Kernel

[PATCH] vesafb: use platform_driver_probe() instead of platform_driver_register()
Commit c2e13037e6794bd0d9de3f9ecabf5615f15c160b introduced a huge amount of section mismatch warnings in vesafb code. Rather than converting all of the annotations, do the obvious and revert the __init -> __devinit change, and use the recommended (in that patch) alternative to calling platform_driver_register(): ve... 26 Mar 2010 13:10

fix packet loss and massive ping spikes with PPP multi-link
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 17:02, Alan Cox <alan(a)lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote: You should be able to manage that I'm sure: Hopefully. We will see :) MODULE_PARM_DESC(ml_expode, "Set this to zero to disabling multilink \        fragmentation when talking to cisco devices"); To be exact, this is not a Lin... 26 Mar 2010 13:10

[PATCH] free_early_partial() should permit start == end
The per-CPU allocator, when using atom_size == PAGE_SIZE, may call free_area_init_partial() this way. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich(a)novell.com> --- kernel/early_res.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- linux-2.6.34-rc2/kernel/early_res.c 2010-03-25 15:23:45.000000000 +0... 26 Mar 2010 13:10

rfkill: core: add custom rfkill switch
--- On Fri, 26/3/10, Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] rfkill: core: add custom rfkill switch To: "Johannes Berg" <johannes(a)sipsolutions.net> Cc: "Pavan Savoy" <pavan_savoy(a)yahoo.co.in> Date: Friday, 26 March, 2... 26 Mar 2010 14:20

sched: Remove remaining USER_SCHED code
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 6:17 AM, Li Zefan <lizf(a)cn.fujitsu.com> wrote: This is left over from commit 7c9414385e ("sched: Remove USER_SCHED"") Cc: David Howells <dhowells(a)redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf(a)cn.fujitsu.com> Thanks for catching it. Ack for the user.c segments --- �init/Kcon... 26 Mar 2010 13:10

PROBLEM: crash on halt with 2.6.34-0.16.rc2.git0.fc14.x86_64
No analysis yet. Just passing this along. Jon. --- begin oops log --- Halting system... BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000004 IP: [<ffffffff81017e7b>] amd_pmu_cpu_offline+0x38/0x6b PGD 741d5067 PUD 77715067 PMD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP last sysfs file: /sys/devices/virt... 1 Apr 2010 03:35

[PATCH] staging: winbond: wb35tx_s.h Coding style fixes.
I fixed all reported checkpatch issues. I also removed versioning comments. I checked for oopses with Dan Carpenters strip_whitespace.pl and diff. Signed-off-by: <lindley(a)coyote.org> --- drivers/staging/winbond/wb35tx_s.h | 62 ++++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 30 deleti... 26 Mar 2010 11:58

[GIT PULL] core kernel fixes
Linus, Please pull the latest core-fixes-for-linus git tree from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git core-fixes-for-linus Thanks, Ingo ------------------> Colin Ian King (1): softlockup: Stop spurious softlockup messages due to overflow Jiri Kosina (1): ... 26 Mar 2010 11:58

netdev/fec.c: add phylib supporting to enable carrier detection
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 05:50:52PM +0800, Bryan Wu wrote: BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/457878 - removed old MII phy control code - add phylib supporting - add ethtool interface to make user space NetworkManager works Tested on Freescale i.MX51 Babbage board. This patch is bas... 31 Mar 2010 04:22

perf, x86: Add Nehelem PMU programming errata workaround
On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 14:08 +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: Subject: perf, x86: Add Nehelem PMU programming errata workaround From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra(a)chello.nl> Date: Fri Mar 26 13:59:41 CET 2010 Implement the workaround for Intel Errata AAK100 and AAP53. Also, remove the Core-i7 name for... 26 Mar 2010 11:58