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-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/GPIO.txt15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/Overview.txt35
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem33
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/page_migration9
6 files changed, 73 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/GPIO.txt b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/GPIO.txt
index b5d20c0b2ab4..ea7ccfc4b274 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/GPIO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/GPIO.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,21 @@ Introduction
data-sheet/users manual to find out the complete list.
+GPIOLIB
+-------
+
+ With the event of the GPIOLIB in drivers/gpio, support for some
+ of the GPIO functions such as reading and writing a pin will
+ be removed in favour of this common access method.
+
+ Once all the extant drivers have been converted, the functions
+ listed below will be removed (they may be marked as __deprecated
+ in the near future).
+
+ - s3c2410_gpio_getpin
+ - s3c2410_gpio_setpin
+
+
Headers
-------
diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/Overview.txt b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/Overview.txt
index 014a8ec4877d..cff6227b4484 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/Overview.txt
+++ b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/Overview.txt
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ Introduction
The Samsung S3C24XX range of ARM9 System-on-Chip CPUs are supported
by the 's3c2410' architecture of ARM Linux. Currently the S3C2410,
- S3C2412, S3C2413, S3C2440 and S3C2442 devices are supported.
+ S3C2412, S3C2413, S3C2440, S3C2442 and S3C2443 devices are supported.
+
+ Support for the S3C2400 and S3C24A0 series are in progress.
- Support for the S3C2400 series is in progress.
Configuration
-------------
@@ -38,6 +39,22 @@ Layout
Register, kernel and platform data definitions are held in the
arch/arm/mach-s3c2410 directory./include/mach
+arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx:
+
+ Files in here are either common to all the s3c24xx family,
+ or are common to only some of them with names to indicate this
+ status. The files that are not common to all are generally named
+ with the initial cpu they support in the series to ensure a short
+ name without any possibility of confusion with newer devices.
+
+ As an example, initially s3c244x would cover s3c2440 and s3c2442, but
+ with the s3c2443 which does not share many of the same drivers in
+ this directory, the name becomes invalid. We stick to s3c2440-<x>
+ to indicate a driver that is s3c2440 and s3c2442 compatible.
+
+ This does mean that to find the status of any given SoC, a number
+ of directories may need to be searched.
+
Machines
--------
@@ -159,6 +176,17 @@ NAND
For more information see Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/NAND.txt
+SD/MMC
+------
+
+ The SD/MMC hardware pre S3C2443 is supported in the current
+ kernel, the driver is drivers/mmc/host/s3cmci.c and supports
+ 1 and 4 bit SD or MMC cards.
+
+ The SDIO behaviour of this driver has not been fully tested. There is no
+ current support for hardware SDIO interrupts.
+
+
Serial
------
@@ -178,6 +206,9 @@ GPIO
The core contains support for manipulating the GPIO, see the
documentation in GPIO.txt in the same directory as this file.
+ Newer kernels carry GPIOLIB, and support is being moved towards
+ this with some of the older support in line to be removed.
+
Clock Management
----------------
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt
index 540e9e7f59c5..6a0d70a22f05 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Similarly to JFFS2, UBIFS supports on-the-flight compression which makes
it possible to fit quite a lot of data to the flash.
Similarly to JFFS2, UBIFS is tolerant of unclean reboots and power-cuts.
-It does not need stuff like ckfs.ext2. UBIFS automatically replays its
+It does not need stuff like fsck.ext2. UBIFS automatically replays its
journal and recovers from crashes, ensuring that the on-flash data
structures are consistent.
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem b/Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem
index 2fefaf582a43..e98bdfea3467 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ibmaem
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
Kernel driver ibmaem
======================
+This driver talks to the IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager, known
+henceforth as AEM.
+
Supported systems:
- * Any recent IBM System X server with Active Energy Manager support.
+ * Any recent IBM System X server with AEM support.
This includes the x3350, x3550, x3650, x3655, x3755, x3850 M2,
x3950 M2, and certain HS2x/LS2x/QS2x blades. The IPMI host interface
driver ("ipmi-si") needs to be loaded for this driver to do anything.
@@ -14,24 +17,22 @@ Author: Darrick J. Wong
Description
-----------
-This driver implements sensor reading support for the energy and power
-meters available on various IBM System X hardware through the BMC. All
-sensor banks will be exported as platform devices; this driver can talk
-to both v1 and v2 interfaces. This driver is completely separate from the
-older ibmpex driver.
+This driver implements sensor reading support for the energy and power meters
+available on various IBM System X hardware through the BMC. All sensor banks
+will be exported as platform devices; this driver can talk to both v1 and v2
+interfaces. This driver is completely separate from the older ibmpex driver.
-The v1 AEM interface has a simple set of features to monitor energy use.
-There is a register that displays an estimate of raw energy consumption
-since the last BMC reset, and a power sensor that returns average power
-use over a configurable interval.
+The v1 AEM interface has a simple set of features to monitor energy use. There
+is a register that displays an estimate of raw energy consumption since the
+last BMC reset, and a power sensor that returns average power use over a
+configurable interval.
-The v2 AEM interface is a bit more sophisticated, being able to present
-a wider range of energy and power use registers, the power cap as
-set by the AEM software, and temperature sensors.
+The v2 AEM interface is a bit more sophisticated, being able to present a wider
+range of energy and power use registers, the power cap as set by the AEM
+software, and temperature sensors.
Special Features
----------------
-The "power_cap" value displays the current system power cap, as set by
-the Active Energy Manager software. Setting the power cap from the host
-is not currently supported.
+The "power_cap" value displays the current system power cap, as set by the AEM
+software. Setting the power cap from the host is not currently supported.
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
index 6f6d117ac7e2..b117e42a6166 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
@@ -1144,8 +1144,6 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed.
This module supports autoprobe and multiple cards.
- Power management is _not_ supported.
-
Module snd-ice1712
------------------
@@ -1628,8 +1626,6 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed.
This module supports autoprobe and multiple cards.
- Power management is _not_ supported.
-
Module snd-pcsp
-----------------
@@ -2081,13 +2077,11 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed.
Module snd-virtuoso
-------------------
- Module for sound cards based on the Asus AV200 chip, i.e.,
- Xonar D2 and Xonar D2X.
+ Module for sound cards based on the Asus AV100/AV200 chips,
+ i.e., Xonar D1, DX, D2 and D2X.
This module supports autoprobe and multiple cards.
- Power management is _not_ supported.
-
Module snd-vx222
----------------
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/page_migration b/Documentation/vm/page_migration
index 99f89aa10169..d5fdfd34bbaf 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/page_migration
+++ b/Documentation/vm/page_migration
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ migrate_pages function call takes two sets of nodes and moves pages of a
process that are located on the from nodes to the destination nodes.
Page migration functions are provided by the numactl package by Andi Kleen
(a version later than 0.9.3 is required. Get it from
-ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/ak). numactl provided libnuma which
-provides an interface similar to other numa functionality for page migration.
-cat /proc/<pid>/numa_maps allows an easy review of where the pages of
-a process are located. See also the numa_maps manpage in the numactl package.
+ftp://oss.sgi.com/www/projects/libnuma/download/). numactl provides libnuma
+which provides an interface similar to other numa functionality for page
+migration. cat /proc/<pid>/numa_maps allows an easy review of where the
+pages of a process are located. See also the numa_maps documentation in the
+proc(5) man page.
Manual migration is useful if for example the scheduler has relocated
a process to a processor on a distant node. A batch scheduler or an