Kernel

[PATCH 1/8] cpuidle: fail to register if !CONFIG_CPU_IDLE
From: Len Brown <len.brown(a)intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown(a)intel.com> --- include/linux/cpuidle.h | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/cpuidle.h b/include/linux/cpuidle.h index dcf77fa..0fe1efe 100644 --- a/include/linux/cpuidle.h +++ b/i... 26 May 2010 23:32

idle-test patches queued for upstream
Please look over and test this patch set. (If you test linux-next, you already have it) There are a few simple patches, leading up to a new intel_idle driver. Note that you can get the patch series as a single patch here: http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/lenb/idle/patches/2.6.34/idle-test-2.6.34.di... 16 Jun 2010 04:31

[PATCH 6/8] acpi_pad: uses MONITOR/MWAIT, so it doesn't need to clear TS_POLLING
From: Len Brown <len.brown(a)intel.com> api_pad exclusively uses MONITOR/MWAIT to sleep in idle, so it does not need the wakeup IPI during idle sleep that is provoked by clearing TS_POLLING. Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown(a)intel.com> Cc: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li(a)intel.com> --- drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c | 9... 26 May 2010 23:32

[PATCH 2/8] cpuidle: add cpuidle_unregister_driver() error check
From: Len Brown <len.brown(a)intel.com> When cpuidle_unregister_driver() is called with a driver other than the one that was successfully registered, do nothing. Previously we'd NULL-out the one that was registered. But that required the callers to remember what this routine already remembers. With this check, ... 26 May 2010 23:32

please pull "idle-test" branch into linux-next
Hi Stephen, The idle patches currently in linux-acpi are unrelated to ACPI, so I'm moving them to a new home. Please add the new home to your linux-next pull list: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-idle-2.6.git idle-test thanks, Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center -- To ... 26 May 2010 23:32

config CONSOLE
Hi Christoph, Christoph Egger wrote: As part of the VAMOS[0] research project at the University of Erlangen we are looking at multiple integrity errors in linux' configuration system. CONSOLE is such a generic term that maybe someone just expected this option exists. Or maybe it existed ages ago... 26 May 2010 21:22

[PATCH] kernel/power/swap.c: fix typos in comments
Signed-off-by: Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb(a)cesarb.net> --- kernel/power/swap.c | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/power/swap.c b/kernel/power/swap.c index 66824d7..5846a02 100644 --- a/kernel/power/swap.c +++ b/kernel/power/swap.c @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ sector_t a... 26 May 2010 21:22

config automatically switches from 32-bit to 64-bit for x86
Hello, I am trying to build 32 bit kernel image on 64-bit machine but after 'make menuconfig' it automatically switches 32-bit to 64-bit. Is this a BUG or did intentionally. How can I fix this issue. ..config (before) # # Automatically generated make config: don't edit # Linux kernel version: 2.6.34 ... 6 Jun 2010 00:32

: Fix checkstack warning in bunzip2 library
On Tue, 25 May 2010 18:37:48 -0400 Prarit Bhargava <prarit(a)redhat.com> wrote: Fix checkstack error: lib/decompress_bunzip2.c: In function ___get_next_block___: lib/decompress_bunzip2.c:511: warning: the frame size of 1932 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes byteCount, symToByte, and mtfSymbol cannot ... 26 May 2010 20:17

[PATCH 10/15] Staging: winbond: Replace C99 comments with C88
This patches wb35rx_f.h to replace all the C99 style comments (//) with C89 style (/* ... */), as reported by checkpatch.pl. Signed-off-by: Mike Sheldon <mike(a)mikeasoft.com> --- drivers/staging/winbond/wb35rx_f.h | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/winb... 26 May 2010 20:17