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b: refs/heads/master
c: 32e62c6
h: refs/heads/master
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  28245: f3e8146
  28243: a284bee
  28239: 93a623b
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9ba89334552b96e2127dcafb1c46ce255ecf2667
+refs/heads/master: 32e62c636a728cb39c0b3bd191286f2ca65d4028

trunk/CREDITS

@@ -3241,9 +3241,14 @@ S: 12725 SW Millikan Way, Suite 400
 S: Beaverton, Oregon 97005
 S: USA
 
-N: Marcelo Tosatti
-E: marcelo@kvack.org
+N: Marcelo W. Tosatti
+E: marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com
+D: Miscellaneous kernel hacker
 D: v2.4 kernel maintainer
+D: Current pc300/cyclades maintainer
+S: Cyclades Corporation
+S: Av Cristovao Colombo, 462. Floresta.
+S: Porto Alegre
 S: Brazil
 
 N: Stefan Traby

trunk/Documentation/devices.txt

@@ -1721,6 +1721,11 @@ Your cooperation is appreciated.
 		These devices support the same API as the generic SCSI
 		devices.
 
+ 97 block	Packet writing for CD/DVD devices
+		  0 = /dev/pktcdvd0	First packet-writing module
+		  1 = /dev/pktcdvd1	Second packet-writing module
+		    ...
+
  98 char	Control and Measurement Device (comedi)
 		  0 = /dev/comedi0	First comedi device
 		  1 = /dev/comedi1	Second comedi device

trunk/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware

@@ -259,18 +259,18 @@ sub dibusb {
 }
 
 sub nxt2002 {
-    my $sourcefile = "Technisat_DVB-PC_4_4_COMPACT.zip";
+    my $sourcefile = "Broadband4PC_4_2_11.zip";
     my $url = "http://www.bbti.us/download/windows/$sourcefile";
-    my $hash = "476befae8c7c1bb9648954060b1eec1f";
+    my $hash = "c6d2ea47a8f456d887ada0cfb718ff2a";
     my $outfile = "dvb-fe-nxt2002.fw";
     my $tmpdir = tempdir(DIR => "/tmp", CLEANUP => 1);
 
     checkstandard();
 
     wgetfile($sourcefile, $url);
     unzip($sourcefile, $tmpdir);
-    verify("$tmpdir/SkyNET.sys", $hash);
-    extract("$tmpdir/SkyNET.sys", 331624, 5908, $outfile);
+    verify("$tmpdir/SkyNETU.sys", $hash);
+    extract("$tmpdir/SkyNETU.sys", 375832, 5908, $outfile);
 
     $outfile;
 }

trunk/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

@@ -49,20 +49,11 @@ Who:	Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
 ---------------------------
 
 What:	raw1394: requests of type RAW1394_REQ_ISO_SEND, RAW1394_REQ_ISO_LISTEN
-When:	November 2006
+When:	November 2005
 Why:	Deprecated in favour of the new ioctl-based rawiso interface, which is
 	more efficient.  You should really be using libraw1394 for raw1394
 	access anyway.
-Who:	Jody McIntyre <scjody@modernduck.com>
-
----------------------------
-
-What:	sbp2: module parameter "force_inquiry_hack"
-When:	July 2006
-Why:	Superceded by parameter "workarounds". Both parameters are meant to be
-	used ad-hoc and for single devices only, i.e. not in modprobe.conf,
-	therefore the impact of this feature replacement should be low.
-Who:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
+Who:	Jody McIntyre <scjody@steamballoon.com>
 
 ---------------------------
 
@@ -212,6 +203,15 @@ Who:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
 
 ---------------------------
 
+What:	Support for NEC DDB5074 and DDB5476 evaluation boards.
+When:	June 2006
+Why:	Board specific code doesn't build anymore since ~2.6.0 and no
+	users have complained indicating there is no more need for these
+	boards.  This should really be considered a last call.
+Who:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
+
+---------------------------
+
 What:	USB driver API moves to EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
 When:	Febuary 2008
 Files:	include/linux/usb.h, drivers/usb/core/driver.c

trunk/Documentation/filesystems/inotify.txt

@@ -69,135 +69,17 @@ Prototypes:
 	int inotify_rm_watch (int fd, __u32 mask);
 
 
-(iii) Kernel Interface
+(iii) Internal Kernel Implementation
 
-Inotify's kernel API consists a set of functions for managing watches and an
-event callback.
-
-To use the kernel API, you must first initialize an inotify instance with a set
-of inotify_operations.  You are given an opaque inotify_handle, which you use
-for any further calls to inotify.
-
-    struct inotify_handle *ih = inotify_init(my_event_handler);
-
-You must provide a function for processing events and a function for destroying
-the inotify watch.
-
-    void handle_event(struct inotify_watch *watch, u32 wd, u32 mask,
-    	              u32 cookie, const char *name, struct inode *inode)
-
-	watch - the pointer to the inotify_watch that triggered this call
-	wd - the watch descriptor
-	mask - describes the event that occurred
-	cookie - an identifier for synchronizing events
-	name - the dentry name for affected files in a directory-based event
-	inode - the affected inode in a directory-based event
-
-    void destroy_watch(struct inotify_watch *watch)
-
-You may add watches by providing a pre-allocated and initialized inotify_watch
-structure and specifying the inode to watch along with an inotify event mask.
-You must pin the inode during the call.  You will likely wish to embed the
-inotify_watch structure in a structure of your own which contains other
-information about the watch.  Once you add an inotify watch, it is immediately
-subject to removal depending on filesystem events.  You must grab a reference if
-you depend on the watch hanging around after the call.
-
-    inotify_init_watch(&my_watch->iwatch);
-    inotify_get_watch(&my_watch->iwatch);	// optional
-    s32 wd = inotify_add_watch(ih, &my_watch->iwatch, inode, mask);
-    inotify_put_watch(&my_watch->iwatch);	// optional
-
-You may use the watch descriptor (wd) or the address of the inotify_watch for
-other inotify operations.  You must not directly read or manipulate data in the
-inotify_watch.  Additionally, you must not call inotify_add_watch() more than
-once for a given inotify_watch structure, unless you have first called either
-inotify_rm_watch() or inotify_rm_wd().
-
-To determine if you have already registered a watch for a given inode, you may
-call inotify_find_watch(), which gives you both the wd and the watch pointer for
-the inotify_watch, or an error if the watch does not exist.
-
-    wd = inotify_find_watch(ih, inode, &watchp);
-
-You may use container_of() on the watch pointer to access your own data
-associated with a given watch.  When an existing watch is found,
-inotify_find_watch() bumps the refcount before releasing its locks.  You must
-put that reference with:
-
-    put_inotify_watch(watchp);
-
-Call inotify_find_update_watch() to update the event mask for an existing watch.
-inotify_find_update_watch() returns the wd of the updated watch, or an error if
-the watch does not exist.
-
-    wd = inotify_find_update_watch(ih, inode, mask);
-
-An existing watch may be removed by calling either inotify_rm_watch() or
-inotify_rm_wd().
-
-    int ret = inotify_rm_watch(ih, &my_watch->iwatch);
-    int ret = inotify_rm_wd(ih, wd);
-
-A watch may be removed while executing your event handler with the following:
-
-    inotify_remove_watch_locked(ih, iwatch);
-
-Call inotify_destroy() to remove all watches from your inotify instance and
-release it.  If there are no outstanding references, inotify_destroy() will call
-your destroy_watch op for each watch.
-
-    inotify_destroy(ih);
-
-When inotify removes a watch, it sends an IN_IGNORED event to your callback.
-You may use this event as an indication to free the watch memory.  Note that
-inotify may remove a watch due to filesystem events, as well as by your request.
-If you use IN_ONESHOT, inotify will remove the watch after the first event, at
-which point you may call the final inotify_put_watch.
-
-(iv) Kernel Interface Prototypes
-
-	struct inotify_handle *inotify_init(struct inotify_operations *ops);
-
-	inotify_init_watch(struct inotify_watch *watch);
-
-	s32 inotify_add_watch(struct inotify_handle *ih,
-		              struct inotify_watch *watch,
-			      struct inode *inode, u32 mask);
-
-	s32 inotify_find_watch(struct inotify_handle *ih, struct inode *inode,
-			       struct inotify_watch **watchp);
-
-	s32 inotify_find_update_watch(struct inotify_handle *ih,
-				      struct inode *inode, u32 mask);
-
-	int inotify_rm_wd(struct inotify_handle *ih, u32 wd);
-
-	int inotify_rm_watch(struct inotify_handle *ih,
-			     struct inotify_watch *watch);
-
-	void inotify_remove_watch_locked(struct inotify_handle *ih,
-					 struct inotify_watch *watch);
-
-	void inotify_destroy(struct inotify_handle *ih);
-
-	void get_inotify_watch(struct inotify_watch *watch);
-	void put_inotify_watch(struct inotify_watch *watch);
-
-
-(v) Internal Kernel Implementation
-
-Each inotify instance is represented by an inotify_handle structure.
-Inotify's userspace consumers also have an inotify_device which is
-associated with the inotify_handle, and on which events are queued.
+Each inotify instance is associated with an inotify_device structure.
 
 Each watch is associated with an inotify_watch structure.  Watches are chained
-off of each associated inotify_handle and each associated inode.
+off of each associated device and each associated inode.
 
-See fs/inotify.c and fs/inotify_user.c for the locking and lifetime rules.
+See fs/inotify.c for the locking and lifetime rules.
 
 
-(vi) Rationale
+(iv) Rationale
 
 Q: What is the design decision behind not tying the watch to the open fd of
    the watched object?
@@ -263,7 +145,7 @@ A: The poor user-space interface is the second biggest problem with dnotify.
    file descriptor-based one that allows basic file I/O and poll/select.
    Obtaining the fd and managing the watches could have been done either via a
    device file or a family of new system calls.  We decided to implement a
-   family of system calls because that is the preferred approach for new kernel
+   family of system calls because that is the preffered approach for new kernel
    interfaces.  The only real difference was whether we wanted to use open(2)
    and ioctl(2) or a couple of new system calls.  System calls beat ioctls.
 

trunk/Documentation/firmware_class/README

@@ -105,3 +105,20 @@
    on the setup, so I think that the choice on what firmware to make
    persistent should be left to userspace.
 
+ - Why register_firmware()+__init can be useful:
+ 	- For boot devices needing firmware.
+	- To make the transition easier:
+		The firmware can be declared __init and register_firmware()
+		called on module_init. Then the firmware is warranted to be
+		there even if "firmware hotplug userspace" is not there yet or
+		it doesn't yet provide the needed firmware.
+		Once the firmware is widely available in userspace, it can be
+		removed from the kernel. Or made optional (CONFIG_.*_FIRMWARE).
+
+	In either case, if firmware hotplug support is there, it can move the
+	firmware out of kernel memory into the real filesystem for later
+	usage.
+
+	Note: If persistence is implemented on top of initramfs,
+	register_firmware() may not be appropriate.
+