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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2020-10-15 10:01:51 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2020-10-15 10:01:51 -0700 |
commit | 726eb70e0d34dc4bc4dada71f52bba8ed638431e (patch) | |
tree | e49674616f4513c8c6a4746a08e93c9441708d34 /Documentation/driver-api | |
parent | c6dbef7307629cce855aa6b482b60cbf7777ed88 (diff) | |
parent | f3277cbfba763cd2826396521b9296de67cf1bbc (diff) | |
download | linux-726eb70e0d34dc4bc4dada71f52bba8ed638431e.tar.bz2 |
Merge tag 'char-misc-5.10-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc
Pull char/misc driver updates from Greg KH:
"Here is the big set of char, misc, and other assorted driver subsystem
patches for 5.10-rc1.
There's a lot of different things in here, all over the drivers/
directory. Some summaries:
- soundwire driver updates
- habanalabs driver updates
- extcon driver updates
- nitro_enclaves new driver
- fsl-mc driver and core updates
- mhi core and bus updates
- nvmem driver updates
- eeprom driver updates
- binder driver updates and fixes
- vbox minor bugfixes
- fsi driver updates
- w1 driver updates
- coresight driver updates
- interconnect driver updates
- misc driver updates
- other minor driver updates
All of these have been in linux-next for a while with no reported
issues"
* tag 'char-misc-5.10-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc: (396 commits)
binder: fix UAF when releasing todo list
docs: w1: w1_therm: Fix broken xref, mistakes, clarify text
misc: Kconfig: fix a HISI_HIKEY_USB dependency
LSM: Fix type of id parameter in kernel_post_load_data prototype
misc: Kconfig: add a new dependency for HISI_HIKEY_USB
firmware_loader: fix a kernel-doc markup
w1: w1_therm: make w1_poll_completion static
binder: simplify the return expression of binder_mmap
test_firmware: Test partial read support
firmware: Add request_partial_firmware_into_buf()
firmware: Store opt_flags in fw_priv
fs/kernel_file_read: Add "offset" arg for partial reads
IMA: Add support for file reads without contents
LSM: Add "contents" flag to kernel_read_file hook
module: Call security_kernel_post_load_data()
firmware_loader: Use security_post_load_data()
LSM: Introduce kernel_post_load_data() hook
fs/kernel_read_file: Add file_size output argument
fs/kernel_read_file: Switch buffer size arg to size_t
fs/kernel_read_file: Remove redundant size argument
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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/mei/mei.rst | 37 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/mei/mei.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/mei/mei.rst index c800d8e5f422..cea0b69ec216 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/mei/mei.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/mei/mei.rst @@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ The session is terminated calling :c:func:`close(int fd)`. A code snippet for an application communicating with Intel AMTHI client: +In order to support virtualization or sandboxing a trusted supervisor +can use :c:macro:`MEI_CONNECT_CLIENT_IOCTL_VTAG` to create +virtual channels with an Intel ME feature. Not all features support +virtual channels such client with answer EOPNOTSUPP. + .. code-block:: C struct mei_connect_client_data data; @@ -110,6 +115,38 @@ Connect to firmware Feature/Client. data that can be sent or received. (e.g. if MTU=2K, can send requests up to bytes 2k and received responses up to 2k bytes). +IOCTL_MEI_CONNECT_CLIENT_VTAG: +------------------------------ + +.. code-block:: none + + Usage: + + struct mei_connect_client_data_vtag client_data_vtag; + + ioctl(fd, IOCTL_MEI_CONNECT_CLIENT_VTAG, &client_data_vtag); + + Inputs: + + struct mei_connect_client_data_vtag - contain the following + Input field: + + in_client_uuid - GUID of the FW Feature that needs + to connect to. + vtag - virtual tag [1, 255] + + Outputs: + out_client_properties - Client Properties: MTU and Protocol Version. + + Error returns: + + ENOTTY No such client (i.e. wrong GUID) or connection is not allowed. + EINVAL Wrong IOCTL Number or tag == 0 + ENODEV Device or Connection is not initialized or ready. + ENOMEM Unable to allocate memory to client internal data. + EFAULT Fatal Error (e.g. Unable to access user input data) + EBUSY Connection Already Open + EOPNOTSUPP Vtag is not supported IOCTL_MEI_NOTIFY_SET --------------------- |