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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-05-19 18:24:11 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-05-19 18:24:11 -0700
commit39ab05c8e0b519ff0a04a869f065746e6e8c3d95 (patch)
treee73f0ba74c4ea7a80dff9b2dd9445a3a74190e28 /Documentation/ABI
parent1477fcc290b3d5c2614bde98bf3b1154c538860d (diff)
parentc42d2237143fcf35cff642cefe2bcf7786aae312 (diff)
Merge branch 'driver-core-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6
* 'driver-core-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6: (44 commits) debugfs: Silence DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS=y warning sysfs: remove "last sysfs file:" line from the oops messages drivers/base/memory.c: fix warning due to "memory hotplug: Speed up add/remove when blocks are larger than PAGES_PER_SECTION" memory hotplug: Speed up add/remove when blocks are larger than PAGES_PER_SECTION SYSFS: Fix erroneous comments for sysfs_update_group(). driver core: remove the driver-model structures from the documentation driver core: Add the device driver-model structures to kerneldoc Translated Documentation/email-clients.txt RAW driver: Remove call to kobject_put(). reboot: disable usermodehelper to prevent fs access efivars: prevent oops on unload when efi is not enabled Allow setting of number of raw devices as a module parameter Introduce CONFIG_GOOGLE_FIRMWARE driver: Google Memory Console driver: Google EFI SMI x86: Better comments for get_bios_ebda() x86: get_bios_ebda_length() misc: fix ti-st build issues params.c: Use new strtobool function to process boolean inputs debugfs: move to new strtobool ... Fix up trivial conflicts in fs/debugfs/file.c due to the same patch being applied twice, and an unrelated cleanup nearby.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/ABI')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-dmi18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-gsmi58
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-log7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fscaps8
4 files changed, 82 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-dmi b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-dmi
index ba9da9503c2..c78f9ab01e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-dmi
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-dmi
@@ -14,14 +14,15 @@ Description:
DMI is structured as a large table of entries, where
each entry has a common header indicating the type and
- length of the entry, as well as 'handle' that is
- supposed to be unique amongst all entries.
+ length of the entry, as well as a firmware-provided
+ 'handle' that is supposed to be unique amongst all
+ entries.
Some entries are required by the specification, but many
others are optional. In general though, users should
never expect to find a specific entry type on their
system unless they know for certain what their firmware
- is doing. Machine to machine will vary.
+ is doing. Machine to machine experiences will vary.
Multiple entries of the same type are allowed. In order
to handle these duplicate entry types, each entry is
@@ -67,25 +68,24 @@ Description:
and the two terminating nul characters.
type : The type of the entry. This value is the same
as found in the directory name. It indicates
- how the rest of the entry should be
- interpreted.
+ how the rest of the entry should be interpreted.
instance: The instance ordinal of the entry for the
given type. This value is the same as found
in the parent directory name.
- position: The position of the entry within the entirety
- of the entirety.
+ position: The ordinal position (zero-based) of the entry
+ within the entirety of the DMI entry table.
=== Entry Specialization ===
Some entry types may have other information available in
- sysfs.
+ sysfs. Not all types are specialized.
--- Type 15 - System Event Log ---
This entry allows the firmware to export a log of
events the system has taken. This information is
typically backed by nvram, but the implementation
- details are abstracted by this table. This entries data
+ details are abstracted by this table. This entry's data
is exported in the directory:
/sys/firmware/dmi/entries/15-0/system_event_log
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-gsmi b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-gsmi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0faa0aaf4b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-gsmi
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+What: /sys/firmware/gsmi
+Date: March 2011
+Contact: Mike Waychison <mikew@google.com>
+Description:
+ Some servers used internally at Google have firmware
+ that provides callback functionality via explicit SMI
+ triggers. Some of the callbacks are similar to those
+ provided by the EFI runtime services page, but due to
+ historical reasons this different entry-point has been
+ used.
+
+ The gsmi driver implements the kernel's abstraction for
+ these firmware callbacks. Currently, this functionality
+ is limited to handling the system event log and getting
+ access to EFI-style variables stored in nvram.
+
+ Layout:
+
+ /sys/firmware/gsmi/vars:
+
+ This directory has the same layout (and
+ underlying implementation as /sys/firmware/efi/vars.
+ See Documentation/ABI/*/sysfs-firmware-efi-vars
+ for more information on how to interact with
+ this structure.
+
+ /sys/firmware/gsmi/append_to_eventlog - write-only:
+
+ This file takes a binary blob and passes it onto
+ the firmware to be timestamped and appended to
+ the system eventlog. The binary format is
+ interpreted by the firmware and may change from
+ platform to platform. The only kernel-enforced
+ requirement is that the blob be prefixed with a
+ 32bit host-endian type used as part of the
+ firmware call.
+
+ /sys/firmware/gsmi/clear_config - write-only:
+
+ Writing any value to this file will cause the
+ entire firmware configuration to be reset to
+ "factory defaults". Callers should assume that
+ a reboot is required for the configuration to be
+ cleared.
+
+ /sys/firmware/gsmi/clear_eventlog - write-only:
+
+ This file is used to clear out a portion/the
+ whole of the system event log. Values written
+ should be values between 1 and 100 inclusive (in
+ ASCII) representing the fraction of the log to
+ clear. Not all platforms support fractional
+ clearing though, and this writes to this file
+ will error out if the firmware doesn't like your
+ submitted fraction.
+
+ Callers should assume that a reboot is needed
+ for this operation to complete.
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-log b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-log
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9b58e7c5365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-log
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+What: /sys/firmware/log
+Date: February 2011
+Contact: Mike Waychison <mikew@google.com>
+Description:
+ The /sys/firmware/log is a binary file that represents a
+ read-only copy of the firmware's log if one is
+ available.
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fscaps b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fscaps
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..50a3033b5e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fscaps
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+What: /sys/kernel/fscaps
+Date: February 2011
+KernelVersion: 2.6.38
+Contact: Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@suse.de>
+Description
+ Shows whether file system capabilities are honored
+ when executing a binary
+