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diff --git a/Documentation/fmc/fmc-fakedev.txt b/Documentation/fmc/fmc-fakedev.txt deleted file mode 100644 index e85b74a4ae30..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/fmc/fmc-fakedev.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,36 +0,0 @@ -fmc-fakedev -=========== - -This package includes a software-only device, called fmc-fakedev, which -is able to register up to 4 mezzanines (by default it registers one). -Unlike the SPEC driver, which creates an FMC device for each PCI cards -it manages, this module creates a single instance of its set of -mezzanines. - -It is meant as the simplest possible example of how a driver should be -written, and it includes a fake EEPROM image (built using the tools -described in *note FMC Identification::),, which by default is -replicated for each fake mezzanine. - -You can also use this device to verify the match algorithms, by asking -it to test your own EEPROM image. You can provide the image by means of -the eeprom= module parameter: the new EEPROM image is loaded, as usual, -by means of the firmware loader. This example shows the defaults and a -custom EEPROM image: - - spusa.root# insmod fmc-fakedev.ko - [ 99.971247] fake-fmc-carrier: mezzanine 0 - [ 99.975393] Manufacturer: fake-vendor - [ 99.979624] Product name: fake-design-for-testing - spusa.root# rmmod fmc-fakedev - spusa.root# insmod fmc-fakedev.ko eeprom=fdelay-eeprom.bin - [ 121.447464] fake-fmc-carrier: Mezzanine 0: eeprom "fdelay-eeprom.bin" - [ 121.462725] fake-fmc-carrier: mezzanine 0 - [ 121.466858] Manufacturer: CERN - [ 121.470477] Product name: FmcDelay1ns4cha - spusa.root# rmmod fmc-fakedev - -After loading the device, you can use the write_ee method do modify its -own internal fake EEPROM: whenever the image is overwritten starting at -offset 0, the module will unregister and register again the FMC device. -This is shown in fmc-write-eeprom.txt |