lwn.git/drivers/misc/cxl/Kconfig, branch docs-fixes

cxl: Remove driver

2025-03-16T11:04:27+00:00

Remove the cxl driver that provides support for the IBM Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface. Revert or clean up associated code in arch/powerpc that is no longer necessary. cxl has received minimal maintenance for several years, and is not supported on the Power10 processor. We aren't aware of any users who are likely to be using recent kernels. Thanks to Mikey Neuling, Ian Munsie, Daniel Axtens, Frederic Barrat, Christophe Lombard, Philippe Bergheaud, Vaibhav Jain and Alastair D'Silva for their work on this driver over the years. Signed-off-by: Andrew Donnellan Acked-by: Frederic Barrat Acked-by: Madhavan Srinivasan Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250219070007.177725-2-ajd@linux.ibm.com

cxl: Deprecate driver

2024-12-13T03:45:28+00:00

The cxl driver is no longer actively maintained and we intend to remove it in a future kernel release. cxl has received minimal maintenance for several years, and is not supported on the Power10 processor. We aren't aware of any users who are likely to be using recent kernels. Change its MAINTAINERS status to obsolete, update the sysfs ABI documentation accordingly, add a warning message on device probe, change the Kconfig options to label it as deprecated, and don't build it by default. Signed-off-by: Andrew Donnellan Acked-by: Frederic Barrat Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241210054055.144813-2-ajd@linux.ibm.com

powerpc/64s: Make hash MMU support configurable

2021-12-09T11:40:24+00:00

This adds Kconfig selection which allows 64s hash MMU support to be disabled. It can be disabled if radix support is enabled, the minimum supported CPU type is POWER9 (or higher), and KVM is not selected. Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211201144153.2456614-17-npiggin@gmail.com

cxl: Remove dead Kconfig options

2020-06-02T10:59:21+00:00

The CXL_AFU_DRIVER_OPS and CXL_LIB Kconfig options were added to coordinate merging of new features. They no longer serve any purpose, so remove them. Signed-off-by: Andrew Donnellan Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200602040341.10152-1-ajd@linux.ibm.com

Merge 5.2-rc4 into char-misc-next

2019-06-09T07:11:21+00:00

We want the char/misc driver fixes in here as well. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

misc: remove redundant 'default n' from Kconfig-s

2019-05-24T16:00:41+00:00

'default n' is the default value for any bool or tristate Kconfig setting so there is no need to write it explicitly. Also since commit f467c5640c29 ("kconfig: only write '# CONFIG_FOO is not set' for visible symbols") the Kconfig behavior is the same regardless of 'default n' being present or not: ... One side effect of (and the main motivation for) this change is making the following two definitions behave exactly the same: config FOO bool config FOO bool default n With this change, neither of these will generate a '# CONFIG_FOO is not set' line (assuming FOO isn't selected/implied). That might make it clearer to people that a bare 'default n' is redundant. ... Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Acked-by: Frederic Barrat Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann Acked-by: Michael Ellerman Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig

2019-05-21T08:50:46+00:00

Add SPDX license identifiers to all Make/Kconfig files which: - Have no license information of any form These files fall under the project license, GPL v2 only. The resulting SPDX license identifier is: GPL-2.0-only Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Revert "cxl: Add cxl_check_and_switch_mode() API to switch bi-modal cards"

2018-07-02T13:54:31+00:00

Remove abandonned capi support for the Mellanox CX4. This reverts commit b0b5e5918ad1babfd1d43d98c7281926a7b57b9f. Signed-off-by: Alastair D'Silva Acked-by: Andrew Donnellan Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman

cxl: Export library to support IBM XSL

2017-07-03T13:07:03+00:00

This patch exports a in-kernel 'library' API which can be called by other drivers to help interacting with an IBM XSL on a POWER9 system. The XSL (Translation Service Layer) is a stripped down version of the PSL (Power Service Layer) used in some cards such as the Mellanox CX5. Like the PSL, it implements the CAIA architecture, but has a number of differences, mostly in it's implementation dependent registers. The XSL also uses a special DMA cxl mode, which uses a slightly different init sequence for the CAPP and PHB. Signed-off-by: Andrew Donnellan Signed-off-by: Christophe Lombard Acked-by: Frederic Barrat Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman

cxl: remove dead Kconfig options

2016-07-19T10:12:29+00:00

Remove the CXL_KERNEL_API and CXL_EEH Kconfig options, as they were only needed to coordinate the merging of the cxlflash driver. Also remove the stub implementation of cxl_perst_reloads_same_image() in cxlflash which is only used if CXL_EEH isn't defined (i.e. never). Suggested-by: Ian Munsie Signed-off-by: Andrew Donnellan Acked-by: Ian Munsie Acked-by: Matthew R. Ochs Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman