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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-07-16 12:21:41 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-07-16 12:21:41 -0700 |
commit | c309b6f24222246c18a8b65d3950e6e755440865 (patch) | |
tree | 11893170f5c246bb0dee8066e85878af04162ab0 /Documentation/driver-api/sgi-ioc4.rst | |
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Merge tag 'docs/v5.3-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media
Pull rst conversion of docs from Mauro Carvalho Chehab:
"As agreed with Jon, I'm sending this big series directly to you, c/c
him, as this series required a special care, in order to avoid
conflicts with other trees"
* tag 'docs/v5.3-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media: (77 commits)
docs: kbuild: fix build with pdf and fix some minor issues
docs: block: fix pdf output
docs: arm: fix a breakage with pdf output
docs: don't use nested tables
docs: gpio: add sysfs interface to the admin-guide
docs: locking: add it to the main index
docs: add some directories to the main documentation index
docs: add SPDX tags to new index files
docs: add a memory-devices subdir to driver-api
docs: phy: place documentation under driver-api
docs: serial: move it to the driver-api
docs: driver-api: add remaining converted dirs to it
docs: driver-api: add xilinx driver API documentation
docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents
docs: admin-guide: add a series of orphaned documents
docs: cgroup-v1: add it to the admin-guide book
docs: aoe: add it to the driver-api book
docs: add some documentation dirs to the driver-api book
docs: driver-model: move it to the driver-api book
docs: lp855x-driver.rst: add it to the driver-api book
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/sgi-ioc4.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/sgi-ioc4.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..72709222d3c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/sgi-ioc4.rst @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +==================================== +SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device +==================================== + +The SGI IOC4 PCI device is a bit of a strange beast, so some notes on +it are in order. + +First, even though the IOC4 performs multiple functions, such as an +IDE controller, a serial controller, a PS/2 keyboard/mouse controller, +and an external interrupt mechanism, it's not implemented as a +multifunction device. The consequence of this from a software +standpoint is that all these functions share a single IRQ, and +they can't all register to own the same PCI device ID. To make +matters a bit worse, some of the register blocks (and even registers +themselves) present in IOC4 are mixed-purpose between these several +functions, meaning that there's no clear "owning" device driver. + +The solution is to organize the IOC4 driver into several independent +drivers, "ioc4", "sgiioc4", and "ioc4_serial". Note that there is no +PS/2 controller driver as this functionality has never been wired up +on a shipping IO card. + +ioc4 +==== +This is the core (or shim) driver for IOC4. It is responsible for +initializing the basic functionality of the chip, and allocating +the PCI resources that are shared between the IOC4 functions. + +This driver also provides registration functions that the other +IOC4 drivers can call to make their presence known. Each driver +needs to provide a probe and remove function, which are invoked +by the core driver at appropriate times. The interface of these +IOC4 function probe and remove operations isn't precisely the same +as PCI device probe and remove operations, but is logically the +same operation. + +sgiioc4 +======= +This is the IDE driver for IOC4. Its name isn't very descriptive +simply for historical reasons (it used to be the only IOC4 driver +component). There's not much to say about it other than it hooks +up to the ioc4 driver via the appropriate registration, probe, and +remove functions. + +ioc4_serial +=========== +This is the serial driver for IOC4. There's not much to say about it +other than it hooks up to the ioc4 driver via the appropriate registration, +probe, and remove functions. |