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| From | Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | [PATCH v7 00/26] Re-use nvram module |
| Date | 2015-11-01 12:00 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <qpYmZ-76K-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
The generic NVRAM module, drivers/char/generic_nvram, implements a /dev/nvram misc device. It is used only by 32-bit PowerPC platforms and isn't generic enough to be more widely used. The RTC NVRAM module, drivers/char/nvram, also implements a /dev/nvram misc device. It is used by x86, ARM and m68k. The former module cannot be used on x86, ARM or m68k because it cannot co-exist with the latter module, partly due to the Kconfig logic. It is possible to modify the modules so that one kernel binary could have either, neither or both. However, automatically loading the appropriate module is then impossible; if both provide the char-major-10-144 alias then the wrong module will end up being loaded. Hence a multi-platform kernel binary needs a single generic nvram module with alias char-major-10-144. Therefore, drivers/char/nvram.c should be made more generic and the arch-specific code therein should be moved to a more appropriate place under arch/. Also, drivers/char/generic_nvram.c should be removed to reduce code duplication. In this patch series, Atari-specific code is moved from the nvram module to arch/m68k/atari. More arch-specific code in the nvram module could be moved, probably to arch/x86, but it is difficult to determine just what code is relevant to ARM platforms and what code is x86-only. In addressing code duplication, v1 of this patch series removes three inconsistent /dev/nvram misc device implementations. One of these, drivers/macintosh/nvram.c is entirely unused already. The other two, drivers/char/generic_nvram.c and the misc device implementation in arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c, are replaced by drivers/char/nvram.c. A benefit of this work is better consistency -- between PPC32 and PPC64 as well as between PPC_PMAC and MAC. This new uniformity does have implications for userspace, that is, some error codes for some ioctl calls become consistent on all PowerPC platforms. The drivers/char/nvram module becomes sufficiently generic to be useful to other platforms and architectures, besides those with "CMOS" RTC. At the end of this patch series the module is adopted by the m68k Mac port, which already has PRAM access functions but lacks the /dev/nvram misc device. This patch series has been compile-tested for arm, m68k, powerpc and x86. The nvram and thinkpad_acpi modules were regression tested on a ThinkPad T43. The /dev/nvram functionality was also regression tested on a G3 PowerMac. The nvram module was also tested on a PowerBook 520, Quadra 650 and Atari Falcon. The PPC64 changes were tested on a G5 PowerMac. Changes since v1: - Minor changes to patches 7, 15 and 20 as described in commit logs. - Revised patches 21 and 24 to address comments from Geert. Changes since v2: - Dropped patch 1, "macintosh/nvram: Remove as unused", because it has since been merged. - Inserted a new patch, "m68k/mac: Use macros for RTC accesses not magic numbers". - Revised patches 21 and 23 to address comments from Geert. Changes since v3: - Split the patch, "m68k/atari: Move Atari-specific code out of drivers/char/nvram.c", as suggested by Geert. - Revised patches 11 and 25 to address comments from Geert. - Minor change to patch 21 as described in commit log. Changes since v4: - Split the patch, "powerpc, fbdev: Use arch_nvram_ops methods instead of nvram_read_byte() and nvram_write_byte()", so as to separately address inconsistent use of Kconfig symbols in PowerMac fbdev drivers. - Fix possible git bisect build failure with CONFIG_PPC_PMAC=n. Changes since v5: - Dropped patch 2, "char/nvram: Use bitwise OR to obtain Atari video mode data", since it has been added to Greg Kroah-Hartman's char-misc-next queue. - In patch 15, error codes from the IOC_NVRAM_GET_OFFSET ioctl are now consistent with the old generic_nvram module. Changes since v6: - In patch 21, the '#ifdef CONFIG_NVRAM' conditional was changed to '#if defined(CONFIG_NVRAM) && defined(CONFIG_PPC32)' to avoid changing behaviour as CONFIG_NVRAM becomes available to PPC64. - Added a new patch (22) in response to Ben's comment about XPRAM accessors. The patch replaces the calls to pmac_xpram_read() with calls to arch_nvram_ops.read_byte() --- arch/m68k/Kconfig | 3 arch/m68k/Kconfig.machine | 2 arch/m68k/atari/Makefile | 2 arch/m68k/atari/nvram.c | 291 +++++++++++ arch/m68k/include/asm/atarihw.h | 6 arch/m68k/include/asm/macintosh.h | 4 arch/m68k/kernel/setup_mm.c | 100 +++ arch/m68k/mac/misc.c | 207 +++++--- arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 5 arch/powerpc/include/asm/nvram.h | 13 arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c | 206 +------- arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c | 30 - arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/Makefile | 2 arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/nvram.c | 14 arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/setup.c | 2 arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Makefile | 5 arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/nvram.c | 37 - arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/setup.c | 3 arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/time.c | 19 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c | 2 drivers/char/Kconfig | 13 drivers/char/Makefile | 6 drivers/char/generic_nvram.c | 174 ------ drivers/char/nvram.c | 740 ++++++++++++----------------- drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c | 20 drivers/scsi/Kconfig | 6 drivers/scsi/atari_scsi.c | 16 drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig | 2 drivers/video/fbdev/controlfb.c | 4 drivers/video/fbdev/imsttfb.c | 17 drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c | 6 drivers/video/fbdev/platinumfb.c | 4 drivers/video/fbdev/valkyriefb.c | 18 include/linux/nvram.h | 24 include/uapi/linux/pmu.h | 2 35 files changed, 1020 insertions(+), 985 deletions(-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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[PATCH v7 00/26] Re-use nvram module Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-01 12:00 +0100
[PATCH v7 07/26] char/nvram: Allow the set_checksum and initialize ioctls to be omitted Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-01 12:00 +0100
[PATCH v7 23/26] m68k/mac: Adopt naming and calling conventions for PRAM routines Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-01 12:00 +0100
[PATCH v7 24/26] m68k/mac: Use macros for RTC accesses not magic numbers Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-01 12:00 +0100
[PATCH v7 21/26] powerpc: Adopt nvram module for PPC64 Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-01 12:00 +0100
[PATCH v7 13/26] powerpc: Add missing ppc_md.nvram_size for CHRP and PowerMac Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-01 12:00 +0100
[PATCH v7 16/26] powerpc, fbdev: Use NV_CMODE and NV_VMODE only when CONFIG_PPC32 and CONFIG_PPC_PMAC and CONFIG_NVRAM Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-01 12:00 +0100
[PATCH v7 09/26] char/nvram: Use generic fixed_size_llseek() Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-01 12:00 +0100
[PATCH v7 10/26] m68k/atari: Implement arch_nvram_ops methods and enable CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_NVRAM_OPS Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-01 12:00 +0100
[PATCH v7 05/26] char/nvram: Adopt arch_nvram_ops Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-01 12:00 +0100
[PATCH v7 02/26] m68k/atari: Move Atari-specific code out of drivers/char/nvram.c Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-01 12:00 +0100
[PATCH v7 03/26] m68k/atari: Replace nvram_{read,write}_byte with arch_nvram_ops Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-01 12:00 +0100
[PATCH v7 18/26] nvram: Drop nvram_* symbol exports and prototypes Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-01 12:00 +0100
[PATCH v7 08/26] char/nvram: Implement NVRAM read/write methods Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2015-11-01 12:00 +0100
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