1. 25 5月, 2013 1 次提交
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      rapidio: make enumeration/discovery configurable · a11650e1
      Alexandre Bounine 提交于
      Systems that use RapidIO fabric may need to implement their own
      enumeration and discovery methods which are better suitable for needs of
      a target application.
      
      The following set of patches is intended to simplify process of
      introduction of new RapidIO fabric enumeration/discovery methods.
      
      The first patch offers ability to add new RapidIO enumeration/discovery
      methods using kernel configuration options.  This new configuration
      option mechanism allows to select statically linked or modular
      enumeration/discovery method(s) from the list of existing methods or use
      external module(s).
      
      This patch also updates the currently existing enumeration/discovery
      code to be used as a statically linked or modular method.
      
      The corresponding configuration option is named "Basic
      enumeration/discovery" method.  This is the only one configuration
      option available today but new methods are expected to be introduced
      after adoption of provided patches.
      
      The second patch address a long time complaint of RapidIO subsystem
      users regarding fabric enumeration/discovery start sequence.  Existing
      implementation offers only a boot-time enumeration/discovery start which
      requires synchronized boot of all endpoints in RapidIO network.  While
      it works for small closed configurations with limited number of
      endpoints, using this approach in systems with large number of endpoints
      is quite challenging.
      
      To eliminate requirement for synchronized start the second patch
      introduces RapidIO enumeration/discovery start from user space.
      
      For compatibility with the existing RapidIO subsystem implementation,
      automatic boot time enumeration/discovery start can be configured in by
      specifying "rio-scan.scan=1" command line parameter if statically linked
      basic enumeration method is selected.
      
      This patch:
      
      Rework to implement RapidIO enumeration/discovery method selection
      combined with ability to use enumeration/discovery as a kernel module.
      
      This patch adds ability to introduce new RapidIO enumeration/discovery
      methods using kernel configuration options.  Configuration option
      mechanism allows to select statically linked or modular
      enumeration/discovery method from the list of existing methods or use
      external modules.  If a modular enumeration/discovery is selected each
      RapidIO mport device can have its own method attached to it.
      
      The existing enumeration/discovery code was updated to be used as
      statically linked or modular method.  This configuration option is named
      "Basic enumeration/discovery" method.
      
      Several common routines have been moved from rio-scan.c to make them
      available to other enumeration methods and reduce number of exported
      symbols.
      Signed-off-by: NAlexandre Bounine <alexandre.bounine@idt.com>
      Cc: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org>
      Cc: Li Yang <leoli@freescale.com>
      Cc: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
      Cc: Andre van Herk <andre.van.herk@Prodrive.nl>
      Cc: Micha Nelissen <micha.nelissen@Prodrive.nl>
      Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
      Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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