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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/isdn/INTERFACE.CAPI | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 34 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | Documentation/networking/ixgbevf.txt | 90 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/can.txt | 53 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpc5200.txt | 9 |
8 files changed, 205 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl index f3f37f141dbd..971d1c0c83e5 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ usage should require reading the full document. this though and the recommendation to allow only a single interface in STA mode at first! </para> -!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_if_init_conf +!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_vif </chapter> <chapter id="rx-tx"> diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 0a46833c1b76..2f93ac06c414 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -88,27 +88,6 @@ Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> --------------------------- -What: CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY - old static regulatory information -When: March 2010 / desktop catchup - -Why: The old regulatory infrastructure has been replaced with a new one - which does not require statically defined regulatory domains. We do - not want to keep static regulatory domains in the kernel due to the - the dynamic nature of regulatory law and localization. We kept around - the old static definitions for the regulatory domains of: - - * US - * JP - * EU - - and used by default the US when CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY was - set. We will remove this option once the standard Linux desktop catches - up with the new userspace APIs we have implemented. - -Who: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> - ---------------------------- - What: dev->power.power_state When: July 2007 Why: Broken design for runtime control over driver power states, confusing diff --git a/Documentation/isdn/INTERFACE.CAPI b/Documentation/isdn/INTERFACE.CAPI index 5fe8de5cc727..f172091fb7cd 100644 --- a/Documentation/isdn/INTERFACE.CAPI +++ b/Documentation/isdn/INTERFACE.CAPI @@ -149,10 +149,11 @@ char *(*procinfo)(struct capi_ctr *ctrlr) pointer to a callback function returning the entry for the device in the CAPI controller info table, /proc/capi/controller -read_proc_t *ctr_read_proc - pointer to the read_proc callback function for the device's proc file - system entry, /proc/capi/controllers/<n>; will be called with a - pointer to the device's capi_ctr structure as the last (data) argument +const struct file_operations *proc_fops + pointers to callback functions for the device's proc file + system entry, /proc/capi/controllers/<n>; pointer to the device's + capi_ctr structure is available from struct proc_dir_entry::data + which is available from struct inode. Note: Callback functions except send_message() are never called in interrupt context. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index 006b39dec87d..2dc7a1d97686 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -692,6 +692,25 @@ proxy_arp - BOOLEAN conf/{all,interface}/proxy_arp is set to TRUE, it will be disabled otherwise +proxy_arp_pvlan - BOOLEAN + Private VLAN proxy arp. + Basically allow proxy arp replies back to the same interface + (from which the ARP request/solicitation was received). + + This is done to support (ethernet) switch features, like RFC + 3069, where the individual ports are NOT allowed to + communicate with each other, but they are allowed to talk to + the upstream router. As described in RFC 3069, it is possible + to allow these hosts to communicate through the upstream + router by proxy_arp'ing. Don't need to be used together with + proxy_arp. + + This technology is known by different names: + In RFC 3069 it is called VLAN Aggregation. + Cisco and Allied Telesyn call it Private VLAN. + Hewlett-Packard call it Source-Port filtering or port-isolation. + Ericsson call it MAC-Forced Forwarding (RFC Draft). + shared_media - BOOLEAN Send(router) or accept(host) RFC1620 shared media redirects. Overrides ip_secure_redirects. @@ -833,9 +852,18 @@ arp_notify - BOOLEAN or hardware address changes. arp_accept - BOOLEAN - Define behavior when gratuitous arp replies are received: - 0 - drop gratuitous arp frames - 1 - accept gratuitous arp frames + Define behavior for gratuitous ARP frames who's IP is not + already present in the ARP table: + 0 - don't create new entries in the ARP table + 1 - create new entries in the ARP table + + Both replies and requests type gratuitous arp will trigger the + ARP table to be updated, if this setting is on. + + If the ARP table already contains the IP address of the + gratuitous arp frame, the arp table will be updated regardless + if this setting is on or off. + app_solicit - INTEGER The maximum number of probes to send to the user space ARP daemon diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ixgbevf.txt b/Documentation/networking/ixgbevf.txt new file mode 100755 index 000000000000..19015de6725f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/ixgbevf.txt @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +Linux* Base Driver for Intel(R) Network Connection +================================================== + +November 24, 2009 + +Contents +======== + +- In This Release +- Identifying Your Adapter +- Known Issues/Troubleshooting +- Support + +In This Release +=============== + +This file describes the ixgbevf Linux* Base Driver for Intel Network +Connection. + +The ixgbevf driver supports 82599-based virtual function devices that can only +be activated on kernels with CONFIG_PCI_IOV enabled. + +The ixgbevf driver supports virtual functions generated by the ixgbe driver +with a max_vfs value of 1 or greater. + +The guest OS loading the ixgbevf driver must support MSI-X interrupts. + +VLANs: There is a limit of a total of 32 shared VLANs to 1 or more VFs. + +Identifying Your Adapter +======================== + +For more information on how to identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & +Driver ID Guide at: + + http://support.intel.com/support/network/sb/CS-008441.htm + +Known Issues/Troubleshooting +============================ + + Unloading Physical Function (PF) Driver Causes System Reboots When VM is + Running and VF is Loaded on the VM + ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + Do not unload the PF driver (ixgbe) while VFs are assigned to guests. + +Support +======= + +For general information, go to the Intel support website at: + + http://support.intel.com + +or the Intel Wired Networking project hosted by Sourceforge at: + + http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000 + +If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported +kernel with a supported adapter, email the specific information related +to the issue to e1000-devel@lists.sf.net + +License +======= + +Intel 10 Gigabit Linux driver. +Copyright(c) 1999 - 2009 Intel Corporation. + +This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it +under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License, +version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation. + +This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT +ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or +FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for +more details. + +You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with +this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., +51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. + +The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution in +the file called "COPYING". + +Trademarks +========== + +Intel, Itanium, and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademarks of +Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other +countries. + +* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt b/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt index ee31369e9e5b..9551622d0a7b 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/regulatory.txt @@ -188,3 +188,27 @@ Then in some part of your code after your wiphy has been registered: &mydriver_jp_regdom.reg_rules[i], sizeof(struct ieee80211_reg_rule)); regulatory_struct_hint(rd); + +Statically compiled regulatory database +--------------------------------------- + +In most situations the userland solution using CRDA as described +above is the preferred solution. However in some cases a set of +rules built into the kernel itself may be desirable. To account +for this situation, a configuration option has been provided +(i.e. CONFIG_CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB). With this option enabled, +the wireless database information contained in net/wireless/db.txt is +used to generate a data structure encoded in net/wireless/regdb.c. +That option also enables code in net/wireless/reg.c which queries +the data in regdb.c as an alternative to using CRDA. + +The file net/wireless/db.txt should be kept up-to-date with the db.txt +file available in the git repository here: + + git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-regdb.git + +Again, most users in most situations should be using the CRDA package +provided with their distribution, and in most other situations users +should be building and using CRDA on their own rather than using +this option. If you are not absolutely sure that you should be using +CONFIG_CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB then _DO_NOT_USE_IT_. diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/can.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/can.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2fa4fcd38fd6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/can.txt @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +CAN Device Tree Bindings +------------------------ + +(c) 2006-2009 Secret Lab Technologies Ltd +Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> + +fsl,mpc5200-mscan nodes +----------------------- +In addition to the required compatible-, reg- and interrupt-properties, you can +also specify which clock source shall be used for the controller: + +- fsl,mscan-clock-source : a string describing the clock source. Valid values + are: "ip" for ip bus clock + "ref" for reference clock (XTAL) + "ref" is default in case this property is not + present. + +fsl,mpc5121-mscan nodes +----------------------- +In addition to the required compatible-, reg- and interrupt-properties, you can +also specify which clock source and divider shall be used for the controller: + +- fsl,mscan-clock-source : a string describing the clock source. Valid values + are: "ip" for ip bus clock + "ref" for reference clock + "sys" for system clock + If this property is not present, an optimal CAN + clock source and frequency based on the system + clock will be selected. If this is not possible, + the reference clock will be used. + +- fsl,mscan-clock-divider: for the reference and system clock, an additional + clock divider can be specified. By default, a + value of 1 is used. + +Note that the MPC5121 Rev. 1 processor is not supported. + +Examples: + can@1300 { + compatible = "fsl,mpc5121-mscan"; + interrupts = <12 0x8>; + interrupt-parent = <&ipic>; + reg = <0x1300 0x80>; + }; + + can@1380 { + compatible = "fsl,mpc5121-mscan"; + interrupts = <13 0x8>; + interrupt-parent = <&ipic>; + reg = <0x1380 0x80>; + fsl,mscan-clock-source = "ref"; + fsl,mscan-clock-divider = <3>; + }; diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpc5200.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpc5200.txt index 5c6602dbfdc2..4ccb2cd5df94 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpc5200.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpc5200.txt @@ -195,11 +195,4 @@ External interrupts: fsl,mpc5200-mscan nodes ----------------------- -In addition to the required compatible-, reg- and interrupt-properites, you can -also specify which clock source shall be used for the controller: - -- fsl,mscan-clock-source- a string describing the clock source. Valid values - are: "ip" for ip bus clock - "ref" for reference clock (XTAL) - "ref" is default in case this property is not - present. +See file can.txt in this directory. |