11 Feb, 2014

1 commit

  • Some of the 00-INDEX files are somewhat outdated and some folders does
    not contain 00-INDEX at all. Only outdated (with the notably exception
    of spi) indexes are touched here, the 169 folders without 00-INDEX has
    not been touched.

    New 00-INDEX
    - spi/* was added in a series of commits dating back to 2006

    Added files (missing in (*/)00-INDEX)
    - dmatest.txt was added by commit 851b7e16a07d ("dmatest: run test via
    debugfs")
    - this_cpu_ops.txt was added by commit a1b2a555d637 ("percpu: add
    documentation on this_cpu operations")
    - ww-mutex-design.txt was added by commit 040a0a371005 ("mutex: Add
    support for wound/wait style locks")
    - bcache.txt was added by commit cafe56359144 ("bcache: A block layer
    cache")
    - kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt was added by commit 49717cb40410
    ("kthread: Document ways of reducing OS jitter due to per-CPU
    kthreads")
    - phy.txt was added by commit ff764963479a ("drivers: phy: add generic
    PHY framework")
    - block/null_blk was added by commit 12f8f4fc0314 ("null_blk:
    documentation")
    - module-signing.txt was added by commit 3cafea307642 ("Add
    Documentation/module-signing.txt file")
    - assoc_array.txt was added by commit 3cb989501c26 ("Add a generic
    associative array implementation.")
    - arm/IXP4xx was part of the initial repo
    - arm/cluster-pm-race-avoidance.txt was added by commit 7fe31d28e839
    ("ARM: mcpm: introduce helpers for platform coherency exit/setup")
    - arm/firmware.txt was added by commit 7366b92a77fc ("ARM: Add
    interface for registering and calling firmware-specific operations")
    - arm/kernel_mode_neon.txt was added by commit 2afd0a05241d ("ARM:
    7825/1: document the use of NEON in kernel mode")
    - arm/tcm.txt was added by commit bc581770cfdd ("ARM: 5580/2: ARM TCM
    (Tightly-Coupled Memory) support v3")
    - arm/vlocks.txt was added by commit 9762f12d3e05 ("ARM: mcpm: Add
    baremetal voting mutexes")
    - blackfin/gptimers-example.c, Makefile was added by commit
    4b60779d5ea7 ("Blackfin: add an example showing how to use the
    gptimers API")
    - devicetree/usage-model.txt was added by commit 31134efc681a ("dt:
    Linux DT usage model documentation")
    - fb/api.txt was added by commit fb21c2f42879 ("fbdev: Add FOURCC-based
    format configuration API")
    - fb/sm501.txt was added by commit e6a049807105 ("video, sm501: add
    edid and commandline support")
    - fb/udlfb.txt was added by commit 96f8d864afd6 ("fbdev: move udlfb out
    of staging.")
    - filesystems/Makefile was added by commit 1e0051ae48a2
    ("Documentation/fs/: split txt and source files")
    - filesystems/nfs/nfsd-admin-interfaces.txt was added by commit
    8a4c6e19cfed ("nfsd: document kernel interfaces for nfsd
    configuration")
    - ide/warm-plug-howto.txt was added by commit f74c91413ec6 ("ide: add
    warm-plug support for IDE devices (take 2)")
    - laptops/Makefile was added by commit d49129accc21
    ("Documentation/laptop/: split txt and source files")
    - leds/leds-blinkm.txt was added by commit b54cf35a7f65 ("LEDS: add
    BlinkM RGB LED driver, documentation and update MAINTAINERS")
    - leds/ledtrig-oneshot.txt was added by commit 5e417281cde2 ("leds: add
    oneshot trigger")
    - leds/ledtrig-transient.txt was added by commit 44e1e9f8e705 ("leds:
    add new transient trigger for one shot timer activation")
    - m68k/README.buddha was part of the initial repo
    - networking/LICENSE.(qla3xxx|qlcnic|qlge) was added by commits
    40839129f779, c4e84bde1d59, 5a4faa873782
    - networking/Makefile was added by commit 3794f3e812ef ("docsrc: build
    Documentation/ sources")
    - networking/i40evf.txt was added by commit 105bf2fe6b32 ("i40evf: add
    driver to kernel build system")
    - networking/ipsec.txt was added by commit b3c6efbc36e2 ("xfrm: Add
    file to document IPsec corner case")
    - networking/mac80211-auth-assoc-deauth.txt was added by commit
    3cd7920a2be8 ("mac80211: add auth/assoc/deauth flow diagram")
    - networking/netlink_mmap.txt was added by commit 5683264c3981
    ("netlink: add documentation for memory mapped I/O")
    - networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.txt was added by commit c9f9e0e1597f
    ("netfilter: doc: add nf_conntrack sysctl api documentation") lan)
    - networking/team.txt was added by commit 3d249d4ca7d0 ("net: introduce
    ethernet teaming device")
    - networking/vxlan.txt was added by commit d342894c5d2f ("vxlan:
    virtual extensible lan")
    - power/runtime_pm.txt was added by commit 5e928f77a09a ("PM: Introduce
    core framework for run-time PM of I/O devices (rev. 17)")
    - power/charger-manager.txt was added by commit 3bb3dbbd56ea
    ("power_supply: Add initial Charger-Manager driver")
    - RCU/lockdep-splat.txt was added by commit d7bd2d68aa2e ("rcu:
    Document interpretation of RCU-lockdep splats")
    - s390/kvm.txt was added by 5ecee4b (KVM: s390: API documentation)
    - s390/qeth.txt was added by commit b4d72c08b358 ("qeth: bridgeport
    support - basic control")
    - scheduler/sched-bwc.txt was added by commit 88ebc08ea9f7 ("sched: Add
    documentation for bandwidth control")
    - scsi/advansys.txt was added by commit 4bd6d7f35661 ("[SCSI] advansys:
    Move documentation to Documentation/scsi")
    - scsi/bfa.txt was added by commit 1ec90174bdb4 ("[SCSI] bfa: add
    readme file")
    - scsi/bnx2fc.txt was added by commit 12b8fc10eaf4 ("[SCSI] bnx2fc: Add
    driver documentation")
    - scsi/cxgb3i.txt was added by commit c3673464ebc0 ("[SCSI] cxgb3i: Add
    cxgb3i iSCSI driver.")
    - scsi/hpsa.txt was added by commit 992ebcf14f3c ("[SCSI] hpsa: Add
    hpsa.txt to Documentation/scsi")
    - scsi/link_power_management_policy.txt was added by commit
    ca77329fb713 ("[libata] Link power management infrastructure")
    - scsi/osd.txt was added by commit 78e0c621deca ("[SCSI] osd:
    Documentation for OSD library")
    - scsi/scsi-parameter.txt was created/moved by commit 163475fb111c
    ("Documentation: move SCSI parameters to their own text file")
    - serial/driver was part of the initial repo
    - serial/n_gsm.txt was added by commit 323e84122ec6 ("n_gsm: add a
    documentation")
    - timers/Makefile was added by commit 3794f3e812ef ("docsrc: build
    Documentation/ sources")
    - virt/kvm/s390.txt was added by commit d9101fca3d57 ("KVM: s390:
    diagnose call documentation")
    - vm/split_page_table_lock was added by commit 49076ec2ccaf ("mm:
    dynamically allocate page->ptl if it cannot be embedded to struct
    page")
    - w1/slaves/w1_ds28e04 was added by commit fbf7f7b4e2ae ("w1: Add
    1-wire slave device driver for DS28E04-100")
    - w1/masters/omap-hdq was added by commit e0a29382c6f5 ("hdq:
    documentation for OMAP HDQ")
    - x86/early-microcode.txt was added by commit 0d91ea86a895 ("x86, doc:
    Documentation for early microcode loading")
    - x86/earlyprintk.txt was added by commit a1aade478862 ("x86/doc:
    mini-howto for using earlyprintk=dbgp")
    - x86/entry_64.txt was added by commit 8b4777a4b50c ("x86-64: Document
    some of entry_64.S")
    - x86/pat.txt was added by commit d27554d874c7 ("x86: PAT
    documentation")

    Moved files
    - arm/kernel_user_helpers.txt was moved out of arch/arm/kernel by
    commit 37b8304642c7 ("ARM: kuser: move interface documentation out of
    the source code")
    - efi-stub.txt was moved out of x86/ and down into Documentation/ in
    commit 4172fe2f8a47 ("EFI stub documentation updates")
    - laptops/hpfall.c was moved out of hwmon/ and into laptops/ in commit
    efcfed9bad88 ("Move hp_accel to drivers/platform/x86")
    - commit 5616c23ad9cd ("x86: doc: move x86-generic documentation from
    Doc/x86/i386"):
    * x86/usb-legacy-support.txt
    * x86/boot.txt
    * x86/zero_page.txt
    - power/video_extension.txt was moved to acpi in commit 70e66e4df191
    ("ACPI / video: move video_extension.txt to Documentation/acpi")

    Removed files (left in 00-INDEX)
    - memory.txt was removed by commit 00ea8990aadf ("memory.txt: remove
    stray information")
    - gpio.txt was moved to gpio/ in commit fd8e198cfcaa ("Documentation:
    gpiolib: document new interface")
    - networking/DLINK.txt was removed by commit 168e06ae26dd
    ("drivers/net: delete old parallel port de600/de620 drivers")
    - serial/hayes-esp.txt was removed by commit f53a2ade0bb9 ("tty: esp:
    remove broken driver")
    - s390/TAPE was removed by commit 9e280f669308 ("[S390] remove tape
    block docu")
    - vm/locking was removed by commit 57ea8171d2bc ("mm: documentation:
    remove hopelessly out-of-date locking doc")
    - laptops/acer-wmi.txt was remvoed by commit 020036678e81 ("acer-wmi:
    Delete out-of-date documentation")

    Typos/misc issues
    - rpc-server-gss.txt was added as knfsd-rpcgss.txt in commit
    030d794bf498 ("SUNRPC: Use gssproxy upcall for server RPCGSS
    authentication.")
    - commit b88cf73d9278 ("net: add missing entries to
    Documentation/networking/00-INDEX")
    * generic-hdlc.txt was added as generic_hdlc.txt
    * spider_net.txt was added as spider-net.txt
    - w1/master/mxc-w1 was added as mxc_w1 by commit a5fd9139f74c ("w1: add
    1-wire master driver for i.MX27 / i.MX31")
    - s390/zfcpdump.txt was added as zfcpdump by commit 6920c12a407e
    ("[S390] Add Documentation/s390/00-INDEX.")

    Signed-off-by: Henrik Austad
    Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney [rcu bits]
    Acked-by: Rob Landley
    Cc: Jiri Kosina
    Cc: Thomas Gleixner
    Cc: Rob Herring
    Cc: David S. Miller
    Cc: Mark Brown
    Cc: "H. Peter Anvin"
    Cc: Ingo Molnar
    Cc: Gleb Natapov
    Cc: Linus Torvalds
    Cc: Len Brown
    Cc: James Bottomley
    Cc: Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard
    Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton
    Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

    Henrik Austad
     

28 Jan, 2014

1 commit

  • Add in Documentation/scheduler/ some hints about the design
    choices, the usage and the future possible developments of the
    sched_dl scheduling class and of the SCHED_DEADLINE policy.

    Reviewed-by: Henrik Austad
    Signed-off-by: Dario Faggioli
    Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli
    [ Re-wrote sections 2 and 3. ]
    Signed-off-by: Luca Abeni
    Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1390821615-23247-1-git-send-email-juri.lelli@gmail.com
    Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

    Dario Faggioli
     

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08 Feb, 2008

1 commit

  • The top-level Documentation/ directory is unmanageably large, so we
    should take any obvious opportunities to move stuff into subdirectories.
    These sched-*.txt files seem an obvious easy case.

    Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields
    Cc: Ingo Molnar
    Acked-by: Randy Dunlap
    Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton
    Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

    J. Bruce Fields