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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/connector.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/connector.rst index c100c7482289..23d068191fb1 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/connector.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/connector.rst @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ netlink based networking for inter-process communication in a significantly easier way:: int cn_add_callback(struct cb_id *id, char *name, void (*callback) (struct cn_msg *, struct netlink_skb_parms *)); - void cn_netlink_send_multi(struct cn_msg *msg, u16 len, u32 portid, u32 __group, int gfp_mask); + void cn_netlink_send_mult(struct cn_msg *msg, u16 len, u32 portid, u32 __group, int gfp_mask); void cn_netlink_send(struct cn_msg *msg, u32 portid, u32 __group, int gfp_mask); struct cb_id @@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ be dereferenced to `struct cn_msg *`:: __u32 seq; __u32 ack; - __u32 len; /* Length of the following data */ + __u16 len; /* Length of the following data */ + __u16 flags; __u8 data[0]; }; diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/device-io.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/device-io.rst index 0e389378f71d..764963876d08 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/device-io.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/device-io.rst @@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ are starting with one. Physical addresses are of type unsigned long. This address should not be used directly. Instead, to get an address suitable for passing to the accessor functions described below, you -should call :c:func:`ioremap()`. An address suitable for accessing +should call ioremap(). An address suitable for accessing the device will be returned to you. After you've finished using the device (say, in your module's exit -routine), call :c:func:`iounmap()` in order to return the address +routine), call iounmap() in order to return the address space to the kernel. Most architectures allocate new address space each -time you call :c:func:`ioremap()`, and they can run out unless you -call :c:func:`iounmap()`. +time you call ioremap(), and they can run out unless you +call iounmap(). Accessing the device -------------------- @@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ readb_relaxed(), readw_relaxed(), readl_relaxed(), readq_relaxed(), writeb(), writew(), writel() and writeq(). Some devices (such as framebuffers) would like to use larger transfers than -8 bytes at a time. For these devices, the :c:func:`memcpy_toio()`, -:c:func:`memcpy_fromio()` and :c:func:`memset_io()` functions are +8 bytes at a time. For these devices, the memcpy_toio(), +memcpy_fromio() and memset_io() functions are provided. Do not use memset or memcpy on IO addresses; they are not guaranteed to copy data in order. @@ -135,15 +135,15 @@ Accessing Port Space Accesses to this space are provided through a set of functions which allow 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit accesses; also known as byte, word and -long. These functions are :c:func:`inb()`, :c:func:`inw()`, -:c:func:`inl()`, :c:func:`outb()`, :c:func:`outw()` and -:c:func:`outl()`. +long. These functions are inb(), inw(), +inl(), outb(), outw() and +outl(). Some variants are provided for these functions. Some devices require that accesses to their ports are slowed down. This functionality is provided by appending a ``_p`` to the end of the function. -There are also equivalents to memcpy. The :c:func:`ins()` and -:c:func:`outs()` functions copy bytes, words or longs to the given +There are also equivalents to memcpy. The ins() and +outs() functions copy bytes, words or longs to the given port. Public Functions Provided diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst index 63dec76d1d8d..100bfd227265 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst @@ -100,11 +100,11 @@ CPU Access to DMA Buffer Objects .. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c :doc: cpu access -Fence Poll Support -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Implicit Fence Poll Support +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c - :doc: fence polling + :doc: implicit fence polling Kernel Functions and Structures Reference ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -133,6 +133,18 @@ DMA Fences .. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c :doc: DMA fences overview +DMA Fence Cross-Driver Contract +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c + :doc: fence cross-driver contract + +DMA Fence Signalling Annotations +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c + :doc: fence signalling annotation + DMA Fences Functions Reference ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -166,3 +178,73 @@ DMA Fence uABI/Sync File .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/sync_file.h :internal: +Indefinite DMA Fences +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +At various times &dma_fence with an indefinite time until dma_fence_wait() +finishes have been proposed. Examples include: + +* Future fences, used in HWC1 to signal when a buffer isn't used by the display + any longer, and created with the screen update that makes the buffer visible. + The time this fence completes is entirely under userspace's control. + +* Proxy fences, proposed to handle &drm_syncobj for which the fence has not yet + been set. Used to asynchronously delay command submission. + +* Userspace fences or gpu futexes, fine-grained locking within a command buffer + that userspace uses for synchronization across engines or with the CPU, which + are then imported as a DMA fence for integration into existing winsys + protocols. + +* Long-running compute command buffers, while still using traditional end of + batch DMA fences for memory management instead of context preemption DMA + fences which get reattached when the compute job is rescheduled. + +Common to all these schemes is that userspace controls the dependencies of these +fences and controls when they fire. Mixing indefinite fences with normal +in-kernel DMA fences does not work, even when a fallback timeout is included to +protect against malicious userspace: + +* Only the kernel knows about all DMA fence dependencies, userspace is not aware + of dependencies injected due to memory management or scheduler decisions. + +* Only userspace knows about all dependencies in indefinite fences and when + exactly they will complete, the kernel has no visibility. + +Furthermore the kernel has to be able to hold up userspace command submission +for memory management needs, which means we must support indefinite fences being +dependent upon DMA fences. If the kernel also support indefinite fences in the +kernel like a DMA fence, like any of the above proposal would, there is the +potential for deadlocks. + +.. kernel-render:: DOT + :alt: Indefinite Fencing Dependency Cycle + :caption: Indefinite Fencing Dependency Cycle + + digraph "Fencing Cycle" { + node [shape=box bgcolor=grey style=filled] + kernel [label="Kernel DMA Fences"] + userspace [label="userspace controlled fences"] + kernel -> userspace [label="memory management"] + userspace -> kernel [label="Future fence, fence proxy, ..."] + + { rank=same; kernel userspace } + } + +This means that the kernel might accidentally create deadlocks +through memory management dependencies which userspace is unaware of, which +randomly hangs workloads until the timeout kicks in. Workloads, which from +userspace's perspective, do not contain a deadlock. In such a mixed fencing +architecture there is no single entity with knowledge of all dependencies. +Thefore preventing such deadlocks from within the kernel is not possible. + +The only solution to avoid dependencies loops is by not allowing indefinite +fences in the kernel. This means: + +* No future fences, proxy fences or userspace fences imported as DMA fences, + with or without a timeout. + +* No DMA fences that signal end of batchbuffer for command submission where + userspace is allowed to use userspace fencing or long running compute + workloads. This also means no implicit fencing for shared buffers in these + cases. diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/client.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/client.rst index 2104830a99ae..09a3f66dcd26 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/client.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/client.rst @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ DMA Engine API Guide Vinod Koul <vinod dot koul at intel.com> .. note:: For DMA Engine usage in async_tx please see: - ``Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt`` + ``Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.rst`` Below is a guide to device driver writers on how to use the Slave-DMA API of the @@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ The details of these operations are: - interleaved_dma: This is common to Slave as well as M2M clients. For slave address of devices' fifo could be already known to the driver. Various types of operations could be expressed by setting - appropriate values to the 'dma_interleaved_template' members. + appropriate values to the 'dma_interleaved_template' members. Cyclic + interleaved DMA transfers are also possible if supported by the channel by + setting the DMA_PREP_REPEAT transfer flag. A non-NULL return of this transfer API represents a "descriptor" for the given transaction. diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst index 56e5833e8a07..ddb0a81a796c 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ accommodates that API in some cases, and made some design choices to ensure that it stayed compatible. For more information on the Async TX API, please look the relevant -documentation file in Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt. +documentation file in Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.rst. DMAEngine APIs ============== @@ -239,6 +239,43 @@ Currently, the types available are: want to transfer a portion of uncompressed data directly to the display to print it +- DMA_COMPLETION_NO_ORDER + + - The device does not support in order completion. + + - The driver should return DMA_OUT_OF_ORDER for device_tx_status if + the device is setting this capability. + + - All cookie tracking and checking API should be treated as invalid if + the device exports this capability. + + - At this point, this is incompatible with polling option for dmatest. + + - If this cap is set, the user is recommended to provide an unique + identifier for each descriptor sent to the DMA device in order to + properly track the completion. + +- DMA_REPEAT + + - The device supports repeated transfers. A repeated transfer, indicated by + the DMA_PREP_REPEAT transfer flag, is similar to a cyclic transfer in that + it gets automatically repeated when it ends, but can additionally be + replaced by the client. + + - This feature is limited to interleaved transfers, this flag should thus not + be set if the DMA_INTERLEAVE flag isn't set. This limitation is based on + the current needs of DMA clients, support for additional transfer types + should be added in the future if and when the need arises. + +- DMA_LOAD_EOT + + - The device supports replacing repeated transfers at end of transfer (EOT) + by queuing a new transfer with the DMA_PREP_LOAD_EOT flag set. + + - Support for replacing a currently running transfer at another point (such + as end of burst instead of end of transfer) will be added in the future + based on DMA clients needs, if and when the need arises. + These various types will also affect how the source and destination addresses change over time. @@ -399,6 +436,9 @@ supported. - In the case of a cyclic transfer, it should only take into account the current period. + - Should return DMA_OUT_OF_ORDER if the device does not support in order + completion and is completing the operation out of order. + - This function can be called in an interrupt context. - device_config @@ -488,7 +528,7 @@ dma_cookie_t DMA_CTRL_ACK - If clear, the descriptor cannot be reused by provider until the - client acknowledges receipt, i.e. has has a chance to establish any + client acknowledges receipt, i.e. has a chance to establish any dependency chains - This can be acked by invoking async_tx_ack() @@ -531,6 +571,34 @@ DMA_CTRL_REUSE writes for which the descriptor should be in different format from normal data descriptors. +- DMA_PREP_REPEAT + + - If set, the transfer will be automatically repeated when it ends until a + new transfer is queued on the same channel with the DMA_PREP_LOAD_EOT flag. + If the next transfer to be queued on the channel does not have the + DMA_PREP_LOAD_EOT flag set, the current transfer will be repeated until the + client terminates all transfers. + + - This flag is only supported if the channel reports the DMA_REPEAT + capability. + +- DMA_PREP_LOAD_EOT + + - If set, the transfer will replace the transfer currently being executed at + the end of the transfer. + + - This is the default behaviour for non-repeated transfers, specifying + DMA_PREP_LOAD_EOT for non-repeated transfers will thus make no difference. + + - When using repeated transfers, DMA clients will usually need to set the + DMA_PREP_LOAD_EOT flag on all transfers, otherwise the channel will keep + repeating the last repeated transfer and ignore the new transfers being + queued. Failure to set DMA_PREP_LOAD_EOT will appear as if the channel was + stuck on the previous transfer. + + - This flag is only supported if the channel reports the DMA_LOAD_EOT + capability. + General Design Notes ==================== diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/devres.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/devres.rst index e0b58c392e4f..eaaaafc21134 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/devres.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/devres.rst @@ -342,7 +342,8 @@ LED MDIO devm_mdiobus_alloc() devm_mdiobus_alloc_size() - devm_mdiobus_free() + devm_mdiobus_register() + devm_of_mdiobus_register() MEM devm_free_pages() diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/driver.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/driver.rst index 7d5040f6a3d8..06f818b1d622 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/driver.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/driver.rst @@ -228,8 +228,6 @@ over management of devices from the bootloader, the usage of sync_state() is not restricted to that. Use it whenever it makes sense to take an action after all the consumers of a device have probed:: -:: - int (*remove) (struct device *dev); remove is called to unbind a driver from a device. This may be diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/platform.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/platform.rst index 334dd4071ae4..1fe5c6c6199c 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/platform.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/platform.rst @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ field to hold additional information. Embedded systems frequently need one or more clocks for platform devices, which are normally kept off until they're actively needed (to save power). -System setup also associates those clocks with the device, so that that +System setup also associates those clocks with the device, so that calls to clk_get(&pdev->dev, clock_name) return them as needed. diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/early-userspace/early_userspace_support.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/early-userspace/early_userspace_support.rst index 3deefb34046b..8a58c61932ff 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/early-userspace/early_userspace_support.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/early-userspace/early_userspace_support.rst @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ You can obtain somewhat infrequent snapshots of klibc from https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/klibc/ For active users, you are better off using the klibc git -repository, at http://git.kernel.org/?p=libs/klibc/klibc.git +repository, at https://git.kernel.org/?p=libs/klibc/klibc.git The standalone klibc distribution currently provides three components, in addition to the klibc library: @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ and a number of other utilities, so you can replace kinit and build custom initramfs images that meet your needs exactly. For questions and help, you can sign up for the early userspace -mailing list at http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/klibc +mailing list at https://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/klibc How does it work? ================= diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/built-in-fw.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/built-in-fw.rst index 396cdf591ac5..bc1c961bace1 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/built-in-fw.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/built-in-fw.rst @@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ able to make use of built-in firmware: * Some firmware files may be really large in size. The remote-proc subsystem is an example subsystem which deals with these sorts of firmware * The firmware may need to be scraped out from some device specific location - dynamically, an example is calibration data for for some WiFi chipsets. This + dynamically, an example is calibration data for some WiFi chipsets. This calibration data can be unique per sold device. diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/direct-fs-lookup.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/direct-fs-lookup.rst index 82b4d585a213..e04353d1b06b 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/direct-fs-lookup.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/direct-fs-lookup.rst @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ available. Stuffing the firmware into initramfs resolves this race issue, however note that using initrd does not suffice to address the same race. There are circumstances that justify not wanting to include firmware into -initramfs, such as dealing with large firmware firmware files for the +initramfs, such as dealing with large firmware files for the remote-proc subsystem. For such cases using a userspace fallback mechanism is currently the only viable solution as only userspace can know for sure when the real rootfs is ready and mounted. diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/firmware_cache.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/firmware_cache.rst index c2e69d9c6bf1..417b9e8347f0 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/firmware_cache.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/firmware_cache.rst @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Some implementation details about the firmware cache setup: uses all synchronous call except :c:func:`request_firmware_into_buf`. * If an asynchronous call is used the firmware cache is only set up for a - device if if the second argument (uevent) to request_firmware_nowait() is + device if the second argument (uevent) to request_firmware_nowait() is true. When uevent is true it requests that a kobject uevent be sent to userspace for the firmware request through the sysfs fallback mechanism if the firmware file is not found. diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/request_firmware.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/request_firmware.rst index cd076462d235..0d6ea0329995 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/request_firmware.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/firmware/request_firmware.rst @@ -76,5 +76,5 @@ firmware. For example if you used request_firmware() and it returns, the driver has the firmware image accessible in fw_entry->{data,size}. If something went wrong request_firmware() returns non-zero and fw_entry is set to NULL. Once your driver is done with processing the firmware it -can call call release_firmware(fw_entry) to release the firmware image +can call release_firmware(fw_entry) to release the firmware image and any related resource. diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst index e622f8f6e56a..b02c52cd69d6 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ the system. Counter Counts may be allocated via counter_count structures, and respective Counter Signal associations (Synapses) made via counter_synapse structures. Associated counter_synapse structures are -stored as an array and set to the the synapses array member of the +stored as an array and set to the synapses array member of the respective counter_count structure. These counter_count structures are set to the counts array member of an allocated counter_device structure before the Counter is registered to the system. diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/drivers-on-gpio.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/drivers-on-gpio.rst index 820b403d50f6..41ec3cc72d32 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/drivers-on-gpio.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/drivers-on-gpio.rst @@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ hardware descriptions such as device tree or ACPI: Consumer Electronics Control bus using only GPIO. It is used to communicate with devices on the HDMI bus. +- gpio-charger: drivers/power/supply/gpio-charger.c is used if you need to do + battery charging and all you have to go by to check the presence of the + AC charger or more complex tasks such as indicating charging status using + nothing but GPIO lines, this driver provides that and also a clearly defined + way to pass the charging parameters from hardware descriptions such as the + device tree. + Apart from this there are special GPIO drivers in subsystems like MMC/SD to read card detect and write protect GPIO lines, and in the TTY serial subsystem to emulate MCTRL (modem control) signals CTS/RTS by using two GPIO lines. The diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/i3c/protocol.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/i3c/protocol.rst index dae3b6d32c6b..02653defa011 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/i3c/protocol.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/i3c/protocol.rst @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ collisions are prevented, ...) please have a look at the I3C specification. This document is just a brief introduction to the I3C protocol and the concepts it brings to the table. If you need more information, please refer to the MIPI I3C specification (can be downloaded here -http://resources.mipi.org/mipi-i3c-v1-download). +https://resources.mipi.org/mipi-i3c-v1-download). Introduction ============ diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/iio/buffers.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/iio/buffers.rst index e9036ef9f8f4..dd64c9c5fb1e 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/iio/buffers.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/iio/buffers.rst @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ fields in iio_chan_spec definition:: The driver implementing the accelerometer described above will have the following channel definition:: - struct struct iio_chan_spec accel_channels[] = { + struct iio_chan_spec accel_channels[] = { { .type = IIO_ACCEL, .modified = 1, diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst index 6567187e7687..5ef2cfe3a16b 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ available subsections can be seen below. scsi libata target + mailbox mtdnand miscellaneous mei/index @@ -95,10 +96,10 @@ available subsections can be seen below. phy/index pti_intel_mid pwm + pldmfw/index rfkill serial/index sm501 - smsc_ece1099 switchtec sync_file vfio-mediated-device diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst index 5ef1047e2e66..bc281f10ce4b 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ management software that can use the IPMI system. This document describes how to use the IPMI driver for Linux. If you are not familiar with IPMI itself, see the web site at -http://www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/index.htm. IPMI is a big +https://www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/index.htm. IPMI is a big subject and I can't cover it all here! Configuration @@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ at module load time (for a module) with:: slave_addrs=<addr1>,<addr2>,... tryacpi=[0|1] trydmi=[0|1] [dbg_probe=1] + alerts_broken The addresses are normal I2C addresses. The adapter is the string name of the adapter, as shown in /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-<n>/name. @@ -537,6 +538,9 @@ The slave_addrs specifies the IPMI address of the local BMC. This is usually 0x20 and the driver defaults to that, but in case it's not, it can be specified when the driver starts up. +alerts_broken does not enable SMBus alert for SSIF. Otherwise SMBus +alert will be enabled on supported hardware. + Discovering the IPMI compliant BMC on the SMBus can cause devices on the I2C bus to fail. The SMBus driver writes a "Get Device ID" IPMI message as a block write to the I2C bus and waits for a response. diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/mailbox.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/mailbox.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..0ed95009cc30 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/mailbox.rst @@ -0,0 +1,129 @@ +============================ +The Common Mailbox Framework +============================ + +:Author: Jassi Brar <jaswinder.singh@linaro.org> + +This document aims to help developers write client and controller +drivers for the API. But before we start, let us note that the +client (especially) and controller drivers are likely going to be +very platform specific because the remote firmware is likely to be +proprietary and implement non-standard protocol. So even if two +platforms employ, say, PL320 controller, the client drivers can't +be shared across them. Even the PL320 driver might need to accommodate +some platform specific quirks. So the API is meant mainly to avoid +similar copies of code written for each platform. Having said that, +nothing prevents the remote f/w to also be Linux based and use the +same api there. However none of that helps us locally because we only +ever deal at client's protocol level. + +Some of the choices made during implementation are the result of this +peculiarity of this "common" framework. + + + +Controller Driver (See include/linux/mailbox_controller.h) +========================================================== + + +Allocate mbox_controller and the array of mbox_chan. +Populate mbox_chan_ops, except peek_data() all are mandatory. +The controller driver might know a message has been consumed +by the remote by getting an IRQ or polling some hardware flag +or it can never know (the client knows by way of the protocol). +The method in order of preference is IRQ -> Poll -> None, which +the controller driver should set via 'txdone_irq' or 'txdone_poll' +or neither. + + +Client Driver (See include/linux/mailbox_client.h) +================================================== + + +The client might want to operate in blocking mode (synchronously +send a message through before returning) or non-blocking/async mode (submit +a message and a callback function to the API and return immediately). + +:: + + struct demo_client { + struct mbox_client cl; + struct mbox_chan *mbox; + struct completion c; + bool async; + /* ... */ + }; + + /* + * This is the handler for data received from remote. The behaviour is purely + * dependent upon the protocol. This is just an example. + */ + static void message_from_remote(struct mbox_client *cl, void *mssg) + { + struct demo_client *dc = container_of(cl, struct demo_client, cl); + if (dc->async) { + if (is_an_ack(mssg)) { + /* An ACK to our last sample sent */ + return; /* Or do something else here */ + } else { /* A new message from remote */ + queue_req(mssg); + } + } else { + /* Remote f/w sends only ACK packets on this channel */ + return; + } + } + + static void sample_sent(struct mbox_client *cl, void *mssg, int r) + { + struct demo_client *dc = container_of(cl, struct demo_client, cl); + complete(&dc->c); + } + + static void client_demo(struct platform_device *pdev) + { + struct demo_client *dc_sync, *dc_async; + /* The controller already knows async_pkt and sync_pkt */ + struct async_pkt ap; + struct sync_pkt sp; + + dc_sync = kzalloc(sizeof(*dc_sync), GFP_KERNEL); + dc_async = kzalloc(sizeof(*dc_async), GFP_KERNEL); + + /* Populate non-blocking mode client */ + dc_async->cl.dev = &pdev->dev; + dc_async->cl.rx_callback = message_from_remote; + dc_async->cl.tx_done = sample_sent; + dc_async->cl.tx_block = false; + dc_async->cl.tx_tout = 0; /* doesn't matter here */ + dc_async->cl.knows_txdone = false; /* depending upon protocol */ + dc_async->async = true; + init_completion(&dc_async->c); + + /* Populate blocking mode client */ + dc_sync->cl.dev = &pdev->dev; + dc_sync->cl.rx_callback = message_from_remote; + dc_sync->cl.tx_done = NULL; /* operate in blocking mode */ + dc_sync->cl.tx_block = true; + dc_sync->cl.tx_tout = 500; /* by half a second */ + dc_sync->cl.knows_txdone = false; /* depending upon protocol */ + dc_sync->async = false; + + /* ASync mailbox is listed second in 'mboxes' property */ + dc_async->mbox = mbox_request_channel(&dc_async->cl, 1); + /* Populate data packet */ + /* ap.xxx = 123; etc */ + /* Send async message to remote */ + mbox_send_message(dc_async->mbox, &ap); + + /* Sync mailbox is listed first in 'mboxes' property */ + dc_sync->mbox = mbox_request_channel(&dc_sync->cl, 0); + /* Populate data packet */ + /* sp.abc = 123; etc */ + /* Send message to remote in blocking mode */ + mbox_send_message(dc_sync->mbox, &sp); + /* At this point 'sp' has been sent */ + + /* Now wait for async chan to be done */ + wait_for_completion(&dc_async->c); + } diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/media/drivers/pvrusb2.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/media/drivers/pvrusb2.rst index 83bfaa531ea8..cbd9359c247a 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/media/drivers/pvrusb2.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/media/drivers/pvrusb2.rst @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ last known snapshot and evolved the driver to the state it is in here. More information on this driver can be found at: -http://www.isely.net/pvrusb2.html +https://www.isely.net/pvrusb2.html This driver has a strong separation of layers. They are very diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/media/drivers/tuners.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/media/drivers/tuners.rst index 7509be888909..d7924141c544 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/media/drivers/tuners.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/media/drivers/tuners.rst @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ These differ mainly by the bandswitch byte. Tuner Manufacturers ------------------- -- SAMSUNG Tuner identification: (e.g. TCPM9091PD27) +- Samsung Tuner identification: (e.g. TCPM9091PD27) .. code-block:: none diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/memory-devices/ti-gpmc.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/memory-devices/ti-gpmc.rst index 33efcb81f080..b1bb86871ad7 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/memory-devices/ti-gpmc.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/memory-devices/ti-gpmc.rst @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ memory devices like * Pseudo-SRAM devices GPMC is found on Texas Instruments SoC's (OMAP based) -IP details: http://www.ti.com/lit/pdf/spruh73 section 7.1 +IP details: https://www.ti.com/lit/pdf/spruh73 section 7.1 GPMC generic timing calculation: diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/mmc/mmc-tools.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/mmc/mmc-tools.rst index 54406093768b..a231e9644351 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/mmc/mmc-tools.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/mmc/mmc-tools.rst @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ MMC tools introduction There is one MMC test tools called mmc-utils, which is maintained by Chris Ball, you can find it at the below public git repository: - http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/cjb/mmc-utils.git/ + https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/cjb/mmc-utils.git/ Functions ========= diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/ntb.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/ntb.rst index 87d1372da879..11577c2105c5 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/ntb.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/ntb.rst @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ registers and memory translation windows, as well as non common features like scratchpad and message registers. Scratchpad registers are read-and-writable registers that are accessible from either side of the device, so that peers can exchange a small amount of information at a fixed address. Message registers can -be utilized for the same purpose. Additionally they are provided with with +be utilized for the same purpose. Additionally they are provided with special status bits to make sure the information isn't rewritten by another peer. Doorbell registers provide a way for peers to send interrupt events. Memory windows allow translated read and write access to the peer memory. diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/firmware-activate.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/firmware-activate.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..7ee7decbbdc3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/firmware-activate.rst @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +================================== +NVDIMM Runtime Firmware Activation +================================== + +Some persistent memory devices run a firmware locally on the device / +"DIMM" to perform tasks like media management, capacity provisioning, +and health monitoring. The process of updating that firmware typically +involves a reboot because it has implications for in-flight memory +transactions. However, reboots are disruptive and at least the Intel +persistent memory platform implementation, described by the Intel ACPI +DSM specification [1], has added support for activating firmware at +runtime. + +A native sysfs interface is implemented in libnvdimm to allow platform +to advertise and control their local runtime firmware activation +capability. + +The libnvdimm bus object, ndbusX, implements an ndbusX/firmware/activate +attribute that shows the state of the firmware activation as one of 'idle', +'armed', 'overflow', and 'busy'. + +- idle: + No devices are set / armed to activate firmware + +- armed: + At least one device is armed + +- busy: + In the busy state armed devices are in the process of transitioning + back to idle and completing an activation cycle. + +- overflow: + If the platform has a concept of incremental work needed to perform + the activation it could be the case that too many DIMMs are armed for + activation. In that scenario the potential for firmware activation to + timeout is indicated by the 'overflow' state. + +The 'ndbusX/firmware/activate' property can be written with a value of +either 'live', or 'quiesce'. A value of 'quiesce' triggers the kernel to +run firmware activation from within the equivalent of the hibernation +'freeze' state where drivers and applications are notified to stop their +modifications of system memory. A value of 'live' attempts +firmware activation without this hibernation cycle. The +'ndbusX/firmware/activate' property will be elided completely if no +firmware activation capability is detected. + +Another property 'ndbusX/firmware/capability' indicates a value of +'live' or 'quiesce', where 'live' indicates that the firmware +does not require or inflict any quiesce period on the system to update +firmware. A capability value of 'quiesce' indicates that firmware does +expect and injects a quiet period for the memory controller, but 'live' +may still be written to 'ndbusX/firmware/activate' as an override to +assume the risk of racing firmware update with in-flight device and +application activity. The 'ndbusX/firmware/capability' property will be +elided completely if no firmware activation capability is detected. + +The libnvdimm memory-device / DIMM object, nmemX, implements +'nmemX/firmware/activate' and 'nmemX/firmware/result' attributes to +communicate the per-device firmware activation state. Similar to the +'ndbusX/firmware/activate' attribute, the 'nmemX/firmware/activate' +attribute indicates 'idle', 'armed', or 'busy'. The state transitions +from 'armed' to 'idle' when the system is prepared to activate firmware, +firmware staged + state set to armed, and 'ndbusX/firmware/activate' is +triggered. After that activation event the nmemX/firmware/result +attribute reflects the state of the last activation as one of: + +- none: + No runtime activation triggered since the last time the device was reset + +- success: + The last runtime activation completed successfully. + +- fail: + The last runtime activation failed for device-specific reasons. + +- not_staged: + The last runtime activation failed due to a sequencing error of the + firmware image not being staged. + +- need_reset: + Runtime firmware activation failed, but the firmware can still be + activated via the legacy method of power-cycling the system. + +[1]: https://docs.pmem.io/persistent-memory/ diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/nvdimm.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/nvdimm.rst index 79c0fd39f2af..ef6d59e0978e 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/nvdimm.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/nvdimm.rst @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ DAX: process address space. DSM: - Device Specific Method: ACPI method to to control specific + Device Specific Method: ACPI method to control specific device - in this case the firmware. DCR: @@ -113,13 +113,13 @@ Supporting Documents -------------------- ACPI 6: - http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/ACPI_6.0.pdf + https://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/ACPI_6.0.pdf NVDIMM Namespace: - http://pmem.io/documents/NVDIMM_Namespace_Spec.pdf + https://pmem.io/documents/NVDIMM_Namespace_Spec.pdf DSM Interface Example: - http://pmem.io/documents/NVDIMM_DSM_Interface_Example.pdf + https://pmem.io/documents/NVDIMM_DSM_Interface_Example.pdf Driver Writer's Guide: - http://pmem.io/documents/NVDIMM_Driver_Writers_Guide.pdf + https://pmem.io/documents/NVDIMM_Driver_Writers_Guide.pdf Git Trees --------- @@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ Why the Term "namespace"? 2. The term originated to describe the sub-devices that can be created within a NVME controller (see the nvme specification: - http://www.nvmexpress.org/specifications/), and NFIT namespaces are + https://www.nvmexpress.org/specifications/), and NFIT namespaces are meant to parallel the capabilities and configurability of NVME-namespaces. @@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ Why the Term "namespace"? LIBNVDIMM/LIBNDCTL: Block Translation Table "btt" ------------------------------------------------- -A BTT (design document: http://pmem.io/2014/09/23/btt.html) is a stacked +A BTT (design document: https://pmem.io/2014/09/23/btt.html) is a stacked block device driver that fronts either the whole block device or a partition of a block device emitted by either a PMEM or BLK NAMESPACE. diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/security.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/security.rst index ad9dea099b34..7aab71524116 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/security.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/nvdimm/security.rst @@ -138,6 +138,6 @@ another encrypted-key. This command is only available when the master security is enabled, indicated by the extended security status. -[1]: http://pmem.io/documents/NVDIMM_DSM_Interface-V1.8.pdf +[1]: https://pmem.io/documents/NVDIMM_DSM_Interface-V1.8.pdf [2]: http://www.t13.org/documents/UploadedDocuments/docs2006/e05179r4-ACS-SecurityClarifications.pdf diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/pldmfw/driver-ops.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/pldmfw/driver-ops.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f0654783d3b3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/pldmfw/driver-ops.rst @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only + +========================= +Driver-specific callbacks +========================= + +The ``pldmfw`` module relies on the device driver for implementing device +specific behavior using the following operations. + +``.match_record`` +----------------- + +The ``.match_record`` operation is used to determine whether a given PLDM +record matches the device being updated. This requires comparing the record +descriptors in the record with information from the device. Many record +descriptors are defined by the PLDM standard, but it is also allowed for +devices to implement their own descriptors. + +The ``.match_record`` operation should return true if a given record matches +the device. + +``.send_package_data`` +---------------------- + +The ``.send_package_data`` operation is used to send the device-specific +package data in a record to the device firmware. If the matching record +provides package data, ``pldmfw`` will call the ``.send_package_data`` +function with a pointer to the package data and with the package data +length. The device driver should send this data to firmware. + +``.send_component_table`` +------------------------- + +The ``.send_component_table`` operation is used to forward component +information to the device. It is called once for each applicable component, +that is, for each component indicated by the matching record. The +device driver should send the component information to the device firmware, +and wait for a response. The provided transfer flag indicates whether this +is the first, last, or a middle component, and is expected to be forwarded +to firmware as part of the component table information. The driver should an +error in the case when the firmware indicates that the component cannot be +updated, or return zero if the component can be updated. + +``.flash_component`` +-------------------- + +The ``.flash_component`` operation is used to inform the device driver to +flash a given component. The driver must perform any steps necessary to send +the component data to the device. + +``.finalize_update`` +-------------------- + +The ``.finalize_update`` operation is used by the ``pldmfw`` library in +order to allow the device driver to perform any remaining device specific +logic needed to finish the update. diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/pldmfw/file-format.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/pldmfw/file-format.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b7a9cebe09c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/pldmfw/file-format.rst @@ -0,0 +1,203 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only + +================================== +PLDM Firmware file format overview +================================== + +A PLDM firmware package is a binary file which contains a header that +describes the contents of the firmware package. This includes an initial +package header, one or more firmware records, and one or more components +describing the actual flash contents to program. + +This diagram provides an overview of the file format:: + + overall file layout + +----------------------+ + | | + | Package Header | + | | + +----------------------+ + | | + | Device Records | + | | + +----------------------+ + | | + | Component Info | + | | + +----------------------+ + | | + | Package Header CRC | + | | + +----------------------+ + | | + | Component Image 1 | + | | + +----------------------+ + | | + | Component Image 2 | + | | + +----------------------+ + | | + | ... | + | | + +----------------------+ + | | + | Component Image N | + | | + +----------------------+ + +Package Header +============== + +The package header begins with the UUID of the PLDM file format, and +contains information about the version of the format that the file uses. It +also includes the total header size, a release date, the size of the +component bitmap, and an overall package version. + +The following diagram provides an overview of the package header:: + + header layout + +-------------------------+ + | PLDM UUID | + +-------------------------+ + | Format Revision | + +-------------------------+ + | Header Size | + +-------------------------+ + | Release Date | + +-------------------------+ + | Component Bitmap Length | + +-------------------------+ + | Package Version Info | + +-------------------------+ + +Device Records +============== + +The device firmware records area starts with a count indicating the total +number of records in the file, followed by each record. A single device +record describes what device matches this record. All valid PLDM firmware +files must contain at least one record, but optionally may contain more than +one record if they support multiple devices. + +Each record will identify the device it supports via TLVs that describe the +device, such as the PCI device and vendor information. It will also indicate +which set of components that are used by this device. It is possible that +only subset of provided components will be used by a given record. A record +may also optionally contain device-specific package data that will be used +by the device firmware during the update process. + +The following diagram provides an overview of the device record area:: + + area layout + +---------------+ + | | + | Record Count | + | | + +---------------+ + | | + | Record 1 | + | | + +---------------+ + | | + | Record 2 | + | | + +---------------+ + | | + | ... | + | | + +---------------+ + | | + | Record N | + | | + +---------------+ + + record layout + +-----------------------+ + | Record Length | + +-----------------------+ + | Descriptor Count | + +-----------------------+ + | Option Flags | + +-----------------------+ + | Version Settings | + +-----------------------+ + | Package Data Length | + +-----------------------+ + | Applicable Components | + +-----------------------+ + | Version String | + +-----------------------+ + | Descriptor TLVs | + +-----------------------+ + | Package Data | + +-----------------------+ + +Component Info +============== + +The component information area begins with a count of the number of +components. Following this count is a description for each component. The +component information points to the location in the file where the component +data is stored, and includes version data used to identify the version of +the component. + +The following diagram provides an overview of the component area:: + + area layout + +-----------------+ + | | + | Component Count | + | | + +-----------------+ + | | + | Component 1 | + | | + +-----------------+ + | | + | Component 2 | + | | + +-----------------+ + | | + | ... | + | | + +-----------------+ + | | + | Component N | + | | + +-----------------+ + + component layout + +------------------------+ + | Classification | + +------------------------+ + | Component Identifier | + +------------------------+ + | Comparison Stamp | + +------------------------+ + | Component Options | + +------------------------+ + | Activation Method | + +------------------------+ + | Location Offset | + +------------------------+ + | Component Size | + +------------------------+ + | Component Version Info | + +------------------------+ + | Package Data | + +------------------------+ + + +Package Header CRC +================== + +Following the component information is a short 4-byte CRC calculated over +the contents of all of the header information. + +Component Images +================ + +The component images follow the package header information in the PLDM +firmware file. Each of these is simply a binary chunk with its start and +size defined by the matching component structure in the component info area. diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/pldmfw/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/pldmfw/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ad2c33ece30f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/pldmfw/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only + +================================== +PLDM Firmware Flash Update Library +================================== + +``pldmfw`` implements functionality for updating the flash on a device using +the PLDM for Firmware Update standard +<https://www.dmtf.org/documents/pmci/pldm-firmware-update-specification-100>. + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + file-format + driver-ops + +================================== +Overview of the ``pldmfw`` library +================================== + +The ``pldmfw`` library is intended to be used by device drivers for +implementing device flash update based on firmware files following the PLDM +firwmare file format. + +It is implemented using an ops table that allows device drivers to provide +the underlying device specific functionality. + +``pldmfw`` implements logic to parse the packed binary format of the PLDM +firmware file into data structures, and then uses the provided function +operations to determine if the firmware file is a match for the device. If +so, it sends the record and component data to the firmware using the device +specific implementations provided by device drivers. Once the device +firmware indicates that the update may be performed, the firmware data is +sent to the device for programming. + +Parsing the PLDM file +===================== + +The PLDM file format uses packed binary data, with most multi-byte fields +stored in the Little Endian format. Several pieces of data are variable +length, including version strings and the number of records and components. +Due to this, it is not straight forward to index the record, record +descriptors, or components. + +To avoid proliferating access to the packed binary data, the ``pldmfw`` +library parses and extracts this data into simpler structures for ease of +access. + +In order to safely process the firmware file, care is taken to avoid +unaligned access of multi-byte fields, and to properly convert from Little +Endian to CPU host format. Additionally the records, descriptors, and +components are stored in linked lists. + +Performing a flash update +========================= + +To perform a flash update, the ``pldmfw`` module performs the following +steps + +1. Parse the firmware file for record and component information +2. Scan through the records and determine if the device matches any record + in the file. The first matched record will be used. +3. If the matching record provides package data, send this package data to + the device. +4. For each component that the record indicates, send the component data to + the device. For each component, the firmware may respond with an + indication of whether the update is suitable or not. If any component is + not suitable, the update is canceled. +5. For each component, send the binary data to the device firmware for + updating. +6. After all components are programmed, perform any final device-specific + actions to finalize the update. diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/rapidio/rapidio.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/rapidio/rapidio.rst index fb8942d3ba85..74c552ad3eb8 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/rapidio/rapidio.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/rapidio/rapidio.rst @@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ NOTE: http://www.rapidio.org/education/technology_comparisons/ [3] RapidIO support for Linux. - http://lwn.net/Articles/139118/ + https://lwn.net/Articles/139118/ [4] Matt Porter. RapidIO for Linux. Ottawa Linux Symposium, 2005 - http://www.kernel.org/doc/ols/2005/ols2005v2-pages-43-56.pdf + https://www.kernel.org/doc/ols/2005/ols2005v2-pages-43-56.pdf diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/serial/n_gsm.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/serial/n_gsm.rst index 286e7ff4d2d9..87dfcd54a96b 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/serial/n_gsm.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/serial/n_gsm.rst @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ GSM 0710 tty multiplexor HOWTO This line discipline implements the GSM 07.10 multiplexing protocol detailed in the following 3GPP document: - http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/archive/07_series/07.10/0710-720.zip + https://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/archive/07_series/07.10/0710-720.zip This document give some hints on how to use this driver with GPRS and 3G modems connected to a physical serial port. diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/smsc_ece1099.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/smsc_ece1099.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 079277421eaf..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/smsc_ece1099.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,60 +0,0 @@ -================================================= -Msc Keyboard Scan Expansion/GPIO Expansion device -================================================= - -What is smsc-ece1099? ----------------------- - -The ECE1099 is a 40-Pin 3.3V Keyboard Scan Expansion -or GPIO Expansion device. The device supports a keyboard -scan matrix of 23x8. The device is connected to a Master -via the SMSC BC-Link interface or via the SMBus. -Keypad scan Input(KSI) and Keypad Scan Output(KSO) signals -are multiplexed with GPIOs. - -Interrupt generation --------------------- - -Interrupts can be generated by an edge detection on a GPIO -pin or an edge detection on one of the bus interface pins. -Interrupts can also be detected on the keyboard scan interface. -The bus interrupt pin (BC_INT# or SMBUS_INT#) is asserted if -any bit in one of the Interrupt Status registers is 1 and -the corresponding Interrupt Mask bit is also 1. - -In order for software to determine which device is the source -of an interrupt, it should first read the Group Interrupt Status Register -to determine which Status register group is a source for the interrupt. -Software should read both the Status register and the associated Mask register, -then AND the two values together. Bits that are 1 in the result of the AND -are active interrupts. Software clears an interrupt by writing a 1 to the -corresponding bit in the Status register. - -Communication Protocol ----------------------- - -- SMbus slave Interface - The host processor communicates with the ECE1099 device - through a series of read/write registers via the SMBus - interface. SMBus is a serial communication protocol between - a computer host and its peripheral devices. The SMBus data - rate is 10KHz minimum to 400 KHz maximum - -- Slave Bus Interface - The ECE1099 device SMBus implementation is a subset of the - SMBus interface to the host. The device is a slave-only SMBus device. - The implementation in the device is a subset of SMBus since it - only supports four protocols. - - The Write Byte, Read Byte, Send Byte, and Receive Byte protocols are the - only valid SMBus protocols for the device. - -- BC-LinkTM Interface - The BC-Link is a proprietary bus that allows communication - between a Master device and a Companion device. The Master - device uses this serial bus to read and write registers - located on the Companion device. The bus comprises three signals, - BC_CLK, BC_DAT and BC_INT#. The Master device always provides the - clock, BC_CLK, and the Companion device is the source for an - independent asynchronous interrupt signal, BC_INT#. The ECE1099 - supports BC-Link speeds up to 24MHz. diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/soundwire/stream.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/soundwire/stream.rst index 1b386076402c..8858cea7bfe0 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/soundwire/stream.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/soundwire/stream.rst @@ -293,6 +293,10 @@ per stream. From ASoC DPCM framework, this stream state maybe linked to int sdw_alloc_stream(char * stream_name); +The SoundWire core provides a sdw_startup_stream() helper function, +typically called during a dailink .startup() callback, which performs +stream allocation and sets the stream pointer for all DAIs +connected to a stream. SDW_STREAM_CONFIGURED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -509,7 +513,12 @@ In .shutdown() the data structure maintaining stream state are freed up. void sdw_release_stream(struct sdw_stream_runtime * stream); -Not Supported +The SoundWire core provides a sdw_shutdown_stream() helper function, +typically called during a dailink .shutdown() callback, which clears +the stream pointer for all DAIS connected to a stream and releases the +memory allocated for the stream. + + Not Supported ============= 1. A single port with multiple channels supported cannot be used between two diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/thermal/cpu-idle-cooling.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/thermal/cpu-idle-cooling.rst index b9f34ceb2a38..c2a7ca676853 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/thermal/cpu-idle-cooling.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/thermal/cpu-idle-cooling.rst @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + ================ CPU Idle Cooling ================ @@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ idle state target residency, we lead to dropping the static and the dynamic leakage for this period (modulo the energy needed to enter this state). So the sustainable power with idle cycles has a linear relation with the OPP’s sustainable power and can be computed with a -coefficient similar to: +coefficient similar to:: Power(IdleCycle) = Coef x Power(OPP) @@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ Power considerations -------------------- When we reach the thermal trip point, we have to sustain a specified -power for a specific temperature but at this time we consume: +power for a specific temperature but at this time we consume:: Power = Capacitance x Voltage^2 x Frequency x Utilisation @@ -148,7 +150,7 @@ wrong in the system setup). The ‘Capacitance’ and ‘Utilisation’ are a fixed value, ‘Voltage’ and the ‘Frequency’ are fixed artificially because we don’t want to change the OPP. We can group the ‘Capacitance’ and the ‘Utilisation’ into a single term which is the -‘Dynamic Power Coefficient (Cdyn)’ Simplifying the above, we have: +‘Dynamic Power Coefficient (Cdyn)’ Simplifying the above, we have:: Pdyn = Cdyn x Voltage^2 x Frequency @@ -157,7 +159,7 @@ in order to target the sustainable power defined in the device tree. So with the idle injection mechanism, we want an average power (Ptarget) resulting in an amount of time running at full power on a specific OPP and idle another amount of time. That could be put in a -equation: +equation:: P(opp)target = ((Trunning x (P(opp)running) + (Tidle x P(opp)idle)) / (Trunning + Tidle) @@ -168,7 +170,7 @@ equation: At this point if we know the running period for the CPU, that gives us the idle injection we need. Alternatively if we have the idle -injection duration, we can compute the running duration with: +injection duration, we can compute the running duration with:: Trunning = Tidle / ((P(opp)running / P(opp)target) - 1) @@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ However, in this demonstration we ignore three aspects: target residency, otherwise we end up consuming more energy and potentially invert the mitigation effect -So the final equation is: +So the final equation is:: Trunning = (Tidle - Twakeup ) x (((P(opp)dyn + P(opp)static ) - P(opp)target) / P(opp)target ) diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/thermal/nouveau_thermal.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/thermal/nouveau_thermal.rst index 37255fd6735d..79ece266cf6d 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/thermal/nouveau_thermal.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/thermal/nouveau_thermal.rst @@ -93,4 +93,4 @@ Thermal management on Nouveau is new and may not work on all cards. If you have inquiries, please ping mupuf on IRC (#nouveau, freenode). Bug reports should be filled on Freedesktop's bug tracker. Please follow -http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/Bugs +https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/Bugs diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/uio-howto.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/uio-howto.rst index 84091cd25dc4..907ffa3b38f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/uio-howto.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/uio-howto.rst @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ fields of ``struct uio_mem``: region, it will show up in the corresponding sysfs node. - ``int memtype``: Required if the mapping is used. Set this to - ``UIO_MEM_PHYS`` if you you have physical memory on your card to be + ``UIO_MEM_PHYS`` if you have physical memory on your card to be mapped. Use ``UIO_MEM_LOGICAL`` for logical memory (e.g. allocated with :c:func:`__get_free_pages()` but not kmalloc()). There's also ``UIO_MEM_VIRTUAL`` for virtual memory. diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/URB.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/URB.rst index 61a54da9fce9..1e4abc896a0d 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/URB.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/URB.rst @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ How to do isochronous (ISO) transfers? ====================================== Besides the fields present on a bulk transfer, for ISO, you also -also have to set ``urb->interval`` to say how often to make transfers; it's +have to set ``urb->interval`` to say how often to make transfers; it's often one per frame (which is once every microframe for highspeed devices). The actual interval used will be a power of two that's no bigger than what you specify. You can use the :c:func:`usb_fill_int_urb` macro to fill diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/dma.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/dma.rst index 59d5aee89e37..2b3dbd3265b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/dma.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/dma.rst @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ API overview The big picture is that USB drivers can continue to ignore most DMA issues, though they still must provide DMA-ready buffers (see -``Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt``). That's how they've worked through +:doc:`/core-api/dma-api-howto`). That's how they've worked through the 2.4 (and earlier) kernels, or they can now be DMA-aware. DMA-aware usb drivers: @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ and effects like cache-trashing can impose subtle penalties. force a consistent memory access ordering by using memory barriers. It's not using a streaming DMA mapping, so it's good for small transfers on systems where the I/O would otherwise thrash an IOMMU mapping. (See - ``Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt`` for definitions of "coherent" and + :doc:`/core-api/dma-api-howto` for definitions of "coherent" and "streaming" DMA mappings.) Asking for 1/Nth of a page (as well as asking for N pages) is reasonably @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Working with existing buffers Existing buffers aren't usable for DMA without first being mapped into the DMA address space of the device. However, most buffers passed to your driver can safely be used with such DMA mapping. (See the first section -of Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt, titled "What memory is DMA-able?") +of :doc:`/core-api/dma-api-howto`, titled "What memory is DMA-able?") - When you're using scatterlists, you can map everything at once. On some systems, this kicks in an IOMMU and turns the scatterlists into single diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst index 0b3d9ff221bb..2176297e5765 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst @@ -318,6 +318,6 @@ linux-usb Mailing List Archives: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/ Programming Guide for Linux USB Device Drivers: -http://lmu.web.psi.ch/docu/manuals/software_manuals/linux_sl/usb_linux_programming_guide.pdf +https://lmu.web.psi.ch/docu/manuals/software_manuals/linux_sl/usb_linux_programming_guide.pdf -USB Home Page: http://www.usb.org +USB Home Page: https://www.usb.org diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/xillybus.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/xillybus.rst index 2446ee303c09..a3ab832cb22b 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/xillybus.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/xillybus.rst @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ buffer is full, the FPGA informs the host about that (appending a XILLYMSG_OPCODE_RELEASEBUF message channel 0 and sending an interrupt if necessary). The host responds by making the data available for reading through the character device. When all data has been read, the host writes on the -the FPGA's buffer control register, allowing the buffer's overwriting. Flow +FPGA's buffer control register, allowing the buffer's overwriting. Flow control mechanisms exist on both sides to prevent underflows and overflows. This is not good enough for creating a TCP/IP-like stream: If the data flow |