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-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt35
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/4xx/reboot.txt18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/8xxx_gpio.txt22
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/can.txt53
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/cpm_qe/qe.txt54
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/diu.txt20
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/dma.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/esdhc.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/i2c.txt32
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpc5121-psc.txt70
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpc5200.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/spi.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/xilinx.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/hvcs.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/phyp-assisted-dump.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/ptrace.txt134
16 files changed, 417 insertions, 53 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
index 79f533f38c61..302db5da49b3 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
@@ -49,40 +49,13 @@ Table of Contents
f) MDIO on GPIOs
g) SPI busses
- VII - Marvell Discovery mv64[345]6x System Controller chips
- 1) The /system-controller node
- 2) Child nodes of /system-controller
- a) Marvell Discovery MDIO bus
- b) Marvell Discovery ethernet controller
- c) Marvell Discovery PHY nodes
- d) Marvell Discovery SDMA nodes
- e) Marvell Discovery BRG nodes
- f) Marvell Discovery CUNIT nodes
- g) Marvell Discovery MPSCROUTING nodes
- h) Marvell Discovery MPSCINTR nodes
- i) Marvell Discovery MPSC nodes
- j) Marvell Discovery Watch Dog Timer nodes
- k) Marvell Discovery I2C nodes
- l) Marvell Discovery PIC (Programmable Interrupt Controller) nodes
- m) Marvell Discovery MPP (Multipurpose Pins) multiplexing nodes
- n) Marvell Discovery GPP (General Purpose Pins) nodes
- o) Marvell Discovery PCI host bridge node
- p) Marvell Discovery CPU Error nodes
- q) Marvell Discovery SRAM Controller nodes
- r) Marvell Discovery PCI Error Handler nodes
- s) Marvell Discovery Memory Controller nodes
-
- VIII - Specifying interrupt information for devices
+ VII - Specifying interrupt information for devices
1) interrupts property
2) interrupt-parent property
3) OpenPIC Interrupt Controllers
4) ISA Interrupt Controllers
- IX - Specifying GPIO information for devices
- 1) gpios property
- 2) gpio-controller nodes
-
- X - Specifying device power management information (sleep property)
+ VIII - Specifying device power management information (sleep property)
Appendix A - Sample SOC node for MPC8540
@@ -1048,7 +1021,7 @@ IV - "dtc", the device tree compiler
dtc source code can be found at
-<http://ozlabs.org/~dgibson/dtc/dtc.tar.gz>
+<http://git.jdl.com/gitweb/?p=dtc.git>
WARNING: This version is still in early development stage; the
resulting device-tree "blobs" have not yet been validated with the
@@ -1289,7 +1262,7 @@ link between a device node and its interrupt parent in
the interrupt tree. The value of interrupt-parent is the
phandle of the parent node.
-If the interrupt-parent property is not defined for a node, it's
+If the interrupt-parent property is not defined for a node, its
interrupt parent is assumed to be an ancestor in the node's
_device tree_ hierarchy.
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/4xx/reboot.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/4xx/reboot.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d7217260589c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/4xx/reboot.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Reboot property to control system reboot on PPC4xx systems:
+
+By setting "reset_type" to one of the following values, the default
+software reset mechanism may be overidden. Here the possible values of
+"reset_type":
+
+ 1 - PPC4xx core reset
+ 2 - PPC4xx chip reset
+ 3 - PPC4xx system reset (default)
+
+Example:
+
+ cpu@0 {
+ device_type = "cpu";
+ model = "PowerPC,440SPe";
+ ...
+ reset-type = <2>; /* Use chip-reset */
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/8xxx_gpio.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/8xxx_gpio.txt
index d015dcec4011..b0019eb5330e 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/8xxx_gpio.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/8xxx_gpio.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Required properties:
83xx, "fsl,mpc8572-gpio" for 85xx and "fsl,mpc8610-gpio" for 86xx.
- #gpio-cells : Should be two. The first cell is the pin number and the
second cell is used to specify optional parameters (currently unused).
- - interrupts : Interrupt mapping for GPIO IRQ (currently unused).
+ - interrupts : Interrupt mapping for GPIO IRQ.
- interrupt-parent : Phandle for the interrupt controller that
services interrupts for this device.
- gpio-controller : Marks the port as GPIO controller.
@@ -38,3 +38,23 @@ Example of gpio-controller nodes for a MPC8347 SoC:
See booting-without-of.txt for details of how to specify GPIO
information for devices.
+
+To use GPIO pins as interrupt sources for peripherals, specify the
+GPIO controller as the interrupt parent and define GPIO number +
+trigger mode using the interrupts property, which is defined like
+this:
+
+interrupts = <number trigger>, where:
+ - number: GPIO pin (0..31)
+ - trigger: trigger mode:
+ 2 = trigger on falling edge
+ 3 = trigger on both edges
+
+Example of device using this is:
+
+ funkyfpga@0 {
+ compatible = "funky-fpga";
+ ...
+ interrupts = <4 3>;
+ interrupt-parent = <&gpio1>;
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/can.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/can.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2fa4fcd38fd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/can.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+CAN Device Tree Bindings
+------------------------
+
+(c) 2006-2009 Secret Lab Technologies Ltd
+Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
+
+fsl,mpc5200-mscan nodes
+-----------------------
+In addition to the required compatible-, reg- and interrupt-properties, you can
+also specify which clock source shall be used for the controller:
+
+- fsl,mscan-clock-source : a string describing the clock source. Valid values
+ are: "ip" for ip bus clock
+ "ref" for reference clock (XTAL)
+ "ref" is default in case this property is not
+ present.
+
+fsl,mpc5121-mscan nodes
+-----------------------
+In addition to the required compatible-, reg- and interrupt-properties, you can
+also specify which clock source and divider shall be used for the controller:
+
+- fsl,mscan-clock-source : a string describing the clock source. Valid values
+ are: "ip" for ip bus clock
+ "ref" for reference clock
+ "sys" for system clock
+ If this property is not present, an optimal CAN
+ clock source and frequency based on the system
+ clock will be selected. If this is not possible,
+ the reference clock will be used.
+
+- fsl,mscan-clock-divider: for the reference and system clock, an additional
+ clock divider can be specified. By default, a
+ value of 1 is used.
+
+Note that the MPC5121 Rev. 1 processor is not supported.
+
+Examples:
+ can@1300 {
+ compatible = "fsl,mpc5121-mscan";
+ interrupts = <12 0x8>;
+ interrupt-parent = <&ipic>;
+ reg = <0x1300 0x80>;
+ };
+
+ can@1380 {
+ compatible = "fsl,mpc5121-mscan";
+ interrupts = <13 0x8>;
+ interrupt-parent = <&ipic>;
+ reg = <0x1380 0x80>;
+ fsl,mscan-clock-source = "ref";
+ fsl,mscan-clock-divider = <3>;
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/cpm_qe/qe.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/cpm_qe/qe.txt
index 6e37be1eeb2d..4f8930263dd9 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/cpm_qe/qe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/cpm_qe/qe.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ Required properties:
- fsl,qe-num-snums: define how many serial number(SNUM) the QE can use for the
threads.
+Optional properties:
+- fsl,firmware-phandle:
+ Usage: required only if there is no fsl,qe-firmware child node
+ Value type: <phandle>
+ Definition: Points to a firmware node (see "QE Firmware Node" below)
+ that contains the firmware that should be uploaded for this QE.
+ The compatible property for the firmware node should say,
+ "fsl,qe-firmware".
+
Recommended properties
- brg-frequency : the internal clock source frequency for baud-rate
generators in Hz.
@@ -59,3 +68,48 @@ Example:
reg = <0 c000>;
};
};
+
+* QE Firmware Node
+
+This node defines a firmware binary that is embedded in the device tree, for
+the purpose of passing the firmware from bootloader to the kernel, or from
+the hypervisor to the guest.
+
+The firmware node itself contains the firmware binary contents, a compatible
+property, and any firmware-specific properties. The node should be placed
+inside a QE node that needs it. Doing so eliminates the need for a
+fsl,firmware-phandle property. Other QE nodes that need the same firmware
+should define an fsl,firmware-phandle property that points to the firmware node
+in the first QE node.
+
+The fsl,firmware property can be specified in the DTS (possibly using incbin)
+or can be inserted by the boot loader at boot time.
+
+Required properties:
+ - compatible
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <string>
+ Definition: A standard property. Specify a string that indicates what
+ kind of firmware it is. For QE, this should be "fsl,qe-firmware".
+
+ - fsl,firmware
+ Usage: required
+ Value type: <prop-encoded-array>, encoded as an array of bytes
+ Definition: A standard property. This property contains the firmware
+ binary "blob".
+
+Example:
+ qe1@e0080000 {
+ compatible = "fsl,qe";
+ qe_firmware:qe-firmware {
+ compatible = "fsl,qe-firmware";
+ fsl,firmware = [0x70 0xcd 0x00 0x00 0x01 0x46 0x45 ...];
+ };
+ ...
+ };
+
+ qe2@e0090000 {
+ compatible = "fsl,qe";
+ fsl,firmware-phandle = <&qe_firmware>;
+ ...
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/diu.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/diu.txt
index deb35de70988..b66cb6d31d69 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/diu.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/diu.txt
@@ -4,10 +4,17 @@ The Freescale DIU is a LCD controller, with proper hardware, it can also
drive DVI monitors.
Required properties:
-- compatible : should be "fsl-diu".
+- compatible : should be "fsl,diu" or "fsl,mpc5121-diu".
- reg : should contain at least address and length of the DIU register
set.
-- Interrupts : one DIU interrupt should be describe here.
+- interrupts : one DIU interrupt should be described here.
+- interrupt-parent : the phandle for the interrupt controller that
+ services interrupts for this device.
+
+Optional properties:
+- edid : verbatim EDID data block describing attached display.
+ Data from the detailed timing descriptor will be used to
+ program the display controller.
Example (MPC8610HPCD):
display@2c000 {
@@ -16,3 +23,12 @@ Example (MPC8610HPCD):
interrupts = <72 2>;
interrupt-parent = <&mpic>;
};
+
+Example for MPC5121:
+ display@2100 {
+ compatible = "fsl,mpc5121-diu";
+ reg = <0x2100 0x100>;
+ interrupts = <64 0x8>;
+ interrupt-parent = <&ipic>;
+ edid = [edid-data];
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/dma.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/dma.txt
index 0732cdd05ba1..2a4b4bce6110 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/dma.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/dma.txt
@@ -44,21 +44,29 @@ Example:
compatible = "fsl,mpc8349-dma-channel", "fsl,elo-dma-channel";
cell-index = <0>;
reg = <0 0x80>;
+ interrupt-parent = <&ipic>;
+ interrupts = <71 8>;
};
dma-channel@80 {
compatible = "fsl,mpc8349-dma-channel", "fsl,elo-dma-channel";
cell-index = <1>;
reg = <0x80 0x80>;
+ interrupt-parent = <&ipic>;
+ interrupts = <71 8>;
};
dma-channel@100 {
compatible = "fsl,mpc8349-dma-channel", "fsl,elo-dma-channel";
cell-index = <2>;
reg = <0x100 0x80>;
+ interrupt-parent = <&ipic>;
+ interrupts = <71 8>;
};
dma-channel@180 {
compatible = "fsl,mpc8349-dma-channel", "fsl,elo-dma-channel";
cell-index = <3>;
reg = <0x180 0x80>;
+ interrupt-parent = <&ipic>;
+ interrupts = <71 8>;
};
};
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/esdhc.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/esdhc.txt
index 8a0040738969..64bcb8be973c 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/esdhc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/esdhc.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Required properties:
reports inverted write-protect state;
- sdhci,1-bit-only : (optional) specifies that a controller can
only handle 1-bit data transfers.
+ - sdhci,auto-cmd12: (optional) specifies that a controller can
+ only handle auto CMD12.
Example:
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/i2c.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/i2c.txt
index b6d2e21474f9..1eacd6b20ed5 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/i2c.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/i2c.txt
@@ -2,15 +2,14 @@
Required properties :
- - device_type : Should be "i2c"
- reg : Offset and length of the register set for the device
+ - compatible : should be "fsl,CHIP-i2c" where CHIP is the name of a
+ compatible processor, e.g. mpc8313, mpc8543, mpc8544, mpc5121,
+ mpc5200 or mpc5200b. For the mpc5121, an additional node
+ "fsl,mpc5121-i2c-ctrl" is required as shown in the example below.
Recommended properties :
- - compatible : compatibility list with 2 entries, the first should
- be "fsl,CHIP-i2c" where CHIP is the name of a compatible processor,
- e.g. mpc8313, mpc8543, mpc8544, mpc5200 or mpc5200b. The second one
- should be "fsl-i2c".
- interrupts : <a b> where a is the interrupt number and b is a
field that represents an encoding of the sense and level
information for the interrupt. This should be encoded based on
@@ -21,28 +20,45 @@ Recommended properties :
- fsl,preserve-clocking : boolean; if defined, the clock settings
from the bootloader are preserved (not touched).
- clock-frequency : desired I2C bus clock frequency in Hz.
+ - fsl,timeout : I2C bus timeout in microseconds.
Examples :
+ /* MPC5121 based board */
+ i2c@1740 {
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <0>;
+ compatible = "fsl,mpc5121-i2c", "fsl-i2c";
+ reg = <0x1740 0x20>;
+ interrupts = <11 0x8>;
+ interrupt-parent = <&ipic>;
+ clock-frequency = <100000>;
+ };
+
+ i2ccontrol@1760 {
+ compatible = "fsl,mpc5121-i2c-ctrl";
+ reg = <0x1760 0x8>;
+ };
+
+ /* MPC5200B based board */
i2c@3d00 {
#address-cells = <1>;
#size-cells = <0>;
compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-i2c","fsl,mpc5200-i2c","fsl-i2c";
- cell-index = <0>;
reg = <0x3d00 0x40>;
interrupts = <2 15 0>;
interrupt-parent = <&mpc5200_pic>;
fsl,preserve-clocking;
};
+ /* MPC8544 base board */
i2c@3100 {
#address-cells = <1>;
#size-cells = <0>;
- cell-index = <1>;
compatible = "fsl,mpc8544-i2c", "fsl-i2c";
reg = <0x3100 0x100>;
interrupts = <43 2>;
interrupt-parent = <&mpic>;
clock-frequency = <400000>;
+ fsl,timeout = <10000>;
};
-
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpc5121-psc.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpc5121-psc.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8832e8798912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpc5121-psc.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+MPC5121 PSC Device Tree Bindings
+
+PSC in UART mode
+----------------
+
+For PSC in UART mode the needed PSC serial devices
+are specified by fsl,mpc5121-psc-uart nodes in the
+fsl,mpc5121-immr SoC node. Additionally the PSC FIFO
+Controller node fsl,mpc5121-psc-fifo is requered there:
+
+fsl,mpc5121-psc-uart nodes
+--------------------------
+
+Required properties :
+ - compatible : Should contain "fsl,mpc5121-psc-uart" and "fsl,mpc5121-psc"
+ - cell-index : Index of the PSC in hardware
+ - reg : Offset and length of the register set for the PSC device
+ - interrupts : <a b> where a is the interrupt number of the
+ PSC FIFO Controller and b is a field that represents an
+ encoding of the sense and level information for the interrupt.
+ - interrupt-parent : the phandle for the interrupt controller that
+ services interrupts for this device.
+
+Recommended properties :
+ - fsl,rx-fifo-size : the size of the RX fifo slice (a multiple of 4)
+ - fsl,tx-fifo-size : the size of the TX fifo slice (a multiple of 4)
+
+
+fsl,mpc5121-psc-fifo node
+-------------------------
+
+Required properties :
+ - compatible : Should be "fsl,mpc5121-psc-fifo"
+ - reg : Offset and length of the register set for the PSC
+ FIFO Controller
+ - interrupts : <a b> where a is the interrupt number of the
+ PSC FIFO Controller and b is a field that represents an
+ encoding of the sense and level information for the interrupt.
+ - interrupt-parent : the phandle for the interrupt controller that
+ services interrupts for this device.
+
+
+Example for a board using PSC0 and PSC1 devices in serial mode:
+
+serial@11000 {
+ compatible = "fsl,mpc5121-psc-uart", "fsl,mpc5121-psc";
+ cell-index = <0>;
+ reg = <0x11000 0x100>;
+ interrupts = <40 0x8>;
+ interrupt-parent = < &ipic >;
+ fsl,rx-fifo-size = <16>;
+ fsl,tx-fifo-size = <16>;
+};
+
+serial@11100 {
+ compatible = "fsl,mpc5121-psc-uart", "fsl,mpc5121-psc";
+ cell-index = <1>;
+ reg = <0x11100 0x100>;
+ interrupts = <40 0x8>;
+ interrupt-parent = < &ipic >;
+ fsl,rx-fifo-size = <16>;
+ fsl,tx-fifo-size = <16>;
+};
+
+pscfifo@11f00 {
+ compatible = "fsl,mpc5121-psc-fifo";
+ reg = <0x11f00 0x100>;
+ interrupts = <40 0x8>;
+ interrupt-parent = < &ipic >;
+};
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpc5200.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpc5200.txt
index 5c6602dbfdc2..4ccb2cd5df94 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpc5200.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/mpc5200.txt
@@ -195,11 +195,4 @@ External interrupts:
fsl,mpc5200-mscan nodes
-----------------------
-In addition to the required compatible-, reg- and interrupt-properites, you can
-also specify which clock source shall be used for the controller:
-
-- fsl,mscan-clock-source- a string describing the clock source. Valid values
- are: "ip" for ip bus clock
- "ref" for reference clock (XTAL)
- "ref" is default in case this property is not
- present.
+See file can.txt in this directory.
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/spi.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/spi.txt
index e7d9a344c4f4..80510c018eea 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/spi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/fsl/spi.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ Required properties:
- interrupt-parent : the phandle for the interrupt controller that
services interrupts for this device.
+Optional properties:
+- gpios : specifies the gpio pins to be used for chipselects.
+ The gpios will be referred to as reg = <index> in the SPI child nodes.
+ If unspecified, a single SPI device without a chip select can be used.
+
Example:
spi@4c0 {
cell-index = <0>;
@@ -21,4 +26,6 @@ Example:
interrupts = <82 0>;
interrupt-parent = <700>;
mode = "cpu";
+ gpios = <&gpio 18 1 // device reg=<0>
+ &gpio 19 1>; // device reg=<1>
};
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/xilinx.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/xilinx.txt
index ea68046bb9cb..299d0923537b 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/xilinx.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/xilinx.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
control how the core is synthesized. Historically, the EDK tool would
extract the device parameters relevant to device drivers and copy them
into an 'xparameters.h' in the form of #define symbols. This tells the
- device drivers how the IP cores are configured, but it requres the kernel
+ device drivers how the IP cores are configured, but it requires the kernel
to be recompiled every time the FPGA bitstream is resynthesized.
The new approach is to export the parameters into the device tree and
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/hvcs.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/hvcs.txt
index f93462c5db25..6d8be3468d7d 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/hvcs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/hvcs.txt
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ The proper channel for reporting bugs is either through the Linux OS
distribution company that provided your OS or by posting issues to the
PowerPC development mailing list at:
-linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
+linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
This request is to provide a documented and searchable public exchange
of the problems and solutions surrounding this driver for the benefit of
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/phyp-assisted-dump.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/phyp-assisted-dump.txt
index c4682b982a2e..ad340205d96a 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/phyp-assisted-dump.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/phyp-assisted-dump.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ dump offers several strong, practical advantages:
immediately available to the system for normal use.
-- After the dump is completed, no further reboots are
required; the system will be fully usable, and running
- in it's normal, production mode on it normal kernel.
+ in its normal, production mode on its normal kernel.
The above can only be accomplished by coordination with,
and assistance from the hypervisor. The procedure is
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/ptrace.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/ptrace.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f4a5499b7bc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/ptrace.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+GDB intends to support the following hardware debug features of BookE
+processors:
+
+4 hardware breakpoints (IAC)
+2 hardware watchpoints (read, write and read-write) (DAC)
+2 value conditions for the hardware watchpoints (DVC)
+
+For that, we need to extend ptrace so that GDB can query and set these
+resources. Since we're extending, we're trying to create an interface
+that's extendable and that covers both BookE and server processors, so
+that GDB doesn't need to special-case each of them. We added the
+following 3 new ptrace requests.
+
+1. PTRACE_PPC_GETHWDEBUGINFO
+
+Query for GDB to discover the hardware debug features. The main info to
+be returned here is the minimum alignment for the hardware watchpoints.
+BookE processors don't have restrictions here, but server processors have
+an 8-byte alignment restriction for hardware watchpoints. We'd like to avoid
+adding special cases to GDB based on what it sees in AUXV.
+
+Since we're at it, we added other useful info that the kernel can return to
+GDB: this query will return the number of hardware breakpoints, hardware
+watchpoints and whether it supports a range of addresses and a condition.
+The query will fill the following structure provided by the requesting process:
+
+struct ppc_debug_info {
+ unit32_t version;
+ unit32_t num_instruction_bps;
+ unit32_t num_data_bps;
+ unit32_t num_condition_regs;
+ unit32_t data_bp_alignment;
+ unit32_t sizeof_condition; /* size of the DVC register */
+ uint64_t features; /* bitmask of the individual flags */
+};
+
+features will have bits indicating whether there is support for:
+
+#define PPC_DEBUG_FEATURE_INSN_BP_RANGE 0x1
+#define PPC_DEBUG_FEATURE_INSN_BP_MASK 0x2
+#define PPC_DEBUG_FEATURE_DATA_BP_RANGE 0x4
+#define PPC_DEBUG_FEATURE_DATA_BP_MASK 0x8
+
+2. PTRACE_SETHWDEBUG
+
+Sets a hardware breakpoint or watchpoint, according to the provided structure:
+
+struct ppc_hw_breakpoint {
+ uint32_t version;
+#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_TRIGGER_EXECUTE 0x1
+#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_TRIGGER_READ 0x2
+#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_TRIGGER_WRITE 0x4
+ uint32_t trigger_type; /* only some combinations allowed */
+#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_MODE_EXACT 0x0
+#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_MODE_RANGE_INCLUSIVE 0x1
+#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_MODE_RANGE_EXCLUSIVE 0x2
+#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_MODE_MASK 0x3
+ uint32_t addr_mode; /* address match mode */
+
+#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_MODE 0x3
+#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_NONE 0x0
+#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_AND 0x1
+#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_EXACT 0x1 /* different name for the same thing as above */
+#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_OR 0x2
+#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_AND_OR 0x3
+#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_BE_ALL 0x00ff0000 /* byte enable bits */
+#define PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_BE(n) (1<<((n)+16))
+ uint32_t condition_mode; /* break/watchpoint condition flags */
+
+ uint64_t addr;
+ uint64_t addr2;
+ uint64_t condition_value;
+};
+
+A request specifies one event, not necessarily just one register to be set.
+For instance, if the request is for a watchpoint with a condition, both the
+DAC and DVC registers will be set in the same request.
+
+With this GDB can ask for all kinds of hardware breakpoints and watchpoints
+that the BookE supports. COMEFROM breakpoints available in server processors
+are not contemplated, but that is out of the scope of this work.
+
+ptrace will return an integer (handle) uniquely identifying the breakpoint or
+watchpoint just created. This integer will be used in the PTRACE_DELHWDEBUG
+request to ask for its removal. Return -ENOSPC if the requested breakpoint
+can't be allocated on the registers.
+
+Some examples of using the structure to:
+
+- set a breakpoint in the first breakpoint register
+
+ p.version = PPC_DEBUG_CURRENT_VERSION;
+ p.trigger_type = PPC_BREAKPOINT_TRIGGER_EXECUTE;
+ p.addr_mode = PPC_BREAKPOINT_MODE_EXACT;
+ p.condition_mode = PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_NONE;
+ p.addr = (uint64_t) address;
+ p.addr2 = 0;
+ p.condition_value = 0;
+
+- set a watchpoint which triggers on reads in the second watchpoint register
+
+ p.version = PPC_DEBUG_CURRENT_VERSION;
+ p.trigger_type = PPC_BREAKPOINT_TRIGGER_READ;
+ p.addr_mode = PPC_BREAKPOINT_MODE_EXACT;
+ p.condition_mode = PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_NONE;
+ p.addr = (uint64_t) address;
+ p.addr2 = 0;
+ p.condition_value = 0;
+
+- set a watchpoint which triggers only with a specific value
+
+ p.version = PPC_DEBUG_CURRENT_VERSION;
+ p.trigger_type = PPC_BREAKPOINT_TRIGGER_READ;
+ p.addr_mode = PPC_BREAKPOINT_MODE_EXACT;
+ p.condition_mode = PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_AND | PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_BE_ALL;
+ p.addr = (uint64_t) address;
+ p.addr2 = 0;
+ p.condition_value = (uint64_t) condition;
+
+- set a ranged hardware breakpoint
+
+ p.version = PPC_DEBUG_CURRENT_VERSION;
+ p.trigger_type = PPC_BREAKPOINT_TRIGGER_EXECUTE;
+ p.addr_mode = PPC_BREAKPOINT_MODE_RANGE_INCLUSIVE;
+ p.condition_mode = PPC_BREAKPOINT_CONDITION_NONE;
+ p.addr = (uint64_t) begin_range;
+ p.addr2 = (uint64_t) end_range;
+ p.condition_value = 0;
+
+3. PTRACE_DELHWDEBUG
+
+Takes an integer which identifies an existing breakpoint or watchpoint
+(i.e., the value returned from PTRACE_SETHWDEBUG), and deletes the
+corresponding breakpoint or watchpoint..