Add the rt linux 4.1.3-rt3 as base

Import the rt linux 4.1.3-rt3 as OPNFV kvm base.

It's from git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rt/linux-rt-devel.git linux-4.1.y-rt and
the base is:

commit 0917f823c59692d751951bf5ea699a2d1e2f26a2
Author: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Date:   Sat Jul 25 12:13:34 2015 +0200

    Prepare v4.1.3-rt3

    Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>

We lose all the git history this way and it's not good. We
should apply another opnfv project repo in future.

Change-Id: I87543d81c9df70d99c5001fbdf646b202c19f423
Signed-off-by: Yunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@intel.com>

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diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/00-INDEX b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/00-INDEX
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+00-INDEX
+	- this file
+README.DAC960
+	- info on Mylex DAC960/DAC1100 PCI RAID Controller Driver for Linux.
+cciss.txt
+	- info, major/minor #'s for Compaq's SMART Array Controllers.
+cpqarray.txt
+	- info on using Compaq's SMART2 Intelligent Disk Array Controllers.
+floppy.txt
+	- notes and driver options for the floppy disk driver.
+mflash.txt
+	- info on mGine m(g)flash driver for linux.
+nbd.txt
+	- info on a TCP implementation of a network block device.
+paride.txt
+	- information about the parallel port IDE subsystem.
+ramdisk.txt
+	- short guide on how to set up and use the RAM disk.
diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/README.DAC960 b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/README.DAC960
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+   Linux Driver for Mylex DAC960/AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID PCI RAID Controllers
+
+			Version 2.2.11 for Linux 2.2.19
+			Version 2.4.11 for Linux 2.4.12
+
+			      PRODUCTION RELEASE
+
+				11 October 2001
+
+			       Leonard N. Zubkoff
+			       Dandelion Digital
+			       lnz@dandelion.com
+
+	 Copyright 1998-2001 by Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com>
+
+
+				 INTRODUCTION
+
+Mylex, Inc. designs and manufactures a variety of high performance PCI RAID
+controllers.  Mylex Corporation is located at 34551 Ardenwood Blvd., Fremont,
+California 94555, USA and can be reached at 510.796.6100 or on the World Wide
+Web at http://www.mylex.com.  Mylex Technical Support can be reached by
+electronic mail at mylexsup@us.ibm.com, by voice at 510.608.2400, or by FAX at
+510.745.7715.  Contact information for offices in Europe and Japan is available
+on their Web site.
+
+The latest information on Linux support for DAC960 PCI RAID Controllers, as
+well as the most recent release of this driver, will always be available from
+my Linux Home Page at URL "http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/".  The Linux DAC960
+driver supports all current Mylex PCI RAID controllers including the new
+eXtremeRAID 2000/3000 and AcceleRAID 352/170/160 models which have an entirely
+new firmware interface from the older eXtremeRAID 1100, AcceleRAID 150/200/250,
+and DAC960PJ/PG/PU/PD/PL.  See below for a complete controller list as well as
+minimum firmware version requirements.  For simplicity, in most places this
+documentation refers to DAC960 generically rather than explicitly listing all
+the supported models.
+
+Driver bug reports should be sent via electronic mail to "lnz@dandelion.com".
+Please include with the bug report the complete configuration messages reported
+by the driver at startup, along with any subsequent system messages relevant to
+the controller's operation, and a detailed description of your system's
+hardware configuration.  Driver bugs are actually quite rare; if you encounter
+problems with disks being marked offline, for example, please contact Mylex
+Technical Support as the problem is related to the hardware configuration
+rather than the Linux driver.
+
+Please consult the RAID controller documentation for detailed information
+regarding installation and configuration of the controllers.  This document
+primarily provides information specific to the Linux support.
+
+
+				DRIVER FEATURES
+
+The DAC960 RAID controllers are supported solely as high performance RAID
+controllers, not as interfaces to arbitrary SCSI devices.  The Linux DAC960
+driver operates at the block device level, the same level as the SCSI and IDE
+drivers.  Unlike other RAID controllers currently supported on Linux, the
+DAC960 driver is not dependent on the SCSI subsystem, and hence avoids all the
+complexity and unnecessary code that would be associated with an implementation
+as a SCSI driver.  The DAC960 driver is designed for as high a performance as
+possible with no compromises or extra code for compatibility with lower
+performance devices.  The DAC960 driver includes extensive error logging and
+online configuration management capabilities.  Except for initial configuration
+of the controller and adding new disk drives, most everything can be handled
+from Linux while the system is operational.
+
+The DAC960 driver is architected to support up to 8 controllers per system.
+Each DAC960 parallel SCSI controller can support up to 15 disk drives per
+channel, for a maximum of 60 drives on a four channel controller; the fibre
+channel eXtremeRAID 3000 controller supports up to 125 disk drives per loop for
+a total of 250 drives.  The drives installed on a controller are divided into
+one or more "Drive Groups", and then each Drive Group is subdivided further
+into 1 to 32 "Logical Drives".  Each Logical Drive has a specific RAID Level
+and caching policy associated with it, and it appears to Linux as a single
+block device.  Logical Drives are further subdivided into up to 7 partitions
+through the normal Linux and PC disk partitioning schemes.  Logical Drives are
+also known as "System Drives", and Drive Groups are also called "Packs".  Both
+terms are in use in the Mylex documentation; I have chosen to standardize on
+the more generic "Logical Drive" and "Drive Group".
+
+DAC960 RAID disk devices are named in the style of the obsolete Device File
+System (DEVFS).  The device corresponding to Logical Drive D on Controller C
+is referred to as /dev/rd/cCdD, and the partitions are called /dev/rd/cCdDp1
+through /dev/rd/cCdDp7.  For example, partition 3 of Logical Drive 5 on
+Controller 2 is referred to as /dev/rd/c2d5p3.  Note that unlike with SCSI
+disks the device names will not change in the event of a disk drive failure.
+The DAC960 driver is assigned major numbers 48 - 55 with one major number per
+controller.  The 8 bits of minor number are divided into 5 bits for the Logical
+Drive and 3 bits for the partition.
+
+
+	  SUPPORTED DAC960/AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID PCI RAID CONTROLLERS
+
+The following list comprises the supported DAC960, AcceleRAID, and eXtremeRAID
+PCI RAID Controllers as of the date of this document.  It is recommended that
+anyone purchasing a Mylex PCI RAID Controller not in the following table
+contact the author beforehand to verify that it is or will be supported.
+
+eXtremeRAID 3000
+	    1 Wide Ultra-2/LVD SCSI channel
+	    2 External Fibre FC-AL channels
+	    233MHz StrongARM SA 110 Processor
+	    64 Bit 33MHz PCI (backward compatible with 32 Bit PCI slots)
+	    32MB/64MB ECC SDRAM Memory
+
+eXtremeRAID 2000
+	    4 Wide Ultra-160 LVD SCSI channels
+	    233MHz StrongARM SA 110 Processor
+	    64 Bit 33MHz PCI (backward compatible with 32 Bit PCI slots)
+	    32MB/64MB ECC SDRAM Memory
+
+AcceleRAID 352
+	    2 Wide Ultra-160 LVD SCSI channels
+	    100MHz Intel i960RN RISC Processor
+	    64 Bit 33MHz PCI (backward compatible with 32 Bit PCI slots)
+	    32MB/64MB ECC SDRAM Memory
+
+AcceleRAID 170
+	    1 Wide Ultra-160 LVD SCSI channel
+	    100MHz Intel i960RM RISC Processor
+	    16MB/32MB/64MB ECC SDRAM Memory
+
+AcceleRAID 160 (AcceleRAID 170LP)
+	    1 Wide Ultra-160 LVD SCSI channel
+	    100MHz Intel i960RS RISC Processor
+	    Built in 16M ECC SDRAM Memory
+	    PCI Low Profile Form Factor - fit for 2U height
+
+eXtremeRAID 1100 (DAC1164P)
+	    3 Wide Ultra-2/LVD SCSI channels
+	    233MHz StrongARM SA 110 Processor
+	    64 Bit 33MHz PCI (backward compatible with 32 Bit PCI slots)
+	    16MB/32MB/64MB Parity SDRAM Memory with Battery Backup
+
+AcceleRAID 250 (DAC960PTL1)
+	    Uses onboard Symbios SCSI chips on certain motherboards
+	    Also includes one onboard Wide Ultra-2/LVD SCSI Channel
+	    66MHz Intel i960RD RISC Processor
+	    4MB/8MB/16MB/32MB/64MB/128MB ECC EDO Memory
+
+AcceleRAID 200 (DAC960PTL0)
+	    Uses onboard Symbios SCSI chips on certain motherboards
+	    Includes no onboard SCSI Channels
+	    66MHz Intel i960RD RISC Processor
+	    4MB/8MB/16MB/32MB/64MB/128MB ECC EDO Memory
+
+AcceleRAID 150 (DAC960PRL)
+	    Uses onboard Symbios SCSI chips on certain motherboards
+	    Also includes one onboard Wide Ultra-2/LVD SCSI Channel
+	    33MHz Intel i960RP RISC Processor
+	    4MB Parity EDO Memory
+
+DAC960PJ    1/2/3 Wide Ultra SCSI-3 Channels
+	    66MHz Intel i960RD RISC Processor
+	    4MB/8MB/16MB/32MB/64MB/128MB ECC EDO Memory
+
+DAC960PG    1/2/3 Wide Ultra SCSI-3 Channels
+	    33MHz Intel i960RP RISC Processor
+	    4MB/8MB ECC EDO Memory
+
+DAC960PU    1/2/3 Wide Ultra SCSI-3 Channels
+	    Intel i960CF RISC Processor
+	    4MB/8MB EDRAM or 2MB/4MB/8MB/16MB/32MB DRAM Memory
+
+DAC960PD    1/2/3 Wide Fast SCSI-2 Channels
+	    Intel i960CF RISC Processor
+	    4MB/8MB EDRAM or 2MB/4MB/8MB/16MB/32MB DRAM Memory
+
+DAC960PL    1/2/3 Wide Fast SCSI-2 Channels
+	    Intel i960 RISC Processor
+	    2MB/4MB/8MB/16MB/32MB DRAM Memory
+
+DAC960P	    1/2/3 Wide Fast SCSI-2 Channels
+	    Intel i960 RISC Processor
+	    2MB/4MB/8MB/16MB/32MB DRAM Memory
+
+For the eXtremeRAID 2000/3000 and AcceleRAID 352/170/160, firmware version
+6.00-01 or above is required.
+
+For the eXtremeRAID 1100, firmware version 5.06-0-52 or above is required.
+
+For the AcceleRAID 250, 200, and 150, firmware version 4.06-0-57 or above is
+required.
+
+For the DAC960PJ and DAC960PG, firmware version 4.06-0-00 or above is required.
+
+For the DAC960PU, DAC960PD, DAC960PL, and DAC960P, either firmware version
+3.51-0-04 or above is required (for dual Flash ROM controllers), or firmware
+version 2.73-0-00 or above is required (for single Flash ROM controllers)
+
+Please note that not all SCSI disk drives are suitable for use with DAC960
+controllers, and only particular firmware versions of any given model may
+actually function correctly.  Similarly, not all motherboards have a BIOS that
+properly initializes the AcceleRAID 250, AcceleRAID 200, AcceleRAID 150,
+DAC960PJ, and DAC960PG because the Intel i960RD/RP is a multi-function device.
+If in doubt, contact Mylex RAID Technical Support (mylexsup@us.ibm.com) to
+verify compatibility.  Mylex makes available a hard disk compatibility list at
+http://www.mylex.com/support/hdcomp/hd-lists.html.
+
+
+			      DRIVER INSTALLATION
+
+This distribution was prepared for Linux kernel version 2.2.19 or 2.4.12.
+
+To install the DAC960 RAID driver, you may use the following commands,
+replacing "/usr/src" with wherever you keep your Linux kernel source tree:
+
+  cd /usr/src
+  tar -xvzf DAC960-2.2.11.tar.gz (or DAC960-2.4.11.tar.gz)
+  mv README.DAC960 linux/Documentation
+  mv DAC960.[ch] linux/drivers/block
+  patch -p0 < DAC960.patch (if DAC960.patch is included)
+  cd linux
+  make config
+  make bzImage (or zImage)
+
+Then install "arch/x86/boot/bzImage" or "arch/x86/boot/zImage" as your
+standard kernel, run lilo if appropriate, and reboot.
+
+To create the necessary devices in /dev, the "make_rd" script included in
+"DAC960-Utilities.tar.gz" from http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/ may be used.
+LILO 21 and FDISK v2.9 include DAC960 support; also included in this archive
+are patches to LILO 20 and FDISK v2.8 that add DAC960 support, along with
+statically linked executables of LILO and FDISK.  This modified version of LILO
+will allow booting from a DAC960 controller and/or mounting the root file
+system from a DAC960.
+
+Red Hat Linux 6.0 and SuSE Linux 6.1 include support for Mylex PCI RAID
+controllers.  Installing directly onto a DAC960 may be problematic from other
+Linux distributions until their installation utilities are updated.
+
+
+			      INSTALLATION NOTES
+
+Before installing Linux or adding DAC960 logical drives to an existing Linux
+system, the controller must first be configured to provide one or more logical
+drives using the BIOS Configuration Utility or DACCF.  Please note that since
+there are only at most 6 usable partitions on each logical drive, systems
+requiring more partitions should subdivide a drive group into multiple logical
+drives, each of which can have up to 6 usable partitions.  Also, note that with
+large disk arrays it is advisable to enable the 8GB BIOS Geometry (255/63)
+rather than accepting the default 2GB BIOS Geometry (128/32); failing to so do
+will cause the logical drive geometry to have more than 65535 cylinders which
+will make it impossible for FDISK to be used properly.  The 8GB BIOS Geometry
+can be enabled by configuring the DAC960 BIOS, which is accessible via Alt-M
+during the BIOS initialization sequence.
+
+For maximum performance and the most efficient E2FSCK performance, it is
+recommended that EXT2 file systems be built with a 4KB block size and 16 block
+stride to match the DAC960 controller's 64KB default stripe size.  The command
+"mke2fs -b 4096 -R stride=16 <device>" is appropriate.  Unless there will be a
+large number of small files on the file systems, it is also beneficial to add
+the "-i 16384" option to increase the bytes per inode parameter thereby
+reducing the file system metadata.  Finally, on systems that will only be run
+with Linux 2.2 or later kernels it is beneficial to enable sparse superblocks
+with the "-s 1" option.
+
+
+		      DAC960 ANNOUNCEMENTS MAILING LIST
+
+The DAC960 Announcements Mailing List provides a forum for informing Linux
+users of new driver releases and other announcements regarding Linux support
+for DAC960 PCI RAID Controllers.  To join the mailing list, send a message to
+"dac960-announce-request@dandelion.com" with the line "subscribe" in the
+message body.
+
+
+		CONTROLLER CONFIGURATION AND STATUS MONITORING
+
+The DAC960 RAID controllers running firmware 4.06 or above include a Background
+Initialization facility so that system downtime is minimized both for initial
+installation and subsequent configuration of additional storage.  The BIOS
+Configuration Utility (accessible via Alt-R during the BIOS initialization
+sequence) is used to quickly configure the controller, and then the logical
+drives that have been created are available for immediate use even while they
+are still being initialized by the controller.  The primary need for online
+configuration and status monitoring is then to avoid system downtime when disk
+drives fail and must be replaced.  Mylex's online monitoring and configuration
+utilities are being ported to Linux and will become available at some point in
+the future.  Note that with a SAF-TE (SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclosure)
+enclosure, the controller is able to rebuild failed drives automatically as
+soon as a drive replacement is made available.
+
+The primary interfaces for controller configuration and status monitoring are
+special files created in the /proc/rd/... hierarchy along with the normal
+system console logging mechanism.  Whenever the system is operating, the DAC960
+driver queries each controller for status information every 10 seconds, and
+checks for additional conditions every 60 seconds.  The initial status of each
+controller is always available for controller N in /proc/rd/cN/initial_status,
+and the current status as of the last status monitoring query is available in
+/proc/rd/cN/current_status.  In addition, status changes are also logged by the
+driver to the system console and will appear in the log files maintained by
+syslog.  The progress of asynchronous rebuild or consistency check operations
+is also available in /proc/rd/cN/current_status, and progress messages are
+logged to the system console at most every 60 seconds.
+
+Starting with the 2.2.3/2.0.3 versions of the driver, the status information
+available in /proc/rd/cN/initial_status and /proc/rd/cN/current_status has been
+augmented to include the vendor, model, revision, and serial number (if
+available) for each physical device found connected to the controller:
+
+***** DAC960 RAID Driver Version 2.2.3 of 19 August 1999 *****
+Copyright 1998-1999 by Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com>
+Configuring Mylex DAC960PRL PCI RAID Controller
+  Firmware Version: 4.07-0-07, Channels: 1, Memory Size: 16MB
+  PCI Bus: 1, Device: 4, Function: 1, I/O Address: Unassigned
+  PCI Address: 0xFE300000 mapped at 0xA0800000, IRQ Channel: 21
+  Controller Queue Depth: 128, Maximum Blocks per Command: 128
+  Driver Queue Depth: 127, Maximum Scatter/Gather Segments: 33
+  Stripe Size: 64KB, Segment Size: 8KB, BIOS Geometry: 255/63
+  SAF-TE Enclosure Management Enabled
+  Physical Devices:
+    0:0  Vendor: IBM       Model: DRVS09D           Revision: 0270
+         Serial Number:       68016775HA
+         Disk Status: Online, 17928192 blocks
+    0:1  Vendor: IBM       Model: DRVS09D           Revision: 0270
+         Serial Number:       68004E53HA
+         Disk Status: Online, 17928192 blocks
+    0:2  Vendor: IBM       Model: DRVS09D           Revision: 0270
+         Serial Number:       13013935HA
+         Disk Status: Online, 17928192 blocks
+    0:3  Vendor: IBM       Model: DRVS09D           Revision: 0270
+         Serial Number:       13016897HA
+         Disk Status: Online, 17928192 blocks
+    0:4  Vendor: IBM       Model: DRVS09D           Revision: 0270
+         Serial Number:       68019905HA
+         Disk Status: Online, 17928192 blocks
+    0:5  Vendor: IBM       Model: DRVS09D           Revision: 0270
+         Serial Number:       68012753HA
+         Disk Status: Online, 17928192 blocks
+    0:6  Vendor: ESG-SHV   Model: SCA HSBP M6       Revision: 0.61
+  Logical Drives:
+    /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Online, 89640960 blocks, Write Thru
+  No Rebuild or Consistency Check in Progress
+
+To simplify the monitoring process for custom software, the special file
+/proc/rd/status returns "OK" when all DAC960 controllers in the system are
+operating normally and no failures have occurred, or "ALERT" if any logical
+drives are offline or critical or any non-standby physical drives are dead.
+
+Configuration commands for controller N are available via the special file
+/proc/rd/cN/user_command.  A human readable command can be written to this
+special file to initiate a configuration operation, and the results of the
+operation can then be read back from the special file in addition to being
+logged to the system console.  The shell command sequence
+
+  echo "<configuration-command>" > /proc/rd/c0/user_command
+  cat /proc/rd/c0/user_command
+
+is typically used to execute configuration commands.  The configuration
+commands are:
+
+  flush-cache
+
+    The "flush-cache" command flushes the controller's cache.  The system
+    automatically flushes the cache at shutdown or if the driver module is
+    unloaded, so this command is only needed to be certain a write back cache
+    is flushed to disk before the system is powered off by a command to a UPS.
+    Note that the flush-cache command also stops an asynchronous rebuild or
+    consistency check, so it should not be used except when the system is being
+    halted.
+
+  kill <channel>:<target-id>
+
+    The "kill" command marks the physical drive <channel>:<target-id> as DEAD.
+    This command is provided primarily for testing, and should not be used
+    during normal system operation.
+
+  make-online <channel>:<target-id>
+
+    The "make-online" command changes the physical drive <channel>:<target-id>
+    from status DEAD to status ONLINE.  In cases where multiple physical drives
+    have been killed simultaneously, this command may be used to bring all but
+    one of them back online, after which a rebuild to the final drive is
+    necessary.
+
+    Warning: make-online should only be used on a dead physical drive that is
+    an active part of a drive group, never on a standby drive.  The command
+    should never be used on a dead drive that is part of a critical logical
+    drive; rebuild should be used if only a single drive is dead.
+
+  make-standby <channel>:<target-id>
+
+    The "make-standby" command changes physical drive <channel>:<target-id>
+    from status DEAD to status STANDBY.  It should only be used in cases where
+    a dead drive was replaced after an automatic rebuild was performed onto a
+    standby drive.  It cannot be used to add a standby drive to the controller
+    configuration if one was not created initially; the BIOS Configuration
+    Utility must be used for that currently.
+
+  rebuild <channel>:<target-id>
+
+    The "rebuild" command initiates an asynchronous rebuild onto physical drive
+    <channel>:<target-id>.  It should only be used when a dead drive has been
+    replaced.
+
+  check-consistency <logical-drive-number>
+
+    The "check-consistency" command initiates an asynchronous consistency check
+    of <logical-drive-number> with automatic restoration.  It can be used
+    whenever it is desired to verify the consistency of the redundancy
+    information.
+
+  cancel-rebuild
+  cancel-consistency-check
+
+    The "cancel-rebuild" and "cancel-consistency-check" commands cancel any
+    rebuild or consistency check operations previously initiated.
+
+
+	       EXAMPLE I - DRIVE FAILURE WITHOUT A STANDBY DRIVE
+
+The following annotated logs demonstrate the controller configuration and and
+online status monitoring capabilities of the Linux DAC960 Driver.  The test
+configuration comprises 6 1GB Quantum Atlas I disk drives on two channels of a
+DAC960PJ controller.  The physical drives are configured into a single drive
+group without a standby drive, and the drive group has been configured into two
+logical drives, one RAID-5 and one RAID-6.  Note that these logs are from an
+earlier version of the driver and the messages have changed somewhat with newer
+releases, but the functionality remains similar.  First, here is the current
+status of the RAID configuration:
+
+gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
+***** DAC960 RAID Driver Version 2.0.0 of 23 March 1999 *****
+Copyright 1998-1999 by Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com>
+Configuring Mylex DAC960PJ PCI RAID Controller
+  Firmware Version: 4.06-0-08, Channels: 3, Memory Size: 8MB
+  PCI Bus: 0, Device: 19, Function: 1, I/O Address: Unassigned
+  PCI Address: 0xFD4FC000 mapped at 0x8807000, IRQ Channel: 9
+  Controller Queue Depth: 128, Maximum Blocks per Command: 128
+  Driver Queue Depth: 127, Maximum Scatter/Gather Segments: 33
+  Stripe Size: 64KB, Segment Size: 8KB, BIOS Geometry: 255/63
+  Physical Devices:
+    0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    1:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+  Logical Drives:
+    /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Online, 5498880 blocks, Write Thru
+    /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Online, 3305472 blocks, Write Thru
+  No Rebuild or Consistency Check in Progress
+
+gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/status
+OK
+
+The above messages indicate that everything is healthy, and /proc/rd/status
+returns "OK" indicating that there are no problems with any DAC960 controller
+in the system.  For demonstration purposes, while I/O is active Physical Drive
+1:1 is now disconnected, simulating a drive failure.  The failure is noted by
+the driver within 10 seconds of the controller's having detected it, and the
+driver logs the following console status messages indicating that Logical
+Drives 0 and 1 are now CRITICAL as a result of Physical Drive 1:1 being DEAD:
+
+DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:2 Error Log: Sense Key = 6, ASC = 29, ASCQ = 02
+DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:3 Error Log: Sense Key = 6, ASC = 29, ASCQ = 02
+DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:1 killed because of timeout on SCSI command
+DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:1 is now DEAD
+DAC960#0: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) is now CRITICAL
+DAC960#0: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) is now CRITICAL
+
+The Sense Keys logged here are just Check Condition / Unit Attention conditions
+arising from a SCSI bus reset that is forced by the controller during its error
+recovery procedures.  Concurrently with the above, the driver status available
+from /proc/rd also reflects the drive failure.  The status message in
+/proc/rd/status has changed from "OK" to "ALERT":
+
+gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/status
+ALERT
+
+and /proc/rd/c0/current_status has been updated:
+
+gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
+  ...
+  Physical Devices:
+    0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    1:1 - Disk: Dead, 2201600 blocks
+    1:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+  Logical Drives:
+    /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Critical, 5498880 blocks, Write Thru
+    /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Critical, 3305472 blocks, Write Thru
+  No Rebuild or Consistency Check in Progress
+
+Since there are no standby drives configured, the system can continue to access
+the logical drives in a performance degraded mode until the failed drive is
+replaced and a rebuild operation completed to restore the redundancy of the
+logical drives.  Once Physical Drive 1:1 is replaced with a properly
+functioning drive, or if the physical drive was killed without having failed
+(e.g., due to electrical problems on the SCSI bus), the user can instruct the
+controller to initiate a rebuild operation onto the newly replaced drive:
+
+gwynedd:/u/lnz# echo "rebuild 1:1" > /proc/rd/c0/user_command
+gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/user_command
+Rebuild of Physical Drive 1:1 Initiated
+
+The echo command instructs the controller to initiate an asynchronous rebuild
+operation onto Physical Drive 1:1, and the status message that results from the
+operation is then available for reading from /proc/rd/c0/user_command, as well
+as being logged to the console by the driver.
+
+Within 10 seconds of this command the driver logs the initiation of the
+asynchronous rebuild operation:
+
+DAC960#0: Rebuild of Physical Drive 1:1 Initiated
+DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:1 Error Log: Sense Key = 6, ASC = 29, ASCQ = 01
+DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:1 is now WRITE-ONLY
+DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 1% completed
+
+and /proc/rd/c0/current_status is updated:
+
+gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
+  ...
+  Physical Devices:
+    0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    1:1 - Disk: Write-Only, 2201600 blocks
+    1:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+  Logical Drives:
+    /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Critical, 5498880 blocks, Write Thru
+    /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Critical, 3305472 blocks, Write Thru
+  Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 6% completed
+
+As the rebuild progresses, the current status in /proc/rd/c0/current_status is
+updated every 10 seconds:
+
+gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
+  ...
+  Physical Devices:
+    0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    1:1 - Disk: Write-Only, 2201600 blocks
+    1:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+  Logical Drives:
+    /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Critical, 5498880 blocks, Write Thru
+    /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Critical, 3305472 blocks, Write Thru
+  Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 15% completed
+
+and every minute a progress message is logged to the console by the driver:
+
+DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 32% completed
+DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 63% completed
+DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 94% completed
+DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) 94% completed
+
+Finally, the rebuild completes successfully.  The driver logs the status of the 
+logical and physical drives and the rebuild completion:
+
+DAC960#0: Rebuild Completed Successfully
+DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:1 is now ONLINE
+DAC960#0: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) is now ONLINE
+DAC960#0: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) is now ONLINE
+
+/proc/rd/c0/current_status is updated:
+
+gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
+  ...
+  Physical Devices:
+    0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    1:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+  Logical Drives:
+    /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Online, 5498880 blocks, Write Thru
+    /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Online, 3305472 blocks, Write Thru
+  Rebuild Completed Successfully
+
+and /proc/rd/status indicates that everything is healthy once again:
+
+gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/status
+OK
+
+
+		EXAMPLE II - DRIVE FAILURE WITH A STANDBY DRIVE
+
+The following annotated logs demonstrate the controller configuration and and
+online status monitoring capabilities of the Linux DAC960 Driver.  The test
+configuration comprises 6 1GB Quantum Atlas I disk drives on two channels of a
+DAC960PJ controller.  The physical drives are configured into a single drive
+group with a standby drive, and the drive group has been configured into two
+logical drives, one RAID-5 and one RAID-6.  Note that these logs are from an
+earlier version of the driver and the messages have changed somewhat with newer
+releases, but the functionality remains similar.  First, here is the current
+status of the RAID configuration:
+
+gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
+***** DAC960 RAID Driver Version 2.0.0 of 23 March 1999 *****
+Copyright 1998-1999 by Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com>
+Configuring Mylex DAC960PJ PCI RAID Controller
+  Firmware Version: 4.06-0-08, Channels: 3, Memory Size: 8MB
+  PCI Bus: 0, Device: 19, Function: 1, I/O Address: Unassigned
+  PCI Address: 0xFD4FC000 mapped at 0x8807000, IRQ Channel: 9
+  Controller Queue Depth: 128, Maximum Blocks per Command: 128
+  Driver Queue Depth: 127, Maximum Scatter/Gather Segments: 33
+  Stripe Size: 64KB, Segment Size: 8KB, BIOS Geometry: 255/63
+  Physical Devices:
+    0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    1:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    1:3 - Disk: Standby, 2201600 blocks
+  Logical Drives:
+    /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Online, 4399104 blocks, Write Thru
+    /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Online, 2754560 blocks, Write Thru
+  No Rebuild or Consistency Check in Progress
+
+gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/status
+OK
+
+The above messages indicate that everything is healthy, and /proc/rd/status
+returns "OK" indicating that there are no problems with any DAC960 controller
+in the system.  For demonstration purposes, while I/O is active Physical Drive
+1:2 is now disconnected, simulating a drive failure.  The failure is noted by
+the driver within 10 seconds of the controller's having detected it, and the
+driver logs the following console status messages:
+
+DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:1 Error Log: Sense Key = 6, ASC = 29, ASCQ = 02
+DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:3 Error Log: Sense Key = 6, ASC = 29, ASCQ = 02
+DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:2 killed because of timeout on SCSI command
+DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:2 is now DEAD
+DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:2 killed because it was removed
+DAC960#0: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) is now CRITICAL
+DAC960#0: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) is now CRITICAL
+
+Since a standby drive is configured, the controller automatically begins
+rebuilding onto the standby drive:
+
+DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:3 is now WRITE-ONLY
+DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 4% completed
+
+Concurrently with the above, the driver status available from /proc/rd also
+reflects the drive failure and automatic rebuild.  The status message in
+/proc/rd/status has changed from "OK" to "ALERT":
+
+gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/status
+ALERT
+
+and /proc/rd/c0/current_status has been updated:
+
+gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
+  ...
+  Physical Devices:
+    0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    1:2 - Disk: Dead, 2201600 blocks
+    1:3 - Disk: Write-Only, 2201600 blocks
+  Logical Drives:
+    /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Critical, 4399104 blocks, Write Thru
+    /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Critical, 2754560 blocks, Write Thru
+  Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 4% completed
+
+As the rebuild progresses, the current status in /proc/rd/c0/current_status is
+updated every 10 seconds:
+
+gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
+  ...
+  Physical Devices:
+    0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    1:2 - Disk: Dead, 2201600 blocks
+    1:3 - Disk: Write-Only, 2201600 blocks
+  Logical Drives:
+    /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Critical, 4399104 blocks, Write Thru
+    /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Critical, 2754560 blocks, Write Thru
+  Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 40% completed
+
+and every minute a progress message is logged on the console by the driver:
+
+DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 40% completed
+DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 76% completed
+DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) 66% completed
+DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) 84% completed
+
+Finally, the rebuild completes successfully.  The driver logs the status of the 
+logical and physical drives and the rebuild completion:
+
+DAC960#0: Rebuild Completed Successfully
+DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:3 is now ONLINE
+DAC960#0: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) is now ONLINE
+DAC960#0: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) is now ONLINE
+
+/proc/rd/c0/current_status is updated:
+
+***** DAC960 RAID Driver Version 2.0.0 of 23 March 1999 *****
+Copyright 1998-1999 by Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com>
+Configuring Mylex DAC960PJ PCI RAID Controller
+  Firmware Version: 4.06-0-08, Channels: 3, Memory Size: 8MB
+  PCI Bus: 0, Device: 19, Function: 1, I/O Address: Unassigned
+  PCI Address: 0xFD4FC000 mapped at 0x8807000, IRQ Channel: 9
+  Controller Queue Depth: 128, Maximum Blocks per Command: 128
+  Driver Queue Depth: 127, Maximum Scatter/Gather Segments: 33
+  Stripe Size: 64KB, Segment Size: 8KB, BIOS Geometry: 255/63
+  Physical Devices:
+    0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    1:2 - Disk: Dead, 2201600 blocks
+    1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+  Logical Drives:
+    /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Online, 4399104 blocks, Write Thru
+    /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Online, 2754560 blocks, Write Thru
+  Rebuild Completed Successfully
+
+and /proc/rd/status indicates that everything is healthy once again:
+
+gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/status
+OK
+
+Note that the absence of a viable standby drive does not create an "ALERT"
+status.  Once dead Physical Drive 1:2 has been replaced, the controller must be
+told that this has occurred and that the newly replaced drive should become the
+new standby drive:
+
+gwynedd:/u/lnz# echo "make-standby 1:2" > /proc/rd/c0/user_command
+gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/user_command
+Make Standby of Physical Drive 1:2 Succeeded
+
+The echo command instructs the controller to make Physical Drive 1:2 into a
+standby drive, and the status message that results from the operation is then
+available for reading from /proc/rd/c0/user_command, as well as being logged to
+the console by the driver.  Within 60 seconds of this command the driver logs:
+
+DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:2 Error Log: Sense Key = 6, ASC = 29, ASCQ = 01
+DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:2 is now STANDBY
+DAC960#0: Make Standby of Physical Drive 1:2 Succeeded
+
+and /proc/rd/c0/current_status is updated:
+
+gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status
+  ...
+  Physical Devices:
+    0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+    1:2 - Disk: Standby, 2201600 blocks
+    1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks
+  Logical Drives:
+    /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Online, 4399104 blocks, Write Thru
+    /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Online, 2754560 blocks, Write Thru
+  Rebuild Completed Successfully
diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b79d0a13e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+This driver is for Compaq's SMART Array Controllers.
+
+Supported Cards:
+----------------
+
+This driver is known to work with the following cards:
+
+	* SA 5300
+	* SA 5i 
+	* SA 532
+	* SA 5312
+	* SA 641
+	* SA 642
+	* SA 6400
+	* SA 6400 U320 Expansion Module
+	* SA 6i
+	* SA P600
+	* SA P800
+	* SA E400
+	* SA P400i
+	* SA E200
+	* SA E200i
+	* SA E500
+	* SA P700m
+	* SA P212
+	* SA P410
+	* SA P410i
+	* SA P411
+	* SA P812
+	* SA P712m
+	* SA P711m
+
+Detecting drive failures:
+-------------------------
+
+To get the status of logical volumes and to detect physical drive
+failures, you can use the cciss_vol_status program found here:
+http://cciss.sourceforge.net/#cciss_utils
+
+Device Naming:
+--------------
+
+If nodes are not already created in the /dev/cciss directory, run as root:
+
+# cd /dev
+# ./MAKEDEV cciss
+
+You need some entries in /dev for the cciss device.  The MAKEDEV script
+can make device nodes for you automatically.  Currently the device setup
+is as follows:
+
+Major numbers:
+	104	cciss0	
+	105	cciss1	
+	106	cciss2
+	105	cciss3
+	108	cciss4
+	109	cciss5
+	110	cciss6
+	111	cciss7
+
+Minor numbers:
+        b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0
+        |----+----| |----+----|
+             |           |
+             |           +-------- Partition ID (0=wholedev, 1-15 partition)
+             |
+             +-------------------- Logical Volume number
+
+The device naming scheme is:
+/dev/cciss/c0d0			Controller 0, disk 0, whole device
+/dev/cciss/c0d0p1		Controller 0, disk 0, partition 1
+/dev/cciss/c0d0p2		Controller 0, disk 0, partition 2
+/dev/cciss/c0d0p3		Controller 0, disk 0, partition 3
+
+/dev/cciss/c1d1			Controller 1, disk 1, whole device
+/dev/cciss/c1d1p1		Controller 1, disk 1, partition 1
+/dev/cciss/c1d1p2		Controller 1, disk 1, partition 2
+/dev/cciss/c1d1p3		Controller 1, disk 1, partition 3
+
+CCISS simple mode support
+-------------------------
+
+The "cciss_simple_mode=1" boot parameter may be used to prevent the driver
+from putting the controller into "performant" mode. The difference is that
+with simple mode, each command completion requires an interrupt, while with
+"performant mode" (the default, and ordinarily better performing) it is
+possible to have multiple command completions indicated by a single
+interrupt.
+
+SCSI tape drive and medium changer support
+------------------------------------------
+
+SCSI sequential access devices and medium changer devices are supported and 
+appropriate device nodes are automatically created.  (e.g.  
+/dev/st0, /dev/st1, etc.  See the "st" man page for more details.) 
+You must enable "SCSI tape drive support for Smart Array 5xxx" and 
+"SCSI support" in your kernel configuration to be able to use SCSI
+tape drives with your Smart Array 5xxx controller.
+
+Additionally, note that the driver will engage the SCSI core at init
+time if any tape drives or medium changers are detected.  The driver may
+also be directed to dynamically engage the SCSI core via the /proc filesystem
+entry which the "block" side of the driver creates as
+/proc/driver/cciss/cciss* at runtime.  This is best done via a script.
+
+For example:
+
+	for x in /proc/driver/cciss/cciss[0-9]*
+	do
+		echo "engage scsi" > $x
+	done
+
+Once the SCSI core is engaged by the driver, it cannot be disengaged 
+(except by unloading the driver, if it happens to be linked as a module.)
+
+Note also that if no sequential access devices or medium changers are
+detected, the SCSI core will not be engaged by the action of the above
+script.
+
+Hot plug support for SCSI tape drives
+-------------------------------------
+
+Hot plugging of SCSI tape drives is supported, with some caveats.
+The cciss driver must be informed that changes to the SCSI bus
+have been made.  This may be done via the /proc filesystem.
+For example:
+
+	echo "rescan" > /proc/scsi/cciss0/1
+
+This causes the driver to query the adapter about changes to the
+physical SCSI buses and/or fibre channel arbitrated loop and the
+driver to make note of any new or removed sequential access devices
+or medium changers.  The driver will output messages indicating what 
+devices have been added or removed and the controller, bus, target and 
+lun used to address the device.  It then notifies the SCSI mid layer
+of these changes.
+
+Note that the naming convention of the /proc filesystem entries 
+contains a number in addition to the driver name.  (E.g. "cciss0" 
+instead of just "cciss" which you might expect.)
+
+Note: ONLY sequential access devices and medium changers are presented 
+as SCSI devices to the SCSI mid layer by the cciss driver.  Specifically, 
+physical SCSI disk drives are NOT presented to the SCSI mid layer.  The 
+physical SCSI disk drives are controlled directly by the array controller 
+hardware and it is important to prevent the kernel from attempting to directly
+access these devices too, as if the array controller were merely a SCSI 
+controller in the same way that we are allowing it to access SCSI tape drives.
+
+SCSI error handling for tape drives and medium changers
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+The linux SCSI mid layer provides an error handling protocol which
+kicks into gear whenever a SCSI command fails to complete within a
+certain amount of time (which can vary depending on the command).
+The cciss driver participates in this protocol to some extent.  The
+normal protocol is a four step process.  First the device is told
+to abort the command.  If that doesn't work, the device is reset.
+If that doesn't work, the SCSI bus is reset.  If that doesn't work
+the host bus adapter is reset.  Because the cciss driver is a block
+driver as well as a SCSI driver and only the tape drives and medium
+changers are presented to the SCSI mid layer, and unlike more 
+straightforward SCSI drivers, disk i/o continues through the block
+side during the SCSI error recovery process, the cciss driver only
+implements the first two of these actions, aborting the command, and
+resetting the device.  Additionally, most tape drives will not oblige 
+in aborting commands, and sometimes it appears they will not even 
+obey a reset command, though in most circumstances they will.  In
+the case that the command cannot be aborted and the device cannot be 
+reset, the device will be set offline.
+
+In the event the error handling code is triggered and a tape drive is
+successfully reset or the tardy command is successfully aborted, the 
+tape drive may still not allow i/o to continue until some command
+is issued which positions the tape to a known position.  Typically you
+must rewind the tape (by issuing "mt -f /dev/st0 rewind" for example)
+before i/o can proceed again to a tape drive which was reset.
+
+There is a cciss_tape_cmds module parameter which can be used to make cciss
+allocate more commands for use by tape drives.  Ordinarily only a few commands
+(6) are allocated for tape drives because tape drives are slow and
+infrequently used and the primary purpose of Smart Array controllers is to
+act as a RAID controller for disk drives, so the vast majority of commands
+are allocated for disk devices.  However, if you have more than a few tape
+drives attached to a smart array, the default number of commands may not be
+enought (for example, if you have 8 tape drives, you could only rewind 6
+at one time with the default number of commands.)  The cciss_tape_cmds module
+parameter allows more commands (up to 16 more) to be allocated for use by
+tape drives.  For example:
+
+        insmod cciss.ko cciss_tape_cmds=16
+
+Or, as a kernel boot parameter passed in via grub:  cciss.cciss_tape_cmds=8
diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/cpqarray.txt b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/cpqarray.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7154e20e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/cpqarray.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+This driver is for Compaq's SMART2 Intelligent Disk Array Controllers.
+
+Supported Cards:
+----------------
+
+This driver is known to work with the following cards:
+
+	* SMART (EISA)
+	* SMART-2/E (EISA)
+	* SMART-2/P
+	* SMART-2DH
+	* SMART-2SL
+	* SMART-221
+	* SMART-3100ES
+	* SMART-3200
+	* Integrated Smart Array Controller
+	* SA 4200
+	* SA 4250ES
+	* SA 431
+	* RAID LC2 Controller
+
+It should also work with some really old Disk array adapters, but I am
+unable to test against these cards:
+
+	* IDA
+	* IDA-2
+	* IAES
+
+
+EISA Controllers:
+-----------------
+
+If you want to use an EISA controller you'll have to supply some
+modprobe/lilo parameters.  If the driver is compiled into the kernel, must
+give it the controller's IO port address at boot time (it is not
+necessary to specify the IRQ).  For example, if you had two SMART-2/E
+controllers, in EISA slots 1 and 2 you'd give it a boot argument like
+this:
+
+	smart2=0x1000,0x2000
+
+If you were loading the driver as a module, you'd give load it like this:
+
+	modprobe cpqarray eisa=0x1000,0x2000
+
+You can use EISA and PCI adapters at the same time.
+
+
+Device Naming:
+--------------
+
+You need some entries in /dev for the ida device.  MAKEDEV in the /dev
+directory can make device nodes for you automatically.  The device setup is
+as follows:
+
+Major numbers:
+	72	ida0
+	73	ida1
+	74	ida2
+	75	ida3
+	76	ida4
+	77	ida5
+	78	ida6
+	79	ida7
+
+Minor numbers:
+        b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0
+        |----+----| |----+----|
+             |           |
+             |           +-------- Partition ID (0=wholedev, 1-15 partition)
+             |
+             +-------------------- Logical Volume number
+
+The device naming scheme is:
+/dev/ida/c0d0		Controller 0, disk 0, whole device
+/dev/ida/c0d0p1		Controller 0, disk 0, partition 1
+/dev/ida/c0d0p2		Controller 0, disk 0, partition 2
+/dev/ida/c0d0p3		Controller 0, disk 0, partition 3
+
+/dev/ida/c1d1		Controller 1, disk 1, whole device
+/dev/ida/c1d1p1		Controller 1, disk 1, partition 1
+/dev/ida/c1d1p2		Controller 1, disk 1, partition 2
+/dev/ida/c1d1p3		Controller 1, disk 1, partition 3
+
+
+Changelog:
+==========
+
+10-28-2004 :	General cleanup, syntax fixes for in-kernel driver version.
+		James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>
+
+
+1999 :		Original Document
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diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/drbd/README.txt b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/drbd/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..627b0a1bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/drbd/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Description
+
+  DRBD is a shared-nothing, synchronously replicated block device. It
+  is designed to serve as a building block for high availability
+  clusters and in this context, is a "drop-in" replacement for shared
+  storage. Simplistically, you could see it as a network RAID 1.
+
+  Please visit http://www.drbd.org to find out more.
+
+The here included files are intended to help understand the implementation
+
+DRBD-8.3-data-packets.svg, DRBD-data-packets.svg  
+  relates some functions, and write packets.
+
+conn-states-8.dot, disk-states-8.dot, node-states-8.dot
+  The sub graphs of DRBD's state transitions
diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/drbd/conn-states-8.dot b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/drbd/conn-states-8.dot
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..025e8cf5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/drbd/conn-states-8.dot
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+digraph conn_states {
+	StandAllone  -> WFConnection   [ label = "ioctl_set_net()" ]
+	WFConnection -> Unconnected    [ label = "unable to bind()" ]
+	WFConnection -> WFReportParams [ label = "in connect() after accept" ]
+	WFReportParams -> StandAllone  [ label = "checks in receive_param()" ]
+	WFReportParams -> Connected    [ label = "in receive_param()" ]
+	WFReportParams -> WFBitMapS    [ label = "sync_handshake()" ]
+	WFReportParams -> WFBitMapT    [ label = "sync_handshake()" ]
+	WFBitMapS -> SyncSource        [ label = "receive_bitmap()" ]
+	WFBitMapT -> SyncTarget        [ label = "receive_bitmap()" ]
+	SyncSource -> Connected
+	SyncTarget -> Connected
+	SyncSource -> PausedSyncS
+	SyncTarget -> PausedSyncT
+	PausedSyncS -> SyncSource
+	PausedSyncT -> SyncTarget
+	Connected   -> WFConnection    [ label = "* on network error" ]
+}
diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/drbd/data-structure-v9.txt b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/drbd/data-structure-v9.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e52a0e32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/drbd/data-structure-v9.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+This describes the in kernel data structure for DRBD-9. Starting with
+Linux v3.14 we are reorganizing DRBD to use this data structure.
+
+Basic Data Structure
+====================
+
+A node has a number of DRBD resources.  Each such resource has a number of
+devices (aka volumes) and connections to other nodes ("peer nodes"). Each DRBD
+device is represented by a block device locally.
+
+The DRBD objects are interconnected to form a matrix as depicted below; a
+drbd_peer_device object sits at each intersection between a drbd_device and a
+drbd_connection:
+
+  /--------------+---------------+.....+---------------\
+  |   resource   |    device     |     |    device     |
+  +--------------+---------------+.....+---------------+
+  |  connection  |  peer_device  |     |  peer_device  |
+  +--------------+---------------+.....+---------------+
+  :              :               :     :               :
+  :              :               :     :               :
+  +--------------+---------------+.....+---------------+
+  |  connection  |  peer_device  |     |  peer_device  |
+  \--------------+---------------+.....+---------------/
+
+In this table, horizontally, devices can be accessed from resources by their
+volume number.  Likewise, peer_devices can be accessed from connections by
+their volume number.  Objects in the vertical direction are connected by double
+linked lists.  There are back pointers from peer_devices to their connections a
+devices, and from connections and devices to their resource.
+
+All resources are in the drbd_resources double-linked list.  In addition, all
+devices can be accessed by their minor device number via the drbd_devices idr.
+
+The drbd_resource, drbd_connection, and drbd_device objects are reference
+counted.  The peer_device objects only serve to establish the links between
+devices and connections; their lifetime is determined by the lifetime of the
+device and connection which they reference.
diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/drbd/disk-states-8.dot b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/drbd/disk-states-8.dot
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d06cfb46f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/drbd/disk-states-8.dot
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+digraph disk_states {
+	Diskless -> Inconsistent       [ label = "ioctl_set_disk()" ]
+	Diskless -> Consistent         [ label = "ioctl_set_disk()" ]
+	Diskless -> Outdated           [ label = "ioctl_set_disk()" ]
+	Consistent -> Outdated         [ label = "receive_param()" ]
+	Consistent -> UpToDate         [ label = "receive_param()" ]
+	Consistent -> Inconsistent     [ label = "start resync" ]
+	Outdated   -> Inconsistent     [ label = "start resync" ]
+	UpToDate   -> Inconsistent     [ label = "ioctl_replicate" ]
+	Inconsistent -> UpToDate       [ label = "resync completed" ]
+	Consistent -> Failed           [ label = "io completion error" ]
+	Outdated   -> Failed           [ label = "io completion error" ]
+	UpToDate   -> Failed           [ label = "io completion error" ]
+	Inconsistent -> Failed         [ label = "io completion error" ]
+	Failed -> Diskless             [ label = "sending notify to peer" ]
+}
diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/drbd/drbd-connection-state-overview.dot b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/drbd/drbd-connection-state-overview.dot
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d9cf0a7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/drbd/drbd-connection-state-overview.dot
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+// vim: set sw=2 sts=2 :
+digraph {
+  rankdir=BT
+  bgcolor=white
+
+  node [shape=plaintext]
+  node [fontcolor=black]
+
+  StandAlone     [ style=filled,fillcolor=gray,label=StandAlone ]
+
+  node [fontcolor=lightgray]
+
+  Unconnected    [ label=Unconnected ]
+
+  CommTrouble [ shape=record,
+    label="{communication loss|{Timeout|BrokenPipe|NetworkFailure}}" ]
+
+  node [fontcolor=gray]
+
+  subgraph cluster_try_connect {
+    label="try to connect, handshake"
+    rank=max
+    WFConnection   [ label=WFConnection ]
+    WFReportParams [ label=WFReportParams ]
+  }
+
+  TearDown       [ label=TearDown ]
+
+  Connected      [ label=Connected,style=filled,fillcolor=green,fontcolor=black ]
+
+  node [fontcolor=lightblue]
+
+  StartingSyncS  [ label=StartingSyncS ]
+  StartingSyncT  [ label=StartingSyncT ]
+
+  subgraph cluster_bitmap_exchange {
+    node [fontcolor=red]
+    fontcolor=red
+    label="new application (WRITE?) requests blocked\lwhile bitmap is exchanged"
+
+    WFBitMapT      [ label=WFBitMapT ]
+    WFSyncUUID     [ label=WFSyncUUID ]
+    WFBitMapS      [ label=WFBitMapS ]
+  }
+
+  node [fontcolor=blue]
+
+  cluster_resync [ shape=record,label="{<any>resynchronisation process running\l'concurrent' application requests allowed|{{<T>PausedSyncT\nSyncTarget}|{<S>PausedSyncS\nSyncSource}}}" ]
+
+  node [shape=box,fontcolor=black]
+
+  // drbdadm [label="drbdadm connect"]
+  // handshake [label="drbd_connect()\ndrbd_do_handshake\ndrbd_sync_handshake() etc."]
+  // comm_error [label="communication trouble"]
+
+  //
+  // edges
+  // --------------------------------------
+
+  StandAlone -> Unconnected [ label="drbdadm connect" ]
+  Unconnected -> StandAlone  [ label="drbdadm disconnect\lor serious communication trouble" ]
+  Unconnected -> WFConnection [ label="receiver thread is started" ]
+  WFConnection -> WFReportParams [ headlabel="accept()\land/or                        \lconnect()\l" ]
+
+  WFReportParams -> StandAlone [ label="during handshake\lpeers do not agree\labout something essential" ]
+  WFReportParams -> Connected [ label="data identical\lno sync needed",color=green,fontcolor=green ]
+
+    WFReportParams -> WFBitMapS
+    WFReportParams -> WFBitMapT
+    WFBitMapT -> WFSyncUUID [minlen=0.1,constraint=false]
+
+      WFBitMapS -> cluster_resync:S
+      WFSyncUUID -> cluster_resync:T
+
+  edge [color=green]
+  cluster_resync:any -> Connected [ label="resnyc done",fontcolor=green ]
+
+  edge [color=red]
+  WFReportParams -> CommTrouble
+  Connected -> CommTrouble
+  cluster_resync:any -> CommTrouble
+  edge [color=black]
+  CommTrouble -> Unconnected [label="receiver thread is stopped" ]
+
+}
diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/drbd/node-states-8.dot b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/drbd/node-states-8.dot
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a2b00c23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/drbd/node-states-8.dot
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+digraph node_states {
+	Secondary -> Primary           [ label = "ioctl_set_state()" ]
+	Primary   -> Secondary 	       [ label = "ioctl_set_state()" ]
+}
+
+digraph peer_states {
+	Secondary -> Primary           [ label = "recv state packet" ]
+	Primary   -> Secondary 	       [ label = "recv state packet" ]
+	Primary   -> Unknown 	       [ label = "connection lost" ]
+	Secondary  -> Unknown  	       [ label = "connection lost" ]
+	Unknown   -> Primary           [ label = "connected" ]
+	Unknown   -> Secondary         [ label = "connected" ]
+}
+
diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/floppy.txt b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/floppy.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2240f5ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/floppy.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+This file describes the floppy driver.
+
+FAQ list:
+=========
+
+ A FAQ list may be found in the fdutils package (see below), and also
+at <http://fdutils.linux.lu/faq.html>.
+
+
+LILO configuration options (Thinkpad users, read this)
+======================================================
+
+ The floppy driver is configured using the 'floppy=' option in
+lilo. This option can be typed at the boot prompt, or entered in the
+lilo configuration file.
+
+ Example: If your kernel is called linux-2.6.9, type the following line
+at the lilo boot prompt (if you have a thinkpad):
+
+ linux-2.6.9 floppy=thinkpad
+
+You may also enter the following line in /etc/lilo.conf, in the description
+of linux-2.6.9:
+
+ append = "floppy=thinkpad"
+
+ Several floppy related options may be given, example:
+
+ linux-2.6.9 floppy=daring floppy=two_fdc
+ append = "floppy=daring floppy=two_fdc"
+
+ If you give options both in the lilo config file and on the boot
+prompt, the option strings of both places are concatenated, the boot
+prompt options coming last. That's why there are also options to
+restore the default behavior.
+
+
+Module configuration options
+============================
+
+ If you use the floppy driver as a module, use the following syntax:
+modprobe floppy floppy="<options>"
+
+Example:
+ modprobe floppy floppy="omnibook messages"
+
+ If you need certain options enabled every time you load the floppy driver,
+you can put:
+
+ options floppy floppy="omnibook messages"
+
+in a configuration file in /etc/modprobe.d/.
+
+
+ The floppy driver related options are:
+
+ floppy=asus_pci
+	Sets the bit mask to allow only units 0 and 1. (default)
+
+ floppy=daring
+	Tells the floppy driver that you have a well behaved floppy controller.
+	This allows more efficient and smoother operation, but may fail on
+	certain controllers. This may speed up certain operations.
+
+ floppy=0,daring
+	Tells the floppy driver that your floppy controller should be used
+	with caution.
+
+ floppy=one_fdc
+	Tells the floppy driver that you have only one floppy controller.
+	(default)
+
+ floppy=two_fdc
+ floppy=<address>,two_fdc
+	Tells the floppy driver that you have two floppy controllers.
+	The second floppy controller is assumed to be at <address>.
+	This option is not needed if the second controller is at address
+	0x370, and if you use the 'cmos' option.
+
+ floppy=thinkpad
+	Tells the floppy driver that you have a Thinkpad. Thinkpads use an
+	inverted convention for the disk change line.
+
+ floppy=0,thinkpad
+	Tells the floppy driver that you don't have a Thinkpad.
+
+ floppy=omnibook
+ floppy=nodma
+	Tells the floppy driver not to use Dma for data transfers.
+	This is needed on HP Omnibooks, which don't have a workable
+	DMA channel for the floppy driver. This option is also useful
+	if you frequently get "Unable to allocate DMA memory" messages.
+	Indeed, dma memory needs to be continuous in physical memory,
+	and is thus harder to find, whereas non-dma buffers may be
+	allocated in virtual memory. However, I advise against this if
+	you have an FDC without a FIFO (8272A or 82072). 82072A and
+	later are OK. You also need at least a 486 to use nodma.
+	If you use nodma mode, I suggest you also set the FIFO
+	threshold to 10 or lower, in order to limit the number of data
+	transfer interrupts.
+
+	If you have a FIFO-able FDC, the floppy driver automatically
+	falls back on non DMA mode if no DMA-able memory can be found.
+	If you want to avoid this, explicitly ask for 'yesdma'.
+
+ floppy=yesdma
+	Tells the floppy driver that a workable DMA channel is available.
+	(default)
+
+ floppy=nofifo
+	Disables the FIFO entirely. This is needed if you get "Bus
+	master arbitration error" messages from your Ethernet card (or
+	from other devices) while accessing the floppy.
+
+ floppy=usefifo
+	Enables the FIFO. (default)
+
+ floppy=<threshold>,fifo_depth
+	Sets the FIFO threshold. This is mostly relevant in DMA
+	mode. If this is higher, the floppy driver tolerates more
+	interrupt latency, but it triggers more interrupts (i.e. it
+	imposes more load on the rest of the system). If this is
+	lower, the interrupt latency should be lower too (faster
+	processor). The benefit of a lower threshold is less
+	interrupts.
+
+	To tune the fifo threshold, switch on over/underrun messages
+	using 'floppycontrol --messages'. Then access a floppy
+	disk. If you get a huge amount of "Over/Underrun - retrying"
+	messages, then the fifo threshold is too low. Try with a
+	higher value, until you only get an occasional Over/Underrun.
+	It is a good idea to compile the floppy driver as a module
+	when doing this tuning. Indeed, it allows to try different
+	fifo values without rebooting the machine for each test. Note
+	that you need to do 'floppycontrol --messages' every time you
+	re-insert the module.
+
+	Usually, tuning the fifo threshold should not be needed, as
+	the default (0xa) is reasonable.
+
+ floppy=<drive>,<type>,cmos
+	Sets the CMOS type of <drive> to <type>. This is mandatory if
+	you have more than two floppy drives (only two can be
+	described in the physical CMOS), or if your BIOS uses
+	non-standard CMOS types. The CMOS types are:
+
+		0 - Use the value of the physical CMOS
+		1 - 5 1/4 DD
+		2 - 5 1/4 HD
+		3 - 3 1/2 DD
+		4 - 3 1/2 HD
+		5 - 3 1/2 ED
+		6 - 3 1/2 ED
+	       16 - unknown or not installed
+
+	(Note: there are two valid types for ED drives. This is because 5 was
+	initially chosen to represent floppy *tapes*, and 6 for ED drives.
+	AMI ignored this, and used 5 for ED drives. That's why the floppy
+	driver handles both.)
+
+ floppy=unexpected_interrupts
+	Print a warning message when an unexpected interrupt is received.
+	(default)
+
+ floppy=no_unexpected_interrupts
+ floppy=L40SX
+	Don't print a message when an unexpected interrupt is received. This
+	is needed on IBM L40SX laptops in certain video modes. (There seems
+	to be an interaction between video and floppy. The unexpected
+	interrupts affect only performance, and can be safely ignored.)
+
+ floppy=broken_dcl
+	Don't use the disk change line, but assume that the disk was
+	changed whenever the device node is reopened. Needed on some
+	boxes where the disk change line is broken or unsupported.
+	This should be regarded as a stopgap measure, indeed it makes
+	floppy operation less efficient due to unneeded cache
+	flushings, and slightly more unreliable. Please verify your
+	cable, connection and jumper settings if you have any DCL
+	problems. However, some older drives, and also some laptops
+	are known not to have a DCL.
+
+ floppy=debug
+	Print debugging messages.
+
+ floppy=messages
+	Print informational messages for some operations (disk change
+	notifications, warnings about over and underruns, and about
+	autodetection).
+
+ floppy=silent_dcl_clear
+	Uses a less noisy way to clear the disk change line (which
+	doesn't involve seeks). Implied by 'daring' option.
+
+ floppy=<nr>,irq
+	Sets the floppy IRQ to <nr> instead of 6.
+
+ floppy=<nr>,dma
+	Sets the floppy DMA channel to <nr> instead of 2.
+
+ floppy=slow
+	Use PS/2 stepping rate:
+	 " PS/2 floppies have much slower step rates than regular floppies.
+	   It's been recommended that take about 1/4 of the default speed
+	   in some more extreme cases."
+
+
+Supporting utilities and additional documentation:
+==================================================
+
+ Additional parameters of the floppy driver can be configured at
+runtime. Utilities which do this can be found in the fdutils package.
+This package also contains a new version of mtools which allows to
+access high capacity disks (up to 1992K on a high density 3 1/2 disk!).
+It also contains additional documentation about the floppy driver.
+
+The latest version can be found at fdutils homepage:
+ http://fdutils.linux.lu
+
+The fdutils releases can be found at:
+ http://fdutils.linux.lu/download.html
+ http://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/fdutils/
+ ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/disk-management/
+
+Reporting problems about the floppy driver
+==========================================
+
+ If you have a question or a bug report about the floppy driver, mail
+me at Alain.Knaff@poboxes.com . If you post to Usenet, preferably use
+comp.os.linux.hardware. As the volume in these groups is rather high,
+be sure to include the word "floppy" (or "FLOPPY") in the subject
+line.  If the reported problem happens when mounting floppy disks, be
+sure to mention also the type of the filesystem in the subject line.
+
+ Be sure to read the FAQ before mailing/posting any bug reports!
+
+ Alain
+
+Changelog
+=========
+
+10-30-2004 :	Cleanup, updating, add reference to module configuration.
+		James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>
+
+6-3-2000 :	Original Document
diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/mflash.txt b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/mflash.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f610ecf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/mflash.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+This document describes m[g]flash support in linux.
+
+Contents
+  1. Overview
+  2. Reserved area configuration
+  3. Example of mflash platform driver registration
+
+1. Overview
+
+Mflash and gflash are embedded flash drive. The only difference is mflash is
+MCP(Multi Chip Package) device. These two device operate exactly same way.
+So the rest mflash repersents mflash and gflash altogether.
+
+Internally, mflash has nand flash and other hardware logics and supports
+2 different operation (ATA, IO) modes. ATA mode doesn't need any new
+driver and currently works well under standard IDE subsystem. Actually it's
+one chip SSD. IO mode is ATA-like custom mode for the host that doesn't have
+IDE interface.
+
+Followings are brief descriptions about IO mode.
+A. IO mode based on ATA protocol and uses some custom command. (read confirm,
+write confirm)
+B. IO mode uses SRAM bus interface.
+C. IO mode supports 4kB boot area, so host can boot from mflash.
+
+2. Reserved area configuration
+If host boot from mflash, usually needs raw area for boot loader image. All of
+the mflash's block device operation will be taken this value as start offset.
+Note that boot loader's size of reserved area and kernel configuration value
+must be same.
+
+3. Example of mflash platform driver registration
+Working mflash is very straight forward. Adding platform device stuff to board
+configuration file is all. Here is some pseudo example.
+
+static struct mg_drv_data mflash_drv_data = {
+	/* If you want to polling driver set to 1 */
+	.use_polling = 0,
+	/* device attribution */
+	.dev_attr = MG_BOOT_DEV
+};
+
+static struct resource mg_mflash_rsc[] = {
+	/* Base address of mflash */
+	[0] = {
+		.start = 0x08000000,
+		.end = 0x08000000 + SZ_64K - 1,
+		.flags = IORESOURCE_MEM
+	},
+	/* mflash interrupt pin */
+	[1] = {
+		.start = IRQ_GPIO(84),
+		.end = IRQ_GPIO(84),
+		.flags = IORESOURCE_IRQ
+	},
+	/* mflash reset pin */
+	[2] = {
+		.start = 43,
+		.end = 43,
+		.name = MG_RST_PIN,
+		.flags = IORESOURCE_IO
+	},
+	/* mflash reset-out pin
+	 * If you use mflash as storage device (i.e. other than MG_BOOT_DEV),
+	 * should assign this */
+	[3] = {
+		.start = 51,
+		.end = 51,
+		.name = MG_RSTOUT_PIN,
+		.flags = IORESOURCE_IO
+	}
+};
+
+static struct platform_device mflash_dev = {
+	.name = MG_DEV_NAME,
+	.id = -1,
+	.dev = {
+		.platform_data = &mflash_drv_data,
+	},
+	.num_resources = ARRAY_SIZE(mg_mflash_rsc),
+	.resource = mg_mflash_rsc
+};
+
+platform_device_register(&mflash_dev);
diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/nbd.txt b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/nbd.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db242ea2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/nbd.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+Network Block Device (TCP version)
+==================================
+
+1) Overview
+-----------
+
+What is it: With this compiled in the kernel (or as a module), Linux
+can use a remote server as one of its block devices. So every time
+the client computer wants to read, e.g., /dev/nb0, it sends a
+request over TCP to the server, which will reply with the data read.
+This can be used for stations with low disk space (or even diskless)
+to borrow disk space from another computer.
+Unlike NFS, it is possible to put any filesystem on it, etc.
+
+For more information, or to download the nbd-client and nbd-server
+tools, go to http://nbd.sf.net/.
+
+The nbd kernel module need only be installed on the client
+system, as the nbd-server is completely in userspace. In fact,
+the nbd-server has been successfully ported to other operating
+systems, including Windows.
+
+A) NBD parameters
+-----------------
+
+max_part
+	Number of partitions per device (default: 0).
+
+nbds_max
+	Number of block devices that should be initialized (default: 16).
+
diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt
new file mode 100644
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+
+		Linux and parallel port IDE devices
+
+PARIDE v1.03   (c) 1997-8  Grant Guenther <grant@torque.net>
+
+1. Introduction
+
+Owing to the simplicity and near universality of the parallel port interface
+to personal computers, many external devices such as portable hard-disk,
+CD-ROM, LS-120 and tape drives use the parallel port to connect to their
+host computer.  While some devices (notably scanners) use ad-hoc methods
+to pass commands and data through the parallel port interface, most 
+external devices are actually identical to an internal model, but with
+a parallel-port adapter chip added in.  Some of the original parallel port
+adapters were little more than mechanisms for multiplexing a SCSI bus.
+(The Iomega PPA-3 adapter used in the ZIP drives is an example of this
+approach).  Most current designs, however, take a different approach.
+The adapter chip reproduces a small ISA or IDE bus in the external device
+and the communication protocol provides operations for reading and writing
+device registers, as well as data block transfer functions.  Sometimes,
+the device being addressed via the parallel cable is a standard SCSI
+controller like an NCR 5380.  The "ditto" family of external tape
+drives use the ISA replicator to interface a floppy disk controller,
+which is then connected to a floppy-tape mechanism.  The vast majority
+of external parallel port devices, however, are now based on standard
+IDE type devices, which require no intermediate controller.  If one
+were to open up a parallel port CD-ROM drive, for instance, one would
+find a standard ATAPI CD-ROM drive, a power supply, and a single adapter
+that interconnected a standard PC parallel port cable and a standard
+IDE cable.  It is usually possible to exchange the CD-ROM device with
+any other device using the IDE interface. 
+
+The document describes the support in Linux for parallel port IDE
+devices.  It does not cover parallel port SCSI devices, "ditto" tape
+drives or scanners.  Many different devices are supported by the 
+parallel port IDE subsystem, including:
+
+	MicroSolutions backpack CD-ROM
+	MicroSolutions backpack PD/CD
+	MicroSolutions backpack hard-drives
+	MicroSolutions backpack 8000t tape drive
+	SyQuest EZ-135, EZ-230 & SparQ drives
+	Avatar Shark
+	Imation Superdisk LS-120
+	Maxell Superdisk LS-120
+	FreeCom Power CD 
+	Hewlett-Packard 5GB and 8GB tape drives
+	Hewlett-Packard 7100 and 7200 CD-RW drives
+
+as well as most of the clone and no-name products on the market.
+
+To support such a wide range of devices, PARIDE, the parallel port IDE
+subsystem, is actually structured in three parts.   There is a base
+paride module which provides a registry and some common methods for
+accessing the parallel ports.  The second component is a set of 
+high-level drivers for each of the different types of supported devices: 
+
+	pd	IDE disk
+	pcd	ATAPI CD-ROM
+	pf	ATAPI disk
+	pt	ATAPI tape
+	pg	ATAPI generic
+
+(Currently, the pg driver is only used with CD-R drives).
+
+The high-level drivers function according to the relevant standards.
+The third component of PARIDE is a set of low-level protocol drivers
+for each of the parallel port IDE adapter chips.  Thanks to the interest
+and encouragement of Linux users from many parts of the world, 
+support is available for almost all known adapter protocols:
+
+        aten    ATEN EH-100                            (HK)
+        bpck    Microsolutions backpack                (US)
+        comm    DataStor (old-type) "commuter" adapter (TW)
+        dstr    DataStor EP-2000                       (TW)
+        epat    Shuttle EPAT                           (UK)
+        epia    Shuttle EPIA                           (UK)
+	fit2    FIT TD-2000			       (US)
+	fit3    FIT TD-3000			       (US)
+	friq    Freecom IQ cable                       (DE)
+        frpw    Freecom Power                          (DE)
+        kbic    KingByte KBIC-951A and KBIC-971A       (TW)
+	ktti    KT Technology PHd adapter              (SG)
+        on20    OnSpec 90c20                           (US)
+        on26    OnSpec 90c26                           (US)
+
+
+2. Using the PARIDE subsystem
+
+While configuring the Linux kernel, you may choose either to build
+the PARIDE drivers into your kernel, or to build them as modules.
+
+In either case, you will need to select "Parallel port IDE device support"
+as well as at least one of the high-level drivers and at least one
+of the parallel port communication protocols.  If you do not know
+what kind of parallel port adapter is used in your drive, you could
+begin by checking the file names and any text files on your DOS 
+installation floppy.  Alternatively, you can look at the markings on
+the adapter chip itself.  That's usually sufficient to identify the
+correct device.  
+
+You can actually select all the protocol modules, and allow the PARIDE
+subsystem to try them all for you.
+
+For the "brand-name" products listed above, here are the protocol
+and high-level drivers that you would use:
+
+	Manufacturer		Model		Driver	Protocol
+	
+	MicroSolutions		CD-ROM		pcd	bpck
+	MicroSolutions		PD drive	pf	bpck
+	MicroSolutions		hard-drive	pd	bpck
+	MicroSolutions          8000t tape      pt      bpck
+	SyQuest			EZ, SparQ	pd	epat
+	Imation			Superdisk	pf	epat
+	Maxell                  Superdisk       pf      friq
+	Avatar			Shark		pd	epat
+	FreeCom			CD-ROM		pcd	frpw
+	Hewlett-Packard		5GB Tape	pt	epat
+	Hewlett-Packard		7200e (CD)	pcd	epat
+	Hewlett-Packard		7200e (CD-R)	pg	epat
+
+2.1  Configuring built-in drivers
+
+We recommend that you get to know how the drivers work and how to
+configure them as loadable modules, before attempting to compile a
+kernel with the drivers built-in.
+
+If you built all of your PARIDE support directly into your kernel,
+and you have just a single parallel port IDE device, your kernel should
+locate it automatically for you.  If you have more than one device,
+you may need to give some command line options to your bootloader
+(eg: LILO), how to do that is beyond the scope of this document.
+
+The high-level drivers accept a number of command line parameters, all
+of which are documented in the source files in linux/drivers/block/paride.
+By default, each driver will automatically try all parallel ports it
+can find, and all protocol types that have been installed, until it finds
+a parallel port IDE adapter.  Once it finds one, the probe stops.  So,
+if you have more than one device, you will need to tell the drivers
+how to identify them.  This requires specifying the port address, the
+protocol identification number and, for some devices, the drive's
+chain ID.  While your system is booting, a number of messages are
+displayed on the console.  Like all such messages, they can be
+reviewed with the 'dmesg' command.  Among those messages will be
+some lines like:
+
+	paride: bpck registered as protocol 0
+	paride: epat registered as protocol 1
+
+The numbers will always be the same until you build a new kernel with
+different protocol selections.  You should note these numbers as you
+will need them to identify the devices.
+
+If you happen to be using a MicroSolutions backpack device, you will
+also need to know the unit ID number for each drive.  This is usually
+the last two digits of the drive's serial number (but read MicroSolutions'
+documentation about this).
+
+As an example, let's assume that you have a MicroSolutions PD/CD drive
+with unit ID number 36 connected to the parallel port at 0x378, a SyQuest 
+EZ-135 connected to the chained port on the PD/CD drive and also an 
+Imation Superdisk connected to port 0x278.  You could give the following 
+options on your boot command:
+
+	pd.drive0=0x378,1 pf.drive0=0x278,1 pf.drive1=0x378,0,36
+
+In the last option, pf.drive1 configures device /dev/pf1, the 0x378
+is the parallel port base address, the 0 is the protocol registration
+number and 36 is the chain ID.
+
+Please note:  while PARIDE will work both with and without the 
+PARPORT parallel port sharing system that is included by the
+"Parallel port support" option, PARPORT must be included and enabled
+if you want to use chains of devices on the same parallel port.
+
+2.2  Loading and configuring PARIDE as modules
+
+It is much faster and simpler to get to understand the PARIDE drivers
+if you use them as loadable kernel modules.   
+
+Note 1:  using these drivers with the "kerneld" automatic module loading
+system is not recommended for beginners, and is not documented here.  
+
+Note 2:  if you build PARPORT support as a loadable module, PARIDE must
+also be built as loadable modules, and PARPORT must be loaded before the
+PARIDE modules.
+
+To use PARIDE, you must begin by 
+
+	insmod paride
+
+this loads a base module which provides a registry for the protocols,
+among other tasks.
+
+Then, load as many of the protocol modules as you think you might need.
+As you load each module, it will register the protocols that it supports,
+and print a log message to your kernel log file and your console. For 
+example:
+
+	# insmod epat
+	paride: epat registered as protocol 0
+	# insmod kbic
+	paride: k951 registered as protocol 1
+        paride: k971 registered as protocol 2
+
+Finally, you can load high-level drivers for each kind of device that
+you have connected.  By default, each driver will autoprobe for a single 
+device, but you can support up to four similar devices by giving their
+individual co-ordinates when you load the driver.
+
+For example, if you had two no-name CD-ROM drives both using the
+KingByte KBIC-951A adapter, one on port 0x378 and the other on 0x3bc
+you could give the following command:
+
+	# insmod pcd drive0=0x378,1 drive1=0x3bc,1
+
+For most adapters, giving a port address and protocol number is sufficient,
+but check the source files in linux/drivers/block/paride for more 
+information.  (Hopefully someone will write some man pages one day !).
+
+As another example, here's what happens when PARPORT is installed, and
+a SyQuest EZ-135 is attached to port 0x378:
+
+	# insmod paride
+	paride: version 1.0 installed
+	# insmod epat
+	paride: epat registered as protocol 0
+	# insmod pd
+	pd: pd version 1.0, major 45, cluster 64, nice 0
+	pda: Sharing parport1 at 0x378
+	pda: epat 1.0, Shuttle EPAT chip c3 at 0x378, mode 5 (EPP-32), delay 1
+	pda: SyQuest EZ135A, 262144 blocks [128M], (512/16/32), removable media
+	 pda: pda1
+
+Note that the last line is the output from the generic partition table
+scanner - in this case it reports that it has found a disk with one partition.
+
+2.3  Using a PARIDE device
+
+Once the drivers have been loaded, you can access PARIDE devices in the
+same way as their traditional counterparts.  You will probably need to
+create the device "special files".  Here is a simple script that you can
+cut to a file and execute:
+
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# mkd -- a script to create the device special files for the PARIDE subsystem
+#
+function mkdev {
+  mknod $1 $2 $3 $4 ; chmod 0660 $1 ; chown root:disk $1
+}
+#
+function pd {
+  D=$( printf \\$( printf "x%03x" $[ $1 + 97 ] ) )
+  mkdev pd$D b 45 $[ $1 * 16 ]
+  for P in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
+  do mkdev pd$D$P b 45 $[ $1 * 16 + $P ]
+  done
+}
+#
+cd /dev
+#
+for u in 0 1 2 3 ; do pd $u ; done
+for u in 0 1 2 3 ; do mkdev pcd$u b 46 $u ; done 
+for u in 0 1 2 3 ; do mkdev pf$u  b 47 $u ; done 
+for u in 0 1 2 3 ; do mkdev pt$u  c 96 $u ; done 
+for u in 0 1 2 3 ; do mkdev npt$u c 96 $[ $u + 128 ] ; done 
+for u in 0 1 2 3 ; do mkdev pg$u  c 97 $u ; done 
+#
+# end of mkd
+
+With the device files and drivers in place, you can access PARIDE devices
+like any other Linux device.   For example, to mount a CD-ROM in pcd0, use:
+
+	mount /dev/pcd0 /cdrom
+
+If you have a fresh Avatar Shark cartridge, and the drive is pda, you
+might do something like:
+
+	fdisk /dev/pda		-- make a new partition table with
+				   partition 1 of type 83
+
+	mke2fs /dev/pda1	-- to build the file system
+
+	mkdir /shark		-- make a place to mount the disk
+
+	mount /dev/pda1 /shark
+
+Devices like the Imation superdisk work in the same way, except that
+they do not have a partition table.  For example to make a 120MB
+floppy that you could share with a DOS system:
+
+	mkdosfs /dev/pf0
+	mount /dev/pf0 /mnt
+
+
+2.4  The pf driver
+
+The pf driver is intended for use with parallel port ATAPI disk
+devices.  The most common devices in this category are PD drives
+and LS-120 drives.  Traditionally, media for these devices are not
+partitioned.  Consequently, the pf driver does not support partitioned
+media.  This may be changed in a future version of the driver. 
+
+2.5  Using the pt driver
+
+The pt driver for parallel port ATAPI tape drives is a minimal driver.
+It does not yet support many of the standard tape ioctl operations. 
+For best performance, a block size of 32KB should be used.  You will
+probably want to set the parallel port delay to 0, if you can.
+
+2.6  Using the pg driver
+
+The pg driver can be used in conjunction with the cdrecord program
+to create CD-ROMs.  Please get cdrecord version 1.6.1 or later
+from ftp://ftp.fokus.gmd.de/pub/unix/cdrecord/ .  To record CD-R media 
+your parallel port should ideally be set to EPP mode, and the "port delay" 
+should be set to 0.  With those settings it is possible to record at 2x 
+speed without any buffer underruns.  If you cannot get the driver to work
+in EPP mode, try to use "bidirectional" or "PS/2" mode and 1x speeds only.
+
+
+3. Troubleshooting
+
+3.1  Use EPP mode if you can
+
+The most common problems that people report with the PARIDE drivers
+concern the parallel port CMOS settings.  At this time, none of the
+PARIDE protocol modules support ECP mode, or any ECP combination modes.
+If you are able to do so, please set your parallel port into EPP mode
+using your CMOS setup procedure.
+
+3.2  Check the port delay
+
+Some parallel ports cannot reliably transfer data at full speed.  To
+offset the errors, the PARIDE protocol modules introduce a "port
+delay" between each access to the i/o ports.  Each protocol sets
+a default value for this delay.  In most cases, the user can override
+the default and set it to 0 - resulting in somewhat higher transfer
+rates.  In some rare cases (especially with older 486 systems) the
+default delays are not long enough.  if you experience corrupt data
+transfers, or unexpected failures, you may wish to increase the
+port delay.   The delay can be programmed using the "driveN" parameters
+to each of the high-level drivers.  Please see the notes above, or
+read the comments at the beginning of the driver source files in
+linux/drivers/block/paride.
+
+3.3  Some drives need a printer reset
+
+There appear to be a number of "noname" external drives on the market
+that do not always power up correctly.  We have noticed this with some
+drives based on OnSpec and older Freecom adapters.  In these rare cases,
+the adapter can often be reinitialised by issuing a "printer reset" on
+the parallel port.  As the reset operation is potentially disruptive in 
+multiple device environments, the PARIDE drivers will not do it 
+automatically.  You can however, force a printer reset by doing:
+
+	insmod lp reset=1
+	rmmod lp
+
+If you have one of these marginal cases, you should probably build
+your paride drivers as modules, and arrange to do the printer reset
+before loading the PARIDE drivers. 
+
+3.4  Use the verbose option and dmesg if you need help
+
+While a lot of testing has gone into these drivers to make them work
+as smoothly as possible, problems will arise.  If you do have problems,
+please check all the obvious things first:  does the drive work in
+DOS with the manufacturer's drivers ?  If that doesn't yield any useful
+clues, then please make sure that only one drive is hooked to your system,
+and that either (a) PARPORT is enabled or (b) no other device driver
+is using your parallel port (check in /proc/ioports).  Then, load the
+appropriate drivers (you can load several protocol modules if you want)
+as in:
+
+	# insmod paride
+	# insmod epat
+	# insmod bpck
+	# insmod kbic
+	...
+	# insmod pd verbose=1
+
+(using the correct driver for the type of device you have, of course).
+The verbose=1 parameter will cause the drivers to log a trace of their
+activity as they attempt to locate your drive.
+
+Use 'dmesg' to capture a log of all the PARIDE messages (any messages
+beginning with paride:, a protocol module's name or a driver's name) and
+include that with your bug report.  You can submit a bug report in one
+of two ways.  Either send it directly to the author of the PARIDE suite,
+by e-mail to grant@torque.net, or join the linux-parport mailing list
+and post your report there.
+
+3.5  For more information or help
+
+You can join the linux-parport mailing list by sending a mail message
+to 
+		linux-parport-request@torque.net
+
+with the single word 
+
+		subscribe
+
+in the body of the mail message (not in the subject line).   Please be
+sure that your mail program is correctly set up when you do this,  as
+the list manager is a robot that will subscribe you using the reply
+address in your mail headers.  REMOVE any anti-spam gimmicks you may
+have in your mail headers, when sending mail to the list server.
+
+You might also find some useful information on the linux-parport
+web pages (although they are not always up to date) at
+
+	http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.torque.net/parport/
+
+
diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt b/kernel/Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt
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+Using the RAM disk block device with Linux
+------------------------------------------
+
+Contents:
+
+	1) Overview
+	2) Kernel Command Line Parameters
+	3) Using "rdev -r"
+	4) An Example of Creating a Compressed RAM Disk
+
+
+1) Overview
+-----------
+
+The RAM disk driver is a way to use main system memory as a block device.  It
+is required for initrd, an initial filesystem used if you need to load modules
+in order to access the root filesystem (see Documentation/initrd.txt).  It can
+also be used for a temporary filesystem for crypto work, since the contents
+are erased on reboot.
+
+The RAM disk dynamically grows as more space is required. It does this by using
+RAM from the buffer cache. The driver marks the buffers it is using as dirty
+so that the VM subsystem does not try to reclaim them later.
+
+The RAM disk supports up to 16 RAM disks by default, and can be reconfigured
+to support an unlimited number of RAM disks (at your own risk).  Just change
+the configuration symbol BLK_DEV_RAM_COUNT in the Block drivers config menu
+and (re)build the kernel.
+
+To use RAM disk support with your system, run './MAKEDEV ram' from the /dev
+directory.  RAM disks are all major number 1, and start with minor number 0
+for /dev/ram0, etc.  If used, modern kernels use /dev/ram0 for an initrd.
+
+The new RAM disk also has the ability to load compressed RAM disk images,
+allowing one to squeeze more programs onto an average installation or
+rescue floppy disk.
+
+
+2) Parameters
+---------------------------------
+
+2a) Kernel Command Line Parameters
+
+	ramdisk_size=N
+	==============
+
+This parameter tells the RAM disk driver to set up RAM disks of N k size.  The
+default is 4096 (4 MB).
+
+2b) Module parameters
+
+	rd_nr
+	=====
+	/dev/ramX devices created.
+
+	max_part
+	========
+	Maximum partition number.
+
+	rd_size
+	=======
+	See ramdisk_size.
+
+3) Using "rdev -r"
+------------------
+
+The usage of the word (two bytes) that "rdev -r" sets in the kernel image is
+as follows. The low 11 bits (0 -> 10) specify an offset (in 1 k blocks) of up
+to 2 MB (2^11) of where to find the RAM disk (this used to be the size). Bit
+14 indicates that a RAM disk is to be loaded, and bit 15 indicates whether a
+prompt/wait sequence is to be given before trying to read the RAM disk. Since
+the RAM disk dynamically grows as data is being written into it, a size field
+is not required. Bits 11 to 13 are not currently used and may as well be zero.
+These numbers are no magical secrets, as seen below:
+
+./arch/x86/kernel/setup.c:#define RAMDISK_IMAGE_START_MASK     0x07FF
+./arch/x86/kernel/setup.c:#define RAMDISK_PROMPT_FLAG          0x8000
+./arch/x86/kernel/setup.c:#define RAMDISK_LOAD_FLAG            0x4000
+
+Consider a typical two floppy disk setup, where you will have the
+kernel on disk one, and have already put a RAM disk image onto disk #2.
+
+Hence you want to set bits 0 to 13 as 0, meaning that your RAM disk
+starts at an offset of 0 kB from the beginning of the floppy.
+The command line equivalent is: "ramdisk_start=0"
+
+You want bit 14 as one, indicating that a RAM disk is to be loaded.
+The command line equivalent is: "load_ramdisk=1"
+
+You want bit 15 as one, indicating that you want a prompt/keypress
+sequence so that you have a chance to switch floppy disks.
+The command line equivalent is: "prompt_ramdisk=1"
+
+Putting that together gives 2^15 + 2^14 + 0 = 49152 for an rdev word.
+So to create disk one of the set, you would do:
+
+	/usr/src/linux# cat arch/x86/boot/zImage > /dev/fd0
+	/usr/src/linux# rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/fd0
+	/usr/src/linux# rdev -r /dev/fd0 49152
+
+If you make a boot disk that has LILO, then for the above, you would use:
+	append = "ramdisk_start=0 load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=1"
+Since the default start = 0 and the default prompt = 1, you could use:
+	append = "load_ramdisk=1"
+
+
+4) An Example of Creating a Compressed RAM Disk
+----------------------------------------------
+
+To create a RAM disk image, you will need a spare block device to
+construct it on. This can be the RAM disk device itself, or an
+unused disk partition (such as an unmounted swap partition). For this
+example, we will use the RAM disk device, "/dev/ram0".
+
+Note: This technique should not be done on a machine with less than 8 MB
+of RAM. If using a spare disk partition instead of /dev/ram0, then this
+restriction does not apply.
+
+a) Decide on the RAM disk size that you want. Say 2 MB for this example.
+   Create it by writing to the RAM disk device. (This step is not currently
+   required, but may be in the future.) It is wise to zero out the
+   area (esp. for disks) so that maximal compression is achieved for
+   the unused blocks of the image that you are about to create.
+
+	dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ram0 bs=1k count=2048
+
+b) Make a filesystem on it. Say ext2fs for this example.
+
+	mke2fs -vm0 /dev/ram0 2048
+
+c) Mount it, copy the files you want to it (eg: /etc/* /dev/* ...)
+   and unmount it again.
+
+d) Compress the contents of the RAM disk. The level of compression
+   will be approximately 50% of the space used by the files. Unused
+   space on the RAM disk will compress to almost nothing.
+
+	dd if=/dev/ram0 bs=1k count=2048 | gzip -v9 > /tmp/ram_image.gz
+
+e) Put the kernel onto the floppy
+
+	dd if=zImage of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k
+
+f) Put the RAM disk image onto the floppy, after the kernel. Use an offset
+   that is slightly larger than the kernel, so that you can put another
+   (possibly larger) kernel onto the same floppy later without overlapping
+   the RAM disk image. An offset of 400 kB for kernels about 350 kB in
+   size would be reasonable. Make sure offset+size of ram_image.gz is
+   not larger than the total space on your floppy (usually 1440 kB).
+
+	dd if=/tmp/ram_image.gz of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k seek=400
+
+g) Use "rdev" to set the boot device, RAM disk offset, prompt flag, etc.
+   For prompt_ramdisk=1, load_ramdisk=1, ramdisk_start=400, one would
+   have 2^15 + 2^14 + 400 = 49552.
+
+	rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/fd0
+	rdev -r /dev/fd0 49552
+
+That is it. You now have your boot/root compressed RAM disk floppy. Some
+users may wish to combine steps (d) and (f) by using a pipe.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+						Paul Gortmaker 12/95
+
+Changelog:
+----------
+
+10-22-04 :	Updated to reflect changes in command line options, remove
+		obsolete references, general cleanup.
+		James Nelson (james4765@gmail.com)
+
+
+12-95 :		Original Document
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+zram: Compressed RAM based block devices
+----------------------------------------
+
+* Introduction
+
+The zram module creates RAM based block devices named /dev/zram<id>
+(<id> = 0, 1, ...). Pages written to these disks are compressed and stored
+in memory itself. These disks allow very fast I/O and compression provides
+good amounts of memory savings. Some of the usecases include /tmp storage,
+use as swap disks, various caches under /var and maybe many more :)
+
+Statistics for individual zram devices are exported through sysfs nodes at
+/sys/block/zram<id>/
+
+* Usage
+
+Following shows a typical sequence of steps for using zram.
+
+1) Load Module:
+	modprobe zram num_devices=4
+	This creates 4 devices: /dev/zram{0,1,2,3}
+	(num_devices parameter is optional. Default: 1)
+
+2) Set max number of compression streams
+	Compression backend may use up to max_comp_streams compression streams,
+	thus allowing up to max_comp_streams concurrent compression operations.
+	By default, compression backend uses single compression stream.
+
+	Examples:
+	#show max compression streams number
+	cat /sys/block/zram0/max_comp_streams
+
+	#set max compression streams number to 3
+	echo 3 > /sys/block/zram0/max_comp_streams
+
+Note:
+In order to enable compression backend's multi stream support max_comp_streams
+must be initially set to desired concurrency level before ZRAM device
+initialisation. Once the device initialised as a single stream compression
+backend (max_comp_streams equals to 1), you will see error if you try to change
+the value of max_comp_streams because single stream compression backend
+implemented as a special case by lock overhead issue and does not support
+dynamic max_comp_streams. Only multi stream backend supports dynamic
+max_comp_streams adjustment.
+
+3) Select compression algorithm
+	Using comp_algorithm device attribute one can see available and
+	currently selected (shown in square brackets) compression algortithms,
+	change selected compression algorithm (once the device is initialised
+	there is no way to change compression algorithm).
+
+	Examples:
+	#show supported compression algorithms
+	cat /sys/block/zram0/comp_algorithm
+	lzo [lz4]
+
+	#select lzo compression algorithm
+	echo lzo > /sys/block/zram0/comp_algorithm
+
+4) Set Disksize
+        Set disk size by writing the value to sysfs node 'disksize'.
+        The value can be either in bytes or you can use mem suffixes.
+        Examples:
+            # Initialize /dev/zram0 with 50MB disksize
+            echo $((50*1024*1024)) > /sys/block/zram0/disksize
+
+            # Using mem suffixes
+            echo 256K > /sys/block/zram0/disksize
+            echo 512M > /sys/block/zram0/disksize
+            echo 1G > /sys/block/zram0/disksize
+
+Note:
+There is little point creating a zram of greater than twice the size of memory
+since we expect a 2:1 compression ratio. Note that zram uses about 0.1% of the
+size of the disk when not in use so a huge zram is wasteful.
+
+5) Set memory limit: Optional
+	Set memory limit by writing the value to sysfs node 'mem_limit'.
+	The value can be either in bytes or you can use mem suffixes.
+	In addition, you could change the value in runtime.
+	Examples:
+	    # limit /dev/zram0 with 50MB memory
+	    echo $((50*1024*1024)) > /sys/block/zram0/mem_limit
+
+	    # Using mem suffixes
+	    echo 256K > /sys/block/zram0/mem_limit
+	    echo 512M > /sys/block/zram0/mem_limit
+	    echo 1G > /sys/block/zram0/mem_limit
+
+	    # To disable memory limit
+	    echo 0 > /sys/block/zram0/mem_limit
+
+6) Activate:
+	mkswap /dev/zram0
+	swapon /dev/zram0
+
+	mkfs.ext4 /dev/zram1
+	mount /dev/zram1 /tmp
+
+7) Stats:
+Per-device statistics are exported as various nodes under /sys/block/zram<id>/
+
+A brief description of exported device attritbutes. For more details please
+read Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-zram.
+
+Name            access            description
+----            ------            -----------
+disksize          RW    show and set the device's disk size
+initstate         RO    shows the initialization state of the device
+reset             WO    trigger device reset
+num_reads         RO    the number of reads
+failed_reads      RO    the number of failed reads
+num_write         RO    the number of writes
+failed_writes     RO    the number of failed writes
+invalid_io        RO    the number of non-page-size-aligned I/O requests
+max_comp_streams  RW    the number of possible concurrent compress operations
+comp_algorithm    RW    show and change the compression algorithm
+notify_free       RO    the number of notifications to free pages (either
+                        slot free notifications or REQ_DISCARD requests)
+zero_pages        RO    the number of zero filled pages written to this disk
+orig_data_size    RO    uncompressed size of data stored in this disk
+compr_data_size   RO    compressed size of data stored in this disk
+mem_used_total    RO    the amount of memory allocated for this disk
+mem_used_max      RW    the maximum amount memory zram have consumed to
+                        store compressed data
+mem_limit         RW    the maximum amount of memory ZRAM can use to store
+                        the compressed data
+num_migrated      RO    the number of objects migrated migrated by compaction
+
+
+WARNING
+=======
+per-stat sysfs attributes are considered to be deprecated.
+The basic strategy is:
+-- the existing RW nodes will be downgraded to WO nodes (in linux 4.11)
+-- deprecated RO sysfs nodes will eventually be removed (in linux 4.11)
+
+The list of deprecated attributes can be found here:
+Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-block-zram
+
+Basically, every attribute that has its own read accessible sysfs node
+(e.g. num_reads) *AND* is accessible via one of the stat files (zram<id>/stat
+or zram<id>/io_stat or zram<id>/mm_stat) is considered to be deprecated.
+
+User space is advised to use the following files to read the device statistics.
+
+File /sys/block/zram<id>/stat
+
+Represents block layer statistics. Read Documentation/block/stat.txt for
+details.
+
+File /sys/block/zram<id>/io_stat
+
+The stat file represents device's I/O statistics not accounted by block
+layer and, thus, not available in zram<id>/stat file. It consists of a
+single line of text and contains the following stats separated by
+whitespace:
+	failed_reads
+	failed_writes
+	invalid_io
+	notify_free
+
+File /sys/block/zram<id>/mm_stat
+
+The stat file represents device's mm statistics. It consists of a single
+line of text and contains the following stats separated by whitespace:
+	orig_data_size
+	compr_data_size
+	mem_used_total
+	mem_limit
+	mem_used_max
+	zero_pages
+	num_migrated
+
+8) Deactivate:
+	swapoff /dev/zram0
+	umount /dev/zram1
+
+9) Reset:
+	Write any positive value to 'reset' sysfs node
+	echo 1 > /sys/block/zram0/reset
+	echo 1 > /sys/block/zram1/reset
+
+	This frees all the memory allocated for the given device and
+	resets the disksize to zero. You must set the disksize again
+	before reusing the device.
+
+Nitin Gupta
+ngupta@vflare.org