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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-08-06 22:44:36 +0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-08-06 22:44:36 +0400
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Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6
* 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6: (30 commits) PCI: update for owner removal from struct device_attribute PCI: Fix warnings when CONFIG_DMI unset PCI: Do not run NVidia quirks related to MSI with MSI disabled x86/PCI: use for_each_pci_dev() PCI: use for_each_pci_dev() PCI: MSI: Restore read_msi_msg_desc(); add get_cached_msi_msg_desc() PCI: export SMBIOS provided firmware instance and label to sysfs PCI: Allow read/write access to sysfs I/O port resources x86/PCI: use host bridge _CRS info on ASRock ALiveSATA2-GLAN PCI: remove unused HAVE_ARCH_PCI_SET_DMA_MAX_SEGMENT_{SIZE|BOUNDARY} PCI: disable mmio during bar sizing PCI: MSI: Remove unsafe and unnecessary hardware access PCI: Default PCIe ASPM control to on and require !EMBEDDED to disable PCI: kernel oops on access to pci proc file while hot-removal PCI: pci-sysfs: remove casts from void* ACPI: Disable ASPM if the platform won't provide _OSC control for PCIe PCI hotplug: make sure child bridges are enabled at hotplug time PCI hotplug: shpchp: Removed check for hotplug of display devices PCI hotplug: pciehp: Fixed return value sign for pciehp_unconfigure_device PCI: Don't enable aspm before drivers have had a chance to veto it ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci27
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt2
3 files changed, 34 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
index 25be3250f7d6..f979d825d112 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
@@ -139,3 +139,30 @@ Contact: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org
Description:
This symbolic link points to the PCI hotplug controller driver
module that manages the hotplug slot.
+
+What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../label
+Date: July 2010
+Contact: Narendra K <narendra_k@dell.com>, linux-bugs@dell.com
+Description:
+ Reading this attribute will provide the firmware
+ given name(SMBIOS type 41 string) of the PCI device.
+ The attribute will be created only if the firmware
+ has given a name to the PCI device.
+Users:
+ Userspace applications interested in knowing the
+ firmware assigned name of the PCI device.
+
+What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../index
+Date: July 2010
+Contact: Narendra K <narendra_k@dell.com>, linux-bugs@dell.com
+Description:
+ Reading this attribute will provide the firmware
+ given instance(SMBIOS type 41 device type instance)
+ of the PCI device. The attribute will be created
+ only if the firmware has given a device type instance
+ to the PCI device.
+Users:
+ Userspace applications interested in knowing the
+ firmware assigned device type instance of the PCI
+ device that can help in understanding the firmware
+ intended order of the PCI device.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt
index 85354b32d731..74eaac26f8b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ files, each with their own function.
local_cpus nearby CPU mask (cpumask, ro)
remove remove device from kernel's list (ascii, wo)
resource PCI resource host addresses (ascii, ro)
- resource0..N PCI resource N, if present (binary, mmap)
+ resource0..N PCI resource N, if present (binary, mmap, rw[1])
resource0_wc..N_wc PCI WC map resource N, if prefetchable (binary, mmap)
rom PCI ROM resource, if present (binary, ro)
subsystem_device PCI subsystem device (ascii, ro)
@@ -54,13 +54,16 @@ files, each with their own function.
binary - file contains binary data
cpumask - file contains a cpumask type
+[1] rw for RESOURCE_IO (I/O port) regions only
+
The read only files are informational, writes to them will be ignored, with
the exception of the 'rom' file. Writable files can be used to perform
actions on the device (e.g. changing config space, detaching a device).
mmapable files are available via an mmap of the file at offset 0 and can be
used to do actual device programming from userspace. Note that some platforms
don't support mmapping of certain resources, so be sure to check the return
-value from any attempted mmap.
+value from any attempted mmap. The most notable of these are I/O port
+resources, which also provide read/write access.
The 'enable' file provides a counter that indicates how many times the device
has been enabled. If the 'enable' file currently returns '4', and a '1' is
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index f20c7abc0329..cbd405930522 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1976,6 +1976,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
norom [X86] Do not assign address space to
expansion ROMs that do not already have
BIOS assigned address ranges.
+ nobar [X86] Do not assign address space to the
+ BARs that weren't assigned by the BIOS.
irqmask=0xMMMM [X86] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be
assigned automatically to PCI devices. You can
make the kernel exclude IRQs of your ISA cards