Seite 4: Kleine Perlen: Storage

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Die kleinen Perlen: Storage

Block Layer

• [    ] block: add function call to switch the IO scheduler from a driver
• [    ] block: add secure discard
• [    ] block: add sysfs knob for turning off disk entropy contributions
• [   3] block: push down BKL into .locked_ioctl
• [   4] block: push down BKL into .open and .release
• [    ] block: update request stacking methods to support discards
• [   2] cciss: add performant mode support for Stars/Sirius
• [    ] cciss: new controller support and bump driver version
• [ DN ] cfq-iosched: Documentation help for new tunables
• [    ] cfq-iosched: Implement tunable group_idle
• [   1] drbd: revert "delay probes", feature is being re-implemented differently
• [C N2] spectra: Add basic mtd support
• [C   ] spectra: Clean up emulation vs. hardware backend support
• [    ] spectra: Make it build as a module
• [C   ] spectra: Move to drivers/staging
• [C   ] spectra: Rename config options
• [    ] writeback: add new tracepoints
• [    ] writeback: Add tracing to balance_dirty_pages
• [    ] writeback: Add tracing to write_cache_pages
• [  N ] writeback: Initial tracing support

Libata

• [    ] ahci: AHCI and RAID mode SATA patch for Intel Patsburg DeviceIDs
• [C N1] ARM: pata_pxa: DMA-capable PATA driver
• [    ] ata_piix: IDE Mode SATA patch for Intel Patsburg DeviceIDs
• [C N2] [libata] Add Samsung PATA controller driver, pata_samsung_cf
• [    ] libata: more PCI IDs for jmicron controllers
• [C  1] libata: remove no longer needed pata_winbond driver
• [    ] libata-sff: Reenable Port Multiplier after libata-sff remodeling. [    ] sata_mv: fix broken DSM/TRIM support (v2)

MFD/MMC/MTD

• [C N1] mfd: Add JZ4740 ADC driver
• [    ] mfd: Add stmpe auto sleep feature
• [C N3] mfd: Add STMPE I/O Expander support
• [C N ] mfd: Add support for TWL6030 PWM
• [C N1] mfd: Add TPS6586x driver
• [    ] mfd: Add WM8321 support
• [C   ] mfd: More verbose MFD Kconfig entry
• [ DN3] mmc: add erase, secure erase, trim and secure trim operations
• [    ] mmc: add ricoh e822 pci id
• [C N2] MMC: Add support for the controller on JZ4740 SoCs.
• [    ] mmc_block: add discard support
• [    ] mmc_block: add support for secure discard
• [    ] mmc: implement SD-combo (IO+mem) support
• [C   ] mmc: msm_sdcc: Compile the driver for msm7x30
• [   2] mmc_test: add performance tests
• [    ] mtd: add an ioctl to query the lock status of a flash sector
• [    ] mtd: denali: Add multi connected NAND support
• [    ] mtd: ixp4xx: add support for static flash partitions
• [    ] mtd: m25p80: Add support for Macronix 25L8005
• [    ] mtd: m25p80: add support for the EON EN25P{32, 64} SPI flash chips
• [    ] mtd: m25p80: add support for the Intel/Numonyx {16,32,64}0S33B SPI flash chips
• [    ] mtd: m25p80: add support for the Winbond W25Q32 SPI flash chip
• [C N1] MTD: Nand: Add JZ4740 NAND driver
• [    ] mtd: nand_ids: add two entries for NAND chips
• [    ] mtd-physmap: add support users can assign the probe type in board files
• [C   ] mtd: remove redwood map driver
• [C  1] mxc_nand: Add v3 (i.MX51) Support
• [    ] mxc_nand: support 8bit ecc
• [C   ] s5pc110: SDHCI-s3c support on s5pc110
• [    ] sdhci: add no hi-speed bit quirk support
• [    ] sdhci: add regulator support
• [    ] sdhci-s3c: add SDHCI_QUIRK_DATA_TIMEOUT_USES_SDCLK quirk
• [    ] sdhci-s3c: add support for new card detection methods [    ] sdhci-s3c: add support for the non standard minimal clock value

SCSI

• [ DN1] Documentation: move SCSI parameters to their own text file
• [   2] qlcnic: Add support for configuring eswitch and npars
• [   8] SCSI: arcmsr: Support 1024 scatter-gather list entries and improve AP while FW trapped and behaviors of EHs
• [    ] SCSI: be2iscsi: Adding crashdump support
• [   2] SCSI: be2iscsi: Add support for iscsi boot
• [    ] SCSI: be2iscsi: Driver Version change to 2.0.549.0
• [  N1] SCSI: bfa: add debugfs support
• [    ] SCSI: bfa: add description for module parameters
• [   1] SCSI: bfa: add dynamic queue selection
• [  N1] SCSI: bfa: enable basic PBC support
• [   2] SCSI: bfa: enable new hardware
• [   1] SCSI: bfa: PBC vport create
• [   2] SCSI: bfa: statistics and typo fix
• [    ] SCSI: bfa: update driver version string
• [    ] SCSI: bfa: update to support BOFM
• [    ] SCSI: bfa: update to support firmware configuation
• [    ] SCSI: bnx2i: Updated version from 2.1.1 to 2.1.2
• [  N ] SCSI: convert to the new PM framework
• [    ] SCSI: fcoe: adds src and dest mac address checking for fcoe frames
• [    ] SCSI: fcoe: config via separate create_vn2vn module parameter
• [    ] SCSI: hpsa: add entry to MAINTAINERS
• [ DN ] SCSI: hpsa: Add hpsa.txt to Documentation/scsi
• [    ] SCSI: hpsa: add new controllers
• [ D  ] SCSI: hpsa: expose controller firmware revision via /sys.
• [    ] SCSI: hpsa: Make "hpsa_allow_any=1" boot param enable Compaq Smart Arrays.
• [    ] SCSI: ibmvfc: Driver version 1.0.8
• [    ] SCSI: ibmvfc: Driver version 1.0.9
• [    ] SCSI: ibmvscsi: Driver version 1.5.9
• [    ] SCSI: ipr: add endian swap enablement for 64 bit adapters
• [    ] SCSI: ipr: add support for new Obsidian-E embedded adapter
• [    ] SCSI: libfc: add discovery-private pointer for LLD
• [   1] SCSI: libfc: add FLOGI state to rport for VN2VN
• [    ] SCSI: libfc: add interface to allocate a sequence for incoming requests
• [    ] SCSI: libfc: Add local port point-to-multipoint flag
• [    ] SCSI: libfcoe: add protocol description of FIP VN2VN mode
• [    ] SCSI: libfcoe: add state change debugging
• [   4] SCSI: libfcoe: fcoe: fnic: add FIP VN2VN point-to-multipoint support
• [   2] SCSI: lpfc 8.3.13: Add TX Queue Support for SLI4 ELS commands.
• [    ] SCSI: lpfc 8.3.13: FC Discovery Fixes and enhancements.
• [    ] SCSI: lpfc 8.3.13: Initialization code clean up and fixes.
• [    ] SCSI: lpfc 8.3.13: Misc fixes
• [    ] SCSI: lpfc 8.3.13: SCSI specific changes
• [    ] SCSI: lpfc 8.3.13: Update Driver Version to 8.3.13
• [   1] SCSI: lpfc 8.3.14: FCoE Discovery Fixes
• [   1] SCSI: lpfc 8.3.14: PCI fixes and enhancements
• [    ] SCSI: lpfc 8.3.14: SCSI and SLI API fixes
• [    ] SCSI: lpfc 8.3.14: Update Driver version to 8.3.14
• [    ] SCSI: lpfc 8.3.15: Add target queue depth throttling
• [    ] SCSI: lpfc 8.3.15: Update driver version 8.3.15
• [    ] SCSI: lpfc 8.3.16: Change LPFC driver version to 8.3.16
• [   1] SCSI: lpfc 8.3.16: FCoE Discovery and Failover Fixes
• [   1] SCSI: lpfc 8.3.16: SLI Additions, updates, and code cleanup
• [   1] SCSI: mpt2sas: Added expander phy control support
• [    ] SCSI: mpt2sas: Added expander phy counter support
• [    ] SCSI: mpt2sas: Added sysfs counter for ioc reset
• [    ] SCSI: mpt2sas: Added sysfs support for trace buffer
• [    ] SCSI: mpt2sas: Bump version 06.100.00.00
• [    ] SCSI: mpt2sas: DIF Type 2 Protection Support
• [   3] SCSI: mpt2sas: MPI header version N is updated.
• [    ] SCSI: mpt2sas: staged device discovery. disable_discovery module parameter is added.
• [    ] SCSI: mptfusion: Added code for occationally SATA hotplug failure.
• [    ] SCSI: mptfusion: Bump version 03.04.16
• [    ] SCSI: mptfusion: Bump version 03.04.17
• [   8] SCSI: pmcraid: MSI-X support and other changes
• [    ] SCSI: qla2xxx: Add CT passthru support for ISP23xx adapters
• [   1] SCSI: qla2xxx: Add internal loopback support for ISP81xx.
• [    ] SCSI: qla2xxx: Check for golden firmware and show version if available
• [    ] SCSI: qla2xxx: Support for loading Unified ROM Image (URI) format firmware file.
• [    ] SCSI: qla2xxx: T10 DIF enablement for 81XX
• [    ] SCSI: qla2xxx: T10 DIF Type 2 support
• [    ] SCSI: qla2xxx: Updated version number to 8.03.03-k0.
• [    ] SCSI: qla2xxx: Update version number to 8.03.04-k0.
• [   1] SCSI: qla4xxx: Added AER support for ISP82xx
• [    ] SCSI: qla4xxx: Update driver version to 5.02.00-k2
• [    ] SCSI: qla4xxx: Update driver version to 5.02.00-k3
• [C   ] SCSI: scsi: add Kconfig dependency on NET
• [   9] SCSI: SCSI: Support Type C RAID controller
• [    ] SCSI: sd: add support for runtime PM
• [    ] SCSI: zfcp: Enable data division support for FCP devices
• [C  1] SCSI: zfcp: Introduce experimental support for DIF/DIX
• [C N ] sdhci-pltfm: add support for CNS3xxx SoC devices

• [C N2] dmaengine: Driver for Topcliff PCH DMA controller
• [ D  ] dm: allow autoloading of dm mod
• [    ] dm snapshot: implement merge
• [C N2] ibft: separate ibft parsing from sysfs interface
• [C N4] intel_mid: Add Mrst & Mfld DMA Drivers
• [    ] md: add support for raising dm events.
• [    ] md/bitmap: prepare for storing write-intent-bitmap via dm-dirty-log.
• [    ] RDMA/cxgb4: Add module option to tweak delayed ack
• [    ] RDMA/cxgb4: Add timeouts when waiting for FW responses
• [   1] RDMA/cxgb4: Support variable sized work requests [  N1] Rename raid6 files now they're in a 'raid6' directory.

Weitere Hintergründe und Informationen rund um Entwicklungen im Linux-Kernel und dessen Umfeld finden sich in den vorangegangenen Kernel-Logs auf heise open. Neue Ausgaben des Kernel-Logs werden auf den Identi.ca- und Twitter-Konten "@kernellog" erwähnt; die englischen, bei den Kollegen von "The H" erscheinenden Übersetzungen auf den Identi.ca- und Twitter-Konten "@kernellog2". Gelegentlich zwitschert der Autor des Kernel-Logs unabhängig davon über einige Kernel-Log-Themen bei Identi.ca und Twitter als "@kernellogauthor". (thl).

(thl)