docs: admin-guide: add a series of orphaned documents

There are lots of documents that belong to the admin-guide but
are on random places (most under Documentation root dir).

Move them to the admin guide.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
Acked-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>

1 files changed, 292 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pnp.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pnp.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bab2d10631f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pnp.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,292 @@
+=================================
+Linux Plug and Play Documentation
+=================================
+
+:Author: Adam Belay <ambx1@neo.rr.com>
+:Last updated: Oct. 16, 2002
+
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+Plug and Play provides a means of detecting and setting resources for legacy or
+otherwise unconfigurable devices.  The Linux Plug and Play Layer provides these 
+services to compatible drivers.
+
+
+The User Interface
+------------------
+
+The Linux Plug and Play user interface provides a means to activate PnP devices
+for legacy and user level drivers that do not support Linux Plug and Play.  The 
+user interface is integrated into sysfs.
+
+In addition to the standard sysfs file the following are created in each
+device's directory:
+- id - displays a list of support EISA IDs
+- options - displays possible resource configurations
+- resources - displays currently allocated resources and allows resource changes
+
+activating a device
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+::
+
+	# echo "auto" > resources
+
+this will invoke the automatic resource config system to activate the device
+
+manually activating a device
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+::
+
+	# echo "manual <depnum> <mode>" > resources
+
+	<depnum> - the configuration number
+	<mode> - static or dynamic
+		 static = for next boot
+		 dynamic = now
+
+disabling a device
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+::
+
+	# echo "disable" > resources
+
+
+EXAMPLE:
+
+Suppose you need to activate the floppy disk controller.
+
+1. change to the proper directory, in my case it is
+   /driver/bus/pnp/devices/00:0f::
+
+	# cd /driver/bus/pnp/devices/00:0f
+	# cat name
+	PC standard floppy disk controller
+
+2. check if the device is already active::
+
+	# cat resources
+	DISABLED
+
+  - Notice the string "DISABLED".  This means the device is not active.
+
+3. check the device's possible configurations (optional)::
+
+	# cat options
+	Dependent: 01 - Priority acceptable
+	    port 0x3f0-0x3f0, align 0x7, size 0x6, 16-bit address decoding
+	    port 0x3f7-0x3f7, align 0x0, size 0x1, 16-bit address decoding
+	    irq 6
+	    dma 2 8-bit compatible
+	Dependent: 02 - Priority acceptable
+	    port 0x370-0x370, align 0x7, size 0x6, 16-bit address decoding
+	    port 0x377-0x377, align 0x0, size 0x1, 16-bit address decoding
+	    irq 6
+	    dma 2 8-bit compatible
+
+4. now activate the device::
+
+	# echo "auto" > resources
+
+5. finally check if the device is active::
+
+	# cat resources
+	io 0x3f0-0x3f5
+	io 0x3f7-0x3f7
+	irq 6
+	dma 2
+
+also there are a series of kernel parameters::
+
+	pnp_reserve_irq=irq1[,irq2] ....
+	pnp_reserve_dma=dma1[,dma2] ....
+	pnp_reserve_io=io1,size1[,io2,size2] ....
+	pnp_reserve_mem=mem1,size1[,mem2,size2] ....
+
+
+
+The Unified Plug and Play Layer
+-------------------------------
+
+All Plug and Play drivers, protocols, and services meet at a central location
+called the Plug and Play Layer.  This layer is responsible for the exchange of 
+information between PnP drivers and PnP protocols.  Thus it automatically 
+forwards commands to the proper protocol.  This makes writing PnP drivers 
+significantly easier.
+
+The following functions are available from the Plug and Play Layer:
+
+pnp_get_protocol
+  increments the number of uses by one
+
+pnp_put_protocol
+  deincrements the number of uses by one
+
+pnp_register_protocol
+  use this to register a new PnP protocol
+
+pnp_unregister_protocol
+  use this function to remove a PnP protocol from the Plug and Play Layer
+
+pnp_register_driver
+  adds a PnP driver to the Plug and Play Layer
+
+  this includes driver model integration
+  returns zero for success or a negative error number for failure; count
+  calls to the .add() method if you need to know how many devices bind to
+  the driver
+
+pnp_unregister_driver
+  removes a PnP driver from the Plug and Play Layer
+
+
+
+Plug and Play Protocols
+-----------------------
+
+This section contains information for PnP protocol developers.
+
+The following Protocols are currently available in the computing world:
+
+- PNPBIOS:
+    used for system devices such as serial and parallel ports.
+- ISAPNP:
+    provides PnP support for the ISA bus
+- ACPI:
+    among its many uses, ACPI provides information about system level
+    devices.
+
+It is meant to replace the PNPBIOS.  It is not currently supported by Linux
+Plug and Play but it is planned to be in the near future.
+
+
+Requirements for a Linux PnP protocol:
+1. the protocol must use EISA IDs
+2. the protocol must inform the PnP Layer of a device's current configuration
+
+- the ability to set resources is optional but preferred.
+
+The following are PnP protocol related functions:
+
+pnp_add_device
+  use this function to add a PnP device to the PnP layer
+
+  only call this function when all wanted values are set in the pnp_dev
+  structure
+
+pnp_init_device
+  call this to initialize the PnP structure
+
+pnp_remove_device
+  call this to remove a device from the Plug and Play Layer.
+  it will fail if the device is still in use.
+  automatically will free mem used by the device and related structures
+
+pnp_add_id
+  adds an EISA ID to the list of supported IDs for the specified device
+
+For more information consult the source of a protocol such as
+/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c.
+
+
+
+Linux Plug and Play Drivers
+---------------------------
+
+This section contains information for Linux PnP driver developers.
+
+The New Way
+^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+1. first make a list of supported EISA IDS
+
+   ex::
+
+	static const struct pnp_id pnp_dev_table[] = {
+		/* Standard LPT Printer Port */
+		{.id = "PNP0400", .driver_data = 0},
+		/* ECP Printer Port */
+		{.id = "PNP0401", .driver_data = 0},
+		{.id = ""}
+	};
+
+   Please note that the character 'X' can be used as a wild card in the function
+   portion (last four characters).
+
+   ex::
+
+	/* Unknown PnP modems */
+	{	"PNPCXXX",		UNKNOWN_DEV	},
+
+   Supported PnP card IDs can optionally be defined.
+   ex::
+
+	static const struct pnp_id pnp_card_table[] = {
+		{	"ANYDEVS",		0	},
+		{	"",			0	}
+	};
+
+2. Optionally define probe and remove functions.  It may make sense not to
+   define these functions if the driver already has a reliable method of detecting
+   the resources, such as the parport_pc driver.
+
+   ex::
+
+	static int
+	serial_pnp_probe(struct pnp_dev * dev, const struct pnp_id *card_id, const
+			struct pnp_id *dev_id)
+	{
+	. . .
+
+   ex::
+
+	static void serial_pnp_remove(struct pnp_dev * dev)
+	{
+	. . .
+
+   consult /drivers/serial/8250_pnp.c for more information.
+
+3. create a driver structure
+
+   ex::
+
+	static struct pnp_driver serial_pnp_driver = {
+		.name		= "serial",
+		.card_id_table	= pnp_card_table,
+		.id_table	= pnp_dev_table,
+		.probe		= serial_pnp_probe,
+		.remove		= serial_pnp_remove,
+	};
+
+   * name and id_table cannot be NULL.
+
+4. register the driver
+
+   ex::
+
+	static int __init serial8250_pnp_init(void)
+	{
+		return pnp_register_driver(&serial_pnp_driver);
+	}
+
+The Old Way
+^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+A series of compatibility functions have been created to make it easy to convert
+ISAPNP drivers.  They should serve as a temporary solution only.
+
+They are as follows::
+
+	struct pnp_card *pnp_find_card(unsigned short vendor,
+				       unsigned short device,
+				       struct pnp_card *from)
+
+	struct pnp_dev *pnp_find_dev(struct pnp_card *card,
+				     unsigned short vendor,
+				     unsigned short function,
+				     struct pnp_dev *from)
+