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Documentation: remove duplicated words
Remove many duplicated words under Documentation/ and do other small cleanups. Examples: "and and" --> "and" "in in" --> "in" "the the" --> "the" "the the" --> "to the" ... Signed-off-by: Paolo Ornati <ornati@fastwebnet.it> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
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@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ The query is performed via a call to pci_set_dma_mask():
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int pci_set_dma_mask(struct pci_dev *pdev, u64 device_mask);
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The query for consistent allocations is performed via a a call to
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The query for consistent allocations is performed via a call to
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pci_set_consistent_dma_mask():
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int pci_set_consistent_dma_mask(struct pci_dev *pdev, u64 device_mask);
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@ -1400,7 +1400,7 @@ and other resources, etc.
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<listitem>
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<para>
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When it's known that HBA is in ready state but ATA/ATAPI
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device in in unknown state, reset only device.
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device is in unknown state, reset only device.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ usbdev_ioctl (int fd, int ifno, unsigned request, void *param)
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<title>Synchronous I/O Support</title>
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<para>Synchronous requests involve the kernel blocking
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until until the user mode request completes, either by
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until the user mode request completes, either by
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finishing successfully or by reporting an error.
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In most cases this is the simplest way to use usbfs,
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although as noted above it does prevent performing I/O
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@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ Or, for those who prefer a side-by-side listing:
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Either way, the differences are quite small. Read-side locking moves
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to rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock, update-side locking moves from
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from a reader-writer lock to a simple spinlock, and a synchronize_rcu()
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a reader-writer lock to a simple spinlock, and a synchronize_rcu()
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precedes the kfree().
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However, there is one potential catch: the read-side and update-side
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@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Some new queue property settings:
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Sets two variables that limit the size of the request.
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- The request queue's max_sectors, which is a soft size in
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in units of 512 byte sectors, and could be dynamically varied
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units of 512 byte sectors, and could be dynamically varied
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by the core kernel.
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- The request queue's max_hw_sectors, which is a hard limit
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@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ the two.
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The PCI bus layer freely accesses the fields of struct device. It knows about
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the structure of struct pci_dev, and it should know the structure of struct
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device. Individual PCI device drivers that have been converted the the current
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device. Individual PCI device drivers that have been converted to the current
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driver model generally do not and should not touch the fields of struct device,
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unless there is a strong compelling reason to do so.
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@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ int verify_area(int type, const void * addr, unsigned long size)
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function (which has since been replaced by access_ok()).
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This function verified that the memory area starting at address
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addr and of size size was accessible for the operation specified
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'addr' and of size 'size' was accessible for the operation specified
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in type (read or write). To do this, verify_read had to look up the
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virtual memory area (vma) that contained the address addr. In the
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normal case (correctly working program), this test was successful.
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@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ from the console layer before unloading the driver. The VGA driver cannot be
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unloaded if it is still bound to the console layer. (See
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Documentation/console/console.txt for more information).
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This is more complicated in the case of the the framebuffer console (fbcon),
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This is more complicated in the case of the framebuffer console (fbcon),
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because fbcon is an intermediate layer between the console and the drivers:
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console ---> fbcon ---> fbdev drivers ---> hardware
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@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ own descendent. Moreover, there is exactly one cross-directory rename
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Consider the object blocking the cross-directory rename. One
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of its descendents is locked by cross-directory rename (otherwise we
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would again have an infinite set of of contended objects). But that
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would again have an infinite set of contended objects). But that
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means that cross-directory rename is taking locks out of order. Due
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to (2) the order hadn't changed since we had acquired filesystem lock.
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But locking rules for cross-directory rename guarantee that we do not
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@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ the fdtable structure -
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2. Reading of the fdtable as described above must be protected
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by rcu_read_lock()/rcu_read_unlock().
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3. For any update to the the fd table, files->file_lock must
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3. For any update to the fd table, files->file_lock must
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be held.
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4. To look up the file structure given an fd, a reader
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@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ FILES
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/wbox
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The CPU to SPU communation mailbox. It is write-only can can be written
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The CPU to SPU communation mailbox. It is write-only and can be written
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in units of 32 bits. If the mailbox is full, write() will block and
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poll can be used to wait for it becoming empty again. The possible
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operations on an open wbox file are: write(2) If a count smaller than
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@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ size: The limit of allocated bytes for this tmpfs instance. The
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nr_blocks: The same as size, but in blocks of PAGE_CACHE_SIZE.
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nr_inodes: The maximum number of inodes for this instance. The default
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is half of the number of your physical RAM pages, or (on a
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a machine with highmem) the number of lowmem RAM pages,
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machine with highmem) the number of lowmem RAM pages,
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whichever is the lower.
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These parameters accept a suffix k, m or g for kilo, mega and giga and
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@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ iocharset=name -- Character set to use for converting between the
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you should consider the following option instead.
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utf8=<bool> -- UTF-8 is the filesystem safe version of Unicode that
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is used by the console. It can be be enabled for the
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is used by the console. It can be enabled for the
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filesystem with this option. If 'uni_xlate' gets set,
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UTF-8 gets disabled.
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@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ otherwise noted.
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put_link: called by the VFS to release resources allocated by
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follow_link(). The cookie returned by follow_link() is passed
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to to this method as the last parameter. It is used by
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to this method as the last parameter. It is used by
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filesystems such as NFS where page cache is not stable
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(i.e. page that was installed when the symbolic link walk
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started might not be in the page cache at the end of the
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@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ related kernel services:
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(*) __debug_mmu.iamr[]
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(*) __debug_mmu.damr[]
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These receive the current IAMR and DAMR contents. These can be viewed with with the _amr
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These receive the current IAMR and DAMR contents. These can be viewed with the _amr
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GDB macro:
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(gdb) _amr
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@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ to initialize the system view of the time during boot.
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Because we wanted to minimize the impact on existing user-level apps using
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the CMOS clock, we decided to expose an API that was very similar to the one
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used today with the legacy RTC driver (driver/char/rtc.c). However, because
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EFI provides a simpler services, not all all ioctl() are available. Also
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EFI provides a simpler services, not all ioctl() are available. Also
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new ioctl()s have been introduced for things that EFI provides but not the
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legacy.
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---
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The complicated ia64 MCA process. All of this is mandated by Intel's
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specification for ia64 SAL, error recovery and and unwind, it is not as
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specification for ia64 SAL, error recovery and unwind, it is not as
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if we have a choice here.
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* MCA occurs on one cpu, usually due to a double bit memory error.
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@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ if we have a choice here.
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INIT is less complicated than MCA. Pressing the nmi button or using
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the equivalent command on the management console sends INIT to all
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cpus. SAL picks one one of the cpus as the monarch and the rest are
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cpus. SAL picks one of the cpus as the monarch and the rest are
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slaves. All the OS INIT handlers are entered at approximately the same
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time. The OS monarch prints the state of all tasks and returns, after
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which the slaves return and the system resumes.
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@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ generated in the kernel straight to the program, with timestamps. The
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API is still evolving, but should be useable now. It's described in
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section 5.
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This should be the way for GPM and X to get keyboard and mouse mouse
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This should be the way for GPM and X to get keyboard and mouse
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events. It allows for multihead in X without any specific multihead
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kernel support. The event codes are the same on all architectures and
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are hardware independent.
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If the HL-driver receives ISDN_CMD_FAXCMD, all needed information
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is in this struct set by the LL.
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To signal information to the LL, the HL-driver has to set the
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the parameters and use ISDN_STAT_FAXIND.
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parameters and use ISDN_STAT_FAXIND.
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(Please refer to INTERFACE)
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Structure T30_s:
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$Id: README.hysdn,v 1.3.6.1 2001/02/10 14:41:19 kai Exp $
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The hysdn driver has been written by
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by Werner Cornelius (werner@isdn4linux.de or werner@titro.de)
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Werner Cornelius (werner@isdn4linux.de or werner@titro.de)
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for Hypercope GmbH Aachen Germany. Hypercope agreed to publish this driver
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under the GNU General Public License.
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is called inside interrupt context or die() is called and panic_on_oops is set,
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the system will boot into the dump-capture kernel.
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On powererpc systems when a soft-reset is generated, die() is called by all cpus and the system system will boot into the dump-capture kernel.
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On powererpc systems when a soft-reset is generated, die() is called by all cpus and the system will boot into the dump-capture kernel.
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For testing purposes, you can trigger a crash by using "ALT-SysRq-c",
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"echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger or write a module to force the panic.
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Note that this setting is inherited across fork/exec.
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[1] The default default is: the thread keyring if there is one, otherwise
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[1] The default is: the thread keyring if there is one, otherwise
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the process keyring if there is one, otherwise the session keyring if
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there is one, otherwise the user default session keyring.
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The first 3 parameters of this sub-option should be obvious: <xres>,
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<yres> and <depth> give the dimensions of the screen and the number of
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planes (depth). The depth is is the logarithm to base 2 of the number
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planes (depth). The depth is the logarithm to base 2 of the number
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of colors possible. (Or, the other way round: The number of colors is
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2^depth).
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In the above example, CPU 2 perceives that B is 7, despite the load of *C
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(which would be B) coming after the the LOAD of C.
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(which would be B) coming after the LOAD of C.
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If, however, a data dependency barrier were to be placed between the load of C
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and the load of *C (ie: B) on CPU 2:
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files located in /sys/class/net/<bond name>/bonding
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The names of these files correspond directly with the command-
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line parameters described elsewhere in in this file, and, with the
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line parameters described elsewhere in this file, and, with the
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exception of arp_ip_target, they accept the same values. To see the
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current setting, simply cat the appropriate file.
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software-update notification.
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Cirrus Logic maintains a web page at http://www.cirrus.com with the
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the latest drivers and technical publications.
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latest drivers and technical publications.
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6.4 Current maintainer
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address of the node in order for it to be autoconfigured (and then appear in
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/proc/net/decnet_dev). There is a utility available at the above
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FTP sites called dn2ethaddr which can compute the correct ethernet
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address to use. The address can be set by ifconfig either before at
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address to use. The address can be set by ifconfig either before or
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at the time the device is brought up. If you are using RedHat you can
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add the line:
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As an example, if you install the e1000 driver for two PRO/1000 adapters
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(eth0 and eth1) and set the speed and duplex to 10full and 100half, add
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the following to modules.conf or or modprobe.conf:
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the following to modules.conf or modprobe.conf:
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alias eth0 e1000
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alias eth1 e1000
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#setpci -d 17d5:* LATENCY_TIMER=f8
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For detailed description of the PCI registers, please see Xframe User Guide.
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b. Use 2-buffer mode. This results in large performance boost on
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on certain platforms(eg. SGI Altix, IBM xSeries).
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certain platforms(eg. SGI Altix, IBM xSeries).
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c. Ensure Receive Checksum offload is enabled. Use "ethtool -K ethX" command to
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set/verify this option.
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d. Enable NAPI feature(in kernel configuration Device Drivers ---> Network
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www.syskonnect.com
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Some COMPAQ machines have problems dealing with PCI under Linux.
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Linux. This problem is described in the 'PCI howto' document
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This problem is described in the 'PCI howto' document
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(included in some distributions or available from the
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web, e.g. at 'www.linux.org').
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>>> a value of 0xff on read, and writes will be dropped. If the device
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>>> driver attempts more than 10K I/O's to a frozen adapter, it will
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>>> assume that the device driver has gone into an infinite loop, and
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>>> it will panic the the kernel. There doesn't seem to be any other
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>>> it will panic the kernel. There doesn't seem to be any other
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>>> way of stopping a device driver that insists on spinning on I/O.
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STEP 2: MMIO Enabled
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Q: What is the difference between between "platform", "shutdown" and
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Q: What is the difference between "platform", "shutdown" and
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"firmware" in /sys/power/disk?
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A:
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Instead the overflow sub-trees are indexed using full BITS_PER_LONG bits
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of size_index. This may lead to skewed sub-trees because most of the
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higher significant bits of the size_index are likely to be be 0 (zero). In
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higher significant bits of the size_index are likely to be 0 (zero). In
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the example above, all 3 overflow-sub-trees are skewed. This may marginally
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affect the performance. However, processes rarely map many vmas with the
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same start_vm_pgoff but different end_vm_pgoffs. Therefore, we normally
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structure
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void cache_put(struct kref *)
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This is called when the last reference to an item is
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is dropped. The pointer passed is to the 'ref' field
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dropped. The pointer passed is to the 'ref' field
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in the cache_head. cache_put should release any
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references create by 'cache_init' and, if CACHE_VALID
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is set, any references created by cache_update.
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-----
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Addresses & values in the VM debugger are always hex never decimal
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Address ranges are of the format <HexValue1>-<HexValue2> or <HexValue1>.<HexValue2>
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e.g. The address range 0x2000 to 0x3000 can be described described as
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2000-3000 or 2000.1000
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e.g. The address range 0x2000 to 0x3000 can be described as 2000-3000 or 2000.1000
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The VM Debugger is case insensitive.
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To find out how many cpus you have
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Q CPUS displays all the CPU's available to your virtual machine
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To find the cpu that the current cpu VM debugger commands are being directed at do
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Q CPU to change the current cpu cpu VM debugger commands are being directed at do
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Q CPU to change the current cpu VM debugger commands are being directed at do
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CPU <desired cpu no>
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On a SMP guest issue a command to all CPUs try prefixing the command with cpu all.
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kill -SIGSEGV <gdb's pid>
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or alternatively use killall -SIGSEGV gdb if you have the killall command.
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Now look at the core dump.
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./gdb ./gdb core
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./gdb core
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Displays the following
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GNU gdb 4.18
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Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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additional files, Kerntypes which is built using a patch to the
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linux kernel sources in the linux root directory & the System.map.
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Kerntypes is an an objectfile whose sole purpose in life
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Kerntypes is an objectfile whose sole purpose in life
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is to provide stabs debug info to lcrash, to do this
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Kerntypes is built from kerntypes.c which just includes the most commonly
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referenced header files used when debugging, lcrash can then read the
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It is also possible to define other views. The content of
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a view can be inspected simply by reading the corresponding debugfs file.
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All debug logs have an an actual debug level (range from 0 to 6).
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All debug logs have an actual debug level (range from 0 to 6).
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The default level is 3. Event and Exception functions have a 'level'
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parameter. Only debug entries with a level that is lower or equal
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than the actual level are written to the log. This means, when
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the view (e.g. like with 'echo "0" > /sys/kernel/debug/s390dbf/dasd/level).
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For header_proc there can be used the default function
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debug_dflt_header_fn() which is defined in in debug.h.
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debug_dflt_header_fn() which is defined in debug.h.
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and which produces the same header output as the predefined views.
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E.g:
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00 00964419409:440761 2 - 00 88023ec
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* sr.c(sr_open): Do not allow opens with write access.
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Mon Jul 18 09:51:22 1994 1994 Eric Youngdale (eric@esp22)
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Mon Jul 18 09:51:22 1994 Eric Youngdale (eric@esp22)
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* Linux 1.1.31 released.
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If the driver is compiled into the kernel, the same parameters can be
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also set using, e.g., the LILO command line. The preferred syntax is
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is to use the same keyword used when loading as module but prepended
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to use the same keyword used when loading as module but prepended
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with 'st.'. For instance, to set the maximum number of scatter/gather
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segments, the parameter 'st.max_sg_segs=xx' should be used (xx is the
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number of scatter/gather segments).
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<chapter id="power-management">
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<title>Power Management</title>
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<para>
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If the chip is supposed to work with with suspend/resume
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If the chip is supposed to work with suspend/resume
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functions, you need to add the power-management codes to the
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driver. The additional codes for the power-management should be
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<function>ifdef</function>'ed with
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@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ SB32.
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install awe_wave /sbin/modprobe --first-time -i awe_wave && /usr/local/bin/sfxload PATH_TO_SOUND_BANK_FILE
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You will of course have to change "PATH_TO_SOUND_BANK_FILE" to the full
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path of of the sound bank file. That will enable the Sound Blaster and AWE
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path of the sound bank file. That will enable the Sound Blaster and AWE
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wave synthesis. To play midi files you should get one of these programs if
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you don't already have them:
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@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ is at least one report of it working on later silicon.
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The chip behaves differently than described in the data sheet,
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likely due to a chip bug. Working around this would require
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the help of ESS (for example by publishing an errata sheet),
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but ESS has not done so so far.
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but ESS has not done so far.
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Also, the chip only supports 24 bit addresses for recording,
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which means it cannot work on some Alpha mainboards.
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no_wave_dma option
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This option defaults to a value of 0, which allows the Ultrasound wavetable
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DSP to use DMA for for playback and downloading samples. This is the same
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DSP to use DMA for playback and downloading samples. This is the same
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as the old behaviour. If set to 1, no DMA is needed for downloading samples,
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and allows owners of a GUS MAX to make use of simultaneous digital audio
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(/dev/dsp), MIDI, and wavetable playback.
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@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ boxes.
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The Visual Workstation has an Analog Devices AD1843 "SoundComm" audio
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codec chip. The AD1843 is accessed through the Cobalt I/O ASIC, also
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known as Lithium. This driver programs both both chips.
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known as Lithium. This driver programs both chips.
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==============================================================================
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QUICK CONFIGURATION
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The "pxa2xx_spi_chip.timeout_microsecs" fields is used to efficiently handle
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trailing bytes in the SSP receiver fifo. The correct value for this field is
|
||||
dependent on the SPI bus speed ("spi_board_info.max_speed_hz") and the specific
|
||||
slave device. Please note the the PXA2xx SSP 1 does not support trailing byte
|
||||
slave device. Please note that the PXA2xx SSP 1 does not support trailing byte
|
||||
timeouts and must busy-wait any trailing bytes.
|
||||
|
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The "pxa2xx_spi_chip.enable_loopback" field is used to place the SSP porting
|
||||
into internal loopback mode. In this mode the SSP controller internally
|
||||
connects the SSPTX pin the the SSPRX pin. This is useful for initial setup
|
||||
connects the SSPTX pin to the SSPRX pin. This is useful for initial setup
|
||||
testing.
|
||||
|
||||
The "pxa2xx_spi_chip.cs_control" field is used to point to a board specific
|
||||
@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ DMA and PIO I/O Support
|
||||
-----------------------
|
||||
The pxa2xx_spi driver support both DMA and interrupt driven PIO message
|
||||
transfers. The driver defaults to PIO mode and DMA transfers must enabled by
|
||||
setting the "enable_dma" flag in the "pxa2xx_spi_master" structure and and
|
||||
setting the "enable_dma" flag in the "pxa2xx_spi_master" structure and
|
||||
ensuring that the "pxa2xx_spi_chip.dma_burst_size" field is non-zero. The DMA
|
||||
mode support both coherent and stream based DMA mappings.
|
||||
|
||||
|
@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ NON-STATIC CONFIGURATIONS
|
||||
Developer boards often play by different rules than product boards, and one
|
||||
example is the potential need to hotplug SPI devices and/or controllers.
|
||||
|
||||
For those cases you might need to use use spi_busnum_to_master() to look
|
||||
For those cases you might need to use spi_busnum_to_master() to look
|
||||
up the spi bus master, and will likely need spi_new_device() to provide the
|
||||
board info based on the board that was hotplugged. Of course, you'd later
|
||||
call at least spi_unregister_device() when that board is removed.
|
||||
@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ As soon as it enters probe(), the driver may issue I/O requests to
|
||||
the SPI device using "struct spi_message". When remove() returns,
|
||||
the driver guarantees that it won't submit any more such messages.
|
||||
|
||||
- An spi_message is a sequence of of protocol operations, executed
|
||||
- An spi_message is a sequence of protocol operations, executed
|
||||
as one atomic sequence. SPI driver controls include:
|
||||
|
||||
+ when bidirectional reads and writes start ... by how its
|
||||
|
@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ items:
|
||||
a pointer to it.
|
||||
|
||||
7.4) Appropriately modify architecture specific code to register the
|
||||
the new system call.
|
||||
new system call.
|
||||
|
||||
8) Test Specification
|
||||
---------------------
|
||||
|
@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ one or more packets could finish before an error stops further endpoint I/O.
|
||||
hardware problems such as bad devices (including firmware) or cables.
|
||||
|
||||
(**) This is also one of several codes that different kinds of host
|
||||
controller use to to indicate a transfer has failed because of device
|
||||
controller use to indicate a transfer has failed because of device
|
||||
disconnect. In the interval before the hub driver starts disconnect
|
||||
processing, devices may receive such fault reports for every request.
|
||||
|
||||
|
@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ index, the ioctl returns -1 and sets errno to -EINVAL.
|
||||
HIDIOCGDEVINFO - struct hiddev_devinfo (read)
|
||||
Gets a hiddev_devinfo structure which describes the device.
|
||||
|
||||
HIDIOCGSTRING - struct struct hiddev_string_descriptor (read/write)
|
||||
HIDIOCGSTRING - struct hiddev_string_descriptor (read/write)
|
||||
Gets a string descriptor from the device. The caller must fill in the
|
||||
"index" field to indicate which descriptor should be returned.
|
||||
|
||||
|
@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ Cypress M8 CY4601 Family Serial Driver
|
||||
-Cypress HID->COM RS232 adapter
|
||||
|
||||
Note: Cypress Semiconductor claims no affiliation with the
|
||||
the hid->com device.
|
||||
hid->com device.
|
||||
|
||||
Most devices using chipsets under the CY4601 family should
|
||||
work with the driver. As long as they stay true to the CY4601
|
||||
@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ Options supported:
|
||||
debug - extra verbose debugging info
|
||||
(default: 0; nonzero enables)
|
||||
use_lowlatency - use low_latency flag to speed up tty layer
|
||||
when reading from from the device.
|
||||
when reading from the device.
|
||||
(default: 0; nonzero enables)
|
||||
|
||||
See http://www.uuhaus.de/linux/palmconnect.html for up-to-date
|
||||
|
@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Source file list / functional overview:
|
||||
pvrusb2-i2c-core.[ch] - This module provides an implementation of a
|
||||
kernel-friendly I2C adaptor driver, through which other external
|
||||
I2C client drivers (e.g. msp3400, tuner, lirc) may connect and
|
||||
operate corresponding chips within the the pvrusb2 device. It is
|
||||
operate corresponding chips within the pvrusb2 device. It is
|
||||
through here that other V4L modules can reach into this driver to
|
||||
operate specific pieces (and those modules are in turn driven by
|
||||
glue logic which is coordinated by pvrusb2-hdw, doled out by
|
||||
|
@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ tv broadcast formats all aver the world.
|
||||
|
||||
The CCIR defines parameters needed for broadcasting the signal.
|
||||
The CCIR has defined different standards: A,B,D,E,F,G,D,H,I,K,K1,L,M,N,...
|
||||
The CCIR says not much about about the colorsystem used !!!
|
||||
The CCIR says not much about the colorsystem used !!!
|
||||
And talking about a colorsystem says not to much about how it is broadcast.
|
||||
|
||||
The CCIR standards A,E,F are not used any more.
|
||||
|
@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ The initial port includes NUMAizing the bootmem allocator code by
|
||||
encapsulating all the pieces of information into a bootmem_data_t
|
||||
structure. Node specific calls have been added to the allocator.
|
||||
In theory, any platform which uses the bootmem allocator should
|
||||
be able to to put the bootmem and mem_map data structures anywhere
|
||||
be able to put the bootmem and mem_map data structures anywhere
|
||||
it deems best.
|
||||
|
||||
Each node's page allocation data structures have also been encapsulated
|
||||
|
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