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diff --git a/Documentation/rapidio/tsi721.txt b/Documentation/rapidio/tsi721.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..626052f40 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/rapidio/tsi721.txt @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +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. |