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-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/80211/conf.py10
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/80211/introduction.rst17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/80211/mac80211-advanced.rst295
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/80211/mac80211.rst216
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/conf.py10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/device_link.rst279
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst73
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/edac.rst178
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/index.rst13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/infrastructure.rst85
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/usb.rst748
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/vme.rst474
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/80211/cfg80211.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/80211/cfg80211.rst
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+==================
+cfg80211 subsystem
+==================
+
+Device registration
+===================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :doc: Device registration
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_channel_flags
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_channel
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_rate_flags
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_rate
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_sta_ht_cap
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_supported_band
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_signal_type
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: wiphy_params_flags
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: wiphy_flags
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: wiphy
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: wireless_dev
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: wiphy_new
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: wiphy_read_of_freq_limits
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: wiphy_register
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: wiphy_unregister
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: wiphy_free
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: wiphy_name
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: wiphy_dev
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: wiphy_priv
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: priv_to_wiphy
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: set_wiphy_dev
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: wdev_priv
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_iface_limit
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_iface_combination
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_check_combinations
+
+Actions and configuration
+=========================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :doc: Actions and configuration
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_ops
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: vif_params
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: key_params
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: survey_info_flags
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: survey_info
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_beacon_data
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_ap_settings
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: station_parameters
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: rate_info_flags
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: rate_info
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: station_info
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: monitor_flags
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: mpath_info_flags
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: mpath_info
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: bss_parameters
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_txq_params
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_crypto_settings
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_auth_request
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_assoc_request
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_deauth_request
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_disassoc_request
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_ibss_params
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_connect_params
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_pmksa
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_rx_mlme_mgmt
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_auth_timeout
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_rx_assoc_resp
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_assoc_timeout
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_tx_mlme_mgmt
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_ibss_joined
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_connect_result
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_connect_bss
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_connect_timeout
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_roamed
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_disconnected
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_ready_on_channel
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_remain_on_channel_expired
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_new_sta
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_rx_mgmt
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_mgmt_tx_status
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_cqm_rssi_notify
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_cqm_pktloss_notify
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_michael_mic_failure
+
+Scanning and BSS list handling
+==============================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :doc: Scanning and BSS list handling
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_ssid
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_scan_request
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_scan_done
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_bss
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_inform_bss
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_inform_bss_frame_data
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_inform_bss_data
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_unlink_bss
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_find_ie
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_bss_get_ie
+
+Utility functions
+=================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :doc: Utility functions
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_channel_to_frequency
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_frequency_to_channel
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_get_channel
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_get_response_rate
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_hdrlen
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_get_hdrlen_from_skb
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_radiotap_iterator
+
+Data path helpers
+=================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :doc: Data path helpers
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_data_to_8023
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_data_from_8023
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_amsdu_to_8023s
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_classify8021d
+
+Regulatory enforcement infrastructure
+=====================================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :doc: Regulatory enforcement infrastructure
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: regulatory_hint
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: wiphy_apply_custom_regulatory
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: freq_reg_info
+
+RFkill integration
+==================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :doc: RFkill integration
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: wiphy_rfkill_set_hw_state
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: wiphy_rfkill_start_polling
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: wiphy_rfkill_stop_polling
+
+Test mode
+=========
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :doc: Test mode
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_testmode_alloc_reply_skb
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_testmode_reply
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_testmode_alloc_event_skb
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/cfg80211.h
+ :functions: cfg80211_testmode_event
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/80211/conf.py b/Documentation/driver-api/80211/conf.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8; mode: python -*-
+
+project = "Linux 802.11 Driver Developer's Guide"
+
+tags.add("subproject")
+
+latex_documents = [
+ ('index', '80211.tex', project,
+ 'The kernel development community', 'manual'),
+]
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/80211/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/80211/index.rst
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+=====================================
+Linux 802.11 Driver Developer's Guide
+=====================================
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ introduction
+ cfg80211
+ mac80211
+ mac80211-advanced
+
+.. only:: subproject and html
+
+ Indices
+ =======
+
+ * :ref:`genindex`
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/80211/introduction.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/80211/introduction.rst
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+============
+Introduction
+============
+
+Explaining wireless 802.11 networking in the Linux kernel
+
+Copyright 2007-2009 Johannes Berg
+
+These books attempt to give a description of the various subsystems
+that play a role in 802.11 wireless networking in Linux. Since these
+books are for kernel developers they attempts to document the
+structures and functions used in the kernel as well as giving a
+higher-level overview.
+
+The reader is expected to be familiar with the 802.11 standard as
+published by the IEEE in 802.11-2007 (or possibly later versions).
+References to this standard will be given as "802.11-2007 8.1.5".
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/80211/mac80211-advanced.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/80211/mac80211-advanced.rst
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+=============================
+mac80211 subsystem (advanced)
+=============================
+
+Information contained within this part of the book is of interest only
+for advanced interaction of mac80211 with drivers to exploit more
+hardware capabilities and improve performance.
+
+LED support
+===========
+
+Mac80211 supports various ways of blinking LEDs. Wherever possible,
+device LEDs should be exposed as LED class devices and hooked up to the
+appropriate trigger, which will then be triggered appropriately by
+mac80211.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_get_tx_led_name
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_get_rx_led_name
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_get_assoc_led_name
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_get_radio_led_name
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_tpt_blink
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_tpt_led_trigger_flags
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_create_tpt_led_trigger
+
+Hardware crypto acceleration
+============================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :doc: Hardware crypto acceleration
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: set_key_cmd
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_key_conf
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_key_flags
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_get_tkip_p1k
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_get_tkip_p1k_iv
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_get_tkip_p2k
+
+Powersave support
+=================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :doc: Powersave support
+
+Beacon filter support
+=====================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :doc: Beacon filter support
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_beacon_loss
+
+Multiple queues and QoS support
+===============================
+
+TBD
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_tx_queue_params
+
+Access point mode support
+=========================
+
+TBD
+
+Some parts of the if_conf should be discussed here instead
+
+Insert notes about VLAN interfaces with hw crypto here or in the hw
+crypto chapter.
+
+support for powersaving clients
+-------------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :doc: AP support for powersaving clients
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_get_buffered_bc
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_beacon_get
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_sta_eosp
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_frame_release_type
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_sta_ps_transition
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_sta_ps_transition_ni
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_sta_set_buffered
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_sta_block_awake
+
+Supporting multiple virtual interfaces
+======================================
+
+TBD
+
+Note: WDS with identical MAC address should almost always be OK
+
+Insert notes about having multiple virtual interfaces with different MAC
+addresses here, note which configurations are supported by mac80211, add
+notes about supporting hw crypto with it.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic
+
+Station handling
+================
+
+TODO
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_sta
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: sta_notify_cmd
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_find_sta
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr
+
+Hardware scan offload
+=====================
+
+TBD
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_scan_completed
+
+Aggregation
+===========
+
+TX A-MPDU aggregation
+---------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
+ :doc: TX A-MPDU aggregation
+
+.. WARNING: DOCPROC directive not supported: !Cnet/mac80211/agg-tx.c
+
+RX A-MPDU aggregation
+---------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/agg-rx.c
+ :doc: RX A-MPDU aggregation
+
+.. WARNING: DOCPROC directive not supported: !Cnet/mac80211/agg-rx.c
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action
+
+Spatial Multiplexing Powersave (SMPS)
+=====================================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :doc: Spatial multiplexing power save
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_request_smps
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_smps_mode
+
+TBD
+
+This part of the book describes the rate control algorithm interface and
+how it relates to mac80211 and drivers.
+
+Rate Control API
+================
+
+TBD
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_start_tx_ba_cb_irqsafe
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_session
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_cb_irqsafe
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_rate_control_changed
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_tx_rate_control
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: rate_control_send_low
+
+TBD
+
+This part of the book describes mac80211 internals.
+
+Key handling
+============
+
+Key handling basics
+-------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/key.c
+ :doc: Key handling basics
+
+MORE TBD
+--------
+
+TBD
+
+Receive processing
+==================
+
+TBD
+
+Transmit processing
+===================
+
+TBD
+
+Station info handling
+=====================
+
+Programming information
+-----------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/sta_info.h
+ :functions: sta_info
+
+.. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/sta_info.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_sta_info_flags
+
+STA information lifetime rules
+------------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/sta_info.c
+ :doc: STA information lifetime rules
+
+Aggregation
+===========
+
+.. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/sta_info.h
+ :functions: sta_ampdu_mlme
+
+.. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/sta_info.h
+ :functions: tid_ampdu_tx
+
+.. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/sta_info.h
+ :functions: tid_ampdu_rx
+
+Synchronisation
+===============
+
+TBD
+
+Locking, lots of RCU
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/80211/mac80211.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/80211/mac80211.rst
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+===========================
+mac80211 subsystem (basics)
+===========================
+
+You should read and understand the information contained within this
+part of the book while implementing a mac80211 driver. In some chapters,
+advanced usage is noted, those may be skipped if this isn't needed.
+
+This part of the book only covers station and monitor mode
+functionality, additional information required to implement the other
+modes is covered in the second part of the book.
+
+Basic hardware handling
+=======================
+
+TBD
+
+This chapter shall contain information on getting a hw struct allocated
+and registered with mac80211.
+
+Since it is required to allocate rates/modes before registering a hw
+struct, this chapter shall also contain information on setting up the
+rate/mode structs.
+
+Additionally, some discussion about the callbacks and the general
+programming model should be in here, including the definition of
+ieee80211_ops which will be referred to a lot.
+
+Finally, a discussion of hardware capabilities should be done with
+references to other parts of the book.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_hw
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_hw_flags
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: SET_IEEE80211_DEV
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: SET_IEEE80211_PERM_ADDR
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_ops
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_alloc_hw
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_register_hw
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_unregister_hw
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_free_hw
+
+PHY configuration
+=================
+
+TBD
+
+This chapter should describe PHY handling including start/stop callbacks
+and the various structures used.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_conf
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_conf_flags
+
+Virtual interfaces
+==================
+
+TBD
+
+This chapter should describe virtual interface basics that are relevant
+to the driver (VLANs, MGMT etc are not.) It should explain the use of
+the add_iface/remove_iface callbacks as well as the interface
+configuration callbacks.
+
+Things related to AP mode should be discussed there.
+
+Things related to supporting multiple interfaces should be in the
+appropriate chapter, a BIG FAT note should be here about this though and
+the recommendation to allow only a single interface in STA mode at
+first!
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_vif
+
+Receive and transmit processing
+===============================
+
+what should be here
+-------------------
+
+TBD
+
+This should describe the receive and transmit paths in mac80211/the
+drivers as well as transmit status handling.
+
+Frame format
+------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :doc: Frame format
+
+Packet alignment
+----------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: net/mac80211/rx.c
+ :doc: Packet alignment
+
+Calling into mac80211 from interrupts
+-------------------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :doc: Calling mac80211 from interrupts
+
+functions/definitions
+---------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_rx_status
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: mac80211_rx_flags
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: mac80211_tx_info_flags
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: mac80211_tx_control_flags
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: mac80211_rate_control_flags
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_tx_rate
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_tx_info
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_rx
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_rx_ni
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_rx_irqsafe
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_tx_status
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_tx_status_ni
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_rts_get
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_rts_duration
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_ctstoself_get
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_ctstoself_duration
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_generic_frame_duration
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_wake_queue
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_stop_queue
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_wake_queues
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_stop_queues
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_queue_stopped
+
+Frame filtering
+===============
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :doc: Frame filtering
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_filter_flags
+
+The mac80211 workqueue
+======================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :doc: mac80211 workqueue
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_queue_work
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/net/mac80211.h
+ :functions: ieee80211_queue_delayed_work
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/conf.py b/Documentation/driver-api/conf.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..202726d20088
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/conf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8; mode: python -*-
+
+project = "The Linux driver implementer's API guide"
+
+tags.add("subproject")
+
+latex_documents = [
+ ('index', 'driver-api.tex', project,
+ 'The kernel development community', 'manual'),
+]
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/device_link.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/device_link.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5f5713448703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/device_link.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,279 @@
+============
+Device links
+============
+
+By default, the driver core only enforces dependencies between devices
+that are borne out of a parent/child relationship within the device
+hierarchy: When suspending, resuming or shutting down the system, devices
+are ordered based on this relationship, i.e. children are always suspended
+before their parent, and the parent is always resumed before its children.
+
+Sometimes there is a need to represent device dependencies beyond the
+mere parent/child relationship, e.g. between siblings, and have the
+driver core automatically take care of them.
+
+Secondly, the driver core by default does not enforce any driver presence
+dependencies, i.e. that one device must be bound to a driver before
+another one can probe or function correctly.
+
+Often these two dependency types come together, so a device depends on
+another one both with regards to driver presence *and* with regards to
+suspend/resume and shutdown ordering.
+
+Device links allow representation of such dependencies in the driver core.
+
+In its standard form, a device link combines *both* dependency types:
+It guarantees correct suspend/resume and shutdown ordering between a
+"supplier" device and its "consumer" devices, and it guarantees driver
+presence on the supplier. The consumer devices are not probed before the
+supplier is bound to a driver, and they're unbound before the supplier
+is unbound.
+
+When driver presence on the supplier is irrelevant and only correct
+suspend/resume and shutdown ordering is needed, the device link may
+simply be set up with the ``DL_FLAG_STATELESS`` flag. In other words,
+enforcing driver presence on the supplier is optional.
+
+Another optional feature is runtime PM integration: By setting the
+``DL_FLAG_PM_RUNTIME`` flag on addition of the device link, the PM core
+is instructed to runtime resume the supplier and keep it active
+whenever and for as long as the consumer is runtime resumed.
+
+Usage
+=====
+
+The earliest point in time when device links can be added is after
+:c:func:`device_add()` has been called for the supplier and
+:c:func:`device_initialize()` has been called for the consumer.
+
+It is legal to add them later, but care must be taken that the system
+remains in a consistent state: E.g. a device link cannot be added in
+the midst of a suspend/resume transition, so either commencement of
+such a transition needs to be prevented with :c:func:`lock_system_sleep()`,
+or the device link needs to be added from a function which is guaranteed
+not to run in parallel to a suspend/resume transition, such as from a
+device ``->probe`` callback or a boot-time PCI quirk.
+
+Another example for an inconsistent state would be a device link that
+represents a driver presence dependency, yet is added from the consumer's
+``->probe`` callback while the supplier hasn't probed yet: Had the driver
+core known about the device link earlier, it wouldn't have probed the
+consumer in the first place. The onus is thus on the consumer to check
+presence of the supplier after adding the link, and defer probing on
+non-presence.
+
+If a device link is added in the ``->probe`` callback of the supplier or
+consumer driver, it is typically deleted in its ``->remove`` callback for
+symmetry. That way, if the driver is compiled as a module, the device
+link is added on module load and orderly deleted on unload. The same
+restrictions that apply to device link addition (e.g. exclusion of a
+parallel suspend/resume transition) apply equally to deletion.
+
+Several flags may be specified on device link addition, two of which
+have already been mentioned above: ``DL_FLAG_STATELESS`` to express that no
+driver presence dependency is needed (but only correct suspend/resume and
+shutdown ordering) and ``DL_FLAG_PM_RUNTIME`` to express that runtime PM
+integration is desired.
+
+Two other flags are specifically targeted at use cases where the device
+link is added from the consumer's ``->probe`` callback: ``DL_FLAG_RPM_ACTIVE``
+can be specified to runtime resume the supplier upon addition of the
+device link. ``DL_FLAG_AUTOREMOVE`` causes the device link to be automatically
+purged when the consumer fails to probe or later unbinds. This obviates
+the need to explicitly delete the link in the ``->remove`` callback or in
+the error path of the ``->probe`` callback.
+
+Limitations
+===========
+
+Driver authors should be aware that a driver presence dependency (i.e. when
+``DL_FLAG_STATELESS`` is not specified on link addition) may cause probing of
+the consumer to be deferred indefinitely. This can become a problem if the
+consumer is required to probe before a certain initcall level is reached.
+Worse, if the supplier driver is blacklisted or missing, the consumer will
+never be probed.
+
+Sometimes drivers depend on optional resources. They are able to operate
+in a degraded mode (reduced feature set or performance) when those resources
+are not present. An example is an SPI controller that can use a DMA engine
+or work in PIO mode. The controller can determine presence of the optional
+resources at probe time but on non-presence there is no way to know whether
+they will become available in the near future (due to a supplier driver
+probing) or never. Consequently it cannot be determined whether to defer
+probing or not. It would be possible to notify drivers when optional
+resources become available after probing, but it would come at a high cost
+for drivers as switching between modes of operation at runtime based on the
+availability of such resources would be much more complex than a mechanism
+based on probe deferral. In any case optional resources are beyond the
+scope of device links.
+
+Examples
+========
+
+* An MMU device exists alongside a busmaster device, both are in the same
+ power domain. The MMU implements DMA address translation for the busmaster
+ device and shall be runtime resumed and kept active whenever and as long
+ as the busmaster device is active. The busmaster device's driver shall
+ not bind before the MMU is bound. To achieve this, a device link with
+ runtime PM integration is added from the busmaster device (consumer)
+ to the MMU device (supplier). The effect with regards to runtime PM
+ is the same as if the MMU was the parent of the master device.
+
+ The fact that both devices share the same power domain would normally
+ suggest usage of a :c:type:`struct dev_pm_domain` or :c:type:`struct
+ generic_pm_domain`, however these are not independent devices that
+ happen to share a power switch, but rather the MMU device serves the
+ busmaster device and is useless without it. A device link creates a
+ synthetic hierarchical relationship between the devices and is thus
+ more apt.
+
+* A Thunderbolt host controller comprises a number of PCIe hotplug ports
+ and an NHI device to manage the PCIe switch. On resume from system sleep,
+ the NHI device needs to re-establish PCI tunnels to attached devices
+ before the hotplug ports can resume. If the hotplug ports were children
+ of the NHI, this resume order would automatically be enforced by the
+ PM core, but unfortunately they're aunts. The solution is to add
+ device links from the hotplug ports (consumers) to the NHI device
+ (supplier). A driver presence dependency is not necessary for this
+ use case.
+
+* Discrete GPUs in hybrid graphics laptops often feature an HDA controller
+ for HDMI/DP audio. In the device hierarchy the HDA controller is a sibling
+ of the VGA device, yet both share the same power domain and the HDA
+ controller is only ever needed when an HDMI/DP display is attached to the
+ VGA device. A device link from the HDA controller (consumer) to the
+ VGA device (supplier) aptly represents this relationship.
+
+* ACPI allows definition of a device start order by way of _DEP objects.
+ A classical example is when ACPI power management methods on one device
+ are implemented in terms of I\ :sup:`2`\ C accesses and require a specific
+ I\ :sup:`2`\ C controller to be present and functional for the power
+ management of the device in question to work.
+
+* In some SoCs a functional dependency exists from display, video codec and
+ video processing IP cores on transparent memory access IP cores that handle
+ burst access and compression/decompression.
+
+Alternatives
+============
+
+* A :c:type:`struct dev_pm_domain` can be used to override the bus,
+ class or device type callbacks. It is intended for devices sharing
+ a single on/off switch, however it does not guarantee a specific
+ suspend/resume ordering, this needs to be implemented separately.
+ It also does not by itself track the runtime PM status of the involved
+ devices and turn off the power switch only when all of them are runtime
+ suspended. Furthermore it cannot be used to enforce a specific shutdown
+ ordering or a driver presence dependency.
+
+* A :c:type:`struct generic_pm_domain` is a lot more heavyweight than a
+ device link and does not allow for shutdown ordering or driver presence
+ dependencies. It also cannot be used on ACPI systems.
+
+Implementation
+==============
+
+The device hierarchy, which -- as the name implies -- is a tree,
+becomes a directed acyclic graph once device links are added.
+
+Ordering of these devices during suspend/resume is determined by the
+dpm_list. During shutdown it is determined by the devices_kset. With
+no device links present, the two lists are a flattened, one-dimensional
+representations of the device tree such that a device is placed behind
+all its ancestors. That is achieved by traversing the ACPI namespace
+or OpenFirmware device tree top-down and appending devices to the lists
+as they are discovered.
+
+Once device links are added, the lists need to satisfy the additional
+constraint that a device is placed behind all its suppliers, recursively.
+To ensure this, upon addition of the device link the consumer and the
+entire sub-graph below it (all children and consumers of the consumer)
+are moved to the end of the list. (Call to :c:func:`device_reorder_to_tail()`
+from :c:func:`device_link_add()`.)
+
+To prevent introduction of dependency loops into the graph, it is
+verified upon device link addition that the supplier is not dependent
+on the consumer or any children or consumers of the consumer.
+(Call to :c:func:`device_is_dependent()` from :c:func:`device_link_add()`.)
+If that constraint is violated, :c:func:`device_link_add()` will return
+``NULL`` and a ``WARNING`` will be logged.
+
+Notably this also prevents the addition of a device link from a parent
+device to a child. However the converse is allowed, i.e. a device link
+from a child to a parent. Since the driver core already guarantees
+correct suspend/resume and shutdown ordering between parent and child,
+such a device link only makes sense if a driver presence dependency is
+needed on top of that. In this case driver authors should weigh
+carefully if a device link is at all the right tool for the purpose.
+A more suitable approach might be to simply use deferred probing or
+add a device flag causing the parent driver to be probed before the
+child one.
+
+State machine
+=============
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/device.h
+ :functions: device_link_state
+
+::
+
+ .=============================.
+ | |
+ v |
+ DORMANT <=> AVAILABLE <=> CONSUMER_PROBE => ACTIVE
+ ^ |
+ | |
+ '============ SUPPLIER_UNBIND <============'
+
+* The initial state of a device link is automatically determined by
+ :c:func:`device_link_add()` based on the driver presence on the supplier
+ and consumer. If the link is created before any devices are probed, it
+ is set to ``DL_STATE_DORMANT``.
+
+* When a supplier device is bound to a driver, links to its consumers
+ progress to ``DL_STATE_AVAILABLE``.
+ (Call to :c:func:`device_links_driver_bound()` from
+ :c:func:`driver_bound()`.)
+
+* Before a consumer device is probed, presence of supplier drivers is
+ verified by checking that links to suppliers are in ``DL_STATE_AVAILABLE``
+ state. The state of the links is updated to ``DL_STATE_CONSUMER_PROBE``.
+ (Call to :c:func:`device_links_check_suppliers()` from
+ :c:func:`really_probe()`.)
+ This prevents the supplier from unbinding.
+ (Call to :c:func:`wait_for_device_probe()` from
+ :c:func:`device_links_unbind_consumers()`.)
+
+* If the probe fails, links to suppliers revert back to ``DL_STATE_AVAILABLE``.
+ (Call to :c:func:`device_links_no_driver()` from :c:func:`really_probe()`.)
+
+* If the probe succeeds, links to suppliers progress to ``DL_STATE_ACTIVE``.
+ (Call to :c:func:`device_links_driver_bound()` from :c:func:`driver_bound()`.)
+
+* When the consumer's driver is later on removed, links to suppliers revert
+ back to ``DL_STATE_AVAILABLE``.
+ (Call to :c:func:`__device_links_no_driver()` from
+ :c:func:`device_links_driver_cleanup()`, which in turn is called from
+ :c:func:`__device_release_driver()`.)
+
+* Before a supplier's driver is removed, links to consumers that are not
+ bound to a driver are updated to ``DL_STATE_SUPPLIER_UNBIND``.
+ (Call to :c:func:`device_links_busy()` from
+ :c:func:`__device_release_driver()`.)
+ This prevents the consumers from binding.
+ (Call to :c:func:`device_links_check_suppliers()` from
+ :c:func:`really_probe()`.)
+ Consumers that are bound are freed from their driver; consumers that are
+ probing are waited for until they are done.
+ (Call to :c:func:`device_links_unbind_consumers()` from
+ :c:func:`__device_release_driver()`.)
+ Once all links to consumers are in ``DL_STATE_SUPPLIER_UNBIND`` state,
+ the supplier driver is released and the links revert to ``DL_STATE_DORMANT``.
+ (Call to :c:func:`device_links_driver_cleanup()` from
+ :c:func:`__device_release_driver()`.)
+
+API
+===
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/base/core.c
+ :functions: device_link_add device_link_del
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a9b457a4b949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+Buffer Sharing and Synchronization
+==================================
+
+The dma-buf subsystem provides the framework for sharing buffers for
+hardware (DMA) access across multiple device drivers and subsystems, and
+for synchronizing asynchronous hardware access.
+
+This is used, for example, by drm "prime" multi-GPU support, but is of
+course not limited to GPU use cases.
+
+The three main components of this are: (1) dma-buf, representing a
+sg_table and exposed to userspace as a file descriptor to allow passing
+between devices, (2) fence, which provides a mechanism to signal when
+one device as finished access, and (3) reservation, which manages the
+shared or exclusive fence(s) associated with the buffer.
+
+Shared DMA Buffers
+------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
+ :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/dma-buf.h
+ :internal:
+
+Reservation Objects
+-------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/reservation.c
+ :doc: Reservation Object Overview
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/reservation.c
+ :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/reservation.h
+ :internal:
+
+DMA Fences
+----------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
+ :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/dma-fence.h
+ :internal:
+
+Seqno Hardware Fences
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/seqno-fence.c
+ :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/seqno-fence.h
+ :internal:
+
+DMA Fence Array
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence-array.c
+ :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/dma-fence-array.h
+ :internal:
+
+DMA Fence uABI/Sync File
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/sync_file.c
+ :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/sync_file.h
+ :internal:
+
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/edac.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/edac.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b8c742aa0a71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/edac.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+Error Detection And Correction (EDAC) Devices
+=============================================
+
+Main Concepts used at the EDAC subsystem
+----------------------------------------
+
+There are several things to be aware of that aren't at all obvious, like
+*sockets, *socket sets*, *banks*, *rows*, *chip-select rows*, *channels*,
+etc...
+
+These are some of the many terms that are thrown about that don't always
+mean what people think they mean (Inconceivable!). In the interest of
+creating a common ground for discussion, terms and their definitions
+will be established.
+
+* Memory devices
+
+The individual DRAM chips on a memory stick. These devices commonly
+output 4 and 8 bits each (x4, x8). Grouping several of these in parallel
+provides the number of bits that the memory controller expects:
+typically 72 bits, in order to provide 64 bits + 8 bits of ECC data.
+
+* Memory Stick
+
+A printed circuit board that aggregates multiple memory devices in
+parallel. In general, this is the Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) which
+gets replaced, in the case of excessive errors. Most often it is also
+called DIMM (Dual Inline Memory Module).
+
+* Memory Socket
+
+A physical connector on the motherboard that accepts a single memory
+stick. Also called as "slot" on several datasheets.
+
+* Channel
+
+A memory controller channel, responsible to communicate with a group of
+DIMMs. Each channel has its own independent control (command) and data
+bus, and can be used independently or grouped with other channels.
+
+* Branch
+
+It is typically the highest hierarchy on a Fully-Buffered DIMM memory
+controller. Typically, it contains two channels. Two channels at the
+same branch can be used in single mode or in lockstep mode. When
+lockstep is enabled, the cacheline is doubled, but it generally brings
+some performance penalty. Also, it is generally not possible to point to
+just one memory stick when an error occurs, as the error correction code
+is calculated using two DIMMs instead of one. Due to that, it is capable
+of correcting more errors than on single mode.
+
+* Single-channel
+
+The data accessed by the memory controller is contained into one dimm
+only. E. g. if the data is 64 bits-wide, the data flows to the CPU using
+one 64 bits parallel access. Typically used with SDR, DDR, DDR2 and DDR3
+memories. FB-DIMM and RAMBUS use a different concept for channel, so
+this concept doesn't apply there.
+
+* Double-channel
+
+The data size accessed by the memory controller is interlaced into two
+dimms, accessed at the same time. E. g. if the DIMM is 64 bits-wide (72
+bits with ECC), the data flows to the CPU using a 128 bits parallel
+access.
+
+* Chip-select row
+
+This is the name of the DRAM signal used to select the DRAM ranks to be
+accessed. Common chip-select rows for single channel are 64 bits, for
+dual channel 128 bits. It may not be visible by the memory controller,
+as some DIMM types have a memory buffer that can hide direct access to
+it from the Memory Controller.
+
+* Single-Ranked stick
+
+A Single-ranked stick has 1 chip-select row of memory. Motherboards
+commonly drive two chip-select pins to a memory stick. A single-ranked
+stick, will occupy only one of those rows. The other will be unused.
+
+.. _doubleranked:
+
+* Double-Ranked stick
+
+A double-ranked stick has two chip-select rows which access different
+sets of memory devices. The two rows cannot be accessed concurrently.
+
+* Double-sided stick
+
+**DEPRECATED TERM**, see :ref:`Double-Ranked stick <doubleranked>`.
+
+A double-sided stick has two chip-select rows which access different sets
+of memory devices. The two rows cannot be accessed concurrently.
+"Double-sided" is irrespective of the memory devices being mounted on
+both sides of the memory stick.
+
+* Socket set
+
+All of the memory sticks that are required for a single memory access or
+all of the memory sticks spanned by a chip-select row. A single socket
+set has two chip-select rows and if double-sided sticks are used these
+will occupy those chip-select rows.
+
+* Bank
+
+This term is avoided because it is unclear when needing to distinguish
+between chip-select rows and socket sets.
+
+
+Memory Controllers
+------------------
+
+Most of the EDAC core is focused on doing Memory Controller error detection.
+The :c:func:`edac_mc_alloc`. It uses internally the struct ``mem_ctl_info``
+to describe the memory controllers, with is an opaque struct for the EDAC
+drivers. Only the EDAC core is allowed to touch it.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/edac.h
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/edac/edac_mc.h
+
+PCI Controllers
+---------------
+
+The EDAC subsystem provides a mechanism to handle PCI controllers by calling
+the :c:func:`edac_pci_alloc_ctl_info`. It will use the struct
+:c:type:`edac_pci_ctl_info` to describe the PCI controllers.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/edac/edac_pci.h
+
+EDAC Blocks
+-----------
+
+The EDAC subsystem also provides a generic mechanism to report errors on
+other parts of the hardware via :c:func:`edac_device_alloc_ctl_info` function.
+
+The structures :c:type:`edac_dev_sysfs_block_attribute`,
+:c:type:`edac_device_block`, :c:type:`edac_device_instance` and
+:c:type:`edac_device_ctl_info` provide a generic or abstract 'edac_device'
+representation at sysfs.
+
+This set of structures and the code that implements the APIs for the same, provide for registering EDAC type devices which are NOT standard memory or
+PCI, like:
+
+- CPU caches (L1 and L2)
+- DMA engines
+- Core CPU switches
+- Fabric switch units
+- PCIe interface controllers
+- other EDAC/ECC type devices that can be monitored for
+ errors, etc.
+
+It allows for a 2 level set of hierarchy.
+
+For example, a cache could be composed of L1, L2 and L3 levels of cache.
+Each CPU core would have its own L1 cache, while sharing L2 and maybe L3
+caches. On such case, those can be represented via the following sysfs
+nodes::
+
+ /sys/devices/system/edac/..
+
+ pci/ <existing pci directory (if available)>
+ mc/ <existing memory device directory>
+ cpu/cpu0/.. <L1 and L2 block directory>
+ /L1-cache/ce_count
+ /ue_count
+ /L2-cache/ce_count
+ /ue_count
+ cpu/cpu1/.. <L1 and L2 block directory>
+ /L1-cache/ce_count
+ /ue_count
+ /L2-cache/ce_count
+ /ue_count
+ ...
+
+ the L1 and L2 directories would be "edac_device_block's"
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/edac/edac_device.h
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst
index 8e259c5d0322..5475a2807e7a 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst
@@ -16,11 +16,24 @@ available subsections can be seen below.
basics
infrastructure
+ dma-buf
+ device_link
message-based
sound
frame-buffer
input
+ usb
spi
i2c
hsi
+ edac
miscellaneous
+ vme
+ 80211/index
+
+.. only:: subproject and html
+
+ Indices
+ =======
+
+ * :ref:`genindex`
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/infrastructure.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/infrastructure.rst
index 5d50d6733db3..6d9ff316b608 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/infrastructure.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/infrastructure.rst
@@ -46,76 +46,6 @@ Device Drivers Base
.. kernel-doc:: drivers/base/bus.c
:export:
-Buffer Sharing and Synchronization
-----------------------------------
-
-The dma-buf subsystem provides the framework for sharing buffers for
-hardware (DMA) access across multiple device drivers and subsystems, and
-for synchronizing asynchronous hardware access.
-
-This is used, for example, by drm "prime" multi-GPU support, but is of
-course not limited to GPU use cases.
-
-The three main components of this are: (1) dma-buf, representing a
-sg_table and exposed to userspace as a file descriptor to allow passing
-between devices, (2) fence, which provides a mechanism to signal when
-one device as finished access, and (3) reservation, which manages the
-shared or exclusive fence(s) associated with the buffer.
-
-dma-buf
-~~~~~~~
-
-.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
- :export:
-
-.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/dma-buf.h
- :internal:
-
-reservation
-~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/reservation.c
- :doc: Reservation Object Overview
-
-.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/reservation.c
- :export:
-
-.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/reservation.h
- :internal:
-
-fence
-~~~~~
-
-.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/fence.c
- :export:
-
-.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fence.h
- :internal:
-
-.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/seqno-fence.c
- :export:
-
-.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/seqno-fence.h
- :internal:
-
-.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/fence-array.c
- :export:
-
-.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fence-array.h
- :internal:
-
-.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/reservation.c
- :export:
-
-.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/reservation.h
- :internal:
-
-.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/sync_file.c
- :export:
-
-.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/sync_file.h
- :internal:
-
Device Drivers DMA Management
-----------------------------
@@ -125,21 +55,6 @@ Device Drivers DMA Management
.. kernel-doc:: drivers/base/dma-mapping.c
:export:
-Device Drivers Power Management
--------------------------------
-
-.. kernel-doc:: drivers/base/power/main.c
- :export:
-
-Device Drivers ACPI Support
----------------------------
-
-.. kernel-doc:: drivers/acpi/scan.c
- :export:
-
-.. kernel-doc:: drivers/acpi/scan.c
- :internal:
-
Device drivers PnP support
--------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/usb.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/usb.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..851cc40b66b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/usb.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,748 @@
+===========================
+The Linux-USB Host Side API
+===========================
+
+Introduction to USB on Linux
+============================
+
+A Universal Serial Bus (USB) is used to connect a host, such as a PC or
+workstation, to a number of peripheral devices. USB uses a tree
+structure, with the host as the root (the system's master), hubs as
+interior nodes, and peripherals as leaves (and slaves). Modern PCs
+support several such trees of USB devices, usually
+a few USB 3.0 (5 GBit/s) or USB 3.1 (10 GBit/s) and some legacy
+USB 2.0 (480 MBit/s) busses just in case.
+
+That master/slave asymmetry was designed-in for a number of reasons, one
+being ease of use. It is not physically possible to mistake upstream and
+downstream or it does not matter with a type C plug (or they are built into the
+peripheral). Also, the host software doesn't need to deal with
+distributed auto-configuration since the pre-designated master node
+manages all that.
+
+Kernel developers added USB support to Linux early in the 2.2 kernel
+series and have been developing it further since then. Besides support
+for each new generation of USB, various host controllers gained support,
+new drivers for peripherals have been added and advanced features for latency
+measurement and improved power management introduced.
+
+Linux can run inside USB devices as well as on the hosts that control
+the devices. But USB device drivers running inside those peripherals
+don't do the same things as the ones running inside hosts, so they've
+been given a different name: *gadget drivers*. This document does not
+cover gadget drivers.
+
+USB Host-Side API Model
+=======================
+
+Host-side drivers for USB devices talk to the "usbcore" APIs. There are
+two. One is intended for *general-purpose* drivers (exposed through
+driver frameworks), and the other is for drivers that are *part of the
+core*. Such core drivers include the *hub* driver (which manages trees
+of USB devices) and several different kinds of *host controller
+drivers*, which control individual busses.
+
+The device model seen by USB drivers is relatively complex.
+
+- USB supports four kinds of data transfers (control, bulk, interrupt,
+ and isochronous). Two of them (control and bulk) use bandwidth as
+ it's available, while the other two (interrupt and isochronous) are
+ scheduled to provide guaranteed bandwidth.
+
+- The device description model includes one or more "configurations"
+ per device, only one of which is active at a time. Devices are supposed
+ to be capable of operating at lower than their top
+ speeds and may provide a BOS descriptor showing the lowest speed they
+ remain fully operational at.
+
+- From USB 3.0 on configurations have one or more "functions", which
+ provide a common functionality and are grouped together for purposes
+ of power management.
+
+- Configurations or functions have one or more "interfaces", each of which may have
+ "alternate settings". Interfaces may be standardized by USB "Class"
+ specifications, or may be specific to a vendor or device.
+
+ USB device drivers actually bind to interfaces, not devices. Think of
+ them as "interface drivers", though you may not see many devices
+ where the distinction is important. *Most USB devices are simple,
+ with only one function, one configuration, one interface, and one alternate
+ setting.*
+
+- Interfaces have one or more "endpoints", each of which supports one
+ type and direction of data transfer such as "bulk out" or "interrupt
+ in". The entire configuration may have up to sixteen endpoints in
+ each direction, allocated as needed among all the interfaces.
+
+- Data transfer on USB is packetized; each endpoint has a maximum
+ packet size. Drivers must often be aware of conventions such as
+ flagging the end of bulk transfers using "short" (including zero
+ length) packets.
+
+- The Linux USB API supports synchronous calls for control and bulk
+ messages. It also supports asynchronous calls for all kinds of data
+ transfer, using request structures called "URBs" (USB Request
+ Blocks).
+
+Accordingly, the USB Core API exposed to device drivers covers quite a
+lot of territory. You'll probably need to consult the USB 3.0
+specification, available online from www.usb.org at no cost, as well as
+class or device specifications.
+
+The only host-side drivers that actually touch hardware (reading/writing
+registers, handling IRQs, and so on) are the HCDs. In theory, all HCDs
+provide the same functionality through the same API. In practice, that's
+becoming more true, but there are still differences
+that crop up especially with fault handling on the less common controllers.
+Different controllers don't
+necessarily report the same aspects of failures, and recovery from
+faults (including software-induced ones like unlinking an URB) isn't yet
+fully consistent. Device driver authors should make a point of doing
+disconnect testing (while the device is active) with each different host
+controller driver, to make sure drivers don't have bugs of their own as
+well as to make sure they aren't relying on some HCD-specific behavior.
+
+USB-Standard Types
+==================
+
+In ``<linux/usb/ch9.h>`` you will find the USB data types defined in
+chapter 9 of the USB specification. These data types are used throughout
+USB, and in APIs including this host side API, gadget APIs, and usbfs.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/usb/ch9.h
+ :internal:
+
+Host-Side Data Types and Macros
+===============================
+
+The host side API exposes several layers to drivers, some of which are
+more necessary than others. These support lifecycle models for host side
+drivers and devices, and support passing buffers through usbcore to some
+HCD that performs the I/O for the device driver.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/usb.h
+ :internal:
+
+USB Core APIs
+=============
+
+There are two basic I/O models in the USB API. The most elemental one is
+asynchronous: drivers submit requests in the form of an URB, and the
+URB's completion callback handles the next step. All USB transfer types
+support that model, although there are special cases for control URBs
+(which always have setup and status stages, but may not have a data
+stage) and isochronous URBs (which allow large packets and include
+per-packet fault reports). Built on top of that is synchronous API
+support, where a driver calls a routine that allocates one or more URBs,
+submits them, and waits until they complete. There are synchronous
+wrappers for single-buffer control and bulk transfers (which are awkward
+to use in some driver disconnect scenarios), and for scatterlist based
+streaming i/o (bulk or interrupt).
+
+USB drivers need to provide buffers that can be used for DMA, although
+they don't necessarily need to provide the DMA mapping themselves. There
+are APIs to use used when allocating DMA buffers, which can prevent use
+of bounce buffers on some systems. In some cases, drivers may be able to
+rely on 64bit DMA to eliminate another kind of bounce buffer.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/usb/core/urb.c
+ :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/usb/core/message.c
+ :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/usb/core/file.c
+ :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/usb/core/driver.c
+ :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/usb/core/usb.c
+ :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/usb/core/hub.c
+ :export:
+
+Host Controller APIs
+====================
+
+These APIs are only for use by host controller drivers, most of which
+implement standard register interfaces such as XHCI, EHCI, OHCI, or UHCI. UHCI
+was one of the first interfaces, designed by Intel and also used by VIA;
+it doesn't do much in hardware. OHCI was designed later, to have the
+hardware do more work (bigger transfers, tracking protocol state, and so
+on). EHCI was designed with USB 2.0; its design has features that
+resemble OHCI (hardware does much more work) as well as UHCI (some parts
+of ISO support, TD list processing). XHCI was designed with USB 3.0. It
+continues to shift support for functionality into hardware.
+
+There are host controllers other than the "big three", although most PCI
+based controllers (and a few non-PCI based ones) use one of those
+interfaces. Not all host controllers use DMA; some use PIO, and there is
+also a simulator and a virtual host controller to pipe USB over the network.
+
+The same basic APIs are available to drivers for all those controllers.
+For historical reasons they are in two layers: :c:type:`struct
+usb_bus <usb_bus>` is a rather thin layer that became available
+in the 2.2 kernels, while :c:type:`struct usb_hcd <usb_hcd>`
+is a more featureful layer
+that lets HCDs share common code, to shrink driver size and
+significantly reduce hcd-specific behaviors.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
+ :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/usb/core/hcd-pci.c
+ :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/usb/core/buffer.c
+ :internal:
+
+The USB Filesystem (usbfs)
+==========================
+
+This chapter presents the Linux *usbfs*. You may prefer to avoid writing
+new kernel code for your USB driver; that's the problem that usbfs set
+out to solve. User mode device drivers are usually packaged as
+applications or libraries, and may use usbfs through some programming
+library that wraps it. Such libraries include
+`libusb <http://libusb.sourceforge.net>`__ for C/C++, and
+`jUSB <http://jUSB.sourceforge.net>`__ for Java.
+
+ **Note**
+
+ This particular documentation is incomplete, especially with respect
+ to the asynchronous mode. As of kernel 2.5.66 the code and this
+ (new) documentation need to be cross-reviewed.
+
+Configure usbfs into Linux kernels by enabling the *USB filesystem*
+option (CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS), and you get basic support for user mode
+USB device drivers. Until relatively recently it was often (confusingly)
+called *usbdevfs* although it wasn't solving what *devfs* was. Every USB
+device will appear in usbfs, regardless of whether or not it has a
+kernel driver.
+
+What files are in "usbfs"?
+--------------------------
+
+Conventionally mounted at ``/proc/bus/usb``, usbfs features include:
+
+- ``/proc/bus/usb/devices`` ... a text file showing each of the USB
+ devices on known to the kernel, and their configuration descriptors.
+ You can also poll() this to learn about new devices.
+
+- ``/proc/bus/usb/BBB/DDD`` ... magic files exposing the each device's
+ configuration descriptors, and supporting a series of ioctls for
+ making device requests, including I/O to devices. (Purely for access
+ by programs.)
+
+Each bus is given a number (BBB) based on when it was enumerated; within
+each bus, each device is given a similar number (DDD). Those BBB/DDD
+paths are not "stable" identifiers; expect them to change even if you
+always leave the devices plugged in to the same hub port. *Don't even
+think of saving these in application configuration files.* Stable
+identifiers are available, for user mode applications that want to use
+them. HID and networking devices expose these stable IDs, so that for
+example you can be sure that you told the right UPS to power down its
+second server. "usbfs" doesn't (yet) expose those IDs.
+
+Mounting and Access Control
+---------------------------
+
+There are a number of mount options for usbfs, which will be of most
+interest to you if you need to override the default access control
+policy. That policy is that only root may read or write device files
+(``/proc/bus/BBB/DDD``) although anyone may read the ``devices`` or
+``drivers`` files. I/O requests to the device also need the
+CAP_SYS_RAWIO capability,
+
+The significance of that is that by default, all user mode device
+drivers need super-user privileges. You can change modes or ownership in
+a driver setup when the device hotplugs, or maye just start the driver
+right then, as a privileged server (or some activity within one). That's
+the most secure approach for multi-user systems, but for single user
+systems ("trusted" by that user) it's more convenient just to grant
+everyone all access (using the *devmode=0666* option) so the driver can
+start whenever it's needed.
+
+The mount options for usbfs, usable in /etc/fstab or in command line
+invocations of *mount*, are:
+
+*busgid*\ =NNNNN
+ Controls the GID used for the /proc/bus/usb/BBB directories.
+ (Default: 0)
+
+*busmode*\ =MMM
+ Controls the file mode used for the /proc/bus/usb/BBB directories.
+ (Default: 0555)
+
+*busuid*\ =NNNNN
+ Controls the UID used for the /proc/bus/usb/BBB directories.
+ (Default: 0)
+
+*devgid*\ =NNNNN
+ Controls the GID used for the /proc/bus/usb/BBB/DDD files. (Default:
+ 0)
+
+*devmode*\ =MMM
+ Controls the file mode used for the /proc/bus/usb/BBB/DDD files.
+ (Default: 0644)
+
+*devuid*\ =NNNNN
+ Controls the UID used for the /proc/bus/usb/BBB/DDD files. (Default:
+ 0)
+
+*listgid*\ =NNNNN
+ Controls the GID used for the /proc/bus/usb/devices and drivers
+ files. (Default: 0)
+
+*listmode*\ =MMM
+ Controls the file mode used for the /proc/bus/usb/devices and
+ drivers files. (Default: 0444)
+
+*listuid*\ =NNNNN
+ Controls the UID used for the /proc/bus/usb/devices and drivers
+ files. (Default: 0)
+
+Note that many Linux distributions hard-wire the mount options for usbfs
+in their init scripts, such as ``/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit``, rather than
+making it easy to set this per-system policy in ``/etc/fstab``.
+
+/proc/bus/usb/devices
+---------------------
+
+This file is handy for status viewing tools in user mode, which can scan
+the text format and ignore most of it. More detailed device status
+(including class and vendor status) is available from device-specific
+files. For information about the current format of this file, see the
+``Documentation/usb/proc_usb_info.txt`` file in your Linux kernel
+sources.
+
+This file, in combination with the poll() system call, can also be used
+to detect when devices are added or removed:
+
+::
+
+ int fd;
+ struct pollfd pfd;
+
+ fd = open("/proc/bus/usb/devices", O_RDONLY);
+ pfd = { fd, POLLIN, 0 };
+ for (;;) {
+ /* The first time through, this call will return immediately. */
+ poll(&pfd, 1, -1);
+
+ /* To see what's changed, compare the file's previous and current
+ contents or scan the filesystem. (Scanning is more precise.) */
+ }
+
+Note that this behavior is intended to be used for informational and
+debug purposes. It would be more appropriate to use programs such as
+udev or HAL to initialize a device or start a user-mode helper program,
+for instance.
+
+/proc/bus/usb/BBB/DDD
+---------------------
+
+Use these files in one of these basic ways:
+
+*They can be read,* producing first the device descriptor (18 bytes) and
+then the descriptors for the current configuration. See the USB 2.0 spec
+for details about those binary data formats. You'll need to convert most
+multibyte values from little endian format to your native host byte
+order, although a few of the fields in the device descriptor (both of
+the BCD-encoded fields, and the vendor and product IDs) will be
+byteswapped for you. Note that configuration descriptors include
+descriptors for interfaces, altsettings, endpoints, and maybe additional
+class descriptors.
+
+*Perform USB operations* using *ioctl()* requests to make endpoint I/O
+requests (synchronously or asynchronously) or manage the device. These
+requests need the CAP_SYS_RAWIO capability, as well as filesystem
+access permissions. Only one ioctl request can be made on one of these
+device files at a time. This means that if you are synchronously reading
+an endpoint from one thread, you won't be able to write to a different
+endpoint from another thread until the read completes. This works for
+*half duplex* protocols, but otherwise you'd use asynchronous i/o
+requests.
+
+Life Cycle of User Mode Drivers
+-------------------------------
+
+Such a driver first needs to find a device file for a device it knows
+how to handle. Maybe it was told about it because a ``/sbin/hotplug``
+event handling agent chose that driver to handle the new device. Or
+maybe it's an application that scans all the /proc/bus/usb device files,
+and ignores most devices. In either case, it should :c:func:`read()`
+all the descriptors from the device file, and check them against what it
+knows how to handle. It might just reject everything except a particular
+vendor and product ID, or need a more complex policy.
+
+Never assume there will only be one such device on the system at a time!
+If your code can't handle more than one device at a time, at least
+detect when there's more than one, and have your users choose which
+device to use.
+
+Once your user mode driver knows what device to use, it interacts with
+it in either of two styles. The simple style is to make only control
+requests; some devices don't need more complex interactions than those.
+(An example might be software using vendor-specific control requests for
+some initialization or configuration tasks, with a kernel driver for the
+rest.)
+
+More likely, you need a more complex style driver: one using non-control
+endpoints, reading or writing data and claiming exclusive use of an
+interface. *Bulk* transfers are easiest to use, but only their sibling
+*interrupt* transfers work with low speed devices. Both interrupt and
+*isochronous* transfers offer service guarantees because their bandwidth
+is reserved. Such "periodic" transfers are awkward to use through usbfs,
+unless you're using the asynchronous calls. However, interrupt transfers
+can also be used in a synchronous "one shot" style.
+
+Your user-mode driver should never need to worry about cleaning up
+request state when the device is disconnected, although it should close
+its open file descriptors as soon as it starts seeing the ENODEV errors.
+
+The ioctl() Requests
+--------------------
+
+To use these ioctls, you need to include the following headers in your
+userspace program:
+
+::
+
+ #include <linux/usb.h>
+ #include <linux/usbdevice_fs.h>
+ #include <asm/byteorder.h>
+
+The standard USB device model requests, from "Chapter 9" of the USB 2.0
+specification, are automatically included from the ``<linux/usb/ch9.h>``
+header.
+
+Unless noted otherwise, the ioctl requests described here will update
+the modification time on the usbfs file to which they are applied
+(unless they fail). A return of zero indicates success; otherwise, a
+standard USB error code is returned. (These are documented in
+``Documentation/usb/error-codes.txt`` in your kernel sources.)
+
+Each of these files multiplexes access to several I/O streams, one per
+endpoint. Each device has one control endpoint (endpoint zero) which
+supports a limited RPC style RPC access. Devices are configured by
+hub_wq (in the kernel) setting a device-wide *configuration* that
+affects things like power consumption and basic functionality. The
+endpoints are part of USB *interfaces*, which may have *altsettings*
+affecting things like which endpoints are available. Many devices only
+have a single configuration and interface, so drivers for them will
+ignore configurations and altsettings.
+
+Management/Status Requests
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+A number of usbfs requests don't deal very directly with device I/O.
+They mostly relate to device management and status. These are all
+synchronous requests.
+
+USBDEVFS_CLAIMINTERFACE
+ This is used to force usbfs to claim a specific interface, which has
+ not previously been claimed by usbfs or any other kernel driver. The
+ ioctl parameter is an integer holding the number of the interface
+ (bInterfaceNumber from descriptor).
+
+ Note that if your driver doesn't claim an interface before trying to
+ use one of its endpoints, and no other driver has bound to it, then
+ the interface is automatically claimed by usbfs.
+
+ This claim will be released by a RELEASEINTERFACE ioctl, or by
+ closing the file descriptor. File modification time is not updated
+ by this request.
+
+USBDEVFS_CONNECTINFO
+ Says whether the device is lowspeed. The ioctl parameter points to a
+ structure like this:
+
+ ::
+
+ struct usbdevfs_connectinfo {
+ unsigned int devnum;
+ unsigned char slow;
+ };
+
+ File modification time is not updated by this request.
+
+ *You can't tell whether a "not slow" device is connected at high
+ speed (480 MBit/sec) or just full speed (12 MBit/sec).* You should
+ know the devnum value already, it's the DDD value of the device file
+ name.
+
+USBDEVFS_GETDRIVER
+ Returns the name of the kernel driver bound to a given interface (a
+ string). Parameter is a pointer to this structure, which is
+ modified:
+
+ ::
+
+ struct usbdevfs_getdriver {
+ unsigned int interface;
+ char driver[USBDEVFS_MAXDRIVERNAME + 1];
+ };
+
+ File modification time is not updated by this request.
+
+USBDEVFS_IOCTL
+ Passes a request from userspace through to a kernel driver that has
+ an ioctl entry in the *struct usb_driver* it registered.
+
+ ::
+
+ struct usbdevfs_ioctl {
+ int ifno;
+ int ioctl_code;
+ void *data;
+ };
+
+ /* user mode call looks like this.
+ * 'request' becomes the driver->ioctl() 'code' parameter.
+ * the size of 'param' is encoded in 'request', and that data
+ * is copied to or from the driver->ioctl() 'buf' parameter.
+ */
+ static int
+ usbdev_ioctl (int fd, int ifno, unsigned request, void *param)
+ {
+ struct usbdevfs_ioctl wrapper;
+
+ wrapper.ifno = ifno;
+ wrapper.ioctl_code = request;
+ wrapper.data = param;
+
+ return ioctl (fd, USBDEVFS_IOCTL, &wrapper);
+ }
+
+ File modification time is not updated by this request.
+
+ This request lets kernel drivers talk to user mode code through
+ filesystem operations even when they don't create a character or
+ block special device. It's also been used to do things like ask
+ devices what device special file should be used. Two pre-defined
+ ioctls are used to disconnect and reconnect kernel drivers, so that
+ user mode code can completely manage binding and configuration of
+ devices.
+
+USBDEVFS_RELEASEINTERFACE
+ This is used to release the claim usbfs made on interface, either
+ implicitly or because of a USBDEVFS_CLAIMINTERFACE call, before the
+ file descriptor is closed. The ioctl parameter is an integer holding
+ the number of the interface (bInterfaceNumber from descriptor); File
+ modification time is not updated by this request.
+
+ **Warning**
+
+ *No security check is made to ensure that the task which made
+ the claim is the one which is releasing it. This means that user
+ mode driver may interfere other ones.*
+
+USBDEVFS_RESETEP
+ Resets the data toggle value for an endpoint (bulk or interrupt) to
+ DATA0. The ioctl parameter is an integer endpoint number (1 to 15,
+ as identified in the endpoint descriptor), with USB_DIR_IN added
+ if the device's endpoint sends data to the host.
+
+ **Warning**
+
+ *Avoid using this request. It should probably be removed.* Using
+ it typically means the device and driver will lose toggle
+ synchronization. If you really lost synchronization, you likely
+ need to completely handshake with the device, using a request
+ like CLEAR_HALT or SET_INTERFACE.
+
+USBDEVFS_DROP_PRIVILEGES
+ This is used to relinquish the ability to do certain operations
+ which are considered to be privileged on a usbfs file descriptor.
+ This includes claiming arbitrary interfaces, resetting a device on
+ which there are currently claimed interfaces from other users, and
+ issuing USBDEVFS_IOCTL calls. The ioctl parameter is a 32 bit mask
+ of interfaces the user is allowed to claim on this file descriptor.
+ You may issue this ioctl more than one time to narrow said mask.
+
+Synchronous I/O Support
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Synchronous requests involve the kernel blocking until the user mode
+request completes, either by finishing successfully or by reporting an
+error. In most cases this is the simplest way to use usbfs, although as
+noted above it does prevent performing I/O to more than one endpoint at
+a time.
+
+USBDEVFS_BULK
+ Issues a bulk read or write request to the device. The ioctl
+ parameter is a pointer to this structure:
+
+ ::
+
+ struct usbdevfs_bulktransfer {
+ unsigned int ep;
+ unsigned int len;
+ unsigned int timeout; /* in milliseconds */
+ void *data;
+ };
+
+ The "ep" value identifies a bulk endpoint number (1 to 15, as
+ identified in an endpoint descriptor), masked with USB_DIR_IN when
+ referring to an endpoint which sends data to the host from the
+ device. The length of the data buffer is identified by "len"; Recent
+ kernels support requests up to about 128KBytes. *FIXME say how read
+ length is returned, and how short reads are handled.*.
+
+USBDEVFS_CLEAR_HALT
+ Clears endpoint halt (stall) and resets the endpoint toggle. This is
+ only meaningful for bulk or interrupt endpoints. The ioctl parameter
+ is an integer endpoint number (1 to 15, as identified in an endpoint
+ descriptor), masked with USB_DIR_IN when referring to an endpoint
+ which sends data to the host from the device.
+
+ Use this on bulk or interrupt endpoints which have stalled,
+ returning *-EPIPE* status to a data transfer request. Do not issue
+ the control request directly, since that could invalidate the host's
+ record of the data toggle.
+
+USBDEVFS_CONTROL
+ Issues a control request to the device. The ioctl parameter points
+ to a structure like this:
+
+ ::
+
+ struct usbdevfs_ctrltransfer {
+ __u8 bRequestType;
+ __u8 bRequest;
+ __u16 wValue;
+ __u16 wIndex;
+ __u16 wLength;
+ __u32 timeout; /* in milliseconds */
+ void *data;
+ };
+
+ The first eight bytes of this structure are the contents of the
+ SETUP packet to be sent to the device; see the USB 2.0 specification
+ for details. The bRequestType value is composed by combining a
+ USB_TYPE_\* value, a USB_DIR_\* value, and a USB_RECIP_\*
+ value (from *<linux/usb.h>*). If wLength is nonzero, it describes
+ the length of the data buffer, which is either written to the device
+ (USB_DIR_OUT) or read from the device (USB_DIR_IN).
+
+ At this writing, you can't transfer more than 4 KBytes of data to or
+ from a device; usbfs has a limit, and some host controller drivers
+ have a limit. (That's not usually a problem.) *Also* there's no way
+ to say it's not OK to get a short read back from the device.
+
+USBDEVFS_RESET
+ Does a USB level device reset. The ioctl parameter is ignored. After
+ the reset, this rebinds all device interfaces. File modification
+ time is not updated by this request.
+
+ **Warning**
+
+ *Avoid using this call* until some usbcore bugs get fixed, since
+ it does not fully synchronize device, interface, and driver (not
+ just usbfs) state.
+
+USBDEVFS_SETINTERFACE
+ Sets the alternate setting for an interface. The ioctl parameter is
+ a pointer to a structure like this:
+
+ ::
+
+ struct usbdevfs_setinterface {
+ unsigned int interface;
+ unsigned int altsetting;
+ };
+
+ File modification time is not updated by this request.
+
+ Those struct members are from some interface descriptor applying to
+ the current configuration. The interface number is the
+ bInterfaceNumber value, and the altsetting number is the
+ bAlternateSetting value. (This resets each endpoint in the
+ interface.)
+
+USBDEVFS_SETCONFIGURATION
+ Issues the :c:func:`usb_set_configuration()` call for the
+ device. The parameter is an integer holding the number of a
+ configuration (bConfigurationValue from descriptor). File
+ modification time is not updated by this request.
+
+ **Warning**
+
+ *Avoid using this call* until some usbcore bugs get fixed, since
+ it does not fully synchronize device, interface, and driver (not
+ just usbfs) state.
+
+Asynchronous I/O Support
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+As mentioned above, there are situations where it may be important to
+initiate concurrent operations from user mode code. This is particularly
+important for periodic transfers (interrupt and isochronous), but it can
+be used for other kinds of USB requests too. In such cases, the
+asynchronous requests described here are essential. Rather than
+submitting one request and having the kernel block until it completes,
+the blocking is separate.
+
+These requests are packaged into a structure that resembles the URB used
+by kernel device drivers. (No POSIX Async I/O support here, sorry.) It
+identifies the endpoint type (USBDEVFS_URB_TYPE_\*), endpoint
+(number, masked with USB_DIR_IN as appropriate), buffer and length,
+and a user "context" value serving to uniquely identify each request.
+(It's usually a pointer to per-request data.) Flags can modify requests
+(not as many as supported for kernel drivers).
+
+Each request can specify a realtime signal number (between SIGRTMIN and
+SIGRTMAX, inclusive) to request a signal be sent when the request
+completes.
+
+When usbfs returns these urbs, the status value is updated, and the
+buffer may have been modified. Except for isochronous transfers, the
+actual_length is updated to say how many bytes were transferred; if the
+USBDEVFS_URB_DISABLE_SPD flag is set ("short packets are not OK"), if
+fewer bytes were read than were requested then you get an error report.
+
+::
+
+ struct usbdevfs_iso_packet_desc {
+ unsigned int length;
+ unsigned int actual_length;
+ unsigned int status;
+ };
+
+ struct usbdevfs_urb {
+ unsigned char type;
+ unsigned char endpoint;
+ int status;
+ unsigned int flags;
+ void *buffer;
+ int buffer_length;
+ int actual_length;
+ int start_frame;
+ int number_of_packets;
+ int error_count;
+ unsigned int signr;
+ void *usercontext;
+ struct usbdevfs_iso_packet_desc iso_frame_desc[];
+ };
+
+For these asynchronous requests, the file modification time reflects
+when the request was initiated. This contrasts with their use with the
+synchronous requests, where it reflects when requests complete.
+
+USBDEVFS_DISCARDURB
+ *TBS* File modification time is not updated by this request.
+
+USBDEVFS_DISCSIGNAL
+ *TBS* File modification time is not updated by this request.
+
+USBDEVFS_REAPURB
+ *TBS* File modification time is not updated by this request.
+
+USBDEVFS_REAPURBNDELAY
+ *TBS* File modification time is not updated by this request.
+
+USBDEVFS_SUBMITURB
+ *TBS*
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+VME Device Drivers
+==================
+
+Driver registration
+-------------------
+
+As with other subsystems within the Linux kernel, VME device drivers register
+with the VME subsystem, typically called from the devices init routine. This is
+achieved via a call to the following function:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ int vme_register_driver (struct vme_driver *driver, unsigned int ndevs);
+
+If driver registration is successful this function returns zero, if an error
+occurred a negative error code will be returned.
+
+A pointer to a structure of type 'vme_driver' must be provided to the
+registration function. Along with ndevs, which is the number of devices your
+driver is able to support. The structure is as follows:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ struct vme_driver {
+ struct list_head node;
+ const char *name;
+ int (*match)(struct vme_dev *);
+ int (*probe)(struct vme_dev *);
+ int (*remove)(struct vme_dev *);
+ void (*shutdown)(void);
+ struct device_driver driver;
+ struct list_head devices;
+ unsigned int ndev;
+ };
+
+At the minimum, the '.name', '.match' and '.probe' elements of this structure
+should be correctly set. The '.name' element is a pointer to a string holding
+the device driver's name.
+
+The '.match' function allows control over which VME devices should be registered
+with the driver. The match function should return 1 if a device should be
+probed and 0 otherwise. This example match function (from vme_user.c) limits
+the number of devices probed to one:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ #define USER_BUS_MAX 1
+ ...
+ static int vme_user_match(struct vme_dev *vdev)
+ {
+ if (vdev->id.num >= USER_BUS_MAX)
+ return 0;
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+The '.probe' element should contain a pointer to the probe routine. The
+probe routine is passed a 'struct vme_dev' pointer as an argument. The
+'struct vme_dev' structure looks like the following:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ struct vme_dev {
+ int num;
+ struct vme_bridge *bridge;
+ struct device dev;
+ struct list_head drv_list;
+ struct list_head bridge_list;
+ };
+
+Here, the 'num' field refers to the sequential device ID for this specific
+driver. The bridge number (or bus number) can be accessed using
+dev->bridge->num.
+
+A function is also provided to unregister the driver from the VME core and is
+usually called from the device driver's exit routine:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ void vme_unregister_driver (struct vme_driver *driver);
+
+
+Resource management
+-------------------
+
+Once a driver has registered with the VME core the provided match routine will
+be called the number of times specified during the registration. If a match
+succeeds, a non-zero value should be returned. A zero return value indicates
+failure. For all successful matches, the probe routine of the corresponding
+driver is called. The probe routine is passed a pointer to the devices
+device structure. This pointer should be saved, it will be required for
+requesting VME resources.
+
+The driver can request ownership of one or more master windows, slave windows
+and/or dma channels. Rather than allowing the device driver to request a
+specific window or DMA channel (which may be used by a different driver) this
+driver allows a resource to be assigned based on the required attributes of the
+driver in question:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ struct vme_resource * vme_master_request(struct vme_dev *dev,
+ u32 aspace, u32 cycle, u32 width);
+
+ struct vme_resource * vme_slave_request(struct vme_dev *dev, u32 aspace,
+ u32 cycle);
+
+ struct vme_resource *vme_dma_request(struct vme_dev *dev, u32 route);
+
+For slave windows these attributes are split into the VME address spaces that
+need to be accessed in 'aspace' and VME bus cycle types required in 'cycle'.
+Master windows add a further set of attributes in 'width' specifying the
+required data transfer widths. These attributes are defined as bitmasks and as
+such any combination of the attributes can be requested for a single window,
+the core will assign a window that meets the requirements, returning a pointer
+of type vme_resource that should be used to identify the allocated resource
+when it is used. For DMA controllers, the request function requires the
+potential direction of any transfers to be provided in the route attributes.
+This is typically VME-to-MEM and/or MEM-to-VME, though some hardware can
+support VME-to-VME and MEM-to-MEM transfers as well as test pattern generation.
+If an unallocated window fitting the requirements can not be found a NULL
+pointer will be returned.
+
+Functions are also provided to free window allocations once they are no longer
+required. These functions should be passed the pointer to the resource provided
+during resource allocation:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ void vme_master_free(struct vme_resource *res);
+
+ void vme_slave_free(struct vme_resource *res);
+
+ void vme_dma_free(struct vme_resource *res);
+
+
+Master windows
+--------------
+
+Master windows provide access from the local processor[s] out onto the VME bus.
+The number of windows available and the available access modes is dependent on
+the underlying chipset. A window must be configured before it can be used.
+
+
+Master window configuration
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Once a master window has been assigned the following functions can be used to
+configure it and retrieve the current settings:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ int vme_master_set (struct vme_resource *res, int enabled,
+ unsigned long long base, unsigned long long size, u32 aspace,
+ u32 cycle, u32 width);
+
+ int vme_master_get (struct vme_resource *res, int *enabled,
+ unsigned long long *base, unsigned long long *size, u32 *aspace,
+ u32 *cycle, u32 *width);
+
+The address spaces, transfer widths and cycle types are the same as described
+under resource management, however some of the options are mutually exclusive.
+For example, only one address space may be specified.
+
+These functions return 0 on success or an error code should the call fail.
+
+
+Master window access
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following functions can be used to read from and write to configured master
+windows. These functions return the number of bytes copied:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ ssize_t vme_master_read(struct vme_resource *res, void *buf,
+ size_t count, loff_t offset);
+
+ ssize_t vme_master_write(struct vme_resource *res, void *buf,
+ size_t count, loff_t offset);
+
+In addition to simple reads and writes, a function is provided to do a
+read-modify-write transaction. This function returns the original value of the
+VME bus location :
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ unsigned int vme_master_rmw (struct vme_resource *res,
+ unsigned int mask, unsigned int compare, unsigned int swap,
+ loff_t offset);
+
+This functions by reading the offset, applying the mask. If the bits selected in
+the mask match with the values of the corresponding bits in the compare field,
+the value of swap is written the specified offset.
+
+Parts of a VME window can be mapped into user space memory using the following
+function:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ int vme_master_mmap(struct vme_resource *resource,
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+
+
+Slave windows
+-------------
+
+Slave windows provide devices on the VME bus access into mapped portions of the
+local memory. The number of windows available and the access modes that can be
+used is dependent on the underlying chipset. A window must be configured before
+it can be used.
+
+
+Slave window configuration
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Once a slave window has been assigned the following functions can be used to
+configure it and retrieve the current settings:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ int vme_slave_set (struct vme_resource *res, int enabled,
+ unsigned long long base, unsigned long long size,
+ dma_addr_t mem, u32 aspace, u32 cycle);
+
+ int vme_slave_get (struct vme_resource *res, int *enabled,
+ unsigned long long *base, unsigned long long *size,
+ dma_addr_t *mem, u32 *aspace, u32 *cycle);
+
+The address spaces, transfer widths and cycle types are the same as described
+under resource management, however some of the options are mutually exclusive.
+For example, only one address space may be specified.
+
+These functions return 0 on success or an error code should the call fail.
+
+
+Slave window buffer allocation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Functions are provided to allow the user to allocate and free a contiguous
+buffers which will be accessible by the VME bridge. These functions do not have
+to be used, other methods can be used to allocate a buffer, though care must be
+taken to ensure that they are contiguous and accessible by the VME bridge:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ void * vme_alloc_consistent(struct vme_resource *res, size_t size,
+ dma_addr_t *mem);
+
+ void vme_free_consistent(struct vme_resource *res, size_t size,
+ void *virt, dma_addr_t mem);
+
+
+Slave window access
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Slave windows map local memory onto the VME bus, the standard methods for
+accessing memory should be used.
+
+
+DMA channels
+------------
+
+The VME DMA transfer provides the ability to run link-list DMA transfers. The
+API introduces the concept of DMA lists. Each DMA list is a link-list which can
+be passed to a DMA controller. Multiple lists can be created, extended,
+executed, reused and destroyed.
+
+
+List Management
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following functions are provided to create and destroy DMA lists. Execution
+of a list will not automatically destroy the list, thus enabling a list to be
+reused for repetitive tasks:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ struct vme_dma_list *vme_new_dma_list(struct vme_resource *res);
+
+ int vme_dma_list_free(struct vme_dma_list *list);
+
+
+List Population
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+An item can be added to a list using the following function ( the source and
+destination attributes need to be created before calling this function, this is
+covered under "Transfer Attributes"):
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ int vme_dma_list_add(struct vme_dma_list *list,
+ struct vme_dma_attr *src, struct vme_dma_attr *dest,
+ size_t count);
+
+.. note::
+
+ The detailed attributes of the transfers source and destination
+ are not checked until an entry is added to a DMA list, the request
+ for a DMA channel purely checks the directions in which the
+ controller is expected to transfer data. As a result it is
+ possible for this call to return an error, for example if the
+ source or destination is in an unsupported VME address space.
+
+Transfer Attributes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The attributes for the source and destination are handled separately from adding
+an item to a list. This is due to the diverse attributes required for each type
+of source and destination. There are functions to create attributes for PCI, VME
+and pattern sources and destinations (where appropriate):
+
+Pattern source:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ struct vme_dma_attr *vme_dma_pattern_attribute(u32 pattern, u32 type);
+
+PCI source or destination:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ struct vme_dma_attr *vme_dma_pci_attribute(dma_addr_t mem);
+
+VME source or destination:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ struct vme_dma_attr *vme_dma_vme_attribute(unsigned long long base,
+ u32 aspace, u32 cycle, u32 width);
+
+The following function should be used to free an attribute:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ void vme_dma_free_attribute(struct vme_dma_attr *attr);
+
+
+List Execution
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following function queues a list for execution. The function will return
+once the list has been executed:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ int vme_dma_list_exec(struct vme_dma_list *list);
+
+
+Interrupts
+----------
+
+The VME API provides functions to attach and detach callbacks to specific VME
+level and status ID combinations and for the generation of VME interrupts with
+specific VME level and status IDs.
+
+
+Attaching Interrupt Handlers
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following functions can be used to attach and free a specific VME level and
+status ID combination. Any given combination can only be assigned a single
+callback function. A void pointer parameter is provided, the value of which is
+passed to the callback function, the use of this pointer is user undefined:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ int vme_irq_request(struct vme_dev *dev, int level, int statid,
+ void (*callback)(int, int, void *), void *priv);
+
+ void vme_irq_free(struct vme_dev *dev, int level, int statid);
+
+The callback parameters are as follows. Care must be taken in writing a callback
+function, callback functions run in interrupt context:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ void callback(int level, int statid, void *priv);
+
+
+Interrupt Generation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following function can be used to generate a VME interrupt at a given VME
+level and VME status ID:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ int vme_irq_generate(struct vme_dev *dev, int level, int statid);
+
+
+Location monitors
+-----------------
+
+The VME API provides the following functionality to configure the location
+monitor.
+
+
+Location Monitor Management
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following functions are provided to request the use of a block of location
+monitors and to free them after they are no longer required:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ struct vme_resource * vme_lm_request(struct vme_dev *dev);
+
+ void vme_lm_free(struct vme_resource * res);
+
+Each block may provide a number of location monitors, monitoring adjacent
+locations. The following function can be used to determine how many locations
+are provided:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ int vme_lm_count(struct vme_resource * res);
+
+
+Location Monitor Configuration
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Once a bank of location monitors has been allocated, the following functions
+are provided to configure the location and mode of the location monitor:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ int vme_lm_set(struct vme_resource *res, unsigned long long base,
+ u32 aspace, u32 cycle);
+
+ int vme_lm_get(struct vme_resource *res, unsigned long long *base,
+ u32 *aspace, u32 *cycle);
+
+
+Location Monitor Use
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following functions allow a callback to be attached and detached from each
+location monitor location. Each location monitor can monitor a number of
+adjacent locations:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ int vme_lm_attach(struct vme_resource *res, int num,
+ void (*callback)(void *));
+
+ int vme_lm_detach(struct vme_resource *res, int num);
+
+The callback function is declared as follows.
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ void callback(void *data);
+
+
+Slot Detection
+--------------
+
+This function returns the slot ID of the provided bridge.
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ int vme_slot_num(struct vme_dev *dev);
+
+
+Bus Detection
+-------------
+
+This function returns the bus ID of the provided bridge.
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ int vme_bus_num(struct vme_dev *dev);
+