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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/PCI')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.txt | 24 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.txt b/Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.txt index ac26869c7db4..da3b2176d5da 100644 --- a/Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.txt +++ b/Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.txt @@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ struct pci_error_handlers { int (*error_detected)(struct pci_dev *dev, enum pci_channel_state); int (*mmio_enabled)(struct pci_dev *dev); - int (*link_reset)(struct pci_dev *dev); int (*slot_reset)(struct pci_dev *dev); void (*resume)(struct pci_dev *dev); }; @@ -104,8 +103,7 @@ if it implements any, it must implement error_detected(). If a callback is not implemented, the corresponding feature is considered unsupported. For example, if mmio_enabled() and resume() aren't there, then it is assumed that the driver is not doing any direct recovery and requires -a slot reset. If link_reset() is not implemented, the card is assumed to -not care about link resets. Typically a driver will want to know about +a slot reset. Typically a driver will want to know about a slot_reset(). The actual steps taken by a platform to recover from a PCI error @@ -232,25 +230,9 @@ proceeds to STEP 4 (Slot Reset) STEP 3: Link Reset ------------------ -The platform resets the link, and then calls the link_reset() callback -on all affected device drivers. This is a PCI-Express specific state +The platform resets the link. This is a PCI-Express specific step and is done whenever a non-fatal error has been detected that can be -"solved" by resetting the link. This call informs the driver of the -reset and the driver should check to see if the device appears to be -in working condition. - -The driver is not supposed to restart normal driver I/O operations -at this point. It should limit itself to "probing" the device to -check its recoverability status. If all is right, then the platform -will call resume() once all drivers have ack'd link_reset(). - - Result codes: - (identical to STEP 3 (MMIO Enabled) - -The platform then proceeds to either STEP 4 (Slot Reset) or STEP 5 -(Resume Operations). - ->>> The current powerpc implementation does not implement this callback. +"solved" by resetting the link. STEP 4: Slot Reset ------------------ |