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-refs/heads/master: 7c9d8c0e84d395a01289ebd1597758939a875a86
+refs/heads/master: 0bb065f29bffc7895f0dbac1fc7d74b3a8d357a9

trunk/CREDITS

@@ -3741,10 +3741,11 @@ D: Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID driver
 D: Miscellaneous kernel fixes
 
 N: Alessandro Zummo
-E: azummo@ita.flashnet.it
-W: http://freepage.logicom.it/azummo/
+E: a.zummo@towertech.it
 D: CMI8330 support is sb_card.c
 D: ISAPnP fixes in sb_card.c
+D: ZyXEL omni.net lcd plus driver
+D: RTC subsystem
 S: Italy
 
 N: Marc Zyngier

trunk/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt

@@ -132,8 +132,18 @@ Some new queue property settings:
 		limit. No highmem default.
 
 	blk_queue_max_sectors(q, max_sectors)
-		Maximum size request you can handle in units of 512 byte
-		sectors. 255 default.
+		Sets two variables that limit the size of the request.
+
+		- The request queue's max_sectors, which is a soft size in
+		in units of 512 byte sectors, and could be dynamically varied
+		by the core kernel.
+
+		- The request queue's max_hw_sectors, which is a hard limit
+		and reflects the maximum size request a driver can handle
+		in units of 512 byte sectors.
+
+		The default for both max_sectors and max_hw_sectors is
+		255. The upper limit of max_sectors is 1024.
 
 	blk_queue_max_phys_segments(q, max_segments)
 		Maximum physical segments you can handle in a request. 128

trunk/Documentation/cachetlb.txt

@@ -362,6 +362,27 @@ maps this page at its virtual address.
 	likely that you will need to flush the instruction cache
 	for copy_to_user_page().
 
+  void flush_anon_page(struct page *page, unsigned long vmaddr)
+  	When the kernel needs to access the contents of an anonymous
+	page, it calls this function (currently only
+	get_user_pages()).  Note: flush_dcache_page() deliberately
+	doesn't work for an anonymous page.  The default
+	implementation is a nop (and should remain so for all coherent
+	architectures).  For incoherent architectures, it should flush
+	the cache of the page at vmaddr in the current user process.
+
+  void flush_kernel_dcache_page(struct page *page)
+	When the kernel needs to modify a user page is has obtained
+	with kmap, it calls this function after all modifications are
+	complete (but before kunmapping it) to bring the underlying
+	page up to date.  It is assumed here that the user has no
+	incoherent cached copies (i.e. the original page was obtained
+	from a mechanism like get_user_pages()).  The default
+	implementation is a nop and should remain so on all coherent
+	architectures.  On incoherent architectures, this should flush
+	the kernel cache for page (using page_address(page)).
+
+
   void flush_icache_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
   	When the kernel stores into addresses that it will execute
 	out of (eg when loading modules), this function is called.

trunk/Documentation/drivers/edac/edac.txt

@@ -21,21 +21,21 @@ within the computer system. In the initial release, memory Correctable Errors
 
 Detecting CE events, then harvesting those events and reporting them,
 CAN be a predictor of future UE events.  With CE events, the system can
-continue to operate, but with less safety. Preventive maintainence and
+continue to operate, but with less safety. Preventive maintenance and
 proactive part replacement of memory DIMMs exhibiting CEs can reduce
 the likelihood of the dreaded UE events and system 'panics'.
 
 
 In addition, PCI Bus Parity and SERR Errors are scanned for on PCI devices
 in order to determine if errors are occurring on data transfers.
 The presence of PCI Parity errors must be examined with a grain of salt.
-There are several addin adapters that do NOT follow the PCI specification
+There are several add-in adapters that do NOT follow the PCI specification
 with regards to Parity generation and reporting. The specification says
 the vendor should tie the parity status bits to 0 if they do not intend
 to generate parity.  Some vendors do not do this, and thus the parity bit
 can "float" giving false positives.
 
-The PCI Parity EDAC device has the ability to "skip" known flakey
+The PCI Parity EDAC device has the ability to "skip" known flaky
 cards during the parity scan. These are set by the parity "blacklist"
 interface in the sysfs for PCI Parity. (See the PCI section in the sysfs
 section below.) There is also a parity "whitelist" which is used as
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Memory Controller (mc) Model
 
 First a background on the memory controller's model abstracted in EDAC.
 Each mc device controls a set of DIMM memory modules. These modules are
-layed out in a Chip-Select Row (csrowX) and Channel table (chX). There can
+laid out in a Chip-Select Row (csrowX) and Channel table (chX). There can
 be multiple csrows and two channels.
 
 Memory controllers allow for several csrows, with 8 csrows being a typical value.
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ for memory DIMMs:
 	DIMM_B1
 
 Labels for these slots are usually silk screened on the motherboard. Slots
-labeled 'A' are channel 0 in this example. Slots labled 'B'
+labeled 'A' are channel 0 in this example. Slots labeled 'B'
 are channel 1. Notice that there are two csrows possible on a
 physical DIMM. These csrows are allocated their csrow assignment
 based on the slot into which the memory DIMM is placed. Thus, when 1 DIMM
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ is placed in each Channel, the csrows cross both DIMMs.
 Memory DIMMs come single or dual "ranked". A rank is a populated csrow.
 Thus, 2 single ranked DIMMs, placed in slots DIMM_A0 and DIMM_B0 above
 will have 1 csrow, csrow0. csrow1 will be empty. On the other hand,
-when 2 dual ranked DIMMs are similiaryly placed, then both csrow0 and
+when 2 dual ranked DIMMs are similarly placed, then both csrow0 and
 csrow1 will be populated. The pattern repeats itself for csrow2 and
 csrow3.
 
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ Module Version read-only attribute file:
 
 	'mc_version'
 
-	The EDAC CORE modules's version and compile date are shown here to
+	The EDAC CORE module's version and compile date are shown here to
 	indicate what EDAC is running.
 
 
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ Total memory managed by this csrow attribute file:
 	'size_mb'
 
 	This attribute file displays, in count of megabytes, of memory
-	that this csrow contatins.
+	that this csrow contains.
 
 
 Memory Type attribute file:
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ On Header Type 00 devices the primary status is looked at
 for any parity error regardless of whether Parity is enabled on the
 device.  (The spec indicates parity is generated in some cases).
 On Header Type 01 bridges, the secondary status register is also
-looked at to see if parity ocurred on the bus on the other side of
+looked at to see if parity occurred on the bus on the other side of
 the bridge.
 
 
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ Panic on PCI PARITY Error:
 	'panic_on_pci_parity'
 
 
-	This control files enables or disables panic'ing when a parity
+	This control files enables or disables panicking when a parity
 	error has been detected.
 
 
@@ -616,12 +616,12 @@ PCI Device Whitelist:
 
 	This control file allows for an explicit list of PCI devices to be
 	scanned for parity errors. Only devices found on this list will
-	be examined.  The list is a line of hexadecimel VENDOR and DEVICE
+	be examined.  The list is a line of hexadecimal VENDOR and DEVICE
 	ID tuples:
 
 	1022:7450,1434:16a6
 
-	One or more can be inserted, seperated by a comma.
+	One or more can be inserted, separated by a comma.
 
 	To write the above list doing the following as one command line:
 
@@ -639,26 +639,26 @@ PCI Device Blacklist:
 
 	This control file allows for a list of PCI devices to be
 	skipped for scanning.
-	The list is a line of hexadecimel VENDOR and DEVICE ID tuples:
+	The list is a line of hexadecimal VENDOR and DEVICE ID tuples:
 
 	1022:7450,1434:16a6
 
-	One or more can be inserted, seperated by a comma.
+	One or more can be inserted, separated by a comma.
 
 	To write the above list doing the following as one command line:
 
 	echo "1022:7450,1434:16a6"
 		> /sys/devices/system/edac/pci/pci_parity_blacklist
 
 
-	To display what the whitelist current contatins,
+	To display what the whitelist currently contains,
 	simply 'cat' the same file.
 
 =======================================================================
 
 PCI Vendor and Devices IDs can be obtained with the lspci command. Using
 the -n option lspci will display the vendor and device IDs. The system
-adminstrator will have to determine which devices should be scanned or
+administrator will have to determine which devices should be scanned or
 skipped.
 
 
@@ -669,5 +669,5 @@ Turn OFF a whitelist by an empty echo command:
 
 	echo > /sys/devices/system/edac/pci/pci_parity_whitelist
 
-and any previous blacklist will be utililzed.
+and any previous blacklist will be utilized.
 

trunk/Documentation/networking/vortex.txt

@@ -24,36 +24,44 @@ Since kernel 2.3.99-pre6, this driver incorporates the support for the
 
 This driver supports the following hardware:
 
-   3c590 Vortex 10Mbps
-   3c592 EISA 10mbps Demon/Vortex
-   3c597 EISA Fast Demon/Vortex
-   3c595 Vortex 100baseTx
-   3c595 Vortex 100baseT4
-   3c595 Vortex 100base-MII
-   3Com Vortex
-   3c900 Boomerang 10baseT
-   3c900 Boomerang 10Mbps Combo
-   3c900 Cyclone 10Mbps TPO
-   3c900B Cyclone 10Mbps T
-   3c900 Cyclone 10Mbps Combo
-   3c900 Cyclone 10Mbps TPC
-   3c900B-FL Cyclone 10base-FL
-   3c905 Boomerang 100baseTx
-   3c905 Boomerang 100baseT4
-   3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx
-   3c905B Cyclone 10/100/BNC
-   3c905B-FX Cyclone 100baseFx
-   3c905C Tornado
-   3c980 Cyclone
-   3cSOHO100-TX Hurricane
-   3c555 Laptop Hurricane
-   3c575 Boomerang CardBus
-   3CCFE575 Cyclone CardBus
-   3CCFE575CT Cyclone CardBus
-   3CCFE656 Cyclone CardBus
-   3CCFEM656 Cyclone CardBus
-   3c450 Cyclone/unknown
-
+	3c590 Vortex 10Mbps
+	3c592 EISA 10Mbps Demon/Vortex
+	3c597 EISA Fast Demon/Vortex
+	3c595 Vortex 100baseTx
+	3c595 Vortex 100baseT4
+	3c595 Vortex 100base-MII
+	3c900 Boomerang 10baseT
+	3c900 Boomerang 10Mbps Combo
+	3c900 Cyclone 10Mbps TPO
+	3c900 Cyclone 10Mbps Combo
+	3c900 Cyclone 10Mbps TPC
+	3c900B-FL Cyclone 10base-FL
+	3c905 Boomerang 100baseTx
+	3c905 Boomerang 100baseT4
+	3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx
+	3c905B Cyclone 10/100/BNC
+	3c905B-FX Cyclone 100baseFx
+	3c905C Tornado
+	3c920B-EMB-WNM (ATI Radeon 9100 IGP)
+	3c980 Cyclone
+	3c980C Python-T
+	3cSOHO100-TX Hurricane
+	3c555 Laptop Hurricane
+	3c556 Laptop Tornado
+	3c556B Laptop Hurricane
+	3c575 [Megahertz] 10/100 LAN  CardBus
+	3c575 Boomerang CardBus
+	3CCFE575BT Cyclone CardBus
+	3CCFE575CT Tornado CardBus
+	3CCFE656 Cyclone CardBus
+	3CCFEM656B Cyclone+Winmodem CardBus
+	3CXFEM656C Tornado+Winmodem CardBus
+	3c450 HomePNA Tornado
+	3c920 Tornado
+	3c982 Hydra Dual Port A
+	3c982 Hydra Dual Port B
+	3c905B-T4
+	3c920B-EMB-WNM Tornado
 
 Module parameters
 =================
@@ -293,11 +301,6 @@ Donald's wake-on-LAN page:
 
      http://www.scyld.com/wakeonlan.html
 
-3Com's documentation for many NICs, including the ones supported by
-this driver is available at 
-
-     http://support.3com.com/partners/developer/developer_form.html
-
 3Com's DOS-based application for setting up the NICs EEPROMs:
 
 	ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/nic/3c90x/3c90xx2.exe
@@ -312,10 +315,10 @@ Autonegotiation notes
 ---------------------
 
   The driver uses a one-minute heartbeat for adapting to changes in
-  the external LAN environment.  This means that when, for example, a
-  machine is unplugged from a hubbed 10baseT LAN plugged into a
-  switched 100baseT LAN, the throughput will be quite dreadful for up
-  to sixty seconds.  Be patient.
+  the external LAN environment if link is up and 5 seconds if link is down.
+  This means that when, for example, a machine is unplugged from a hubbed
+  10baseT LAN plugged into a  switched 100baseT LAN, the throughput
+  will be quite dreadful for up to sixty seconds.  Be patient.
 
   Cisco interoperability note from Walter Wong <wcw+@CMU.EDU>:
 

trunk/Documentation/pnp.txt

@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ pnp_unregister_protocol
 pnp_register_driver
 - adds a PnP driver to the Plug and Play Layer
 - this includes driver model integration
+- returns zero for success or a negative error number for failure; count
+  calls to the .add() method if you need to know how many devices bind to
+  the driver
 
 pnp_unregister_driver
 - removes a PnP driver from the Plug and Play Layer