Merge branches 'doc.2013.08.19a', 'fixes.2013.08.20a', 'sysidle.2013.08.31a' and 'torture.2013.08.20a' into HEAD

doc.2013.08.19a: Documentation updates
fixes.2013.08.20a: Miscellaneous fixes
sysidle.2013.08.31a: Detect system-wide idle state.
torture.2013.08.20a: rcutorture updates.