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<title>linux-toradex.git/drivers/char/hvc_vio.c, branch v2.6.27.49</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>hvc_console: rework setup to replace irq functions with callbacks</title>
<updated>2008-07-25T02:06:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christian Borntraeger</name>
<email>borntraeger@de.ibm.com</email>
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<published>2008-06-20T13:24:08+00:00</published>
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This patch tries to change hvc_console to not use request_irq/free_irq if
the backend does not use irqs. This allows virtio_console to use hvc_console
without having a linker reference to request_irq/free_irq.

In addition, together with patch 2/3 it improves the performance for virtio
console input. (an earlier version of this patch was tested by Yajin on lguest)

The irq specific code is moved to hvc_irq.c and selected by the drivers that
use irqs (System p, System i, XEN).

I replaced "int irq" with the opaque "int data". The request_irq and
free_irq calls are replaced with notifier_add and notifier_del. I have also
changed the code a bit to call the notifier_add and notifier_del inside the
spinlock area as the callbacks are found via hp-&gt;ops.

Changes since last version:
o remove ifdef
o reintroduce "irq_requested" as "notified"
o cleanups, sparse..

I did not move the timer based polling into a separate polling scheme. I
played with several variants, but it seems we need to sleep/schedule in
a thread even for irq based consoles, as there are throttleing and buffer
size constraints.

I also kept hvc_struct defined in hvc_console.h so that hvc_irq.c can access
the irq_requested element.

Feedback is appreciated. virtio_console is currently the only available console
for kvm on s390. I plan to push this change as soon as all affected parties
agree on it. I would love to get test results from System p, Xen etc.

Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger &lt;borntraeger@de.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell &lt;rusty@rustcorp.com.au&gt;
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This patch tries to change hvc_console to not use request_irq/free_irq if
the backend does not use irqs. This allows virtio_console to use hvc_console
without having a linker reference to request_irq/free_irq.

In addition, together with patch 2/3 it improves the performance for virtio
console input. (an earlier version of this patch was tested by Yajin on lguest)

The irq specific code is moved to hvc_irq.c and selected by the drivers that
use irqs (System p, System i, XEN).

I replaced "int irq" with the opaque "int data". The request_irq and
free_irq calls are replaced with notifier_add and notifier_del. I have also
changed the code a bit to call the notifier_add and notifier_del inside the
spinlock area as the callbacks are found via hp-&gt;ops.

Changes since last version:
o remove ifdef
o reintroduce "irq_requested" as "notified"
o cleanups, sparse..

I did not move the timer based polling into a separate polling scheme. I
played with several variants, but it seems we need to sleep/schedule in
a thread even for irq based consoles, as there are throttleing and buffer
size constraints.

I also kept hvc_struct defined in hvc_console.h so that hvc_irq.c can access
the irq_requested element.

Feedback is appreciated. virtio_console is currently the only available console
for kvm on s390. I plan to push this change as soon as all affected parties
agree on it. I would love to get test results from System p, Xen etc.

Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger &lt;borntraeger@de.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell &lt;rusty@rustcorp.com.au&gt;
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<entry>
<title>[POWERPC] Rename device_is_compatible to of_device_is_compatible</title>
<updated>2007-05-07T10:31:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stephen Rothwell</name>
<email>sfr@canb.auug.org.au</email>
</author>
<published>2007-05-03T07:26:52+00:00</published>
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for consistency with other Open Firmware interfaces (and Sparc).

This is just a straight replacement.

This leaves the compatibility define in place.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell &lt;sfr@canb.auug.org.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
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for consistency with other Open Firmware interfaces (and Sparc).

This is just a straight replacement.

This leaves the compatibility define in place.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell &lt;sfr@canb.auug.org.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
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<title>[POWERPC] Rename get_property to of_get_property: partial drivers</title>
<updated>2007-04-27T05:51:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stephen Rothwell</name>
<email>sfr@canb.auug.org.au</email>
</author>
<published>2007-04-27T03:41:15+00:00</published>
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This does drivers/machintosh and the hvc code.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell &lt;sfr@canb.auug.org.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
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This does drivers/machintosh and the hvc code.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell &lt;sfr@canb.auug.org.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Revert "[POWERPC] Rename get_property to of_get_property: drivers"</title>
<updated>2007-04-26T12:24:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul Mackerras</name>
<email>paulus@samba.org</email>
</author>
<published>2007-04-26T12:24:31+00:00</published>
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This reverts commit d05c7a80cf39ae7d0f8d0c3e47c93d51fcd393d3,
which included changes which should go via other subsystem
maintainers.
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This reverts commit d05c7a80cf39ae7d0f8d0c3e47c93d51fcd393d3,
which included changes which should go via other subsystem
maintainers.
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<title>[POWERPC] Rename get_property to of_get_property: drivers</title>
<updated>2007-04-12T17:55:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stephen Rothwell</name>
<email>sfr@canb.auug.org.au</email>
</author>
<published>2007-04-03T12:40:39+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell &lt;sfr@canb.auug.org.au&gt;
Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell &lt;sfr@canb.auug.org.au&gt;
Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>[POWERPC] The two vio HVC backends clash</title>
<updated>2006-09-25T03:30:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stephen Rothwell</name>
<email>sfr@canb.auug.org.au</email>
</author>
<published>2006-09-25T03:30:51+00:00</published>
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Make sure only one of them actually registers as a driver.

Also, remove cast from get_property().

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell &lt;sfr@canb.auug.org.au&gt;
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Make sure only one of them actually registers as a driver.

Also, remove cast from get_property().

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell &lt;sfr@canb.auug.org.au&gt;
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<entry>
<title>[POWERPC] pseries: Constify &amp; voidify get_property()</title>
<updated>2006-07-31T05:55:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jeremy Kerr</name>
<email>jk@ozlabs.org</email>
</author>
<published>2006-07-12T05:39:43+00:00</published>
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Now that get_property() returns a void *, there's no need to cast its
return value. Also, treat the return value as const, so we can
constify get_property later.

pseries platform changes.

Built for pseries_defconfig

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kerr &lt;jk@ozlabs.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
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Now that get_property() returns a void *, there's no need to cast its
return value. Also, treat the return value as const, so we can
constify get_property later.

pseries platform changes.

Built for pseries_defconfig

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kerr &lt;jk@ozlabs.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
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<title>[POWERPC] Make the hvc_console output buffer size settable</title>
<updated>2006-07-13T08:53:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stephen Rothwell</name>
<email>sfr@canb.auug.org.au</email>
</author>
<published>2006-07-13T08:53:32+00:00</published>
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So the iSeries console will be faster since it can send up to 200 bytes at
a time to the Hypervisor.  This only affects the tty part of the console,
the console writes are still in 16 byte lots.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell &lt;sfr@canb.auug.org.au&gt;
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So the iSeries console will be faster since it can send up to 200 bytes at
a time to the Hypervisor.  This only affects the tty part of the console,
the console writes are still in 16 byte lots.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell &lt;sfr@canb.auug.org.au&gt;
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<entry>
<title>[PATCH] powerpc: hvc_console updates</title>
<updated>2006-03-28T05:45:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ryan S. Arnold</name>
<email>rsa@us.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2006-03-27T19:25:16+00:00</published>
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These are some updates from both Ryan and Arnd for the hvc_console
driver:

The main point is to enable the inclusion of a console driver
for rtas, which is currrently needed for the cell platform.

Also shuffle around some data-type declarations and moves some
functions out of include/asm-ppc64/hvconsole.h and into a new
drivers/char/hvc_console.h file.

Signed-off-by: "Ryan S. Arnold" &lt;rsa@us.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;abergman@de.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
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These are some updates from both Ryan and Arnd for the hvc_console
driver:

The main point is to enable the inclusion of a console driver
for rtas, which is currrently needed for the cell platform.

Also shuffle around some data-type declarations and moves some
functions out of include/asm-ppc64/hvconsole.h and into a new
drivers/char/hvc_console.h file.

Signed-off-by: "Ryan S. Arnold" &lt;rsa@us.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;abergman@de.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>powerpc: don't duplicate name between vio_driver and device_driver</title>
<updated>2005-10-24T05:42:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stephen Rothwell</name>
<email>sfr@canb.auug.org.au</email>
</author>
<published>2005-10-24T04:53:21+00:00</published>
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Just set the name field directly in the device_driver structure
contained in the vio_driver struct.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell &lt;sfr@canb.auug.org.au&gt;
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Just set the name field directly in the device_driver structure
contained in the vio_driver struct.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell &lt;sfr@canb.auug.org.au&gt;
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