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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/fsl.txt | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt | 55 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/dsp.txt | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/iva.txt | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/l3-noc.txt | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/mpu.txt | 27 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt | 43 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/tty/serial/msm_serial.txt | 27 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/scaling.txt | 10 |
10 files changed, 232 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/fsl.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/fsl.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e2401cd632ab --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/fsl.txt @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +i.MX51 Babbage Board +Required root node properties: + - compatible = "fsl,imx51-babbage", "fsl,imx51"; + +i.MX53 Automotive Reference Design Board +Required root node properties: + - compatible = "fsl,imx53-ard", "fsl,imx53"; + +i.MX53 Evaluation Kit +Required root node properties: + - compatible = "fsl,imx53-evk", "fsl,imx53"; + +i.MX53 Quick Start Board +Required root node properties: + - compatible = "fsl,imx53-qsb", "fsl,imx53"; + +i.MX53 Smart Mobile Reference Design Board +Required root node properties: + - compatible = "fsl,imx53-smd", "fsl,imx53"; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..52916b4aa1fe --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +* ARM Generic Interrupt Controller + +ARM SMP cores are often associated with a GIC, providing per processor +interrupts (PPI), shared processor interrupts (SPI) and software +generated interrupts (SGI). + +Primary GIC is attached directly to the CPU and typically has PPIs and SGIs. +Secondary GICs are cascaded into the upward interrupt controller and do not +have PPIs or SGIs. + +Main node required properties: + +- compatible : should be one of: + "arm,cortex-a9-gic" + "arm,arm11mp-gic" +- interrupt-controller : Identifies the node as an interrupt controller +- #interrupt-cells : Specifies the number of cells needed to encode an + interrupt source. The type shall be a <u32> and the value shall be 3. + + The 1st cell is the interrupt type; 0 for SPI interrupts, 1 for PPI + interrupts. + + The 2nd cell contains the interrupt number for the interrupt type. + SPI interrupts are in the range [0-987]. PPI interrupts are in the + range [0-15]. + + The 3rd cell is the flags, encoded as follows: + bits[3:0] trigger type and level flags. + 1 = low-to-high edge triggered + 2 = high-to-low edge triggered + 4 = active high level-sensitive + 8 = active low level-sensitive + bits[15:8] PPI interrupt cpu mask. Each bit corresponds to each of + the 8 possible cpus attached to the GIC. A bit set to '1' indicated + the interrupt is wired to that CPU. Only valid for PPI interrupts. + +- reg : Specifies base physical address(s) and size of the GIC registers. The + first region is the GIC distributor register base and size. The 2nd region is + the GIC cpu interface register base and size. + +Optional +- interrupts : Interrupt source of the parent interrupt controller. Only + present on secondary GICs. + +Example: + + intc: interrupt-controller@fff11000 { + compatible = "arm,cortex-a9-gic"; + #interrupt-cells = <3>; + #address-cells = <1>; + interrupt-controller; + reg = <0xfff11000 0x1000>, + <0xfff10100 0x100>; + }; + diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/dsp.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/dsp.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d3830a32ce08 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/dsp.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +* TI - DSP (Digital Signal Processor) + +TI DSP included in OMAP SoC + +Required properties: +- compatible : Should be "ti,omap3-c64" for OMAP3 & 4 +- ti,hwmods: "dsp" + +Examples: + +dsp { + compatible = "ti,omap3-c64"; + ti,hwmods = "dsp"; +}; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/iva.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/iva.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6d6295171358 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/iva.txt @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +* TI - IVA (Imaging and Video Accelerator) subsystem + +The IVA contain various audio, video or imaging HW accelerator +depending of the version. + +Required properties: +- compatible : Should be: + - "ti,ivahd" for OMAP4 + - "ti,iva2.2" for OMAP3 + - "ti,iva2.1" for OMAP2430 + - "ti,iva1" for OMAP2420 +- ti,hwmods: "iva" + +Examples: + +iva { + compatible = "ti,ivahd", "ti,iva"; + ti,hwmods = "iva"; +}; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/l3-noc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/l3-noc.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6888a5efc860 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/l3-noc.txt @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +* TI - L3 Network On Chip (NoC) + +This version is an implementation of the generic NoC IP +provided by Arteris. + +Required properties: +- compatible : Should be "ti,omap3-l3-smx" for OMAP3 family + Should be "ti,omap4-l3-noc" for OMAP4 family +- ti,hwmods: "l3_main_1", ... One hwmod for each noc domain. + +Examples: + +ocp { + compatible = "ti,omap4-l3-noc", "simple-bus"; + #address-cells = <1>; + #size-cells = <1>; + ranges; + ti,hwmods = "l3_main_1", "l3_main_2", "l3_main_3"; +}; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/mpu.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/mpu.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..1a5a42ce21bb --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/mpu.txt @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +* TI - MPU (Main Processor Unit) subsystem + +The MPU subsystem contain one or several ARM cores +depending of the version. +The MPU contain CPUs, GIC, L2 cache and a local PRCM. + +Required properties: +- compatible : Should be "ti,omap3-mpu" for OMAP3 + Should be "ti,omap4-mpu" for OMAP4 +- ti,hwmods: "mpu" + +Examples: + +- For an OMAP4 SMP system: + +mpu { + compatible = "ti,omap4-mpu"; + ti,hwmods = "mpu"; +}; + + +- For an OMAP3 monocore system: + +mpu { + compatible = "ti,omap3-mpu"; + ti,hwmods = "mpu"; +}; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..dbdab40ed3a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/omap/omap.txt @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +* Texas Instruments OMAP + +OMAP is currently using a static file per SoC family to describe the +IPs present in the SoC. +On top of that an omap_device is created to extend the platform_device +capabilities and to allow binding with one or several hwmods. +The hwmods will contain all the information to build the device: +adresse range, irq lines, dma lines, interconnect, PRCM register, +clock domain, input clocks. +For the moment just point to the existing hwmod, the next step will be +to move data from hwmod to device-tree representation. + + +Required properties: +- compatible: Every devices present in OMAP SoC should be in the + form: "ti,XXX" +- ti,hwmods: list of hwmod names (ascii strings), that comes from the OMAP + HW documentation, attached to a device. Must contain at least + one hwmod. + +Optional properties: +- ti,no_idle_on_suspend: When present, it prevents the PM to idle the module + during suspend. + + +Example: + +spinlock@1 { + compatible = "ti,omap4-spinlock"; + ti,hwmods = "spinlock"; +}; + + +Boards: + +- OMAP3 BeagleBoard : Low cost community board + compatible = "ti,omap3-beagle", "ti,omap3" + +- OMAP4 SDP : Software Developement Board + compatible = "ti,omap4-sdp", "ti,omap4430" + +- OMAP4 PandaBoard : Low cost community board + compatible = "ti,omap4-panda", "ti,omap4430" diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/tty/serial/msm_serial.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/tty/serial/msm_serial.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..aef383eb8876 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/tty/serial/msm_serial.txt @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +* Qualcomm MSM UART + +Required properties: +- compatible : + - "qcom,msm-uart", and one of "qcom,msm-hsuart" or + "qcom,msm-lsuart". +- reg : offset and length of the register set for the device + for the hsuart operating in compatible mode, there should be a + second pair describing the gsbi registers. +- interrupts : should contain the uart interrupt. + +There are two different UART blocks used in MSM devices, +"qcom,msm-hsuart" and "qcom,msm-lsuart". The msm-serial driver is +able to handle both of these, and matches against the "qcom,msm-uart" +as the compatibility. + +The registers for the "qcom,msm-hsuart" device need to specify both +register blocks, even for the common driver. + +Example: + + uart@19c400000 { + compatible = "qcom,msm-hsuart", "qcom,msm-uart"; + reg = <0x19c40000 0x1000>, + <0x19c00000 0x1000>; + interrupts = <195>; + }; diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 854ed5ca7e3f..d6e6724446c8 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2706,10 +2706,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice targets for exploits that can control RIP. - emulate [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are - emulated reasonably safely. + emulate Vsyscalls turn into traps and are emulated + reasonably safely. - native Vsyscalls are native syscall instructions. + native [default] Vsyscalls are native syscall + instructions. This is a little bit faster than trapping and makes a few dynamic recompilers work better than they would in emulation mode. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/scaling.txt b/Documentation/networking/scaling.txt index 8ce7c30e7230..fe67b5c79f0f 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/scaling.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/scaling.txt @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ applying a filter to each packet that assigns it to one of a small number of logical flows. Packets for each flow are steered to a separate receive queue, which in turn can be processed by separate CPUs. This mechanism is generally known as “Receive-side Scaling” (RSS). The goal of RSS and -the other scaling techniques to increase performance uniformly. +the other scaling techniques is to increase performance uniformly. Multi-queue distribution can also be used for traffic prioritization, but that is not the focus of these techniques. @@ -186,10 +186,10 @@ are steered using plain RPS. Multiple table entries may point to the same CPU. Indeed, with many flows and few CPUs, it is very likely that a single application thread handles flows with many different flow hashes. -rps_sock_table is a global flow table that contains the *desired* CPU for -flows: the CPU that is currently processing the flow in userspace. Each -table value is a CPU index that is updated during calls to recvmsg and -sendmsg (specifically, inet_recvmsg(), inet_sendmsg(), inet_sendpage() +rps_sock_flow_table is a global flow table that contains the *desired* CPU +for flows: the CPU that is currently processing the flow in userspace. +Each table value is a CPU index that is updated during calls to recvmsg +and sendmsg (specifically, inet_recvmsg(), inet_sendmsg(), inet_sendpage() and tcp_splice_read()). When the scheduler moves a thread to a new CPU while it has outstanding |