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author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-10-29 16:13:23 -0200 |
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committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-12-15 08:58:12 -0200 |
commit | 6b1fb6f7037221981fb2cf1822c31b5fba1b9c22 (patch) | |
tree | 33a5fbdbd9f2be619133dd153ef30b7177922a0e /include | |
parent | e002075819d987dec3bf9fa3ca98ad19fa86ae0f (diff) | |
download | linux-6b1fb6f7037221981fb2cf1822c31b5fba1b9c22.tar.bz2 |
edac.rst: move concepts dictionary from edac.h
Instead of storing the concepts dictionary inside header file,
move it to the subsystem documentation.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/edac.h | 108 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 108 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/edac.h b/include/linux/edac.h index 3c20d2d2686a..c4433fd6c859 100644 --- a/include/linux/edac.h +++ b/include/linux/edac.h @@ -330,114 +330,6 @@ enum scrub_type { #define OP_RUNNING_POLL_INTR 0x203 #define OP_OFFLINE 0x300 -/* - * Concepts used at the EDAC subsystem - * - * There are several things to be aware of that aren't at all obvious: - * - * SOCKETS, SOCKET SETS, BANKS, ROWS, CHIP-SELECT ROWS, CHANNELS, etc.. - * - * These are some of the many terms that are thrown about that don't always - * mean what people think they mean (Inconceivable!). In the interest of - * creating a common ground for discussion, terms and their definitions - * will be established. - * - * Memory devices: The individual DRAM chips on a memory stick. These - * devices commonly output 4 and 8 bits each (x4, x8). - * Grouping several of these in parallel provides the - * number of bits that the memory controller expects: - * typically 72 bits, in order to provide 64 bits + - * 8 bits of ECC data. - * - * Memory Stick: A printed circuit board that aggregates multiple - * memory devices in parallel. In general, this is the - * Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) which gets replaced, in - * the case of excessive errors. Most often it is also - * called DIMM (Dual Inline Memory Module). - * - * Memory Socket: A physical connector on the motherboard that accepts - * a single memory stick. Also called as "slot" on several - * datasheets. - * - * Channel: A memory controller channel, responsible to communicate - * with a group of DIMMs. Each channel has its own - * independent control (command) and data bus, and can - * be used independently or grouped with other channels. - * - * Branch: It is typically the highest hierarchy on a - * Fully-Buffered DIMM memory controller. - * Typically, it contains two channels. - * Two channels at the same branch can be used in single - * mode or in lockstep mode. - * When lockstep is enabled, the cacheline is doubled, - * but it generally brings some performance penalty. - * Also, it is generally not possible to point to just one - * memory stick when an error occurs, as the error - * correction code is calculated using two DIMMs instead - * of one. Due to that, it is capable of correcting more - * errors than on single mode. - * - * Single-channel: The data accessed by the memory controller is contained - * into one dimm only. E. g. if the data is 64 bits-wide, - * the data flows to the CPU using one 64 bits parallel - * access. - * Typically used with SDR, DDR, DDR2 and DDR3 memories. - * FB-DIMM and RAMBUS use a different concept for channel, - * so this concept doesn't apply there. - * - * Double-channel: The data size accessed by the memory controller is - * interlaced into two dimms, accessed at the same time. - * E. g. if the DIMM is 64 bits-wide (72 bits with ECC), - * the data flows to the CPU using a 128 bits parallel - * access. - * - * Chip-select row: This is the name of the DRAM signal used to select the - * DRAM ranks to be accessed. Common chip-select rows for - * single channel are 64 bits, for dual channel 128 bits. - * It may not be visible by the memory controller, as some - * DIMM types have a memory buffer that can hide direct - * access to it from the Memory Controller. - * - * Single-Ranked stick: A Single-ranked stick has 1 chip-select row of memory. - * Motherboards commonly drive two chip-select pins to - * a memory stick. A single-ranked stick, will occupy - * only one of those rows. The other will be unused. - * - * Double-Ranked stick: A double-ranked stick has two chip-select rows which - * access different sets of memory devices. The two - * rows cannot be accessed concurrently. - * - * Double-sided stick: DEPRECATED TERM, see Double-Ranked stick. - * A double-sided stick has two chip-select rows which - * access different sets of memory devices. The two - * rows cannot be accessed concurrently. "Double-sided" - * is irrespective of the memory devices being mounted - * on both sides of the memory stick. - * - * Socket set: All of the memory sticks that are required for - * a single memory access or all of the memory sticks - * spanned by a chip-select row. A single socket set - * has two chip-select rows and if double-sided sticks - * are used these will occupy those chip-select rows. - * - * Bank: This term is avoided because it is unclear when - * needing to distinguish between chip-select rows and - * socket sets. - * - * Controller pages: - * - * Physical pages: - * - * Virtual pages: - * - * - * STRUCTURE ORGANIZATION AND CHOICES - * - * - * - * PS - I enjoyed writing all that about as much as you enjoyed reading it. - */ - /** * enum edac_mc_layer - memory controller hierarchy layer * |