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* [PATCH] FUSE: don't allow restarting of system callsMiklos Szeredi2005-09-095-111/+45
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch removes ability to interrupt and restart operations while there hasn't been any side-effect. The reason: applications. There are some apps it seems that generate signals at a fast rate. This means, that if the operation cannot make enough progress between two signals, it will be restarted for ever. This bug actually manifested itself with 'krusader' trying to open a file for writing under sshfs. Thanks to Eduard Czimbalmos for the report. The problem can be solved just by making open() uninterruptible, because in this case it was the truncate operation that slowed down the progress. But it's better to solve this by simply not allowing interrupts at all (except SIGKILL), because applications don't expect file operations to be interruptible anyway. As an added bonus the code is simplified somewhat. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] FUSE: add fsync operation for directoriesMiklos Szeredi2005-09-094-5/+31
| | | | | | | | | | This patch adds a new FSYNCDIR request, which is sent when fsync is called on directories. This operation is available in libfuse 2.3-pre1 or greater. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fuse: don't update file timesMiklos Szeredi2005-09-093-4/+9
| | | | | | | | | | Don't change mtime/ctime/atime to local time on read/write. Rather invalidate file attributes, so next stat() will force a GETATTR call. Bug reported by Ben Grimm. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fuse: more flexible cachingMiklos Szeredi2005-09-095-59/+18
| | | | | | | | | | | Make data caching behavior selectable on a per-open basis instead of per-mount. Compatibility for the old mount options 'kernel_cache' and 'direct_io' is retained in the userspace library (version 2.4.0-pre1 or later). Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fuse: transfer readdir data through deviceMiklos Szeredi2005-09-095-90/+73
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch removes a long lasting "hack" in FUSE, which used a separate channel (a file descriptor refering to a disk-file) to transfer directory contents from userspace to the kernel. The patch adds three new operations (OPENDIR, READDIR, RELEASEDIR), which have semantics and implementation exactly maching the respective file operations (OPEN, READ, RELEASE). This simplifies the directory reading code. Also disk space is not necessary, which can be important in embedded systems. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] FUSE - direct I/OMiklos Szeredi2005-09-093-2/+146
| | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds support for the "direct_io" mount option of FUSE. When this mount option is specified, the page cache is bypassed for read and write operations. This is useful for example, if the filesystem doesn't know the size of files before reading them, or when any kind of caching is harmful. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fuse: stricter mount option checkingMiklos Szeredi2005-09-091-2/+11
| | | | | | | | Check for the presence of all mandatory mount options. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] FUSE: tighten check for processes allowed accessMiklos Szeredi2005-09-093-6/+49
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch tightens the check for allowing processes to access non-privileged mounts. The rational is that the filesystem implementation can control the behavior or get otherwise unavailable information of the filesystem user. If the filesystem user process has the same uid, gid, and is not suid or sgid application, then access is safe. Otherwise access is not allowed unless the "allow_other" mount option is given (for which policy is controlled by the userspace mount utility). Thanks to everyone linux-fsdevel, especially Martin Mares who helped uncover problems with the previous approach. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] FUSE - readpages operationMiklos Szeredi2005-09-093-0/+85
| | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds readpages support to FUSE. With the help of the readpages() operation multiple reads are bundled together and sent as a single request to userspace. This can improve reading performace. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] FUSE: add paddingMiklos Szeredi2005-09-091-0/+15
| | | | | | | | | Add padding to structures to make sizes the same on 32bit and 64bit archs. Initial testing and test machine generously provided by Franco Broi. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] FUSE - extended attribute operationsMiklos Szeredi2005-09-093-0/+213
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds the extended attribute operations to FUSE. The following operations are added: o getxattr o setxattr o listxattr o removexattr Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] FUSE - mount optionsMiklos Szeredi2005-09-095-67/+170
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds miscellaneous mount options to the FUSE filesystem. The following mount options are added: o default_permissions: check permissions with generic_permission() o allow_other: allow other users to access files o allow_root: allow root to access files o kernel_cache: don't invalidate page cache on open Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] FUSE - file operationsMiklos Szeredi2005-09-096-1/+413
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds the file operations of FUSE. The following operations are added: o open o flush o release o fsync o readpage o commit_write Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] FUSE - read-write operationsMiklos Szeredi2005-09-094-19/+419
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds the write filesystem operations of FUSE. The following operations are added: o setattr o symlink o mknod o mkdir o create o unlink o rmdir o rename o link Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] FUSE - read-only operationsMiklos Szeredi2005-09-096-1/+615
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds the read-only filesystem operations of FUSE. This contains the following files: o dir.c - directory, symlink and file-inode operations The following operations are added: o lookup o getattr o readlink o follow_link o directory open o readdir o directory release o permission o dentry revalidate o statfs Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] FUSE - device functionsMiklos Szeredi2005-09-096-7/+1537
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This adds the FUSE device handling functions. This contains the following files: o dev.c - fuse device operations (read, write, release, poll) - registers misc device - support for sending requests to userspace Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] FUSE - coreMiklos Szeredi2005-09-094-0/+562
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds FUSE core. This contains the following files: o inode.c - superblock operations (alloc_inode, destroy_inode, read_inode, clear_inode, put_super, show_options) - registers FUSE filesystem o fuse_i.h - private header file Requirements ============ The most important difference between orinary filesystems and FUSE is the fact, that the filesystem data/metadata is provided by a userspace process run with the privileges of the mount "owner" instead of the kernel, or some remote entity usually running with elevated privileges. The security implication of this is that a non-privileged user must not be able to use this capability to compromise the system. Obvious requirements arising from this are: - mount owner should not be able to get elevated privileges with the help of the mounted filesystem - mount owner should not be able to induce undesired behavior in other users' or the super user's processes - mount owner should not get illegitimate access to information from other users' and the super user's processes These are currently ensured with the following constraints: 1) mount is only allowed to directory or file which the mount owner can modify without limitation (write access + no sticky bit for directories) 2) nosuid,nodev mount options are forced 3) any process running with fsuid different from the owner is denied all access to the filesystem 1) and 2) are ensured by the "fusermount" mount utility which is a setuid root application doing the actual mount operation. 3) is ensured by a check in the permission() method in kernel I started thinking about doing 3) in a different way because Christoph H. made a big deal out of it, saying that FUSE is unacceptable into mainline in this form. The suggested use of private namespaces would be OK, but in their current form have many limitations that make their use impractical (as discussed in this thread). Suggested improvements that would address these limitations: - implement shared subtrees - allow a process to join an existing namespace (make namespaces first-class objects) - implement the namespace creation/joining in a PAM module With all that in place the check of owner against current->fsuid may be removed from the FUSE kernel module, without compromising the security requirements. Suid programs still interesting questions, since they get access even to the private namespace causing some information leak (exact order/timing of filesystem operations performed), giving some ptrace-like capabilities to unprivileged users. BTW this problem is not strictly limited to the namespace approach, since suid programs setting fsuid and accessing users' files will succeed with the current approach too. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] FUSE - MAINTAINERS, Kconfig and Makefile changesMiklos Szeredi2005-09-093-0/+21
| | | | | | | | | This patch adds FUSE filesystem to MAINTAINERS, fs/Kconfig and fs/Makefile. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Documentation/sparse snapshot URLBen Dooks2005-09-091-1/+1
| | | | | | | | The URL for Documentation/sparse is wrong now that it is in git. Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] VFS: update documentationPekka J Enberg2005-09-091-112/+323
| | | | | | | | | | This patch brings the now out-of-date Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt back to life. Thanks to Carsten Otte, Trond Myklebust, and Anton Altaparmakov for their help on updating this documentation. Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Kdump: Documentation UpdateVivek Goyal2005-09-091-8/+8
| | | | | | | | | There are minor changes in command line options in kexec-tools for kdump. This patch updates the documentation to reflect those changes. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] DocBook: fix kernel-api documentation generationMartin Waitz2005-09-091-3/+2
| | | | | | | | This patch changes a macro definition so that kernel-doc can understand it. Signed-off-by: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] update kfree, vfree, and vunmap kerneldocPekka Enberg2005-09-092-3/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | This patch clarifies NULL handling of kfree() and vfree(). I addition, wording of calling context restriction for vfree() and vunmap() are changed from "may not" to "must not." Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Acked-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] docs: fix misinformation about overcommit_memoryChuck Ebbert2005-09-091-10/+32
| | | | | | | | | Someone complained about the docs for vm_overcommit_memory being wrong. This patch copies the text from the vm documentation into procfs. Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] ISA DMA API documentationPierre Ossman2005-09-091-0/+151
| | | | | | | | Documentation for how the ISA DMA controller is handled in the kernel. Signed-off-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Documentation: how to apply patches for various treesJesper Juhl2005-09-092-0/+441
| | | | | | | | | Add a new document describing the major kernel trees and how to apply their patches. Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Update Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmplRusty Russell2005-09-091-166/+144
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Update the hacking guide, before CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT goes in and it needs rewriting again. Changes include modernization of quotes, removal of most references to bottom halves (some mention required because we still use bh in places to mean softirq). It would be nice to have a discussion of sparse and various annotations. Please send patches straight to akpm. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (authored) Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] s3c2410fb: Platform support for ARM S3C2410 framebuffer driverArnaud Patard2005-09-092-1/+61
| | | | | | | | | | | | This patch add the plateform specific stuff needed to configure and use the driver. Signed-Off-By: Arnaud Patard <arnaud.patard@rtp-net.org> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: Ben Dooks <ben@trinity.fluff.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] s3c2410fb: ARM S3C2410 framebuffer driverArnaud Patard2005-09-096-0/+1082
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This set of two patches add support for the framebuffer of the Samsung S3C2410 ARM SoC. This driver was started about one year ago and is now used on iPAQ h1930/h1940, Acer n30 and probably other s3c2410-based machines I'm not aware of. I've also heard yesterday that it's working also on iPAQ rx3715/rx3115 (s3c2440-based machines). Signed-Off-By: Arnaud Patard <arnaud.patard@rtp-net.org> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben@trinity.fluff.org> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] quiet non-x86 option ROM warningsOlaf Hering2005-09-092-4/+5
| | | | | | | | | Quiet an incorrect warning in aty128fb and radeonfb about the PCI ROM content. Macs work just find without that signature. Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] i810fb: Stop LCD displays from flickeringAntonino A. Daplas2005-09-091-0/+2
| | | | | | | | Stop LCD displays from flickering during high loads. Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] i810fb: Add i2c/DDC supportAntonino A. Daplas2005-09-096-45/+429
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Add ddc/i2c support for i810fb. This will allow the driver to get display information, especially for monitors with fickle timings. The i2c support depends on CONFIG_FB_I810_GTF. Changed __init* to __devinit* Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Alexander Nyberg <alexn@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fbcon: Break up bit_putcs into its component functionsAntonino A. Daplas2005-09-093-66/+109
| | | | | | | | | | | | The function bit_putcs() in drivers/video/console/bitblit.c is becoming large. Break it up into its component functions (bit_putcs_unaligned and bit_putcs_aligned). Incorporated fb_pad_aligned_buffer() optimization by Roman Zippel. Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pxafb: Add hsync time reporting hookRichard Purdie2005-09-093-0/+35
| | | | | | | | | | | To solve touchscreen interference problems devices like the Sharp Zaurus SL-C3000 need to know the length of the horitzontal sync pulses. This patch adds a hook to pxafb so the touchscreen driver can function correctly. Signed-Off-By: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fbdev: Initialize var structure in calc_mode_timingsAntonino A. Daplas2005-09-091-1/+3
| | | | | | | | | The var structure in calc_mode_timings is not properly initialized (zero set) which leads to undefined behavior when it is passed to fb_get_mode(). Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] nvidiafb: Fixed mirrored characters in big endian machinesAntonino A. Daplas2005-09-091-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | nvidiafb_imageblit converts the bitdata stream from big_endian to little endian. This produces mirrored characters when machine is big_endian. Do not endian convert on big endian machines. Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fbcon: Stop cursor timer if console is inactiveAntonino A. Daplas2005-09-092-43/+52
| | | | | | | | | If console is blanked or in KD_GRAPHICS mode, delete cursor timer. No sense flashing the cursor when there's nothing to be seen. Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] savagefb: Make mode_option available when compiled as a moduleAntonino A. Daplas2005-09-091-0/+3
| | | | | | | | Make "mode_option" available when compiled as a module. Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] nvidiafb: Use CVT to get mode for digital displaysAntonino A. Daplas2005-09-091-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | If no EDID block is probed, if the display is digital and if no mode option is specified by the user, get the timings by CVT instead of using the global mode database. Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fbdev: Add VESA Coordinated Video Timings (CVT) supportAntonino A. Daplas2005-09-096-12/+519
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The Coordinated Video Timings (CVT) is the latest standard approved by VESA concerning video timings generation. It addresses the limitation of GTF which is designed mainly for CRT displays. CRT's have a high blanking requirement (as much as 25% of the horizontal frame length) which artificially increases the pixelclock. Digital displays, on the other hand, needs to conserve the pixelclock as much as possible. The GTF also does not take into account the different aspect ratios in its calculation. The new function added is fb_find_mode_cvt(). It is called by fb_find_mode() if it recognizes a mode option string formatted for CVT. The format is: <xres>x<yres>[M][R][-<bpp>][<at-sign><refresh>][i][m] The 'M' tells the function to calculate using CVT. On it's own, it will compute a timing for CRT displays at 60Hz. If the 'R' is specified, 'reduced blanking' computation will be used, best for flatpanels. The 'i' and the 'm' is for 'interlaced mode' and 'with margins' respectively. To determine if CVT was used, check for dmesg for something like this: CVT Mode - <pix>M<n>[-R], ie: .480M3-R (800x600 reduced blanking) where: pix - product of xres and yres, in MB M - is a CVT mode n - the aspect ratio (3 - 4:3; 4 - 5:4; 9 - 16:9, 15:9; A - 16:10) -R - reduced blanking Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] radeonfb: Only request resources we needDaniel Burcaw2005-09-091-9/+20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch changes radeon to request only resources 0 and 2 instead of all 3. This works around problems with some setups where BAR 1 (IO BAR) has not been assigned by the firmware since it's not used on the machine and the kernel fails to assign something to it due to the card being between a P2P bridge that was configured without an IO range at all. This typically fixes radeonfb on some Apple Xserve G5 machines Signed-off-by: Daniel Burcaw <dburcaw@terrasoftsolutions.com> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] framebuffer: bit_putcs() optimization for 8x* fontsKnut Petersen2005-09-091-2/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This trivial patch gives a performance boost to the framebuffer console Constructing the bitmaps that are given to the bitblit functions of the framebuffer drivers is time consuming. Here we avoide a call to the slow fb_pad_aligned_buffer(). The patch replaces that call with a simple but much more efficient bytewise copy. The kernel spends a significant time at this place if you use 8x* fonts. Every pixel displayed on your screen is prepared here. Some benchmark results: Displaying a file of 2000 lines with 160 characters each takes 889 ms system time using cyblafb on my system (I´m using a 1280x1024 video mode, resulting in a 160x64 character console) Displaying the same file with the enclosed patch applied to 2.6.13 only takes 760 ms system time, saving 129 ms or 14.5%. Font widths other than 8 are not affected. The advantage and correctness of this patch should be obvious. Signed-off-by: Knut Petersen <Knut_Petersen@t-online.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] framebuffer: new driver for cyberblade/i1 graphics coreKnut Petersen2005-09-0914-2/+2266
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This is a framebuffer driver for the Cyberblade/i1 graphics core. Currently tridenfb claims to support the cyberblade/i1 graphics core. This is of very limited truth. Even vesafb is faster and provides more working modes and a much better quality of the video signal. There is a great number of bugs in tridentfb ... but most often it is impossible to decide if these bugs are real bugs or if fixing them for the cyberblade/i1 core would break support for one of the other supported chips. Tridentfb seems to be unmaintained,and documentation for most of the supported chips is not available. So "fixing" cyberblade/i1 support inside of tridentfb was not an option, it would have caused numerous if(CYBERBLADEi1) else ... cases and would have rendered the code to be almost unmaintainable. A first version of this driver was published on 2005-07-31. A fix for a bug reported by Jochen Hein was integrated as well as some changes requested by Antonino A. Daplas. A message has been added to tridentfb to inform current users of tridentfb to switch to cyblafb if the cyberblade/i1 graphics core is detected. This patch is one logical change, but because of the included documentation it is bigger than 70kb. Therefore it is not sent to lkml and linux-fbdev-devel, Signed-off-by: Knut Petersen <Knut_Petersen@t-online.de> Cc: Muli Ben-Yehuda <mulix@mulix.org> Acked-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] better error handing in savagefb_probeOlaf Hering2005-09-091-5/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | err remains uninitialized of pci_request_regions fails. Found by Thorsten Kukuk, I added a few more checks. Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olh@suse.de> Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] sisfb updateThomas Winischhofer2005-09-0922-18454/+14335
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This lifts sisfb from version 1.7.17 to version 1.8.9. Changes include: - Added support for XGI V3XT, V5, V8, Z7 chipsets, including POSTing of all of these chipsets. - Added support for latest SiS chipsets (761). - Added support for SiS76x memory "hybrid" mode. - Added support for new LCD resolutions (eg 1280x854, 856x480). - Fixed support for 320x240 STN panels (for embedded devices). - Fixed many HDTV modes (525p, 750p, 1080i). - Fixed PCI config register reading/writing to use proper kernel functions for this purpose. - Fixed PCI ROM handling to use the kernel's proper functions. - Removed lots of "typedef"s. - Removed lots of code which was for X.org/XFree86 only. - Fixed coding style in many places. - Removed lots of 2.4 cruft. - Reduced stack size by unifying two previously separate structs into one. - Added new hooks for memory allocation (for DRM). Now the driver can truly handle multiple cards, including memory management. - Fixed numerous minor bugs. Signed-off-by: Thomas Winischhofer <thomas@winischhofer.net> Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] matroxfb: read MGA PInS data on PowerPCIan Romanick2005-09-091-0/+30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This updates the matroxfb code so that it can find the PInS data embedded in the BIOS on PowerPC cards. The process for finding the data is different on OpenFirmware cards than on x86 cards, and the code for doing so was missing. After patching, building, installing, and booting a kernel, you should grep for "PInS" in /var/log/messages. You should see two messages in the log: PInS data found at offset XXXXX PInS memtype = X On the GXT135p card I get "31168" and "5". The first value is irrelevant, but it's presence lets me know that the PInS data was actually found. On a GXT130p, the second value should be 3. Since I don't have access to that hardware, if someone can verify that, I will submit a follow-on patch that rips out all the memtype parameter stuff. Signed-off-by: Ian Romanick <idr@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Petr Vandrovec <vandrove@vc.cvut.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] radeonfb_old: Fix broken linkAntonino A. Daplas2005-09-091-2/+1
| | | | | | | | | The link for ATI's product page in drivers/video/Kconfig for FB_RADEON is broken. Replace with a product comparison page. Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] atyfb: Remove code that sets sync polarity unconditionallyAlexander Kern2005-09-091-14/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Currently, atyfb has code that sets the hsync and vsync polarity based on the current video mode, without letting the user override the settings. Remove this particular code. The sync polarities are set by the PROM, the user or by the videomode. Signed-off-by: Alexander Kern <alex.kern@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] console: Fix buffer copy on vc resizeAntonino A. Daplas2005-09-091-6/+31
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | On a vc resize, the contents of the old screen buffer are transferred to the new screenbuffer. If the new screenbuffer is smaller than the old one, only the contents from the bottom are copied to new. If the contents of the old buffer are located at the top, then the contents will not be copied to the new buffer resulting in a blank screen. This bug will happen only if the vc in question is not in the foreground. Doing an fbset -a or con2fbmap will trigger this bug. To fix this problem, base the start of the copy from the location of the current cursor. If the cursor is near the top of the buffer, copy the contents at the top, and if the cursor is near the bottom of the buffer, then copy the contents at the bottom. In the unlikely case where the new row size is greater than 2x smaller than the old one, and the cursor is in the middle, copy 1/2 screenful from the top and bottom of the cursor position. Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fbcon: Saner 16-color to 4-color conversionAntonino A. Daplas2005-09-091-2/+19
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Currently, the default linux 16-colors are converted to 4-colors by simply dividing the values by 4. However, this is not necessarily correct since the first 4 colors are converted to black, rendering them invisible. So, for black, no conversion; for light colors, convert to gray, for normal text color, no conversion, and for bright colors, convert to intense white. Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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