linux.git/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c, branch v2.6.22

[PATCH] clocksource init adjustments (fix bug #7426)

2007-03-05T15:57:53+00:00

This patch resolves the issue found here:
http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7426

The basic summary is:
Currently we register most of i386/x86_64 clocksources at module_init
time. Then we enable clocksource selection at late_initcall time. This
causes some problems for drivers that use gettimeofday for init
calibration routines (specifically the es1968 driver in this case),
where durring module_init, the only clocksource available is the low-res
jiffies clocksource. This may cause slight calibration errors, due to
the small sampling time used.

It should be noted that drivers that require fine grained time may not
function on architectures that do not have better then jiffies
resolution timekeeping (there are a few). However, this does not
discount the reasonable need for such fine-grained timekeeping at init
time.

Thus the solution here is to register clocksources earlier (ideally when
the hardware is being initialized), and then we enable clocksource
selection at fs_initcall (before device_initcall).

This patch should probably get some testing time in -mm, since
clocksource selection is one of the most important issues for correct
timekeeping, and I've only been able to test this on a few of my own
boxes.

Signed-off-by: John Stultz 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: "David S. Miller" 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] x86: Unify pcspeaker platform device code between i386/x86-64

2007-02-13T12:26:26+00:00

Trivial cleanup.

Only change is that it is always compiled in now on x86-64 like on i386.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen

[PATCH] i386: vMI backend for paravirt-ops

2007-02-13T12:26:21+00:00

Fairly straightforward implementation of VMI backend for paravirt-ops.

[Adrian Bunk: some cleanups]

Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden 
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen 
Cc: Andi Kleen 
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge 
Cc: Rusty Russell 
Cc: Chris Wright 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

[PATCH] Dynamic kernel command-line: i386

2007-02-12T17:48:38+00:00

1. Rename saved_command_line into boot_command_line.
2. Set command_line as __initdata.

Signed-off-by: Alon Bar-Lev 
Cc: Andi Kleen 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] i386: Convert some functions to __init to avoid MODPOST warnings

2007-01-11T00:52:44+00:00

o Some functions which should have been in init sections as they are called
  only once. Put them in init sections. Otherwise MODPOST generates warning
  as these functions are placed in .text and they end up accessing something
  in init sections.

WARNING: vmlinux - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:migration_init
from .text between 'do_pre_smp_initcalls' (at offset 0xc01000d1) and
'run_init_process'

Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen

[PATCH] i386: cpu hotplug/smpboot misc MODPOST warning fixes

2007-01-11T00:52:44+00:00

o Misc smpboot/cpu hotplug path cleanups. I did those to supress the
  warnings generated by MODPOST. These warnings are visible only
  if CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y.

o CONFIG_RELOCATABLE compiles the kernel with --emit-relocs option. This
  option retains relocation information in vmlinux file and MODPOST
  is quick to spit out "Section mismatch" warnings.

o This patch fixes some of those warnings. Many of the functions in
  smpboot case are __devinit type and they in turn accesses text/data which
  if of type __cpuinit. Now if CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y and CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU=n
  then we end up in cases where a function in .text segment is calling
  another function in .init.text segment and MODPOST emits warning.

WARNING: vmlinux - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:identify_cpu from .text between 'smp_store_cpu_info' (at offset 0xc011020d) and 'do_boot_cpu'
WARNING: vmlinux - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:init_gdt from .text between 'do_boot_cpu' (at offset 0xc01102ca) and '__cpu_up'
WARNING: vmlinux - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:print_cpu_info from .text between 'do_boot_cpu' (at offset 0xc01105d0) and '__cpu_up'

o It also fixes the issues where CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU=y and start_secondary()
  is calling smp_callin() which in-turn calls synchronize_tsc_ap() which is
  of type __init. This should have meant broken CPU hotplug.

WARNING: vmlinux - Section mismatch: reference to .init.data: from .text between 'start_secondary' (at offset 0xc011603f) and 'initialize_secondary'
WARNING: vmlinux - Section mismatch: reference to .init.data: from .text between 'MP_processor_info' (at offset 0xc0116a4f) and 'mp_register_lapic'
WARNING: vmlinux - Section mismatch: reference to .init.data: from .text between 'MP_processor_info' (at offset 0xc0116a4f) and 'mp_register_lapic'

Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen

[PATCH] compile error of register_memory()

2006-12-22T16:55:49+00:00

register_memory() becomes double definition in 2.6.20-rc1.  It is defined
in arch/i386/kernel/setup.c as static definition in 2.6.19.  But it is
moved to arch/i386/kernel/e820.c in 2.6.20-rc1.  And same name function is
defined in driver/base/memory.c too.  So, it becomes cause of compile error
of duplicate definition if memory hotplug option is on.

Signed-off-by: Yasunori Goto 
Cc: Andi Kleen 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6

2006-12-07T16:59:11+00:00

* 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6: (156 commits)
  [PATCH] x86-64: Export smp_call_function_single
  [PATCH] i386: Clean up smp_tune_scheduling()
  [PATCH] unwinder: move .eh_frame to RODATA
  [PATCH] unwinder: fully support linker generated .eh_frame_hdr section
  [PATCH] x86-64: don't use set_irq_regs()
  [PATCH] x86-64: check vector in setup_ioapic_dest to verify if need setup_IO_APIC_irq
  [PATCH] x86-64: Make ix86 default to HIGHMEM4G instead of NOHIGHMEM
  [PATCH] i386: replace kmalloc+memset with kzalloc
  [PATCH] x86-64: remove remaining pc98 code
  [PATCH] x86-64: remove unused variable
  [PATCH] x86-64: Fix constraints in atomic_add_return()
  [PATCH] x86-64: fix asm constraints in i386 atomic_add_return
  [PATCH] x86-64: Correct documentation for bzImage protocol v2.05
  [PATCH] x86-64: replace kmalloc+memset with kzalloc in MTRR code
  [PATCH] x86-64: Fix numaq build error
  [PATCH] x86-64: include/asm-x86_64/cpufeature.h isn't a userspace header
  [PATCH] unwinder: Add debugging output to the Dwarf2 unwinder
  [PATCH] x86-64: Clarify error message in GART code
  [PATCH] x86-64: Fix interrupt race in idle callback (3rd try)
  [PATCH] x86-64: Remove unwind stack pointer alignment forcing again
  ...

Fixed conflict in include/linux/uaccess.h manually

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] initrd: remove unused false condition for initrd_start

2006-12-07T16:39:38+00:00

After LOADER_TYPE && INITRD_START are true, the short if-condition
for INITRD_START can never be false.

Remove unused code from the else condition.

Signed-off-by: Henry Nestler 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] paravirt: header and stubs for paravirtualisation

2006-12-07T01:14:07+00:00

Create a paravirt.h header for all the critical operations which need to be
replaced with hypervisor calls, and include that instead of defining native
operations, when CONFIG_PARAVIRT.

This patch does the dumbest possible replacement of paravirtualized
instructions: calls through a "paravirt_ops" structure.  Currently these are
function implementations of native hardware: hypervisors will override the ops
structure with their own variants.

All the pv-ops functions are declared "fastcall" so that a specific
register-based ABI is used, to make inlining assember easier.

And:

+From: Andy Whitcroft 

The paravirt ops introduce a 'weak' attribute onto memory_setup().
Code ordering leads to the following warnings on x86:

    arch/i386/kernel/setup.c:651: warning: weak declaration of
                `memory_setup' after first use results in unspecified behavior

Move memory_setup() to avoid this.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell 
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright 
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen 
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge 
Cc: Zachary Amsden 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft