Kernel

buffer_head: remove redundant test from wait_on_buffer
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/16/2010 05:51 PM, Andrew Morton wrote: And while we're there... This might make reiserfs explode. We can remove __wait_on_buffer() altogether now. For some strange reason reiserfs calls __wait_on_buffer() directly. Maybe it's passing in zero-r... 16 Apr 2010 18:26

[git pull request] ACPI patch for 2.6.34-rc4
Hi Linus, please pull from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git release fixes a popular 2.6.34-rc4 regression. This will update the files shown below. thanks! -- Len Brown Intel Open Source Technology Center ps. individual patches are available on linux-acpi@v... 16 Apr 2010 18:26

[GIT PULL] XFS update for 2.6.34-rc5
Please pull these two changes for 2.6.34-rc5. -Alex The following changes since commit dc57da3875f527b1cc195ea4ce5bd32e1e68433d: Linus Torvalds (1): Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/.../tip/linux-2.6-tip are available in the git repository at: git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs f... 16 Apr 2010 18:26

Athlon L110 CPU and powernow-k8
Hi, I have a Packard-Bell Dot-M/A which is based on an Athlon L110 CPU, and I noticed that powernow-k8 does not recognize this CPU’s frequencies, which leads to an insane power consumption, leaving it at 1,2 GHz permanently. The Gateway LT31, based on the same CPU, has the same issue, as reported Krists Kri... 16 Apr 2010 17:20

Process-shared futexes on hugepages puts the kernel in an infinite loop in 2.6.32.11; is this fixed now?
On Fri, 2010-04-16 at 23:45 +0800, r6144 wrote: Hello all, I'm having an annoying kernel bug regarding huge pages in Fedora 12: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=552257 Basically I want to use huge pages in a multithreaded number crunching program, which happens to use process-share... 20 Apr 2010 16:10

Add a global synchronization point for pvclock
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 02:37:24PM -0400, Glauber Costa wrote: In recent stress tests, it was found that pvclock-based systems could seriously warp in smp systems. Using ingo's time-warp-test.c, I could trigger a scenario as bad as 1.5mi warps a minute in some systems. (to be fair, it wasn't that bad in mos... 27 Apr 2010 14:28

Sound not transferred to docking station after resume from StR
On Friday 16 April 2010, Frans Pop wrote: With 2.6.33 and earlier the sound would always come from the external speakers connected to the docking station. But with 2.6.34-rc4 I get sound still coming from the laptop's internal speakers, which is not correct. Forgot to mention that sound does get transfer... 20 Apr 2010 16:10

[regression] Sound not transferred to docking station after resume from StR
Scenario: - suspend laptop while *un*docked, i.e. with laptop speakers in use - dock laptop - resume With 2.6.33 and earlier the sound would always come from the external speakers connected to the docking station. But with 2.6.34-rc4 I get sound still coming from the laptop's internal speakers, which is not c... 16 Apr 2010 16:12

[PATCHv4 2.6.34-rc4 4/7] mx5: Enable board specific functions for enabling USB host on Babbage
From: Dinh Nguyen <Dinh.Nguyen(a)freescale.com> This patch enables USB host functionality for Host1 and OTG port on Freescale MX51 Babbage HW. This patch contains the board specific HW initialization of the USB HW. This patch applies to 2.6.34-rc4. Signed-off-by: Dinh Nguyen <Dinh.Nguyen(a)freescale.com> --- ... 16 Apr 2010 16:12

[PATCHv4 2.6.34-rc4 7/7] mx5: Add USB to Freescale MX51 defconfig
From: Dinh Nguyen <Dinh.Nguyen(a)freescale.com> Update mx51_defconfig to include USB EHCI by default. This patch applies to 2.6.34-rc4. Signed-off-by: Dinh Nguyen <Dinh.Nguyen(a)freescale.com> --- arch/arm/configs/mx51_defconfig | 17 ++++++++++++++++- 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) dif... 16 Apr 2010 16:12