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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-10-22 19:36:42 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-10-22 19:36:42 -0700
commitb9da0571050c09863e59f94d0b8594a290d61b88 (patch)
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parentf8cae0f03f75adb54b1d48ddbc90f84a1f5de186 (diff)
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6: (31 commits)
  driver core: Display error codes when class suspend fails
  Driver core: Add section count to memory_block struct
  Driver core: Add mutex for adding/removing memory blocks
  Driver core: Move find_memory_block routine
  hpilo: Despecificate driver from iLO generation
  driver core: Convert link_mem_sections to use find_memory_block_hinted.
  driver core: Introduce find_memory_block_hinted which utilizes kset_find_obj_hinted.
  kobject: Introduce kset_find_obj_hinted.
  driver core: fix build for CONFIG_BLOCK not enabled
  driver-core: base: change to new flag variable
  sysfs: only access bin file vm_ops with the active lock
  sysfs: Fail bin file mmap if vma close is implemented.
  FW_LOADER: fix kconfig dependency warning on HOTPLUG
  uio: Statically allocate uio_class and use class .dev_attrs.
  uio: Support 2^MINOR_BITS minors
  uio: Cleanup irq handling.
  uio: Don't clear driver data
  uio: Fix lack of locking in init_uio_class
  SYSFS: Allow boot time switching between deprecated and modern sysfs layout
  driver core: remove CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 but keep it for block devices
  ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt22
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt16
3 files changed, 48 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cfcec3bffc0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+What:		/sys/module/pch_phub/drivers/.../pch_mac
+Date:		August 2010
+KernelVersion:	2.6.35
+Contact:	masa-korg@dsn.okisemi.com
+Description:	Write/read GbE MAC address.
+
+What:		/sys/module/pch_phub/drivers/.../pch_firmware
+Date:		August 2010
+KernelVersion:	2.6.35
+Contact:	masa-korg@dsn.okisemi.com
+Description:	Write/read Option ROM data.
+
diff --git a/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt b/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt
index 674c5663d346..58ea64a96165 100644
--- a/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Dynamic debug has even more useful features:
    read to display the complete list of known debug statements, to help guide you
 
 Controlling dynamic debug Behaviour
-===============================
+===================================
 
 The behaviour of pr_debug()/dev_debug()s are controlled via writing to a
 control file in the 'debugfs' filesystem. Thus, you must first mount the debugfs
@@ -212,6 +212,26 @@ Note the regexp ^[-+=][scp]+$ matches a flags specification.
 Note also that there is no convenient syntax to remove all
 the flags at once, you need to use "-psc".
 
+
+Debug messages during boot process
+==================================
+
+To be able to activate debug messages during the boot process,
+even before userspace and debugfs exists, use the boot parameter:
+ddebug_query="QUERY"
+
+QUERY follows the syntax described above, but must not exceed 1023
+characters. The enablement of debug messages is done as an arch_initcall.
+Thus you can enable debug messages in all code processed after this
+arch_initcall via this boot parameter.
+On an x86 system for example ACPI enablement is a subsys_initcall and
+ddebug_query="file ec.c +p"
+will show early Embedded Controller transactions during ACPI setup if
+your machine (typically a laptop) has an Embedded Controller.
+PCI (or other devices) initialization also is a hot candidate for using
+this boot parameter for debugging purposes.
+
+
 Examples
 ========
 
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 02f21d9220ce..4cd8b86e00ea 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -43,10 +43,11 @@ parameter is applicable:
 	AVR32	AVR32 architecture is enabled.
 	AX25	Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled.
 	BLACKFIN Blackfin architecture is enabled.
-	DRM	Direct Rendering Management support is enabled.
 	EDD	BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services (EDD) is enabled
 	EFI	EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled
 	EIDE	EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled.
+	DRM	Direct Rendering Management support is enabled.
+	DYNAMIC_DEBUG Build in debug messages and enable them at runtime
 	FB	The frame buffer device is enabled.
 	GCOV	GCOV profiling is enabled.
 	HW	Appropriate hardware is enabled.
@@ -570,6 +571,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			Format: <port#>,<type>
 			See also Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt
 
+	ddebug_query=   [KNL,DYNAMIC_DEBUG] Enable debug messages at early boot
+			time. See Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt for
+			details.
+
 	debug		[KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
 
 	debug_locks_verbose=
@@ -2370,6 +2375,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
 	switches=	[HW,M68k]
 
+	sysfs.deprecated=0|1 [KNL]
+			Enable/disable old style sysfs layout for old udev
+			on older distributions. When this option is enabled
+			very new udev will not work anymore. When this option
+			is disabled (or CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED not compiled)
+			in older udev will not work anymore.
+			Default depends on CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 set in
+			the kernel configuration.
+
 	sysrq_always_enabled
 			[KNL]
 			Ignore sysrq setting - this boot parameter will