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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ibft | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/HOWTO | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/development-process/2.Process | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/development-process/8.Conclusion | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kmemleak.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/prctl/Makefile | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vDSO/Makefile | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vDSO/vdso_standalone_test_x86.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt | 2 |
13 files changed, 33 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ibft b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ibft index c2b7d1154bec..cac3930bdb04 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ibft +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ibft @@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ Date: November 2007 Contact: Konrad Rzeszutek <ketuzsezr@darnok.org> Description: The /sys/firmware/ibft/ethernetX directory will contain files that expose the iSCSI Boot Firmware Table NIC data. - This can this can the IP address, MAC, and gateway of the NIC. + Usually this contains the IP address, MAC, and gateway of the NIC. diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile index df2962d9e11e..8bf7c6191296 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ GENFILES := $(addprefix $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/, $(MEDIA_TEMP)) PHONY += cleanmediadocs cleanmediadocs: - -@rm `find $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR) -type l` $(GENFILES) $(OBJIMGFILES) 2>/dev/null + -@rm -f `find $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR) -type l` $(GENFILES) $(OBJIMGFILES) 2>/dev/null $(obj)/media_api.xml: $(GENFILES) FORCE diff --git a/Documentation/HOWTO b/Documentation/HOWTO index 57cf5efb044d..93aa8604630e 100644 --- a/Documentation/HOWTO +++ b/Documentation/HOWTO @@ -324,7 +324,6 @@ tree, they need to be integration-tested. For this purpose, a special testing repository exists into which virtually all subsystem trees are pulled on an almost daily basis: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git - http://linux.f-seidel.de/linux-next/pmwiki/ This way, the -next kernel gives a summary outlook onto what will be expected to go into the mainline kernel at the next merge period. diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 482c74947de0..1fa1caa198eb 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -483,12 +483,10 @@ have been included in the discussion 14) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by:, Suggested-by: and Fixes: -If this patch fixes a problem reported by somebody else, consider adding a -Reported-by: tag to credit the reporter for their contribution. Please -note that this tag should not be added without the reporter's permission, -especially if the problem was not reported in a public forum. That said, -if we diligently credit our bug reporters, they will, hopefully, be -inspired to help us again in the future. +The Reported-by tag gives credit to people who find bugs and report them and it +hopefully inspires them to help us again in the future. Please note that if +the bug was reported in private, then ask for permission first before using the +Reported-by tag. A Tested-by: tag indicates that the patch has been successfully tested (in some environment) by the person named. This tag informs maintainers that diff --git a/Documentation/development-process/2.Process b/Documentation/development-process/2.Process index 2e0617936e8f..c24e156a6118 100644 --- a/Documentation/development-process/2.Process +++ b/Documentation/development-process/2.Process @@ -289,10 +289,6 @@ lists when they are assembled; they can be downloaded from: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/next/ -Some information about linux-next has been gathered at: - - http://linux.f-seidel.de/linux-next/pmwiki/ - Linux-next has become an integral part of the kernel development process; all patches merged during a given merge window should really have found their way into linux-next some time before the merge window opens. diff --git a/Documentation/development-process/8.Conclusion b/Documentation/development-process/8.Conclusion index 1990ab4b4949..caef69022e9c 100644 --- a/Documentation/development-process/8.Conclusion +++ b/Documentation/development-process/8.Conclusion @@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ Beyond that, a valuable resource for kernel developers is: http://kernelnewbies.org/ -Information about the linux-next tree gathers at: - - http://linux.f-seidel.de/linux-next/pmwiki/ - And, of course, one should not forget http://kernel.org/, the definitive location for kernel release information. diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt index 042a0273b8ba..b7ba01ad1426 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt @@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ I. For patch submitters devicetree@vger.kernel.org + 3) The Documentation/ portion of the patch should come in the series before + the code implementing the binding. + II. For kernel maintainers 1) If you aren't comfortable reviewing a given binding, reply to it and ask diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 74339c57b914..db034a5912e7 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1307,6 +1307,18 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. .cdrom .chs .ignore_cable are additional options See Documentation/ide/ide.txt. + ide-generic.probe-mask= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem + Format: <int> + Probe mask for legacy ISA IDE ports. Depending on + platform up to 6 ports are supported, enabled by + setting corresponding bits in the mask to 1. The + default value is 0x0, which has a special meaning. + On systems that have PCI, it triggers scanning the + PCI bus for the first and the second port, which + are then probed. On systems without PCI the value + of 0x0 enables probing the two first ports as if it + was 0x3. + ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers. @@ -1587,6 +1599,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. kmemleak= [KNL] Boot-time kmemleak enable/disable Valid arguments: on, off Default: on + Built with CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y, + the default is off. kmemcheck= [X86] Boot-time kmemcheck enable/disable/one-shot mode Valid arguments: 0, 1, 2 diff --git a/Documentation/kmemleak.txt b/Documentation/kmemleak.txt index f4f033c8d856..45e777f4e41d 100644 --- a/Documentation/kmemleak.txt +++ b/Documentation/kmemleak.txt @@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ Memory may be allocated or freed before kmemleak is initialised and these actions are stored in an early log buffer. The size of this buffer is configured via the CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_EARLY_LOG_SIZE option. +If CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF are enabled, the kmemleak is +disabled by default. Passing "kmemleak=on" on the kernel command +line enables the function. + Basic Algorithm --------------- diff --git a/Documentation/prctl/Makefile b/Documentation/prctl/Makefile index 3e3232dcb2b8..2948b7b124b9 100644 --- a/Documentation/prctl/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/prctl/Makefile @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # List of programs to build -hostprogs-y := disable-tsc-ctxt-sw-stress-test disable-tsc-on-off-stress-test disable-tsc-test +hostprogs-$(CONFIG_X86) := disable-tsc-ctxt-sw-stress-test disable-tsc-on-off-stress-test disable-tsc-test # Tell kbuild to always build the programs always := $(hostprogs-y) diff --git a/Documentation/vDSO/Makefile b/Documentation/vDSO/Makefile index 2b99e57207c1..ee075c3d2124 100644 --- a/Documentation/vDSO/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/vDSO/Makefile @@ -10,3 +10,6 @@ always := $(hostprogs-y) HOSTCFLAGS := -I$(objtree)/usr/include -std=gnu99 HOSTCFLAGS_vdso_standalone_test_x86.o := -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-stack-protector HOSTLOADLIBES_vdso_standalone_test_x86 := -nostdlib +ifeq ($(CONFIG_X86_32),y) +HOSTLOADLIBES_vdso_standalone_test_x86 += -lgcc_s +endif diff --git a/Documentation/vDSO/vdso_standalone_test_x86.c b/Documentation/vDSO/vdso_standalone_test_x86.c index d46240265c50..93b0ebf8cc38 100644 --- a/Documentation/vDSO/vdso_standalone_test_x86.c +++ b/Documentation/vDSO/vdso_standalone_test_x86.c @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static inline void linux_exit(int code) x86_syscall3(__NR_exit, code, 0, 0); } -void to_base10(char *lastdig, uint64_t n) +void to_base10(char *lastdig, time_t n) { while (n) { *lastdig = (n % 10) + '0'; diff --git a/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt b/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt index bdd4bb97fff7..b64e0af9cc56 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt +++ b/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ This command mounts a (pseudo) filesystem of type hugetlbfs on the directory /mnt/huge. Any files created on /mnt/huge uses huge pages. The uid and gid options sets the owner and group of the root of the file system. By default the uid and gid of the current process are taken. The mode option sets the -mode of root of file system to value & 0777. This value is given in octal. +mode of root of file system to value & 01777. This value is given in octal. By default the value 0755 is picked. The size option sets the maximum value of memory (huge pages) allowed for that filesystem (/mnt/huge). The size is rounded down to HPAGE_SIZE. The option nr_inodes sets the maximum number of |