This merge changes the device switch tables from static array to
dynamically generated by config(8).
- All device switches is defined as a constant structure in device drivers.
- The new grammer ``device-major'' is introduced to ``files''.
device-major <prefix> char <num> [block <num>] [<rules>]
- All device major numbers must be listed up in port dependent majors.<arch>
by using this grammer.
- Added the new naming convention.
The name of the device switch must be <prefix>_[bc]devsw for auto-generation
of device switch tables.
- The backward compatibility of loading block/character device
switch by LKM framework is broken. This is necessary to convert
from block/character device major to device name in runtime and vice versa.
- The restriction to assign device major by LKM is completely removed.
We don't need to reserve LKM entries for dynamic loading of device switch.
- In compile time, device major numbers list is packed into the kernel and
the LKM framework will refer it to assign device major number dynamically.
counters. These counters do not exist on all CPUs, but where they
do exist, can be used for counting events such as dcache misses that
would otherwise be difficult or impossible to instrument by code
inspection or hardware simulation.
pmc(9) is meant to be a general interface. Initially, the Intel XScale
counters are the only ones supported.
Be consistant in the way that MSIZE, MCLSHIFT, MCLBYTES and NMBCLUSTERS
are defined.
Remove old VM constants from cesfic port.
Bump MSIZE to 256 on mipsco (the only one that wasn't already 256).
the platform supplies a clkread function that does something other than
return 0 (which is the default unless overridden by the platorm code).
Supply such a function for the IP22; even if it isn't perfect, it goes
a long way to making ntp usable.
While I'm at it, move the ticks-per-hz variable out of the struct platform
since it's really private to the per-platform interrupt/clock code.
XXX: No clkread function supplied for IP32, since it has other problems --
like a hardcoded ticks-per-hz, but the same code as on the IP22 could be
used.
due to its similarities.
Patch has been tested by many people on the sgimips list for some time with
no complaints.
Contributed by: Christopher SEKIYA <wileyc@rezrov.net>
line parameters, and device_register() to try to match the boot device. Works
on a Challenge S (and similar machines), but will need more work for other
SCSI adapters.
all splsoftxxx() calls block soft interrupt 1 and make spllowersoftclock()
re-enable soft interrupt 1.
XXX: This needs to be reworked so that spllowersoftclock() only turns on
softclock interrupts, not all soft interrupt. That change is coming soon.
nakayama