Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@xxxxxxx> writes: > The NVDIMM code in the kernel supports an IOCTL interface to user > space based upon the Intel Example DSM: > > http://pmem.io/documents/NVDIMM_DSM_Interface_Example.pdf > > This interface cannot be used by other NVDIMM DSMs that support > incompatible functions. > > This patch set adds a generic "passthru" IOCTL interface which > is not tied to a particular DSM. > > A new IOCTL type "P" is added for the pass thru call. > > The new data structure ndn_pkg serves as a wrapper for the passthru > calls. This wrapper supplies the data that the kernel needs to > make the _DSM call. What does 'ndn' stand for? If it stands for NVDIMM-N, then I think that's too narrow a scope. Anyway, it helps readability if you call out what abbreviations mean, especially when it's non-obvious. > Jerry Hoemann (4): > nvdimm: Add wrapper for IOCTL pass thru. > nvdimm: Add IOCTL pass thru > nvdimm: Add IOCTL pass thru You should really give each patch a different subject. Cheers, Jeff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
