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@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
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-refs/heads/master: 847641d7db15ac3f18b3d4aa05479812abdf397a
+refs/heads/master: 185bd6e2fb1f77e48e4aed50b77edcbf4f08b8fe
diff --git a/trunk/CREDITS b/trunk/CREDITS
@@ -3279,7 +3279,7 @@ S: Sevilla 41005
 S: Spain
 
 N: Linus Torvalds
-E: torvalds@osdl.org
+E: torvalds@linux-foundation.org
 D: Original kernel hacker
 S: 12725 SW Millikan Way, Suite 400
 S: Beaverton, Oregon 97005

diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl b/trunk/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ and other resources, etc.
   </chapter>
 
   <chapter id="ataExceptions">
-     <title>ATA errors &amp; exceptions</title>
+     <title>ATA errors and exceptions</title>
 
   <para>
   This chapter tries to identify what error/exception conditions exist

diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/SubmitChecklist b/trunk/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
@@ -72,3 +72,7 @@ kernel patches.
 
     If the new code is substantial, addition of subsystem-specific fault
     injection might be appropriate.
+
+22: Newly-added code has been compiled with `gcc -W'.  This will generate
+    lots of noise, but is good for finding bugs like "warning: comparison
+    between signed and unsigned".
diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/trunk/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ Do not send more than 15 patches at once to the vger mailing lists!!!
 
 
 Linus Torvalds is the final arbiter of all changes accepted into the
-Linux kernel.  His e-mail address is <torvalds@osdl.org>.  He gets
-a lot of e-mail, so typically you should do your best to -avoid- sending
-him e-mail.
+Linux kernel.  His e-mail address is <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>. 
+He gets a lot of e-mail, so typically you should do your best to -avoid-
+sending him e-mail. 
 
 Patches which are bug fixes, are "obvious" changes, or similarly
 require little discussion should be sent or CC'd to Linus.  Patches

diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/trunk/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -318,3 +318,10 @@ Why:	/proc/acpi/button has been replaced by events to the input layer
 Who:	Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
 
 ---------------------------
+
+What:	JFFS (version 1)
+When:	2.6.21
+Why:	Unmaintained for years, superceded by JFFS2 for years.
+Who:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
+
+---------------------------
diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt b/trunk/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt
@@ -457,6 +457,8 @@ ChangeLog
 
 Note, a technical ChangeLog aimed at kernel hackers is in fs/ntfs/ChangeLog.
 
+2.1.28:
+	- Fix a deadlock.
 2.1.27:
 	- Implement page migration support so the kernel can move memory used
 	  by NTFS files and directories around for management purposes.

diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/hwmon/w83793 b/trunk/Documentation/hwmon/w83793
@@ -45,18 +45,14 @@ This driver implements support for Winbond W83793G/W83793R chips.
   temp5-6 have a 1 degree Celsiis resolution.
 
 * Temperature sensor types
-  Temp1-4 have 3 possible types. It can be read from (and written to)
+  Temp1-4 have 2 possible types. It can be read from (and written to)
   temp[1-4]_type.
-  - If the value of 0, the related temperature channel stops
-    monitoring.
   - If the value is 3, it starts monitoring using a remote termal diode
     (default).
-  - If the value is 5, it starts monitoring using the temperature sensor
-    in AMD CPU and get result by AMDSI.
   - If the value is 6, it starts monitoring using the temperature sensor
     in Intel CPU and get result by PECI.
   Temp5-6 can be connected to external thermistors (value of
-  temp[5-6]_type is 4). They can also be disabled (value is 0).
+  temp[5-6]_type is 4).
 
 * Alarm mechanism
   For voltage sensors, an alarm triggers if the measured value is below

diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt b/trunk/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ You can use common Linux commands, such as cp and scp, to copy the
 memory image to a dump file on the local disk, or across the network to
 a remote system.
 
-Kdump and kexec are currently supported on the x86, x86_64, ppc64 and IA64
+Kdump and kexec are currently supported on the x86, x86_64, ppc64 and ia64
 architectures.
 
 When the system kernel boots, it reserves a small section of memory for
@@ -61,7 +61,12 @@ Install kexec-tools
 
 2) Download the kexec-tools user-space package from the following URL:
 
-http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/horms/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-testing-20061214.tar.gz
+http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/horms/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-testing.tar.gz
+
+This is a symlink to the latest version, which at the time of writing is
+20061214, the only release of kexec-tools-testing so far. As other versions
+are made released, the older onese will remain available at
+http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/horms/kexec-tools/
 
 Note: Latest kexec-tools-testing git tree is available at
 
@@ -71,11 +76,11 @@ http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/horms/kexec-tools-testing.git;a=su
 
 3) Unpack the tarball with the tar command, as follows:
 
-   tar xvpzf kexec-tools-testing-20061214.tar.gz
+   tar xvpzf kexec-tools-testing.tar.gz
 
-4) Change to the kexec-tools-1.101 directory, as follows:
+4) Change to the kexec-tools directory, as follows:
 
-   cd kexec-tools-testing-20061214
+   cd kexec-tools-testing-VERSION
 
 5) Configure the package, as follows:
 
@@ -224,7 +229,23 @@ Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, ppc64)
 
 Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, ia64)
 ----------------------------------------------------------
-(To be filled)
+
+- No specific options are required to create a dump-capture kernel
+  for ia64, other than those specified in the arch idependent section
+  above. This means that it is possible to use the system kernel
+  as a dump-capture kernel if desired.
+
+  The crashkernel region can be automatically placed by the system
+  kernel at run time. This is done by specifying the base address as 0,
+  or omitting it all together.
+
+  crashkernel=256M@0
+  or
+  crashkernel=256M
+
+  If the start address is specified, note that the start address of the
+  kernel will be aligned to 64Mb, so if the start address is not then
+  any space below the alignment point will be wasted.
 
 
 Boot into System Kernel
@@ -243,6 +264,10 @@ Boot into System Kernel
 
    On ppc64, use "crashkernel=128M@32M".
 
+   On ia64, 256M@256M is a generous value that typically works.
+   The region may be automatically placed on ia64, see the
+   dump-capture kernel config option notes above.
+
 Load the Dump-capture Kernel
 ============================
 
@@ -261,7 +286,8 @@ For x86_64:
 For ppc64:
 	- Use vmlinux
 For ia64:
-	(To be filled)
+	- Use vmlinux or vmlinuz.gz
+
 
 If you are using a uncompressed vmlinux image then use following command
 to load dump-capture kernel.
@@ -277,18 +303,19 @@ to load dump-capture kernel.
    --initrd=<initrd-for-dump-capture-kernel> \
    --append="root=<root-dev> <arch-specific-options>"
 
+Please note, that --args-linux does not need to be specified for ia64.
+It is planned to make this a no-op on that architecture, but for now
+it should be omitted
+
 Following are the arch specific command line options to be used while
 loading dump-capture kernel.
 
-For i386 and x86_64:
+For i386, x86_64 and ia64:
 	"init 1 irqpoll maxcpus=1"
 
 For ppc64:
 	"init 1 maxcpus=1 noirqdistrib"
 
-For IA64
-	(To be filled)
-
 
 Notes on loading the dump-capture kernel: