Andy Lutomirski 98eedc3a9d Document the vDSO and add a reference parser ...

It turns out that parsing the vDSO is nontrivial if you don't already
have an ELF dynamic loader around.  So document it in Documentation/ABI
and add a reference CC0-licenced parser.

This code is dedicated to Go issue 1933:
http://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=1933

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/a315a9514cd71bcf29436cc31e35aada21a5ff21.1310563276.git.luto@mit.edu
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>

2011-07-14 17:57:09 -07:00

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ABI

Document the vDSO and add a reference parser

2011-07-14 17:57:09 -07:00

accounting

getdelays: show average CPU/IO/SWAP/RECLAIM delays

2011-05-26 17:12:34 -07:00

acpi

ACPI: Split out custom_method functionality into an own driver

2011-05-29 01:50:40 -04:00

aoe

Documentation: update broken web addresses.

2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00

arm

Merge branch 'for-rmk' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kgene/linux-samsung into devel-stable

2011-05-25 21:47:48 +01:00

auxdisplay

includecheck fix: Documentation, cfag12864b-example.c

2009-09-24 07:20:57 -07:00

blackfin

Blackfin: document SPI CS limitations with CPHA=0

2010-08-06 12:55:52 -04:00

block

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00

blockdev

cciss: add cciss_tape_cmds module paramter

2011-05-06 08:23:59 -06:00

cdrom

Documentation: update broken web addresses.

2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00

cgroups

cgroup: remove the ns_cgroup

2011-05-26 17:12:34 -07:00

connector

Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate

2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00

console

doc: fix console doc typo

2010-02-24 13:51:32 +01:00

cpu-freq

[CPUFREQ] Add documentation for sampling_down_factor

2011-03-16 17:54:31 -04:00

cpuidle

cpuidle: Add Documentation

2008-02-14 00:16:13 -05:00

cris

fix random typos

2008-10-16 11:21:30 -07:00

crypto

async_tx: add support for asynchronous RAID6 recovery operations

2009-08-29 19:09:27 -07:00

development-process

docs: update the development process document

2011-03-25 14:30:31 -06:00

device-mapper

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00

devicetree

Merge branches 'devel', 'devel-stable' and 'fixes' into for-linus

2011-05-27 22:59:57 +01:00

DocBook

Merge git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6

2011-05-27 20:06:53 -07:00

driver-model

driver core: remove the driver-model structures from the documentation

2011-05-06 18:01:05 -07:00

dvb

Merge branch 'for-linus2' of git://git.profusion.mobi/users/lucas/linux-2.6

2011-04-07 11:14:49 -07:00

early-userspace

Documentation: Remove last references to BitKeeper.

2008-04-21 22:19:05 +00:00

fault-injection

lkdtm: add debugfs access and loosen KPROBE ties

2010-03-06 11:26:32 -08:00

fb

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00

filesystems

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6

2011-05-28 13:03:41 -07:00

firmware_class

firmware: Update hotplug script

2010-08-05 13:53:34 -07:00

frv

move frv docs one level up

2008-02-03 15:54:28 +02:00

hid

HID: Move hiddev.txt to the new Documentation/hid directory

2011-03-22 11:43:51 +01:00

hwmon

hwmon: New driver for the SMSC EMC6W201

2011-05-25 20:43:33 +02:00

i2c

i2c-i801: SMBus patch for Intel Panther Point DeviceIDs

2011-05-24 20:58:49 +02:00

i2o

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00

ia64

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00

ide

ide: preserve Host Protected Area by default (v2)

2009-06-07 13:52:52 +02:00

infiniband

Documentation: update broken web addresses.

2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00

input

Input: elantech - describe further the protocol

2011-05-16 22:48:24 -07:00

ioctl

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cjb/mmc

2011-05-25 16:55:55 -07:00

isdn

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00

ja_JP

HOWTO: sync up Documentaion/ja_JP/HOWTO

2011-04-19 16:53:45 -07:00

kbuild

Merge branch 'kconfig-for-40' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6

2011-05-25 16:54:01 -07:00

kdump

kdump: update kexec-tools URL and Vivek's email

2010-11-25 14:36:38 +01:00

ko_KR

Docs/Kconfig: Update: osdl.org -> linuxfoundation.org

2010-11-15 23:50:13 +01:00

laptops

acer-wmi: Delete out-of-date documentation

2011-05-27 12:36:46 -04:00

leds

Documentation: consolidate leds files to leds/ subdir

2011-04-04 17:51:47 -07:00

m68k

[SCSI] 53c7xx: fix removal fallout

2008-01-11 18:22:30 -06:00

make

kbuild: introduce HDR_ARCH_LIST for headers_install_all

2010-12-14 22:16:19 +01:00

mips

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00

misc-devices

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00

mmc

mmc: MMC boot partitions support.

2011-05-24 21:01:21 -04:00

mn10300

trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes

2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00

mtd

Documentation: update broken web addresses.

2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00

namespaces

The namespaces compatibility list doc

2007-11-29 09:24:53 -08:00

netlabel

Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate

2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00

networking

Merge branch 'docs-move' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rdunlap/linux-docs

2011-05-27 10:25:02 -07:00

nfc

NFC: Driver for NXP Semiconductors PN544 NFC chip.

2011-01-13 08:03:19 -08:00

parisc

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PCI

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00

pcmcia

pcmcia: use autoconfiguration feature for ioports and iomem

2010-09-29 17:20:24 +02:00

power

regulator: Remove supply_regulator_dev from machine configuration

2011-05-27 10:34:37 +01:00

powerpc

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00

pps

pps: add parallel port PPS signal generator

2011-01-13 08:03:21 -08:00

prctl

generic, x86: add tests for prctl PR_GET_TSC and PR_SET_TSC

2008-04-19 19:19:55 +02:00

pti

Kernel documentation for the PTI feature.

2011-05-13 16:31:00 -07:00

ptp

ptp: Added a brand new class driver for ptp clocks.

2011-05-23 13:01:00 -07:00

rapidio

rapidio: add RapidIO documentation

2011-03-23 19:46:41 -07:00

RCU

rcu: Decrease memory-barrier usage based on semi-formal proof

2011-05-26 09:42:23 -07:00

s390

Documentation: fix minor typos/spelling

2011-04-04 17:51:47 -07:00

scheduler

sched, doc: Beef up load balancing description

2011-03-31 13:00:35 +02:00

scsi

[SCSI] megaraid_sas: Version and Changelog update

2011-05-24 12:36:06 -04:00

security

Create Documentation/security/,

2011-05-19 15:59:38 -07:00

serial

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00

sh

sh: clkfwk: Kill off unused clk_set_rate_ex().

2010-11-15 18:25:12 +09:00

sound

Merge branch 'topic/hda' into for-linus

2011-05-22 10:01:35 +02:00

sparc

sparc: Remove Documentation/sparc/sbus_drivers.txt

2008-08-29 02:15:25 -07:00

spi

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00

sysctl

coredump: add support for exe_file in core name

2011-05-26 17:12:36 -07:00

target

[SCSI] tcm_mod_builder.py: Fix generated *_drop_nodeacl() handler

2011-03-23 11:36:45 -05:00

telephony

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00

thermal

thermal: Add event notification to thermal framework

2011-01-12 00:08:35 -05:00

timers

doc: timers-howto: fix a typo ("unsgined")

2011-05-17 10:52:02 +02:00

trace

sched: Get rid of lock_depth

2011-04-24 13:18:38 +02:00

usb

Merge branch 'usb-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6

2011-05-23 12:33:02 -07:00

vDSO

Document the vDSO and add a reference parser

2011-07-14 17:57:09 -07:00

video4linux

[media] uvcvideo: Add driver documentation

2011-05-20 09:30:36 -03:00

virtual

lguest: remove support for VIRTIO_F_NOTIFY_ON_EMPTY.

2011-05-30 11:14:12 +09:30

vm

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djm/tmem

2011-05-26 10:50:56 -07:00

w1

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00

watchdog

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00

wimax

i2400m: documentation and instructions for usage

2009-01-07 10:00:18 -08:00

x86

x86-64: Document some of entry_64.S

2011-06-05 21:30:32 +02:00

zh_CN

Translated Documentation/email-clients.txt

2011-05-06 17:59:20 -07:00

.gitignore

add random binaries to .gitignore

2010-04-08 11:34:34 +02:00

00-INDEX

Merge branch 'docs-security' into docs-move

2011-05-20 09:10:04 -07:00

applying-patches.txt

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atomic_ops.txt

Documentation/atomic_ops.txt: avoid volatile in sample code

2011-05-26 17:12:34 -07:00

bad_memory.txt

Document handling of bad memory

2008-12-03 16:09:53 -07:00

basic_profiling.txt

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binfmt_misc.txt

Documentation: update broken web addresses.

2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00

braille-console.txt

trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes

2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00

bt8xxgpio.txt

gpio: add bt8xxgpio driver

2008-07-25 10:53:30 -07:00

btmrvl.txt

Bluetooth: Add documentation for Marvell Bluetooth driver

2009-08-22 14:25:32 -07:00

BUG-HUNTING

Documentation: add hint about call traces & module symbols to BUG-HUNTING

2008-02-06 10:41:09 -08:00

bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt

documentation: fix almost duplicate filenames (IO/io-mapping.txt)

2010-07-20 17:49:30 +00:00

cachetlb.txt

mm: convert mm->cpu_vm_cpumask into cpumask_var_t

2011-05-25 08:39:21 -07:00

Changes

Documentation/Changes: minor corrections

2011-03-22 17:44:17 -07:00

circular-buffers.txt

Document Linux's circular buffering capabilities

2010-03-24 16:31:22 -07:00

coccinelle.txt

scripts/coccinelle: update for compatability with Coccinelle 0.2.4

2010-12-03 12:27:01 +01:00

CodingStyle

Documentation/CodingStyle: flesh out if-else examples

2011-03-22 17:44:16 -07:00

cpu-hotplug.txt

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00

cpu-load.txt

[PATCH] Documentation: CPU load calculation description

2007-03-01 14:53:39 -08:00

cputopology.txt

topology/sysfs: Provide book id and siblings attributes

2010-09-09 20:41:25 +02:00

dcdbas.txt

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debugging-modules.txt

Documentation: Clarify when module debugging actually works.

2008-02-03 15:27:38 +02:00

debugging-via-ohci1394.txt

ieee1394: update URLs in debugging-via-ohci1394.txt

2009-10-03 09:28:11 +02:00

dell_rbu.txt

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00

devices.txt

Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6

2010-10-28 09:35:11 -07:00

DMA-API-HOWTO.txt

Documentation: DMA-API-HOWTO.txt: rename ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN to ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN

2010-08-14 11:56:46 -07:00

DMA-API.txt

dma-mapping: remove dma_is_consistent API

2010-08-11 08:59:21 -07:00

DMA-attributes.txt

powerpc/cell: Add DMA_ATTR_WEAK_ORDERING dma attribute and use in Cell IOMMU code

2008-07-22 10:39:36 +10:00

DMA-ISA-LPC.txt

Fix typos in /Documentation : 'T''

2006-11-30 04:55:36 +01:00

dmaengine.txt

dmaengine: Add API documentation for slave dma usage

2011-05-25 14:49:20 -07:00

dontdiff

Documentation: update dontdiff file

2011-05-23 15:14:11 -07:00

dynamic-debug-howto.txt

Merge branch 'docs-next' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6

2011-03-27 19:46:59 -07:00

edac.txt

Merge branch 'for-linus2' of git://git.profusion.mobi/users/lucas/linux-2.6

2011-04-07 11:14:49 -07:00

eisa.txt

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00

email-clients.txt

Documentation/email-clients.txt: update Thunderbird docs with wordwrap plugin

2011-01-13 08:03:15 -08:00

feature-removal-schedule.txt

Merge branch 'idle-release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-idle-2.6

2011-05-29 11:18:09 -07:00

flexible-arrays.txt

flex_array: flex_array_prealloc takes a number of elements, not an end

2011-04-28 16:12:47 -04:00

futex-requeue-pi.txt

futex: add requeue-pi documentation

2009-05-09 07:12:50 +02:00

gcov.txt

trivial: fix typo in CONFIG_DEBUG_FS in gcov doc

2009-09-21 15:14:56 +02:00

gpio.txt

Revert "gpiolib: annotate gpio-intialization with __must_check"

2011-01-13 17:26:46 -08:00

highuid.txt

[SPARC]: Remove SunOS and Solaris binary support.

2008-04-21 15:10:15 -07:00

HOWTO

Documentation: update LXR web link

2011-05-23 15:14:11 -07:00

hw_random.txt

hw_random doc updates

2008-03-24 19:22:19 -07:00

hwspinlock.txt

drivers: hwspinlock: add framework

2011-02-17 09:52:03 -08:00

init.txt

init/main.c: improve usability in case of init binary failure

2010-03-06 11:26:29 -08:00

initrd.txt

use the newc archive format as requested by initramfs

2008-02-03 14:54:41 +02:00

intel_txt.txt

Documentation: update broken web addresses.

2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00

Intel-IOMMU.txt

intel-iommu: Kill DMAR_BROKEN_GFX_WA option.

2009-09-19 09:37:23 -07:00

io_ordering.txt

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io-mapping.txt

io mapping: improve documentation

2008-11-03 18:21:44 +01:00

iostats.txt

Documentation/iostats.txt: bit-size reference etc.

2011-03-23 20:44:18 +01:00

IPMI.txt

IPMI: Add the document description of ipmi_get_smi_info

2010-12-14 00:22:00 -05:00

IRQ-affinity.txt

bitmap, irq: add smp_affinity_list interface to /proc/irq

2011-05-25 08:39:45 -07:00

IRQ.txt

[PATCH] genirq: irq: document what an IRQ is

2006-06-29 10:26:25 -07:00

irqflags-tracing.txt

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00

isapnp.txt

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java.txt

Documentation/java.txt: typo and grammar fixes

2007-10-20 02:37:21 +02:00

kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt

docbook: warn on unused doc entries

2010-09-11 16:49:21 -07:00

kernel-docs.txt

Documentation: update kernel-docs.txt

2011-01-06 09:59:38 -08:00

kernel-parameters.txt

Merge git://git.infradead.org/iommu-2.6

2011-06-02 05:48:50 +09:00

kmemcheck.txt

kmemcheck: update documentation

2009-07-01 22:36:22 +02:00

kmemleak.txt

Documentation: update kmemleak arch. info

2011-04-04 17:51:46 -07:00

kobject.txt

kobject: documentation: Update to refer to kset-example.c.

2010-03-19 07:12:20 -07:00

kprobes.txt

tree-wide: fix comment/printk typos

2010-11-01 15:38:34 -04:00

kref.txt

kref: Fix typo in kref documentation

2011-03-07 13:20:05 -08:00

ldm.txt

Documentation: update broken web addresses.

2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00

local_ops.txt

trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes

2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00

lockdep-design.txt

lockdep: Fix typos in documentation

2009-08-07 12:03:46 +02:00

lockstat.txt

Documentation: Add statistics about nested locks

2011-05-28 17:03:29 +02:00

logo.gif

Revert "linux.conf.au 2009: Tuz"

2009-04-27 12:00:27 -07:00

logo.txt

Revert "linux.conf.au 2009: Tuz"

2009-04-27 12:00:27 -07:00

magic-number.txt

take coda-private headers out of include/linux

2011-01-12 20:02:48 -05:00

Makefile

[media] Remove the old V4L1 v4lgrab.c file

2010-12-29 08:17:12 -02:00

ManagementStyle

docs: fix ManagementStyle book name

2008-10-30 11:38:46 -07:00

mca.txt

The ps2esdi driver was marked as BROKEN more than two years ago due to being

2008-03-17 09:03:05 +01:00

md.txt

md: Update documentation for sync_min and sync_max entries

2011-04-20 15:40:01 +10:00

media-framework.txt

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00

memory-barriers.txt

smp: Document transitivity for memory barriers.

2011-03-04 08:05:49 -08:00

memory-hotplug.txt

memory hotplug: Allow memory blocks to span multiple memory sections

2011-02-03 16:08:57 -08:00

memory.txt

Documentation/memory.txt: remove some very outdated recommendations

2009-09-22 07:17:26 -07:00

mono.txt

Fix "can not" in Documentation and Kconfig

2006-10-03 22:53:09 +02:00

mutex-design.txt

mutex: Fix annotations to include it in kernel-locking docbook

2010-09-03 08:19:51 +02:00

nmi_watchdog.txt

x86, nmi-watchdog: update procfs nmi_watchdog file documentation v2

2008-10-30 19:07:04 +01:00

nommu-mmap.txt

nommu: fix malloc performance by adding uninitialized flag

2009-12-15 08:53:24 -08:00

numastat.txt

mm: fix NUMA accounting in numastat.txt

2009-09-22 07:17:39 -07:00

oops-tracing.txt

panic: Add taint flag TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND ('I')

2010-05-19 08:37:43 +01:00

padata.txt

Documentation/padata.txt: fix typos etc.

2010-08-11 08:59:18 -07:00

parport-lowlevel.txt

plip: fix parport_register_device name parameter

2007-11-26 19:39:01 -08:00

parport.txt

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pi-futex.txt

fix a typo in Documentation/pi-futex.txt

2006-10-03 23:39:02 +02:00

pnp.txt

doc: capitalization and other minor fixes in pnp doc

2010-02-05 12:22:44 +01:00

preempt-locking.txt

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printk-formats.txt

DOC: add printk-formats.txt

2008-11-12 17:17:17 -08:00

prio_tree.txt

Documentation: remove duplicated words

2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00

rbtree.txt

Documentation: remove anticipatory scheduler info

2010-11-11 12:09:59 +01:00

rfkill.txt

Document the rfkill sysfs ABI

2010-03-10 17:09:33 -05:00

robust-futex-ABI.txt

futex: documentation: fix inconsistent description of futex list_op_pending

2009-06-18 13:03:56 -07:00

robust-futexes.txt

Fix typos in /Documentation : Misc

2006-11-30 05:21:10 +01:00

rt-mutex-design.txt

variable name fix to Documentation/rt-mutex-design.txt

2010-06-05 17:39:09 +02:00

rt-mutex.txt

[PATCH] pi-futex: rt mutex docs

2006-06-27 17:32:47 -07:00

rtc.txt

RTC: Fix up rtc.txt documentation to reflect changes to generic rtc layer

2011-03-09 11:25:10 -08:00

SAK.txt

Remove Andrew Morton's old email accounts

2008-10-16 11:21:32 -07:00

SecurityBugs

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00

serial-console.txt

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sgi-ioc4.txt

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sgi-visws.txt

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SM501.txt

trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes

2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00

sparse.txt

update email address

2010-07-19 10:56:54 +02:00

spinlocks.txt

locking: Remove deprecated lock initializers

2011-01-27 12:30:38 +01:00

stable_api_nonsense.txt

doc: stable_api_nonsense.txt: fix paragraph to make more sense.

2011-03-30 12:02:05 +02:00

stable_kernel_rules.txt

Documentation: -stable rules: upstream commit ID requirement reworded

2010-04-22 15:24:56 -07:00

SubmitChecklist

Documentation: update SubmitChecklist for O=objdir and kconfig testing

2010-05-24 07:31:20 -07:00

SubmittingDrivers

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00

SubmittingPatches

Documentation: update GregKH links

2011-05-23 15:14:11 -07:00

svga.txt

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sysfs-rules.txt

Fix typos in comments

2010-03-16 11:47:56 +01:00

sysrq.txt

documentation: update sysrq.txt magic sysrq keys

2010-10-26 17:32:41 -07:00

unaligned-memory-access.txt

introduce HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS Kconfig symbol

2008-07-25 10:53:27 -07:00

unicode.txt

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unshare.txt

Documentation: remove duplicated words

2006-10-03 22:57:56 +02:00

VGA-softcursor.txt

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vgaarbiter.txt

Documentation: fix vgaarbiter.txt typos etc.

2011-05-23 15:14:11 -07:00

video-output.txt

output: Add output class document

2006-12-20 01:46:58 -05:00

volatile-considered-harmful.txt

Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt: correct cpu_relax() documentation

2010-03-24 16:31:20 -07:00

workqueue.txt

workqueue: Document debugging tricks

2011-03-31 13:40:42 +02:00

xz.txt

decompressors: add XZ decompressor module

2011-01-13 08:03:24 -08:00

zorro.txt

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