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diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt b/kernel/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..74eaac26f --- /dev/null +++ b/kernel/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ +Accessing PCI device resources through sysfs +-------------------------------------------- + +sysfs, usually mounted at /sys, provides access to PCI resources on platforms +that support it. For example, a given bus might look like this: + + /sys/devices/pci0000:17 + |-- 0000:17:00.0 + | |-- class + | |-- config + | |-- device + | |-- enable + | |-- irq + | |-- local_cpus + | |-- remove + | |-- resource + | |-- resource0 + | |-- resource1 + | |-- resource2 + | |-- rom + | |-- subsystem_device + | |-- subsystem_vendor + | `-- vendor + `-- ... + +The topmost element describes the PCI domain and bus number. In this case, +the domain number is 0000 and the bus number is 17 (both values are in hex). +This bus contains a single function device in slot 0. The domain and bus +numbers are reproduced for convenience. Under the device directory are several +files, each with their own function. + + file function + ---- -------- + class PCI class (ascii, ro) + config PCI config space (binary, rw) + device PCI device (ascii, ro) + enable Whether the device is enabled (ascii, rw) + irq IRQ number (ascii, ro) + local_cpus nearby CPU mask (cpumask, ro) + remove remove device from kernel's list (ascii, wo) + resource PCI resource host addresses (ascii, ro) + resource0..N PCI resource N, if present (binary, mmap, rw[1]) + resource0_wc..N_wc PCI WC map resource N, if prefetchable (binary, mmap) + rom PCI ROM resource, if present (binary, ro) + subsystem_device PCI subsystem device (ascii, ro) + subsystem_vendor PCI subsystem vendor (ascii, ro) + vendor PCI vendor (ascii, ro) + + ro - read only file + rw - file is readable and writable + wo - write only file + mmap - file is mmapable + ascii - file contains ascii text + binary - file contains binary data + cpumask - file contains a cpumask type + +[1] rw for RESOURCE_IO (I/O port) regions only + +The read only files are informational, writes to them will be ignored, with +the exception of the 'rom' file. Writable files can be used to perform +actions on the device (e.g. changing config space, detaching a device). +mmapable files are available via an mmap of the file at offset 0 and can be +used to do actual device programming from userspace. Note that some platforms +don't support mmapping of certain resources, so be sure to check the return +value from any attempted mmap. The most notable of these are I/O port +resources, which also provide read/write access. + +The 'enable' file provides a counter that indicates how many times the device +has been enabled. If the 'enable' file currently returns '4', and a '1' is +echoed into it, it will then return '5'. Echoing a '0' into it will decrease +the count. Even when it returns to 0, though, some of the initialisation +may not be reversed. + +The 'rom' file is special in that it provides read-only access to the device's +ROM file, if available. It's disabled by default, however, so applications +should write the string "1" to the file to enable it before attempting a read +call, and disable it following the access by writing "0" to the file. Note +that the device must be enabled for a rom read to return data successfully. +In the event a driver is not bound to the device, it can be enabled using the +'enable' file, documented above. + +The 'remove' file is used to remove the PCI device, by writing a non-zero +integer to the file. This does not involve any kind of hot-plug functionality, +e.g. powering off the device. The device is removed from the kernel's list of +PCI devices, the sysfs directory for it is removed, and the device will be +removed from any drivers attached to it. Removal of PCI root buses is +disallowed. + +Accessing legacy resources through sysfs +---------------------------------------- + +Legacy I/O port and ISA memory resources are also provided in sysfs if the +underlying platform supports them. They're located in the PCI class hierarchy, +e.g. + + /sys/class/pci_bus/0000:17/ + |-- bridge -> ../../../devices/pci0000:17 + |-- cpuaffinity + |-- legacy_io + `-- legacy_mem + +The legacy_io file is a read/write file that can be used by applications to +do legacy port I/O. The application should open the file, seek to the desired +port (e.g. 0x3e8) and do a read or a write of 1, 2 or 4 bytes. The legacy_mem +file should be mmapped with an offset corresponding to the memory offset +desired, e.g. 0xa0000 for the VGA frame buffer. The application can then +simply dereference the returned pointer (after checking for errors of course) +to access legacy memory space. + +Supporting PCI access on new platforms +-------------------------------------- + +In order to support PCI resource mapping as described above, Linux platform +code must define HAVE_PCI_MMAP and provide a pci_mmap_page_range function. +Platforms are free to only support subsets of the mmap functionality, but +useful return codes should be provided. + +Legacy resources are protected by the HAVE_PCI_LEGACY define. Platforms +wishing to support legacy functionality should define it and provide +pci_legacy_read, pci_legacy_write and pci_mmap_legacy_page_range functions. |