Documentation: update dontdiff file
PATCH 1/5 Documentation: update dontdiff file
From: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
v2, updated based on comments from Joe and Paul.
Update to Documentation/dontdiff, based on many updates to various .gitignore patches over the last 2 years.
Initially begun by Michael Prokop <[email protected]>, with lots of changes by Randy Dunlap.
--- Documentation/dontdiff | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
Documentation/dontdiff +46 -12
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ *.a *.aux *.bin +*.bz2 +*.cis *.cpio *.csp *.dsp
@@ -8,6 +10,8 @@ *.elf *.eps *.fw +*.gcno +*.gcov *.gen.S *.gif *.grep
@@ -19,14 +23,20 @@ *.ko *.log *.lst +*.lzma +*.lzo +*.mo *.moc *.mod.c *.o *.o.* +*.order *.orig *.out +*.patch *.pdf *.png +*.pot *.ps *.rej *.s
@@ -39,16 +49,22 @@ *.tex *.ver *.xml +*.xz *_MODULES *_vga16.c *~ +\#*# *.9 -*.9.gz .* +.*.d .mm 53c700_d.h CVS ChangeSet +GPATH +GRTAGS +GSYMS +GTAGS Image Kerntypes Module.markers
@@ -57,15 +73,14 @@ PENDING SCCS System.map* TAGS +aconf +af_names.h aic7*reg.h* aic7*reg_print.c* aic7*seq.h* aicasm aicdb.h* -altivec1.c -altivec2.c -altivec4.c -altivec8.c +altivec*.c asm-offsets.h asm_offsets.h autoconf.h*
@@ -80,6 +95,7 @@ btfixupprep build bvmlinux bzImage* +capability_names.h capflags.c classlist.h* comp*.log
@@ -88,7 +104,8 @@ conf config config-* config_data.h* -config_data.gz* +config.mak +config.mak.autogen conmakehash consolemap_deftbl.c* cpustr.h
@@ -96,7 +113,9 @@ crc32table.h* cscope.* defkeymap.c devlist.h* +dnotify_test docproc +dslm elf2ecoff elfconfig.h* evergreen_reg_safe.h
@@ -105,6 +124,7 @@ flask.h fore200e_mkfirm fore200e_pca_fw.c* gconf +gconf.glade.h gen-devlist gen_crc32table gen_init_cpio
@@ -112,11 +132,12 @@ generated genheaders genksyms *_gray256.c +hpet_example +hugepage-mmap +hugepage-shm ihex2fw ikconfig.h* inat-tables.c -initramfs_data.cpio -initramfs_data.cpio.gz initramfs_list int16.c int1.c
@@ -133,15 +154,19 @@ kxgettext lkc_defs.h lex.c lex.*.c +linux logo_*.c logo_*_clut224.c logo_*_mono.c lxdialog +mach mach-types mach-types.h machtypes.h map +map_hugetlb maui_boot.h +media mconf miboot* mk_elfconfig
@@ -150,23 +175,29 @@ mkbugboot mkcpustr mkdep mkprep +mkregtable mktables mktree modpost modules.builtin modules.order modversions.h* +nconf ncscope.* offset.h offsets.h oui.c* +page-types parse.c parse.h patches* pca200e.bin pca200e_ecd.bin2 -piggy.gz +perf.data +perf.data.old +perf-archive piggyback +piggy.gzip piggy.S pnmtologo ppc_defs.h*
@@ -177,10 +208,9 @@ r200_reg_safe.h r300_reg_safe.h r420_reg_safe.h r600_reg_safe.h -raid6altivec*.c -raid6int*.c -raid6tables.c +recordmcount relocs +rlim_names.h rn50_reg_safe.h rs600_reg_safe.h rv515_reg_safe.h
@@ -194,6 +224,7 @@ split-include syscalltab.h tables.c tags +test_get_len tftpboot.img timeconst.h times.h*
@@ -210,10 +241,13 @@ vdso32.so.dbg vdso64.lds vdso64.so.dbg version.h* +vmImage vmlinux vmlinux-* vmlinux.aout +vmlinux.bin.all vmlinux.lds +vmlinuz voffset.h vsyscall.lds vsyscall_32.lds
PATCH 2/5 Documentation: update epoll sysctl text
From: Lucian Adrian Grijincu <[email protected]>
max_user_instances was removed in this commit:
commit 9df04e1f25effde823a600e755b51475d438f56b
Author: Davide Libenzi <[email protected]>
Date: Thu Jan 29 14:25:26 2009 -0800
epoll: drop max_user_instances and rely only on max_user_watches
but the documentation entry was not removed.
--- Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt | 7 ------- 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt +0 -7
@@ -231,13 +231,6 @@ its creation). This directory contains configuration options for the epoll(7) interface. -max_user_instances ------------------- - -This is the maximum number of epoll file descriptors that a single user can -have open at a given time. The default value is 128, and should be enough -for normal users. - max_user_watches ----------------
PATCH 3/5 Documentation: update LXR web link
In reply to Randy DunlapFrom: Harry Wei <[email protected]>
Update LXR (Linux cross reference) web link.
--- Documentation/HOWTO | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Documentation/HOWTO +1 -1
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ tools. One such tool that is particular Cross-Reference project, which is able to present source code in a self-referential, indexed webpage format. An excellent up-to-date repository of the kernel code may be found at: - http://users.sosdg.org/~qiyong/lxr/ + http://lxr.linux.no/+trees The development process
PATCH 4/5 Documentation: fix vgaarbiter.txt typos etc.
In reply to Randy DunlapFrom: Nicolas Kaiser <[email protected]>
Fixed typos.
v2: Incorporated changes by Randy Dunlap.
--- Documentation/vgaarbiter.txt | 20 +++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
Documentation/vgaarbiter.txt +9 -11
@@ -14,11 +14,10 @@ the legacy VGA arbitration task (besides than one legacy device co-exists on the same machine. But the problem happens when these devices are trying to be accessed by different userspace clients (e.g. two server in parallel). Their address assignments conflict. Moreover, -ideally, being an userspace application, it is not the role of the the X -server to control bus resources. Therefore an arbitration scheme outside of -the X server is needed to control the sharing of these resources. This -document introduces the operation of the VGA arbiter implemented for Linux -kernel. +ideally, being a userspace application, it is not the role of the X server to +control bus resources. Therefore an arbitration scheme outside of the X server +is needed to control the sharing of these resources. This document introduces +the operation of the VGA arbiter implemented for the Linux kernel. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ I.1 vgaarb The vgaarb is a module of the Linux Kernel. When it is initially loaded, it scans all PCI devices and adds the VGA ones inside the arbitration. The arbiter then enables/disables the decoding on different devices of the VGA -legacy instructions. Device which do not want/need to use the arbiter may +legacy instructions. Devices which do not want/need to use the arbiter may explicitly tell it by calling vga_set_legacy_decoding(). The kernel exports a char device interface (/dev/vga_arbiter) to the clients,
@@ -95,8 +94,8 @@ In the case of devices hot-{un,}plugged, notify them being added/removed in the system and automatically added/removed in the arbiter. -There's also a in-kernel API of the arbiter in the case of DRM, vgacon and -others which may use the arbiter. +There is also an in-kernel API of the arbiter in case DRM, vgacon, or other +drivers want to use it. I.2 libpciaccess
@@ -117,9 +116,8 @@ Besides it, in pci_system were added: struct pci_device *vga_default_dev; -The vga_count is usually need to keep informed how many cards are being -arbitrated, so for instance if there's only one then it can totally escape the -scheme. +The vga_count is used to track how many cards are being arbitrated, so for +instance, if there is only one card, then it can completely escape arbitration. These functions below acquire VGA resources for the given card and mark those
PATCH 5/5 Documentation: update GregKH links
In reply to Randy DunlapFrom: Vikram Narayanan <[email protected]>
Fixed the broken links in the SubmittingPatches file.
---
--- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Documentation/SubmittingPatches +5 -4
@@ -714,10 +714,11 @@ Jeff Garzik, "Linux kernel patch submiss <http://linux.yyz.us/patch-format.html> Greg Kroah-Hartman, "How to piss off a kernel subsystem maintainer". - <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/03/31/> - <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/07/08/> - <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/10/19/> - <http://www.kroah.com/log/2006/01/11/> + <http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer.html> + <http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer-02.html> + <http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer-03.html> + <http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer-04.html> + <http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer-05.html> NO!!!! No more huge patch bombs to [email protected] people! <http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112112749912944&w=2>
Re: [PATCH 5/5] Documentation: update GregKH links
Quoted 17 lines · Randy Dunlap
From: Vikram Narayanan <[email protected]>
Fixed the broken links in the SubmittingPatches file.
Signed-off-by Vikram Narayanan <[email protected]>Signed-off-by Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>---
--- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)Documentation/SubmittingPatches +0
-0@@ -714,10 +714,11 @@ Jeff Garzik, "Linux kernel patch submiss <http://linux.yyz.us/patch-format.html> Greg Kroah-Hartman, "How to piss off a kernel subsystem maintainer".
Documentation/SubmittingPatches Jeff Garzik, "Linux kernel patch submiss · line 722
Quoted 10 lines
Documentation/SubmittingPatches +5
-4- <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/03/31/> - <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/07/08/> - <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/10/19/> - <http://www.kroah.com/log/2006/01/11/> + <http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer.html> + <http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer-02.html> + <http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer-03.html> + <http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer-04.html> + <http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer-05.html>
I have no real objection to this, but the original links are not broken at all, and still work just fine for me here, don't they for you as well?
So why are they being changed?
confused,
greg k-h
Re: [PATCH 5/5] Documentation: update GregKH links
Quoted 17 lines · Greg KH
Quoted 16 lines · Randy Dunlap
From: Vikram Narayanan <[email protected]>
Fixed the broken links in the SubmittingPatches file.
Signed-off-by Vikram Narayanan <[email protected]>Signed-off-by Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>---
---
Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 9 +++++----1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)Documentation/SubmittingPatches +0
-0@@ -714,10 +714,11 @@ Jeff Garzik, "Linux kernel patch submiss
Quoted 15 lines
Quoted 11 lines
Greg Kroah-Hartman, "How to piss off a kernel subsystem maintainer".
- <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/03/31/>
- <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/07/08/>
- <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/10/19/>
- <http://www.kroah.com/log/2006/01/11/>
+ <http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer.html>
+ <http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer-02.html>
+ <http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer-03.html>
+ <http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer-04.html>
+ <http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer-05.html>I have no real objection to this, but the original links are not broken at all, and still work just fine for me here, don't they for you as well?
At the time of submission of this patch, It didn't work for me. (It returned http://storm.he.net/cgi-bin/error404)
That's why I searched for the updated links and sent a patch. But, It works fine now.
Now, its your wish, whether or not to use this patch :)
-
Thanks,
Vikram
Re: [PATCH 5/5] Documentation: update GregKH links
Quoted 33 lines · Vikram Narayanan
Quoted 17 lines · Greg KH
Quoted 16 lines · Randy Dunlap
From: Vikram Narayanan <[email protected]>
Fixed the broken links in the SubmittingPatches file.
Signed-off-by Vikram Narayanan <[email protected]>Signed-off-by Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>---
---
Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 9 +++++----1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)Documentation/SubmittingPatches +0
-0@@ -714,10 +714,11 @@ Jeff Garzik, "Linux kernel patch submissQuoted 15 lines
Quoted 11 lines
Greg Kroah-Hartman, "How to piss off a kernel subsystem maintainer".
- <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/03/31/>
- <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/07/08/>
- <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/10/19/>
- <http://www.kroah.com/log/2006/01/11/>
+ <http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer.html>
+ <http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer-02.html>
+ <http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer-03.html>
+ <http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer-04.html>
+ <http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer-05.html>I have no real objection to this, but the original links are not broken at all, and still work just fine for me here, don't they for you as well?
Quoted 5 lines
At the time of submission of this patch, It didn't work for me. (It returned http://storm.he.net/cgi-bin/error404)
That's why I searched for the updated links and sent a patch. But, It works fine now.
Now, its your wish, whether or not to use this patch :)
Odd, anyway, your new links are a bit more descriptive, so again, no objection from me.
greg k-h