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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/powerpc')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/powerpc/cxl.txt | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/powerpc/cxlflash.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt | 57 |
3 files changed, 50 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/cxl.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/cxl.txt index d5506ba0fef7..c5e8d5098ed3 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/cxl.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/cxl.txt @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Introduction Hardware overview ================= - POWER8 FPGA + POWER8/9 FPGA +----------+ +---------+ | | | | | CPU | | AFU | @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Hardware overview | | CAPP |<------>| | +---+------+ PCIE +---------+ - The POWER8 chip has a Coherently Attached Processor Proxy (CAPP) + The POWER8/9 chip has a Coherently Attached Processor Proxy (CAPP) unit which is part of the PCIe Host Bridge (PHB). This is managed by Linux by calls into OPAL. Linux doesn't directly program the CAPP. @@ -59,6 +59,17 @@ Hardware overview the fault. The context to which this fault is serviced is based on who owns that acceleration function. + POWER8 <-----> PSL Version 8 is compliant to the CAIA Version 1.0. + POWER9 <-----> PSL Version 9 is compliant to the CAIA Version 2.0. + This PSL Version 9 provides new features such as: + * Interaction with the nest MMU on the P9 chip. + * Native DMA support. + * Supports sending ASB_Notify messages for host thread wakeup. + * Supports Atomic operations. + * .... + + Cards with a PSL9 won't work on a POWER8 system and cards with a + PSL8 won't work on a POWER9 system. AFU Modes ========= diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/cxlflash.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/cxlflash.txt index 6d9a2ed32cad..66b4496d6619 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/cxlflash.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/cxlflash.txt @@ -239,6 +239,11 @@ DK_CXLFLASH_USER_VIRTUAL resource handle that is provided is already referencing provisioned storage. This is reflected by the last LBA being a non-zero value. + When a LUN is accessible from more than one port, this ioctl will + return with the DK_CXLFLASH_ALL_PORTS_ACTIVE return flag set. This + provides the user with a hint that I/O can be retried in the event + of an I/O error as the LUN can be reached over multiple paths. + DK_CXLFLASH_VLUN_RESIZE ----------------------- This ioctl is responsible for resizing a previously created virtual diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt index 3007bc98af28..9cabaf8a207e 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.txt @@ -55,10 +55,14 @@ as follows: booted with restricted memory. By default, the boot memory size will be the larger of 5% of system RAM or 256MB. Alternatively, user can also specify boot memory size - through boot parameter 'fadump_reserve_mem=' which will - override the default calculated size. Use this option - if default boot memory size is not sufficient for second - kernel to boot successfully. + through boot parameter 'crashkernel=' which will override + the default calculated size. Use this option if default + boot memory size is not sufficient for second kernel to + boot successfully. For syntax of crashkernel= parameter, + refer to Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt. If any offset is + provided in crashkernel= parameter, it will be ignored + as fadump reserves memory at end of RAM for boot memory + dump preservation in case of a crash. -- After the low memory (boot memory) area has been saved, the firmware will reset PCI and other hardware state. It will @@ -105,21 +109,21 @@ memory is held. If there is no waiting dump data, then only the memory required to hold CPU state, HPTE region, boot memory dump and elfcore -header, is reserved at the top of memory (see Fig. 1). This area -is *not* released: this region will be kept permanently reserved, -so that it can act as a receptacle for a copy of the boot memory -content in addition to CPU state and HPTE region, in the case a -crash does occur. +header, is usually reserved at an offset greater than boot memory +size (see Fig. 1). This area is *not* released: this region will +be kept permanently reserved, so that it can act as a receptacle +for a copy of the boot memory content in addition to CPU state +and HPTE region, in the case a crash does occur. o Memory Reservation during first kernel - Low memory Top of memory + Low memory Top of memory 0 boot memory size | - | | |<--Reserved dump area -->| - V V | Permanent Reservation V - +-----------+----------/ /----------+---+----+-----------+----+ - | | |CPU|HPTE| DUMP |ELF | - +-----------+----------/ /----------+---+----+-----------+----+ + | | |<--Reserved dump area -->| | + V V | Permanent Reservation | V + +-----------+----------/ /---+---+----+-----------+----+------+ + | | |CPU|HPTE| DUMP |ELF | | + +-----------+----------/ /---+---+----+-----------+----+------+ | ^ | | \ / @@ -135,12 +139,12 @@ crash does occur. 0 boot memory size | | |<------------- Reserved dump area ----------- -->| V V V - +-----------+----------/ /----------+---+----+-----------+----+ - | | |CPU|HPTE| DUMP |ELF | - +-----------+----------/ /----------+---+----+-----------+----+ - | | - V V - Used by second /proc/vmcore + +-----------+----------/ /---+---+----+-----------+----+------+ + | | |CPU|HPTE| DUMP |ELF | | + +-----------+----------/ /---+---+----+-----------+----+------+ + | | + V V + Used by second /proc/vmcore kernel to boot Fig. 2 @@ -158,13 +162,16 @@ How to enable firmware-assisted dump (fadump): 1. Set config option CONFIG_FA_DUMP=y and build kernel. 2. Boot into linux kernel with 'fadump=on' kernel cmdline option. -3. Optionally, user can also set 'fadump_reserve_mem=' kernel cmdline +3. Optionally, user can also set 'crashkernel=' kernel cmdline to specify size of the memory to reserve for boot memory dump preservation. -NOTE: If firmware-assisted dump fails to reserve memory then it will - fallback to existing kdump mechanism if 'crashkernel=' option - is set at kernel cmdline. +NOTE: 1. 'fadump_reserve_mem=' parameter has been deprecated. Instead + use 'crashkernel=' to specify size of the memory to reserve + for boot memory dump preservation. + 2. If firmware-assisted dump fails to reserve memory then it + will fallback to existing kdump mechanism if 'crashkernel=' + option is set at kernel cmdline. Sysfs/debugfs files: ------------ |