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[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
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-refs/heads/master: c0f85a82484c25d23b44a87a35daddb2b276b4aa
+refs/heads/master: c52ecdab06ff3b4d0f8914951eb74dc8b049f51c

trunk/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

@@ -170,7 +170,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 	acpi_os_name=	[HW,ACPI] Tell ACPI BIOS the name of the OS
 			Format: To spoof as Windows 98: ="Microsoft Windows"
 
-	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] empty param disables _OSI
+	acpi_osi=	[HW,ACPI] Modify list of supported OS interface strings
+			acpi_osi="string1"	# add string1 -- only one string
+			acpi_osi="!string2"	# remove built-in string2
+			acpi_osi=		# disable all strings
 
 	acpi_serialize	[HW,ACPI] force serialization of AML methods
 

trunk/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt

@@ -1,14 +1,69 @@
            Booting the Linux/ppc kernel without Open Firmware
            --------------------------------------------------
 
-
 (c) 2005 Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>,
     IBM Corp.
 (c) 2005 Becky Bruce <becky.bruce at freescale.com>,
     Freescale Semiconductor, FSL SOC and 32-bit additions
 (c) 2006 MontaVista Software, Inc.
     Flash chip node definition
 
+Table of Contents
+=================
+
+  I - Introduction
+    1) Entry point for arch/powerpc
+    2) Board support
+
+  II - The DT block format
+    1) Header
+    2) Device tree generalities
+    3) Device tree "structure" block
+    4) Device tree "strings" block
+
+  III - Required content of the device tree
+    1) Note about cells and address representation
+    2) Note about "compatible" properties
+    3) Note about "name" properties
+    4) Note about node and property names and character set
+    5) Required nodes and properties
+      a) The root node
+      b) The /cpus node
+      c) The /cpus/* nodes
+      d) the /memory node(s)
+      e) The /chosen node
+      f) the /soc<SOCname> node
+
+  IV - "dtc", the device tree compiler
+
+  V - Recommendations for a bootloader
+
+  VI - System-on-a-chip devices and nodes
+    1) Defining child nodes of an SOC
+    2) Representing devices without a current OF specification
+      a) MDIO IO device
+      c) PHY nodes
+      b) Gianfar-compatible ethernet nodes
+      d) Interrupt controllers
+      e) I2C
+      f) Freescale SOC USB controllers
+      g) Freescale SOC SEC Security Engines
+      h) Board Control and Status (BCSR)
+      i) Freescale QUICC Engine module (QE)
+      g) Flash chip nodes
+
+  VII - Specifying interrupt information for devices
+    1) interrupts property
+    2) interrupt-parent property
+    3) OpenPIC Interrupt Controllers
+    4) ISA Interrupt Controllers
+
+  Appendix A - Sample SOC node for MPC8540
+
+
+Revision Information
+====================
+
    May 18, 2005: Rev 0.1 - Initial draft, no chapter III yet.
 
    May 19, 2005: Rev 0.2 - Add chapter III and bits & pieces here or
@@ -1687,7 +1742,7 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model.
 		};
 	};
 
-    g) Flash chip nodes
+    j) Flash chip nodes
 
     Flash chips (Memory Technology Devices) are often used for solid state
     file systems on embedded devices.

trunk/Documentation/thinkpad-acpi.txt

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Hot keys
 --------
 
 procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
-sysfs device attribute: hotkey/*
+sysfs device attribute: hotkey_*
 
 Without this driver, only the Fn-F4 key (sleep button) generates an
 ACPI event. With the driver loaded, the hotkey feature enabled and the
@@ -196,30 +196,27 @@ The following commands can be written to the /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey file:
 
 sysfs notes:
 
-	The hot keys attributes are in a hotkey/ subdirectory off the
-	thinkpad device.
-
-	bios_enabled:
+	hotkey_bios_enabled:
 		Returns the status of the hot keys feature when
 		thinkpad-acpi was loaded.  Upon module unload, the hot
 		key feature status will be restored to this value.
 
 		0: hot keys were disabled
 		1: hot keys were enabled
 
-	bios_mask:
+	hotkey_bios_mask:
 		Returns the hot keys mask when thinkpad-acpi was loaded.
 		Upon module unload, the hot keys mask will be restored
 		to this value.
 
-	enable:
+	hotkey_enable:
 		Enables/disables the hot keys feature, and reports
 		current status of the hot keys feature.
 
 		0: disables the hot keys feature / feature disabled
 		1: enables the hot keys feature / feature enabled
 
-	mask:
+	hotkey_mask:
 		bit mask to enable ACPI event generation for each hot
 		key (see above).  Returns the current status of the hot
 		keys mask, and allows one to modify it.
@@ -229,7 +226,7 @@ Bluetooth
 ---------
 
 procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
-sysfs device attribute: bluetooth/enable
+sysfs device attribute: bluetooth_enable
 
 This feature shows the presence and current state of a ThinkPad
 Bluetooth device in the internal ThinkPad CDC slot.
@@ -244,15 +241,15 @@ If Bluetooth is installed, the following commands can be used:
 Sysfs notes:
 
 	If the Bluetooth CDC card is installed, it can be enabled /
-	disabled through the "bluetooth/enable" thinkpad-acpi device
+	disabled through the "bluetooth_enable" thinkpad-acpi device
 	attribute, and its current status can also be queried.
 
 	enable:
 		0: disables Bluetooth / Bluetooth is disabled
 		1: enables Bluetooth / Bluetooth is enabled.
 
 	Note: this interface will be probably be superseeded by the
-	generic rfkill class.
+	generic rfkill class, so it is NOT to be considered stable yet.
 
 Video output control -- /proc/acpi/ibm/video
 --------------------------------------------
@@ -898,7 +895,7 @@ EXPERIMENTAL: WAN
 -----------------
 
 procfs: /proc/acpi/ibm/wan
-sysfs device attribute: wwan/enable
+sysfs device attribute: wwan_enable
 
 This feature is marked EXPERIMENTAL because the implementation
 directly accesses hardware registers and may not work as expected. USE
@@ -921,15 +918,15 @@ If the W-WAN card is installed, the following commands can be used:
 Sysfs notes:
 
 	If the W-WAN card is installed, it can be enabled /
-	disabled through the "wwan/enable" thinkpad-acpi device
+	disabled through the "wwan_enable" thinkpad-acpi device
 	attribute, and its current status can also be queried.
 
 	enable:
 		0: disables WWAN card / WWAN card is disabled
 		1: enables WWAN card / WWAN card is enabled.
 
 	Note: this interface will be probably be superseeded by the
-	generic rfkill class.
+	generic rfkill class, so it is NOT to be considered stable yet.
 
 Multiple Commands, Module Parameters
 ------------------------------------

trunk/Documentation/watchdog/pcwd-watchdog.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+Last reviewed: 10/05/2007
+
                      Berkshire Products PC Watchdog Card
                    Support for ISA Cards  Revision A and C
            Documentation and Driver by Ken Hollis <kenji@bitgate.com>
@@ -14,8 +16,8 @@
 
  The Watchdog Driver will automatically find your watchdog card, and will
  attach a running driver for use with that card.  After the watchdog
- drivers have initialized, you can then talk to the card using the PC
- Watchdog program, available from http://ftp.bitgate.com/pcwd/.
+ drivers have initialized, you can then talk to the card using a PC
+ Watchdog program.
 
  I suggest putting a "watchdog -d" before the beginning of an fsck, and
  a "watchdog -e -t 1" immediately after the end of an fsck.  (Remember
@@ -62,5 +64,3 @@
  -- Ken Hollis
     (kenji@bitgate.com)
 
-(This documentation may be out of date.  Check
- http://ftp.bitgate.com/pcwd/ for the absolute latest additions.)