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@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 16252da654800461e0e1c32697cb59f4cda15aa9
+refs/heads/master: e1cca7e8d484390169777b423a7fe46c7021fec1

trunk/Documentation/00-INDEX

@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ mtrr.txt
 	- how to use PPro Memory Type Range Registers to increase performance.
 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/

trunk/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DOCBOOKS := wanbook.xml z8530book.xml mcabook.xml videobook.xml \
 	    procfs-guide.xml writing_usb_driver.xml \
 	    kernel-api.xml filesystems.xml lsm.xml usb.xml \
 	    gadget.xml libata.xml mtdnand.xml librs.xml rapidio.xml \
-	    genericirq.xml s390-drivers.xml
+	    genericirq.xml s390-drivers.xml uio-howto.xml
 
 ###
 # The build process is as follows (targets):

trunk/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl

@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@
 </abstract>
 
 <revhistory>
+	<revision>
+	<revnumber>0.4</revnumber>
+	<date>2007-11-26</date>
+	<authorinitials>hjk</authorinitials>
+	<revremark>Removed section about uio_dummy.</revremark>
+	</revision>
 	<revision>
 	<revnumber>0.3</revnumber>
 	<date>2007-04-29</date>
@@ -94,6 +100,26 @@ interested in translating it, please email me
 	user space. This simplifies development and reduces the risk of
 	serious bugs within a kernel module.
 	</para>
+	<para>
+	Please note that UIO is not an universal driver interface. Devices
+	that are already handled well by other kernel subsystems (like
+	networking or serial or USB) are no candidates for an UIO driver.
+	Hardware that is ideally suited for an UIO driver fulfills all of
+	the following:
+	</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem>
+	<para>The device has memory that can be mapped. The device can be
+	controlled completely by writing to this memory.</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+	<para>The device usually generates interrupts.</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+	<para>The device does not fit into one of the standard kernel
+	subsystems.</para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
 </sect1>
 
 <sect1 id="thanks">
@@ -174,8 +200,9 @@ interested in translating it, please email me
 	For cards that don't generate interrupts but need to be
 	polled, there is the possibility to set up a timer that
 	triggers the interrupt handler at configurable time intervals.
-	See <filename>drivers/uio/uio_dummy.c</filename> for an
-	example of this technique.
+	This interrupt simulation is done by calling
+	<function>uio_event_notify()</function>
+	from the timer's event handler.
 	</para>
 
 	<para>
@@ -263,63 +290,11 @@ offset = N * getpagesize();
 </sect1>
 </chapter>
 
-<chapter id="using-uio_dummy" xreflabel="Using uio_dummy">
-<?dbhtml filename="using-uio_dummy.html"?>
-<title>Using uio_dummy</title>
-	<para>
-	Well, there is no real use for uio_dummy. Its only purpose is
-	to test most parts of the UIO system (everything except
-	hardware interrupts), and to serve as an example for the
-	kernel module that you will have to write yourself.
-	</para>
-
-<sect1 id="what_uio_dummy_does">
-<title>What uio_dummy does</title>
-	<para>
-	The kernel module <filename>uio_dummy.ko</filename> creates a
-	device that uses a timer to generate periodic interrupts. The
-	interrupt handler does nothing but increment a counter. The
-	driver adds two custom attributes, <varname>count</varname>
-	and <varname>freq</varname>, that appear under
-	<filename>/sys/devices/platform/uio_dummy/</filename>.
-	</para>
-
-	<para>
-	The attribute <varname>count</varname> can be read and
-	written.  The associated file
-	<filename>/sys/devices/platform/uio_dummy/count</filename>
-	appears as a normal text file and contains the total number of
-	timer interrupts. If you look at it (e.g. using
-	<function>cat</function>), you'll notice it is slowly counting
-	up.
-	</para>
-
-	<para>
-	The attribute <varname>freq</varname> can be read and written.
-	The content of
-	<filename>/sys/devices/platform/uio_dummy/freq</filename>
-	represents the number of system timer ticks between two timer
-	interrupts. The default value of <varname>freq</varname> is
-	the value of the kernel variable <varname>HZ</varname>, which
-	gives you an interval of one second. Lower values will
-	increase the frequency. Try the following:
-	</para>
-<programlisting format="linespecific">
-cd /sys/devices/platform/uio_dummy/
-echo 100 > freq
-</programlisting>
-	<para>
-	Use <function>cat count</function> to see how the interrupt
-	frequency changes.
-	</para>
-</sect1>
-</chapter>
-
 <chapter id="custom_kernel_module" xreflabel="Writing your own kernel module">
 <?dbhtml filename="custom_kernel_module.html"?>
 <title>Writing your own kernel module</title>
 	<para>
-	Please have a look at <filename>uio_dummy.c</filename> as an
+	Please have a look at <filename>uio_cif.c</filename> as an
 	example. The following paragraphs explain the different
 	sections of this file.
 	</para>
@@ -354,9 +329,8 @@ See the description below for details.
 interrupt, it's your modules task to determine the irq number during
 initialization. If you don't have a hardware generated interrupt but
 want to trigger the interrupt handler in some other way, set
-<varname>irq</varname> to <varname>UIO_IRQ_CUSTOM</varname>. The
-uio_dummy module does this as it triggers the event mechanism in a timer
-routine. If you had no interrupt at all, you could set
+<varname>irq</varname> to <varname>UIO_IRQ_CUSTOM</varname>.
+If you had no interrupt at all, you could set
 <varname>irq</varname> to <varname>UIO_IRQ_NONE</varname>, though this
 rarely makes sense.
 </para></listitem>

trunk/Documentation/namespaces/compatibility-list.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+	Namespaces compatibility list
+
+This document contains the information about the problems user
+may have when creating tasks living in different namespaces.
+
+Here's the summary. This matrix shows the known problems, that
+occur when tasks share some namespace (the columns) while living
+in different other namespaces (the rows):
+
+	UTS	IPC	VFS	PID	User	Net
+UTS	 X
+IPC		 X	 1
+VFS			 X
+PID		 1	 1	 X
+User		 2	 2		 X
+Net						 X
+
+1. Both the IPC and the PID namespaces provide IDs to address
+   object inside the kernel. E.g. semaphore with IPCID or
+   process group with pid.
+
+   In both cases, tasks shouldn't try exposing this ID to some
+   other task living in a different namespace via a shared filesystem
+   or IPC shmem/message. The fact is that this ID is only valid
+   within the namespace it was obtained in and may refer to some
+   other object in another namespace.
+
+2. Intentionally, two equal user IDs in different user namespaces
+   should not be equal from the VFS point of view. In other
+   words, user 10 in one user namespace shouldn't have the same
+   access permissions to files, belonging to user 10 in another
+   namespace.
+
+   The same is true for the IPC namespaces being shared - two users
+   from different user namespaces should not access the same IPC objects
+   even having equal UIDs.
+
+   But currently this is not so.
+

trunk/Documentation/tty.txt

@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@ set_termios()		Notify the tty driver that the device's termios
 			tty->termios. Previous settings should be passed in
 			the "old" argument.
 
+			The API is defined such that the driver should return
+			the actual modes selected. This means that the
+			driver function is responsible for modifying any
+			bits in the request it cannot fulfill to indicate
+			the actual modes being used. A device with no
+			hardware capability for change (eg a USB dongle or
+			virtual port) can provide NULL for this method.
+
 throttle()		Notify the tty driver that input buffers for the
 			line discipline are close to full, and it should
 			somehow signal that no more characters should be

trunk/Documentation/usb/power-management.txt

@@ -278,6 +278,14 @@ optional.  The methods' jobs are quite simple:
 	(although the interfaces will be in the same altsettings as
 	before the suspend).
 
+If the device is disconnected or powered down while it is suspended,
+the disconnect method will be called instead of the resume or
+reset_resume method.  This is also quite likely to happen when
+waking up from hibernation, as many systems do not maintain suspend
+current to the USB host controllers during hibernation.  (It's
+possible to work around the hibernation-forces-disconnect problem by
+using the USB Persist facility.)
+
 The reset_resume method is used by the USB Persist facility (see
 Documentation/usb/persist.txt) and it can also be used under certain
 circumstances when CONFIG_USB_PERSIST is not enabled.  Currently, if a

trunk/Documentation/x86_64/uefi.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+General note on [U]EFI x86_64 support
+-------------------------------------
+
+The nomenclature EFI and UEFI are used interchangeably in this document.
+
+Although the tools below are _not_ needed for building the kernel,
+the needed bootloader support and associated tools for x86_64 platforms
+with EFI firmware and specifications are listed below.
+
+1. UEFI specification:  http://www.uefi.org
+
+2. Booting Linux kernel on UEFI x86_64 platform requires bootloader
+   support. Elilo with x86_64 support can be used.
+
+3. x86_64 platform with EFI/UEFI firmware.
+
+Mechanics:
+---------
+- Build the kernel with the following configuration.
+	CONFIG_FB_EFI=y
+	CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
+- Create a VFAT partition on the disk
+- Copy the following to the VFAT partition:
+	elilo bootloader with x86_64 support, elilo configuration file,
+	kernel image built in first step and corresponding
+	initrd. Instructions on building elilo	and its dependencies
+	can be found in the elilo sourceforge project.
+- Boot to EFI shell and invoke elilo choosing the kernel image built
+  in first step.