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+ The Linux RapidIO Subsystem
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The RapidIO standard is a packet-based fabric interconnect standard designed for
+use in embedded systems. Development of the RapidIO standard is directed by the
+RapidIO Trade Association (RTA). The current version of the RapidIO specification
+is publicly available for download from the RTA web-site [1].
+
+This document describes the basics of the Linux RapidIO subsystem and provides
+information on its major components.
+
+1 Overview
+----------
+
+Because the RapidIO subsystem follows the Linux device model it is integrated
+into the kernel similarly to other buses by defining RapidIO-specific device and
+bus types and registering them within the device model.
+
+The Linux RapidIO subsystem is architecture independent and therefore defines
+architecture-specific interfaces that provide support for common RapidIO
+subsystem operations.
+
+2. Core Components
+------------------
+
+A typical RapidIO network is a combination of endpoints and switches.
+Each of these components is represented in the subsystem by an associated data
+structure. The core logical components of the RapidIO subsystem are defined
+in include/linux/rio.h file.
+
+2.1 Master Port
+
+A master port (or mport) is a RapidIO interface controller that is local to the
+processor executing the Linux code. A master port generates and receives RapidIO
+packets (transactions). In the RapidIO subsystem each master port is represented
+by a rio_mport data structure. This structure contains master port specific
+resources such as mailboxes and doorbells. The rio_mport also includes a unique
+host device ID that is valid when a master port is configured as an enumerating
+host.
+
+RapidIO master ports are serviced by subsystem specific mport device drivers
+that provide functionality defined for this subsystem. To provide a hardware
+independent interface for RapidIO subsystem operations, rio_mport structure
+includes rio_ops data structure which contains pointers to hardware specific
+implementations of RapidIO functions.
+
+2.2 Device
+
+A RapidIO device is any endpoint (other than mport) or switch in the network.
+All devices are presented in the RapidIO subsystem by corresponding rio_dev data
+structure. Devices form one global device list and per-network device lists
+(depending on number of available mports and networks).
+
+2.3 Switch
+
+A RapidIO switch is a special class of device that routes packets between its
+ports towards their final destination. The packet destination port within a
+switch is defined by an internal routing table. A switch is presented in the
+RapidIO subsystem by rio_dev data structure expanded by additional rio_switch
+data structure, which contains switch specific information such as copy of the
+routing table and pointers to switch specific functions.
+
+The RapidIO subsystem defines the format and initialization method for subsystem
+specific switch drivers that are designed to provide hardware-specific
+implementation of common switch management routines.
+
+2.4 Network
+
+A RapidIO network is a combination of interconnected endpoint and switch devices.
+Each RapidIO network known to the system is represented by corresponding rio_net
+data structure. This structure includes lists of all devices and local master
+ports that form the same network. It also contains a pointer to the default
+master port that is used to communicate with devices within the network.
+
+2.5 Device Drivers
+
+RapidIO device-specific drivers follow Linux Kernel Driver Model and are
+intended to support specific RapidIO devices attached to the RapidIO network.
+
+2.6 Subsystem Interfaces
+
+RapidIO interconnect specification defines features that may be used to provide
+one or more common service layers for all participating RapidIO devices. These
+common services may act separately from device-specific drivers or be used by
+device-specific drivers. Example of such service provider is the RIONET driver
+which implements Ethernet-over-RapidIO interface. Because only one driver can be
+registered for a device, all common RapidIO services have to be registered as
+subsystem interfaces. This allows to have multiple common services attached to
+the same device without blocking attachment of a device-specific driver.
+
+3. Subsystem Initialization
+---------------------------
+
+In order to initialize the RapidIO subsystem, a platform must initialize and
+register at least one master port within the RapidIO network. To register mport
+within the subsystem controller driver's initialization code calls function
+rio_register_mport() for each available master port.
+
+After all active master ports are registered with a RapidIO subsystem,
+an enumeration and/or discovery routine may be called automatically or
+by user-space command.
+
+RapidIO subsystem can be configured to be built as a statically linked or
+modular component of the kernel (see details below).
+
+4. Enumeration and Discovery
+----------------------------
+
+4.1 Overview
+------------
+
+RapidIO subsystem configuration options allow users to build enumeration and
+discovery methods as statically linked components or loadable modules.
+An enumeration/discovery method implementation and available input parameters
+define how any given method can be attached to available RapidIO mports:
+simply to all available mports OR individually to the specified mport device.
+
+Depending on selected enumeration/discovery build configuration, there are
+several methods to initiate an enumeration and/or discovery process:
+
+ (a) Statically linked enumeration and discovery process can be started
+ automatically during kernel initialization time using corresponding module
+ parameters. This was the original method used since introduction of RapidIO
+ subsystem. Now this method relies on enumerator module parameter which is
+ 'rio-scan.scan' for existing basic enumeration/discovery method.
+ When automatic start of enumeration/discovery is used a user has to ensure
+ that all discovering endpoints are started before the enumerating endpoint
+ and are waiting for enumeration to be completed.
+ Configuration option CONFIG_RAPIDIO_DISC_TIMEOUT defines time that discovering
+ endpoint waits for enumeration to be completed. If the specified timeout
+ expires the discovery process is terminated without obtaining RapidIO network
+ information. NOTE: a timed out discovery process may be restarted later using
+ a user-space command as it is described below (if the given endpoint was
+ enumerated successfully).
+
+ (b) Statically linked enumeration and discovery process can be started by
+ a command from user space. This initiation method provides more flexibility
+ for a system startup compared to the option (a) above. After all participating
+ endpoints have been successfully booted, an enumeration process shall be
+ started first by issuing a user-space command, after an enumeration is
+ completed a discovery process can be started on all remaining endpoints.
+
+ (c) Modular enumeration and discovery process can be started by a command from
+ user space. After an enumeration/discovery module is loaded, a network scan
+ process can be started by issuing a user-space command.
+ Similar to the option (b) above, an enumerator has to be started first.
+
+ (d) Modular enumeration and discovery process can be started by a module
+ initialization routine. In this case an enumerating module shall be loaded
+ first.
+
+When a network scan process is started it calls an enumeration or discovery
+routine depending on the configured role of a master port: host or agent.
+
+Enumeration is performed by a master port if it is configured as a host port by
+assigning a host destination ID greater than or equal to zero. The host
+destination ID can be assigned to a master port using various methods depending
+on RapidIO subsystem build configuration:
+
+ (a) For a statically linked RapidIO subsystem core use command line parameter
+ "rapidio.hdid=" with a list of destination ID assignments in order of mport
+ device registration. For example, in a system with two RapidIO controllers
+ the command line parameter "rapidio.hdid=-1,7" will result in assignment of
+ the host destination ID=7 to the second RapidIO controller, while the first
+ one will be assigned destination ID=-1.
+
+ (b) If the RapidIO subsystem core is built as a loadable module, in addition
+ to the method shown above, the host destination ID(s) can be specified using
+ traditional methods of passing module parameter "hdid=" during its loading:
+ - from command line: "modprobe rapidio hdid=-1,7", or
+ - from modprobe configuration file using configuration command "options",
+ like in this example: "options rapidio hdid=-1,7". An example of modprobe
+ configuration file is provided in the section below.
+
+ NOTES:
+ (i) if "hdid=" parameter is omitted all available mport will be assigned
+ destination ID = -1;
+ (ii) the "hdid=" parameter in systems with multiple mports can have
+ destination ID assignments omitted from the end of list (default = -1).
+
+If the host device ID for a specific master port is set to -1, the discovery
+process will be performed for it.
+
+The enumeration and discovery routines use RapidIO maintenance transactions
+to access the configuration space of devices.
+
+NOTE: If RapidIO switch-specific device drivers are built as loadable modules
+they must be loaded before enumeration/discovery process starts.
+This requirement is cased by the fact that enumeration/discovery methods invoke
+vendor-specific callbacks on early stages.
+
+4.2 Automatic Start of Enumeration and Discovery
+------------------------------------------------
+
+Automatic enumeration/discovery start method is applicable only to built-in
+enumeration/discovery RapidIO configuration selection. To enable automatic
+enumeration/discovery start by existing basic enumerator method set use boot
+command line parameter "rio-scan.scan=1".
+
+This configuration requires synchronized start of all RapidIO endpoints that
+form a network which will be enumerated/discovered. Discovering endpoints have
+to be started before an enumeration starts to ensure that all RapidIO
+controllers have been initialized and are ready to be discovered. Configuration
+parameter CONFIG_RAPIDIO_DISC_TIMEOUT defines time (in seconds) which
+a discovering endpoint will wait for enumeration to be completed.
+
+When automatic enumeration/discovery start is selected, basic method's
+initialization routine calls rio_init_mports() to perform enumeration or
+discovery for all known mport devices.
+
+Depending on RapidIO network size and configuration this automatic
+enumeration/discovery start method may be difficult to use due to the
+requirement for synchronized start of all endpoints.
+
+4.3 User-space Start of Enumeration and Discovery
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+User-space start of enumeration and discovery can be used with built-in and
+modular build configurations. For user-space controlled start RapidIO subsystem
+creates the sysfs write-only attribute file '/sys/bus/rapidio/scan'. To initiate
+an enumeration or discovery process on specific mport device, a user needs to
+write mport_ID (not RapidIO destination ID) into that file. The mport_ID is a
+sequential number (0 ... RIO_MAX_MPORTS) assigned during mport device
+registration. For example for machine with single RapidIO controller, mport_ID
+for that controller always will be 0.
+
+To initiate RapidIO enumeration/discovery on all available mports a user may
+write '-1' (or RIO_MPORT_ANY) into the scan attribute file.
+
+4.4 Basic Enumeration Method
+----------------------------
+
+This is an original enumeration/discovery method which is available since
+first release of RapidIO subsystem code. The enumeration process is
+implemented according to the enumeration algorithm outlined in the RapidIO
+Interconnect Specification: Annex I [1].
+
+This method can be configured as statically linked or loadable module.
+The method's single parameter "scan" allows to trigger the enumeration/discovery
+process from module initialization routine.
+
+This enumeration/discovery method can be started only once and does not support
+unloading if it is built as a module.
+
+The enumeration process traverses the network using a recursive depth-first
+algorithm. When a new device is found, the enumerator takes ownership of that
+device by writing into the Host Device ID Lock CSR. It does this to ensure that
+the enumerator has exclusive right to enumerate the device. If device ownership
+is successfully acquired, the enumerator allocates a new rio_dev structure and
+initializes it according to device capabilities.
+
+If the device is an endpoint, a unique device ID is assigned to it and its value
+is written into the device's Base Device ID CSR.
+
+If the device is a switch, the enumerator allocates an additional rio_switch
+structure to store switch specific information. Then the switch's vendor ID and
+device ID are queried against a table of known RapidIO switches. Each switch
+table entry contains a pointer to a switch-specific initialization routine that
+initializes pointers to the rest of switch specific operations, and performs
+hardware initialization if necessary. A RapidIO switch does not have a unique
+device ID; it relies on hopcount and routing for device ID of an attached
+endpoint if access to its configuration registers is required. If a switch (or
+chain of switches) does not have any endpoint (except enumerator) attached to
+it, a fake device ID will be assigned to configure a route to that switch.
+In the case of a chain of switches without endpoint, one fake device ID is used
+to configure a route through the entire chain and switches are differentiated by
+their hopcount value.
+
+For both endpoints and switches the enumerator writes a unique component tag
+into device's Component Tag CSR. That unique value is used by the error
+management notification mechanism to identify a device that is reporting an
+error management event.
+
+Enumeration beyond a switch is completed by iterating over each active egress
+port of that switch. For each active link, a route to a default device ID
+(0xFF for 8-bit systems and 0xFFFF for 16-bit systems) is temporarily written
+into the routing table. The algorithm recurs by calling itself with hopcount + 1
+and the default device ID in order to access the device on the active port.
+
+After the host has completed enumeration of the entire network it releases
+devices by clearing device ID locks (calls rio_clear_locks()). For each endpoint
+in the system, it sets the Discovered bit in the Port General Control CSR
+to indicate that enumeration is completed and agents are allowed to execute
+passive discovery of the network.
+
+The discovery process is performed by agents and is similar to the enumeration
+process that is described above. However, the discovery process is performed
+without changes to the existing routing because agents only gather information
+about RapidIO network structure and are building an internal map of discovered
+devices. This way each Linux-based component of the RapidIO subsystem has
+a complete view of the network. The discovery process can be performed
+simultaneously by several agents. After initializing its RapidIO master port
+each agent waits for enumeration completion by the host for the configured wait
+time period. If this wait time period expires before enumeration is completed,
+an agent skips RapidIO discovery and continues with remaining kernel
+initialization.
+
+4.5 Adding New Enumeration/Discovery Method
+-------------------------------------------
+
+RapidIO subsystem code organization allows addition of new enumeration/discovery
+methods as new configuration options without significant impact to the core
+RapidIO code.
+
+A new enumeration/discovery method has to be attached to one or more mport
+devices before an enumeration/discovery process can be started. Normally,
+method's module initialization routine calls rio_register_scan() to attach
+an enumerator to a specified mport device (or devices). The basic enumerator
+implementation demonstrates this process.
+
+4.6 Using Loadable RapidIO Switch Drivers
+-----------------------------------------
+
+In the case when RapidIO switch drivers are built as loadable modules a user
+must ensure that they are loaded before the enumeration/discovery starts.
+This process can be automated by specifying pre- or post- dependencies in the
+RapidIO-specific modprobe configuration file as shown in the example below.
+
+ File /etc/modprobe.d/rapidio.conf:
+ ----------------------------------
+
+ # Configure RapidIO subsystem modules
+
+ # Set enumerator host destination ID (overrides kernel command line option)
+ options rapidio hdid=-1,2
+
+ # Load RapidIO switch drivers immediately after rapidio core module was loaded
+ softdep rapidio post: idt_gen2 idtcps tsi57x
+
+ # OR :
+
+ # Load RapidIO switch drivers just before rio-scan enumerator module is loaded
+ softdep rio-scan pre: idt_gen2 idtcps tsi57x
+
+ --------------------------
+
+NOTE: In the example above, one of "softdep" commands must be removed or
+commented out to keep required module loading sequence.
+
+A. References
+-------------
+
+[1] RapidIO Trade Association. RapidIO Interconnect Specifications.
+ http://www.rapidio.org.
+[2] Rapidio TA. Technology Comparisons.
+ http://www.rapidio.org/education/technology_comparisons/
+[3] RapidIO support for Linux.
+ http://lwn.net/Articles/139118/
+[4] Matt Porter. RapidIO for Linux. Ottawa Linux Symposium, 2005
+ http://www.kernel.org/doc/ols/2005/ols2005v2-pages-43-56.pdf
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+ RapidIO sysfs Files
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+1. RapidIO Device Subdirectories
+--------------------------------
+
+For each RapidIO device, the RapidIO subsystem creates files in an individual
+subdirectory with the following name, /sys/bus/rapidio/devices/<device_name>.
+
+The format of device_name is "nn:d:iiii", where:
+
+nn - two-digit hexadecimal ID of RapidIO network where the device resides
+d - device typr: 'e' - for endpoint or 's' - for switch
+iiii - four-digit device destID for endpoints, or switchID for switches
+
+For example, below is a list of device directories that represents a typical
+RapidIO network with one switch, one host, and two agent endpoints, as it is
+seen by the enumerating host (destID = 1):
+
+/sys/bus/rapidio/devices/00:e:0000
+/sys/bus/rapidio/devices/00:e:0002
+/sys/bus/rapidio/devices/00:s:0001
+
+NOTE: An enumerating or discovering endpoint does not create a sysfs entry for
+itself, this is why an endpoint with destID=1 is not shown in the list.
+
+2. Attributes Common for All RapidIO Devices
+--------------------------------------------
+
+Each device subdirectory contains the following informational read-only files:
+
+ did - returns the device identifier
+ vid - returns the device vendor identifier
+device_rev - returns the device revision level
+ asm_did - returns identifier for the assembly containing the device
+ asm_rev - returns revision level of the assembly containing the device
+ asm_vid - returns vendor identifier of the assembly containing the device
+ destid - returns device destination ID assigned by the enumeration routine
+ (see 4.1 for switch specific details)
+ lprev - returns name of previous device (switch) on the path to the device
+ that that owns this attribute
+ modalias - returns the device modalias
+
+In addition to the files listed above, each device has a binary attribute file
+that allows read/write access to the device configuration registers using
+the RapidIO maintenance transactions:
+
+ config - reads from and writes to the device configuration registers.
+
+This attribute is similar in behavior to the "config" attribute of PCI devices
+and provides an access to the RapidIO device registers using standard file read
+and write operations.
+
+3. RapidIO Endpoint Device Attributes
+-------------------------------------
+
+Currently Linux RapidIO subsystem does not create any endpoint specific sysfs
+attributes. It is possible that RapidIO master port drivers and endpoint device
+drivers will add their device-specific sysfs attributes but such attributes are
+outside the scope of this document.
+
+4. RapidIO Switch Device Attributes
+-----------------------------------
+
+RapidIO switches have additional attributes in sysfs. RapidIO subsystem supports
+common and device-specific sysfs attributes for switches. Because switches are
+integrated into the RapidIO subsystem, it offers a method to create
+device-specific sysfs attributes by specifying a callback function that may be
+set by the switch initialization routine during enumeration or discovery process.
+
+4.1 Common Switch Attributes
+
+ routes - reports switch routing information in "destID port" format. This
+ attribute reports only valid routing table entries, one line for
+ each entry.
+ destid - device destination ID that defines a route to the switch
+ hopcount - number of hops on the path to the switch
+ lnext - returns names of devices linked to the switch except one of a device
+ linked to the ingress port (reported as "lprev"). This is an array
+ names with number of lines equal to number of ports in switch. If
+ a switch port has no attached device, returns "null" instead of
+ a device name.
+
+4.2 Device-specific Switch Attributes
+
+Device-specific switch attributes are listed for each RapidIO switch driver
+that exports additional attributes.
+
+IDT_GEN2:
+ errlog - reads contents of device error log until it is empty.
+
+
+5. RapidIO Bus Attributes
+-------------------------
+
+RapidIO bus subdirectory /sys/bus/rapidio implements the following bus-specific
+attribute:
+
+ scan - allows to trigger enumeration discovery process from user space. This
+ is a write-only attribute. To initiate an enumeration or discovery
+ process on specific mport device, a user needs to write mport_ID (not
+ RapidIO destination ID) into this file. The mport_ID is a sequential
+ number (0 ... RIO_MAX_MPORTS) assigned to the mport device.
+ For example, for a machine with a single RapidIO controller, mport_ID
+ for that controller always will be 0.
+ To initiate RapidIO enumeration/discovery on all available mports
+ a user must write '-1' (or RIO_MPORT_ANY) into this attribute file.
+
+
+6. RapidIO Bus Controllers/Ports
+--------------------------------
+
+On-chip RapidIO controllers and PCIe-to-RapidIO bridges (referenced as
+"Master Port" or "mport") are presented in sysfs as the special class of
+devices: "rapidio_port".
+
+The /sys/class/rapidio_port subdirectory contains individual subdirectories
+named as "rapidioN" where N = mport ID registered with RapidIO subsystem.
+
+NOTE: An mport ID is not a RapidIO destination ID assigned to a given local
+mport device.
+
+Each mport device subdirectory in addition to standard entries contains the
+following device-specific attributes:
+
+ port_destid - reports RapidIO destination ID assigned to the given RapidIO
+ mport device. If value 0xFFFFFFFF is returned this means that
+ no valid destination ID have been assigned to the mport (yet).
+ Normally, before enumeration/discovery have been executed only
+ fabric enumerating mports have a valid destination ID assigned
+ to them using "hdid=..." rapidio module parameter.
+ sys_size - reports RapidIO common transport system size:
+ 0 = small (8-bit destination ID, max. 256 devices),
+ 1 = large (16-bit destination ID, max. 65536 devices).
+
+After enumeration or discovery was performed for a given mport device,
+the corresponding subdirectory will also contain subdirectories for each
+child RapidIO device connected to the mport. Naming conventions for RapidIO
+devices are described in Section 1 above.
+
+The example below shows mport device subdirectory with several child RapidIO
+devices attached to it.
+
+[rio@rapidio ~]$ ls /sys/class/rapidio_port/rapidio0/ -l
+total 0
+drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Feb 11 15:10 00:e:0001
+drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Feb 11 15:10 00:e:0004
+drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Feb 11 15:10 00:e:0007
+drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Feb 11 15:10 00:s:0002
+drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Feb 11 15:10 00:s:0003
+drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Feb 11 15:10 00:s:0005
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 11 15:11 device -> ../../../0000:01:00.0
+-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 11 15:11 port_destid
+drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Feb 11 15:11 power
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 11 15:04 subsystem -> ../../../../../../class/rapidio_port
+-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 11 15:11 sys_size
+-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 11 15:04 uevent
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+RapidIO subsystem mport driver for IDT Tsi721 PCI Express-to-SRIO bridge.
+=========================================================================
+
+I. Overview
+
+This driver implements all currently defined RapidIO mport callback functions.
+It supports maintenance read and write operations, inbound and outbound RapidIO
+doorbells, inbound maintenance port-writes and RapidIO messaging.
+
+To generate SRIO maintenance transactions this driver uses one of Tsi721 DMA
+channels. This mechanism provides access to larger range of hop counts and
+destination IDs without need for changes in outbound window translation.
+
+RapidIO messaging support uses dedicated messaging channels for each mailbox.
+For inbound messages this driver uses destination ID matching to forward messages
+into the corresponding message queue. Messaging callbacks are implemented to be
+fully compatible with RIONET driver (Ethernet over RapidIO messaging services).
+
+II. Known problems
+
+ None.
+
+III. DMA Engine Support
+
+Tsi721 mport driver supports DMA data transfers between local system memory and
+remote RapidIO devices. This functionality is implemented according to SLAVE
+mode API defined by common Linux kernel DMA Engine framework.
+
+Depending on system requirements RapidIO DMA operations can be included/excluded
+by setting CONFIG_RAPIDIO_DMA_ENGINE option. Tsi721 miniport driver uses seven
+out of eight available BDMA channels to support DMA data transfers.
+One BDMA channel is reserved for generation of maintenance read/write requests.
+
+If Tsi721 mport driver have been built with RAPIDIO_DMA_ENGINE support included,
+this driver will accept DMA-specific module parameter:
+ "dma_desc_per_channel" - defines number of hardware buffer descriptors used by
+ each BDMA channel of Tsi721 (by default - 128).
+
+IV. Version History
+
+ 1.1.0 - DMA operations re-worked to support data scatter/gather lists larger
+ than hardware buffer descriptors ring.
+ 1.0.0 - Initial driver release.
+
+V. License
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+ Copyright(c) 2011 Integrated Device Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+ Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
+ more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.