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-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/dmatest.rst21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/devres.rst4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/ntb.rst27
4 files changed, 46 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/dmatest.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/dmatest.rst
index e78d070bb468..ee268d445d38 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/dmatest.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/dmatest.rst
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ Example of usage::
dmatest.timeout=2000 dmatest.iterations=1 dmatest.channel=dma0chan0 dmatest.run=1
-Example of multi-channel test usage:
+Example of multi-channel test usage (new in the 5.0 kernel)::
+
% modprobe dmatest
% echo 2000 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/timeout
% echo 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/iterations
@@ -53,15 +54,18 @@ Example of multi-channel test usage:
% echo dma0chan2 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/channel
% echo 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/run
-Note: the channel parameter should always be the last parameter set prior to
-running the test (setting run=1), this is because upon setting the channel
-parameter, that specific channel is requested using the dmaengine and a thread
-is created with the existing parameters. This thread is set as pending
-and will be executed once run is set to 1. Any parameters set after the thread
-is created are not applied.
+.. note::
+ For all tests, starting in the 5.0 kernel, either single- or multi-channel,
+ the channel parameter(s) must be set after all other parameters. It is at
+ that time that the existing parameter values are acquired for use by the
+ thread(s). All other parameters are shared. Therefore, if changes are made
+ to any of the other parameters, and an additional channel specified, the
+ (shared) parameters used for all threads will use the new values.
+ After the channels are specified, each thread is set as pending. All threads
+ begin execution when the run parameter is set to 1.
.. hint::
- available channel list could be extracted by running the following command::
+ A list of available channels can be found by running the following command::
% ls -1 /sys/class/dma/
@@ -204,6 +208,7 @@ Releasing Channels
Channels can be freed by setting run to 0.
Example::
+
% echo dma0chan1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/channel
dmatest: Added 1 threads using dma0chan1
% cat /sys/class/dma/dma0chan1/in_use
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/devres.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/devres.rst
index 4ac99122b5f1..a100bef54952 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/devres.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/devres.rst
@@ -246,6 +246,10 @@ CLOCK
devm_clk_get()
devm_clk_get_optional()
devm_clk_put()
+ devm_clk_bulk_get()
+ devm_clk_bulk_get_all()
+ devm_clk_bulk_get_optional()
+ devm_get_clk_from_childl()
devm_clk_hw_register()
devm_of_clk_add_hw_provider()
devm_clk_hw_register_clkdev()
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst
index 0c161b1a3be6..8382f01a53e3 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/generic-counter.rst
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ Userspace Interface
Several sysfs attributes are generated by the Generic Counter interface,
and reside under the /sys/bus/counter/devices/counterX directory, where
counterX refers to the respective counter device. Please see
-Documentation/ABI/testing/sys-bus-counter-generic-sysfs for detailed
+Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-counter for detailed
information on each Generic Counter interface sysfs attribute.
Through these sysfs attributes, programs and scripts may interact with
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ sysfs attributes, where Y is the unique ID of the respective Count:
For a more detailed breakdown of the available Generic Counter interface
sysfs attributes, please refer to the
-Documentation/ABI/testing/sys-bus-counter file.
+Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-counter file.
The Signals and Counts associated with the Counter device are registered
to the system as well by the counter_register function. The
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/ntb.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/ntb.rst
index 074a423c853c..87d1372da879 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/ntb.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/ntb.rst
@@ -200,6 +200,33 @@ Debugfs Files:
This file is used to read and write peer scratchpads. See
*spad* for details.
+NTB MSI Test Client (ntb\_msi\_test)
+------------------------------------
+
+The MSI test client serves to test and debug the MSI library which
+allows for passing MSI interrupts across NTB memory windows. The
+test client is interacted with through the debugfs filesystem:
+
+* *debugfs*/ntb\_tool/*hw*/
+ A directory in debugfs will be created for each
+ NTB device probed by the tool. This directory is shortened to *hw*
+ below.
+* *hw*/port
+ This file describes the local port number
+* *hw*/irq*_occurrences
+ One occurrences file exists for each interrupt and, when read,
+ returns the number of times the interrupt has been triggered.
+* *hw*/peer*/port
+ This file describes the port number for each peer
+* *hw*/peer*/count
+ This file describes the number of interrupts that can be
+ triggered on each peer
+* *hw*/peer*/trigger
+ Writing an interrupt number (any number less than the value
+ specified in count) will trigger the interrupt on the
+ specified peer. That peer's interrupt's occurrence file
+ should be incremented.
+
NTB Hardware Drivers
====================