On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 08:55:18AM +0000, Wesley.Sheng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Wesley Sheng <Wesley.Sheng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> 1.add pre-requisites for NTB driver
> 2.misc updates
> change ntb hardware driver name to ntb_hw_switchtec
s/ ntb / NTB /
> update the description of 2 partitions limit
> add reference to Linux Documentation/ntb.txt
> add use of term 'Command ID'
> add use of term 'Command Return Value'
> add a missing ')'
>
> Signed-off-by: Kelvin Cao <kelvin.cao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Wesley Yung <Wesley.Yung@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
I assume Kurt or Logan will take care of this.
> ---
> Documentation/switchtec.txt | 30 ++++++++++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/switchtec.txt b/Documentation/switchtec.txt index f788264..40e839d 100644
> --- a/Documentation/switchtec.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/switchtec.txt
> @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ The primary means of communicating with the Switchtec management firmware is through the Memory-mapped Remote Procedure Call (MRPC) interface.
> Commands are submitted to the interface with a 4-byte command identifier and up to 1KB of command specific data. The firmware will -respond with a 4 bytes return code and up to 1KB of command specific
> +respond with a 4-byte return code and up to 1KB of command specific
This hunk looks malformed ("-" buried in middle of line above).
"Patch" complained that this patch was corrupted.
> data. The interface only processes a single command at a time.
>
>
> @@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ device: /dev/switchtec#, one for each management endpoint in the system.
> The char device has the following semantics:
>
> * A write must consist of at least 4 bytes and no more than 1028 bytes.
> - The first four bytes will be interpreted as the command to run and
> - the remainder will be used as the input data. A write will send the
> + The first 4 bytes will be interpreted as the Command ID and the
> + remainder will be used as the input data. A write will send the
Looks like whitespace at beginning of line is wrong here.
> command to the firmware to begin processing.
>
> * Each write must be followed by exactly one read. Any double write will @@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ The char device has the following semantics:
> produce an error.
>
> * A read will block until the firmware completes the command and return
> - the four bytes of status plus up to 1024 bytes of output data. (The
> - length will be specified by the size parameter of the read call --
> - reading less than 4 bytes will produce an error.
> + the 4-byte Command Return Value plus up to 1024 bytes of output
> + data. (The length will be specified by the size parameter of the read
> + call -- reading less than 4 bytes will produce an error.)
Also here.
> * The poll call will also be supported for userspace applications that
> need to do other things while waiting for the command to complete.
> @@ -83,10 +83,20 @@ The following IOCTLs are also supported by the device:
> Non-Transparent Bridge (NTB) Driver
> ===================================
>
> -An NTB driver is provided for the switchtec hardware in switchtec_ntb.
> -Currently, it only supports switches configured with exactly 2 -partitions. It also requires the following configuration settings:
> +An NTB hardware driver is provided for the switchtec hardware in
"Switchtec" should be capitalized when used as a proper adjective like
this. When used as the name of the driver, the lower-case "switchtec"
is appropriate.
> +ntb_hw_switchtec. Currently, it only supports switches configured with
> +exactly 2 NT partitions and zero or more non-NT partitions. It also
> +requires the following configuration settings:
>
> -* Both partitions must be able to access each other's GAS spaces.
> +* Both NT partitions must be able to access each other's GAS spaces.
> Thus, the bits in the GAS Access Vector under Management Settings
> must be set to support this.
> +* Kernel configuration MUST include support for NTB (CONFIG_NTB needs
> + to be set)
> +
> +NT EP BAR 2 will be dynamically configured as a Direct Window, and the
> +configuration file does not need to configure it explicitly.
> +
> +Please refer to Documentation/ntb.txt in Linux source tree for an
> +overall understanding of the Linux NTB stack. ntb_hw_switchtec works as
> +an NTB Hardware Driver in this stack.
