Commit c032a2de authored by Ingo Molnar's avatar Ingo Molnar
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Merge branch 'x86/cleanups' into x86/irq 

[ merged x86/cleanups into x86/irq to enable a wider IRQ entry code
  patch to be applied, which depends on a cleanup patch in x86/cleanups. ]
parents 722024db cbe9ee00

Documentation/00-INDEX

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@@ -42,14 +42,8 @@ IRQ.txt 
	- description of what an IRQ is.

ManagementStyle

	- how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers.

MSI-HOWTO.txt

	- the Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) Driver Guide HOWTO and FAQ.

RCU/

	- directory with info on RCU (read-copy update).

README.DAC960

	- info on Mylex DAC960/DAC1100 PCI RAID Controller Driver for Linux.

README.cycladesZ

	- info on Cyclades-Z firmware loading.

SAK.txt

	- info on Secure Attention Keys.

SM501.txt
@@ -86,20 +80,16 @@ blackfin/ 
	- directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch.

block/

	- info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer.

blockdev/

	- info on block devices & drivers

cachetlb.txt

	- describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses.

cciss.txt

	- info, major/minor #'s for Compaq's SMART Array Controllers.

cdrom/

	- directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.

computone.txt

	- info on Computone Intelliport II/Plus Multiport Serial Driver.

connector/

	- docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod.

console/

	- documentation on Linux console drivers.

cpqarray.txt

	- info on using Compaq's SMART2 Intelligent Disk Array Controllers.

cpu-freq/

	- info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling.

cpu-hotplug.txt
@@ -126,8 +116,6 @@ device-mapper/ 
	- directory with info on Device Mapper.

devices.txt

	- plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s.

digiepca.txt

	- info on Digi Intl. {PC,PCI,EISA}Xx and Xem series cards.

dontdiff

	- file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed.

driver-model/
@@ -152,14 +140,10 @@ filesystems/ 
	- info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports.

firmware_class/

	- request_firmware() hotplug interface info.

floppy.txt

	- notes and driver options for the floppy disk driver.

frv/

	- Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation.

gpio.txt

	- overview of GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) access conventions.

hayes-esp.txt

	- info on using the Hayes ESP serial driver.

highuid.txt

	- notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs.

timers/
@@ -186,8 +170,6 @@ io_ordering.txt 
	- info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses.

ioctl/

	- directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls.

ioctl-number.txt

	- how to implement and register device/driver ioctl calls.

iostats.txt

	- info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides.

irqflags-tracing.txt
@@ -250,14 +232,10 @@ mips/ 
	- directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture.

mono.txt

	- how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC.

moxa-smartio

	- file with info on installing/using Moxa multiport serial driver.

mutex-design.txt

	- info on the generic mutex subsystem.

namespaces/

	- directory with various information about namespaces

nbd.txt

	- info on a TCP implementation of a network block device.

netlabel/

	- directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem.

networking/
@@ -270,8 +248,6 @@ numastat.txt 
	- info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs.

oops-tracing.txt

	- how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages.

paride.txt

	- information about the parallel port IDE subsystem.

parisc/

	- directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture.

parport.txt
@@ -290,20 +266,16 @@ powerpc/ 
	- directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC.

preempt-locking.txt

	- info on locking under a preemptive kernel.

printk-formats.txt

	- how to get printk format specifiers right

prio_tree.txt

	- info on radix-priority-search-tree use for indexing vmas.

ramdisk.txt

	- short guide on how to set up and use the RAM disk.

rbtree.txt

	- info on what red-black trees are and what they are for.

riscom8.txt

	- notes on using the RISCom/8 multi-port serial driver.

robust-futex-ABI.txt

	- documentation of the robust futex ABI.

robust-futexes.txt

	- a description of what robust futexes are.

rocket.txt

	- info on the Comtrol RocketPort multiport serial driver.

rt-mutex-design.txt

	- description of the RealTime mutex implementation design.

rt-mutex.txt
@@ -332,8 +304,6 @@ sparc/ 
	- directory with info on using Linux on Sparc architecture.

sparse.txt

	- info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking.

specialix.txt

	- info on hardware/driver for specialix IO8+ multiport serial card.

spi/

	- overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support.

spinlocks.txt
@@ -342,14 +312,10 @@ stable_api_nonsense.txt 
	- info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi.

stable_kernel_rules.txt

	- rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases.

stallion.txt

	- info on using the Stallion multiport serial driver.

svga.txt

	- short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS.

sysfs-rules.txt

	- How not to use sysfs.

sx.txt

	- info on the Specialix SX/SI multiport serial driver.

sysctl/

	- directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files.

sysrq.txt
@@ -358,8 +324,6 @@ telephony/ 
	- directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support.

time_interpolators.txt

	- info on time interpolators.

tty.txt

	- guide to the locking policies of the tty layer.

uml/

	- directory with information about User Mode Linux.

unicode.txt

Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-c2port

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What:		/sys/class/c2port/

Date:		October 2008

Contact:	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>

Description:

		The /sys/class/c2port/ directory will contain files and

		directories that will provide a unified interface to

		the C2 port interface.



What:		/sys/class/c2port/c2portX

Date:		October 2008

Contact:	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>

Description:

		The /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/ directory is related to X-th

		C2 port into the system. Each directory will contain files to

		manage and control its C2 port.



What:		/sys/class/c2port/c2portX/access

Date:		October 2008

Contact:	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>

Description:

		The /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/access file enable the access

		to the C2 port from the system. No commands can be sent

		till this entry is set to 0.



What:		/sys/class/c2port/c2portX/dev_id

Date:		October 2008

Contact:	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>

Description:

		The /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/dev_id file show the device ID

		of the connected micro.



What:		/sys/class/c2port/c2portX/flash_access

Date:		October 2008

Contact:	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>

Description:

		The /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/flash_access file enable the

		access to the on-board flash of the connected micro.

		No commands can be sent till this entry is set to 0.



What:		/sys/class/c2port/c2portX/flash_block_size

Date:		October 2008

Contact:	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>

Description:

		The /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/flash_block_size file show

		the on-board flash block size of the connected micro.



What:		/sys/class/c2port/c2portX/flash_blocks_num

Date:		October 2008

Contact:	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>

Description:

		The /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/flash_blocks_num file show

		the on-board flash blocks number of the connected micro.



What:		/sys/class/c2port/c2portX/flash_data

Date:		October 2008

Contact:	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>

Description:

		The /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/flash_data file export

		the content of the on-board flash of the connected micro.



What:		/sys/class/c2port/c2portX/flash_erase

Date:		October 2008

Contact:	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>

Description:

		The /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/flash_erase file execute

		the "erase" command on the on-board flash of the connected

		micro.



What:		/sys/class/c2port/c2portX/flash_erase

Date:		October 2008

Contact:	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>

Description:

		The /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/flash_erase file show the

		on-board flash size of the connected micro.



What:		/sys/class/c2port/c2portX/reset

Date:		October 2008

Contact:	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>

Description:

		The /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/reset file execute a "reset"

		command on the connected micro.



What:		/sys/class/c2port/c2portX/rev_id

Date:		October 2008

Contact:	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>

Description:

		The /sys/class/c2port/c2portX/rev_id file show the revision ID

		of the connected micro.

Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-acpi

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		error - an interrupt that can't be accounted for above.



		invalid: it's either a wakeup GPE or a GPE/Fixed Event that

		invalid: it's either a GPE or a Fixed Event that

			doesn't have an event handler.



		disable: the GPE/Fixed Event is valid but disabled.
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		and other user space applications so that the machine won't shutdown

		when pressing the power button.

		# cat ff_pwr_btn

		0

		0	enabled

		# press the power button for 3 times;

		# cat ff_pwr_btn

		3

		3	enabled

		# echo disable > ff_pwr_btn

		# cat ff_pwr_btn

		disable

		3	disabled

		# press the power button for 3 times;

		# cat ff_pwr_btn

		disable

		3	disabled

		# echo enable > ff_pwr_btn

		# cat ff_pwr_btn

		4

		4	enabled

		/*

		 * this is because the status bit is set even if the enable bit is cleared,

		 * and it triggers an ACPI fixed event when the enable bit is set again

		 */

		# press the power button for 3 times;

		# cat ff_pwr_btn

		7

		7	enabled

		# echo disable > ff_pwr_btn

		# press the power button for 3 times;

		# echo clear > ff_pwr_btn	/* clear the status bit */

		# echo disable > ff_pwr_btn

		# cat ff_pwr_btn

		7

		7	enabled

Documentation/PCI/00-INDEX

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00-INDEX

	- this file

MSI-HOWTO.txt

	- the Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) Driver Guide HOWTO and FAQ.

PCI-DMA-mapping.txt

	- info for PCI drivers using DMA portably across all platforms

PCIEBUS-HOWTO.txt