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diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/pcieaer-howto.rst b/Documentation/PCI/pcieaer-howto.rst index 0b36b9ebfa4b..c98a229ea9f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/PCI/pcieaer-howto.rst +++ b/Documentation/PCI/pcieaer-howto.rst @@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-aer_stats Developer Guide =============== -To enable AER aware support requires a software driver to configure -the AER capability structure within its device and to provide callbacks. +To enable AER aware support requires a software driver to provide +callbacks. To support AER better, developers need understand how AER does work firstly. @@ -135,15 +135,6 @@ hierarchy and links. These errors do not include any device specific errors because device specific errors will still get sent directly to the device driver. -Configure the AER capability structure --------------------------------------- - -AER aware drivers of PCI Express component need change the device -control registers to enable AER. They also could change AER registers, -including mask and severity registers. Helper function -pci_enable_pcie_error_reporting could be used to enable AER. See -section 3.3. - Provide callbacks ----------------- @@ -212,31 +203,6 @@ to reset the link. If error_detected returns PCI_ERS_RESULT_CAN_RECOVER and reset_link returns PCI_ERS_RESULT_RECOVERED, the error handling goes to mmio_enabled. -helper functions ----------------- -:: - - int pci_enable_pcie_error_reporting(struct pci_dev *dev); - -pci_enable_pcie_error_reporting enables the device to send error -messages to root port when an error is detected. Note that devices -don't enable the error reporting by default, so device drivers need -call this function to enable it. - -:: - - int pci_disable_pcie_error_reporting(struct pci_dev *dev); - -pci_disable_pcie_error_reporting disables the device to send error -messages to root port when an error is detected. - -:: - - int pci_aer_clear_nonfatal_status(struct pci_dev *dev);` - -pci_aer_clear_nonfatal_status clears non-fatal errors in the uncorrectable -error status register. - Frequent Asked Questions ------------------------ @@ -257,24 +223,6 @@ A: Fatal error recovery will fail if the errors are reported by the upstream ports who are attached by the service driver. -Q: - How does this infrastructure deal with driver that is not PCI - Express aware? - -A: - This infrastructure calls the error callback functions of the - driver when an error happens. But if the driver is not aware of - PCI Express, the device might not report its own errors to root - port. - -Q: - What modifications will that driver need to make it compatible - with the PCI Express AER Root driver? - -A: - It could call the helper functions to enable AER in devices and - cleanup uncorrectable status register. Pls. refer to section 3.3. - Software error injection ======================== |