http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3231

by Christian Lupien
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3242

Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>

Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>

CONFIG_ACPI_BLACKLIST_YEAR=2001 for old behaviour

new cmdline options: "acpi_dbg_layer=",  "acpi_dbg_level="
and /proc/acpi/debug_layer, debug_level now describe levels

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2398

This will enable drivers to work around BIOS deficiencies,
while still allowing the drivers to be more picky with "acpi=strict"
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>

Signed-off-by: Takayoshi Kochi <t-kochi@bq.jp.nec.com>

Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@sgi.com>

These workarounds are disabled if "acpi=strict"

Designed and implemented support within the AML interpreter
for the so-called implicit return.  This support returns
the result of the last ASL operation within a control
method, in the absence of an explicit Return() operator.
A few machines depend on this behavior, even though it
is not explicitly supported by the ASL language.  It is
optional support that can be enabled at runtime via the
acpi_gbl_enable_interpreter_slack flag.

Removed support for the PCI_Config address space from the
internal low level hardware interfaces (acpi_hw_low_level_read
and acpi_hw_low_level_write).  This support was not used
internally, and would not work correctly anyway because
the PCI bus number and segment number were not supported.
There are separate interfaces for PCI configuration space
access because of the unique interface.
acpica-unix-20040816.patch

AE_CODE_AML_MAX fix from Bjorn Helgaas

Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>

into intel.com:/home/lenb/src/linux-acpi-test-2.6.8

into intel.com:/home/lenb/src/linux-acpi-test-2.6.8

Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@sgi.com>

into intel.com:/home/lenb/src/linux-acpi-test-2.6.8

into intel.com:/home/lenb/src/linux-acpi-test-2.6.8

Fixes two common boot failures due to buggy SMM BIOS code

SMP boot crash if SMI_CMD=ACPI written from CPU1
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2941

laptop crash due to LAPIC timer before SMI_CMD=ACPI
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1269

Fix stupid thinkos in the fcntl f_op removal code.

into intel.com:/home/lenb/src/linux-acpi-test-2.6.8

Update lasi 82596 driver:
 - Fix boot messages (Helge Deller)
 - Whitespace and __FILE__ usage (Joel Soete)
 - 64-bit compile warning fixes (James Bottomley)

This trivial fix allows mounting MO-drives readwrite.

Acked by Jens.
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

 - __PAGE_OFFSET is 0x10000000 (Randolph Chung)
 - PA8800 support (Grant Grundler)
 - debuglocks (Thibaut Varene)
 - PDC chassis disabling (Thibaut Varene)
 - Distinguish between Dinos in request_irq (Thibaut Varene)
 - Document interrupt registers (Randolph Chung)
 - Revamp CONFIG_DISCONTIGMEM support (Randolph Chung)
 - Remove STI console warning and special casing (Randolph Chung)
 - n4000 defconfig (Randolph Chung)
 - iosapic fixes (Bjorn Helgaas)
 - Fix a bug in entry.S where pa_dbit_lock was being trashed (Randolph Chung)
 - SMP support (Randolph Chung, Grant Grundler, James Bottomley)
 - Clear the pte in the fault handler (Joel Soete)
 - Change _exit prototype (Carlos O'Donell)
 - Better unwinding support (Randolph Chung)
 - GCC 3.4 fixes (Carlos O'Donell, Randolph Chung)

The newly introduced ->fcntl file_operation is badly thought out,
not to mention undocumented.  This patch replaces it with two better
defined operations -- check_flags and dir_notify.  Any other fcntl()s
that filesystems are interested in can have their own properly typed
f_op method when they need it.
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

into ppc970.osdl.org:/home/torvalds/v2.6/linux

into ppc970.osdl.org:/home/torvalds/v2.6/linux

Patch from Marc Singer

The work already done to rectify the timer code initialization missed
a necessary change.  This patch adds a timer initialization function
to the LPD7A400 machine type.  It also makes a small correction to the
kernel configuration that is out of step with the machine specific
Kconfig.

Patch from Marc Singer

This patch aligns the lh7a40x port with the updated structure of IDE
drivers.  It also removes an unused FIQ handler.  This patch is made
in order to get the lh7a40x port to build.

Patch from Catalin Marinas

This patch replaces the -mshort-load-bytes option with $(call
check_gcc,-malignment-traps,-mshort-load-bytes) in the CFLAGS
setting in arch/arm/Makefile.

into ppc970.osdl.org:/home/torvalds/v2.6/linux

into kernel.bkbits.net:/home/davem/sparc-2.6