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author | Benjamin Romer <benjamin.romer@unisys.com> | 2014-07-24 18:11:47 (GMT) |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2014-07-24 22:07:59 (GMT) |
commit | 1ddb8a0626ae97a061da73f450b87371a332a203 (patch) | |
tree | 5e535d957f76cb786b6e87076a0061c4db1d10b3 | |
parent | bec684638cdb42a132bf0d7634881dc83e643f07 (diff) | |
download | linux-1ddb8a0626ae97a061da73f450b87371a332a203.tar.xz |
staging: unisys: ABI documentation for new sysfs entries
This patch adds a documentation file for all of the interfaces that were moved
to sysfs by the other patches in this set.
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Romer <benjamin.romer@unisys.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/staging/unisys/Documentation/ABI/sysfs-platform-visorchipset | 101 |
1 files changed, 101 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/Documentation/ABI/sysfs-platform-visorchipset b/drivers/staging/unisys/Documentation/ABI/sysfs-platform-visorchipset new file mode 100644 index 0000000..28f8f12 --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/Documentation/ABI/sysfs-platform-visorchipset @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +What: install/error +Date: 7/18/2014 +KernelVersion: TBD +Contact: sparmaintainer@unisys.com +Description: used to send the ID of a string that should be displayed on + s-Par's automatic installation progress screen when an error + is encountered during installation. This field has no effect + if not in installation mode. +Users: sparmaintainer@unisys.com + +What: install/remainingsteps +Date: 7/18/2014 +KernelVersion: TBD +Contact: sparmaintainer@unisys.com +Description: used to set the value of the progress bar on the s-Par automatic + installation progress screen. This field has no effect if not in + installation mode. +Users: sparmaintainer@unisys.com + +What: install/textid +Date: 7/18/2014 +KernelVersion: TBD +Contact: sparmaintainer@unisys.com +Description: used to send the ID of a string that should be displayed on + s-Par's automatic installation progress screen. Setting this + field when not in installation mode (boottotool was set on + the previous guest boot) has no effect. +Users: sparmaintainer@unisys.com + +What: install/boottotool +Date: 7/18/2014 +KernelVersion: TBD +Contact: sparmaintainer@unisys.com +Description: The boottotool flag controls s-Par behavior on the next boot of + this guest. Setting the flag will cause the guest to boot from + the utility and installation image, which will use the value in + the toolaction field to determine what operation is being + requested. +Users: sparmaintainer@unisys.com + +What: install/toolaction +Date: 7/18/2014 +KernelVersion: TBD +Contact: sparmaintainer@unisys.com +Description: This field is used to tell s-Par which type of recovery tool + action to perform on the next guest boot-up. The meaning of the + value is dependent on the type of installation software used to + commission the guest. +Users: sparmaintainer@unisys.com + +What: guest/chipsetready +Date: 7/18/2014 +KernelVersion: TBD +Contact: sparmaintainer@unisys.com +Description: This entry is used by Unisys application software on the guest + to acknowledge completion of specific events for integration + purposes, but these acknowledgements are not required for the + guest to operate correctly. The interface accepts one of two + strings: MODULES_LOADED to indicate that the s-Par driver + modules have been loaded successfully, or CALLHOMEDISK_MOUNTED, + which indicates that the disk used to support call home services + has been successfully mounted. +Users: sparmaintainer@unisys.com + +What: parahotplug/deviceenabled +Date: 7/18/2014 +KernelVersion: TBD +Contact: sparmaintainer@unisys.com +Description: This entry is used by a Unisys support script installed on the + guest, and triggered by a udev event. The support script is + responsible for enabling and disabling SR-IOV devices when the + PF device is being recovered in another guest. + + Some SR-IOV devices have problems when the PF is reset without + first disabling all VFs attached to that PF. s-Par handles this + situation by sending a message to guests using these VFs, and + the script will disable the device. When the PF is recovered, + another message is sent to the guests to re-enable the VFs. + + The parahotplug/deviceenabled interface is used to acknowledge + the recovery message. +Users: sparmaintainer@unisys.com + +What: parahotplug/devicedisabled +Date: 7/18/2014 +KernelVersion: TBD +Contact: sparmaintainer@unisys.com +Description: This entry is used by a Unisys support script installed on the + guest, and triggered by a udev event. The support script is + responsible for enabling and disabling SR-IOV devices when the + PF device is being recovered in another guest. + + Some SR-IOV devices have problems when the PF is reset without + first disabling all VFs attached to that PF. s-Par handles this + situation by sending a message to guests using these VFs, and + the script will disable the device. When the PF is recovered, + another message is sent to the guests to re-enable the VFs. + + The parahotplug/devicedisaabled interface is used to acknowledge + the initial recovery message. +Users: sparmaintainer@unisys.com |