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diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-qla2xxx b/trunk/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-driver-qla2xxx
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+What:		/sys/bus/pci/drivers/qla2xxx/.../devices/*
+Date:		September 2009
+Contact:	QLogic Linux Driver <linux-driver@qlogic.com>
+Description:	qla2xxx-udev.sh currently looks for uevent CHANGE events to
+		signal a firmware-dump has been generated by the driver and is
+		ready for retrieval.
+Users:		qla2xxx-udev.sh.  Proposed changes should be mailed to
+		linux-driver@qlogic.com
diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/ABI/testing/procfs-diskstats b/trunk/Documentation/ABI/testing/procfs-diskstats
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Description:
 		 1 - major number
 		 2 - minor mumber
 		 3 - device name
-		 4 - reads completed succesfully
+		 4 - reads completed successfully
 		 5 - reads merged
 		 6 - sectors read
 		 7 - time spent reading (ms)

diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block b/trunk/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Contact:	Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@redhat.com>
 Description:
 		The /sys/block/<disk>/stat files displays the I/O
 		statistics of disk <disk>. They contain 11 fields:
-		 1 - reads completed succesfully
+		 1 - reads completed successfully
 		 2 - reads merged
 		 3 - sectors read
 		 4 - time spent reading (ms)

diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb b/trunk/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb
@@ -144,3 +144,16 @@ Description:
 
 		Write a 1 to force the device to disconnect
 		(equivalent to unplugging a wired USB device).
+
+What:		/sys/bus/usb/drivers/.../remove_id
+Date:		November 2009
+Contact:	CHENG Renquan <rqcheng@smu.edu.sg>
+Description:
+		Writing a device ID to this file will remove an ID
+		that was dynamically added via the new_id sysfs entry.
+		The format for the device ID is:
+		idVendor idProduct.	After successfully
+		removing an ID, the driver will no longer support the
+		device.  This is useful to ensure auto probing won't
+		match the driver to the device.  For example:
+		# echo "046d c315" > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/foo/remove_id
diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-uwb_rc-wusbhc b/trunk/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-uwb_rc-wusbhc
@@ -23,3 +23,16 @@ Description:
                 Since this relates to security (specifically, the
                 lifetime of PTKs and GTKs) it should not be changed
                 from the default.
+
+What:           /sys/class/uwb_rc/uwbN/wusbhc/wusb_phy_rate
+Date:           August 2009
+KernelVersion:  2.6.32
+Contact:        David Vrabel <david.vrabel@csr.com>
+Description:
+                The maximum PHY rate to use for all connected devices.
+                This is only of limited use for testing and
+                development as the hardware's automatic rate
+                adaptation is better then this simple control.
+
+                Refer to [ECMA-368] section 10.3.1.1 for the value to
+                use.
diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory b/trunk/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-memory
@@ -60,6 +60,19 @@ Description:
 Users:		hotplug memory remove tools
 		https://w3.opensource.ibm.com/projects/powerpc-utils/
 
+
+What:		/sys/devices/system/memoryX/nodeY
+Date:		October 2009
+Contact:	Linux Memory Management list <linux-mm@kvack.org>
+Description:
+		When CONFIG_NUMA is enabled, a symbolic link that
+		points to the corresponding NUMA node directory.
+
+		For example, the following symbolic link is created for
+		memory section 9 on node0:
+		/sys/devices/system/memory/memory9/node0 -> ../../node/node0
+
+
 What:		/sys/devices/system/node/nodeX/memoryY
 Date:		September 2008
 Contact:	Gary Hade <garyhade@us.ibm.com>
@@ -70,4 +83,3 @@ Description:
 		memory section directory.  For example, the following symbolic
 		link is created for memory section 9 on node0.
 		/sys/devices/system/node/node0/memory9 -> ../../memory/memory9
-
diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/trunk/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
@@ -62,6 +62,35 @@ Description:	CPU topology files that describe kernel limits related to
 		See Documentation/cputopology.txt for more information.
 
 
+What:		/sys/devices/system/cpu/probe
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/release
+Date:		November 2009
+Contact:	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
+Description:	Dynamic addition and removal of CPU's.  This is not hotplug
+		removal, this is meant complete removal/addition of the CPU
+		from the system.
+
+		probe: writes to this file will dynamically add a CPU to the
+		system.  Information written to the file to add CPU's is
+		architecture specific.
+
+		release: writes to this file dynamically remove a CPU from
+		the system.  Information writtento the file to remove CPU's
+		is architecture specific.
+
+What:		/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/node
+Date:		October 2009
+Contact:	Linux memory management mailing list <linux-mm@kvack.org>
+Description:	Discover NUMA node a CPU belongs to
+
+		When CONFIG_NUMA is enabled, a symbolic link that points
+		to the corresponding NUMA node directory.
+
+		For example, the following symlink is created for cpu42
+		in NUMA node 2:
+
+		/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu42/node2 -> ../../node/node2
+
 
 What:		/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/node
 Date:		October 2009
@@ -136,6 +165,24 @@ Description:	Discover cpuidle policy and mechanism
 		See files in Documentation/cpuidle/ for more information.
 
 
+What:		/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/cpufreq/*
+Date:		pre-git history
+Contact:	cpufreq@vger.kernel.org
+Description:	Discover and change clock speed of CPUs
+
+		Clock scaling allows you to change the clock speed of the
+		CPUs on the fly. This is a nice method to save battery
+		power, because the lower the clock speed, the less power
+		the CPU consumes.
+
+		There are many knobs to tweak in this directory.
+
+		See files in Documentation/cpu-freq/ for more information.
+
+		In particular, read Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt
+		to learn how to control the knobs.
+
+
 What:      /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index*/cache_disable_X
 Date:      August 2008
 KernelVersion:	2.6.27

diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab b/trunk/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The alloc_fastpath file is read-only and specifies how many
-		objects have been allocated using the fast path.
+		The alloc_fastpath file shows how many objects have been
+		allocated using the fast path.  It can be written to clear the
+		current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/alloc_from_partial
@@ -55,9 +56,10 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The alloc_from_partial file is read-only and specifies how
-		many times a cpu slab has been full and it has been refilled
-		by using a slab from the list of partially used slabs.
+		The alloc_from_partial file shows how many times a cpu slab has
+		been full and it has been refilled by using a slab from the list
+		of partially used slabs.  It can be written to clear the current
+		count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/alloc_refill
@@ -66,9 +68,9 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The alloc_refill file is read-only and specifies how many
-		times the per-cpu freelist was empty but there were objects
-		available as the result of remote cpu frees.
+		The alloc_refill file shows how many times the per-cpu freelist
+		was empty but there were objects available as the result of
+		remote cpu frees.  It can be written to clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/alloc_slab
@@ -77,8 +79,9 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The alloc_slab file is read-only and specifies how many times
-		a new slab had to be allocated from the page allocator.
+		The alloc_slab file is shows how many times a new slab had to
+		be allocated from the page allocator.  It can be written to
+		clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/alloc_slowpath
@@ -87,9 +90,10 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The alloc_slowpath file is read-only and specifies how many
-		objects have been allocated using the slow path because of a
-		refill or allocation from a partial or new slab.
+		The alloc_slowpath file shows how many objects have been
+		allocated using the slow path because of a refill or
+		allocation from a partial or new slab.  It can be written to
+		clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/cache_dma
@@ -117,10 +121,11 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.31
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The file cpuslab_flush is read-only and specifies how many
-		times a cache's cpu slabs have been flushed as the result of
-		destroying or shrinking a cache, a cpu going offline, or as
-		the result of forcing an allocation from a certain node.
+		The file cpuslab_flush shows how many times a cache's cpu slabs
+		have been flushed as the result of destroying or shrinking a
+		cache, a cpu going offline, or as the result of forcing an
+		allocation from a certain node.  It can be written to clear the
+		current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/ctor
@@ -139,8 +144,8 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The file deactivate_empty is read-only and specifies how many
-		times an empty cpu slab was deactivated.
+		The deactivate_empty file shows how many times an empty cpu slab
+		was deactivated.  It can be written to clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/deactivate_full
@@ -149,8 +154,8 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The file deactivate_full is read-only and specifies how many
-		times a full cpu slab was deactivated.
+		The deactivate_full file shows how many times a full cpu slab
+		was deactivated.  It can be written to clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/deactivate_remote_frees
@@ -159,9 +164,9 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The file deactivate_remote_frees is read-only and specifies how
-		many times a cpu slab has been deactivated and contained free
-		objects that were freed remotely.
+		The deactivate_remote_frees file shows how many times a cpu slab
+		has been deactivated and contained free objects that were freed
+		remotely.  It can be written to clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/deactivate_to_head
@@ -170,9 +175,9 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The file deactivate_to_head is read-only and specifies how
-		many times a partial cpu slab was deactivated and added to the
-		head of its node's partial list.
+		The deactivate_to_head file shows how many times a partial cpu
+		slab was deactivated and added to the head of its node's partial
+		list.  It can be written to clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/deactivate_to_tail
@@ -181,9 +186,9 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The file deactivate_to_tail is read-only and specifies how
-		many times a partial cpu slab was deactivated and added to the
-		tail of its node's partial list.
+		The deactivate_to_tail file shows how many times a partial cpu
+		slab was deactivated and added to the tail of its node's partial
+		list.  It can be written to clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/destroy_by_rcu
@@ -201,9 +206,9 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The file free_add_partial is read-only and specifies how many
-		times an object has been freed in a full slab so that it had to
-		added to its node's partial list.
+		The free_add_partial file shows how many times an object has
+		been freed in a full slab so that it had to added to its node's
+		partial list.  It can be written to clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/free_calls
@@ -222,9 +227,9 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The free_fastpath file is read-only and specifies how many
-		objects have been freed using the fast path because it was an
-		object from the cpu slab.
+		The free_fastpath file shows how many objects have been freed
+		using the fast path because it was an object from the cpu slab.
+		It can be written to clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/free_frozen
@@ -233,9 +238,9 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The free_frozen file is read-only and specifies how many
-		objects have been freed to a frozen slab (i.e. a remote cpu
-		slab).
+		The free_frozen file shows how many objects have been freed to
+		a frozen slab (i.e. a remote cpu slab).  It can be written to
+		clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/free_remove_partial
@@ -244,9 +249,10 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The file free_remove_partial is read-only and specifies how
-		many times an object has been freed to a now-empty slab so
-		that it had to be removed from its node's partial list.
+		The free_remove_partial file shows how many times an object has
+		been freed to a now-empty slab so that it had to be removed from
+		its node's partial list.  It can be written to clear the current
+		count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/free_slab
@@ -255,8 +261,9 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The free_slab file is read-only and specifies how many times an
-		empty slab has been freed back to the page allocator.
+		The free_slab file shows how many times an empty slab has been
+		freed back to the page allocator.  It can be written to clear
+		the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/free_slowpath
@@ -265,9 +272,9 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.25
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The free_slowpath file is read-only and specifies how many
-		objects have been freed using the slow path (i.e. to a full or
-		partial slab).
+		The free_slowpath file shows how many objects have been freed
+		using the slow path (i.e. to a full or partial slab).  It can
+		be written to clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/hwcache_align
@@ -346,10 +353,10 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.26
 Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 		Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
 Description:
-		The file order_fallback is read-only and specifies how many
-		times an allocation of a new slab has not been possible at the
-		cache's order and instead fallen back to its minimum possible
-		order.
+		The order_fallback file shows how many times an allocation of a
+		new slab has not been possible at the cache's order and instead
+		fallen back to its minimum possible order.  It can be written to
+		clear the current count.
 		Available when CONFIG_SLUB_STATS is enabled.
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/cache/partial