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diff --git a/Documentation/s390/driver-model.txt b/Documentation/s390/driver-model.txt deleted file mode 100644 index ed265cf54cd..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/s390/driver-model.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,287 +0,0 @@ -S/390 driver model interfaces ------------------------------ - -1. CCW devices --------------- - -All devices which can be addressed by means of ccws are called 'CCW devices' - -even if they aren't actually driven by ccws. - -All ccw devices are accessed via a subchannel, this is reflected in the -structures under devices/: - -devices/ - - system/ - - css0/ - - 0.0.0000/0.0.0815/ - - 0.0.0001/0.0.4711/ - - 0.0.0002/ - - 0.1.0000/0.1.1234/ - ... - - defunct/ - -In this example, device 0815 is accessed via subchannel 0 in subchannel set 0, -device 4711 via subchannel 1 in subchannel set 0, and subchannel 2 is a non-I/O -subchannel. Device 1234 is accessed via subchannel 0 in subchannel set 1. - -The subchannel named 'defunct' does not represent any real subchannel on the -system; it is a pseudo subchannel where disconnected ccw devices are moved to -if they are displaced by another ccw device becoming operational on their -former subchannel. The ccw devices will be moved again to a proper subchannel -if they become operational again on that subchannel. - -You should address a ccw device via its bus id (e.g. 0.0.4711); the device can -be found under bus/ccw/devices/. - -All ccw devices export some data via sysfs. - -cutype: The control unit type / model. - -devtype: The device type / model, if applicable. - -availability: Can be 'good' or 'boxed'; 'no path' or 'no device' for - disconnected devices. - -online: An interface to set the device online and offline. - In the special case of the device being disconnected (see the - notify function under 1.2), piping 0 to online will forcibly delete - the device. - -The device drivers can add entries to export per-device data and interfaces. - -There is also some data exported on a per-subchannel basis (see under -bus/css/devices/): - -chpids: Via which chpids the device is connected. - -pimpampom: The path installed, path available and path operational masks. - -There also might be additional data, for example for block devices. - - -1.1 Bringing up a ccw device ----------------------------- - -This is done in several steps. - -a. Each driver can provide one or more parameter interfaces where parameters can - be specified. These interfaces are also in the driver's responsibility. -b. After a. has been performed, if necessary, the device is finally brought up - via the 'online' interface. - - -1.2 Writing a driver for ccw devices ------------------------------------- - -The basic struct ccw_device and struct ccw_driver data structures can be found -under include/asm/ccwdev.h. - -struct ccw_device { - spinlock_t *ccwlock; - struct ccw_device_private *private; - struct ccw_device_id id; - - struct ccw_driver *drv; - struct device dev; - int online; - - void (*handler) (struct ccw_device *dev, unsigned long intparm, - struct irb *irb); -}; - -struct ccw_driver { - struct module *owner; - struct ccw_device_id *ids; - int (*probe) (struct ccw_device *); - int (*remove) (struct ccw_device *); - int (*set_online) (struct ccw_device *); - int (*set_offline) (struct ccw_device *); - int (*notify) (struct ccw_device *, int); - struct device_driver driver; - char *name; -}; - -The 'private' field contains data needed for internal i/o operation only, and -is not available to the device driver. - -Each driver should declare in a MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE into which CU types/models -and/or device types/models it is interested. This information can later be found -in the struct ccw_device_id fields: - -struct ccw_device_id { - __u16 match_flags; - - __u16 cu_type; - __u16 dev_type; - __u8 cu_model; - __u8 dev_model; - - unsigned long driver_info; -}; - -The functions in ccw_driver should be used in the following way: -probe: This function is called by the device layer for each device the driver - is interested in. The driver should only allocate private structures - to put in dev->driver_data and create attributes (if needed). Also, - the interrupt handler (see below) should be set here. - -int (*probe) (struct ccw_device *cdev); - -Parameters: cdev - the device to be probed. - - -remove: This function is called by the device layer upon removal of the driver, - the device or the module. The driver should perform cleanups here. - -int (*remove) (struct ccw_device *cdev); - -Parameters: cdev - the device to be removed. - - -set_online: This function is called by the common I/O layer when the device is - activated via the 'online' attribute. The driver should finally - setup and activate the device here. - -int (*set_online) (struct ccw_device *); - -Parameters: cdev - the device to be activated. The common layer has - verified that the device is not already online. - - -set_offline: This function is called by the common I/O layer when the device is - de-activated via the 'online' attribute. The driver should shut - down the device, but not de-allocate its private data. - -int (*set_offline) (struct ccw_device *); - -Parameters: cdev - the device to be deactivated. The common layer has - verified that the device is online. - - -notify: This function is called by the common I/O layer for some state changes - of the device. - Signalled to the driver are: - * In online state, device detached (CIO_GONE) or last path gone - (CIO_NO_PATH). The driver must return !0 to keep the device; for - return code 0, the device will be deleted as usual (also when no - notify function is registered). If the driver wants to keep the - device, it is moved into disconnected state. - * In disconnected state, device operational again (CIO_OPER). The - common I/O layer performs some sanity checks on device number and - Device / CU to be reasonably sure if it is still the same device. - If not, the old device is removed and a new one registered. By the - return code of the notify function the device driver signals if it - wants the device back: !0 for keeping, 0 to make the device being - removed and re-registered. - -int (*notify) (struct ccw_device *, int); - -Parameters: cdev - the device whose state changed. - event - the event that happened. This can be one of CIO_GONE, - CIO_NO_PATH or CIO_OPER. - -The handler field of the struct ccw_device is meant to be set to the interrupt -handler for the device. In order to accommodate drivers which use several -distinct handlers (e.g. multi subchannel devices), this is a member of ccw_device -instead of ccw_driver. -The handler is registered with the common layer during set_online() processing -before the driver is called, and is deregistered during set_offline() after the -driver has been called. Also, after registering / before deregistering, path -grouping resp. disbanding of the path group (if applicable) are performed. - -void (*handler) (struct ccw_device *dev, unsigned long intparm, struct irb *irb); - -Parameters: dev - the device the handler is called for - intparm - the intparm which allows the device driver to identify - the i/o the interrupt is associated with, or to recognize - the interrupt as unsolicited. - irb - interruption response block which contains the accumulated - status. - -The device driver is called from the common ccw_device layer and can retrieve -information about the interrupt from the irb parameter. - - -1.3 ccwgroup devices --------------------- - -The ccwgroup mechanism is designed to handle devices consisting of multiple ccw -devices, like lcs or ctc. - -The ccw driver provides a 'group' attribute. Piping bus ids of ccw devices to -this attributes creates a ccwgroup device consisting of these ccw devices (if -possible). This ccwgroup device can be set online or offline just like a normal -ccw device. - -Each ccwgroup device also provides an 'ungroup' attribute to destroy the device -again (only when offline). This is a generic ccwgroup mechanism (the driver does -not need to implement anything beyond normal removal routines). - -A ccw device which is a member of a ccwgroup device carries a pointer to the -ccwgroup device in the driver_data of its device struct. This field must not be -touched by the driver - it should use the ccwgroup device's driver_data for its -private data. - -To implement a ccwgroup driver, please refer to include/asm/ccwgroup.h. Keep in -mind that most drivers will need to implement both a ccwgroup and a ccw -driver. - - -2. Channel paths ------------------ - -Channel paths show up, like subchannels, under the channel subsystem root (css0) -and are called 'chp0.<chpid>'. They have no driver and do not belong to any bus. -Please note, that unlike /proc/chpids in 2.4, the channel path objects reflect -only the logical state and not the physical state, since we cannot track the -latter consistently due to lacking machine support (we don't need to be aware -of it anyway). - -status - Can be 'online' or 'offline'. - Piping 'on' or 'off' sets the chpid logically online/offline. - Piping 'on' to an online chpid triggers path reprobing for all devices - the chpid connects to. This can be used to force the kernel to re-use - a channel path the user knows to be online, but the machine hasn't - created a machine check for. - -type - The physical type of the channel path. - -shared - Whether the channel path is shared. - -cmg - The channel measurement group. - -3. System devices ------------------ - -3.1 xpram ---------- - -xpram shows up under devices/system/ as 'xpram'. - -3.2 cpus --------- - -For each cpu, a directory is created under devices/system/cpu/. Each cpu has an -attribute 'online' which can be 0 or 1. - - -4. Other devices ----------------- - -4.1 Netiucv ------------ - -The netiucv driver creates an attribute 'connection' under -bus/iucv/drivers/netiucv. Piping to this attribute creates a new netiucv -connection to the specified host. - -Netiucv connections show up under devices/iucv/ as "netiucv<ifnum>". The interface -number is assigned sequentially to the connections defined via the 'connection' -attribute. - -user - shows the connection partner. - -buffer - maximum buffer size. - Pipe to it to change buffer size. - - |