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| author |   Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> | 2020-03-02 09:15:55 +0100 |
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| committer |   Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> | 2020-03-11 23:08:00 -0400 |
| commit | a756185de6792278bb5c7d286c9a6fa22722b319 (patch) | |
| tree | 63aed4a98c34d7221969aba2f8abe9aed2a537d6 /Documentation/scsi | |
| parent | scsi: docs: convert lpfc.txt to ReST (diff) | |
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scsi: docs: convert megaraid.txt to ReST
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/b7ee59230c5a33ff6d60edba0d0bcf3e2aeaa88f.1583136624.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/scsi/index.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/scsi/megaraid.rst (renamed from Documentation/scsi/megaraid.txt) | 47 |
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/index.rst b/Documentation/scsi/index.rst index 22427511e227..37be1fc9d128 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/scsi/index.rst @@ -26,5 +26,6 @@ Linux SCSI Subsystem libsas link_power_management_policy lpfc + megaraid scsi_transport_srp/figures diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/megaraid.txt b/Documentation/scsi/megaraid.rst index 3c7cea51e687..22b75a86ba72 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/megaraid.txt +++ b/Documentation/scsi/megaraid.rst @@ -1,7 +1,10 @@ - Notes on Management Module - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 -Overview: +========================== +Notes on Management Module +========================== + +Overview -------- Different classes of controllers from LSI Logic accept and respond to the @@ -25,28 +28,32 @@ ioctl commands. But this module is envisioned to handle all user space level interactions. So any 'proc', 'sysfs' implementations will be localized in this common module. -Credits: +Credits ------- -"Shared code in a third module, a "library module", is an acceptable -solution. modprobe automatically loads dependent modules, so users -running "modprobe driver1" or "modprobe driver2" would automatically -load the shared library module." +:: + + "Shared code in a third module, a "library module", is an acceptable + solution. modprobe automatically loads dependent modules, so users + running "modprobe driver1" or "modprobe driver2" would automatically + load the shared library module." + +- Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@pobox.com), 02.25.2004 LKML - - Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@pobox.com), 02.25.2004 LKML +:: -"As Jeff hinted, if your userspace<->driver API is consistent between -your new MPT-based RAID controllers and your existing megaraid driver, -then perhaps you need a single small helper module (lsiioctl or some -better name), loaded by both mptraid and megaraid automatically, which -handles registering the /dev/megaraid node dynamically. In this case, -both mptraid and megaraid would register with lsiioctl for each -adapter discovered, and lsiioctl would essentially be a switch, -redirecting userspace tool ioctls to the appropriate driver." + "As Jeff hinted, if your userspace<->driver API is consistent between + your new MPT-based RAID controllers and your existing megaraid driver, + then perhaps you need a single small helper module (lsiioctl or some + better name), loaded by both mptraid and megaraid automatically, which + handles registering the /dev/megaraid node dynamically. In this case, + both mptraid and megaraid would register with lsiioctl for each + adapter discovered, and lsiioctl would essentially be a switch, + redirecting userspace tool ioctls to the appropriate driver." - - Matt Domsch, (Matt_Domsch@dell.com), 02.25.2004 LKML +- Matt Domsch, (Matt_Domsch@dell.com), 02.25.2004 LKML -Design: +Design ------ The Common Management Module is implemented in megaraid_mm.[ch] files. This @@ -61,7 +68,7 @@ uioc_t. The management module converts the older ioctl packets from the older applications into uioc_t. After driver handles the uioc_t, the common module will convert that back into the old format before returning to applications. -As new applications evolve and replace the old ones, the old packet format +As new applications evolve and replace the old ones, the old packet format will be retired. Common module dedicates one uioc_t packet to each controller registered. This |