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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-03-04 00:06:09 +0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-03-04 00:06:09 +0400
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Merge tag 'metag-v3.9-rc1-v4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jhogan/metag
Pull new ImgTec Meta architecture from James Hogan: "This adds core architecture support for Imagination's Meta processor cores, followed by some later miscellaneous arch/metag cleanups and fixes which I kept separate to ease review: - Support for basic Meta 1 (ATP) and Meta 2 (HTP) core architecture - A few fixes all over, particularly for symbol prefixes - A few privilege protection fixes - Several cleanups (setup.c includes, split out a lot of metag_ksyms.c) - Fix some missing exports - Convert hugetlb to use vm_unmapped_area() - Copy device tree to non-init memory - Provide dma_get_sgtable()" * tag 'metag-v3.9-rc1-v4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jhogan/metag: (61 commits) metag: Provide dma_get_sgtable() metag: prom.h: remove declaration of metag_dt_memblock_reserve() metag: copy devicetree to non-init memory metag: cleanup metag_ksyms.c includes metag: move mm/init.c exports out of metag_ksyms.c metag: move usercopy.c exports out of metag_ksyms.c metag: move setup.c exports out of metag_ksyms.c metag: move kick.c exports out of metag_ksyms.c metag: move traps.c exports out of metag_ksyms.c metag: move irq enable out of irqflags.h on SMP genksyms: fix metag symbol prefix on crc symbols metag: hugetlb: convert to vm_unmapped_area() metag: export clear_page and copy_page metag: export metag_code_cache_flush_all metag: protect more non-MMU memory regions metag: make TXPRIVEXT bits explicit metag: kernel/setup.c: sort includes perf: Enable building perf tools for Meta metag: add boot time LNKGET/LNKSET check metag: add __init to metag_cache_probe() ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/00-INDEX2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/metag/meta-intc.txt82
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/metag/00-INDEX4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/metag/kernel-ABI.txt256
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diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX
index 0f3e8bbab8d7..45b3df936d2f 100644
--- a/Documentation/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX
@@ -299,6 +299,8 @@ memory-hotplug.txt
- Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status.
memory.txt
- info on typical Linux memory problems.
+metag/
+ - directory with info about Linux on Meta architecture.
mips/
- directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture.
misc-devices/
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/metag/meta-intc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/metag/meta-intc.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8c47dcbfabc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/metag/meta-intc.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+* Meta External Trigger Controller Binding
+
+This binding specifies what properties must be available in the device tree
+representation of a Meta external trigger controller.
+
+Required properties:
+
+ - compatible: Specifies the compatibility list for the interrupt controller.
+ The type shall be <string> and the value shall include "img,meta-intc".
+
+ - num-banks: Specifies the number of interrupt banks (each of which can
+ handle 32 interrupt sources).
+
+ - interrupt-controller: The presence of this property identifies the node
+ as an interupt controller. No property value shall be defined.
+
+ - #interrupt-cells: Specifies the number of cells needed to encode an
+ interrupt source. The type shall be a <u32> and the value shall be 2.
+
+ - #address-cells: Specifies the number of cells needed to encode an
+ address. The type shall be <u32> and the value shall be 0. As such,
+ 'interrupt-map' nodes do not have to specify a parent unit address.
+
+Optional properties:
+
+ - no-mask: The controller doesn't have any mask registers.
+
+* Interrupt Specifier Definition
+
+ Interrupt specifiers consists of 2 cells encoded as follows:
+
+ - <1st-cell>: The interrupt-number that identifies the interrupt source.
+
+ - <2nd-cell>: The Linux interrupt flags containing level-sense information,
+ encoded as follows:
+ 1 = edge triggered
+ 4 = level-sensitive
+
+* Examples
+
+Example 1:
+
+ /*
+ * Meta external trigger block
+ */
+ intc: intc {
+ // This is an interrupt controller node.
+ interrupt-controller;
+
+ // No address cells so that 'interrupt-map' nodes which
+ // reference this interrupt controller node do not need a parent
+ // address specifier.
+ #address-cells = <0>;
+
+ // Two cells to encode interrupt sources.
+ #interrupt-cells = <2>;
+
+ // Number of interrupt banks
+ num-banks = <2>;
+
+ // No HWMASKEXT is available (specify on Chorus2 and Comet ES1)
+ no-mask;
+
+ // Compatible with Meta hardware trigger block.
+ compatible = "img,meta-intc";
+ };
+
+Example 2:
+
+ /*
+ * An interrupt generating device that is wired to a Meta external
+ * trigger block.
+ */
+ uart1: uart@0x02004c00 {
+ // Interrupt source '5' that is level-sensitive.
+ // Note that there are only two cells as specified in the
+ // interrupt parent's '#interrupt-cells' property.
+ interrupts = <5 4 /* level */>;
+
+ // The interrupt controller that this device is wired to.
+ interrupt-parent = <&intc>;
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 3a54fca730c0..4609e81dbc37 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -978,6 +978,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections
from listed z/VM user IDs only.
+ hwthread_map= [METAG] Comma-separated list of Linux cpu id to
+ hardware thread id mappings.
+ Format: <cpu>:<hwthread>
+
keep_bootcon [KNL]
Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
useful for debugging when something happens in the window
diff --git a/Documentation/metag/00-INDEX b/Documentation/metag/00-INDEX
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..db11c513bd5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/metag/00-INDEX
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+00-INDEX
+ - this file
+kernel-ABI.txt
+ - Documents metag ABI details
diff --git a/Documentation/metag/kernel-ABI.txt b/Documentation/metag/kernel-ABI.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7b8dee83b9c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/metag/kernel-ABI.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+ ==========================
+ KERNEL ABIS FOR METAG ARCH
+ ==========================
+
+This document describes the Linux ABIs for the metag architecture, and has the
+following sections:
+
+ (*) Outline of registers
+ (*) Userland registers
+ (*) Kernel registers
+ (*) System call ABI
+ (*) Calling conventions
+
+
+====================
+OUTLINE OF REGISTERS
+====================
+
+The main Meta core registers are arranged in units:
+
+ UNIT Type DESCRIPTION GP EXT PRIV GLOBAL
+ ======= ======= =============== ======= ======= ======= =======
+ CT Special Control unit
+ D0 General Data unit 0 0-7 8-15 16-31 16-31
+ D1 General Data unit 1 0-7 8-15 16-31 16-31
+ A0 General Address unit 0 0-3 4-7 8-15 8-15
+ A1 General Address unit 1 0-3 4-7 8-15 8-15
+ PC Special PC unit 0 1
+ PORT Special Ports
+ TR Special Trigger unit 0-7
+ TT Special Trace unit 0-5
+ FX General FP unit 0-15
+
+GP registers form part of the main context.
+
+Extended context registers (EXT) may not be present on all hardware threads and
+can be context switched if support is enabled and the appropriate bits are set
+in e.g. the D0.8 register to indicate what extended state to preserve.
+
+Global registers are shared between threads and are privilege protected.
+
+See arch/metag/include/asm/metag_regs.h for definitions relating to core
+registers and the fields and bits they contain. See the TRMs for further details
+about special registers.
+
+Several special registers are preserved in the main context, these are the
+interesting ones:
+
+ REG (ALIAS) PURPOSE
+ ======================= ===============================================
+ CT.1 (TXMODE) Processor mode bits (particularly for DSP)
+ CT.2 (TXSTATUS) Condition flags and LSM_STEP (MGET/MSET step)
+ CT.3 (TXRPT) Branch repeat counter
+ PC.0 (PC) Program counter
+
+Some of the general registers have special purposes in the ABI and therefore
+have aliases:
+
+ D0 REG (ALIAS) PURPOSE D1 REG (ALIAS) PURPOSE
+ =============== =============== =============== =======================
+ D0.0 (D0Re0) 32bit result D1.0 (D1Re0) Top half of 64bit result
+ D0.1 (D0Ar6) Argument 6 D1.1 (D1Ar5) Argument 5
+ D0.2 (D0Ar4) Argument 4 D1.2 (D1Ar3) Argument 3
+ D0.3 (D0Ar2) Argument 2 D1.3 (D1Ar1) Argument 1
+ D0.4 (D0FrT) Frame temp D1.4 (D1RtP) Return pointer
+ D0.5 Call preserved D1.5 Call preserved
+ D0.6 Call preserved D1.6 Call preserved
+ D0.7 Call preserved D1.7 Call preserved
+
+ A0 REG (ALIAS) PURPOSE A1 REG (ALIAS) PURPOSE
+ =============== =============== =============== =======================
+ A0.0 (A0StP) Stack pointer A1.0 (A1GbP) Global base pointer
+ A0.1 (A0FrP) Frame pointer A1.1 (A1LbP) Local base pointer
+ A0.2 A1.2
+ A0.3 A1.3
+
+
+==================
+USERLAND REGISTERS
+==================
+
+All the general purpose D0, D1, A0, A1 registers are preserved when entering the
+kernel (including asynchronous events such as interrupts and timer ticks) except
+the following which have special purposes in the ABI:
+
+ REGISTERS WHEN STATUS PURPOSE
+ =============== ======= =============== ===============================
+ D0.8 DSP Preserved ECH, determines what extended
+ DSP state to preserve.
+ A0.0 (A0StP) ALWAYS Preserved Stack >= A0StP may be clobbered
+ at any time by the creation of a
+ signal frame.
+ A1.0 (A1GbP) SMP Clobbered Used as temporary for loading
+ kernel stack pointer and saving
+ core context.
+ A0.15 !SMP Protected Stores kernel stack pointer.
+ A1.15 ALWAYS Protected Stores kernel base pointer.
+
+On UP A0.15 is used to store the kernel stack pointer for storing the userland
+context. A0.15 is global between hardware threads though which means it cannot
+be used on SMP for this purpose. Since no protected local registers are
+available A1GbP is reserved for use as a temporary to allow a percpu stack
+pointer to be loaded for storing the rest of the context.
+
+
+================
+KERNEL REGISTERS
+================
+
+When in the kernel the following registers have special purposes in the ABI:
+
+ REGISTERS WHEN STATUS PURPOSE
+ =============== ======= =============== ===============================
+ A0.0 (A0StP) ALWAYS Preserved Stack >= A0StP may be clobbered
+ at any time by the creation of
+ an irq signal frame.
+ A1.0 (A1GbP) ALWAYS Preserved Reserved (kernel base pointer).
+
+
+===============
+SYSTEM CALL ABI
+===============
+
+When a system call is made, the following registers are effective:
+
+ REGISTERS CALL RETURN
+ =============== ======================= ===============================
+ D0.0 (D0Re0) Return value (or -errno)
+ D1.0 (D1Re0) System call number Clobbered
+ D0.1 (D0Ar6) Syscall arg #6 Preserved
+ D1.1 (D1Ar5) Syscall arg #5 Preserved
+ D0.2 (D0Ar4) Syscall arg #4 Preserved
+ D1.2 (D1Ar3) Syscall arg #3 Preserved
+ D0.3 (D0Ar2) Syscall arg #2 Preserved
+ D1.3 (D1Ar1) Syscall arg #1 Preserved
+
+Due to the limited number of argument registers and some system calls with badly
+aligned 64-bit arguments, 64-bit values are always packed in consecutive
+arguments, even if this is contrary to the normal calling conventions (where the
+two halves would go in a matching pair of data registers).
+
+For example fadvise64_64 usually has the signature:
+
+ long sys_fadvise64_64(i32 fd, i64 offs, i64 len, i32 advice);
+
+But for metag fadvise64_64 is wrapped so that the 64-bit arguments are packed:
+
+ long sys_fadvise64_64_metag(i32 fd, i32 offs_lo,
+ i32 offs_hi, i32 len_lo,
+ i32 len_hi, i32 advice)
+
+So the arguments are packed in the registers like this:
+
+ D0 REG (ALIAS) VALUE D1 REG (ALIAS) VALUE
+ =============== =============== =============== =======================
+ D0.1 (D0Ar6) advice D1.1 (D1Ar5) hi(len)
+ D0.2 (D0Ar4) lo(len) D1.2 (D1Ar3) hi(offs)
+ D0.3 (D0Ar2) lo(offs) D1.3 (D1Ar1) fd
+
+
+===================
+CALLING CONVENTIONS
+===================
+
+These calling conventions apply to both user and kernel code. The stack grows
+from low addresses to high addresses in the metag ABI. The stack pointer (A0StP)
+should always point to the next free address on the stack and should at all
+times be 64-bit aligned. The following registers are effective at the point of a
+call:
+
+ REGISTERS CALL RETURN
+ =============== ======================= ===============================
+ D0.0 (D0Re0) 32bit return value
+ D1.0 (D1Re0) Upper half of 64bit return value
+ D0.1 (D0Ar6) 32bit argument #6 Clobbered
+ D1.1 (D1Ar5) 32bit argument #5 Clobbered
+ D0.2 (D0Ar4) 32bit argument #4 Clobbered
+ D1.2 (D1Ar3) 32bit argument #3 Clobbered
+ D0.3 (D0Ar2) 32bit argument #2 Clobbered
+ D1.3 (D1Ar1) 32bit argument #1 Clobbered
+ D0.4 (D0FrT) Clobbered
+ D1.4 (D1RtP) Return pointer Clobbered
+ D{0-1}.{5-7} Preserved
+ A0.0 (A0StP) Stack pointer Preserved
+ A1.0 (A0GbP) Preserved
+ A0.1 (A0FrP) Frame pointer Preserved
+ A1.1 (A0LbP) Preserved
+ A{0-1},{2-3} Clobbered
+
+64-bit arguments are placed in matching pairs of registers (i.e. the same
+register number in both D0 and D1 units), with the least significant half in D0
+and the most significant half in D1, leaving a gap where necessary. Futher
+arguments are stored on the stack in reverse order (earlier arguments at higher
+addresses):
+
+ ADDRESS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
+ =============== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== =====
+ A0StP -->
+ A0StP-0x08 32bit argument #8 32bit argument #7
+ A0StP-0x10 32bit argument #10 32bit argument #9
+
+Function prologues tend to look a bit like this:
+
+ /* If frame pointer in use, move it to frame temp register so it can be
+ easily pushed onto stack */
+ MOV D0FrT,A0FrP
+
+ /* If frame pointer in use, set it to stack pointer */
+ ADD A0FrP,A0StP,#0
+
+ /* Preserve D0FrT, D1RtP, D{0-1}.{5-7} on stack, incrementing A0StP */
+ MSETL [A0StP++],D0FrT,D0.5,D0.6,D0.7
+
+ /* Allocate some stack space for local variables */
+ ADD A0StP,A0StP,#0x10
+
+At this point the stack would look like this:
+
+ ADDRESS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
+ =============== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== =====
+ A0StP -->
+ A0StP-0x08
+ A0StP-0x10
+ A0StP-0x18 Old D0.7 Old D1.7
+ A0StP-0x20 Old D0.6 Old D1.6
+ A0StP-0x28 Old D0.5 Old D1.5
+ A0FrP --> Old A0FrP (frame ptr) Old D1RtP (return ptr)
+ A0FrP-0x08 32bit argument #8 32bit argument #7
+ A0FrP-0x10 32bit argument #10 32bit argument #9
+
+Function epilogues tend to differ depending on the use of a frame pointer. An
+example of a frame pointer epilogue:
+
+ /* Restore D0FrT, D1RtP, D{0-1}.{5-7} from stack, incrementing A0FrP */
+ MGETL D0FrT,D0.5,D0.6,D0.7,[A0FrP++]
+ /* Restore stack pointer to where frame pointer was before increment */
+ SUB A0StP,A0FrP,#0x20
+ /* Restore frame pointer from frame temp */
+ MOV A0FrP,D0FrT
+ /* Return to caller via restored return pointer */
+ MOV PC,D1RtP
+
+If the function hasn't touched the frame pointer, MGETL cannot be safely used
+with A0StP as it always increments and that would expose the stack to clobbering
+by interrupts (kernel) or signals (user). Therefore it's common to see the MGETL
+split into separate GETL instructions:
+
+ /* Restore D0FrT, D1RtP, D{0-1}.{5-7} from stack */
+ GETL D0FrT,D1RtP,[A0StP+#-0x30]
+ GETL D0.5,D1.5,[A0StP+#-0x28]
+ GETL D0.6,D1.6,[A0StP+#-0x20]
+ GETL D0.7,D1.7,[A0StP+#-0x18]
+ /* Restore stack pointer */
+ SUB A0StP,A0StP,#0x30
+ /* Return to caller via restored return pointer */
+ MOV PC,D1RtP