[kernel] r10454 - in dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6: atl2 aufs btrfs debian debian/templates drbd8 gspca iscsitarget kqemu mol r6040 redhat-cluster squashfs tp-smapi unionfs virtualbox-ose virtualbox-ose-guest

Daniel Baumann daniel at alioth.debian.org
Sat Feb 9 07:56:28 UTC 2008


Author: daniel
Date: Sat Feb  9 07:56:27 2008
New Revision: 10454

Log:
Adding missing and improving existing long descriptions.

Modified:
   dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/atl2/defines
   dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/aufs/defines
   dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/btrfs/defines
   dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/debian/changelog
   dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/debian/templates/control.modules.in
   dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/drbd8/defines
   dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/gspca/defines
   dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/iscsitarget/defines
   dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/kqemu/defines
   dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/mol/defines
   dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/r6040/defines
   dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/redhat-cluster/defines
   dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/squashfs/defines
   dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/tp-smapi/defines
   dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/unionfs/defines
   dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/virtualbox-ose-guest/defines
   dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/virtualbox-ose/defines

Modified: dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/atl2/defines
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/atl2/defines	(original)
+++ dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/atl2/defines	Sat Feb  9 07:56:27 2008
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 [base]
-not-arches:
- s390
-desc: Driver for the Atheros(R) L2 Fast Ethernet Adapter
+not-arches: s390
 not-featuresets: xen xen-vserver
+desc: Driver for the Atheros L2 Fast Ethernet Adapter
+longdesc:
+ atl2 is the Linux Base Driver for the Atheros(R) L2 Fast Ethernet Adapter.
+ The the Atheros(R) L2 Fast Ethernet Adapter is present in a few low
+ cost Asus laptop systems, such as the Asus Eee PC.

Modified: dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/aufs/defines
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/aufs/defines	(original)
+++ dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/aufs/defines	Sat Feb  9 07:56:27 2008
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 [base]
-desc: Another UnionFS
+desc: Driver for a stackable unification filesystem
+longdesc:
+ Aufs is a stackable unification filesystem such as Unionfs, which unifies
+ several directories and provides a merged single directory.

Modified: dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/btrfs/defines
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/btrfs/defines	(original)
+++ dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/btrfs/defines	Sat Feb  9 07:56:27 2008
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 [base]
-not-arches:
- arm
- hppa
- ia64
- mips
- mipsel
- powerpc
- sparc
-desc: Snapshotting filesystem
+not-arches: arm hppa ia64 mips mipsel powerpc sparc
+desc: Driver for a snapshotting filesystem
+long-desc:
+ Btrfs is a filesystem that is designed to be scalable, efficient and fast.
+ Notable features include very fast offline filesystem check, online filesystem
+ checking, checksumming of all metadata and fast, writable filesystem snapshots.

Modified: dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/debian/changelog
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/debian/changelog	(original)
+++ dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/debian/changelog	Sat Feb  9 07:56:27 2008
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 linux-modules-extra-2.6 (2.6.24-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   * Disabling atl2 on s390.
+  * Adding missing and improving existing long descriptions.
 
  -- Daniel Baumann <daniel at debian.org>  Mon,  4 Feb 2008 13:43:00 +0100
 

Modified: dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/debian/templates/control.modules.in
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/debian/templates/control.modules.in	(original)
+++ dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/debian/templates/control.modules.in	Sat Feb  9 07:56:27 2008
@@ -18,4 +18,3 @@
  @longclass@ machines.
  .
  @longdesc@
-

Modified: dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/drbd8/defines
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/drbd8/defines	(original)
+++ dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/drbd8/defines	Sat Feb  9 07:56:27 2008
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 [base]
-not-arches:
- alpha
- mips
- mipsel
- s390
-desc: Driver for RAID 1 over tcp/ip
+not-arches: alpha mips mipsel s390
+desc: Driver for RAID 1 over TCP/IP
+longdesc:
+ Drbd is a block device which is designed to build high availability clusters by
+ providing a virtual shared device which keeps disks in nodes synchronised using
+ TCP/IP. This simulates RAID 1 but avoiding the use of uncommon hardware (shared
+ SCSI buses or Fibre Channel).
+ It is currently limited to fail-over HA clusters.

Modified: dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/gspca/defines
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/gspca/defines	(original)
+++ dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/gspca/defines	Sat Feb  9 07:56:27 2008
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 [base]
-arches:
- amd64
- i386
- powerpc
-desc: gspca video for linux (v4l) driver
+arches: amd64 i386 powerpc
+desc: Driver for webcams and digital cameras based on spca5xx chipset
 longdesc:
- The gpsca video for linux (v4l) driver, provides support for
- webcams and digital cameras based on the spca5xx range of chips
- manufactured by SunPlus, Sonix, Z-star, Vimicro, Conexant, Etoms,
- Mars-semi, Pixart and Transvision.
+ The gpsca video for linux (v4l) driver, provides support for webcams and
+ digital cameras based on the spca5xx range of chips manufactured by SunPlus,
+ Sonix, Z-star, Vimicro, Conexant, Etoms, Mars-semi, Pixart and Transvision.

Modified: dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/iscsitarget/defines
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/iscsitarget/defines	(original)
+++ dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/iscsitarget/defines	Sat Feb  9 07:56:27 2008
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 [base]
-desc: iSCSI Enterprise Target driver
+desc: Driver for iSCSI Enterprise Target
+longdesc:
+ iSCSI Enterprise Target is for building an iSCSI storage system. It is aimed at
+ developing an iSCSI target satisfying enterprise requirements.

Modified: dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/kqemu/defines
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/kqemu/defines	(original)
+++ dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/kqemu/defines	Sat Feb  9 07:56:27 2008
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 [base]
-arches:
-  amd64
-  i386
+arches: amd64 i386
 not-flavours: amd64
 not-featuresets: xen xen-vserver
-desc: QEMU Accelerator
+desc: QEMU Accelerator module
+ The QEMU Accelerator Module increases the speed of QEMU when a PC is emulated
+ on a PC. It runs most of the target application code directly on the host
+ processor to achieve near native performance.

Modified: dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/mol/defines
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/mol/defines	(original)
+++ dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/mol/defines	Sat Feb  9 07:56:27 2008
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 [base]
-arches:
- powerpc
-flavours:
- powerpc
- powerpc-smp
- powerpc-miboot
+arches: powerpc
+flavours: powerpc powerpc-smp powerpc-miboot
 desc: Mac-on-Linux emulator
 longdesc:
- Mac-on-Linux is basically an emulator capable of running
- MacOS on most Debian/PowerPC machines.  However, several
- things are not emulated -- in particular, the processor
- runs natively, which makes Mac-on-Linux very fast.  The
- main drawback is the need for special support code in the
- kernel.
+ Mac-on-Linux is basically an emulator capable of running MacOS on most
+ Debian/PowerPC machines. However, several things are not emulated - in
+ particular, the processor runs natively, which makes Mac-on-Linux very fast.

Modified: dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/r6040/defines
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/r6040/defines	(original)
+++ dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/r6040/defines	Sat Feb  9 07:56:27 2008
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 [base]
-arches:
- amd64
- i386
+arches: amd64 i386
 desc: Driver for RDC Semiconductor R6040 PCI Fast Ethernet Controller
+longdesc:
+ This is a device driver for RDC Semiconductor R6040 PCI Fast Ethernet
+ Controller which can be found in Vortex86SX - Fault Tolerance x86
+ System-on-Chip.

Modified: dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/redhat-cluster/defines
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/redhat-cluster/defines	(original)
+++ dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/redhat-cluster/defines	Sat Feb  9 07:56:27 2008
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 [base]
 desc: Redhat Cluster infrastructure
+longdesc:
+ Red Hat cluster suite contains drivers for a gfs (shared-disk cluster file
+ system) and gnbd (share block devices to many machines over a network).

Modified: dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/squashfs/defines
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/squashfs/defines	(original)
+++ dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/squashfs/defines	Sat Feb  9 07:56:27 2008
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 [base]
-not-arches:
- arm
- hppa
-desc: Squash filesystem
+not-arches: arm hppa
+desc: Driver for compression filesystem
 longdesc:
  Squashfs is a highly compressed read-only filesystem for Linux. It uses zlib
  compression to compress both files, inodes and directories. Inodes in the

Modified: dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/tp-smapi/defines
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/tp-smapi/defines	(original)
+++ dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/tp-smapi/defines	Sat Feb  9 07:56:27 2008
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 [base]
+arches: amd64 i386
 desc: ThinkPad hardware/firmware access through sysfs
+ The tp_smapi kernel module exposes some features of the ThinkPad
+ hardware/firmware via a sysfs interface. Currently, the main implemented
+ functionality is control of battery charging and extended battery status. The
+ underlying hardware interfaces are SMAPI and direct access to the embedded
+ controller.

Modified: dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/unionfs/defines
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/unionfs/defines	(original)
+++ dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/unionfs/defines	Sat Feb  9 07:56:27 2008
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [base]
-desc: Unionfs
-longdesc:
- The unionfs driver provides a unification file system for the Linux
- kernel. It allows to virtually merge the contents of several
- directories and/or stack them, so that apparent file changes in the
- unionfs end in file changes in only one of the source directories.
 not-featuresets: vserver xen-vserver
+desc: Driver for a stackable unification filesystem
+longdesc:
+ The unionfs driver provides a unification filesystem. It allows to virtually
+ merge the contents of several directories and/or stack them, so that apparent
+ file changes in the unionfs end in file changes in only one of the source
+ directories.

Modified: dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/virtualbox-ose-guest/defines
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/virtualbox-ose-guest/defines	(original)
+++ dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/virtualbox-ose-guest/defines	Sat Feb  9 07:56:27 2008
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [base]
-arches:
-  i386
+arches: i386
 not-flavours: amd64
 desc: PC virtualization solution
+ VirtualBox is a free PC virtualization solution allowing you to run a wide
+ range of PC operating systems on your system.

Modified: dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/virtualbox-ose/defines
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/virtualbox-ose/defines	(original)
+++ dists/trunk/linux-modules-extra-2.6/virtualbox-ose/defines	Sat Feb  9 07:56:27 2008
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [base]
-arches:
-  i386
+arches: i386
 not-flavours: amd64
 desc: PC virtualization solution
+ VirtualBox is a free PC virtualization solution allowing you to run a wide
+ range of PC operating systems on your system.



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