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Fix some typos in Documentation/: 'A'
This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. This patch addresses some words starting with the letter 'A'. Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
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@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ on the I2C bus to fail. The SMBus driver writes a "Get Device ID" IPMI
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message as a block write to the I2C bus and waits for a response.
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This action can be detrimental to some I2C devices. It is highly recommended
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that the known I2c address be given to the SMBus driver in the smb_addr
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parameter. The default adrress range will not be used when a smb_addr
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parameter. The default address range will not be used when a smb_addr
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parameter is provided.
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When compiled into the kernel, the addresses can be specified on the
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@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Headers
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header include/asm-arm/arch-s3c2410/hardware.h which can be
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included by #include <asm/arch/hardware.h>
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A useful ammount of documentation can be found in the hardware
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A useful amount of documentation can be found in the hardware
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header on how the GPIO functions (and others) work.
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Whilst a number of these functions do make some checks on what
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@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Machines
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Adding New Machines
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-------------------
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The archicture has been designed to support as many machines as can
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The architecture has been designed to support as many machines as can
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be configured for it in one kernel build, and any future additions
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should keep this in mind before altering items outside of their own
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machine files.
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@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ for updating BIOS images on Dell servers and desktops.
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Scope:
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This document discusses the functionality of the rbu driver only.
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It does not cover the support needed from aplications to enable the BIOS to
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It does not cover the support needed from applications to enable the BIOS to
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update itself with the image downloaded in to the memory.
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Overview:
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@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ The EISA infrastructure is made up of three parts :
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- The bus code implements most of the generic code. It is shared
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among all the architectures that the EISA code runs on. It
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implements bus probing (detecting EISA cards avaible on the bus),
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implements bus probing (detecting EISA cards available on the bus),
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allocates I/O resources, allows fancy naming through sysfs, and
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offers interfaces for driver to register.
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@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Todo
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- Buy more coffee.
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- test/port to other arch.
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- try to add panning using tweeks with front and back buffer .
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- try to implement accel on voodoo2 , this board can actualy do a
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- try to implement accel on voodoo2, this board can actually do a
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lot in 2D even if it was sold as a 3D only board ...
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ghoz.
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@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ that condition is met.
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Far better would be an explicit action notifying the subsystem that the
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config_item is ready to go. More importantly, an explicit action allows
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the subsystem to provide feedback as to whether the attibutes are
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the subsystem to provide feedback as to whether the attributes are
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initialized in a way that makes sense. configfs provides this as
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committable items.
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@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ VmallocChunk: 111088 kB
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this memory, making it slower to access than lowmem.
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LowTotal:
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LowFree: Lowmem is memory which can be used for everything that
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highmem can be used for, but it is also availble for the
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highmem can be used for, but it is also available for the
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kernel's use for its own data structures. Among many
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other things, it is where everything from the Slab is
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allocated. Bad things happen when you're out of lowmem.
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@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ complicated cases.
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* Signal handling
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The delivery of (asynchronous) signals must be delayed until fsys-mode
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is exited. This is acomplished with the help of the lower-privilege
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is exited. This is accomplished with the help of the lower-privilege
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transfer trap: arch/ia64/kernel/process.c:do_notify_resume_user()
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checks whether the interrupted task was in fsys-mode and, if so, sets
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PSR.lp and returns immediately. When fsys-mode is exited via the
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@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ provides a convenient connection point for a mouse and switch-type joysticks.
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The ikbd processor also maintains a time-of-day clock with one second
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resolution.
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The ikbd has been designed to be general enough that it can be used with a
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ariety of new computer products. Product variations in a number of
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variety of new computer products. Product variations in a number of
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keyswitches, mouse resolution, etc. can be accommodated.
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The ikbd communicates with the main processor over a high speed bi-directional
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serial interface. It can function in a variety of modes to facilitate
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@ -355,9 +355,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
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clock= [BUGS=IA-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
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[Deprecated]
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Forces specified clocksource (if avaliable) to be used
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Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
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when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
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clocksource is not avalible, it defaults to PIT.
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clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
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Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
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disable_8254_timer
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@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ The keyctl syscall functions are:
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If the specified key is 0, then any assumed authority will be divested.
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The assumed authorititive key is inherited across fork and exec.
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The assumed authoritative key is inherited across fork and exec.
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===============
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@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ loaded on demand while the application executes) and sequentially accessed data
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DO_REMOUNTS:
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The control script automatically remounts any mounted journaled filesystems
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with approriate commit interval options. When this option is set to 0, this
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with appropriate commit interval options. When this option is set to 0, this
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feature is disabled.
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DO_REMOUNT_NOATIME:
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@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ Currently, there are a number of MCA-specific device drivers.
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with clones that have a different adapter id than the original
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NE/2.
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6) Future Domain MCS-600/700, OEM'd IBM Fast SCSI Aapter/A and
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6) Future Domain MCS-600/700, OEM'd IBM Fast SCSI Adapter/A and
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Reply Sound Blaster/SCSI (SCSI part)
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Better support for these cards than the driver for ISA.
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Supports multiple cards with IRQ sharing.
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@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ All md devices contain:
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raid levels that involve striping (1,4,5,6,10). The address space
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of the array is conceptually divided into chunks and consecutive
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chunks are striped onto neighbouring devices.
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The size should be atleast PAGE_SIZE (4k) and should be a power
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The size should be at least PAGE_SIZE (4k) and should be a power
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of 2. This can only be set while assembling an array
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component_size
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access depends on a read, not all do, so it may not be relied on.
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Other CPUs may also have split caches, but must coordinate between the various
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cachelets for normal memory accesss. The semantics of the Alpha removes the
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cachelets for normal memory accesses. The semantics of the Alpha removes the
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need for coordination in absence of memory barriers.
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@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ packets faster than they can be removed from the card. This should be rare
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or impossible in normal operation. Possible causes of this error report are:
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- a "green" mode enabled that slows the processor down when there is no
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keyboard activitiy.
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keyboard activity.
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- some other device or device driver hogging the bus or disabling interrupts.
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Check /proc/interrupts for excessive interrupt counts. The timer tick
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ethtool -C eth0 rx-usecs 100
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You may also provide a timer latency value while disabling adpative-rx:
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You may also provide a timer latency value while disabling adaptive-rx:
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ethtool -C <interface> adaptive-rx off rx-usecs <microseconds>
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Parameter Description
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=====================
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You can install this driver without any addtional parameter. However, if you
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You can install this driver without any additional parameter. However, if you
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are going to have extensive functions then it is necessary to set extra
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parameter. Below is a list of the command line parameters supported by the
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Linux device
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ifconfig eth0 172.22.3.18
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^^^^^^^^^^^
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Your IP Adress
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Your IP Address
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Then you may have to modify the default routing table with command :
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1. Introduction
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Linux distinguishes between administrative and operational state of an
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interface. Admininstrative state is the result of "ip link set dev
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interface. Administrative state is the result of "ip link set dev
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<dev> up or down" and reflects whether the administrator wants to use
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the device for traffic.
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- struct tpacket_hdr
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- pad to TPACKET_ALIGNMENT=16
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- struct sockaddr_ll
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- Gap, chosen so that packet data (Start+tp_net) alignes to
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- Gap, chosen so that packet data (Start+tp_net) aligns to
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TPACKET_ALIGNMENT=16
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- Start+tp_mac: [ Optional MAC header ]
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- Start+tp_net: Packet data, aligned to TPACKET_ALIGNMENT=16.
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Enable CONFIG_NET_PKTGEN to compile and build pktgen.o either in kernel
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or as module. Module is preferred. insmod pktgen if needed. Once running
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pktgen creates a thread on each CPU where each thread has affinty it's CPU.
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pktgen creates a thread on each CPU where each thread has affinity to its CPU.
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Monitoring and controlling is done via /proc. Easiest to select a suitable
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a sample script and configure.
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Stopped: eth1
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Result: OK: max_before_softirq=10000
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Most important the devices assigend to thread. Note! A device can only belong
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Most important the devices assigned to thread. Note! A device can only belong
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to one thread.
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are used by the processor itself for holding such information as exception indications &
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entry points for exceptions.
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Bytes after 0xc00 hex are used by linux for per processor globals on s/390 & z/Architecture
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( there is a gap on z/Architecure too currently between 0xc00 & 1000 which linux uses ).
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( there is a gap on z/Architecture too currently between 0xc00 & 1000 which linux uses ).
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The closest thing to this on traditional architectures is the interrupt
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vector table. This is a good thing & does simplify some of the kernel coding
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however it means that we now cannot catch stray NULL pointers in the
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@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ Linux source tree.
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6) rm /arch/s390/kernel/signal.o
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7) make /arch/s390/kernel/signal.o
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8) watch the gcc command line emitted
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9) type it in again or alernatively cut & paste it on the console adding the -g option.
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9) type it in again or alternatively cut & paste it on the console adding the -g option.
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10) objdump --source arch/s390/kernel/signal.o > signal.lst
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This will output the source & the assembly intermixed, as the snippet below shows
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This will unfortunately output addresses which aren't the same
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not online.
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When the I/O request completes, the CDS first level interrupt handler will
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accumalate the status in a struct irb and then call the device interrupt handler.
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accumulate the status in a struct irb and then call the device interrupt handler.
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The intparm field will contain the value the device driver has associated with a
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particular I/O request. If a pending device status was recognized,
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intparm will be set to 0 (zero). This may happen during I/O initiation or delayed
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-----------
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The netiucv driver creates an attribute 'connection' under
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bus/iucv/drivers/netiucv. Piping to this attibute creates a new netiucv
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bus/iucv/drivers/netiucv. Piping to this attribute creates a new netiucv
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connection to the specified host.
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Netiucv connections show up under devices/iucv/ as "netiucv<ifnum>". The interface
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New driver versions are made available separately in order to allow testing
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changes and new features prior to including them into the linux kernel
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distribution. The following URL provides informations on latest avalaible
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distribution. The following URL provides information on latest available
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patches:
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ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/people/gerard-roudier/README
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General Iomega ZIP drive page for Linux:
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http://www.torque.net/~campbell/
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Driver achive for old drivers:
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Driver archive for old drivers:
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http://www.torque.net/~campbell/ppa/
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Linux Parport page (parallel port)
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scsi = SCSI driver, m = AMD (?) as opposed to w for the DC390W/U/F
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(NCR53c8X5, X=2/7) driver. Yes, there was also a driver for the latter,
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tmscsiw, which supported DC390W/U/F adapters. It's not maintained any more,
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as the ncr53c8xx is perfectly supporting these adpaters since some time.
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as the ncr53c8xx is perfectly supporting these adapters since some time.
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The driver first appeared in April 1996, exclusively supported the DC390
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and has been enhanced since then in various steps. In May 1998 support for
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