages. The Movable zone is used for the + of Movable pages. The Movable zone is used for the allocation of pages that may be reclaimed or moved by the page migration subsystem. This means that HugeTLB pages may not be allocated from this zone. @@ -3485,6 +3489,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. the unplug protocol never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds + xen_nopvspin [X86,XEN] + Disables the ticketlock slowpath using Xen PV + optimizations. + xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA] Format: <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]] diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt index 87bbcfee2e0..9b28e714831 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt @@ -1362,6 +1362,12 @@ To add ARP targets: To remove an ARP target: # echo -192.168.0.100 > /sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/arp_ip_target +To configure the interval between learning packet transmits: +# echo 12 > /sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/lp_interval + NOTE: the lp_inteval is the number of seconds between instances where +the bonding driver sends learning packets to each slaves peer switch. The +default interval is 1 second. + Example Configuration --------------------- We begin with the same example that is shown in section 3.3, diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt index d529e02d928..f14f4930422 100644 --- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt +++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-design-CFS.txt @@ -66,9 +66,7 @@ rq->cfs.load value, which is the sum of the weights of the tasks queued on the runqueue. CFS maintains a time-ordered rbtree, where all runnable tasks are sorted by the -p->se.vruntime key (there is a subtraction using rq->cfs.min_vruntime to -account for possible wraparounds). CFS picks the "leftmost" task from this -tree and sticks to it. +p->se.vruntime key. CFS picks the "leftmost" task from this tree and sticks to it. As the system progresses forwards, the executed tasks are put into the tree more and more to the right --- slowly but surely giving a chance for every task to become the "leftmost task" and thus get on the CPU within a deterministic diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt index a46ddb85e83..f911e365620 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt @@ -296,6 +296,12 @@ Cirrus Logic CS4206/4207 imac27 IMac 27 Inch auto BIOS setup (default) +Cirrus Logic CS4208 +=================== + mba6 MacBook Air 6,1 and 6,2 + gpio0 Enable GPIO 0 amp + auto BIOS setup (default) + VIA VT17xx/VT18xx/VT20xx ======================== auto BIOS setup (default) |