From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752479AbdB1PJb (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Feb 2017 10:09:31 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.136]:52868 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752442AbdB1PJ0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Feb 2017 10:09:26 -0500 Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 09:09:20 -0600 From: Bjorn Helgaas To: Logan Gunthorpe Cc: Keith Busch , Myron Stowe , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Bjorn Helgaas , Geert Uytterhoeven , Jonathan Corbet , "David S. Miller" , Andrew Morton , Emil Velikov , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Guenter Roeck , Jarkko Sakkinen , Linus Walleij , Ryusuke Konishi , Stefan Berger , Wei Zhang , Kurt Schwemmer , Stephen Bates , linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/4] New Microsemi PCI Switch Management Driver Message-ID: <20170228150920.GB12481@bhelgaas-glaptop.roam.corp.google.com> References: <1488091997-12843-1-git-send-email-logang@deltatee.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1488091997-12843-1-git-send-email-logang@deltatee.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Logan, On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 11:53:13PM -0700, Logan Gunthorpe wrote: > ... > This is a continuation of the RFC we posted lasted month [1] which > proposes a management driver for Microsemi's Switchtec line of PCI > switches. This hardware is still looking to be used in the Open > Compute Platform > > To make this entirely clear: the Switchtec products are compliant > with the PCI specifications and are supported today with the standard > in-kernel driver. However, these devices also expose a management endpoint > on a separate PCI function address which can be used to perform some > advanced operations. This is a driver for that function. See the patch > for more information. > > Since the RFC, we've made the changes requested by Greg Kroah-Hartman > and Keith Busch, and we've also fleshed out a number of features. We've > added a couple of IOCTLs and sysfs attributes which are documented in > the patch. Significant work has also been done on the userspace tool > which is available under a GPL license at [2]. We've also had testing > done by some of the interested parties. > > We hope to see this work included in either 4.11 or 4.12 assuming a > smooth review process. > > The patch is based off of the v4.10-rc6 release. > > Thanks for your review, > > Logan > > [1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-pci/msg56897.html > [2] https://github.com/sbates130272/switchtec-user > > Logan Gunthorpe (4): > MicroSemi Switchtec management interface driver > switchtec: Add user interface documentation > switchtec: Add sysfs attributes to the Switchtec driver > switchtec: Add IOCTLs to the Switchtec driver > > Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-switchtec | 96 ++ > Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt | 1 + > Documentation/switchtec.txt | 80 ++ > MAINTAINERS | 11 + > drivers/pci/Kconfig | 1 + > drivers/pci/Makefile | 1 + > drivers/pci/switch/Kconfig | 13 + > drivers/pci/switch/Makefile | 1 + > drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c | 1535 +++++++++++++++++++++++ > include/uapi/linux/switchtec_ioctl.h | 132 ++ > 10 files changed, 1871 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-switchtec > create mode 100644 Documentation/switchtec.txt > create mode 100644 drivers/pci/switch/Kconfig > create mode 100644 drivers/pci/switch/Makefile > create mode 100644 drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c > create mode 100644 include/uapi/linux/switchtec_ioctl.h This driver doesn't have anything to do with the PCI core, other than using the pci_register_driver() interface (just like all other drivers for PCI-connected devices), so drivers/pci doesn't really feel like the right place for it. Putting it in drivers/pci leads to the sort of confusion you mentioned above ("To make this entirely clear ..."). Would drivers/perf or drivers/misc/switchtec/ be possible places for it? Bjorn