docs: Sysfs ABI for mediated device framework

Added details of sysfs ABI for mediated device framework

Signed-off-by: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Neo Jia <cjia@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>

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+What:           /sys/.../<device>/mdev_supported_types/
+Date:           October 2016
+Contact:        Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
+Description:
+                This directory contains list of directories of currently
+		supported mediated device types and their details for
+		<device>. Supported type attributes are defined by the
+		vendor driver who registers with Mediated device framework.
+		Each supported type is a directory whose name is created
+		by adding the device driver string as a prefix to the
+		string provided by the vendor driver.
+
+What:           /sys/.../<device>/mdev_supported_types/<type-id>/
+Date:           October 2016
+Contact:        Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
+Description:
+                This directory gives details of supported type, like name,
+		description, available_instances, device_api etc.
+		'device_api' and 'available_instances' are mandatory
+		attributes to be provided by vendor driver. 'name',
+		'description' and other vendor driver specific attributes
+		are optional.
+
+What:           /sys/.../mdev_supported_types/<type-id>/create
+Date:           October 2016
+Contact:        Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
+Description:
+		Writing UUID to this file will create mediated device of
+		type <type-id> for parent device <device>. This is a
+		write-only file.
+		For example:
+		# echo "83b8f4f2-509f-382f-3c1e-e6bfe0fa1001" >	\
+		       /sys/devices/foo/mdev_supported_types/foo-1/create
+
+What:           /sys/.../mdev_supported_types/<type-id>/devices/
+Date:           October 2016
+Contact:        Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
+Description:
+		This directory contains symbolic links pointing to mdev
+		devices sysfs entries which are created of this <type-id>.
+
+What:           /sys/.../mdev_supported_types/<type-id>/available_instances
+Date:           October 2016
+Contact:        Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
+Description:
+		Reading this attribute will show the number of mediated
+		devices of type <type-id> that can be created. This is a
+		readonly file.
+Users:
+		Userspace applications interested in creating mediated
+		device of that type. Userspace application should check
+		the number of available instances could be created before
+		creating mediated device of this type.
+
+What:           /sys/.../mdev_supported_types/<type-id>/device_api
+Date:           October 2016
+Contact:        Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
+Description:
+		Reading this attribute will show VFIO device API supported
+		by this type. For example, "vfio-pci" for a PCI device,
+		"vfio-platform" for platform device.
+
+What:           /sys/.../mdev_supported_types/<type-id>/name
+Date:           October 2016
+Contact:        Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
+Description:
+		Reading this attribute will show human readable name of the
+		mediated device that will get created of type <type-id>.
+		This is optional attribute. For example: "Grid M60-0Q"
+Users:
+		Userspace applications interested in knowing the name of
+		a particular <type-id> that can help in understanding the
+		type of mediated device.
+
+What:           /sys/.../mdev_supported_types/<type-id>/description
+Date:           October 2016
+Contact:        Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
+Description:
+		Reading this attribute will show description of the type of
+		mediated device that will get created of type <type-id>.
+		This is optional attribute. For example:
+		"2 heads, 512M FB, 2560x1600 maximum resolution"
+Users:
+		Userspace applications interested in knowing the details of
+		a particular <type-id> that can help in understanding the
+		features provided by that type of mediated device.
+
+What:           /sys/.../<device>/<UUID>/
+Date:           October 2016
+Contact:        Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
+Description:
+		This directory represents device directory of mediated
+		device. It contains all the attributes related to mediated
+		device.
+
+What:           /sys/.../<device>/<UUID>/mdev_type
+Date:           October 2016
+Contact:        Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
+Description:
+		This is symbolic link pointing to supported type, <type-id>
+		directory of which this mediated device is created.
+
+What:           /sys/.../<device>/<UUID>/remove
+Date:           October 2016
+Contact:        Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
+Description:
+		Writing '1' to this file destroys the mediated device. The
+		vendor driver can fail the remove() callback if that device
+		is active and the vendor driver doesn't support hot unplug.
+		Example:
+		# echo 1 > /sys/bus/mdev/devices/<UUID>/remove