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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/controllers/cpuacct.txt | 32 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/scheduler/sched-arch.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt | 12 |
7 files changed, 56 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/controllers/cpuacct.txt b/Documentation/controllers/cpuacct.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..bb775fbe43d7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/controllers/cpuacct.txt @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +CPU Accounting Controller +------------------------- + +The CPU accounting controller is used to group tasks using cgroups and +account the CPU usage of these groups of tasks. + +The CPU accounting controller supports multi-hierarchy groups. An accounting +group accumulates the CPU usage of all of its child groups and the tasks +directly present in its group. + +Accounting groups can be created by first mounting the cgroup filesystem. + +# mkdir /cgroups +# mount -t cgroup -ocpuacct none /cgroups + +With the above step, the initial or the parent accounting group +becomes visible at /cgroups. At bootup, this group includes all the +tasks in the system. /cgroups/tasks lists the tasks in this cgroup. +/cgroups/cpuacct.usage gives the CPU time (in nanoseconds) obtained by +this group which is essentially the CPU time obtained by all the tasks +in the system. + +New accounting groups can be created under the parent group /cgroups. + +# cd /cgroups +# mkdir g1 +# echo $$ > g1 + +The above steps create a new group g1 and move the current shell +process (bash) into it. CPU time consumed by this bash and its children +can be obtained from g1/cpuacct.usage and the same is accumulated in +/cgroups/cpuacct.usage also. diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index e0f346d201ed..c9115c1b672c 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -220,14 +220,17 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Bits in debug_level correspond to a level in ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT statements, e.g., ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, ... - See Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for more information - about debug layers and levels. + The debug_level mask defaults to "info". See + Documentation/acpi/debug.txt for more information about + debug layers and levels. + Enable processor driver info messages: + acpi.debug_layer=0x20000000 + Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages: + acpi.debug_layer=0x400000 Enable AML "Debug" output, i.e., stores to the Debug object while interpreting AML: acpi.debug_layer=0xffffffff acpi.debug_level=0x2 - Enable PCI/PCI interrupt routing info messages: - acpi.debug_layer=0x400000 acpi.debug_level=0x4 Enable all messages related to ACPI hardware: acpi.debug_layer=0x2 acpi.debug_level=0xffffffff diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-arch.txt b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-arch.txt index 941615a9769b..d43dbcbd163b 100644 --- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-arch.txt +++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-arch.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Context switch By default, the switch_to arch function is called with the runqueue locked. This is usually not a problem unless switch_to may need to take the runqueue lock. This is usually due to a wake up operation in -the context switch. See include/asm-ia64/system.h for an example. +the context switch. See arch/ia64/include/asm/system.h for an example. To request the scheduler call switch_to with the runqueue unlocked, you must `#define __ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW` in a header file @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ disabled. Interrupts may be enabled over the call if it is likely to introduce a significant interrupt latency by adding the line `#define __ARCH_WANT_INTERRUPTS_ON_CTXSW` in the same place as for unlocked context switches. This define also implies -`__ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW`. See include/asm-arm/system.h for an +`__ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW`. See arch/arm/include/asm/system.h for an example. diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt index 3cd2ad958176..394d7d378dc7 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt @@ -1063,6 +1063,7 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed. STAC9227/9228/9229/927x ref Reference board + ref-no-jd Reference board without HP/Mic jack detection 3stack D965 3stack 5stack D965 5stack + SPDIF dell-3stack Dell Dimension E520 @@ -1076,6 +1077,7 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed. STAC92HD73* ref Reference board + no-jd BIOS setup but without jack-detection dell-m6-amic Dell desktops/laptops with analog mics dell-m6-dmic Dell desktops/laptops with digital mics dell-m6 Dell desktops/laptops with both type of mics diff --git a/Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt b/Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt index 9b22bd14c348..eac7df94d8e3 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/gadget_serial.txt @@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ modules. Then you must load the gadget serial driver. To load it as an ACM device (recommended for interoperability), do this: - modprobe g_serial use_acm=1 + modprobe g_serial To load it as a vendor specific bulk in/out device, do this: - modprobe g_serial + modprobe g_serial use_acm=0 This will also automatically load the underlying gadget peripheral controller driver. This must be done each time you reboot the gadget diff --git a/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt b/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt index 077e9032d0cd..fafcd4723260 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt @@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ it and 002/048 sometime later. These files can be read as binary data. The binary data consists of first the device descriptor, then the descriptors for each -configuration of the device. That information is also shown in -text form by the /proc/bus/usb/devices file, described later. +configuration of the device. Multi-byte fields in the device and +configuration descriptors, but not other descriptors, are converted +to host endianness by the kernel. This information is also shown +in text form by the /proc/bus/usb/devices file, described later. These files may also be used to write user-level drivers for the USB devices. You would open the /proc/bus/usb/BBB/DDD file read/write, diff --git a/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt b/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt index 2917ce4ffdc4..270481906dc8 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt @@ -34,11 +34,12 @@ if usbmon is built into the kernel. Verify that bus sockets are present. # ls /sys/kernel/debug/usbmon -0s 0t 0u 1s 1t 1u 2s 2t 2u 3s 3t 3u 4s 4t 4u +0s 0u 1s 1t 1u 2s 2t 2u 3s 3t 3u 4s 4t 4u # -Now you can choose to either use the sockets numbered '0' (to capture packets on -all buses), and skip to step #3, or find the bus used by your device with step #2. +Now you can choose to either use the socket '0u' (to capture packets on all +buses), and skip to step #3, or find the bus used by your device with step #2. +This allows to filter away annoying devices that talk continuously. 2. Find which bus connects to the desired device @@ -99,8 +100,9 @@ on the event type, but there is a set of words, common for all types. Here is the list of words, from left to right: -- URB Tag. This is used to identify URBs is normally a kernel mode address - of the URB structure in hexadecimal. +- URB Tag. This is used to identify URBs, and is normally an in-kernel address + of the URB structure in hexadecimal, but can be a sequence number or any + other unique string, within reason. - Timestamp in microseconds, a decimal number. The timestamp's resolution depends on available clock, and so it can be much worse than a microsecond |