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authorKirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>2016-11-16 23:46:32 +0300
committerAlex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>2016-11-17 19:18:43 +0300
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docs: Sysfs ABI for mediated device framework
Added details of sysfs ABI for mediated device framework Signed-off-by: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Neo Jia <cjia@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
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+What: /sys/.../<device>/mdev_supported_types/
+Date: October 2016
+Contact: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
+Description:
+ This directory contains list of directories of currently
+ supported mediated device types and their details for
+ <device>. Supported type attributes are defined by the
+ vendor driver who registers with Mediated device framework.
+ Each supported type is a directory whose name is created
+ by adding the device driver string as a prefix to the
+ string provided by the vendor driver.
+
+What: /sys/.../<device>/mdev_supported_types/<type-id>/
+Date: October 2016
+Contact: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
+Description:
+ This directory gives details of supported type, like name,
+ description, available_instances, device_api etc.
+ 'device_api' and 'available_instances' are mandatory
+ attributes to be provided by vendor driver. 'name',
+ 'description' and other vendor driver specific attributes
+ are optional.
+
+What: /sys/.../mdev_supported_types/<type-id>/create
+Date: October 2016
+Contact: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
+Description:
+ Writing UUID to this file will create mediated device of
+ type <type-id> for parent device <device>. This is a
+ write-only file.
+ For example:
+ # echo "83b8f4f2-509f-382f-3c1e-e6bfe0fa1001" > \
+ /sys/devices/foo/mdev_supported_types/foo-1/create
+
+What: /sys/.../mdev_supported_types/<type-id>/devices/
+Date: October 2016
+Contact: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
+Description:
+ This directory contains symbolic links pointing to mdev
+ devices sysfs entries which are created of this <type-id>.
+
+What: /sys/.../mdev_supported_types/<type-id>/available_instances
+Date: October 2016
+Contact: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
+Description:
+ Reading this attribute will show the number of mediated
+ devices of type <type-id> that can be created. This is a
+ readonly file.
+Users:
+ Userspace applications interested in creating mediated
+ device of that type. Userspace application should check
+ the number of available instances could be created before
+ creating mediated device of this type.
+
+What: /sys/.../mdev_supported_types/<type-id>/device_api
+Date: October 2016
+Contact: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
+Description:
+ Reading this attribute will show VFIO device API supported
+ by this type. For example, "vfio-pci" for a PCI device,
+ "vfio-platform" for platform device.
+
+What: /sys/.../mdev_supported_types/<type-id>/name
+Date: October 2016
+Contact: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
+Description:
+ Reading this attribute will show human readable name of the
+ mediated device that will get created of type <type-id>.
+ This is optional attribute. For example: "Grid M60-0Q"
+Users:
+ Userspace applications interested in knowing the name of
+ a particular <type-id> that can help in understanding the
+ type of mediated device.
+
+What: /sys/.../mdev_supported_types/<type-id>/description
+Date: October 2016
+Contact: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
+Description:
+ Reading this attribute will show description of the type of
+ mediated device that will get created of type <type-id>.
+ This is optional attribute. For example:
+ "2 heads, 512M FB, 2560x1600 maximum resolution"
+Users:
+ Userspace applications interested in knowing the details of
+ a particular <type-id> that can help in understanding the
+ features provided by that type of mediated device.
+
+What: /sys/.../<device>/<UUID>/
+Date: October 2016
+Contact: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
+Description:
+ This directory represents device directory of mediated
+ device. It contains all the attributes related to mediated
+ device.
+
+What: /sys/.../<device>/<UUID>/mdev_type
+Date: October 2016
+Contact: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
+Description:
+ This is symbolic link pointing to supported type, <type-id>
+ directory of which this mediated device is created.
+
+What: /sys/.../<device>/<UUID>/remove
+Date: October 2016
+Contact: Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com>
+Description:
+ Writing '1' to this file destroys the mediated device. The
+ vendor driver can fail the remove() callback if that device
+ is active and the vendor driver doesn't support hot unplug.
+ Example:
+ # echo 1 > /sys/bus/mdev/devices/<UUID>/remove