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2006-09-26Merge branch 'master' into upstreamJeff Garzik1-3/+5
2006-09-25[PATCH] bonding: Validate probe replies in ARP monitorJay Vosburgh1-0/+59
Add logic to check ARP request / reply packets used for ARP monitor link integrity checking. The current method simply examines the slave device to see if it has sent and received traffic; this can be fooled by extraneous traffic. For example, if multiple hosts running bonding are behind a common switch, the probe traffic from the multiple instances of bonding will update the tx/rx times on each other's slave devices. Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-09-24Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/net-2.6David S. Miller1-3/+5
2006-09-24[DCCP]: Allow default/fallback service code.Gerrit Renker1-3/+5
This has been discussed on dccp@vger and removes the necessity for applications to supply service codes in each and every case. If an application does not want to provide a service code, that's fine, it will be given 0. Otherwise, service codes can be set via socket options as before. This patch has been tested using various client/server configurations (including listening on multiple service codes). Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@mandriva.com>
2006-09-24Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-0/+46
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6 * 'upstream-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6: (217 commits) net/ieee80211: fix more crypto-related build breakage [PATCH] Spidernet: add ethtool -S (show statistics) [NET] GT96100: Delete bitrotting ethernet driver [PATCH] mv643xx_eth: restrict to 32-bit PPC_MULTIPLATFORM [PATCH] Cirrus Logic ep93xx ethernet driver r8169: the MMIO region of the 8167 stands behin BAR#1 e1000, ixgb: Remove pointless wrappers [PATCH] Remove powerpc specific parts of 3c509 driver [PATCH] s2io: Switch to pci_get_device [PATCH] gt96100: move to pci_get_device API [PATCH] ehea: bugfix for register access functions [PATCH] e1000 disable device on PCI error drivers/net/phy/fixed: #if 0 some incomplete code drivers/net: const-ify ethtool_ops declarations [PATCH] ethtool: allow const ethtool_ops [PATCH] sky2: big endian [PATCH] sky2: fiber support [PATCH] sky2: tx pause bug fix drivers/net: Trim trailing whitespace [PATCH] ehea: IBM eHEA Ethernet Device Driver ... Manually resolved conflicts in drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c and drivers/net/sky2.c related to CHECKSUM_HW/CHECKSUM_PARTIAL changes by commit 84fa7933a33f806bbbaae6775e87459b1ec584c0 that just happened to be next to unrelated changes in this update.
2006-09-22[IPV6] NDISC: Add proxy_ndp sysctl.YOSHIFUJI Hideaki1-0/+3
We do not always need proxy NDP functionality even we enable forwarding. Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-09-22[NetLabel]: documentationPaul Moore1-0/+35
Documentation for the NetLabel system, this includes a basic overview of how NetLabel works, how LSM developers can integrate it into their favorite LSM, as well as documentation on the CIPSO related sysctl variables. Also, due to the difficulty of finding expired IETF drafts, I am including the IETF CIPSO draft that is the basis of the NetLabel CIPSO implementation. Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-09-22[MLSXFRM]: Add security sid to flowiVenkat Yekkirala1-0/+14
This adds security to flow key for labeling of flows as also to allow for making flow cache lookups based on the security label seemless. Signed-off-by: Venkat Yekkirala <vyekkirala@TrustedCS.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-09-19Merge branch 'master' into upstreamJeff Garzik1-3/+9
2006-09-17[TCP]: Turn ABC off.Stephen Hemminger1-3/+9
Turn Appropriate Byte Count off by default because it unfairly penalizes applications that do small writes. Add better documentation to describe what it is so users will understand why they might want to turn it on. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-08-19Merge branch 'upstream-fixes' into upstreamJeff Garzik1-3/+3
2006-08-17[NET]: Terminology in ip-sysctl.txtJan "Yenya" Kasprzak1-3/+3
this minor patch fixes the description of net.ipv4.tcp_mem sysctl in ip-sysctl.txt - the headline names the values "min, pressure, max", while the description uses the "low, pressure, high" values. Both tcp_rmem and tcp_wmem descriptions use the "min, pressure, max" values, so I have changed the tcp_mem to match this and not vice versa. Signed-off-by: Jan "Yenya" Kasprzak <kas@fi.muni.cz> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-07-29[PATCH] qla3xxx NIC driverRon Mercer1-0/+46
This is a complementary network driver for our ISP4XXX parts. There is a concurrent effort underway to get the iSCSI driver (qla4xxx) integrated upstream as well. I have been through several iterations with the linux-netdev list and have had much response from Stephen Hemminger. - Built and tested using kernel 2.6.17-rc4. - The chip supports two ethernet and two iSCSI functions. - The functions ql_sem_lock, ql_sem_spinlock, ql_sem_unlock, and ql_wait_for_drvr_lock are used to protect resources that are shared across the network and iSCSI functions. This protection is mostly during chip initialization and resets, but also include link management. - The PHY/MII are not exported through ethtool due to the fact that the iSCSI function will control the common link at least 50% of the time. This driver has been through several iterations on the netdev list and we feel this driver is ready for inclusion in the upstream kernel. It has been built and tested on x86 and PPC64 platforms. Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@qlogic.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-07-03[IPVS]: Add sysctl documentationHorms1-0/+143
* Derived from http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/docs/sysctl.html, v1.4 maintained by Wensong Zhang * Adjusted preample to match ip-sysctl.txt * Sorted options into alphabetical order * Added expire_quiescent_template * Removed timeout_* which are no longer present * Incoporated doc/debug-levels.txt from IPVS source tree into description of ipvs_debug * Minor spelling fixes * Further editing more than welcome Signed-Off-By: Horms <horms@verge.net.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-06-30typo fixes in Documentation/networking/pktgen.txtAdrian Bunk1-1/+1
Three typos in only one line... Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-06-23[NET]: Require CAP_NET_ADMIN to create tuntap devices.David Woodhouse1-4/+7
The tuntap driver allows an admin to create persistent devices and assign ownership of them to individual users. Unfortunately, relaxing the permissions on the /dev/net/tun device node so that they can actually use those devices will _also_ allow those users to create arbitrary new devices of their own. This patch corrects that, and adjusts the recommended permissions for the device node accordingly. Signed-off-By: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-06-19Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds2-4/+11
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (109 commits) [ETHTOOL]: Fix UFO typo [SCTP]: Fix persistent slowdown in sctp when a gap ack consumes rx buffer. [SCTP]: Send only 1 window update SACK per message. [SCTP]: Don't do CRC32C checksum over loopback. [SCTP] Reset rtt_in_progress for the chunk when processing its sack. [SCTP]: Reject sctp packets with broadcast addresses. [SCTP]: Limit association max_retrans setting in setsockopt. [PFKEYV2]: Fix inconsistent typing in struct sadb_x_kmprivate. [IPV6]: Sum real space for RTAs. [IRDA]: Use put_unaligned() in irlmp_do_discovery(). [BRIDGE]: Add support for NETIF_F_HW_CSUM devices [NET]: Add NETIF_F_GEN_CSUM and NETIF_F_ALL_CSUM [TG3]: Convert to non-LLTX [TG3]: Remove unnecessary tx_lock [TCP]: Add tcp_slow_start_after_idle sysctl. [BNX2]: Update version and reldate [BNX2]: Use CPU native page size [BNX2]: Use compressed firmware [BNX2]: Add firmware decompression [BNX2]: Allow WoL settings on new 5708 chips ... Manual fixup for conflict in drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
2006-06-17[TCP]: Add tcp_slow_start_after_idle sysctl.David S. Miller1-0/+7
A lot of people have asked for a way to disable tcp_cwnd_restart(), and it seems reasonable to add a sysctl to do that. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-06-17[NET]: Add netif_tx_lockHerbert Xu1-4/+4
Various drivers use xmit_lock internally to synchronise with their transmission routines. They do so without setting xmit_lock_owner. This is fine as long as netpoll is not in use. With netpoll it is possible for deadlocks to occur if xmit_lock_owner isn't set. This is because if a printk occurs while xmit_lock is held and xmit_lock_owner is not set can cause netpoll to attempt to take xmit_lock recursively. While it is possible to resolve this by getting netpoll to use trylock, it is suboptimal because netpoll's sole objective is to maximise the chance of getting the printk out on the wire. So delaying or dropping the message is to be avoided as much as possible. So the only alternative is to always set xmit_lock_owner. The following patch does this by introducing the netif_tx_lock family of functions that take care of setting/unsetting xmit_lock_owner. I renamed xmit_lock to _xmit_lock to indicate that it should not be used directly. I didn't provide irq versions of the netif_tx_lock functions since xmit_lock is meant to be a BH-disabling lock. This is pretty much a straight text substitution except for a small bug fix in winbond. It currently uses netif_stop_queue/spin_unlock_wait to stop transmission. This is unsafe as an IRQ can potentially wake up the queue. So it is safer to use netif_tx_disable. The hamradio bits used spin_lock_irq but it is unnecessary as xmit_lock must never be taken in an IRQ handler. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-06-08[DOC] Update bonding documentation with sysfs infoAuke Kok1-94/+229
Bonding documentation needed an update to include sysfs specific information. This patch adds information on how to change bonding parameters at runtime using the sysfs interface. Signed-off-by: Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com>
2006-05-20Merge branch 'master' into upstreamJeff Garzik1-0/+161
2006-05-09[NET]: Add missing operstates documentation.Stefan Rompf1-0/+161
Signed-off-by: Stefan Rompf <stefan@loplof.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-04-24[PATCH] ipw2200: update version stamp to 1.1.2Zhu Yi1-3/+3
Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2006-04-24[PATCH] README.ipw2200: rename CONFIG_IPW_DEBUG to CONFIG_IPW2200_DEBUGZhu Yi1-2/+2
Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2006-04-14[XFRM]: Add documentation for async events.Jamal Hadi Salim1-0/+166
Documentation to describe asynchronous xfrm events to help people writting HA code in user space. Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-04-01BFP->BPF in Documentation/networking/tuntap.txtCal Peake1-1/+1
BFP should be BPF (BSD Packet Filter) Signed-off-by: Cal Peake <cp@absolutedigital.net> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-04-01fix typo "Suposse" -> "Suppose"Uwe Zeisberger1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Uwe Zeisberger <zeisberg@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-03-29Merge branch 'upstream' of ↵Jeff Garzik1-0/+36
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6
2006-03-28[NET]: Kill Documentation/networking/TODODavid S. Miller1-18/+0
Sorely out of date. Add the linux-net wiki web site to the NETWORKING maintainers entry, on which we maintain the current networking TODO list. Noticed by Randy Dunlap. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-28[PATCH] Typo fixesAlexey Dobriyan1-1/+1
Fix a lot of typos. Eyeballed by jmc@ in OpenBSD. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-27[PATCH] bcm43xx: update READMEMichael Buesch1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2006-03-27[PATCH] bcm43xx: Move README file to Documentation directory.Michael Buesch1-0/+36
Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mbuesch@freenet.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2006-03-26[PATCH] 3c59x: documentation updateSteffen Klassert1-39/+42
Update driver documentation. Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <klassert@mathematik.tu-chemnitz.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-25Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivialLinus Torvalds1-5/+5
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial: (21 commits) BUG_ON() Conversion in drivers/video/ BUG_ON() Conversion in drivers/parisc/ BUG_ON() Conversion in drivers/block/ BUG_ON() Conversion in sound/sparc/cs4231.c BUG_ON() Conversion in drivers/s390/block/dasd.c BUG_ON() Conversion in lib/swiotlb.c BUG_ON() Conversion in kernel/cpu.c BUG_ON() Conversion in ipc/msg.c BUG_ON() Conversion in block/elevator.c BUG_ON() Conversion in fs/coda/ BUG_ON() Conversion in fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c BUG_ON() Conversion in input/serio/hil_mlc.c BUG_ON() Conversion in md/dm-hw-handler.c BUG_ON() Conversion in md/bitmap.c The comment describing how MS_ASYNC works in msync.c is confusing rcu: undeclared variable used in documentation fix typos "wich" -> "which" typo patch for fs/ufs/super.c Fix simple typos tabify drivers/char/Makefile ...
2006-03-25[PATCH] Remove MODULE_PARMRusty Russell1-1/+1
MODULE_PARM was actually breaking: recent gcc version optimize them out as unused. It's time to replace the last users, which are generally in the most unloved drivers anyway. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-24fix typos "wich" -> "which"Uwe Zeisberger1-5/+5
Signed-off-by: Uwe Zeisberger <zeisberg@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-03-23[PKTGEN]: Add MPLS extension.Steven Whitehouse1-1/+19
Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <steve@chygwyn.com> Signed-off-by: Robert Olsson <robert.olsson@its.uu.se> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-21Merge branch 'e1000-fixes' of git://198.78.49.142/~jbrandeb/linux-2.6Jeff Garzik2-286/+492
2006-03-20[TCP]: sysctl to allow TCP window > 32767 sans wscaleRick Jones1-0/+7
Back in the dark ages, we had to be conservative and only allow 15-bit window fields if the window scale option was not negotiated. Some ancient stacks used a signed 16-bit quantity for the window field of the TCP header and would get confused. Those days are long gone, so we can use the full 16-bits by default now. There is a sysctl added so that we can still interact with such old stacks Signed-off-by: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-20[IPV4] ARP: Documentation for new arp_accept sysctl variable.Neil Horman1-0/+5
As John pointed out, I had not added documentation to describe the arp_accpet sysctl that I posted in my last patch. This patch adds that documentation. Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-20[IPV6]: ROUTE: Add accept_ra_rt_info_max_plen sysctl.YOSHIFUJI Hideaki1-0/+9
Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-20[IPV6]: ROUTE: Add router_probe_interval sysctl.YOSHIFUJI Hideaki1-0/+6
Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-20[IPV6]: ROUTE: Add accept_ra_rtr_pref sysctl.YOSHIFUJI Hideaki1-0/+6
Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-20[IPV6]: ADDRCONF: Add accept_ra_pinfo sysctl.YOSHIFUJI Hideaki1-2/+8
This controls whether we accept Prefix Information in RAs. Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-20[IPV6]: ROUTE: Add accept_ra_defrtr sysctl.YOSHIFUJI Hideaki1-0/+6
This controls whether we accept default router information in RAs. Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-17[PATCH] ipw2x00: expend Copyright to 2006Zhu Yi2-8/+8
Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2006-03-17[PATCH] ipw2200: wireless extension sensitivity threshold supportOlivier Hochreutiner1-0/+10
The patch allows the user to set the handover threshold, i.e. the number of consecutively missed beacons that will trigger a roaming attempt. The disassociation threshold is set to 3 times the handover threshold. Signed-off-by: Olivier Hochreutiner <olivier.hochreutiner@epfl.ch> Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2006-03-17[PATCH] ipw2200: print geography code upon module loadHenrik Brix Andersen1-0/+30
Given the amount of support requests for the meaning of the geography code I've written a patch for printing this information on module load no matter the debug level. I've also added a section to the README.ipw2200 file listing the geography codes and their meaning. Signed-off-by: Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2006-03-15e1000: update the readme with the latest textJesse Brandeburg1-225/+395
The text of the e1000.txt file is a little stale, lets freshen it up. (update) removed some non-kernel specific text Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
2006-03-14e100: update e100.txtJesse Brandeburg1-61/+97
Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>