linux/Documentation/block, branch v2.6.28

Merge branch 'docs' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6

2008-10-16T19:18:16Z

* 'docs' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6: Document panic_on_unrecovered_nmi sysctl Add a reference to paper to SubmittingPatches Add kerneldoc documentation for new printk format extensions Remove videobook.tmpl doc: Test-by? Add the development process document Documentation/block/data-integrity.txt: Fix section numbers

Documentation/block/data-integrity.txt: Fix section numbers

2008-10-16T17:51:30Z

Signed-off-by: Alberto Bertogli Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

block: update documentation for deadline fifo_batch tunable

2008-10-09T06:56:03Z

Update the description of fifo_batch to match the current implementation, and include a description of how to tune it. Signed-off-by: Aaron Carroll Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: Data integrity infrastructure documentation

2008-07-03T11:21:13Z

Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

DOCUMENTATION: Use newer DEFINE_SPINLOCK macro in docs.

2008-04-21T22:44:50Z

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl

Add Documentation/block/00-INDEX

2007-10-16T08:11:28Z

Add Documentation/block/00-INDEX Signed-off-by: Rob Landley Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

Some IO scheduler cleanup in Documentation/block

2007-10-16T07:59:55Z

as-iosched.txt: o Changed IO scheduler selection text to a reference to the switching-sched.txt file. o Fixed typo: 'for up time...' -> 'for up to...' o Added short description of the est_time file. deadline-iosched.txt: o Changed IO scheduler selection text to a reference to the switching-sched.txt file. o Removed references to non-existent seek-cost and stream_unit. o Fixed typo: 'write_starved' -> 'writes_starved' switching-sched.txt: o Added in boot-time argument to set the default IO scheduler. (From as-iosched.txt) o Added in sysfs mount instructions. (From deadline-iosched.txt) Signed-off-by: Alan D. Brunelle Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

Update Jens Axboe's email in Documentation/*

2007-10-16T07:59:55Z

Jens Axboe's old email address bounces. Signed-off-by: Rob Landley Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

Corrections in Documentation/block/ioprio.txt

2007-10-10T07:25:57Z

The newer glibc does not allow system calls to be made via _syscallN() wrapper. They have to be made through syscall(). The ionice code used the older interface. Correcting it to use syscall. Signed-off-by: Dhaval Giani Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

Introduce rq_for_each_segment replacing rq_for_each_bio

2007-10-10T07:25:56Z

Every usage of rq_for_each_bio wraps a usage of bio_for_each_segment, so these can be combined into rq_for_each_segment. We define "struct req_iterator" to hold the 'bio' and 'index' that are needed for the double iteration. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown Various compile fixes by me... Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe