rapidio: documentation update for enumeration changes
Update RapidIO documentation to reflect changes made to enumeration/discovery build configuration and user space triggering mechanism. Signed-off-by: Alexandre Bounine <alexandre.bounine@idt.com> Cc: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Li Yang <leoli@freescale.com> Cc: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Andre van Herk <andre.van.herk@Prodrive.nl> Cc: Micha Nelissen <micha.nelissen@Prodrive.nl> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@ -79,20 +79,63 @@ master port that is used to communicate with devices within the network.
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In order to initialize the RapidIO subsystem, a platform must initialize and
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register at least one master port within the RapidIO network. To register mport
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within the subsystem controller driver initialization code calls function
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rio_register_mport() for each available master port. After all active master
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ports are registered with a RapidIO subsystem, the rio_init_mports() routine
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is called to perform enumeration and discovery.
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rio_register_mport() for each available master port.
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In the current PowerPC-based implementation a subsys_initcall() is specified to
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perform controller initialization and mport registration. At the end it directly
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calls rio_init_mports() to execute RapidIO enumeration and discovery.
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RapidIO subsystem uses subsys_initcall() or device_initcall() to perform
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controller initialization (depending on controller device type).
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After all active master ports are registered with a RapidIO subsystem,
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an enumeration and/or discovery routine may be called automatically or
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by user-space command.
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4. Enumeration and Discovery
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----------------------------
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When rio_init_mports() is called it scans a list of registered master ports and
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calls an enumeration or discovery routine depending on the configured role of a
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master port: host or agent.
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4.1 Overview
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------------
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RapidIO subsystem configuration options allow users to specify enumeration and
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discovery methods as statically linked components or loadable modules.
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An enumeration/discovery method implementation and available input parameters
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define how any given method can be attached to available RapidIO mports:
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simply to all available mports OR individually to the specified mport device.
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Depending on selected enumeration/discovery build configuration, there are
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several methods to initiate an enumeration and/or discovery process:
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(a) Statically linked enumeration and discovery process can be started
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automatically during kernel initialization time using corresponding module
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parameters. This was the original method used since introduction of RapidIO
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subsystem. Now this method relies on enumerator module parameter which is
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'rio-scan.scan' for existing basic enumeration/discovery method.
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When automatic start of enumeration/discovery is used a user has to ensure
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that all discovering endpoints are started before the enumerating endpoint
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and are waiting for enumeration to be completed.
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Configuration option CONFIG_RAPIDIO_DISC_TIMEOUT defines time that discovering
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endpoint waits for enumeration to be completed. If the specified timeout
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expires the discovery process is terminated without obtaining RapidIO network
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information. NOTE: a timed out discovery process may be restarted later using
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a user-space command as it is described later if the given endpoint was
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enumerated successfully.
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(b) Statically linked enumeration and discovery process can be started by
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a command from user space. This initiation method provides more flexibility
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for a system startup compared to the option (a) above. After all participating
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endpoints have been successfully booted, an enumeration process shall be
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started first by issuing a user-space command, after an enumeration is
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completed a discovery process can be started on all remaining endpoints.
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(c) Modular enumeration and discovery process can be started by a command from
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user space. After an enumeration/discovery module is loaded, a network scan
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process can be started by issuing a user-space command.
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Similar to the option (b) above, an enumerator has to be started first.
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(d) Modular enumeration and discovery process can be started by a module
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initialization routine. In this case an enumerating module shall be loaded
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first.
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When a network scan process is started it calls an enumeration or discovery
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routine depending on the configured role of a master port: host or agent.
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Enumeration is performed by a master port if it is configured as a host port by
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assigning a host device ID greater than or equal to zero. A host device ID is
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@ -104,8 +147,58 @@ for it.
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The enumeration and discovery routines use RapidIO maintenance transactions
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to access the configuration space of devices.
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The enumeration process is implemented according to the enumeration algorithm
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outlined in the RapidIO Interconnect Specification: Annex I [1].
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4.2 Automatic Start of Enumeration and Discovery
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Automatic enumeration/discovery start method is applicable only to built-in
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enumeration/discovery RapidIO configuration selection. To enable automatic
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enumeration/discovery start by existing basic enumerator method set use boot
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command line parameter "rio-scan.scan=1".
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This configuration requires synchronized start of all RapidIO endpoints that
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form a network which will be enumerated/discovered. Discovering endpoints have
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to be started before an enumeration starts to ensure that all RapidIO
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controllers have been initialized and are ready to be discovered. Configuration
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parameter CONFIG_RAPIDIO_DISC_TIMEOUT defines time (in seconds) which
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a discovering endpoint will wait for enumeration to be completed.
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When automatic enumeration/discovery start is selected, basic method's
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initialization routine calls rio_init_mports() to perform enumeration or
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discovery for all known mport devices.
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Depending on RapidIO network size and configuration this automatic
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enumeration/discovery start method may be difficult to use due to the
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requirement for synchronized start of all endpoints.
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4.3 User-space Start of Enumeration and Discovery
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-------------------------------------------------
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User-space start of enumeration and discovery can be used with built-in and
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modular build configurations. For user-space controlled start RapidIO subsystem
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creates the sysfs write-only attribute file '/sys/bus/rapidio/scan'. To initiate
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an enumeration or discovery process on specific mport device, a user needs to
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write mport_ID (not RapidIO destination ID) into that file. The mport_ID is a
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sequential number (0 ... RIO_MAX_MPORTS) assigned during mport device
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registration. For example for machine with single RapidIO controller, mport_ID
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for that controller always will be 0.
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To initiate RapidIO enumeration/discovery on all available mports a user may
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write '-1' (or RIO_MPORT_ANY) into the scan attribute file.
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4.4 Basic Enumeration Method
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----------------------------
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This is an original enumeration/discovery method which is available since
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first release of RapidIO subsystem code. The enumeration process is
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implemented according to the enumeration algorithm outlined in the RapidIO
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Interconnect Specification: Annex I [1].
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This method can be configured as statically linked or loadable module.
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The method's single parameter "scan" allows to trigger the enumeration/discovery
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process from module initialization routine.
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This enumeration/discovery method can be started only once and does not support
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unloading if it is built as a module.
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The enumeration process traverses the network using a recursive depth-first
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algorithm. When a new device is found, the enumerator takes ownership of that
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@ -160,6 +253,19 @@ time period. If this wait time period expires before enumeration is completed,
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an agent skips RapidIO discovery and continues with remaining kernel
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initialization.
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4.5 Adding New Enumeration/Discovery Method
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-------------------------------------------
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RapidIO subsystem code organization allows addition of new enumeration/discovery
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methods as new configuration options without significant impact to to the core
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RapidIO code.
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A new enumeration/discovery method has to be attached to one or more mport
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devices before an enumeration/discovery process can be started. Normally,
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method's module initialization routine calls rio_register_scan() to attach
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an enumerator to a specified mport device (or devices). The basic enumerator
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implementation demonstrates this process.
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5. References
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IDT_GEN2:
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errlog - reads contents of device error log until it is empty.
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5. RapidIO Bus Attributes
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RapidIO bus subdirectory /sys/bus/rapidio implements the following bus-specific
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attribute:
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scan - allows to trigger enumeration discovery process from user space. This
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is a write-only attribute. To initiate an enumeration or discovery
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process on specific mport device, a user needs to write mport_ID (not
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RapidIO destination ID) into this file. The mport_ID is a sequential
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number (0 ... RIO_MAX_MPORTS) assigned to the mport device.
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For example, for a machine with a single RapidIO controller, mport_ID
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for that controller always will be 0.
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To initiate RapidIO enumeration/discovery on all available mports
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a user must write '-1' (or RIO_MPORT_ANY) into this attribute file.
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