Kernel

Announce: Sysprof 1.1.2 CPU profiler for Linux
Sysprof 1.1.2 is now available. This is a development release leading up to a stable 1.2.0 release. Sysprof is a sampling system-wide CPU profiler for Linux. This version is based on the perf counter interface in 2.6.31 kernels and will not work with earlier kernels. Major new features since version 1.0: ... 25 Oct 2009 04:28

something wrong in drivers/power
Tosa battery driver seems to be confused about its own identity. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel(a)ucw.cz> diff -ur power.ofic/tosa_battery.c power/tosa_battery.c --- linux/drivers/power.ofic/tosa_battery.c 2009-09-06 08:56:36.000000000 +0200 +++ linux/drivers/power/tosa_battery.c 2009-09-15 15:14:08.00000... 28 Sep 2009 09:12

[PATCH 1/2] jsm: IRQ handlers doesn't need to have IRQ_DISABLED enabled
Currently jsm is showing the following message when loaded: IRQ 432/JSM: IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared IRQs It's because the request_irq() is called using IRQF_DISABLED and IRQF_SHARED. Actually there is no need to use IRQF_DISABLED in this driver. Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao(a)linux.vnet.i... 24 Sep 2009 16:08

IO scheduler based IO controller V10
Hi All, Here is the V10 of the IO controller patches generated on top of 2.6.31. For ease of patching, a consolidated patch is available here. http://people.redhat.com/~vgoyal/io-controller/io-scheduler-based-io-controller-v10.patch Changes from V9 =============== - Brought back the mechanism of idle tr... 8 Oct 2009 06:45

kernel : USB sound problem
[1.] One line summary of the problem: logitech headset doesn't work [2.] Full description of the problem/report: The logitech headset doen't work : - system hangs - no sound, no microphone - message log : ----------------------- snip ---------------------------- Sep 24 09:20:57 fedora kernel: INFO: task khubd... 24 Sep 2009 06:00

mmc_spi: command errors on 2.6.29.6
Hello, I am working on getting mmc_spi to work with a an ARM PXA270 on 2.6.29.6 (though I have also tried 2.6.31 with the same results). It has worked with some cards, but unfortunately not with one of the most common cards, a SanDisk Ultra II MiniSD 2GB. The card is identified but then every command sent to i... 23 Sep 2009 14:27

firware_class oops: fix firmware_loading_store locking
On Mon, 21 Sep 2009, Frederik Deweerdt wrote: < I'd rather wait someone picks it up for mainline inclusion. I've added your {Reported,Tested}-by tags. The bug its vanilla 2.6.31, and should be considered for -stable inclusion. Regards, Frederik ---- The code introduced by commi... 24 Sep 2009 11:35

TI PCIe-PCI bridge quirks
Hi, The TI XIO2000A/XIO2200A PCIe-PCI bridge (VID: 104C, DID: 8231) erroneously handles fast back-to-back transfers on its subordinate bus segment. The behavior is seen when there are multiple devices downstream and transfers from both devices result in a fast b2b transfer. This confuses the PCIe-PCI bridge an... 6 Oct 2009 08:06

[2.6.31]: Not able to boot on 32 bit System
Hi , I am getting panic while booting the machine with following attached config file. kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with writeback data mode. SELinux: policydb magic number 0x0 does not match expected magic number 0xf97cff8c exec of init (/sbin/init) failed!!!... 21 Sep 2009 12:18

[GIT] trivial tree
Linus, could you please pull from 'for-linus' branch of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial.git for-linus to receive accumulated trivial fixes all over the tree. There shouldn't be any clashes with subsystem trees, as -next merge is currently without any conflicts. Thanks! ... 21 Sep 2009 11:08