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Merge fixes for missing TLB shootdowns. This fixes a couple of cases that involved us possibly freeing page table structures before the required TLB shootdown had been done. There are a few cleanup patches to make the code easier to follow, and to avoid some of the more problematic cases entirely when not necessary. To make this easier for backports, it undoes the recent lazy TLB patches, because the cleanups and fixes are more important, and Rik is ok with re-doing them later when things have calmed down. The missing TLB flush was only delayed, and the wrong ordering only happened under memory pressure (and in theory under a couple of other fairly theoretical situations), so this may have been all very unlikely to have hit people in practice. But getting the TLB shootdown wrong is _so_ hard to debug and see that I consider this a crticial fix. Many thanks to Jann Horn for having debugged this. * tlb-fixes: x86/mm: Only use tlb_remove_table() for paravirt mm: mmu_notifier fix for tlb_end_vma mm/tlb, x86/mm: Support invalidating TLB caches for RCU_TABLE_FREE mm/tlb: Remove tlb_remove_table() non-concurrent condition mm: move tlb_table_flush to tlb_flush_mmu_free x86/mm/tlb: Revert the recent lazy TLB patches
pnp.txt
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Linux Plug and Play Documentation
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: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)
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