From baa293e9544bea71361950d071579f0e4d5713ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 15:39:22 -0300 Subject: docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents There are lots of documents under Documentation/*.txt and a few other orphan documents elsehwere that belong to the driver-API book. Move them to their right place. Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck # vfio-related parts Acked-by: Logan Gunthorpe # switchtec Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- Documentation/driver-api/lightnvm-pblk.rst | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/driver-api/lightnvm-pblk.rst (limited to 'Documentation/driver-api/lightnvm-pblk.rst') diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/lightnvm-pblk.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/lightnvm-pblk.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..1040ed1cec81 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/lightnvm-pblk.rst @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +pblk: Physical Block Device Target +================================== + +pblk implements a fully associative, host-based FTL that exposes a traditional +block I/O interface. Its primary responsibilities are: + + - Map logical addresses onto physical addresses (4KB granularity) in a + logical-to-physical (L2P) table. + - Maintain the integrity and consistency of the L2P table as well as its + recovery from normal tear down and power outage. + - Deal with controller- and media-specific constrains. + - Handle I/O errors. + - Implement garbage collection. + - Maintain consistency across the I/O stack during synchronization points. + +For more information please refer to: + + http://lightnvm.io + +which maintains updated FAQs, manual pages, technical documentation, tools, +contacts, etc. -- cgit v1.2.3