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diff --git a/Documentation/rapidio/sysfs.txt b/Documentation/rapidio/sysfs.txt index 97f71ce575d6..271438c0617f 100644 --- a/Documentation/rapidio/sysfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/rapidio/sysfs.txt @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ device_rev - returns the device revision level (see 4.1 for switch specific details) lprev - returns name of previous device (switch) on the path to the device that that owns this attribute + modalias - returns the device modalias In addition to the files listed above, each device has a binary attribute file that allows read/write access to the device configuration registers using @@ -88,3 +89,20 @@ that exports additional attributes. IDT_GEN2: errlog - reads contents of device error log until it is empty. + + +5. RapidIO Bus Attributes +------------------------- + +RapidIO bus subdirectory /sys/bus/rapidio implements the following bus-specific +attribute: + + scan - allows to trigger enumeration discovery process from user space. This + is a write-only attribute. To initiate an enumeration or discovery + process on specific mport device, a user needs to write mport_ID (not + RapidIO destination ID) into this file. The mport_ID is a sequential + number (0 ... RIO_MAX_MPORTS) assigned to the mport device. + For example, for a machine with a single RapidIO controller, mport_ID + for that controller always will be 0. + To initiate RapidIO enumeration/discovery on all available mports + a user must write '-1' (or RIO_MPORT_ANY) into this attribute file. |