Re: [PATCH v4 01/16] docs: Document IO Address Space ID (IOASID) APIs

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Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> IOASID is used to identify address spaces that can be targeted by device
> DMA. It is a system-wide resource that is essential to its many users.
> This document is an attempt to help developers from all vendors navigate
> the APIs. At this time, ARM SMMU and Intel’s Scalable IO Virtualization
> (SIOV) enabled platforms are the primary users of IOASID. Examples of
> how SIOV components interact with the IOASID APIs are provided.
>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Liu Yi L <yi.l.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Wu Hao <hao.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/driver-api/ioasid.rst | 696 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 696 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/driver-api/ioasid.rst

A detail, but an important one: you need to add this new file to
index.rst so it gets built as part of the kernel docs.

Thanks,

jon




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