linux/Documentation/driver-api/firmware, branch master

Merge tag 'driver-core-6.0-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core

2022-08-04T18:31:20Z

Pull driver core / kernfs updates from Greg KH: "Here is the set of driver core and kernfs changes for 6.0-rc1. The "biggest" thing in here is some scalability improvements for kernfs for large systems. Other than that, included in here are: - arch topology and cache info changes that have been reviewed and discussed a lot. - potential error path cleanup fixes - deferred driver probe cleanups - firmware loader cleanups and tweaks - documentation updates - other small things All of these have been in the linux-next tree for a while with no reported problems" * tag 'driver-core-6.0-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: (63 commits) docs: embargoed-hardware-issues: fix invalid AMD contact email firmware_loader: Replace kmap() with kmap_local_page() sysfs docs: ABI: Fix typo in comment kobject: fix Kconfig.debug "its" grammar kernfs: Fix typo 'the the' in comment docs: driver-api: firmware: add driver firmware guidelines. (v3) arch_topology: Fix cache attributes detection in the CPU hotplug path ACPI: PPTT: Leave the table mapped for the runtime usage cacheinfo: Use atomic allocation for percpu cache attributes drivers/base: fix userspace break from using bin_attributes for cpumap and cpulist MAINTAINERS: Change mentions of mpm to olivia docs: ABI: sysfs-devices-soc: Update Lee Jones' email address docs: ABI: sysfs-class-pwm: Update Lee Jones' email address Documentation/process: Add embargoed HW contact for LLVM Revert "kernfs: Change kernfs_notify_list to llist." ACPI: Remove the unused find_acpi_cpu_cache_topology() arch_topology: Warn that topology for nested clusters is not supported arch_topology: Add support for parsing sockets in /cpu-map arch_topology: Set cluster identifier in each core/thread from /cpu-map arch_topology: Limit span of cpu_clustergroup_mask() ...

docs: driver-api: firmware: add driver firmware guidelines. (v3)

2022-07-28T08:57:18Z

A recent snafu where Intel ignored upstream feedback on a firmware change, led to a late rc6 fix being required. In order to avoid this in the future we should document some expectations around linux-firmware. I was originally going to write this for drm, but it seems quite generic advice. v2: rewritten with suggestions from Thorsten Leemhuis v3: rewritten with suggestions from Mauro Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain Acked-by: Rodrigo Vivi Acked-by: Daniel Vetter Acked-by: Harry Wentland Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220721044352.3110507-1-airlied@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

firmware: sysfb: Add sysfb_disable() helper function

2022-06-29T07:51:41Z

This can be used by subsystems to unregister a platform device registered by sysfb and also to disable future platform device registration in sysfb. Suggested-by: Daniel Vetter Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20220607182338.344270-3-javierm@redhat.com

firmware_loader: Add sysfs nodes to monitor fw_upload

2022-04-26T10:35:55Z

Add additional sysfs nodes to monitor the transfer of firmware upload data to the target device: cancel: Write 1 to cancel the data transfer error: Display error status for a failed firmware upload remaining_size: Display the remaining amount of data to be transferred status: Display the progress of the firmware upload Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain Reviewed-by: Tianfei zhang Tested-by: Matthew Gerlach Signed-off-by: Russ Weight Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220421212204.36052-6-russell.h.weight@intel.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

firmware_loader: Add firmware-upload support

2022-04-26T10:34:28Z

Extend the firmware subsystem to support a persistent sysfs interface that userspace may use to initiate a firmware update. For example, FPGA based PCIe cards load firmware and FPGA images from local FLASH when the card boots. The images in FLASH may be updated with new images provided by the user at his/her convenience. A device driver may call firmware_upload_register() to expose persistent "loading" and "data" sysfs files. These files are used in the same way as the fallback sysfs "loading" and "data" files. When 0 is written to "loading" to complete the write of firmware data, the data is transferred to the lower-level driver using pre-registered call-back functions. The data transfer is done in the context of a kernel worker thread. Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain Reviewed-by: Tianfei zhang Tested-by: Matthew Gerlach Signed-off-by: Russ Weight Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220421212204.36052-5-russell.h.weight@intel.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

docs: driver-api: firmware: fallback-mechanisms: Fix rendering of bullet point

2020-09-08T11:32:06Z

Without this patch, the "Firmware is not accessible [...]" line is rendered in bold, which does not seem intentional. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Neuschäfer Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200905184131.1280337-1-j.neuschaefer@gmx.net Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Documentation/driver-api: firmware/request_firmware: drop doubled word

2020-07-10T12:58:01Z

Drop the doubled word "call". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200704034502.17199-6-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Documentation/driver-api: firmware/direct-fs-lookup: drop doubled word

2020-07-10T12:58:01Z

Drop the doubled word "firmware". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200704034502.17199-5-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Documentation/driver-api: firmware/firmware_cache: drop doubled word

2020-07-10T12:58:00Z

Drop the doubled word "if". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200704034502.17199-4-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Documentation/driver-api: firmware/built-in-fw: drop doubled word

2020-07-10T12:58:00Z

Drop the doubled word "for". Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200704034502.17199-3-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman