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From: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
To: corbet@lwn.net, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de
Cc: x86@kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 20/27] Documentation: x86: convert i386/IO-APIC.txt to reST
Date: Tue,  7 May 2019 01:09:16 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190506170923.7117-21-changbin.du@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190506170923.7117-1-changbin.du@gmail.com>

This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and
add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change.

Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
---
 .../x86/i386/{IO-APIC.txt => IO-APIC.rst}     | 28 +++++++++++--------
 Documentation/x86/i386/index.rst              | 10 +++++++
 Documentation/x86/index.rst                   |  1 +
 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
 rename Documentation/x86/i386/{IO-APIC.txt => IO-APIC.rst} (93%)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/x86/i386/index.rst

diff --git a/Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt b/Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst
similarity index 93%
rename from Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt
rename to Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst
index 15f5baf7e1b6..ce4d8df15e7c 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/i386/IO-APIC.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=======
+IO-APIC
+=======
+
+:Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
+
 Most (all) Intel-MP compliant SMP boards have the so-called 'IO-APIC',
 which is an enhanced interrupt controller. It enables us to route
 hardware interrupts to multiple CPUs, or to CPU groups. Without an
@@ -13,9 +21,8 @@ usually worked around by the kernel. If your MP-compliant SMP board does
 not boot Linux, then consult the linux-smp mailing list archives first.
 
 If your box boots fine with enabled IO-APIC IRQs, then your
-/proc/interrupts will look like this one:
+/proc/interrupts will look like this one::
 
-   ---------------------------->
   hell:~> cat /proc/interrupts
              CPU0
     0:    1360293    IO-APIC-edge  timer
@@ -28,7 +35,6 @@ If your box boots fine with enabled IO-APIC IRQs, then your
   NMI:          0
   ERR:          0
   hell:~>
-  <----------------------------
 
 Some interrupts are still listed as 'XT PIC', but this is not a problem;
 none of those IRQ sources is performance-critical.
@@ -37,14 +43,14 @@ none of those IRQ sources is performance-critical.
 In the unlikely case that your board does not create a working mp-table,
 you can use the pirq= boot parameter to 'hand-construct' IRQ entries. This
 is non-trivial though and cannot be automated. One sample /etc/lilo.conf
-entry:
+entry::
 
 	append="pirq=15,11,10"
 
 The actual numbers depend on your system, on your PCI cards and on their
 PCI slot position. Usually PCI slots are 'daisy chained' before they are
 connected to the PCI chipset IRQ routing facility (the incoming PIRQ1-4
-lines):
+lines)::
 
                ,-.        ,-.        ,-.        ,-.        ,-.
      PIRQ4 ----| |-.    ,-| |-.    ,-| |-.    ,-| |--------| |
@@ -56,7 +62,7 @@ lines):
      PIRQ1 ----| |-  `----| |-  `----| |-  `----| |--------| |
                `-'        `-'        `-'        `-'        `-'
 
-Every PCI card emits a PCI IRQ, which can be INTA, INTB, INTC or INTD:
+Every PCI card emits a PCI IRQ, which can be INTA, INTB, INTC or INTD::
 
                                ,-.
                          INTD--| |
@@ -78,19 +84,19 @@ to have non shared interrupts). Slot5 should be used for videocards, they
 do not use interrupts normally, thus they are not daisy chained either.
 
 so if you have your SCSI card (IRQ11) in Slot1, Tulip card (IRQ9) in
-Slot2, then you'll have to specify this pirq= line:
+Slot2, then you'll have to specify this pirq= line::
 
 	append="pirq=11,9"
 
 the following script tries to figure out such a default pirq= line from
-your PCI configuration:
+your PCI configuration::
 
 	echo -n pirq=; echo `scanpci | grep T_L | cut -c56-` | sed 's/ /,/g'
 
 note that this script won't work if you have skipped a few slots or if your
 board does not do default daisy-chaining. (or the IO-APIC has the PIRQ pins
 connected in some strange way). E.g. if in the above case you have your SCSI
-card (IRQ11) in Slot3, and have Slot1 empty:
+card (IRQ11) in Slot3, and have Slot1 empty::
 
 	append="pirq=0,9,11"
 
@@ -105,7 +111,7 @@ won't function properly (e.g. if it's inserted as a module).
 If you have 2 PCI buses, then you can use up to 8 pirq values, although such
 boards tend to have a good configuration.
 
-Be prepared that it might happen that you need some strange pirq line:
+Be prepared that it might happen that you need some strange pirq line::
 
 	append="pirq=0,0,0,0,0,0,9,11"
 
@@ -115,5 +121,3 @@ Good luck and mail to linux-smp@vger.kernel.org or
 linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org if you have any problems that are not covered
 by this document.
 
--- mingo
-
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/i386/index.rst b/Documentation/x86/i386/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8747cf5bbd49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/x86/i386/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+============
+i386 Support
+============
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   IO-APIC
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/index.rst b/Documentation/x86/index.rst
index 3eb0334ae2d4..4e15bcc6456c 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/x86/index.rst
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ x86-specific Documentation
    microcode
    resctrl_ui
    usb-legacy-support
+   i386/index
-- 
2.20.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-05-06 17:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-05-06 17:08 [PATCH v3 00/27] Include linux x86 docs into Sphinx TOC tree Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:08 ` [PATCH v3 01/27] Documentation: add Linux x86 docs to " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:08 ` [PATCH v3 02/27] Documentation: x86: convert boot.txt to reST Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:52   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2019-05-08 14:54     ` Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:08 ` [PATCH v3 03/27] Documentation: x86: convert topology.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 04/27] Documentation: x86: convert exception-tables.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 05/27] Documentation: x86: convert kernel-stacks " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 06/27] Documentation: x86: convert entry_64.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 07/27] Documentation: x86: convert earlyprintk.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 08/27] Documentation: x86: convert zero-page.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 09/27] Documentation: x86: convert tlb.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 10/27] Documentation: x86: convert mtrr.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 11/27] Documentation: x86: convert pat.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 12/27] Documentation: x86: convert protection-keys.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 13/27] Documentation: x86: convert intel_mpx.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 14/27] Documentation: x86: convert amd-memory-encryption.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 15/27] Documentation: x86: convert pti.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 16/27] Documentation: x86: convert microcode.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 17/27] Documentation: x86: convert resctrl_ui.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 18/27] Documentation: x86: convert orc-unwinder.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 19/27] Documentation: x86: convert usb-legacy-support.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` Changbin Du [this message]
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 21/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/boot-options.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 22/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/uefi.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 23/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/mm.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 24/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/5level-paging.txt " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 25/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/fake-numa-for-cpusets " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 26/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/cpu-hotplug-spec " Changbin Du
2019-05-06 17:09 ` [PATCH v3 27/27] Documentation: x86: convert x86_64/machinecheck " Changbin Du

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