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-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-xen-backend9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-system-xen_memory9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkback10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm64/hugetlbpage.txt38
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm64/sve.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/blockdev/README.DAC960756
-rw-r--r--Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/core-api/idr.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/device-mapper/log-writes.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-imx-lpi2c.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/gpio-keys.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/riscv,cpu-intc.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cpsw.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/sh_eth.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/renesas-wdt.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-mgr.rst5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hwmon/ina2xx2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/DMA-considerations10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/video_function_calls.rst1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/process/changes.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/process/code-of-conduct-interpretation.rst156
-rw-r--r--Documentation/process/code-of-conduct.rst86
-rw-r--r--Documentation/process/code-of-conflict.rst28
-rw-r--r--Documentation/process/index.rst3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/earlyprintk.txt25
36 files changed, 437 insertions, 827 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-xen-backend b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-xen-backend
index 3d5951c8bf5f..e8b60bd766f7 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-xen-backend
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-bus-xen-backend
@@ -73,3 +73,12 @@ KernelVersion: 3.0
Contact: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Description:
Number of sectors written by the frontend.
+
+What: /sys/bus/xen-backend/devices/*/state
+Date: August 2018
+KernelVersion: 4.19
+Contact: Joe Jin <joe.jin@oracle.com>
+Description:
+ The state of the device. One of: 'Unknown',
+ 'Initialising', 'Initialised', 'Connected', 'Closing',
+ 'Closed', 'Reconfiguring', 'Reconfigured'.
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-system-xen_memory b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-system-xen_memory
index caa311d59ac1..6d83f95a8a8e 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-system-xen_memory
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-system-xen_memory
@@ -75,3 +75,12 @@ Contact: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Description:
Amount (in KiB) of low (or normal) memory in the
balloon.
+
+What: /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages
+Date: September 2018
+KernelVersion: 4.20
+Contact: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
+Description:
+ Control scrubbing pages before returning them to Xen for others domains
+ use. Can be set with xen_scrub_pages cmdline
+ parameter. Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkback b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkback
index 8bb43b66eb55..4e7babb3ba1f 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkback
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkback
@@ -15,3 +15,13 @@ Description:
blkback. If the frontend tries to use more than
max_persistent_grants, the LRU kicks in and starts
removing 5% of max_persistent_grants every 100ms.
+
+What: /sys/module/xen_blkback/parameters/persistent_grant_unused_seconds
+Date: August 2018
+KernelVersion: 4.19
+Contact: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
+Description:
+ How long a persistent grant is allowed to remain
+ allocated without being in use. The time is in
+ seconds, 0 means indefinitely long.
+ The default is 60 seconds.
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
index 184193bcb262..caf36105a1c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
@@ -1857,8 +1857,10 @@ following two functions.
wbc_init_bio(@wbc, @bio)
Should be called for each bio carrying writeback data and
- associates the bio with the inode's owner cgroup. Can be
- called anytime between bio allocation and submission.
+ associates the bio with the inode's owner cgroup and the
+ corresponding request queue. This must be called after
+ a queue (device) has been associated with the bio and
+ before submission.
wbc_account_io(@wbc, @page, @bytes)
Should be called for each data segment being written out.
@@ -1877,7 +1879,7 @@ the configuration, the bio may be executed at a lower priority and if
the writeback session is holding shared resources, e.g. a journal
entry, may lead to priority inversion. There is no one easy solution
for the problem. Filesystems can try to work around specific problem
-cases by skipping wbc_init_bio() or using bio_associate_blkcg()
+cases by skipping wbc_init_bio() or using bio_associate_create_blkg()
directly.
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 9871e649ffef..92eb1f42240d 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3523,6 +3523,12 @@
ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
+ random.trust_cpu={on,off}
+ [KNL] Enable or disable trusting the use of the
+ CPU's random number generator (if available) to
+ fully seed the kernel's CRNG. Default is controlled
+ by CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU.
+
ras=option[,option,...] [KNL] RAS-specific options
cec_disable [X86]
@@ -4994,6 +5000,12 @@
Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
run as generic HVM guest with no PV drivers.
+ xen_scrub_pages= [XEN]
+ Boolean option to control scrubbing pages before giving them back
+ to Xen, for use by other domains. Can be also changed at runtime
+ with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
+ Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
+
xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA]
Format:
<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.txt b/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.txt
index d6aff2c5e9e2..ea819ae024dd 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.txt
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.txt
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@ HWCAP_EVTSTRM
HWCAP_AES
- Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR1_EL1.AES == 0b0001.
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR0_EL1.AES == 0b0001.
HWCAP_PMULL
- Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR1_EL1.AES == 0b0010.
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR0_EL1.AES == 0b0010.
HWCAP_SHA1
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ HWCAP_ASIMDDP
HWCAP_SHA512
- Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR0_EL1.SHA2 == 0b0002.
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR0_EL1.SHA2 == 0b0010.
HWCAP_SVE
@@ -173,8 +173,12 @@ HWCAP_USCAT
HWCAP_ILRCPC
- Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISR1_EL1.LRCPC == 0b0002.
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR1_EL1.LRCPC == 0b0010.
HWCAP_FLAGM
Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR0_EL1.TS == 0b0001.
+
+HWCAP_SSBS
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64PFR1_EL1.SSBS == 0b0010.
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/hugetlbpage.txt b/Documentation/arm64/hugetlbpage.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cfae87dc653b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/hugetlbpage.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+HugeTLBpage on ARM64
+====================
+
+Hugepage relies on making efficient use of TLBs to improve performance of
+address translations. The benefit depends on both -
+
+ - the size of hugepages
+ - size of entries supported by the TLBs
+
+The ARM64 port supports two flavours of hugepages.
+
+1) Block mappings at the pud/pmd level
+--------------------------------------
+
+These are regular hugepages where a pmd or a pud page table entry points to a
+block of memory. Regardless of the supported size of entries in TLB, block
+mappings reduce the depth of page table walk needed to translate hugepage
+addresses.
+
+2) Using the Contiguous bit
+---------------------------
+
+The architecture provides a contiguous bit in the translation table entries
+(D4.5.3, ARM DDI 0487C.a) that hints to the MMU to indicate that it is one of a
+contiguous set of entries that can be cached in a single TLB entry.
+
+The contiguous bit is used in Linux to increase the mapping size at the pmd and
+pte (last) level. The number of supported contiguous entries varies by page size
+and level of the page table.
+
+
+The following hugepage sizes are supported -
+
+ CONT PTE PMD CONT PMD PUD
+ -------- --- -------- ---
+ 4K: 64K 2M 32M 1G
+ 16K: 2M 32M 1G
+ 64K: 2M 512M 16G
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt b/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt
index 3b2f2dd82225..76ccded8b74c 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ stable kernels.
| ARM | Cortex-A72 | #853709 | N/A |
| ARM | Cortex-A73 | #858921 | ARM64_ERRATUM_858921 |
| ARM | Cortex-A55 | #1024718 | ARM64_ERRATUM_1024718 |
+| ARM | Cortex-A76 | #1188873 | ARM64_ERRATUM_1188873 |
| ARM | MMU-500 | #841119,#826419 | N/A |
| | | | |
| Cavium | ThunderX ITS | #22375, #24313 | CAVIUM_ERRATUM_22375 |
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/sve.txt b/Documentation/arm64/sve.txt
index f128f736b4a5..7169a0ec41d8 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/sve.txt
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/sve.txt
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ prctl(PR_SVE_SET_VL, unsigned long arg)
thread.
* Changing the vector length causes all of P0..P15, FFR and all bits of
- Z0..V31 except for Z0 bits [127:0] .. Z31 bits [127:0] to become
+ Z0..Z31 except for Z0 bits [127:0] .. Z31 bits [127:0] to become
unspecified. Calling PR_SVE_SET_VL with vl equal to the thread's current
vector length, or calling PR_SVE_SET_VL with the PR_SVE_SET_VL_ONEXEC
flag, does not constitute a change to the vector length for this purpose.
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ References
[2] arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h
AArch64 Linux ptrace ABI definitions
-[3] linux/Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.txt
+[3] Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.txt
[4] ARM IHI0055C
http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0055c/IHI0055C_beta_aapcs64.pdf
diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/README.DAC960 b/Documentation/blockdev/README.DAC960
deleted file mode 100644
index bd85fb9dc6e5..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/blockdev/README.DAC960
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,756 +0,0 @@
- Linux Driver for Mylex DAC960/AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID PCI RAID Controllers
-
- Version 2.2.11 for Linux 2.2.19
- Version 2.4.11 for Linux 2.4.12
-
- PRODUCTION RELEASE
-
- 11 October 2001
-
- Leonard N. Zubkoff
- Dandelion Digital
- lnz@dandelion.com
-
- Copyright 1998-2001 by Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com>
-
-
- INTRODUCTION
-
-Mylex, Inc. designs and manufactures a variety of high performance PCI RAID
-controllers. Mylex Corporation is located at 34551 Ardenwood Blvd., Fremont,
-California 94555, USA and can be reached at 510.796.6100 or on the World Wide
-Web at http://www.mylex.com. Mylex Technical Support can be reached by
-electronic mail at mylexsup@us.ibm.com, by voice at 510.608.2400, or by FAX at
-510.745.7715. Contact information for offices in Europe and Japan is available
-on their Web site.
-
-The latest information on Linux support for DAC960 PCI RAID Controllers, as
-well as the most recent release of this driver, will always be available from
-my Linux Home Page at URL "http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/". The Linux DAC960
-driver supports all current Mylex PCI RAID controllers including the new
-eXtremeRAID 2000/3000 and AcceleRAID 352/170/160 models which have an entirely
-new firmware interface from the older eXtremeRAID 1100, AcceleRAID 150/200/250,
-and DAC960PJ/PG/PU/PD/PL. See below for a complete controller list as well as
-minimum firmware version requirements. For simplicity, in most places this
-documentation refers to DAC960 generically rather than explicitly listing all
-the supported models.
-
-Driver bug reports should be sent via electronic mail to "lnz@dandelion.com".
-Please include with the bug report the complete configuration messages reported
-by the driver at startup, along with any subsequent system messages relevant to
-the controller's operation, and a detailed description of your system's
-hardware configuration. Driver bugs are actually quite rare; if you encounter
-problems with disks being marked offline, for example, please contact Mylex
-Technical Support as the problem is related to the hardware configuration
-rather than the Linux driver.
-
-Please consult the RAID controller documentation for detailed information
-regarding installation and configuration of the controllers. This document
-primarily provides information specific to the Linux support.
-
-
- DRIVER FEATURES
-
-The DAC960 RAID controllers are supported solely as high performance RAID
-controllers, not as interfaces to arbitrary SCSI devices. The Linux DAC960
-driver operates at the block device level, the same level as the SCSI and IDE
-drivers. Unlike other RAID controllers currently supported on Linux, the
-DAC960 driver is not dependent on the SCSI subsystem, and hence avoids all the
-complexity and unnecessary code that would be associated with an implementation
-as a SCSI driver. The DAC960 driver is designed for as high a performance as
-possible with no compromises or extra code for compatibility with lower
-performance devices. The DAC960 driver includes extensive error logging and
-online configuration management capabilities. Except for initial configuration
-of the controller and adding new disk drives, most everything can be handled
-from Linux while the system is operational.
-
-The DAC960 driver is architected to support up to 8 controllers per system.
-Each DAC960 parallel SCSI controller can support up to 15 disk drives per
-channel, for a maximum of 60 drives on a four channel controller; the fibre
-channel eXtremeRAID 3000 controller supports up to 125 disk drives per loop for
-a total of 250 drives. The drives installed on a controller are divided into
-one or more "Drive Groups", and then each Drive Group is subdivided further
-into 1 to 32 "Logical Drives". Each Logical Drive has a specific RAID Level
-and caching policy associated with it, and it appears to Linux as a single
-block device. Logical Drives are further subdivided into up to 7 partitions
-through the normal Linux and PC disk partitioning schemes. Logical Drives are
-also known as "System Drives", and Drive Groups are also called "Packs". Both
-terms are in use in the Mylex documentation; I have chosen to standardize on
-the more generic "Logical Drive" and "Drive Group".
-
-DAC960 RAID disk devices are named in the style of the obsolete Device File
-System (DEVFS). The device corresponding to Logical Drive D on Controller C
-is referred to as /dev/rd/cCdD, and the partitions are called /dev/rd/cCdDp1
-through /dev/rd/cCdDp7. For example, partition 3 of Logical Drive 5 on
-Controller 2 is referred to as /dev/rd/c2d5p3. Note that unlike with SCSI
-disks the device names will not change in the event of a disk drive failure.
-The DAC960 driver is assigned major numbers 48 - 55 with one major number per
-controller. The 8 bits of minor number are divided into 5 bits for the Logical
-Drive and 3 bits for the partition.
-
-
- SUPPORTED DAC960/AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID PCI RAID CONTROLLERS
-
-The following list comprises the supported DAC960, AcceleRAID, and eXtremeRAID
-PCI RAID Controllers as of the date of this document. It is recommended that
-anyone purchasing a Mylex PCI RAID Controller not in the following table
-contact the author beforehand to verify that it is or will be supported.
-
-eXtremeRAID 3000
- 1 Wide Ultra-2/LVD SCSI channel
- 2 External Fibre FC-AL channels
- 233MHz StrongARM SA 110 Processor
- 64 Bit 33MHz PCI (backward compatible with 32 Bit PCI slots)
- 32MB/64MB ECC SDRAM Memory
-
-eXtremeRAID 2000
- 4 Wide Ultra-160 LVD SCSI channels
- 233MHz StrongARM SA 110 Processor
- 64 Bit 33MHz PCI (backward compatible with 32 Bit PCI slots)
- 32MB/64MB ECC SDRAM Memory
-
-AcceleRAID 352
- 2 Wide Ultra-160 LVD SCSI channels
- 100MHz Intel i960RN RISC Processor
- 64 Bit 33MHz PCI (backward compatible with 32 Bit PCI slots)
- 32MB/64MB ECC SDRAM Memory
-
-AcceleRAID 170
- 1 Wide Ultra-160 LVD SCSI channel
- 100MHz Intel i960RM RISC Processor
- 16MB/32MB/64MB ECC SDRAM Memory
-
-AcceleRAID 160 (AcceleRAID 170LP)
- 1 Wide Ultra-160 LVD SCSI channel
- 100MHz Intel i960RS RISC Processor
- Built in 16M ECC SDRAM Memory
- PCI Low Profile Form Factor - fit for 2U height
-
-eXtremeRAID 1100 (DAC1164P)
- 3 Wide Ultra-2/LVD SCSI channels
- 233MHz StrongARM SA 110 Processor
- 64 Bit 33MHz PCI (backward compatible with 32 Bit PCI slots)
- 16MB/32MB/64MB Parity SDRAM Memory with Battery Backup
-
-AcceleRAID 250 (DAC960PTL1)
- Uses onboard Symbios SCSI chips on certain motherboards
- Also includes one onboard Wide Ultra-2/LVD SCSI Channel
- 66MHz Intel i960RD RISC Processor
- 4MB/8MB/16MB/32MB/64MB/128MB ECC EDO Memory
-
-AcceleRAID 200 (DAC960PTL0)
- Uses onboard Symbios SCSI chips on certain motherboards
- Includes no onboard SCSI Channels
- 66MHz Intel i960RD RISC Processor
- 4MB/8MB/16MB/32MB/64MB/128MB ECC EDO Memory
-
-AcceleRAID 150 (DAC960PRL)
- Uses onboard Symbios SCSI chips on certain motherboards
- Also includes one onboard Wide Ultra-2/LVD SCSI Channel
- 33MHz Intel i960RP RISC Processor
- 4MB Parity EDO Memory
-
-DAC960PJ 1/2/3 Wide Ultra SCSI-3 Channels
- 66MHz Intel i960RD RISC Processor
- 4MB/8MB/16MB/32MB/64MB/128MB ECC EDO Memory
-
-DAC960PG 1/2/3 Wide Ultra SCSI-3 Channels
- 33MHz Intel i960RP RISC Processor
- 4MB/8MB ECC EDO Memory
-
-DAC960PU 1/2/3 Wide Ultra SCSI-3 Channels
- Intel i960CF RISC Processor
- 4MB/8MB EDRAM or 2MB/4MB/8MB/16MB/32MB DRAM Memory
-
-DAC960PD 1/2/3 Wide Fast SCSI-2 Channels
- Intel i960CF RISC Processor
- 4MB/8MB EDRAM or 2MB/4MB/8MB/16MB/32MB DRAM Memory
-
-DAC960PL 1/2/3 Wide Fast SCSI-2 Channels
- Intel i960 RISC Processor
- 2MB/4MB/8MB/16MB/32MB DRAM Memory
-
-DAC960P 1/2/3 Wide Fast SCSI-2 Channels
- Intel i960 RISC Processor
- 2MB/4MB/8MB/16MB/32MB DRAM Memory
-
-For the eXtremeRAID 2000/3000 and AcceleRAID 352/170/160, firmware version
-6.00-01 or above is required.
-
-For the eXtremeRAID 1100, firmware version 5.06-0-52 or above is required.
-
-For the AcceleRAID 250, 200, and 150, firmware version 4.06-0-57 or above is
-required.
-
-For the DAC960PJ and DAC960PG, firmware version 4.06-0-00 or above is required.
-
-For the DAC960PU, DAC960PD, DAC960PL, and DAC960P, either firmware version
-3.51-0-04 or above is required (for dual Flash ROM controllers), or firmware
-version 2.73-0-00 or above is required (for single Flash ROM controllers)
-
-Please note that not all SCSI disk drives are suitable for use with DAC960
-controllers, and only particular firmware versions of any given model may
-actually function correctly. Similarly, not all motherboards have a BIOS that
-properly initializes the AcceleRAID 250, AcceleRAID 200, AcceleRAID 150,
-DAC960PJ, and DAC960PG because the Intel i960RD/RP is a multi-function device.
-If in doubt, contact Mylex RAID Technical Support (mylexsup@us.ibm.com) to
-verify compatibility. Mylex makes available a hard disk compatibility list at
-http://www.mylex.com/support/hdcomp/hd-lists.html.
-
-
- DRIVER INSTALLATION
-
-This distribution was prepared for Linux kernel version 2.2.19 or 2.4.12.
-
-To install the DAC960 RAID driver, you may use the following commands,
-replacing "/usr/src" with wherever you keep your Linux kernel source tree:
-
- cd /usr/src
- tar -xvzf DAC960-2.2.11.tar.gz (or DAC960-2.4.11.tar.gz)
- mv README.DAC960 linux/Documentation
- mv DAC960.[ch] linux/drivers/block
- patch -p0 < DAC960.patch (if DAC960.patch is included)
- cd linux
- make config
- make bzImage (or zImage)
-
-Then install "arch/x86/boot/bzImage" or "arch/x86/boot/zImage" as your
-standard kernel, run lilo if appropriate, and reboot.
-
-To create the necessary devices in /dev, the "make_rd" script included in
-"DAC960-Utilities.tar.gz" from http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/ may be used.
-LILO 21 and FDISK v2.9 include DAC960 support; also included in this archive
-are patches to LILO 20 and FDISK v2.8 that add DAC960 support, along with
-statically linked executables of LILO and FDISK. This modified version of LILO
-will allow booting from a DAC960 controller and/or mounting the root file
-system from a DAC960.
-
-Red Hat Linux 6.0 and SuSE Linux 6.1 include support for Mylex PCI RAID
-controllers. Installing directly onto a DAC960 may be problematic from other
-Linux distributions until their installation utilities are updated.
-
-
- INSTALLATION NOTES
-
-Before installing Linux or adding DAC960 logical drives to an existing Linux
-system, the controller must first be configured to provide one or more logical
-drives using the BIOS Configuration Utility or DACCF. Please note that since
-there are only at most 6 usable partitions on each logical drive, systems
-requiring more partitions should subdivide a drive group into multiple logical
-drives, each of which can have up to 6 usable partitions. Also, note that with
-large disk arrays it is advisable to enable the 8GB BIOS Geometry (255/63)
-rather than accepting the default 2GB BIOS Geometry (128/32); failing to so do
-will cause the logical drive geometry to have more than 65535 cylinders which
-will make it impossible for FDISK to be used properly. The 8GB BIOS Geometry
-can be enabled by configuring the DAC960 BIOS, which is accessible via Alt-M
-during the BIOS initialization sequence.
-
-For maximum performance and the most efficient E2FSCK performance, it is
-recommended that EXT2 file systems be built with a 4KB block size and 16 block
-stride to match the DAC960 controller's 64KB default stripe size. The command
-"mke2fs -b 4096 -R stride=16 <device>" is appropriate. Unless there will be a
-large number of small files on the file systems, it is also beneficial to add
-the "-i 16384" option to increase the bytes per inode parameter thereby
-reducing the file system metadata. Finally, on systems that will only be run
-with Linux 2.2 or later kernels it is beneficial to enable sparse superblocks
-with the "-s 1" option.
-
-
- DAC960 ANNOUNCEMENTS MAILING LIST
-
-The DAC960 Announcements Mailing List provides a forum for informing Linux
-users of new driver releases and other announcements regarding Linux support
-for DAC960 PCI RAID Controllers. To join the mailing list, send a message to
-"dac960-announce-request@dandelion.com" with the line "subscribe" in the
-message body.
-
-
- CONTROLLER CONFIGURATION AND STATUS MONITORING
-
-The DAC960 RAID controllers running firmware 4.06 or above include a Background
-Initialization facility so that system downtime is minimized both for initial
-installation and subsequent configuration of additional storage. The BIOS
-Configuration Utility (accessible via Alt-R during the BIOS initialization
-sequence) is used to quickly configure the controller, and then the logical
-drives that have been created are available for immediate use even while they
-are still being initialized by the controller. The primary need for online
-configuration and status monitoring is then to avoid system downtime when disk
-drives fail and must be replaced. Mylex's online monitoring and configuration
-utilities are being ported to Linux and will become available at some point in
-the future. Note that with a SAF-TE (SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclosure)
-enclosure, the controller is able to rebuild failed drives automatically as
-soon as a drive replacement is made available.
-
-The primary interfaces for controller configuration and status monitoring are
-special files created in the /proc/rd/... hierarchy along with the normal
-system console logging mechanism. Whenever the system is operating, the DAC960
-driver queries each controller for status information every 10 seconds, and
-checks for additional conditions every 60 seconds. The initial status of each
-controller is always available for controller N in /proc/rd/cN/initial_status,
-and the current status as of the last status monitoring query is available in
-/proc/rd/cN/current_status. In addition, status changes are also logged by the
-driver to the system console and will appear in the log files maintained by
-syslog. The progress of asynchronous rebuild or consistency check operations
-is also available in /proc/rd/cN/current_status, and progress messages are
-logged to the system console at most every 60 seconds.
-
-Starting with the 2.2.3/2.0.3 versions of the driver, the status information
-available in /proc/rd/cN/initial_status and /proc/rd/cN/current_status has been
-augmented to include the vendor, model, revision, and serial number (if
-available) for each physical device found connected to the controller:
-
-***** DAC960 RAID Driver Version 2.2.3 of 19 August 1999 *****
-Copyright 1998-1999 by Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com>
-Configuring Mylex DAC960PRL PCI RAID Controller
- Firmware Version: 4.07-0-07, Channels: 1, Memory Size: 16MB
- PCI Bus: 1, Device: 4, Function: 1, I/O Address: Unassigned
- PCI Address: 0xFE300000 mapped at 0xA0800000, IRQ Channel: 21
- Controller Queue Depth: 128, Maximum Blocks per Command: 128
- Driver Queue Depth: 127, Maximum Scatter/Gather Segments: 33
- Stripe Size: 64KB, Segment Size: 8KB, BIOS Geometry: 255/63
- SAF-TE Enclosure Management Enabled
- Physical Devices:
- 0:0 Vendor: IBM Model: DRVS09D Revision: 0270
- Serial Number: 68016775HA
- Disk Status: Online, 17928192 blocks
- 0:1 Vendor: IBM Model: DRVS09D Revision: 0270
- Serial Number: 68004E53HA
- Disk Status: Online, 17928192 blocks
- 0:2 Vendor: IBM Model: DRVS09D Revision: 0270
- Serial Number: 13013935HA
- Disk Status: Online, 17928192 blocks
- 0:3 Vendor: IBM Model: DRVS09D Revision: 0270
- Serial Number: 13016897HA
- Disk Status: Online, 17928192 blocks
- 0:4 Vendor: IBM Model: DRVS09D Revision: 0270
- Serial Number: 68019905HA
- Disk Status: Online, 17928192 blocks
- 0:5 Vendor: IBM Model: DRVS09D Revision: 0270
- Serial Number: 68012753HA
- Disk Status: Online, 17928192 blocks
- 0:6 Vendor: ESG-SHV Model: SCA HSBP M6 Revision: 0.61
- Logical Drives:
- /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Online, 89640960 blocks, Write Thru
- No Rebuild or Consistency Check in Progress
-
-To simplify the monitoring process for custom software, the special file
-/proc/rd/status returns "OK" when all DAC960 controllers in the system are
-operating normally and no failures have occurred, or "ALERT" if any logical
-drives are offline or critical or any non-standby physical drives are dead.
-
-Configuration commands for controller N are available via the special file
-/proc/rd/cN/user_command. A human readable command can be written to this
-special file to initiate a configuration operation, and the results of the
-operation can then be read back from the special file in addition to being
-logged to the system console. The shell command sequence
-
- echo "<configuration-command>" > /proc/rd/c0/user_command
- cat /proc/rd/c0/user_command
-
-is typically used to execute configuration commands. The configuration
-commands are:
-
- flush-cache
-
- The "flush-cache" command flushes the controller's cache. The system
- automatically flushes the cache at shutdown or if the driver module is
- unloaded, so this command is only needed to be certain a write back cache
- is flushed to disk before the system is powered off by a command to a UPS.
- Note that the flush-cache command also stops an asynchronous rebuild or
- consistency check, so it should not be used except when the system is being
- halted.
-
- kill <channel>:<target-id>
-
- The "kill" command marks the physical drive <channel>:<target-id> as DEAD.
- This command is provided primarily for testing, and should not be used
- during normal system operation.
-
- make-online <channel>:<target-id>
-
- The "make-online" command changes the physical drive <channel>:<target-id>
- from status DEAD to status ONLINE. In cases where multiple physical drives
- have been killed simultaneously, this command may be used to bring all but
- one of them back online, after which a rebuild to the final drive is
- necessary.
-
- Warning: make-online should only be used on a dead physical drive that is
- an active part of a drive group, never on a standby drive. The command
- should never be used on a dead drive that is part of a critical logical
- drive; rebuild should be used if only a single drive is dead.
-
- make-standby <channel>:<target-id>
-
- The "make-standby" command changes physical drive <channel>:<target-id>
- from status DEAD to status STANDBY. It should only be used in cases where
- a dead drive was replaced after an automatic rebuild was performed onto a
- standby drive. It cannot be used to add a standby drive to the controller
- configuration if one was not created initially; the BIOS Configuration
- Utility must be used for that currently.
-
- rebuild <channel>:<target-id>
-
- The "rebuild" command initiates an asynchronous rebuild onto physical drive
- <channel>:<target-id>. It should only be used when a dead drive has been
- replaced.
-
- check-consistency <logical-drive-number>
-
- The "check-consistency" command initiates an asynchronous consistency check
- of <logical-drive-number> with automatic restoration. It can be used
- whenever it is desired to verify the consistency of the redundancy
- information.
-
- cancel-rebuild
- cancel-consistency-check
-
- The "cancel-rebuild" and "cancel-consistency-check" commands cancel any
- rebuild or consistency check operations previously initiated.
-
-
- EXAMPLE I - DRIVE FAILURE WITHOUT A STANDBY DRIVE
-
-The following annotated logs demonstrate the controller configuration and and
-online status monitoring capabilities of the Linux DAC960 Driver. The test
-configuration comprises 6 1GB Quantum Atlas I disk drives on two channels of a
-DAC960PJ controller. The physical drives are configured into a single drive
-group without a standby drive, and the drive group has been configured into two
-logical drives, one RAID-5 and one RAID-6. Note that these logs are from an
-earlier version of the driver and the messages have changed somewhat with newer
-releases, but the functionality remains similar. First, here is the current
-status of the RAID configuration:
-
-gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
-***** DAC960 RAID Driver Version 2.0.0 of 23 March 1999 *****
-Copyright 1998-1999 by Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com>
-Configuring Mylex DAC960PJ PCI RAID Controller
- Firmware Version: 4.06-0-08, Channels: 3, Memory Size: 8MB
- PCI Bus: 0, Device: 19, Function: 1, I/O Address: Unassigned
- PCI Address: 0xFD4FC000 mapped at 0x8807000, IRQ Channel: 9
- Controller Queue Depth: 128, Maximum Blocks per Command: 128
- Driver Queue Depth: 127, Maximum Scatter/Gather Segments: 33
- Stripe Size: 64KB, Segment Size: 8KB, BIOS Geometry: 255/63
- Physical Devices:
- 0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 1:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- Logical Drives:
- /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Online, 5498880 blocks, Write Thru
- /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Online, 3305472 blocks, Write Thru
- No Rebuild or Consistency Check in Progress
-
-gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/status
-OK
-
-The above messages indicate that everything is healthy, and /proc/rd/status
-returns "OK" indicating that there are no problems with any DAC960 controller
-in the system. For demonstration purposes, while I/O is active Physical Drive
-1:1 is now disconnected, simulating a drive failure. The failure is noted by
-the driver within 10 seconds of the controller's having detected it, and the
-driver logs the following console status messages indicating that Logical
-Drives 0 and 1 are now CRITICAL as a result of Physical Drive 1:1 being DEAD:
-
-DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:2 Error Log: Sense Key = 6, ASC = 29, ASCQ = 02
-DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:3 Error Log: Sense Key = 6, ASC = 29, ASCQ = 02
-DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:1 killed because of timeout on SCSI command
-DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:1 is now DEAD
-DAC960#0: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) is now CRITICAL
-DAC960#0: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) is now CRITICAL
-
-The Sense Keys logged here are just Check Condition / Unit Attention conditions
-arising from a SCSI bus reset that is forced by the controller during its error
-recovery procedures. Concurrently with the above, the driver status available
-from /proc/rd also reflects the drive failure. The status message in
-/proc/rd/status has changed from "OK" to "ALERT":
-
-gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/status
-ALERT
-
-and /proc/rd/c0/current_status has been updated:
-
-gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
- ...
- Physical Devices:
- 0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 1:1 - Disk: Dead, 2201600 blocks
- 1:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- Logical Drives:
- /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Critical, 5498880 blocks, Write Thru
- /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Critical, 3305472 blocks, Write Thru
- No Rebuild or Consistency Check in Progress
-
-Since there are no standby drives configured, the system can continue to access
-the logical drives in a performance degraded mode until the failed drive is
-replaced and a rebuild operation completed to restore the redundancy of the
-logical drives. Once Physical Drive 1:1 is replaced with a properly
-functioning drive, or if the physical drive was killed without having failed
-(e.g., due to electrical problems on the SCSI bus), the user can instruct the
-controller to initiate a rebuild operation onto the newly replaced drive:
-
-gwynedd:/u/lnz# echo "rebuild 1:1" > /proc/rd/c0/user_command
-gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/user_command
-Rebuild of Physical Drive 1:1 Initiated
-
-The echo command instructs the controller to initiate an asynchronous rebuild
-operation onto Physical Drive 1:1, and the status message that results from the
-operation is then available for reading from /proc/rd/c0/user_command, as well
-as being logged to the console by the driver.
-
-Within 10 seconds of this command the driver logs the initiation of the
-asynchronous rebuild operation:
-
-DAC960#0: Rebuild of Physical Drive 1:1 Initiated
-DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:1 Error Log: Sense Key = 6, ASC = 29, ASCQ = 01
-DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:1 is now WRITE-ONLY
-DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 1% completed
-
-and /proc/rd/c0/current_status is updated:
-
-gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
- ...
- Physical Devices:
- 0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 1:1 - Disk: Write-Only, 2201600 blocks
- 1:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- Logical Drives:
- /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Critical, 5498880 blocks, Write Thru
- /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Critical, 3305472 blocks, Write Thru
- Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 6% completed
-
-As the rebuild progresses, the current status in /proc/rd/c0/current_status is
-updated every 10 seconds:
-
-gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
- ...
- Physical Devices:
- 0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 1:1 - Disk: Write-Only, 2201600 blocks
- 1:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- Logical Drives:
- /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Critical, 5498880 blocks, Write Thru
- /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Critical, 3305472 blocks, Write Thru
- Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 15% completed
-
-and every minute a progress message is logged to the console by the driver:
-
-DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 32% completed
-DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 63% completed
-DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 94% completed
-DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) 94% completed
-
-Finally, the rebuild completes successfully. The driver logs the status of the
-logical and physical drives and the rebuild completion:
-
-DAC960#0: Rebuild Completed Successfully
-DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:1 is now ONLINE
-DAC960#0: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) is now ONLINE
-DAC960#0: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) is now ONLINE
-
-/proc/rd/c0/current_status is updated:
-
-gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
- ...
- Physical Devices:
- 0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 1:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- Logical Drives:
- /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Online, 5498880 blocks, Write Thru
- /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Online, 3305472 blocks, Write Thru
- Rebuild Completed Successfully
-
-and /proc/rd/status indicates that everything is healthy once again:
-
-gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/status
-OK
-
-
- EXAMPLE II - DRIVE FAILURE WITH A STANDBY DRIVE
-
-The following annotated logs demonstrate the controller configuration and and
-online status monitoring capabilities of the Linux DAC960 Driver. The test
-configuration comprises 6 1GB Quantum Atlas I disk drives on two channels of a
-DAC960PJ controller. The physical drives are configured into a single drive
-group with a standby drive, and the drive group has been configured into two
-logical drives, one RAID-5 and one RAID-6. Note that these logs are from an
-earlier version of the driver and the messages have changed somewhat with newer
-releases, but the functionality remains similar. First, here is the current
-status of the RAID configuration:
-
-gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
-***** DAC960 RAID Driver Version 2.0.0 of 23 March 1999 *****
-Copyright 1998-1999 by Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com>
-Configuring Mylex DAC960PJ PCI RAID Controller
- Firmware Version: 4.06-0-08, Channels: 3, Memory Size: 8MB
- PCI Bus: 0, Device: 19, Function: 1, I/O Address: Unassigned
- PCI Address: 0xFD4FC000 mapped at 0x8807000, IRQ Channel: 9
- Controller Queue Depth: 128, Maximum Blocks per Command: 128
- Driver Queue Depth: 127, Maximum Scatter/Gather Segments: 33
- Stripe Size: 64KB, Segment Size: 8KB, BIOS Geometry: 255/63
- Physical Devices:
- 0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 1:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 1:3 - Disk: Standby, 2201600 blocks
- Logical Drives:
- /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Online, 4399104 blocks, Write Thru
- /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Online, 2754560 blocks, Write Thru
- No Rebuild or Consistency Check in Progress
-
-gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/status
-OK
-
-The above messages indicate that everything is healthy, and /proc/rd/status
-returns "OK" indicating that there are no problems with any DAC960 controller
-in the system. For demonstration purposes, while I/O is active Physical Drive
-1:2 is now disconnected, simulating a drive failure. The failure is noted by
-the driver within 10 seconds of the controller's having detected it, and the
-driver logs the following console status messages:
-
-DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:1 Error Log: Sense Key = 6, ASC = 29, ASCQ = 02
-DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:3 Error Log: Sense Key = 6, ASC = 29, ASCQ = 02
-DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:2 killed because of timeout on SCSI command
-DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:2 is now DEAD
-DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:2 killed because it was removed
-DAC960#0: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) is now CRITICAL
-DAC960#0: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) is now CRITICAL
-
-Since a standby drive is configured, the controller automatically begins
-rebuilding onto the standby drive:
-
-DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:3 is now WRITE-ONLY
-DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 4% completed
-
-Concurrently with the above, the driver status available from /proc/rd also
-reflects the drive failure and automatic rebuild. The status message in
-/proc/rd/status has changed from "OK" to "ALERT":
-
-gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/status
-ALERT
-
-and /proc/rd/c0/current_status has been updated:
-
-gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
- ...
- Physical Devices:
- 0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 1:2 - Disk: Dead, 2201600 blocks
- 1:3 - Disk: Write-Only, 2201600 blocks
- Logical Drives:
- /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Critical, 4399104 blocks, Write Thru
- /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Critical, 2754560 blocks, Write Thru
- Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 4% completed
-
-As the rebuild progresses, the current status in /proc/rd/c0/current_status is
-updated every 10 seconds:
-
-gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
- ...
- Physical Devices:
- 0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 1:2 - Disk: Dead, 2201600 blocks
- 1:3 - Disk: Write-Only, 2201600 blocks
- Logical Drives:
- /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Critical, 4399104 blocks, Write Thru
- /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Critical, 2754560 blocks, Write Thru
- Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 40% completed
-
-and every minute a progress message is logged on the console by the driver:
-
-DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 40% completed
-DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 76% completed
-DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) 66% completed
-DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) 84% completed
-
-Finally, the rebuild completes successfully. The driver logs the status of the
-logical and physical drives and the rebuild completion:
-
-DAC960#0: Rebuild Completed Successfully
-DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:3 is now ONLINE
-DAC960#0: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) is now ONLINE
-DAC960#0: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) is now ONLINE
-
-/proc/rd/c0/current_status is updated:
-
-***** DAC960 RAID Driver Version 2.0.0 of 23 March 1999 *****
-Copyright 1998-1999 by Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com>
-Configuring Mylex DAC960PJ PCI RAID Controller
- Firmware Version: 4.06-0-08, Channels: 3, Memory Size: 8MB
- PCI Bus: 0, Device: 19, Function: 1, I/O Address: Unassigned
- PCI Address: 0xFD4FC000 mapped at 0x8807000, IRQ Channel: 9
- Controller Queue Depth: 128, Maximum Blocks per Command: 128
- Driver Queue Depth: 127, Maximum Scatter/Gather Segments: 33
- Stripe Size: 64KB, Segment Size: 8KB, BIOS Geometry: 255/63
- Physical Devices:
- 0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 1:2 - Disk: Dead, 2201600 blocks
- 1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- Logical Drives:
- /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Online, 4399104 blocks, Write Thru
- /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Online, 2754560 blocks, Write Thru
- Rebuild Completed Successfully
-
-and /proc/rd/status indicates that everything is healthy once again:
-
-gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/status
-OK
-
-Note that the absence of a viable standby drive does not create an "ALERT"
-status. Once dead Physical Drive 1:2 has been replaced, the controller must be
-told that this has occurred and that the newly replaced drive should become the
-new standby drive:
-
-gwynedd:/u/lnz# echo "make-standby 1:2" > /proc/rd/c0/user_command
-gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/user_command
-Make Standby of Physical Drive 1:2 Succeeded
-
-The echo command instructs the controller to make Physical Drive 1:2 into a
-standby drive, and the status message that results from the operation is then
-available for reading from /proc/rd/c0/user_command, as well as being logged to
-the console by the driver. Within 60 seconds of this command the driver logs:
-
-DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:2 Error Log: Sense Key = 6, ASC = 29, ASCQ = 01
-DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:2 is now STANDBY
-DAC960#0: Make Standby of Physical Drive 1:2 Succeeded
-
-and /proc/rd/c0/current_status is updated:
-
-gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
- ...
- Physical Devices:
- 0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- 1:2 - Disk: Standby, 2201600 blocks
- 1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
- Logical Drives:
- /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Online, 4399104 blocks, Write Thru
- /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Online, 2754560 blocks, Write Thru
- Rebuild Completed Successfully
diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt
index 875b2b56b87f..3c1b5ab54bc0 100644
--- a/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ whitespace:
notify_free Depending on device usage scenario it may account
a) the number of pages freed because of swap slot free
notifications or b) the number of pages freed because of
- REQ_DISCARD requests sent by bio. The former ones are
+ REQ_OP_DISCARD requests sent by bio. The former ones are
sent to a swap block device when a swap slot is freed,
which implies that this disk is being used as a swap disk.
The latter ones are sent by filesystem mounted with
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/idr.rst b/Documentation/core-api/idr.rst
index d351e880a2f6..a2738050c4f0 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/idr.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/idr.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
=============
ID Allocation
diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt
index 390c145f01d7..52a719b49afd 100644
--- a/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt
+++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/dm-raid.txt
@@ -348,3 +348,7 @@ Version History
1.13.1 Fix deadlock caused by early md_stop_writes(). Also fix size an
state races.
1.13.2 Fix raid redundancy validation and avoid keeping raid set frozen
+1.14.0 Fix reshape race on small devices. Fix stripe adding reshape
+ deadlock/potential data corruption. Update superblock when
+ specific devices are requested via rebuild. Fix RAID leg
+ rebuild errors.
diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/log-writes.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/log-writes.txt
index f4ebcbaf50f3..b638d124be6a 100644
--- a/Documentation/device-mapper/log-writes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/log-writes.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ inconsistent file system.
Any REQ_FUA requests bypass this flushing mechanism and are logged as soon as
they complete as those requests will obviously bypass the device cache.
-Any REQ_DISCARD requests are treated like WRITE requests. Otherwise we would
+Any REQ_OP_DISCARD requests are treated like WRITE requests. Otherwise we would
have all the DISCARD requests, and then the WRITE requests and then the FLUSH
request. Consider the following example:
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-imx-lpi2c.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-imx-lpi2c.txt
index 00e4365d7206..091c8dfd3229 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-imx-lpi2c.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-imx-lpi2c.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
Required properties:
- compatible :
- "fsl,imx7ulp-lpi2c" for LPI2C compatible with the one integrated on i.MX7ULP soc
- - "fsl,imx8dv-lpi2c" for LPI2C compatible with the one integrated on i.MX8DV soc
- reg : address and length of the lpi2c master registers
- interrupts : lpi2c interrupt
- clocks : lpi2c clock specifier
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ Required properties:
Examples:
lpi2c7: lpi2c7@40a50000 {
- compatible = "fsl,imx8dv-lpi2c";
+ compatible = "fsl,imx7ulp-lpi2c";
reg = <0x40A50000 0x10000>;
interrupt-parent = <&intc>;
interrupts = <GIC_SPI 37 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/gpio-keys.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/gpio-keys.txt
index 996ce84352cb..7cccc49b6bea 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/gpio-keys.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/gpio-keys.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Device-Tree bindings for input/gpio_keys.c keyboard driver
+Device-Tree bindings for input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c keyboard driver
Required properties:
- compatible = "gpio-keys";
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/riscv,cpu-intc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/riscv,cpu-intc.txt
index b0a8af51c388..265b223cd978 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/riscv,cpu-intc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/riscv,cpu-intc.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The RISC-V supervisor ISA manual specifies three interrupt sources that are
attached to every HLIC: software interrupts, the timer interrupt, and external
interrupts. Software interrupts are used to send IPIs between cores. The
timer interrupt comes from an architecturally mandated real-time timer that is
-controller via Supervisor Binary Interface (SBI) calls and CSR reads. External
+controlled via Supervisor Binary Interface (SBI) calls and CSR reads. External
interrupts connect all other device interrupts to the HLIC, which are routed
via the platform-level interrupt controller (PLIC).
@@ -25,7 +25,15 @@ in the system.
Required properties:
- compatible : "riscv,cpu-intc"
-- #interrupt-cells : should be <1>
+- #interrupt-cells : should be <1>. The interrupt sources are defined by the
+ RISC-V supervisor ISA manual, with only the following three interrupts being
+ defined for supervisor mode:
+ - Source 1 is the supervisor software interrupt, which can be sent by an SBI
+ call and is reserved for use by software.
+ - Source 5 is the supervisor timer interrupt, which can be configured by
+ SBI calls and implements a one-shot timer.
+ - Source 9 is the supervisor external interrupt, which chains to all other
+ device interrupts.
- interrupt-controller : Identifies the node as an interrupt controller
Furthermore, this interrupt-controller MUST be embedded inside the cpu
@@ -38,7 +46,7 @@ An example device tree entry for a HLIC is show below.
...
cpu1-intc: interrupt-controller {
#interrupt-cells = <1>;
- compatible = "riscv,cpu-intc", "sifive,fu540-c000-cpu-intc";
+ compatible = "sifive,fu540-c000-cpu-intc", "riscv,cpu-intc";
interrupt-controller;
};
};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cpsw.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cpsw.txt
index 41089369f891..b3acebe08eb0 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cpsw.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/cpsw.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ Required properties:
- slaves : Specifies number for slaves
- active_slave : Specifies the slave to use for time stamping,
ethtool and SIOCGMIIPHY
+- cpsw-phy-sel : Specifies the phandle to the CPSW phy mode selection
+ device. See also cpsw-phy-sel.txt for it's binding.
+ Note that in legacy cases cpsw-phy-sel may be
+ a child device instead of a phandle.
Optional properties:
- ti,hwmods : Must be "cpgmac0"
@@ -75,6 +79,7 @@ Examples:
cpts_clock_mult = <0x80000000>;
cpts_clock_shift = <29>;
syscon = <&cm>;
+ cpsw-phy-sel = <&phy_sel>;
cpsw_emac0: slave@0 {
phy_id = <&davinci_mdio>, <0>;
phy-mode = "rgmii-txid";
@@ -103,6 +108,7 @@ Examples:
cpts_clock_mult = <0x80000000>;
cpts_clock_shift = <29>;
syscon = <&cm>;
+ cpsw-phy-sel = <&phy_sel>;
cpsw_emac0: slave@0 {
phy_id = <&davinci_mdio>, <0>;
phy-mode = "rgmii-txid";
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt
index 457d5ae16f23..3e17ac1d5d58 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/macb.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Required properties:
Use "cdns,pc302-gem" for Picochip picoXcell pc302 and later devices based on
the Cadence GEM, or the generic form: "cdns,gem".
Use "atmel,sama5d2-gem" for the GEM IP (10/100) available on Atmel sama5d2 SoCs.
+ Use "atmel,sama5d3-macb" for the 10/100Mbit IP available on Atmel sama5d3 SoCs.
Use "atmel,sama5d3-gem" for the Gigabit IP available on Atmel sama5d3 SoCs.
Use "atmel,sama5d4-gem" for the GEM IP (10/100) available on Atmel sama5d4 SoCs.
Use "cdns,zynq-gem" Xilinx Zynq-7xxx SoC.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/sh_eth.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/sh_eth.txt
index 76db9f13ad96..abc36274227c 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/sh_eth.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/sh_eth.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Required properties:
"renesas,ether-r8a7794" if the device is a part of R8A7794 SoC.
"renesas,gether-r8a77980" if the device is a part of R8A77980 SoC.
"renesas,ether-r7s72100" if the device is a part of R7S72100 SoC.
+ "renesas,ether-r7s9210" if the device is a part of R7S9210 SoC.
"renesas,rcar-gen1-ether" for a generic R-Car Gen1 device.
"renesas,rcar-gen2-ether" for a generic R-Car Gen2 or RZ/G1
device.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/renesas-wdt.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/renesas-wdt.txt
index 5d47a262474c..9407212a85a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/renesas-wdt.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/renesas-wdt.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Required properties:
Examples with soctypes are:
- "renesas,r8a7743-wdt" (RZ/G1M)
- "renesas,r8a7745-wdt" (RZ/G1E)
+ - "renesas,r8a774a1-wdt" (RZ/G2M)
- "renesas,r8a7790-wdt" (R-Car H2)
- "renesas,r8a7791-wdt" (R-Car M2-W)
- "renesas,r8a7792-wdt" (R-Car V2H)
@@ -21,8 +22,8 @@ Required properties:
- "renesas,r7s72100-wdt" (RZ/A1)
The generic compatible string must be:
- "renesas,rza-wdt" for RZ/A
- - "renesas,rcar-gen2-wdt" for R-Car Gen2 and RZ/G
- - "renesas,rcar-gen3-wdt" for R-Car Gen3
+ - "renesas,rcar-gen2-wdt" for R-Car Gen2 and RZ/G1
+ - "renesas,rcar-gen3-wdt" for R-Car Gen3 and RZ/G2
- reg : Should contain WDT registers location and length
- clocks : the clock feeding the watchdog timer.
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-mgr.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-mgr.rst
index 4b3825da48d9..82b6dbbd31cd 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-mgr.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-mgr.rst
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ API for implementing a new FPGA Manager driver
API for programming an FPGA
---------------------------
+FPGA Manager flags
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-mgr.h
+ :doc: FPGA Manager flags
+
.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-mgr.h
:functions: fpga_image_info
diff --git a/Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt b/Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt
index f6362d88763b..aa924196c366 100644
--- a/Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fb/uvesafb.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ than x86. Check the v86d documentation for a list of currently supported
arches.
v86d source code can be downloaded from the following website:
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb
+
+ https://github.com/mjanusz/v86d
Please refer to the v86d documentation for detailed configuration and
installation instructions.
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ from the Video BIOS if you set pixclock to 0 in fb_var_screeninfo.
--
Michal Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org>
- Last updated: 2009-03-30
+ Last updated: 2017-10-10
Documentation of the uvesafb options is loosely based on vesafb.txt.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 4b2084d0f1fb..a6c6a8af48a2 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ struct file_operations
----------------------
This describes how the VFS can manipulate an open file. As of kernel
-4.1, the following members are defined:
+4.18, the following members are defined:
struct file_operations {
struct module *owner;
@@ -858,11 +858,11 @@ struct file_operations {
ssize_t (*read_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
ssize_t (*write_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
int (*iterate) (struct file *, struct dir_context *);
+ int (*iterate_shared) (struct file *, struct dir_context *);
__poll_t (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *);
long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
long (*compat_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
int (*mmap) (struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *);
- int (*mremap)(struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *);
int (*open) (struct inode *, struct file *);
int (*flush) (struct file *, fl_owner_t id);
int (*release) (struct inode *, struct file *);
@@ -882,6 +882,10 @@ struct file_operations {
#ifndef CONFIG_MMU
unsigned (*mmap_capabilities)(struct file *);
#endif
+ ssize_t (*copy_file_range)(struct file *, loff_t, struct file *, loff_t, size_t, unsigned int);
+ int (*clone_file_range)(struct file *, loff_t, struct file *, loff_t, u64);
+ int (*dedupe_file_range)(struct file *, loff_t, struct file *, loff_t, u64);
+ int (*fadvise)(struct file *, loff_t, loff_t, int);
};
Again, all methods are called without any locks being held, unless
@@ -899,6 +903,9 @@ otherwise noted.
iterate: called when the VFS needs to read the directory contents
+ iterate_shared: called when the VFS needs to read the directory contents
+ when filesystem supports concurrent dir iterators
+
poll: called by the VFS when a process wants to check if there is
activity on this file and (optionally) go to sleep until there
is activity. Called by the select(2) and poll(2) system calls
@@ -951,6 +958,16 @@ otherwise noted.
fallocate: called by the VFS to preallocate blocks or punch a hole.
+ copy_file_range: called by the copy_file_range(2) system call.
+
+ clone_file_range: called by the ioctl(2) system call for FICLONERANGE and
+ FICLONE commands.
+
+ dedupe_file_range: called by the ioctl(2) system call for FIDEDUPERANGE
+ command.
+
+ fadvise: possibly called by the fadvise64() system call.
+
Note that the file operations are implemented by the specific
filesystem in which the inode resides. When opening a device node
(character or block special) most filesystems will call special
diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/ina2xx b/Documentation/hwmon/ina2xx
index 72d16f08e431..b8df81f6d6bc 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/ina2xx
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/ina2xx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Supported chips:
Datasheet: Publicly available at the Texas Instruments website
http://www.ti.com/
-Author: Lothar Felten <l-felten@ti.com>
+Author: Lothar Felten <lothar.felten@gmail.com>
Description
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/DMA-considerations b/Documentation/i2c/DMA-considerations
index 966610aa4620..203002054120 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/DMA-considerations
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/DMA-considerations
@@ -50,10 +50,14 @@ bounce buffer. But you don't need to care about that detail, just use the
returned buffer. If NULL is returned, the threshold was not met or a bounce
buffer could not be allocated. Fall back to PIO in that case.
-In any case, a buffer obtained from above needs to be released. It ensures data
-is copied back to the message and a potentially used bounce buffer is freed::
+In any case, a buffer obtained from above needs to be released. Another helper
+function ensures a potentially used bounce buffer is freed::
- i2c_release_dma_safe_msg_buf(msg, dma_buf);
+ i2c_put_dma_safe_msg_buf(dma_buf, msg, xferred);
+
+The last argument 'xferred' controls if the buffer is synced back to the
+message or not. No syncing is needed in cases setting up DMA had an error and
+there was no data transferred.
The bounce buffer handling from the core is generic and simple. It will always
allocate a new bounce buffer. If you want a more sophisticated handling (e.g.
diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/video_function_calls.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/video_function_calls.rst
index 3f4f6c9ffad7..a4222b6cd2d3 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/video_function_calls.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/video_function_calls.rst
@@ -33,4 +33,3 @@ Video Function Calls
video-clear-buffer
video-set-streamtype
video-set-format
- video-set-attributes
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 8313a636dd53..960de8fe3f40 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ tcp_mtu_probing - INTEGER
1 - Disabled by default, enabled when an ICMP black hole detected
2 - Always enabled, use initial MSS of tcp_base_mss.
-tcp_probe_interval - INTEGER
+tcp_probe_interval - UNSIGNED INTEGER
Controls how often to start TCP Packetization-Layer Path MTU
Discovery reprobe. The default is reprobing every 10 minutes as
per RFC4821.
diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
index 61f918b10a0c..d1bf143b446f 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ pkg-config
The build system, as of 4.18, requires pkg-config to check for installed
kconfig tools and to determine flags settings for use in
-'make {menu,n,g,x}config'. Previously pkg-config was being used but not
+'make {g,x}config'. Previously pkg-config was being used but not
verified or documented.
Flex
diff --git a/Documentation/process/code-of-conduct-interpretation.rst b/Documentation/process/code-of-conduct-interpretation.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e899f14a4ba2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/process/code-of-conduct-interpretation.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+.. _code_of_conduct_interpretation:
+
+Linux Kernel Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct Interpretation
+================================================================
+
+The :ref:`code_of_conduct` is a general document meant to
+provide a set of rules for almost any open source community. Every
+open-source community is unique and the Linux kernel is no exception.
+Because of this, this document describes how we in the Linux kernel
+community will interpret it. We also do not expect this interpretation
+to be static over time, and will adjust it as needed.
+
+The Linux kernel development effort is a very personal process compared
+to "traditional" ways of developing software. Your contributions and
+ideas behind them will be carefully reviewed, often resulting in
+critique and criticism. The review will almost always require
+improvements before the material can be included in the
+kernel. Know that this happens because everyone involved wants to see
+the best possible solution for the overall success of Linux. This
+development process has been proven to create the most robust operating
+system kernel ever, and we do not want to do anything to cause the
+quality of submission and eventual result to ever decrease.
+
+Maintainers
+-----------
+
+The Code of Conduct uses the term "maintainers" numerous times. In the
+kernel community, a "maintainer" is anyone who is responsible for a
+subsystem, driver, or file, and is listed in the MAINTAINERS file in the
+kernel source tree.
+
+Responsibilities
+----------------
+
+The Code of Conduct mentions rights and responsibilities for
+maintainers, and this needs some further clarifications.
+
+First and foremost, it is a reasonable expectation to have maintainers
+lead by example.
+
+That being said, our community is vast and broad, and there is no new
+requirement for maintainers to unilaterally handle how other people
+behave in the parts of the community where they are active. That
+responsibility is upon all of us, and ultimately the Code of Conduct
+documents final escalation paths in case of unresolved concerns
+regarding conduct issues.
+
+Maintainers should be willing to help when problems occur, and work with
+others in the community when needed. Do not be afraid to reach out to
+the Technical Advisory Board (TAB) or other maintainers if you're
+uncertain how to handle situations that come up. It will not be
+considered a violation report unless you want it to be. If you are
+uncertain about approaching the TAB or any other maintainers, please
+reach out to our conflict mediator, Mishi Choudhary <mishi@linux.com>.
+
+In the end, "be kind to each other" is really what the end goal is for
+everybody. We know everyone is human and we all fail at times, but the
+primary goal for all of us should be to work toward amicable resolutions
+of problems. Enforcement of the code of conduct will only be a last
+resort option.
+
+Our goal of creating a robust and technically advanced operating system
+and the technical complexity involved naturally require expertise and
+decision-making.
+
+The required expertise varies depending on the area of contribution. It
+is determined mainly by context and technical complexity and only
+secondary by the expectations of contributors and maintainers.
+
+Both the expertise expectations and decision-making are subject to
+discussion, but at the very end there is a basic necessity to be able to
+make decisions in order to make progress. This prerogative is in the
+hands of maintainers and project's leadership and is expected to be used
+in good faith.
+
+As a consequence, setting expertise expectations, making decisions and
+rejecting unsuitable contributions are not viewed as a violation of the
+Code of Conduct.
+
+While maintainers are in general welcoming to newcomers, their capacity
+of helping contributors overcome the entry hurdles is limited, so they
+have to set priorities. This, also, is not to be seen as a violation of
+the Code of Conduct. The kernel community is aware of that and provides
+entry level programs in various forms like kernelnewbies.org.
+
+Scope
+-----
+
+The Linux kernel community primarily interacts on a set of public email
+lists distributed around a number of different servers controlled by a
+number of different companies or individuals. All of these lists are
+defined in the MAINTAINERS file in the kernel source tree. Any emails
+sent to those mailing lists are considered covered by the Code of
+Conduct.
+
+Developers who use the kernel.org bugzilla, and other subsystem bugzilla
+or bug tracking tools should follow the guidelines of the Code of
+Conduct. The Linux kernel community does not have an "official" project
+email address, or "official" social media address. Any activity
+performed using a kernel.org email account must follow the Code of
+Conduct as published for kernel.org, just as any individual using a
+corporate email account must follow the specific rules of that
+corporation.
+
+The Code of Conduct does not prohibit continuing to include names, email
+addresses, and associated comments in mailing list messages, kernel
+change log messages, or code comments.
+
+Interaction in other forums is covered by whatever rules apply to said
+forums and is in general not covered by the Code of Conduct. Exceptions
+may be considered for extreme circumstances.
+
+Contributions submitted for the kernel should use appropriate language.
+Content that already exists predating the Code of Conduct will not be
+addressed now as a violation. Inappropriate language can be seen as a
+bug, though; such bugs will be fixed more quickly if any interested
+parties submit patches to that effect. Expressions that are currently
+part of the user/kernel API, or reflect terminology used in published
+standards or specifications, are not considered bugs.
+
+Enforcement
+-----------
+
+The address listed in the Code of Conduct goes to the Code of Conduct
+Committee. The exact members receiving these emails at any given time
+are listed at https://kernel.org/code-of-conduct.html. Members can not
+access reports made before they joined or after they have left the
+committee.
+
+The initial Code of Conduct Committee consists of volunteer members of
+the TAB, as well as a professional mediator acting as a neutral third
+party. The first task of the committee is to establish documented
+processes, which will be made public.
+
+Any member of the committee, including the mediator, can be contacted
+directly if a reporter does not wish to include the full committee in a
+complaint or concern.
+
+The Code of Conduct Committee reviews the cases according to the
+processes (see above) and consults with the TAB as needed and
+appropriate, for instance to request and receive information about the
+kernel community.
+
+Any decisions by the committee will be brought to the TAB, for
+implementation of enforcement with the relevant maintainers if needed.
+A decision by the Code of Conduct Committee can be overturned by the TAB
+by a two-thirds vote.
+
+At quarterly intervals, the Code of Conduct Committee and TAB will
+provide a report summarizing the anonymised reports that the Code of
+Conduct committee has received and their status, as well details of any
+overridden decisions including complete and identifiable voting details.
+
+We expect to establish a different process for Code of Conduct Committee
+staffing beyond the bootstrap period. This document will be updated
+with that information when this occurs.
diff --git a/Documentation/process/code-of-conduct.rst b/Documentation/process/code-of-conduct.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..be50294aebd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/process/code-of-conduct.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+.. _code_of_conduct:
+
+Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+Our Pledge
+==========
+
+In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as
+contributors and maintainers pledge to making participation in our project and
+our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body
+size, disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and
+expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality,
+personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
+
+Our Standards
+=============
+
+Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment
+include:
+
+* Using welcoming and inclusive language
+* Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences
+* Gracefully accepting constructive criticism
+* Focusing on what is best for the community
+* Showing empathy towards other community members
+
+
+Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:
+
+* The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or
+ advances
+* Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
+* Public or private harassment
+* Publishing others’ private information, such as a physical or electronic
+ address, without explicit permission
+* Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a
+ professional setting
+
+
+Our Responsibilities
+====================
+
+Maintainers are responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptable behavior
+and are expected to take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to
+any instances of unacceptable behavior.
+
+Maintainers have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject
+comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are
+not aligned to this Code of Conduct, or to ban temporarily or permanently any
+contributor for other behaviors that they deem inappropriate, threatening,
+offensive, or harmful.
+
+Scope
+=====
+
+This Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces
+when an individual is representing the project or its community. Examples of
+representing a project or community include using an official project e-mail
+address, posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed
+representative at an online or offline event. Representation of a project may be
+further defined and clarified by project maintainers.
+
+Enforcement
+===========
+
+Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be
+reported by contacting the Code of Conduct Committee at
+<conduct@kernel.org>. All complaints will be reviewed and investigated
+and will result in a response that is deemed necessary and appropriate
+to the circumstances. The Code of Conduct Committee is obligated to
+maintain confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident.
+Further details of specific enforcement policies may be posted
+separately.
+
+Attribution
+===========
+
+This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 1.4,
+available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/code-of-conduct.html
+
+Interpretation
+==============
+
+See the :ref:`code_of_conduct_interpretation` document for how the Linux
+kernel community will be interpreting this document.
diff --git a/Documentation/process/code-of-conflict.rst b/Documentation/process/code-of-conflict.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 47b6de763203..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/process/code-of-conflict.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-Code of Conflict
-----------------
-
-The Linux kernel development effort is a very personal process compared
-to "traditional" ways of developing software. Your code and ideas
-behind it will be carefully reviewed, often resulting in critique and
-criticism. The review will almost always require improvements to the
-code before it can be included in the kernel. Know that this happens
-because everyone involved wants to see the best possible solution for
-the overall success of Linux. This development process has been proven
-to create the most robust operating system kernel ever, and we do not
-want to do anything to cause the quality of submission and eventual
-result to ever decrease.
-
-If however, anyone feels personally abused, threatened, or otherwise
-uncomfortable due to this process, that is not acceptable. If so,
-please contact the Linux Foundation's Technical Advisory Board at
-<tab@lists.linux-foundation.org>, or the individual members, and they
-will work to resolve the issue to the best of their ability. For more
-information on who is on the Technical Advisory Board and what their
-role is, please see:
-
- - http://www.linuxfoundation.org/projects/linux/tab
-
-As a reviewer of code, please strive to keep things civil and focused on
-the technical issues involved. We are all humans, and frustrations can
-be high on both sides of the process. Try to keep in mind the immortal
-words of Bill and Ted, "Be excellent to each other."
diff --git a/Documentation/process/index.rst b/Documentation/process/index.rst
index 37bd0628b6ee..42691e2880eb 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/index.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ Below are the essential guides that every developer should read.
:maxdepth: 1
howto
- code-of-conflict
+ code-of-conduct
+ code-of-conduct-interpretation
development-process
submitting-patches
coding-style
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
index 25a4b4cf04a6..92999d4e0cb8 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi-parameters.txt
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ parameters may be changed at runtime by the command
allowing boot to proceed. none ignores them, expecting
user space to do the scan.
+ scsi_mod.use_blk_mq=
+ [SCSI] use blk-mq I/O path by default
+ See SCSI_MQ_DEFAULT in drivers/scsi/Kconfig.
+ Format: <y/n>
+
sim710= [SCSI,HW]
See header of drivers/scsi/sim710.c.
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index c664064f76fb..647f94128a85 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -4510,7 +4510,8 @@ Do not enable KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT if you disable HLT exits.
Architectures: s390
Parameters: none
Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL if hpage module parameter was not set
- or cmma is enabled
+ or cmma is enabled, or the VM has the KVM_VM_S390_UCONTROL
+ flag set
With this capability the KVM support for memory backing with 1m pages
through hugetlbfs can be enabled for a VM. After the capability is
@@ -4521,6 +4522,15 @@ hpage module parameter is not set to 1, -EINVAL is returned.
While it is generally possible to create a huge page backed VM without
this capability, the VM will not be able to run.
+7.14 KVM_CAP_MSR_PLATFORM_INFO
+
+Architectures: x86
+Parameters: args[0] whether feature should be enabled or not
+
+With this capability, a guest may read the MSR_PLATFORM_INFO MSR. Otherwise,
+a #GP would be raised when the guest tries to access. Currently, this
+capability does not enable write permissions of this MSR for the guest.
+
8. Other capabilities.
----------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/earlyprintk.txt b/Documentation/x86/earlyprintk.txt
index 688e3eeed21d..46933e06c972 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/earlyprintk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/earlyprintk.txt
@@ -35,25 +35,25 @@ and two USB cables, connected like this:
( If your system does not list a debug port capability then you probably
won't be able to use the USB debug key. )
- b.) You also need a Netchip USB debug cable/key:
+ b.) You also need a NetChip USB debug cable/key:
http://www.plxtech.com/products/NET2000/NET20DC/default.asp
- This is a small blue plastic connector with two USB connections,
+ This is a small blue plastic connector with two USB connections;
it draws power from its USB connections.
c.) You need a second client/console system with a high speed USB 2.0
port.
- d.) The Netchip device must be plugged directly into the physical
+ d.) The NetChip device must be plugged directly into the physical
debug port on the "host/target" system. You cannot use a USB hub in
between the physical debug port and the "host/target" system.
The EHCI debug controller is bound to a specific physical USB
- port and the Netchip device will only work as an early printk
+ port and the NetChip device will only work as an early printk
device in this port. The EHCI host controllers are electrically
wired such that the EHCI debug controller is hooked up to the
- first physical and there is no way to change this via software.
+ first physical port and there is no way to change this via software.
You can find the physical port through experimentation by trying
each physical port on the system and rebooting. Or you can try
and use lsusb or look at the kernel info messages emitted by the
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ and two USB cables, connected like this:
to the hardware vendor, because there is no reason not to wire
this port into one of the physically accessible ports.
- e.) It is also important to note, that many versions of the Netchip
+ e.) It is also important to note, that many versions of the NetChip
device require the "client/console" system to be plugged into the
- right and side of the device (with the product logo facing up and
+ right hand side of the device (with the product logo facing up and
readable left to right). The reason being is that the 5 volt
power supply is taken from only one side of the device and it
must be the side that does not get rebooted.
@@ -81,13 +81,18 @@ and two USB cables, connected like this:
CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP=y
And you need to add the boot command line: "earlyprintk=dbgp".
+
(If you are using Grub, append it to the 'kernel' line in
- /etc/grub.conf)
+ /etc/grub.conf. If you are using Grub2 on a BIOS firmware system,
+ append it to the 'linux' line in /boot/grub2/grub.cfg. If you are
+ using Grub2 on an EFI firmware system, append it to the 'linux'
+ or 'linuxefi' line in /boot/grub2/grub.cfg or
+ /boot/efi/EFI/<distro>/grub.cfg.)
On systems with more than one EHCI debug controller you must
specify the correct EHCI debug controller number. The ordering
comes from the PCI bus enumeration of the EHCI controllers. The
- default with no number argument is "0" the first EHCI debug
+ default with no number argument is "0" or the first EHCI debug
controller. To use the second EHCI debug controller, you would
use the command line: "earlyprintk=dbgp1"
@@ -111,7 +116,7 @@ and two USB cables, connected like this:
see the raw output.
c.) On Nvidia Southbridge based systems: the kernel will try to probe
- and find out which port has debug device connected.
+ and find out which port has a debug device connected.
3. Testing that it works fine: