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Wu Fengguang 20a0307c03 mm: introduce PageHuge() for testing huge/gigantic pages
A series of patches to enhance the /proc/pagemap interface and to add a
userspace executable which can be used to present the pagemap data.

Export 10 more flags to end users (and more for kernel developers):

        11. KPF_MMAP            (pseudo flag) memory mapped page
        12. KPF_ANON            (pseudo flag) memory mapped page (anonymous)
        13. KPF_SWAPCACHE       page is in swap cache
        14. KPF_SWAPBACKED      page is swap/RAM backed
        15. KPF_COMPOUND_HEAD   (*)
        16. KPF_COMPOUND_TAIL   (*)
        17. KPF_HUGE		hugeTLB pages
        18. KPF_UNEVICTABLE     page is in the unevictable LRU list
        19. KPF_HWPOISON        hardware detected corruption
        20. KPF_NOPAGE          (pseudo flag) no page frame at the address

        (*) For compound pages, exporting _both_ head/tail info enables
            users to tell where a compound page starts/ends, and its order.

a simple demo of the page-types tool

# ./page-types -h
page-types [options]
            -r|--raw                  Raw mode, for kernel developers
            -a|--addr    addr-spec    Walk a range of pages
            -b|--bits    bits-spec    Walk pages with specified bits
            -l|--list                 Show page details in ranges
            -L|--list-each            Show page details one by one
            -N|--no-summary           Don't show summay info
            -h|--help                 Show this usage message
addr-spec:
            N                         one page at offset N (unit: pages)
            N+M                       pages range from N to N+M-1
            N,M                       pages range from N to M-1
            N,                        pages range from N to end
            ,M                        pages range from 0 to M
bits-spec:
            bit1,bit2                 (flags & (bit1|bit2)) != 0
            bit1,bit2=bit1            (flags & (bit1|bit2)) == bit1
            bit1,~bit2                (flags & (bit1|bit2)) == bit1
            =bit1,bit2                flags == (bit1|bit2)
bit-names:
          locked              error         referenced           uptodate
           dirty                lru             active               slab
       writeback            reclaim              buddy               mmap
       anonymous          swapcache         swapbacked      compound_head
   compound_tail               huge        unevictable           hwpoison
          nopage           reserved(r)         mlocked(r)    mappedtodisk(r)
         private(r)       private_2(r)   owner_private(r)            arch(r)
        uncached(r)       readahead(o)       slob_free(o)     slub_frozen(o)
      slub_debug(o)
                                   (r) raw mode bits  (o) overloaded bits

# ./page-types
             flags      page-count       MB  symbolic-flags                     long-symbolic-flags
0x0000000000000000          487369     1903  _________________________________
0x0000000000000014               5        0  __R_D____________________________  referenced,dirty
0x0000000000000020               1        0  _____l___________________________  lru
0x0000000000000024              34        0  __R__l___________________________  referenced,lru
0x0000000000000028            3838       14  ___U_l___________________________  uptodate,lru
0x0001000000000028              48        0  ___U_l_______________________I___  uptodate,lru,readahead
0x000000000000002c            6478       25  __RU_l___________________________  referenced,uptodate,lru
0x000100000000002c              47        0  __RU_l_______________________I___  referenced,uptodate,lru,readahead
0x0000000000000040            8344       32  ______A__________________________  active
0x0000000000000060               1        0  _____lA__________________________  lru,active
0x0000000000000068             348        1  ___U_lA__________________________  uptodate,lru,active
0x0001000000000068              12        0  ___U_lA______________________I___  uptodate,lru,active,readahead
0x000000000000006c             988        3  __RU_lA__________________________  referenced,uptodate,lru,active
0x000100000000006c              48        0  __RU_lA______________________I___  referenced,uptodate,lru,active,readahead
0x0000000000004078               1        0  ___UDlA_______b__________________  uptodate,dirty,lru,active,swapbacked
0x000000000000407c              34        0  __RUDlA_______b__________________  referenced,uptodate,dirty,lru,active,swapbacked
0x0000000000000400             503        1  __________B______________________  buddy
0x0000000000000804               1        0  __R________M_____________________  referenced,mmap
0x0000000000000828            1029        4  ___U_l_____M_____________________  uptodate,lru,mmap
0x0001000000000828              43        0  ___U_l_____M_________________I___  uptodate,lru,mmap,readahead
0x000000000000082c             382        1  __RU_l_____M_____________________  referenced,uptodate,lru,mmap
0x000100000000082c              12        0  __RU_l_____M_________________I___  referenced,uptodate,lru,mmap,readahead
0x0000000000000868             192        0  ___U_lA____M_____________________  uptodate,lru,active,mmap
0x0001000000000868              12        0  ___U_lA____M_________________I___  uptodate,lru,active,mmap,readahead
0x000000000000086c             800        3  __RU_lA____M_____________________  referenced,uptodate,lru,active,mmap
0x000100000000086c              31        0  __RU_lA____M_________________I___  referenced,uptodate,lru,active,mmap,readahead
0x0000000000004878               2        0  ___UDlA____M__b__________________  uptodate,dirty,lru,active,mmap,swapbacked
0x0000000000001000             492        1  ____________a____________________  anonymous
0x0000000000005808               4        0  ___U_______Ma_b__________________  uptodate,mmap,anonymous,swapbacked
0x0000000000005868            2839       11  ___U_lA____Ma_b__________________  uptodate,lru,active,mmap,anonymous,swapbacked
0x000000000000586c              30        0  __RU_lA____Ma_b__________________  referenced,uptodate,lru,active,mmap,anonymous,swapbacked
             total          513968     2007

# ./page-types -r
             flags      page-count       MB  symbolic-flags                     long-symbolic-flags
0x0000000000000000          468002     1828  _________________________________
0x0000000100000000           19102       74  _____________________r___________  reserved
0x0000000000008000              41        0  _______________H_________________  compound_head
0x0000000000010000             188        0  ________________T________________  compound_tail
0x0000000000008014               1        0  __R_D__________H_________________  referenced,dirty,compound_head
0x0000000000010014               4        0  __R_D___________T________________  referenced,dirty,compound_tail
0x0000000000000020               1        0  _____l___________________________  lru
0x0000000800000024              34        0  __R__l__________________P________  referenced,lru,private
0x0000000000000028            3794       14  ___U_l___________________________  uptodate,lru
0x0001000000000028              46        0  ___U_l_______________________I___  uptodate,lru,readahead
0x0000000400000028              44        0  ___U_l_________________d_________  uptodate,lru,mappedtodisk
0x0001000400000028               2        0  ___U_l_________________d_____I___  uptodate,lru,mappedtodisk,readahead
0x000000000000002c            6434       25  __RU_l___________________________  referenced,uptodate,lru
0x000100000000002c              47        0  __RU_l_______________________I___  referenced,uptodate,lru,readahead
0x000000040000002c              14        0  __RU_l_________________d_________  referenced,uptodate,lru,mappedtodisk
0x000000080000002c              30        0  __RU_l__________________P________  referenced,uptodate,lru,private
0x0000000800000040            8124       31  ______A_________________P________  active,private
0x0000000000000040             219        0  ______A__________________________  active
0x0000000800000060               1        0  _____lA_________________P________  lru,active,private
0x0000000000000068             322        1  ___U_lA__________________________  uptodate,lru,active
0x0001000000000068              12        0  ___U_lA______________________I___  uptodate,lru,active,readahead
0x0000000400000068              13        0  ___U_lA________________d_________  uptodate,lru,active,mappedtodisk
0x0000000800000068              12        0  ___U_lA_________________P________  uptodate,lru,active,private
0x000000000000006c             977        3  __RU_lA__________________________  referenced,uptodate,lru,active
0x000100000000006c              48        0  __RU_lA______________________I___  referenced,uptodate,lru,active,readahead
0x000000040000006c               5        0  __RU_lA________________d_________  referenced,uptodate,lru,active,mappedtodisk
0x000000080000006c               3        0  __RU_lA_________________P________  referenced,uptodate,lru,active,private
0x0000000c0000006c               3        0  __RU_lA________________dP________  referenced,uptodate,lru,active,mappedtodisk,private
0x0000000c00000068               1        0  ___U_lA________________dP________  uptodate,lru,active,mappedtodisk,private
0x0000000000004078               1        0  ___UDlA_______b__________________  uptodate,dirty,lru,active,swapbacked
0x000000000000407c              34        0  __RUDlA_______b__________________  referenced,uptodate,dirty,lru,active,swapbacked
0x0000000000000400             538        2  __________B______________________  buddy
0x0000000000000804               1        0  __R________M_____________________  referenced,mmap
0x0000000000000828            1029        4  ___U_l_____M_____________________  uptodate,lru,mmap
0x0001000000000828              43        0  ___U_l_____M_________________I___  uptodate,lru,mmap,readahead
0x000000000000082c             382        1  __RU_l_____M_____________________  referenced,uptodate,lru,mmap
0x000100000000082c              12        0  __RU_l_____M_________________I___  referenced,uptodate,lru,mmap,readahead
0x0000000000000868             192        0  ___U_lA____M_____________________  uptodate,lru,active,mmap
0x0001000000000868              12        0  ___U_lA____M_________________I___  uptodate,lru,active,mmap,readahead
0x000000000000086c             800        3  __RU_lA____M_____________________  referenced,uptodate,lru,active,mmap
0x000100000000086c              31        0  __RU_lA____M_________________I___  referenced,uptodate,lru,active,mmap,readahead
0x0000000000004878               2        0  ___UDlA____M__b__________________  uptodate,dirty,lru,active,mmap,swapbacked
0x0000000000001000             492        1  ____________a____________________  anonymous
0x0000000000005008               2        0  ___U________a_b__________________  uptodate,anonymous,swapbacked
0x0000000000005808               4        0  ___U_______Ma_b__________________  uptodate,mmap,anonymous,swapbacked
0x000000000000580c               1        0  __RU_______Ma_b__________________  referenced,uptodate,mmap,anonymous,swapbacked
0x0000000000005868            2839       11  ___U_lA____Ma_b__________________  uptodate,lru,active,mmap,anonymous,swapbacked
0x000000000000586c              29        0  __RU_lA____Ma_b__________________  referenced,uptodate,lru,active,mmap,anonymous,swapbacked
             total          513968     2007

# ./page-types --raw --list --no-summary --bits reserved
offset  count   flags
0       15      _____________________r___________
31      4       _____________________r___________
159     97      _____________________r___________
4096    2067    _____________________r___________
6752    2390    _____________________r___________
9355    3       _____________________r___________
9728    14526   _____________________r___________

This patch:

Introduce PageHuge(), which identifies huge/gigantic pages by their
dedicated compound destructor functions.

Also move prep_compound_gigantic_page() to hugetlb.c and make
__free_pages_ok() non-static.

Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-06-16 19:47:36 -07:00
arch page allocator: use allocation flags as an index to the zone watermark 2009-06-16 19:47:35 -07:00
block block: fix kernel-doc in recent block/ changes 2009-06-11 20:14:23 -07:00
crypto crypto: api - Use formatting of module name 2009-06-02 14:13:14 +10:00
Documentation page allocator: use allocation flags as an index to the zone watermark 2009-06-16 19:47:35 -07:00
drivers page allocator: do not check NUMA node ID when the caller knows the node is valid 2009-06-16 19:47:32 -07:00
firmware cxgb3: Update FW to 7.4.0 2009-06-03 21:01:50 -07:00
fs mm: introduce PageHuge() for testing huge/gigantic pages 2009-06-16 19:47:36 -07:00
include mm: introduce PageHuge() for testing huge/gigantic pages 2009-06-16 19:47:36 -07:00
init cpuset,mm: update tasks' mems_allowed in time 2009-06-16 19:47:31 -07:00
ipc Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6 2009-06-11 10:01:41 -07:00
kernel page allocator: do not check NUMA node ID when the caller knows the node is valid 2009-06-16 19:47:32 -07:00
lib radix-tree: add radix_tree_prev_hole() 2009-06-16 19:47:30 -07:00
mm mm: introduce PageHuge() for testing huge/gigantic pages 2009-06-16 19:47:36 -07:00
net page allocator: use a pre-calculated value instead of num_online_nodes() in fast paths 2009-06-16 19:47:35 -07:00
samples tracing: update sample with TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE 2009-05-06 23:10:42 -04:00
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sound time: move PIT_TICK_RATE to linux/timex.h 2009-06-16 19:47:27 -07:00
tools/perf perf_counter: Start documenting HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS requirements 2009-06-12 19:37:30 +02:00
usr bzip2/lzma: quiet Kconfig warning for INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE 2009-03-31 23:51:56 -07:00
virt/kvm kvm: remove the duplicated cpumask_clear 2009-06-11 20:04:37 -07:00
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	Linux kernel release 2.6.xx <http://kernel.org/>

These are the release notes for Linux version 2.6.  Read them carefully,
as they tell you what this is all about, explain how to install the
kernel, and what to do if something goes wrong. 

WHAT IS LINUX?

  Linux is a clone of the operating system Unix, written from scratch by
  Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across
  the Net. It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliance.

  It has all the features you would expect in a modern fully-fledged Unix,
  including true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries, demand
  loading, shared copy-on-write executables, proper memory management,
  and multistack networking including IPv4 and IPv6.

  It is distributed under the GNU General Public License - see the
  accompanying COPYING file for more details. 

ON WHAT HARDWARE DOES IT RUN?

  Although originally developed first for 32-bit x86-based PCs (386 or higher),
  today Linux also runs on (at least) the Compaq Alpha AXP, Sun SPARC and
  UltraSPARC, Motorola 68000, PowerPC, PowerPC64, ARM, Hitachi SuperH, Cell,
  IBM S/390, MIPS, HP PA-RISC, Intel IA-64, DEC VAX, AMD x86-64, AXIS CRIS,
  Xtensa, AVR32 and Renesas M32R architectures.

  Linux is easily portable to most general-purpose 32- or 64-bit architectures
  as long as they have a paged memory management unit (PMMU) and a port of the
  GNU C compiler (gcc) (part of The GNU Compiler Collection, GCC). Linux has
  also been ported to a number of architectures without a PMMU, although
  functionality is then obviously somewhat limited.
  Linux has also been ported to itself. You can now run the kernel as a
  userspace application - this is called UserMode Linux (UML).

DOCUMENTATION:

 - There is a lot of documentation available both in electronic form on
   the Internet and in books, both Linux-specific and pertaining to
   general UNIX questions.  I'd recommend looking into the documentation
   subdirectories on any Linux FTP site for the LDP (Linux Documentation
   Project) books.  This README is not meant to be documentation on the
   system: there are much better sources available.

 - There are various README files in the Documentation/ subdirectory:
   these typically contain kernel-specific installation notes for some 
   drivers for example. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what
   is contained in each file.  Please read the Changes file, as it
   contains information about the problems, which may result by upgrading
   your kernel.

 - The Documentation/DocBook/ subdirectory contains several guides for
   kernel developers and users.  These guides can be rendered in a
   number of formats:  PostScript (.ps), PDF, HTML, & man-pages, among others.
   After installation, "make psdocs", "make pdfdocs", "make htmldocs",
   or "make mandocs" will render the documentation in the requested format.

INSTALLING the kernel source:

 - If you install the full sources, put the kernel tarball in a
   directory where you have permissions (eg. your home directory) and
   unpack it:

		gzip -cd linux-2.6.XX.tar.gz | tar xvf -

   or
		bzip2 -dc linux-2.6.XX.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -


   Replace "XX" with the version number of the latest kernel.

   Do NOT use the /usr/src/linux area! This area has a (usually
   incomplete) set of kernel headers that are used by the library header
   files.  They should match the library, and not get messed up by
   whatever the kernel-du-jour happens to be.

 - You can also upgrade between 2.6.xx releases by patching.  Patches are
   distributed in the traditional gzip and the newer bzip2 format.  To
   install by patching, get all the newer patch files, enter the
   top level directory of the kernel source (linux-2.6.xx) and execute:

		gzip -cd ../patch-2.6.xx.gz | patch -p1

   or
		bzip2 -dc ../patch-2.6.xx.bz2 | patch -p1

   (repeat xx for all versions bigger than the version of your current
   source tree, _in_order_) and you should be ok.  You may want to remove
   the backup files (xxx~ or xxx.orig), and make sure that there are no
   failed patches (xxx# or xxx.rej). If there are, either you or me has
   made a mistake.

   Unlike patches for the 2.6.x kernels, patches for the 2.6.x.y kernels
   (also known as the -stable kernels) are not incremental but instead apply
   directly to the base 2.6.x kernel.  Please read
   Documentation/applying-patches.txt for more information.

   Alternatively, the script patch-kernel can be used to automate this
   process.  It determines the current kernel version and applies any
   patches found.

		linux/scripts/patch-kernel linux

   The first argument in the command above is the location of the
   kernel source.  Patches are applied from the current directory, but
   an alternative directory can be specified as the second argument.

 - If you are upgrading between releases using the stable series patches
   (for example, patch-2.6.xx.y), note that these "dot-releases" are
   not incremental and must be applied to the 2.6.xx base tree. For
   example, if your base kernel is 2.6.12 and you want to apply the
   2.6.12.3 patch, you do not and indeed must not first apply the
   2.6.12.1 and 2.6.12.2 patches. Similarly, if you are running kernel
   version 2.6.12.2 and want to jump to 2.6.12.3, you must first
   reverse the 2.6.12.2 patch (that is, patch -R) _before_ applying
   the 2.6.12.3 patch.
   You can read more on this in Documentation/applying-patches.txt

 - Make sure you have no stale .o files and dependencies lying around:

		cd linux
		make mrproper

   You should now have the sources correctly installed.

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

   Compiling and running the 2.6.xx kernels requires up-to-date
   versions of various software packages.  Consult
   Documentation/Changes for the minimum version numbers required
   and how to get updates for these packages.  Beware that using
   excessively old versions of these packages can cause indirect
   errors that are very difficult to track down, so don't assume that
   you can just update packages when obvious problems arise during
   build or operation.

BUILD directory for the kernel:

   When compiling the kernel all output files will per default be
   stored together with the kernel source code.
   Using the option "make O=output/dir" allow you to specify an alternate
   place for the output files (including .config).
   Example:
     kernel source code:	/usr/src/linux-2.6.N
     build directory:		/home/name/build/kernel

   To configure and build the kernel use:
   cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.N
   make O=/home/name/build/kernel menuconfig
   make O=/home/name/build/kernel
   sudo make O=/home/name/build/kernel modules_install install

   Please note: If the 'O=output/dir' option is used then it must be
   used for all invocations of make.

CONFIGURING the kernel:

   Do not skip this step even if you are only upgrading one minor
   version.  New configuration options are added in each release, and
   odd problems will turn up if the configuration files are not set up
   as expected.  If you want to carry your existing configuration to a
   new version with minimal work, use "make oldconfig", which will
   only ask you for the answers to new questions.

 - Alternate configuration commands are:
	"make config"      Plain text interface.
	"make menuconfig"  Text based color menus, radiolists & dialogs.
	"make xconfig"     X windows (Qt) based configuration tool.
	"make gconfig"     X windows (Gtk) based configuration tool.
	"make oldconfig"   Default all questions based on the contents of
			   your existing ./.config file and asking about
			   new config symbols.
	"make silentoldconfig"
			   Like above, but avoids cluttering the screen
			   with questions already answered.
			   Additionally updates the dependencies.
	"make defconfig"   Create a ./.config file by using the default
			   symbol values from either arch/$ARCH/defconfig
			   or arch/$ARCH/configs/${PLATFORM}_defconfig,
			   depending on the architecture.
	"make ${PLATFORM}_defconfig"
			  Create a ./.config file by using the default
			  symbol values from
			  arch/$ARCH/configs/${PLATFORM}_defconfig.
			  Use "make help" to get a list of all available
			  platforms of your architecture.
	"make allyesconfig"
			   Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
			   values to 'y' as much as possible.
	"make allmodconfig"
			   Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
			   values to 'm' as much as possible.
	"make allnoconfig" Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
			   values to 'n' as much as possible.
	"make randconfig"  Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
			   values to random values.

   You can find more information on using the Linux kernel config tools
   in Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt.

	NOTES on "make config":
	- having unnecessary drivers will make the kernel bigger, and can
	  under some circumstances lead to problems: probing for a
	  nonexistent controller card may confuse your other controllers
	- compiling the kernel with "Processor type" set higher than 386
	  will result in a kernel that does NOT work on a 386.  The
	  kernel will detect this on bootup, and give up.
	- A kernel with math-emulation compiled in will still use the
	  coprocessor if one is present: the math emulation will just
	  never get used in that case.  The kernel will be slightly larger,
	  but will work on different machines regardless of whether they
	  have a math coprocessor or not. 
	- the "kernel hacking" configuration details usually result in a
	  bigger or slower kernel (or both), and can even make the kernel
	  less stable by configuring some routines to actively try to
	  break bad code to find kernel problems (kmalloc()).  Thus you
	  should probably answer 'n' to the questions for
          "development", "experimental", or "debugging" features.

COMPILING the kernel:

 - Make sure you have at least gcc 3.2 available.
   For more information, refer to Documentation/Changes.

   Please note that you can still run a.out user programs with this kernel.

 - Do a "make" to create a compressed kernel image. It is also
   possible to do "make install" if you have lilo installed to suit the
   kernel makefiles, but you may want to check your particular lilo setup first.

   To do the actual install you have to be root, but none of the normal
   build should require that. Don't take the name of root in vain.

 - If you configured any of the parts of the kernel as `modules', you
   will also have to do "make modules_install".

 - Verbose kernel compile/build output:

   Normally the kernel build system runs in a fairly quiet mode (but not
   totally silent).  However, sometimes you or other kernel developers need
   to see compile, link, or other commands exactly as they are executed.
   For this, use "verbose" build mode.  This is done by inserting
   "V=1" in the "make" command.  E.g.:

	make V=1 all

   To have the build system also tell the reason for the rebuild of each
   target, use "V=2".  The default is "V=0".

 - Keep a backup kernel handy in case something goes wrong.  This is 
   especially true for the development releases, since each new release
   contains new code which has not been debugged.  Make sure you keep a
   backup of the modules corresponding to that kernel, as well.  If you
   are installing a new kernel with the same version number as your
   working kernel, make a backup of your modules directory before you
   do a "make modules_install".
   Alternatively, before compiling, use the kernel config option
   "LOCALVERSION" to append a unique suffix to the regular kernel version.
   LOCALVERSION can be set in the "General Setup" menu.

 - In order to boot your new kernel, you'll need to copy the kernel
   image (e.g. .../linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage after compilation)
   to the place where your regular bootable kernel is found. 

 - Booting a kernel directly from a floppy without the assistance of a
   bootloader such as LILO, is no longer supported.

   If you boot Linux from the hard drive, chances are you use LILO which
   uses the kernel image as specified in the file /etc/lilo.conf.  The
   kernel image file is usually /vmlinuz, /boot/vmlinuz, /bzImage or
   /boot/bzImage.  To use the new kernel, save a copy of the old image
   and copy the new image over the old one.  Then, you MUST RERUN LILO
   to update the loading map!! If you don't, you won't be able to boot
   the new kernel image.

   Reinstalling LILO is usually a matter of running /sbin/lilo. 
   You may wish to edit /etc/lilo.conf to specify an entry for your
   old kernel image (say, /vmlinux.old) in case the new one does not
   work.  See the LILO docs for more information. 

   After reinstalling LILO, you should be all set.  Shutdown the system,
   reboot, and enjoy!

   If you ever need to change the default root device, video mode,
   ramdisk size, etc.  in the kernel image, use the 'rdev' program (or
   alternatively the LILO boot options when appropriate).  No need to
   recompile the kernel to change these parameters. 

 - Reboot with the new kernel and enjoy. 

IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG:

 - If you have problems that seem to be due to kernel bugs, please check
   the file MAINTAINERS to see if there is a particular person associated
   with the part of the kernel that you are having trouble with. If there
   isn't anyone listed there, then the second best thing is to mail
   them to me (torvalds@linux-foundation.org), and possibly to any other
   relevant mailing-list or to the newsgroup.

 - In all bug-reports, *please* tell what kernel you are talking about,
   how to duplicate the problem, and what your setup is (use your common
   sense).  If the problem is new, tell me so, and if the problem is
   old, please try to tell me when you first noticed it.

 - If the bug results in a message like

	unable to handle kernel paging request at address C0000010
	Oops: 0002
	EIP:   0010:XXXXXXXX
	eax: xxxxxxxx   ebx: xxxxxxxx   ecx: xxxxxxxx   edx: xxxxxxxx
	esi: xxxxxxxx   edi: xxxxxxxx   ebp: xxxxxxxx
	ds: xxxx  es: xxxx  fs: xxxx  gs: xxxx
	Pid: xx, process nr: xx
	xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

   or similar kernel debugging information on your screen or in your
   system log, please duplicate it *exactly*.  The dump may look
   incomprehensible to you, but it does contain information that may
   help debugging the problem.  The text above the dump is also
   important: it tells something about why the kernel dumped code (in
   the above example it's due to a bad kernel pointer). More information
   on making sense of the dump is in Documentation/oops-tracing.txt

 - If you compiled the kernel with CONFIG_KALLSYMS you can send the dump
   as is, otherwise you will have to use the "ksymoops" program to make
   sense of the dump (but compiling with CONFIG_KALLSYMS is usually preferred).
   This utility can be downloaded from
   ftp://ftp.<country>.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/ .
   Alternately you can do the dump lookup by hand:

 - In debugging dumps like the above, it helps enormously if you can
   look up what the EIP value means.  The hex value as such doesn't help
   me or anybody else very much: it will depend on your particular
   kernel setup.  What you should do is take the hex value from the EIP
   line (ignore the "0010:"), and look it up in the kernel namelist to
   see which kernel function contains the offending address.

   To find out the kernel function name, you'll need to find the system
   binary associated with the kernel that exhibited the symptom.  This is
   the file 'linux/vmlinux'.  To extract the namelist and match it against
   the EIP from the kernel crash, do:

		nm vmlinux | sort | less

   This will give you a list of kernel addresses sorted in ascending
   order, from which it is simple to find the function that contains the
   offending address.  Note that the address given by the kernel
   debugging messages will not necessarily match exactly with the
   function addresses (in fact, that is very unlikely), so you can't
   just 'grep' the list: the list will, however, give you the starting
   point of each kernel function, so by looking for the function that
   has a starting address lower than the one you are searching for but
   is followed by a function with a higher address you will find the one
   you want.  In fact, it may be a good idea to include a bit of
   "context" in your problem report, giving a few lines around the
   interesting one. 

   If you for some reason cannot do the above (you have a pre-compiled
   kernel image or similar), telling me as much about your setup as
   possible will help.  Please read the REPORTING-BUGS document for details.

 - Alternately, you can use gdb on a running kernel. (read-only; i.e. you
   cannot change values or set break points.) To do this, first compile the
   kernel with -g; edit arch/i386/Makefile appropriately, then do a "make
   clean". You'll also need to enable CONFIG_PROC_FS (via "make config").

   After you've rebooted with the new kernel, do "gdb vmlinux /proc/kcore".
   You can now use all the usual gdb commands. The command to look up the
   point where your system crashed is "l *0xXXXXXXXX". (Replace the XXXes
   with the EIP value.)

   gdb'ing a non-running kernel currently fails because gdb (wrongly)
   disregards the starting offset for which the kernel is compiled.