Move this function to remove the need for the forward declaration. Rename it
so it has namespace associated with the driver. Remove the unnecessary
comedi_subdevice parameter from the function.
The hardware has per-channel programmable gain. This function first sets the
range for each channel then sets the mux register to automatically scan the
channels.
Remove the need for the 'ai_act_chanlist' member in the private data. It is
only used to set the first/last channel to scan.
Introduce a couple helper functions to set the range for a channel and to set
the first/last channels to scan.
Tidy up the range and mux register defines.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Move this function to remove the need for the forward declaration. Rename it
so it has namespace associated with the driver. Remove the unnecessary
comedi_subdevice parameter from the function.
The hardware does not support analog input channel scanning so the mux and
range need to be set before each (*insn_read) and when advancing to the next
channel in an async command. Instead of storing the last chan/range in the
private data just store the chanspec to determine if the mux and range need
to be changed.
Refactor pcl812_reset() a bit so we can use the helper function to set the
mux and range.
Define the bits in the mux register to remove the magic values.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Introduce a helper function to clear the end-of-conversion flag.
This flag is set when an analog input conversion is finished and the
hardware generates an interrupt request. Writing any value to the
register resets the flag and re-enables the interrupt.
Remove the clearing of the flag in pcl818_handle_eoc(). The interrupt
function will handle clearing the flag.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Introduce a helper function to clear the end-of-conversion flag.
This flag is set when an analog input conversion is finished and the
hardware generates an interrupt request. Writing any value to the
register resets the flag and re-enables the interrupt.
Move the call in pcl816_ai_cancel() so that the flag is reset after
stopping the A/D.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Introduce a helper function to clear the end-of-conversion flag.
This flag is set when an analog input conversion is finished and the
hardware generates an interrupt request. Writing any value to the
register resets the flag and re-enables the interrupt.
Remove a redundant call in pcl812_ai_cancel().
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: comedi: pcl812: tidy up the analog input (*insn_read)
For aesthetics, move this function out of the async command support
code.
For safety, the INT request (end-of-conversion flag) should be cleared
before doing each conversion and after the final data sample is read.
The driver currently does not do this.
Refactor the function a bit so it's more like the pcl818 and pcl816
drivers and use common code to clear the flag for a timeout and after
the last sample.
Do a bit of other tidying up during the move.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: comedi: pcl816: tidy up the analog input (*insn_read)
For aesthetics, move this function out of the async command support
code.
For safety, the INT request (end-of-conversion flag) should be cleared
before doing each conversion and after the final data sample is read.
This driver does that but it's a bit awkward with the initial clear being
outside the for loop that reads the samples.
Refactor the function a bit so it's more like the pcl818 driver and we
can use common code to clear the flag for a timeout and after the last
sample.
Do a bit of other tidying up during the move.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: comedi: pcl818: tidy up the analog input (*insn_read)
For aesthetics, move this function out of the async command support
code.
For safety, the INT request (end-of-conversion flag) should be cleared
before doing each conversion and after the final data sample is read.
This driver already clears the flag before starting a conversion but it
does not clear the flag after the final sample.
Refactor the function a bit so that the flag is cleared for a conversion
timeout and after the last sample.
Do a bit of other tidying up during the move.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: comedi: pcl818: consolidate the common interrupt code
The DMA, FIFO, and EOC interrupt handler functions, that are called by
the _real_ interrupt function, always return IRQ_HANDLED. Change the
return type for these functions to void and move the final return to
the real interrupt function.
Change the parameters to the handler functions to the comedi_device and
comedi_subdevice pointers.
At some point in the handler functions the interrupt request is cleared.
Move this to the real interrupt function.
Also at some point in the handlers, comedi_event() is called to pass any
events to the comedi subsystem. Move this to the real interrupt function
also.
For aesthetics, and to clarify the code, rename the interrupt function and
the handler functions.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: comedi: pcl816: consolidate the interrupt code
This driver only supports interrupt driven DMA transfers for async
command support. Absorb the interrupt_pcl816_ai_mode13_dma() helper
into the interrupt handler to clarify the code.
At some point during the interrupt, comedi_event() is called to pass
any events to the comedi subsystem. Move this to the interrupt handler.
Add a comedi_event() call to pcl816_ai_poll() due to the removal of
the call from transfer_from_dma_buf().
For aesthetics, rename the interrupt function so it has namespace
associated with the driver.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: comedi: pcl812: consolidate the common interrupt code
The DMA and EOC interrupt handler functions, that are called by the
_real_ interrupt function, always return IRQ_HANDLED. Change the
return type for these functions to void and move the final return to
the real interrupt function.
Change the parameters to the handler functions to the comedi_device and
comedi_subdevice pointers.
At some point in the handler functions the interrupt request is cleared.
Move this to the real interrupt function.
Also at some point in the handlers, comedi_event() is called to pass any
events to the comedi subsystem. Move this to the real interrupt function
also.
For aesthetics, and to clarify the code, rename the interrupt function and
the handler functions.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: comedi: pcl818: remove 'ai_mode' from private data
This member of the private data is not needed. We can determine the
interrupt mode based on the 'dma' and 'usefifo' members.
Refactor the interrupt handler and the (*cancel) function to not use
the 'ai_mode' and remove the setting of this member in the (*do_cmd)
heler functions.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: comedi: pcl816: remove 'int816_mode' from private data
This member of the private data is not needed.
Refactor the interrupt handler and the (*cancel) function to not use
the 'int816_mode' and remove the setting of this member in the (*do_cmd)
heler function.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: comedi: pcl818: exit interrupt quick when there is nothing to do
If an async ai command is not running or the ai_mode is 0 the interrupt
routine doesn't do anything other than spew some noise and clear the
interrupt request in the hardware.
Because this driver is manually attached, the "premature interrupt"
check in the interrupt handler should never happen. The interrupt is
only hooked up during the attach and it's released during the detach.
Combine these checks so that the interrupt function exits quick if it
has nothing to handle. Remove the noise.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: comedi: pcl816: exit interrupt quick when there is nothing to do
If an async ai command is not running or the int816_mode is 0 the
interrupt routine doesn't do anything other than spew some noise and
clear the interrupt request in the hardware.
Because this driver is manually attached, the "premature interrupt"
check in the interrupt handler should never happen. The interrupt is
only hooked up during the attach and it's released during the detach.
Combine these checks so that the interrupt function exits quick if it
has nothing to handle. Remove the noise.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Because this driver is manually attached, the "spurious interrupt"
check in the interrupt handler should never happen. The interrupt is
only hooked up during the attach and it's released during the detach.
Leave the check but remove the noise. Also make sure to clear the
interrupt request in the hardware.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: comedi: pcl818: fix (*cancel) when cmd->stop_src == TRIG_NONE
When using DMA, the async command (*cancel) operation is delayed until the
current DMA transfer is complete. When the DMA transfer finishes the interrupt
routine detects this and calls the (*cancel) again which should then cancel the
async command.
The current logic does not work when cmd->stop_src == TRIG_NONE. In this case
the (*cancel) function keeps delaying the cancel. The actual DMA does stop
because the DMA handler is not called to setup the next transfer but the
(*cancel) code is never executed.
Rename the 'irq_was_now_closed' flag in the private data to 'ai_cmd_canceled'
to clarify what it is.
Only set the flag in the (*cancel) when a DMA transfer is running and the
async command has not already been canceled. The interrupt routine then does
not need all the extra checks.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: comedi: pcl816: clarify 'irq_was_now_closed' flag in private data
This flag in the private data is set when an async command is canceled with
the ai (*cancel) operation. Rename the flag to 'ai_cmd_canceled' to clarify
its use.
Move the check for the flag in the interrupt handler. If the async command
was canceled there is no reason to handle the interrupt. Just clear interrupt
and return.
Also, make sure to clear the interrupt when the device is not attached.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To clarify the code, introduce a helper function to read the analog
input data sample from the FIFO and optionally return the channel
that the sample was for. The channel is used to check for dropped
samples.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The A/D FIFO uses two registers to get each analog data sample.
PCL818_FI_DATALO is the LSB of the data and PCL818_FI_DATAHI is
the MSB of the data. The current define for PCL818_FI_DATAHI is
incorrect and results in the LSB getting read twice.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: comedi: pcl818: factor out the common "next ai chan" code
The DMA, FIFO, and EOC interrupt handlers all have common code that
bumps the counters in the private data that keep track of what channel
is being sampled next and when all the data has been sampled.
Factor this common code into a helper function.
Make sure the COMEDI_CB_BLOCK event is set when advancing to the next
channel so that when the comedi_event() is finally called the core will
wake the async_queue to return the analog input data.
Also, make sure the COMEDI_CB_EOS event is set at the completion of each
scan.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: comedi: pcl816: factor out the "next ai chan" code
Factor out the code that bumps the counters in the private data that keep
track of what channel is being samples next and when all the data has been
sampled.
Don't clear the events in the driver. The comedi core will clear the events
at the end of the comedi_event().
Make sure the COMEDI_CB_BLOCK event is set when advancing to the next
channel so that when the comedi_event() is finally called the core will
wake the async_queue to return the analog input data.
Also, make sure the COMEDI_CB_EOS event is set at the completion of each
scan.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: comedi: pcl812: factor out the common "next ai chan" code
The DMA and EOC interrupt handlers all have common code that bumps the
counters in the private data that keep track of what channel is being
sampled next and when all the data has been sampled.
Factor this common code into a helper function.
Don't clear the events in the driver. The comedi core will clear the events
at the end of the comedi_event().
Make sure the COMEDI_CB_BLOCK event is set when advancing to the next
channel so that when the comedi_event() is finally called the core will
wake the async_queue to return the analog input data.
Also, make sure the COMEDI_CB_EOS event is set at the completion of each
scan.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: comedi: pcl816: only hook up async command support if DMA is available
This driver only supports async commands if a DMA channel is available. Modify
the subdevice init so that the command support only gets hooked up if we can
do DMA.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
According to the users manual, when using interrupt (non-DMA) transfers
this hardware generates an interrupt at the start of a conversion. This
requires the interrupt routine to busywait until the end-of-conversion.
It appears this was unreliable and interrupt only async command support
was removed at some time. Async command support is still available when
DMA is used.
Remove the unreachable interrupt only handler code.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: comedi: pcl818: interrupt handlers should not busywait
The interrupt is only generated by the hardware at the completion of
an A/D conversion. Because of this the sanity check to make sure that
the A/D conversion is complete and data is available is probably
unnecessary but it doesn't hurt anything.
The busywait loop is a different issue. Interrupt routines should not
busywait. That's just mean...
Remove the bustwait and use pcl818_ai_eoc() to check for the end-of-
conversion.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: comedi: pcl812: interrupt handlers should not busywait
The interrupt is only generated by the hardware at the completion of
an A/D conversion. Because of this the sanity check to make sure that
the A/D conversion is complete and data is available is probably
unnecessary but it doesn't hurt anything.
The busywait loop is a different issue. Interrupt routines should not
busywait. That's just mean...
Remove the bustwait and use pcl812_ai_eoc() to check for the end-of-
conversion.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
staging: comedi: pcl818: fix board resource region request
Some of the PCL-818 compatible boards have a FIFO that can be used
when running analog input async commands. This FIFO increased the
resource range used by the driver.
Request the correct resources used by the board even if the FIFO is
not used. This prevents another driver from trying to use the I/O
space.
Modify the attach so that the 'usefifo' flag is only set if we have
and IRQ, the board has a FIFO, and the user wahts to use it.
Fix pcl818_reset() so that the FIFO is always flushed and disabled
if it exists.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
This function is a _very_ simplified probe that tried to verify that
the driver is being attached to a PCL-818 compatible board. The function
simply writes some values to specific registers then reads back the
values to see if they are the same.
It's possible that the user could try to attach this driver to a non-
compatible board but the check would still pass depending on the register
map of the board.
Just remove the buggy function to simplify the attach a bit.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
This function is a _very_ simplified probe that tried to verify that
the driver is being attached to a PCL-816 compatible board. The function
simply writes some values to specific registers then reads back the
values to see if they are the same.
It's possible that the user could try to attach this driver to a non-
compatible board but the check would still pass depending on the register
map of the board.
Just remove the buggy function to simplify the attach a bit.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Mark Hounschell [Thu, 6 Mar 2014 20:25:19 +0000 (15:25 -0500)]
staging: dgap: Simplify and cleanup dgap_init_module function
This patch simplifies and cleans up the dgap_init_module function. It also fixes
a possible double free condition as a result pci_unregister_driver possibly
being called twice.
Signed-off-by: Mark Hounschell <markh@compro.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Mark Hounschell [Thu, 6 Mar 2014 18:57:55 +0000 (13:57 -0500)]
staging: dgap: Remove printks associated with sysfile creation
This patch removes printks associated with sysfile creation
and changes the dgap_create_driver_sysfiles function to return
an int so we can check for errors in the sysfile creation
process.
The printk's were flagged by checkpatch but then
driver_create_file was flagged by checkpatch for
not checking its return. So we remove the printk's
and check the return of driver_create_file.
Signed-off-by: Mark Hounschell <markh@compro.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Mark Hounschell [Thu, 6 Mar 2014 18:03:33 +0000 (13:03 -0500)]
staging: dgap: Remove some dead code
This patch removes more dead code and code associated
with that dead code. The from_user variable in the
dgap_tty_write function was never true. The code under
its test was never being executed. So variables and
functions supporting only that code are also dead.
Signed-off-by: Mark Hounschell <markh@compro.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Mark Hounschell [Tue, 4 Mar 2014 21:03:09 +0000 (16:03 -0500)]
staging: dgap: Remove module param and sysfs var rawreadok
This patch removes the rawreadok module param and sysfs var
previously used to enable flip buffer bypass. Code dealing
with that param was removed previously.
Signed-off-by: Mark Hounschell <markh@compro.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Shaun Laing [Thu, 6 Mar 2014 15:26:14 +0000 (08:26 -0700)]
staging: cxt1e1: removed version string declaration
Removed the unneeded pmcc4_OSSI_release version string, as well as the now
unused 'release' element of the sbe_card_info struct. This also resolves a
sparse "should it be static" warning.
Dan Carpenter [Wed, 5 Mar 2014 08:43:19 +0000 (11:43 +0300)]
Staging: rtl8712: fix an error test in start_drv_threads()
Testing for "if (IS_ERR(padapter->cmdThread) < 0)" doesn't make sense.
The kthread_run() function returns error pointers on error pointers on
error so it should just be "if (IS_ERR(padapter->cmdThread))".
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Merge tag 'iio-for-3.15c' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jic23/iio into staging-next
Jonathan writes:
Third IIO new drivers and cleanups series for 3.15.
New driver
* Xilinx XADC driver - This has been ready for a while but was awaiting
a device tree ack (or as it turns out 3+ weeks).
Cleanup
* Drop some unreachable code from mag3110 highlighted by smatch.
Fix
* vf610 - introduced this cycle - put a possible negative error code
into an unsigned long. Another smatch find - this one promoted by
guilt that Dan was busy fixing all our messups.
The function rtl8180_wmm_param_update contained two blocks of code which
were nearly identical. This patch combines those two blocks into a
single function, to reduce code duplication, and do fix some
checkpatch.pl warnings about excessively long lines due to the large
number of indents that were needed for the original blocks of code.
Signed-off-by: Axel Rasmussen <axel.rasmussen1@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The definition of the driver's ChannelPlan array produced a large number
of checkpatch.pl errors. This patch fixes all of them by adding spaces
and wrapping the resulting overly-long lines.
Signed-off-by: Axel Rasmussen <axel.rasmussen1@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Ken Cox [Tue, 4 Mar 2014 13:58:11 +0000 (07:58 -0600)]
staging: virthba driver to access shared SCSI hba
The virthba module provides access to a shared SCSI host bus adapter
and one or more disk devices, by proxying SCSI commands between the
guest and the service partition that owns the shared SCSI adapter,
using a channel between the guest and the service partition. The disks
that appear on the shared bus are defined by the s-Par configuration
and enforced by the service partition, while the guest driver handles
sending commands and handling responses. Each disk is shared as a
whole to a guest. Sharing the bus adapter in this way provides
resiliency; should the device encounter an error, only the service
partition is rebooted, and the device is reinitialized. This allows
guests to continue running and to recover from the error.
Signed-off-by: Ken Cox <jkc@redhat.com> Cc: Ben Romer <sparmaintainer@unisys.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Ken Cox [Tue, 4 Mar 2014 13:58:07 +0000 (07:58 -0600)]
staging: visorchipset driver to provide registration and other services
The visorchipset module receives device creation and destruction
events from the Command service partition of s-Par, as well as
controlling registration of shared device drivers with the s-Par
driver core. The events received are used to populate other s-Par
modules with their assigned shared devices. Visorchipset is required
for shared device drivers to function properly. Visorchipset also
stores information for handling dump disk device creation during
kdump.
In operation, the visorchipset module processes device creation and
destruction messages sent by s-Par's Command service partition through
a channel. These messages result in creation (or destruction) of each
virtual bus and virtual device. Each bus and device is also associated
with a communication channel, which is used to communicate with one or
more IO service partitions to perform device IO on behalf of the
guest.
Signed-off-by: Ken Cox <jkc@redhat.com> Cc: Ben Romer <sparmaintainer@unisys.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Ken Cox [Tue, 4 Mar 2014 13:58:05 +0000 (07:58 -0600)]
staging: visorutil driver to provide common functionality to other s-Par drivers
The visorutil module is a support library required by all other s-Par
driver modules. Among its features it abstracts reading, writing, and
manipulating a block of memory.
Signed-off-by: Ken Cox <jkc@redhat.com> Cc: Ben Romer <sparmaintainer@unisys.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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