Kernel

RFC: AMBA bus discardable probe() function
On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 02:39:03PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote: Fighting a compilation warning when using __init on probe():s in the AMBA (PrimeCell) bus abstraction, the intended effect of discarding AMBA probe():s is not achieveable without first adding the amba_driver_probe() function akin to platform_dri... 5 Aug 2010 03:44

[PATCH -staging] slicoss: Remove explicit arch dependencies
Remove explicit arch dependencies Signed-off-by: Denis Kirjanov <dkirjanov(a)kernel.org> --- diff --git a/drivers/staging/slicoss/slic.h b/drivers/staging/slicoss/slic.h index beab400..ebdcc6f 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/slicoss/slic.h +++ b/drivers/staging/slicoss/slic.h @@ -515,14 +515,16 @@ struct adapter { ... 4 Aug 2010 15:48

[GIT PULL] SLAB updates for 2.6.36-rc0
Hi Linus, There's dramatic queued up for this merge window for SLAB. Bulk of the changes are straight-forward SLUB cleanups from Christoph Lameter's recent SLAB/SLUB unification patch series but there's also few SLAB and SLOB fixes thrown into the mix. Pekka The following changes sin... 4 Aug 2010 15:48

Networking
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 8:38 PM, David Miller <davem(a)davemloft.net> wrote: Another release, another merge window, another set of networking changes to merge :-) Ok, merged. But you should double-check my merge resolution fixes, I'm also a bit unhappy about how it introduces new warnings in very subtle wa... 6 Aug 2010 01:44

drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca: Drop unnecessary null test
Looks fine to me. ehca guys, any objection? -- Roland Dreier <rolandd(a)cisco.com> || For corporate legal information go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/index.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kern... 5 Aug 2010 18:02

libata updates
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Jeff Garzik <jeff(a)garzik.org> wrote: Tejun Heo (4): � � �ata_generic: drop hard coded DMA force logic for CENATEK � � �ata_piix: fix locking around SIDPR access � � �libata: more PCI IDs for jmicron controllers � � �sata_fsl,mv,nv: prepare for NCQ command completion upd... 4 Aug 2010 15:48

x86/hugetlb: use set_pmd for huge pte operations
On 07/26/2010 12:45 PM, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: Ping? I was about to send this to Linus, but I realized that I hadn't got any x86 acks on it. Any comments/complaints? Thanks, J On x86, a huge pte is logically a pte, but structurally a pmd. Among other issues, pmds and ptes overload some... 4 Aug 2010 14:42

[PATCH v3 3/3] init: add support for root devices specified by partition UUID
This is the third patch in a series which adds support for storing partition metadata, optionally, off of the hd_struct. One major use for that data is being able to resolve partition by other identities than just the index on a block device. Device enumeration varies by platform and there's a benefit to being a... 4 Aug 2010 14:42

[PATCH 13/20] x86/PCI: make sure _PAGE_IOMAP it set on pci mappings
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge(a)citrix.com> When mapping pci space via /sys or /proc, make sure we're really doing a hardware mapping by setting _PAGE_IOMAP. [ Impact: bugfix; make PCI mappings map the right pages ] Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge(a)citrix.com> Reviewed-b... 4 Aug 2010 14:42

[PATCH 07/20] xen: set pirq name to something useful.
From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel(a)xeni.home.kraxel.org> Impact: cleanup Make pirq show useful information in /proc/interrupts [v2: Removed the parts for arch/x86/xen/pci.c ] Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel(a)xeni.home.kraxel.org> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge(a)citrix.com> Signed-off-... 4 Aug 2010 14:42