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<entry>
<title>Pull osi-now into release branch</title>
<updated>2007-06-02T05:02:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Len Brown</name>
<email>len.brown@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-06-02T05:02:09+00:00</published>
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<entry>
<title>SLUB: More documentation</title>
<updated>2007-05-31T14:58:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoph Lameter</name>
<email>clameter@sgi.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-05-31T07:40:47+00:00</published>
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Update documentation to describe how to read a SLUB error report.
Add slub parameters to Documentation/kernel-parameters.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter &lt;clameter@sgi.com&gt;
Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" &lt;rdunlap@xenotime.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Update documentation to describe how to read a SLUB error report.
Add slub parameters to Documentation/kernel-parameters.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter &lt;clameter@sgi.com&gt;
Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" &lt;rdunlap@xenotime.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ACPI: extend "acpi_osi=" boot option</title>
<updated>2007-05-29T22:43:33+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Len Brown</name>
<email>len.brown@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-05-29T22:43:33+00:00</published>
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The boot option "acpi_osi=" has always disabled Linux _OSI support,
thus disabling all OS Interface strings which are advertised
by Linux to the BIOS.

Now...
acpi_osi="string" adds the interface string, and
acpi_osi="!string" invalidates the pre-defined interface string

eg. acpi_osi="!Windows 2006"
would disable Linux's claim of Vista compatibility.

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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The boot option "acpi_osi=" has always disabled Linux _OSI support,
thus disabling all OS Interface strings which are advertised
by Linux to the BIOS.

Now...
acpi_osi="string" adds the interface string, and
acpi_osi="!string" invalidates the pre-defined interface string

eg. acpi_osi="!Windows 2006"
would disable Linux's claim of Vista compatibility.

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>document clocksources</title>
<updated>2007-05-24T03:14:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Randy Dunlap</name>
<email>randy.dunlap@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-05-23T20:58:16+00:00</published>
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Document the available clocksources per platform and move clocksource= into
the correct (alpha) location in the file.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap &lt;randy.dunlap@oracle.com&gt;
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Document the available clocksources per platform and move clocksource= into
the correct (alpha) location in the file.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap &lt;randy.dunlap@oracle.com&gt;
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Doc Fix: remove mention of combined mode-related kernel parameters</title>
<updated>2007-05-10T00:15:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jesse Barnes</name>
<email>jesse.barnes@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-05-01T21:34:39+00:00</published>
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Looks like you removed the combined_mode quirk (yay!) but didn't update
kernel-parameters.txt...  might confuse people.  Here's a patch to remove
mention of it from the documentation.

Signed-off-by:  Jesse Barnes &lt;jesse.barnes@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik &lt;jeff@garzik.org&gt;
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Looks like you removed the combined_mode quirk (yay!) but didn't update
kernel-parameters.txt...  might confuse people.  Here's a patch to remove
mention of it from the documentation.

Signed-off-by:  Jesse Barnes &lt;jesse.barnes@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik &lt;jeff@garzik.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>vt: add documentation for new boot/sysfs options</title>
<updated>2007-05-08T18:15:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Antonino A. Daplas</name>
<email>adaplas@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-05-08T07:38:53+00:00</published>
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Add description to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt on new options
default_blue, default_grn, default_red, and default_utf8.

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas &lt;adaplas@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Add description to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt on new options
default_blue, default_grn, default_red, and default_utf8.

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas &lt;adaplas@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>x86, serial: convert legacy COM ports to platform devices</title>
<updated>2007-05-08T18:15:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bjorn Helgaas</name>
<email>bjorn.helgaas@hp.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-05-08T07:36:07+00:00</published>
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Make x86 COM ports into platform devices and don't probe for them
if we have PNP.

This prevents double discovery, where a device was found both by
the legacy probe and by 8250_pnp, e.g.,

    serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
    00:02: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A

This also means IRDA devices without a UART PNP ID will no longer be
claimed by the serial driver, which might require changes in IRDA
drivers and administration.

In addition to this patch, you may need to configure a setserial init
script, e.g., /etc/init.d/setserial, so it doesn't poke legacy UART
stuff back in.  On Debian, "dpkg-reconfigure setserial" with the "kernel"
option does this.

To force the old legacy probe behavior even when we have PNPBIOS or
ACPI, load the new legacy_serial module (or build 8250 static) with
the "legacy_serial.force" option.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix makefiles]
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas &lt;bjorn.helgaas@hp.com&gt;
Cc: Keith Owens &lt;kaos@ocs.com.au&gt;
Cc: Len Brown &lt;lenb@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Adam Belay &lt;ambx1@neo.rr.com&gt;
Cc: Matthieu CASTET &lt;castet.matthieu@free.fr&gt;
Cc: Jean Tourrilhes &lt;jt@hpl.hp.com&gt;
Cc: Matthew Garrett &lt;mjg59@srcf.ucam.org&gt;
Cc: Ville Syrjala &lt;syrjala@sci.fi&gt;
Cc: Russell King &lt;rmk+serial@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Samuel Ortiz &lt;samuel@sortiz.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Make x86 COM ports into platform devices and don't probe for them
if we have PNP.

This prevents double discovery, where a device was found both by
the legacy probe and by 8250_pnp, e.g.,

    serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
    00:02: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A

This also means IRDA devices without a UART PNP ID will no longer be
claimed by the serial driver, which might require changes in IRDA
drivers and administration.

In addition to this patch, you may need to configure a setserial init
script, e.g., /etc/init.d/setserial, so it doesn't poke legacy UART
stuff back in.  On Debian, "dpkg-reconfigure setserial" with the "kernel"
option does this.

To force the old legacy probe behavior even when we have PNPBIOS or
ACPI, load the new legacy_serial module (or build 8250 static) with
the "legacy_serial.force" option.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix makefiles]
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas &lt;bjorn.helgaas@hp.com&gt;
Cc: Keith Owens &lt;kaos@ocs.com.au&gt;
Cc: Len Brown &lt;lenb@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Adam Belay &lt;ambx1@neo.rr.com&gt;
Cc: Matthieu CASTET &lt;castet.matthieu@free.fr&gt;
Cc: Jean Tourrilhes &lt;jt@hpl.hp.com&gt;
Cc: Matthew Garrett &lt;mjg59@srcf.ucam.org&gt;
Cc: Ville Syrjala &lt;syrjala@sci.fi&gt;
Cc: Russell King &lt;rmk+serial@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Samuel Ortiz &lt;samuel@sortiz.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>smsc-ircc2: add PNP support</title>
<updated>2007-05-08T18:15:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bjorn Helgaas</name>
<email>bjorn.helgaas@hp.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-05-08T07:36:05+00:00</published>
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Claim devices using PNP, unless the user explicitly specified device
addresses.  This can be disabled with the "smsc-ircc2.nopnp" option.

This removes the need for probing legacy addresses and helps untangle IR
devices from serial8250 devices.

Sometimes the SMC device is at a legacy COM port address but does not use the
legacy COM IRQ.  In this case, claiming the device using PNP rather than 8250
legacy probe means we can automatically use the correct IRQ rather than
forcing the user to use "setserial" to set the IRQ manually.

If the PNP claim doesn't work, make sure you don't have a setserial init
script, e.g., /etc/init.d/setserial, configured to poke in legacy COM port
resources for the IRDA device.  That causes the serial driver to claim
resources needed by this driver.

Based on this patch by Ville Syrjälä:
    http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/IrDA/ir260_smsc_pnp.diff

Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas &lt;bjorn.helgaas@hp.com&gt;
Cc: Keith Owens &lt;kaos@ocs.com.au&gt;
Cc: Len Brown &lt;lenb@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Adam Belay &lt;ambx1@neo.rr.com&gt;
Cc: Matthieu CASTET &lt;castet.matthieu@free.fr&gt;
Cc: Jean Tourrilhes &lt;jt@hpl.hp.com&gt;
Cc: Matthew Garrett &lt;mjg59@srcf.ucam.org&gt;
Cc: Ville Syrjala &lt;syrjala@sci.fi&gt;
Cc: Russell King &lt;rmk+serial@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
Acked-by: Samuel Ortiz &lt;samuel@sortiz.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Claim devices using PNP, unless the user explicitly specified device
addresses.  This can be disabled with the "smsc-ircc2.nopnp" option.

This removes the need for probing legacy addresses and helps untangle IR
devices from serial8250 devices.

Sometimes the SMC device is at a legacy COM port address but does not use the
legacy COM IRQ.  In this case, claiming the device using PNP rather than 8250
legacy probe means we can automatically use the correct IRQ rather than
forcing the user to use "setserial" to set the IRQ manually.

If the PNP claim doesn't work, make sure you don't have a setserial init
script, e.g., /etc/init.d/setserial, configured to poke in legacy COM port
resources for the IRDA device.  That causes the serial driver to claim
resources needed by this driver.

Based on this patch by Ville Syrjälä:
    http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/IrDA/ir260_smsc_pnp.diff

Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas &lt;bjorn.helgaas@hp.com&gt;
Cc: Keith Owens &lt;kaos@ocs.com.au&gt;
Cc: Len Brown &lt;lenb@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Adam Belay &lt;ambx1@neo.rr.com&gt;
Cc: Matthieu CASTET &lt;castet.matthieu@free.fr&gt;
Cc: Jean Tourrilhes &lt;jt@hpl.hp.com&gt;
Cc: Matthew Garrett &lt;mjg59@srcf.ucam.org&gt;
Cc: Ville Syrjala &lt;syrjala@sci.fi&gt;
Cc: Russell King &lt;rmk+serial@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
Acked-by: Samuel Ortiz &lt;samuel@sortiz.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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<entry>
<title>[PATCH] i386: PARAVIRT: Allow boot-time disable of paravirt_ops patching</title>
<updated>2007-05-02T17:27:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jeremy Fitzhardinge</name>
<email>jeremy@goop.org</email>
</author>
<published>2007-05-02T17:27:16+00:00</published>
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Add "noreplace-paravirt" to disable paravirt_ops patching.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge &lt;jeremy@xensource.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Rusty Russell &lt;rusty@rustcorp.com.au&gt;
Cc: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Add "noreplace-paravirt" to disable paravirt_ops patching.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge &lt;jeremy@xensource.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Rusty Russell &lt;rusty@rustcorp.com.au&gt;
Cc: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>[PATCH] i386: Allow boot-time disable of SMP altinstructions</title>
<updated>2007-05-02T17:27:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jeremy Fitzhardinge</name>
<email>jeremy@goop.org</email>
</author>
<published>2007-05-02T17:27:13+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
Add "noreplace-smp" to disable SMP instruction replacement.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge &lt;jeremy@xensource.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@suse.de&gt;
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Add "noreplace-smp" to disable SMP instruction replacement.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge &lt;jeremy@xensource.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@suse.de&gt;
</pre>
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