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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-08-05 04:32:24 +0400 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-08-05 04:32:24 +0400 |
| commit | 2521129a6d2fd8a81f99cf95055eddea3df914ff (patch) | |
| tree | f8b7879979f656669ce31cbc247b97ae702291fb /Documentation/mic/mic_overview.txt | |
| parent | 98a96f202203fecad65b44449077c695686ad4db (diff) | |
| parent | 16eb2bfc65ef86d3ac6420d50ddc2c48f0023cee (diff) | |
| download | linux-2521129a6d2fd8a81f99cf95055eddea3df914ff.tar.xz | |
Merge tag 'char-misc-3.17-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc
Pull char / misc driver patches from Greg KH:
"Here's the big driver misc / char pull request for 3.17-rc1.
Lots of things in here, the thunderbolt support for Apple laptops,
some other new drivers, testing fixes, and other good things. All
have been in linux-next for a long time"
* tag 'char-misc-3.17-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc: (119 commits)
misc: bh1780: Introduce the use of devm_kzalloc
Lattice ECP3 FPGA: Correct endianness
drivers/misc/ti-st: Load firmware from ti-connectivity directory.
dt-bindings: extcon: Add support for SM5502 MUIC device
extcon: sm5502: Change internal hardware switch according to cable type
extcon: sm5502: Detect cable state after completing platform booting
extcon: sm5502: Add support new SM5502 extcon device driver
extcon: arizona: Get MICVDD against extcon device
extcon: Remove unnecessary OOM messages
misc: vexpress: Fix sparse non static symbol warnings
mei: drop unused hw dependent fw status functions
misc: bh1770glc: Use managed functions
pcmcia: remove DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE usage
misc: remove DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE usage
ipack: Replace DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE macro use
drivers/char/dsp56k.c: drop check for negativity of unsigned parameter
mei: fix return value on disconnect timeout
mei: don't schedule suspend in pm idle
mei: start disconnect request timer consistently
mei: reset client connection state on timeout
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/mic/mic_overview.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/mic/mic_overview.txt | 67 |
1 files changed, 41 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/mic/mic_overview.txt b/Documentation/mic/mic_overview.txt index b41929224804..77c541802ad9 100644 --- a/Documentation/mic/mic_overview.txt +++ b/Documentation/mic/mic_overview.txt @@ -17,35 +17,50 @@ for applications. A key benefit of our solution is that it leverages the standard virtio framework for network, disk and console devices, though in our case the virtio framework is used across a PCIe bus. +MIC PCIe card has a dma controller with 8 channels. These channels are +shared between the host s/w and the card s/w. 0 to 3 are used by host +and 4 to 7 by card. As the dma device doesn't show up as PCIe device, +a virtual bus called mic bus is created and virtual dma devices are +created on it by the host/card drivers. On host the channels are private +and used only by the host driver to transfer data for the virtio devices. + Here is a block diagram of the various components described above. The virtio backends are situated on the host rather than the card given better single threaded performance for the host compared to MIC, the ability of the host to initiate DMA's to/from the card using the MIC DMA engine and the fact that the virtio block storage backend can only be on the host. - | - +----------+ | +----------+ - | Card OS | | | Host OS | - +----------+ | +----------+ - | -+-------+ +--------+ +------+ | +---------+ +--------+ +--------+ -| Virtio| |Virtio | |Virtio| | |Virtio | |Virtio | |Virtio | -| Net | |Console | |Block | | |Net | |Console | |Block | -| Driver| |Driver | |Driver| | |backend | |backend | |backend | -+-------+ +--------+ +------+ | +---------+ +--------+ +--------+ - | | | | | | | - | | | |User | | | - | | | |------|------------|---------|------- - +-------------------+ |Kernel +--------------------------+ - | | | Virtio over PCIe IOCTLs | - | | +--------------------------+ - +--------------+ | | - |Intel MIC | | +---------------+ - |Card Driver | | |Intel MIC | - +--------------+ | |Host Driver | - | | +---------------+ - | | | - +-------------------------------------------------------------+ - | | - | PCIe Bus | - +-------------------------------------------------------------+ + | + +----------+ | +----------+ + | Card OS | | | Host OS | + +----------+ | +----------+ + | + +-------+ +--------+ +------+ | +---------+ +--------+ +--------+ + | Virtio| |Virtio | |Virtio| | |Virtio | |Virtio | |Virtio | + | Net | |Console | |Block | | |Net | |Console | |Block | + | Driver| |Driver | |Driver| | |backend | |backend | |backend | + +-------+ +--------+ +------+ | +---------+ +--------+ +--------+ + | | | | | | | + | | | |User | | | + | | | |------|------------|---------|------- + +-------------------+ |Kernel +--------------------------+ + | | | Virtio over PCIe IOCTLs | + | | +--------------------------+ ++-----------+ | | | +-----------+ +| MIC DMA | | | | | MIC DMA | +| Driver | | | | | Driver | ++-----------+ | | | +-----------+ + | | | | | ++---------------+ | | | +----------------+ +|MIC virtual Bus| | | | |MIC virtual Bus | ++---------------+ | | | +----------------+ + | | | | | + | +--------------+ | +---------------+ | + | |Intel MIC | | |Intel MIC | | + +---|Card Driver | | |Host Driver | | + +--------------+ | +---------------+-----+ + | | | + +-------------------------------------------------------------+ + | | + | PCIe Bus | + +-------------------------------------------------------------+ |