It broke some existing setups, so let's drop it until we have
a better notion of how to do this.

This is an obvious scalability improvement for write()s.  We used a
global lock to protect the inode writecount (updated on every open for
writing) - this just makes it use the existing inode->i_lock instead.

Compiles & boots fine on x86 SMP.

into home.osdl.org:/home/torvalds/v2.5/linux

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

into home.osdl.org:/home/torvalds/v2.5/linux

into home.osdl.org:/home/torvalds/v2.5/linux

into sgi.com:/source2/xfs-linux-2.6

SGI Modid: xfs-linux:xfs-kern:166504a

	via /proc/efi/fpswa, rather than printing it at boot time.

into kleikamp.dyn.webahead.ibm.com:/shaggy/bk/jfs-2.5

Periodically check for outstanding MCA or INIT records and pass them to
user space salinfo.

Correct the "did we recover from MCA test" and move it up a level to
simplify interaction with debuggers.

Thanks to Nick's domain patch, the kernel worked fine with
smp_num_siblings = 4 (in simulation).

into home.osdl.org:/home/torvalds/v2.5/linux

Another fix from Dominik.

From Dominik..
The different P-4-M steppings have different "ebx" values. Analyze it
correctly to sort out Pentium-4-based Celerons.

Move the table verification to an extra function.

Remove the *ppst table, and remove an unneccessary forward-declaration

Keep *ppst local to the only function which needs it any longer.

Use the frequency_table for calculating the correct ->target state

Add a struct cpufreq_frequency_table, fill it with content, and use it for
->verify.

Reverting frequency changes on unloading is uncommon for cpufreq drivers
so let's remove this speciality.

into delerium.codemonkey.org.uk:/mnt/nfs/sepia/bar/src/kernel/2.6/trees/cpufreq

From: Hiroshi Miura <miura at da-cha.org>
                                                                                                        
I mistook a Geode chipset's register meanings. (-.-;
ON is not 'CPU is ON' but 'cpu modulation is ON' that is stops cpu.
                                                                                                               
this causes a bad freq setting.
                                                                                                               
This patch fixes this and minor bug that is,
                                                                                                               
        if (new_khz == stock_freq) {  /* if new khz == 100% of CPU speed, it is special case */
                local_irq_save(flags);
                cpufreq_notify_transition(&freqs, CPUFREQ_PRECHANGE);
                                                                                                               
cpufreq_notify_transition() called after local_irq_save();
this makes not update cpu_khz.

Patches from Ben Woodward to calculate irq_safe once and pass it around.

[PATCH] ia64: mca.c cleanup - Reorder to remove the need for forward declarations and to consolidate related code