Hi Bjorn, Thanks for reviewing. On Mon, 2021-11-22 at 12:44 -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 03:17:05PM -0800, David E. Box wrote: > > Intel Software Defined Silicon (SDSi) is a post manufacturing mechanism for > > activating additional silicon features. Features are enabled through a > > license activation process. The SDSi driver provides a per socket, sysfs > > attribute interface for applications to perform 3 main provisioning > > functions: > > > > 1. Provision an Authentication Key Certificate (AKC), a key written to > > internal NVRAM that is used to authenticate a capability specific > > activation payload. > > > > 2. Provision a Capability Activation Payload (CAP), a token authenticated > > using the AKC and applied to the CPU configuration to activate a new > > feature. > > > > 3. Read the SDSi State Certificate, containing the CPU configuration > > state. > > > > The operations perform function specific mailbox commands that forward the > > requests to SDSi hardware to perform authentication of the payloads and > > enable the silicon configuration (to be made available after power > > cycling). > > > > The SDSi device itself is enumerated as an auxiliary device from the > > intel_vsec driver and as such has a build dependency on CONFIG_INTEL_VSEC. > > > > Link: https://github.com/intel/intel-sdsi > > Signed-off-by: David E. Box <david.e.box@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Reviewed-by: Mark Gross <markgross@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > .../ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-intel_sdsi | 75 +++ > > MAINTAINERS | 5 + > > drivers/platform/x86/intel/Kconfig | 12 + > > drivers/platform/x86/intel/Makefile | 2 + > > drivers/platform/x86/intel/sdsi.c | 571 ++++++++++++++++++ > > drivers/platform/x86/intel/vsec.c | 12 +- > > 6 files changed, 676 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-intel_sdsi > > create mode 100644 drivers/platform/x86/intel/sdsi.c > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-intel_sdsi > > b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-intel_sdsi > > new file mode 100644 > > index 000000000000..32a017ed3dd3 > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-intel_sdsi > > @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ > > +What: /sys/bus/auxiliary/devices/intel_extended_cap.sdsi.X > > +Date: Nov 2021 > > +KernelVersion: 5.17 > > +Contact: "David E. Box" <david.e.box@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > +Description: > > + This folder contains interface files for accessing Intel > > + Software Defined Silicon (SDSi) features on a CPU. X > > + represent the socket instance (though not the socket id). > > s/represent/represents/ > s/socket id/socket ID/ Ack > > As a user, how do I learn the socket instance? Look at dmesg? Look > at some other sysfs file? Instances are just the list of SDSi devices in this folder. Each device represents a socket. They are enumerated in the order they are discovered. If you meant socket ID, that is read from the registers file in this folder per the spec. Ideally the two would be the same, but the socket ID is not known until probe. > > > + Some files communicate with SDSi hardware through a mailbox. > > + Should the operation fail, one of the following error codes > > + may be returned: > > + > > + Error Code Cause > > + ---------- ----- > > + EIO General mailbox failure. Log may indicate cause. > > + EBUSY Mailbox is owned by another agent. > > + EPERM SDSI capability is not enabled in hardware. > > + EPROTO Failure in mailbox protocol detected by > > driver. > > + See log for details. > > + EOVERFLOW For provision commands, the size of the data > > + exceeds what may be written. > > + ESPIPE Seeking is not allowed. > > + ETIMEDOUT Failure to complete mailbox transaction in time. > > + > > +What: /sys/bus/auxiliary/devices/intel_extended_cap.sdsi.X/gui > > d > > +Date: Nov 2021 > > +KernelVersion: 5.17 > > +Contact: "David E. Box" <david.e.box@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > +Description: > > + (RO) The GUID for the registers file. The GUID identifies > > + the register layout of the registers file in this folder. > > + Information about the register layouts for a particular GUID > > + is available at http://github.com/intel/intel-sdsi > > s/register layout of the registers file/layout of the registers file/ Ack > > > +What: /sys/bus/auxiliary/devices/intel_extended_cap.sdsi.X/reg > > isters > > +Date: Nov 2021 > > +KernelVersion: 5.17 > > +Contact: "David E. Box" <david.e.box@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > +Description: > > + (RO) Contains information needed by applications to provision > > + a CPU and monitor status information. The layout of this file > > + is determined by the GUID in this folder. Information about the > > + layout for a particular GUID is available at > > + http://github.com/intel/intel-sdsi > > + > > +What: /sys/bus/auxiliary/devices/intel_extended_cap.sdsi.X/pro > > vision_akc > > +Date: Nov 2021 > > +KernelVersion: 5.17 > > +Contact: "David E. Box" <david.e.box@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > +Description: > > + (WO) Used to write an Authentication Key Certificate (AKC) to > > + the SDSi NVRAM for the CPU. The AKC is used to authentication a > > + Capability Activation Payload. Mailbox command. > > s/used to authentication/used to authenticate/ Ack > > > +What: /sys/bus/auxiliary/devices/intel_extended_cap.sdsi.X/pro > > vision_cap > > +Date: Nov 2021 > > +KernelVersion: 5.17 > > +Contact: "David E. Box" <david.e.box@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > +Description: > > + (WO) Used to write a Capability Activation Payload (CAP) to the > > + SDSi NVRAM for the CPU. CAP files are used to activate a given > > + CPU feature. The CAP file is validated by SDSi hardware using a > > + previously provision AKC file. Upon successful authentication, > > the > > + CPU configuration is updated. A cold reboot is required to fully > > + activate the feature. Mailbox command. > > "CAP file" sounds like it might be redundant. It *seems* like the > *payload* is what will be validated by SDSi and activate the feature. > Not sure "file" is meaningful if this is really talking about the > content of the CAP. > > s/previously provision/previously provisioned/ Ack David > > > +What: /sys/bus/auxiliary/devices/intel_extended_cap.sdsi.X/rea > > d_state_cert > > +Date: Nov 2021 > > +KernelVersion: 5.17 > > +Contact: "David E. Box" <david.e.box@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > +Description: > > + (RO) Used to read back the current State Certificate for the CPU > > + from SDSi hardware. The State Certificate contains information > > + about the current licenses on the CPU. Mailbox command.