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Message-ID: <20081017124216.GA4470@greenwood>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:42:16 +0200
From: Uwe Hermann <uwe@...mann-uwe.de>
To: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mtk.manpages@...il.com,
linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: Fix broken references to Documentation/x86 files
Hi,
has this patch been merged into some repository? It doesn't seem to be
in Linus' linux-2.6 tree at least.
On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 07:58:57PM +0200, Uwe Hermann wrote:
> The Documentation/i386 and Documentation/x86_64 directories and their
> contents have been moved into Documentation/x86. Fix references to
> those files accordingly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@...mann-uwe.de>
> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX
> index 5b5aba4..84ae622 100644
> --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX
> +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX
> @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ i2c/
> - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed).
> i2o/
> - directory with info about the Linux I2O subsystem.
> -i386/
> +x86/i386/
> - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture.
> ia64/
> - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture.
> @@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ w1/
> - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem.
> watchdog/
> - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-)
> -x86_64/
> +x86/x86_64/
> - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines.
> zorro.txt
> - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas.
> diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 1150444..5af144c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ parameter is applicable:
> X86-32 X86-32, aka i386 architecture is enabled.
> X86-64 X86-64 architecture is enabled.
> More X86-64 boot options can be found in
> - Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt .
> + Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt .
>
> In addition, the following text indicates that the option:
>
> @@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ In addition, the following text indicates that the option:
> Parameters denoted with BOOT are actually interpreted by the boot
> loader, and have no meaning to the kernel directly.
> Do not modify the syntax of boot loader parameters without extreme
> -need or coordination with <Documentation/i386/boot.txt>.
> +need or coordination with <Documentation/x86/i386/boot.txt>.
>
> There are also arch-specific kernel-parameters not documented here.
> -See for example <Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt>.
> +See for example <Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt>.
>
> Note that ALL kernel parameters listed below are CASE SENSITIVE, and that
> a trailing = on the name of any parameter states that that parameter will
> @@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
>
> mce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception
>
> - mce=option [X86-64] See Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
> + mce=option [X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
>
> md= [HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
> See Documentation/md.txt.
> @@ -1650,7 +1650,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
> See Documentation/paride.txt.
>
> pirq= [SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
> - See Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt.
> + See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt.
>
> plip= [PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
> Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
> @@ -2231,7 +2231,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
> See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.
>
> vga= [BOOT,X86-32] Select a particular video mode
> - See Documentation/i386/boot.txt and
> + See Documentation/x86/i386/boot.txt and
> Documentation/svga.txt.
> Use vga=ask for menu.
> This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
> diff --git a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
> index 7228369..da86fd5 100644
> --- a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
> +++ b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
> @@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ static unsigned long load_bzimage(int fd)
> void *p = from_guest_phys(0x100000);
>
> /* Go back to the start of the file and read the header. It should be
> - * a Linux boot header (see Documentation/i386/boot.txt) */
> + * a Linux boot header (see Documentation/x86/i386/boot.txt) */
> lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
> read(fd, &boot, sizeof(boot));
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
> index b0c7b6c..89a2141 100644
> --- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
> @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ APICs
>
> nolapic Don't use the local APIC (alias for i386 compatibility)
>
> - pirq=... See Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt
> + pirq=... See Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt
>
> noapictimer Don't set up the APIC timer
>
> @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Non Executable Mappings
> SMP
>
> additional_cpus=NUM Allow NUM more CPUs for hotplug
> - (defaults are specified by the BIOS, see Documentation/x86_64/cpu-hotplug-spec)
> + (defaults are specified by the BIOS, see Documentation/x86/x86_64/cpu-hotplug-spec)
>
> NUMA
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/fake-numa-for-cpusets b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/fake-numa-for-cpusets
> index d1a985c..33bb566 100644
> --- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/fake-numa-for-cpusets
> +++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/fake-numa-for-cpusets
> @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ amount of system memory that are available to a certain class of tasks.
> For more information on the features of cpusets, see Documentation/cpusets.txt.
> There are a number of different configurations you can use for your needs. For
> more information on the numa=fake command line option and its various ways of
> -configuring fake nodes, see Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt.
> +configuring fake nodes, see Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt.
>
> For the purposes of this introduction, we'll assume a very primitive NUMA
> emulation setup of "numa=fake=4*512,". This will split our system memory into
>
>
> ---
>
> On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 10:30:33AM -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> > On Fri, 3 Oct 2008, Uwe Hermann wrote:
> >
> > > The Documentation/i386 and Documentation/x86_64 directories and their
> > > contents have been moved into Documentation/x86. Fix references to
> > > those files accordingly.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@...mann-uwe.de>
> > >
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
> > > index b0c7b6c..1b1512f 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
> > > +++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
> > > @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Non Executable Mappings
> > > SMP
> > >
> > > additional_cpus=NUM Allow NUM more CPUs for hotplug
> > > - (defaults are specified by the BIOS, see Documentation/x86_64/cpu-hotplug-spec)
> > > + (defaults are specified by the BIOS, see Documentation/x86/x86_64/cpu-hotplug-spec)
> >
> > This file needs one more line patched. It still contains this:
> >
> > pirq=... See Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt
> >
> > so change that one also and then you can add
> > Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
> > to it if you want to.
>
> Done, thanks. Updated patch above.
>
>
> Uwe.
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