1. 20 7月, 2016 2 次提交
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      net/ncsi: Package and channel management · e6f44ed6
      Gavin Shan 提交于
      This manages NCSI packages and channels:
      
       * The available packages and channels are enumerated in the first
         time of calling ncsi_start_dev(). The channels' capabilities are
         probed in the meanwhile. The NCSI network topology won't change
         until the NCSI device is destroyed.
       * There in a queue in every NCSI device. The element in the queue,
         channel, is waiting for configuration (bringup) or suspending
         (teardown). The channel's state (inactive/active) indicates the
         futher action (configuration or suspending) will be applied on the
         channel. Another channel's state (invisible) means the requested
         action is being applied.
       * The hardware arbitration will be enabled if all available packages
         and channels support it. All available channels try to provide
         service when hardware arbitration is enabled. Otherwise, one channel
         is selected as the active one at once.
       * When channel is in active state, meaning it's providing service, a
         timer started to retrieve the channe's link status. If the channel's
         link status fails to be updated in the determined period, the channel
         is going to be reconfigured. It's the error handling implementation
         as defined in NCSI spec.
      Signed-off-by: NGavin Shan <gwshan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
      Acked-by: NJoel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>
      Signed-off-by: NDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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      net/ncsi: Resource management · 2d283bdd
      Gavin Shan 提交于
      NCSI spec (DSP0222) defines several objects: package, channel, mode,
      filter, version and statistics etc. This introduces the data structs
      to represent those objects and implement functions to manage them.
      Also, this introduces CONFIG_NET_NCSI for the newly implemented NCSI
      stack.
      
         * The user (e.g. netdev driver) dereference NCSI device by
           "struct ncsi_dev", which is embedded to "struct ncsi_dev_priv".
           The later one is used by NCSI stack internally.
         * Every NCSI device can have multiple packages simultaneously, up
           to 8 packages. It's represented by "struct ncsi_package" and
           identified by 3-bits ID.
         * Every NCSI package can have multiple channels, up to 32. It's
           represented by "struct ncsi_channel" and identified by 5-bits ID.
         * Every NCSI channel has version, statistics, various modes and
           filters. They are represented by "struct ncsi_channel_version",
           "struct ncsi_channel_stats", "struct ncsi_channel_mode" and
           "struct ncsi_channel_filter" separately.
         * Apart from AEN (Asynchronous Event Notification), the NCSI stack
           works in terms of command and response. This introduces "struct
           ncsi_req" to represent a complete NCSI transaction made of NCSI
           request and response.
      
      link: https://www.dmtf.org/sites/default/files/standards/documents/DSP0222_1.1.0.pdfSigned-off-by: NGavin Shan <gwshan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
      Acked-by: NJoel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>
      Signed-off-by: NDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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