linux-toradex.git/Documentation/powerpc/00-INDEX, branch v4.9.67 Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules powerpc/dscr: Add documentation for DSCR support 2015-06-07T09:29:27+00:00 Anshuman Khandual khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com 2015-05-21T06:43:05+00:00 4eb2088c07cdc90d43a5a02d13c2f8aa20c470a9 This patch adds a new documentation file explaining the DSCR support on powerpc platforms. This explains DSCR related data structure, code paths and also available user interfaces. Any further functional changes to the DSCR support in the kernel should definitely update the documentation here. Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> 
This patch adds a new documentation file explaining the DSCR support on
powerpc platforms. This explains DSCR related data structure, code paths
and also available user interfaces. Any further functional changes to
the DSCR support in the kernel should definitely update the
documentation here.

Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
cxl: Add documentation for userspace APIs 2014-10-08T09:16:19+00:00 Ian Munsie imunsie@au1.ibm.com 2014-10-08T08:55:05+00:00 a9282d01cf357379ce29103cec5e7651a53c634d This documentation gives an overview of the hardware architecture, userspace APIs via /dev/cxl/afuM.N and the syfs files. It also adds a MAINTAINERS file entry for cxl. Signed-off-by: Ian Munsie <imunsie@au1.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> 
This documentation gives an overview of the hardware architecture, userspace
APIs via /dev/cxl/afuM.N and the syfs files. It also adds a MAINTAINERS file
entry for cxl.

Signed-off-by: Ian Munsie <imunsie@au1.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
KVM: PPC: Remove 440 support 2014-07-28T13:23:15+00:00 Alexander Graf agraf@suse.de 2014-07-25T08:38:59+00:00 b2677b8dd8de0dc1496ede4da09b9dfd59f15cea The 440 target hasn't been properly functioning for a few releases and before I was the only one who fixes a very serious bug that indicates to me that nobody used it before either. Furthermore KVM on 440 is slow to the extent of unusable. We don't have to carry along completely unused code. Remove 440 and give us one less thing to worry about. Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de> 
The 440 target hasn't been properly functioning for a few releases and
before I was the only one who fixes a very serious bug that indicates to
me that nobody used it before either.

Furthermore KVM on 440 is slow to the extent of unusable.

We don't have to carry along completely unused code. Remove 440 and give
us one less thing to worry about.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
powerpc: Update the 00-Index in Documentation/powerpc 2013-08-27T04:44:27+00:00 Michael Ellerman michael@ellerman.id.au 2013-08-15T05:22:14+00:00 380a0b3535b09ea6fe580f9cb6f28ca168f14abc People have been dropping things in here without updating the index, do it for them. Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> 
People have been dropping things in here without updating the index, do
it for them.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
powerpc/perf: Core EBB support for 64-bit book3s 2013-07-01T01:50:10+00:00 Michael Ellerman michael@ellerman.id.au 2013-06-28T08:15:16+00:00 330a1eb7775ba876dbd46b9885556e57f705e3d4 Add support for EBB (Event Based Branches) on 64-bit book3s. See the included documentation for more details. EBBs are a feature which allows the hardware to branch directly to a specified user space address when a PMU event overflows. This can be used by programs for self-monitoring with no kernel involvement in the inner loop. Most of the logic is in the generic book3s code, primarily to avoid a proliferation of PMU callbacks. Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> 
Add support for EBB (Event Based Branches) on 64-bit book3s. See the
included documentation for more details.

EBBs are a feature which allows the hardware to branch directly to a
specified user space address when a PMU event overflows. This can be
used by programs for self-monitoring with no kernel involvement in the
inner loop.

Most of the logic is in the generic book3s code, primarily to avoid a
proliferation of PMU callbacks.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
powerpc: remove PReP platform 2013-04-18T03:03:53+00:00 Paul Bolle pebolle@tiscali.nl 2013-03-27T00:47:03+00:00 933ee7119fb14156f46dc8bce8218f62db13c568 PPC_PREP is marked as BROKEN since v2.6.15. Remove all PReP specific code now. Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au> 
PPC_PREP is marked as BROKEN since v2.6.15. Remove all PReP specific
code now.

Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au>
Documentation: add devicetree docs index file 2011-03-16T17:47:03+00:00 Rob Landley rlandley@parallels.com 2011-03-15T23:11:41+00:00 a994a85543b3edcc117977f72cf8b4935dd0bc39 The device tree infrastructure is being genericized so its documentation moved out of the PowerPC directory. Signed-off-by: Rob Landley <rlandley@parallels.com> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 
The device tree infrastructure is being genericized so its documentation
moved out of the PowerPC directory.

Signed-off-by: Rob Landley <rlandley@parallels.com>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
powerpc: Remove outdated Documentation/powerpc/smp.txt 2008-10-07T03:26:19+00:00 Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com 2008-09-15T23:10:54+00:00 94576b22ce1ad346cb09f05bf4f06be33e0eef49 Documentation/powerpc/smp.txt is so outdated that it makes sense to just remove it. Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> 
Documentation/powerpc/smp.txt is so outdated that it makes sense to just
remove it.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
powerpc: Remove remains of /proc/ppc_htab 2008-10-07T03:26:19+00:00 Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com 2008-09-15T23:09:08+00:00 1b483a6a7b2998e9c98ad985d7494b9b725bd228 commit 14cf11af6cf608eb8c23e989ddb17a715ddce109 ("powerpc: Merge enough to start building in arch/powerpc.") unwired /proc/ppc_htab, and commit 917f0af9e5a9ceecf9e72537fabb501254ba321d ("powerpc: Remove arch/ppc and include/asm-ppc") removed the rest of the /proc/ppc_htab support, but there are still a few references left. Kill them for good. Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> 
commit 14cf11af6cf608eb8c23e989ddb17a715ddce109 ("powerpc: Merge enough to
start building in arch/powerpc.") unwired /proc/ppc_htab, and commit
917f0af9e5a9ceecf9e72537fabb501254ba321d ("powerpc: Remove arch/ppc and
include/asm-ppc") removed the rest of the /proc/ppc_htab support, but there are
still a few references left. Kill them for good.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Documentation: remove old sbc8260 board specific information 2008-07-28T19:24:40+00:00 Paul Gortmaker paul.gortmaker@windriver.com 2008-07-28T18:50:31+00:00 74deace2f952f7a28d2c516facc9954199881937 This file contains 8 yr. old board specific information that was for the now gone ppc implementation, and it pre-dates widespread u-boot support. Any of the technical details of the board memory map would be more appropriately captured in a dts if I revive it as powerpc anyway. Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> Acked-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org> 
This file contains 8 yr. old board specific information that was for
the now gone ppc implementation, and it pre-dates widespread u-boot
support.  Any of the technical details of the board memory map would be
more appropriately captured in a dts if I revive it as powerpc anyway.

Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Acked-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>