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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-uwb_rc | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cputopology.txt | 48 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/devpts.txt | 132 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/files.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/00-INDEX | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt | 126 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt | 188 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/usb/wusb-cbaf | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/video4linux/si470x.txt | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt | 19 |
18 files changed, 541 insertions, 52 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-uwb_rc b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-uwb_rc index a0d18dbeb7a9..6a5fd072849d 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-uwb_rc +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-uwb_rc @@ -32,14 +32,16 @@ Contact: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org Description: Write: - <channel> [<bpst offset>] + <channel> - to start beaconing on a specific channel, or stop - beaconing if <channel> is -1. Valid channels depends - on the radio controller's supported band groups. + to force a specific channel to be used when beaconing, + or, if <channel> is -1, to prohibit beaconing. If + <channel> is 0, then the default channel selection + algorithm will be used. Valid channels depends on the + radio controller's supported band groups. - <bpst offset> may be used to try and join a specific - beacon group if more than one was found during a scan. + Reading returns the currently active channel, or -1 if + the radio controller is not beaconing. What: /sys/class/uwb_rc/uwbN/scan Date: July 2008 diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt index 94bbc27ddd4f..9d620c153b04 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt @@ -50,16 +50,17 @@ additional_cpus=n (*) Use this to limit hotpluggable cpus. This option sets cpu_possible_map = cpu_present_map + additional_cpus (*) Option valid only for following architectures -- x86_64, ia64 +- ia64 -ia64 and x86_64 use the number of disabled local apics in ACPI tables MADT -to determine the number of potentially hot-pluggable cpus. The implementation -should only rely on this to count the # of cpus, but *MUST* not rely on the -apicid values in those tables for disabled apics. In the event BIOS doesn't -mark such hot-pluggable cpus as disabled entries, one could use this -parameter "additional_cpus=x" to represent those cpus in the cpu_possible_map. +ia64 uses the number of disabled local apics in ACPI tables MADT to +determine the number of potentially hot-pluggable cpus. The implementation +should only rely on this to count the # of cpus, but *MUST* not rely +on the apicid values in those tables for disabled apics. In the event +BIOS doesn't mark such hot-pluggable cpus as disabled entries, one could +use this parameter "additional_cpus=x" to represent those cpus in the +cpu_possible_map. -possible_cpus=n [s390 only] use this to set hotpluggable cpus. +possible_cpus=n [s390,x86_64] use this to set hotpluggable cpus. This option sets possible_cpus bits in cpu_possible_map. Thus keeping the numbers of bits set constant even if the machine gets rebooted. diff --git a/Documentation/cputopology.txt b/Documentation/cputopology.txt index bd699da24666..45932ec21cee 100644 --- a/Documentation/cputopology.txt +++ b/Documentation/cputopology.txt @@ -31,3 +31,51 @@ not defined by include/asm-XXX/topology.h: 2) core_id: 0 3) thread_siblings: just the given CPU 4) core_siblings: just the given CPU + +Additionally, cpu topology information is provided under +/sys/devices/system/cpu and includes these files. The internal +source for the output is in brackets ("[]"). + + kernel_max: the maximum cpu index allowed by the kernel configuration. + [NR_CPUS-1] + + offline: cpus that are not online because they have been + HOTPLUGGED off (see cpu-hotplug.txt) or exceed the limit + of cpus allowed by the kernel configuration (kernel_max + above). [~cpu_online_mask + cpus >= NR_CPUS] + + online: cpus that are online and being scheduled [cpu_online_mask] + + possible: cpus that have been allocated resources and can be + brought online if they are present. [cpu_possible_mask] + + present: cpus that have been identified as being present in the + system. [cpu_present_mask] + +The format for the above output is compatible with cpulist_parse() +[see <linux/cpumask.h>]. Some examples follow. + +In this example, there are 64 cpus in the system but cpus 32-63 exceed +the kernel max which is limited to 0..31 by the NR_CPUS config option +being 32. Note also that cpus 2 and 4-31 are not online but could be +brought online as they are both present and possible. + + kernel_max: 31 + offline: 2,4-31,32-63 + online: 0-1,3 + possible: 0-31 + present: 0-31 + +In this example, the NR_CPUS config option is 128, but the kernel was +started with possible_cpus=144. There are 4 cpus in the system and cpu2 +was manually taken offline (and is the only cpu that can be brought +online.) + + kernel_max: 127 + offline: 2,4-127,128-143 + online: 0-1,3 + possible: 0-127 + present: 0-3 + +See cpu-hotplug.txt for the possible_cpus=NUM kernel start parameter +as well as more information on the various cpumask's. diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index dc7c681e532c..df18d87c4837 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -310,15 +310,6 @@ Who: Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki <ole@ans.pl> --------------------------- -What: ide-scsi (BLK_DEV_IDESCSI) -When: 2.6.29 -Why: The 2.6 kernel supports direct writing to ide CD drives, which - eliminates the need for ide-scsi. The new method is more - efficient in every way. -Who: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> - ---------------------------- - What: i2c_attach_client(), i2c_detach_client(), i2c_driver->detach_client() When: 2.6.29 (ideally) or 2.6.30 (more likely) Why: Deprecated by the new (standard) device driver binding model. Use diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index 23d2f4460deb..ccec55394380 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking @@ -394,7 +394,6 @@ prototypes: unsigned long (*get_unmapped_area)(struct file *, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long); int (*check_flags)(int); - int (*dir_notify)(struct file *, unsigned long); }; locking rules: @@ -424,7 +423,6 @@ sendfile: no sendpage: no get_unmapped_area: no check_flags: no -dir_notify: no ->llseek() locking has moved from llseek to the individual llseek implementations. If your fs is not using generic_file_llseek, you diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/devpts.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/devpts.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..68dffd87f9b7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/devpts.txt @@ -0,0 +1,132 @@ + +To support containers, we now allow multiple instances of devpts filesystem, +such that indices of ptys allocated in one instance are independent of indices +allocated in other instances of devpts. + +To preserve backward compatibility, this support for multiple instances is +enabled only if: + + - CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES=y, and + - '-o newinstance' mount option is specified while mounting devpts + +IOW, devpts now supports both single-instance and multi-instance semantics. + +If CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES=n, there is no change in behavior and +this referred to as the "legacy" mode. In this mode, the new mount options +(-o newinstance and -o ptmxmode) will be ignored with a 'bogus option' message +on console. + +If CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES=y and devpts is mounted without the +'newinstance' option (as in current start-up scripts) the new mount binds +to the initial kernel mount of devpts. This mode is referred to as the +'single-instance' mode and the current, single-instance semantics are +preserved, i.e PTYs are common across the system. + +The only difference between this single-instance mode and the legacy mode +is the presence of new, '/dev/pts/ptmx' node with permissions 0000, which +can safely be ignored. + +If CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES=y and 'newinstance' option is specified, +the mount is considered to be in the multi-instance mode and a new instance +of the devpts fs is created. Any ptys created in this instance are independent +of ptys in other instances of devpts. Like in the single-instance mode, the +/dev/pts/ptmx node is present. To effectively use the multi-instance mode, +open of /dev/ptmx must be a redirected to '/dev/pts/ptmx' using a symlink or +bind-mount. + +Eg: A container startup script could do the following: + + $ chmod 0666 /dev/pts/ptmx + $ rm /dev/ptmx + $ ln -s pts/ptmx /dev/ptmx + $ ns_exec -cm /bin/bash + + # We are now in new container + + $ umount /dev/pts + $ mount -t devpts -o newinstance lxcpts /dev/pts + $ sshd -p 1234 + +where 'ns_exec -cm /bin/bash' calls clone() with CLONE_NEWNS flag and execs +/bin/bash in the child process. A pty created by the sshd is not visible in +the original mount of /dev/pts. + +User-space changes +------------------ + +In multi-instance mode (i.e '-o newinstance' mount option is specified at least +once), following user-space issues should be noted. + +1. If -o newinstance mount option is never used, /dev/pts/ptmx can be ignored + and no change is needed to system-startup scripts. + +2. To effectively use multi-instance mode (i.e -o newinstance is specified) + administrators or startup scripts should "redirect" open of /dev/ptmx to + /dev/pts/ptmx using either a bind mount or symlink. + + $ mount -t devpts -o newinstance devpts /dev/pts + + followed by either + + $ rm /dev/ptmx + $ ln -s pts/ptmx /dev/ptmx + $ chmod 666 /dev/pts/ptmx + or + $ mount -o bind /dev/pts/ptmx /dev/ptmx + +3. The '/dev/ptmx -> pts/ptmx' symlink is the preferred method since it + enables better error-reporting and treats both single-instance and + multi-instance mounts similarly. + + But this method requires that system-startup scripts set the mode of + /dev/pts/ptmx correctly (default mode is 0000). The scripts can set the + mode by, either + + - adding ptmxmode mount option to devpts entry in /etc/fstab, or + - using 'chmod 0666 /dev/pts/ptmx' + +4. If multi-instance mode mount is needed for containers, but the system + startup scripts have not yet been updated, container-startup scripts + should bind mount /dev/ptmx to /dev/pts/ptmx to avoid breaking single- + instance mounts. + + Or, in general, container-startup scripts should use: + + mount -t devpts -o newinstance -o ptmxmode=0666 devpts /dev/pts + if [ ! -L /dev/ptmx ]; then + mount -o bind /dev/pts/ptmx /dev/ptmx + fi + + When all devpts mounts are multi-instance, /dev/ptmx can permanently be + a symlink to pts/ptmx and the bind mount can be ignored. + +5. A multi-instance mount that is not accompanied by the /dev/ptmx to + /dev/pts/ptmx redirection would result in an unusable/unreachable pty. + + mount -t devpts -o newinstance lxcpts /dev/pts + + immediately followed by: + + open("/dev/ptmx") + + would create a pty, say /dev/pts/7, in the initial kernel mount. + But /dev/pts/7 would be invisible in the new mount. + +6. The permissions for /dev/pts/ptmx node should be specified when mounting + /dev/pts, using the '-o ptmxmode=%o' mount option (default is 0000). + + mount -t devpts -o newinstance -o ptmxmode=0644 devpts /dev/pts + + The permissions can be later be changed as usual with 'chmod'. + + chmod 666 /dev/pts/ptmx + +7. A mount of devpts without the 'newinstance' option results in binding to + initial kernel mount. This behavior while preserving legacy semantics, + does not provide strict isolation in a container environment. i.e by + mounting devpts without the 'newinstance' option, a container could + get visibility into the 'host' or root container's devpts. + + To workaround this and have strict isolation, all mounts of devpts, + including the mount in the root container, should use the newinstance + option. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/files.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/files.txt index bb0142f61084..ac2facc50d2a 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/files.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/files.txt @@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ the fdtable structure - 5. Handling of the file structures is special. Since the look-up of the fd (fget()/fget_light()) are lock-free, it is possible that look-up may race with the last put() operation on the - file structure. This is avoided using atomic_inc_not_zero() + file structure. This is avoided using atomic_long_inc_not_zero() on ->f_count : rcu_read_lock(); file = fcheck_files(files, fd); if (file) { - if (atomic_inc_not_zero(&file->f_count)) + if (atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&file->f_count)) *fput_needed = 1; else /* Didn't get the reference, someone's freed */ @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ the fdtable structure - .... return file; - atomic_inc_not_zero() detects if refcounts is already zero or + atomic_long_inc_not_zero() detects if refcounts is already zero or goes to zero during increment. If it does, we fail fget()/fget_light(). diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt index 67310fbbb7df..c2a0871280a0 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt @@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ Features which OCFS2 does not support yet: - quotas - Directory change notification (F_NOTIFY) - Distributed Caching (F_SETLEASE/F_GETLEASE/break_lease) - - POSIX ACLs Mount options ============= @@ -79,3 +78,5 @@ inode64 Indicates that Ocfs2 is allowed to create inodes at bits of significance. user_xattr (*) Enables Extended User Attributes. nouser_xattr Disables Extended User Attributes. +acl Enables POSIX Access Control Lists support. +noacl (*) Disables POSIX Access Control Lists support. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt index dd84ea3c10da..84da2a4ba25a 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt @@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ no_chk_data_crc skip checking of CRCs on data nodes in order to of this option is that corruption of the contents of a file can go unnoticed. chk_data_crc (*) do not skip checking CRCs on data nodes +compr=none override default compressor and set it to "none" +compr=lzo override default compressor and set it to "lzo" +compr=zlib override default compressor and set it to "zlib" Quick usage instructions diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt index 5579bda58a6d..ef19afa186a9 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt @@ -733,7 +733,6 @@ struct file_operations { ssize_t (*sendpage) (struct file *, struct page *, int, size_t, loff_t *, int); unsigned long (*get_unmapped_area)(struct file *, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long); int (*check_flags)(int); - int (*dir_notify)(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg); int (*flock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *); ssize_t (*splice_write)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *, size_t, unsigned int); ssize_t (*splice_read)(struct file *, struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned int); @@ -800,8 +799,6 @@ otherwise noted. check_flags: called by the fcntl(2) system call for F_SETFL command - dir_notify: called by the fcntl(2) system call for F_NOTIFY command - flock: called by the flock(2) system call splice_write: called by the VFS to splice data from a pipe to a file. This @@ -931,7 +928,7 @@ manipulate dentries: d_lookup: look up a dentry given its parent and path name component It looks up the child of that given name from the dcache hash table. If it is found, the reference count is incremented - and the dentry is returned. The caller must use d_put() + and the dentry is returned. The caller must use dput() to free the dentry when it finishes using it. For further information on dentry locking, please refer to the document diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt index b880ce5dbd33..824699174436 100644 --- a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt +++ b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt @@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ Code Seq# Include File Comments <http://linux01.gwdg.de/~alatham/ppdd.html> 'M' all linux/soundcard.h 'N' 00-1F drivers/usb/scanner.h +'O' 00-02 include/mtd/ubi-user.h UBI 'P' all linux/soundcard.h 'Q' all linux/soundcard.h 'R' 00-1F linux/random.h @@ -142,6 +143,9 @@ Code Seq# Include File Comments 'n' 00-7F linux/ncp_fs.h 'n' E0-FF video/matrox.h matroxfb 'o' 00-1F fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h OCFS2 +'o' 00-03 include/mtd/ubi-user.h conflict! (OCFS2 and UBI overlaps) +'o' 40-41 include/mtd/ubi-user.h UBI +'o' 01-A1 include/linux/dvb/*.h DVB 'p' 00-0F linux/phantom.h conflict! (OpenHaptics needs this) 'p' 00-3F linux/mc146818rtc.h conflict! 'p' 40-7F linux/nvram.h diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/00-INDEX b/Documentation/kbuild/00-INDEX index 114644285454..e8d2b6d83a3d 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/00-INDEX @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ 00-INDEX - - this file: info on the kernel build process + - this file: info on the kernel build process +kbuild.txt + - developer information on kbuild +kconfig.txt + - usage help for make *config kconfig-language.txt - specification of Config Language, the language in Kconfig files makefiles.txt diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..51771847e816 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@ +Environment variables + +KCPPFLAGS +-------------------------------------------------- +Additional options to pass when preprocessing. The preprocessing options +will be used in all cases where kbuild do preprocessing including +building C files and assembler files. + +KAFLAGS +-------------------------------------------------- +Additional options to the assembler. + +KCFLAGS +-------------------------------------------------- +Additional options to the C compiler. + +KBUILD_VERBOSE +-------------------------------------------------- +Set the kbuild verbosity. Can be assinged same values as "V=...". +See make help for the full list. +Setting "V=..." takes precedence over KBUILD_VERBOSE. + +KBUILD_EXTMOD +-------------------------------------------------- +Set the directory to look for the kernel source when building external +modules. +The directory can be specified in several ways: +1) Use "M=..." on the command line +2) Environmnet variable KBUILD_EXTMOD +3) Environmnet variable SUBDIRS +The possibilities are listed in the order they take precedence. +Using "M=..." will always override the others. + +KBUILD_OUTPUT +-------------------------------------------------- +Specify the output directory when building the kernel. +The output directory can also be specificed using "O=...". +Setting "O=..." takes precedence over KBUILD_OUTPUT + +ARCH +-------------------------------------------------- +Set ARCH to the architecture to be built. +In most cases the name of the architecture is the same as the +directory name found in the arch/ directory. +But some architectures suach as x86 and sparc has aliases. +x86: i386 for 32 bit, x86_64 for 64 bit +sparc: sparc for 32 bit, sparc64 for 64 bit + +CROSS_COMPILE +-------------------------------------------------- +Specify an optional fixed part of the binutils filename. +CROSS_COMPILE can be a part of the filename or the full path. + +CROSS_COMPILE is also used for ccache is some setups. + +CF +-------------------------------------------------- +Additional options for sparse. +CF is often used on the command-line like this: + + make CF=-Wbitwise C=2 + +INSTALL_PATH +-------------------------------------------------- +INSTALL_PATH specifies where to place the updated kernel and system map +images. Default is /boot, but you can set it to other values + + +MODLIB +-------------------------------------------------- +Specify where to install modules. +The default value is: + + $(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE) + +The value can be overridden in which case the default value is ignored. + +INSTALL_MOD_PATH +-------------------------------------------------- +INSTALL_MOD_PATH specifies a prefix to MODLIB for module directory +relocations required by build roots. This is not defined in the +makefile but the argument can be passed to make if needed. + +INSTALL_MOD_STRIP +-------------------------------------------------- +INSTALL_MOD_STRIP, if defined, will cause modules to be +stripped after they are installed. If INSTALL_MOD_STRIP is '1', then +the default option --strip-debug will be used. Otherwise, +INSTALL_MOD_STRIP will used as the options to the strip command. + +INSTALL_FW_PATH +-------------------------------------------------- +INSTALL_FW_PATH specify where to install the firmware blobs. +The default value is: + + $(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/lib/firmware + +The value can be overridden in which case the default value is ignored. + +INSTALL_HDR_PATH +-------------------------------------------------- +INSTALL_HDR_PATH specify where to install user space headers when +executing "make headers_*". +The default value is: + + $(objtree)/usr + +$(objtree) is the directory where output files are saved. +The output directory is often set using "O=..." on the commandline. + +The value can be overridden in which case the default value is ignored. + +KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN +-------------------------------------------------- +KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN can be set to avoid error out in case of undefined +symbols in the final module linking stage. + +KBUILD_MODPOST_FINAL +-------------------------------------------------- +KBUILD_MODPOST_NOFINAL can be set to skip the final link of modules. +This is solely usefull to speed up test compiles. + +KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS +-------------------------------------------------- +For modules use symbols from another modules. +See more details in modules.txt. diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..26a7c0a93193 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt @@ -0,0 +1,188 @@ +This file contains some assistance for using "make *config". + +Use "make help" to list all of the possible configuration targets. + +The xconfig ('qconf') and menuconfig ('mconf') programs also +have embedded help text. Be sure to check it for navigation, +search, and other general help text. + +====================================================================== +General +-------------------------------------------------- + +New kernel releases often introduce new config symbols. Often more +important, new kernel releases may rename config symbols. When +this happens, using a previously working .config file and running +"make oldconfig" won't necessarily produce a working new kernel +for you, so you may find that you need to see what NEW kernel +symbols have been introduced. + +To see a list of new config symbols when using "make oldconfig", use + + cp user/some/old.config .config + yes "" | make oldconfig >conf.new + +and the config program will list as (NEW) any new symbols that have +unknown values. Of course, the .config file is also updated with +new (default) values, so you can use: + + grep "(NEW)" conf.new + +to see the new config symbols or you can 'diff' the previous and +new .config files to see the differences: + + diff .config.old .config | less + +(Yes, we need something better here.) + + +====================================================================== +menuconfig +-------------------------------------------------- + +SEARCHING for CONFIG symbols + +Searching in menuconfig: + + The Search function searches for kernel configuration symbol + names, so you have to know something close to what you are + looking for. + + Example: + /hotplug + This lists all config symbols that contain "hotplug", + e.g., HOTPLUG, HOTPLUG_CPU, MEMORY_HOTPLUG. + + For search help, enter / followed TAB-TAB-TAB (to highlight + <Help>) and Enter. This will tell you that you can also use + regular expressions (regexes) in the search string, so if you + are not interested in MEMORY_HOTPLUG, you could try + + /^hotplug + + +______________________________________________________________________ +Color Themes for 'menuconfig' + +It is possible to select different color themes using the variable +MENUCONFIG_COLOR. To select a theme use: + + make MENUCONFIG_COLOR=<theme> menuconfig + +Available themes are: + mono => selects colors suitable for monochrome displays + blackbg => selects a color scheme with black background + classic => theme with blue background. The classic look + bluetitle => a LCD friendly version of classic. (default) + +______________________________________________________________________ +Environment variables in 'menuconfig' + +KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG +-------------------------------------------------- +(partially based on lkml email from/by Rob Landley, re: miniconfig) +-------------------------------------------------- +The allyesconfig/allmodconfig/allnoconfig/randconfig variants can +also use the environment variable KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG as a flag or a +filename that contains config symbols that the user requires to be +set to a specific value. If KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG is used without a +filename, "make *config" checks for a file named +"all{yes/mod/no/random}.config" (corresponding to the *config command +that was used) for symbol values that are to be forced. If this file +is not found, it checks for a file named "all.config" to contain forced +values. + +This enables you to create "miniature" config (miniconfig) or custom +config files containing just the config symbols that you are interested +in. Then the kernel config system generates the full .config file, +including dependencies of your miniconfig file, based on the miniconfig +file. + +This 'KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG' file is a config file which contains +(usually a subset of all) preset config symbols. These variable +settings are still subject to normal dependency checks. + +Examples: + KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=custom-notebook.config make allnoconfig +or + KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=mini.config make allnoconfig +or + make KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=mini.config allnoconfig + +These examples will disable most options (allnoconfig) but enable or +disable the options that are explicitly listed in the specified +mini-config files. + +KCONFIG_NOSILENTUPDATE +-------------------------------------------------- +If this variable has a non-blank value, it prevents silent kernel +config udpates (requires explicit updates). + +KCONFIG_CONFIG +-------------------------------------------------- +This environment variable can be used to specify a default kernel config +file name to override the default name of ".config". + +KCONFIG_OVERWRITECONFIG +-------------------------------------------------- +If you set KCONFIG_OVERWRITECONFIG in the environment, Kconfig will not +break symlinks when .config is a symlink to somewhere else. + +KCONFIG_NOTIMESTAMP +-------------------------------------------------- +If this environment variable exists and is non-null, the timestamp line +in generated .config files is omitted. + +KCONFIG_AUTOCONFIG +-------------------------------------------------- +This environment variable can be set to specify the path & name of the +"auto.conf" file. Its default value is "include/config/auto.conf". + +KCONFIG_AUTOHEADER +-------------------------------------------------- +This environment variable can be set to specify the path & name of the +"autoconf.h" (header) file. Its default value is "include/linux/autoconf.h". + +______________________________________________________________________ +menuconfig User Interface Options +---------------------------------------------------------------------- +MENUCONFIG_MODE +-------------------------------------------------- +This mode shows all sub-menus in one large tree. + +Example: + MENUCONFIG_MODE=single_menu make menuconfig + +====================================================================== +xconfig +-------------------------------------------------- + +Searching in xconfig: + + The Search function searches for kernel configuration symbol + names, so you have to know something close to what you are + looking for. + + Example: + Ctrl-F hotplug + or + Menu: File, Search, hotplug + + lists all config symbol entries that contain "hotplug" in + the symbol name. In this Search dialog, you may change the + config setting for any of the entries that are not grayed out. + You can also enter a different search string without having + to return to the main menu. + + +====================================================================== +gconfig +-------------------------------------------------- + +Searching in gconfig: + + None (gconfig isn't maintained as well as xconfig or menuconfig); + however, gconfig does have a few more viewing choices than + xconfig does. + +### diff --git a/Documentation/usb/wusb-cbaf b/Documentation/usb/wusb-cbaf index 2e78b70f3adc..426ddaaef96f 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/wusb-cbaf +++ b/Documentation/usb/wusb-cbaf @@ -80,12 +80,6 @@ case $1 in start) for dev in ${2:-$hdevs} do - uwb_rc=$(readlink -f $dev/uwb_rc) - if cat $uwb_rc/beacon | grep -q -- "-1" - then - echo 13 0 > $uwb_rc/beacon - echo I: started beaconing on ch 13 on $(basename $uwb_rc) >&2 - fi echo $host_CHID > $dev/wusb_chid echo I: started host $(basename $dev) >&2 done @@ -95,9 +89,6 @@ case $1 in do echo 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > $dev/wusb_chid echo I: stopped host $(basename $dev) >&2 - uwb_rc=$(readlink -f $dev/uwb_rc) - echo -1 | cat > $uwb_rc/beacon - echo I: stopped beaconing on $(basename $uwb_rc) >&2 done ;; set-chid) diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 index 335aef4dcaeb..b8d470596b0c 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 @@ -152,3 +152,4 @@ 151 -> ADS Tech Instant HDTV [1421:0380] 152 -> Asus Tiger Rev:1.00 [1043:4857] 153 -> Kworld Plus TV Analog Lite PCI [17de:7128] +154 -> Avermedia AVerTV GO 007 FM Plus [1461:f31d] diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/si470x.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/si470x.txt index 11c5fd22a332..49679e6aaa76 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/si470x.txt +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/si470x.txt @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ chips are known to work: - 10c4:818a: Silicon Labs USB FM Radio Reference Design - 06e1:a155: ADS/Tech FM Radio Receiver (formerly Instant FM Music) (RDX-155-EF) - 1b80:d700: KWorld USB FM Radio SnapMusic Mobile 700 (FM700) +- 10c5:819a: DealExtreme USB Radio Software diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt index eeae76c22a93..ff124374e9ba 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ may be NULL if the subdev driver does not support anything from that category. It looks like this: struct v4l2_subdev_core_ops { - int (*g_chip_ident)(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, struct v4l2_chip_ident *chip); + int (*g_chip_ident)(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, struct v4l2_dbg_chip_ident *chip); int (*log_status)(struct v4l2_subdev *sd); int (*init)(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, u32 val); ... @@ -390,16 +390,18 @@ allocated memory. You should also set these fields: -- parent: set to the parent device (same device as was used to register - v4l2_device). +- v4l2_dev: set to the v4l2_device parent device. - name: set to something descriptive and unique. -- fops: set to the file_operations struct. +- fops: set to the v4l2_file_operations struct. - ioctl_ops: if you use the v4l2_ioctl_ops to simplify ioctl maintenance (highly recommended to use this and it might become compulsory in the future!), then set this to your v4l2_ioctl_ops struct. -If you use v4l2_ioctl_ops, then you should set .unlocked_ioctl to -__video_ioctl2 or .ioctl to video_ioctl2 in your file_operations struct. +If you use v4l2_ioctl_ops, then you should set either .unlocked_ioctl or +.ioctl to video_ioctl2 in your v4l2_file_operations struct. + +The v4l2_file_operations struct is a subset of file_operations. The main +difference is that the inode argument is omitted since it is never used. video_device registration @@ -410,7 +412,7 @@ for you. err = video_register_device(vdev, VFL_TYPE_GRABBER, -1); if (err) { - video_device_release(vdev); // or kfree(my_vdev); + video_device_release(vdev); /* or kfree(my_vdev); */ return err; } @@ -516,5 +518,4 @@ void *video_drvdata(struct file *file); You can go from a video_device struct to the v4l2_device struct using: -struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev = dev_get_drvdata(vdev->parent); - +struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev = vdev->v4l2_dev; |