Kernel

[RFC PATCH] create generic alignment api (v4)
Rather than re-doing the "alignment on a type size" trick all over again at different levels, import the "ltt_align" from LTTng into kernel.h and make this available to everyone. Renaming to: - object_align() - object_align_floor() - offset_align() - offset_align_floor() Changelog since v3: - optimize objec... 28 Mar 2010 21:11

linux-next: build warning after merge of the i2c tree
Hi Jean, After merging the ii2c tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc ppc64_defconfig) produced this warning: drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c:159: warning: 'i2c_legacy_suspend' defined but not used drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c:172: warning: 'i2c_legacy_resume' defined but not used Introduced by commit 592b0bd0324728fe0ac... 29 Mar 2010 11:20

Another Linux Patent Issued [7,684,347 method and apparatus for network packet capture distributed storage system]
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=merkey.INNM.&OS=IN/merkey&RS=IN/merkey Been busy. Hope everyone is well. Jeff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a ... 29 Mar 2010 18:05

linux-next: build warning after merge of the tree
Hi Dave, After merging the tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64 allmodconfig) produced this warning: drivers/net/tulip/uli526x.c: In function 'uli526x_rx_packet': drivers/net/tulip/uli526x.c:861: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast Introduced by commit ac90a149361a331f697d5aa500b... 28 Mar 2010 21:11

revert request "ide: skip probe if there are no devices on the port (v2)"
On Sunday 28 March 2010 11:27:28 pm David Fries wrote: Now that I have 2.6.34-rc2 booting it no longer detects the cdrom drive. That is looking at the kernel messages, partition dump, and after booting hdparm etc does not find the drive. I expect it is because the cdrom is a slave drive without a master o... 28 Mar 2010 17:52

drm: sysfs files error handling
, Dan Carpenter wrote: In the original code we used "j" as an iterator but we used "i" as an index. - for (j = 0; j< i; j++) - device_remove_file(&connector->kdev, -&connector_attrs[i]); I guess this really should be a attribute group anyways? Typically wh... 28 Mar 2010 17:52

[PATCH] staging: winbond: wblinux_f.h Coding style fixes v2.
I fixed whitespace and comments. Signed-off-by: Lars Lindley <lindley(a)coyote.org> --- drivers/staging/winbond/wblinux_f.h | 19 ++++++++++--------- 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/winbond/wblinux_f.h b/drivers/staging/winbond/wblinux_f.h index 868e877..0a9d214... 28 Mar 2010 16:46

Staging: line6: fixed 80 character coding style issue in midibuf.c This is a patch to the midibuf.c file that fixes up an 80 character error thrown by the checkpatch.pl tool Signed-off-by: Johan Meiring <johanmeiring@gmail.com>
On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 21:36 +0200, Johan Meiring wrote: --- drivers/staging/line6/midibuf.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/line6/midibuf.c b/drivers/staging/line6/midibuf.c index ab0a5f3..fb2658d 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/line6/m... 28 Mar 2010 16:46

[PATCH] staging: winbond: wblinux_f.h Coding style fixes.
I fixed whitespace and comments. Signed-off-by: Lars Lindley <lindley(a)coyote.org> --- drivers/staging/winbond/wblinux_f.h | 17 ++++++++--------- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/winbond/wblinux_f.h b/drivers/staging/winbond/wblinux_f.h index 868e877..50d158b 10... 28 Mar 2010 16:46

[PATCH 2/2] Staging: line6: fixed 80 character coding style issue in midibuf.c This is a patch to the midibuf.c file that fixes up an 80 character error thrown by the checkpatch.pl tool Signed-off-by: Johan Meiring <johanmeiring@gmail.com>
--- drivers/staging/line6/midibuf.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/line6/midibuf.c b/drivers/staging/line6/midibuf.c index ab0a5f3..fb2658d 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/line6/midibuf.c +++ b/drivers/staging/line6/midibuf.c @@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ int ... 28 Mar 2010 15:40