Loading CREDITS +4 −4 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -369,10 +369,10 @@ P: 1024/8462A731 4C 55 86 34 44 59 A7 99 2B 97 88 4A 88 9A 0D 97 D: sun4 port, Sparc hacker N: Hugh Blemings E: hugh@misc.nu W: http://misc.nu/hugh/ D: Author and maintainer of the Keyspan USB to Serial drivers S: Po Box 234 E: hugh@blemings.org W: http://blemings.org/hugh D: Original author of the Keyspan USB to serial drivers, random PowerPC hacker S: PO Box 234 S: Belconnen ACT 2616 S: Australia Loading Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-uwb_rc +8 −6 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -32,14 +32,16 @@ Contact: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org Description: Write: <channel> [<bpst offset>] <channel> to start beaconing on a specific channel, or stop beaconing if <channel> is -1. Valid channels depends on the radio controller's supported band groups. to force a specific channel to be used when beaconing, or, if <channel> is -1, to prohibit beaconing. If <channel> is 0, then the default channel selection algorithm will be used. Valid channels depends on the radio controller's supported band groups. <bpst offset> may be used to try and join a specific beacon group if more than one was found during a scan. Reading returns the currently active channel, or -1 if the radio controller is not beaconing. What: /sys/class/uwb_rc/uwbN/scan Date: July 2008 Loading Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt +9 −8 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -50,16 +50,17 @@ additional_cpus=n (*) Use this to limit hotpluggable cpus. This option sets cpu_possible_map = cpu_present_map + additional_cpus (*) Option valid only for following architectures - x86_64, ia64 - ia64 ia64 and x86_64 use the number of disabled local apics in ACPI tables MADT to determine the number of potentially hot-pluggable cpus. The implementation should only rely on this to count the # of cpus, but *MUST* not rely on the apicid values in those tables for disabled apics. In the event BIOS doesn't mark such hot-pluggable cpus as disabled entries, one could use this parameter "additional_cpus=x" to represent those cpus in the cpu_possible_map. ia64 uses the number of disabled local apics in ACPI tables MADT to determine the number of potentially hot-pluggable cpus. The implementation should only rely on this to count the # of cpus, but *MUST* not rely on the apicid values in those tables for disabled apics. In the event BIOS doesn't mark such hot-pluggable cpus as disabled entries, one could use this parameter "additional_cpus=x" to represent those cpus in the cpu_possible_map. possible_cpus=n [s390 only] use this to set hotpluggable cpus. possible_cpus=n [s390,x86_64] use this to set hotpluggable cpus. This option sets possible_cpus bits in cpu_possible_map. Thus keeping the numbers of bits set constant even if the machine gets rebooted. Loading Documentation/cputopology.txt +48 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -31,3 +31,51 @@ not defined by include/asm-XXX/topology.h: 2) core_id: 0 3) thread_siblings: just the given CPU 4) core_siblings: just the given CPU Additionally, cpu topology information is provided under /sys/devices/system/cpu and includes these files. The internal source for the output is in brackets ("[]"). kernel_max: the maximum cpu index allowed by the kernel configuration. [NR_CPUS-1] offline: cpus that are not online because they have been HOTPLUGGED off (see cpu-hotplug.txt) or exceed the limit of cpus allowed by the kernel configuration (kernel_max above). [~cpu_online_mask + cpus >= NR_CPUS] online: cpus that are online and being scheduled [cpu_online_mask] possible: cpus that have been allocated resources and can be brought online if they are present. [cpu_possible_mask] present: cpus that have been identified as being present in the system. [cpu_present_mask] The format for the above output is compatible with cpulist_parse() [see <linux/cpumask.h>]. Some examples follow. In this example, there are 64 cpus in the system but cpus 32-63 exceed the kernel max which is limited to 0..31 by the NR_CPUS config option being 32. Note also that cpus 2 and 4-31 are not online but could be brought online as they are both present and possible. kernel_max: 31 offline: 2,4-31,32-63 online: 0-1,3 possible: 0-31 present: 0-31 In this example, the NR_CPUS config option is 128, but the kernel was started with possible_cpus=144. There are 4 cpus in the system and cpu2 was manually taken offline (and is the only cpu that can be brought online.) kernel_max: 127 offline: 2,4-127,128-143 online: 0-1,3 possible: 0-127 present: 0-3 See cpu-hotplug.txt for the possible_cpus=NUM kernel start parameter as well as more information on the various cpumask's. Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +0 −9 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -310,15 +310,6 @@ Who: Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki <ole@ans.pl> --------------------------- What: ide-scsi (BLK_DEV_IDESCSI) When: 2.6.29 Why: The 2.6 kernel supports direct writing to ide CD drives, which eliminates the need for ide-scsi. The new method is more efficient in every way. Who: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> --------------------------- What: i2c_attach_client(), i2c_detach_client(), i2c_driver->detach_client() When: 2.6.29 (ideally) or 2.6.30 (more likely) Why: Deprecated by the new (standard) device driver binding model. Use Loading Loading
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Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-uwb_rc +8 −6 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -32,14 +32,16 @@ Contact: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org Description: Write: <channel> [<bpst offset>] <channel> to start beaconing on a specific channel, or stop beaconing if <channel> is -1. Valid channels depends on the radio controller's supported band groups. to force a specific channel to be used when beaconing, or, if <channel> is -1, to prohibit beaconing. If <channel> is 0, then the default channel selection algorithm will be used. Valid channels depends on the radio controller's supported band groups. <bpst offset> may be used to try and join a specific beacon group if more than one was found during a scan. Reading returns the currently active channel, or -1 if the radio controller is not beaconing. What: /sys/class/uwb_rc/uwbN/scan Date: July 2008 Loading
Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt +9 −8 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -50,16 +50,17 @@ additional_cpus=n (*) Use this to limit hotpluggable cpus. This option sets cpu_possible_map = cpu_present_map + additional_cpus (*) Option valid only for following architectures - x86_64, ia64 - ia64 ia64 and x86_64 use the number of disabled local apics in ACPI tables MADT to determine the number of potentially hot-pluggable cpus. The implementation should only rely on this to count the # of cpus, but *MUST* not rely on the apicid values in those tables for disabled apics. In the event BIOS doesn't mark such hot-pluggable cpus as disabled entries, one could use this parameter "additional_cpus=x" to represent those cpus in the cpu_possible_map. ia64 uses the number of disabled local apics in ACPI tables MADT to determine the number of potentially hot-pluggable cpus. The implementation should only rely on this to count the # of cpus, but *MUST* not rely on the apicid values in those tables for disabled apics. In the event BIOS doesn't mark such hot-pluggable cpus as disabled entries, one could use this parameter "additional_cpus=x" to represent those cpus in the cpu_possible_map. possible_cpus=n [s390 only] use this to set hotpluggable cpus. possible_cpus=n [s390,x86_64] use this to set hotpluggable cpus. This option sets possible_cpus bits in cpu_possible_map. Thus keeping the numbers of bits set constant even if the machine gets rebooted. Loading
Documentation/cputopology.txt +48 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -31,3 +31,51 @@ not defined by include/asm-XXX/topology.h: 2) core_id: 0 3) thread_siblings: just the given CPU 4) core_siblings: just the given CPU Additionally, cpu topology information is provided under /sys/devices/system/cpu and includes these files. The internal source for the output is in brackets ("[]"). kernel_max: the maximum cpu index allowed by the kernel configuration. [NR_CPUS-1] offline: cpus that are not online because they have been HOTPLUGGED off (see cpu-hotplug.txt) or exceed the limit of cpus allowed by the kernel configuration (kernel_max above). [~cpu_online_mask + cpus >= NR_CPUS] online: cpus that are online and being scheduled [cpu_online_mask] possible: cpus that have been allocated resources and can be brought online if they are present. [cpu_possible_mask] present: cpus that have been identified as being present in the system. [cpu_present_mask] The format for the above output is compatible with cpulist_parse() [see <linux/cpumask.h>]. Some examples follow. In this example, there are 64 cpus in the system but cpus 32-63 exceed the kernel max which is limited to 0..31 by the NR_CPUS config option being 32. Note also that cpus 2 and 4-31 are not online but could be brought online as they are both present and possible. kernel_max: 31 offline: 2,4-31,32-63 online: 0-1,3 possible: 0-31 present: 0-31 In this example, the NR_CPUS config option is 128, but the kernel was started with possible_cpus=144. There are 4 cpus in the system and cpu2 was manually taken offline (and is the only cpu that can be brought online.) kernel_max: 127 offline: 2,4-127,128-143 online: 0-1,3 possible: 0-127 present: 0-3 See cpu-hotplug.txt for the possible_cpus=NUM kernel start parameter as well as more information on the various cpumask's.
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +0 −9 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -310,15 +310,6 @@ Who: Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki <ole@ans.pl> --------------------------- What: ide-scsi (BLK_DEV_IDESCSI) When: 2.6.29 Why: The 2.6 kernel supports direct writing to ide CD drives, which eliminates the need for ide-scsi. The new method is more efficient in every way. Who: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> --------------------------- What: i2c_attach_client(), i2c_detach_client(), i2c_driver->detach_client() When: 2.6.29 (ideally) or 2.6.30 (more likely) Why: Deprecated by the new (standard) device driver binding model. Use Loading
