[PATCH v4 0/4] New Microsemi PCI Switch Management Driver

[Logan Gunthorpe]

Changes since v3:

* Removed stdev_is_alive and moved pci deinit functions
  into the device release function which only occurs after all
  cdev instances are closed. (per Bjorn)
* Reduced locking in read/write functions (per Bjorn)
* Use pci_alloc_irq_vectors to vastly improve ISR initialization (Bjorn)
* A few other minor nits and cleanup as noticed by Bjorn

Changes since v2:

* Collected reviewed and tested tags
* Very minor fix to the error path in the create function

Changes since v1:

* Rebased onto 4.10-rc6 (cleanly)
* Split the patch into a few more easily digestible patches (as
  suggested by Greg Kroah-Hartman)
* Folded switchtec.c into switchtec.h (per Greg)
* Fixed a bunch of 32bit build warnings caught by the kbuild test robot
* Fixed some issues in the documentation so it has a proper
  reStructredText format (as noted by Jonathan Corbet)
* Fixed padding and sizes in the IOCTL structures as noticed by Emil
  Velikov and used pahole to verify their consistency across 32 and 64
  bit builds
* Reworked one of the IOCTL interfaces to be more future proof (per
  Emil).

Changes since RFC:

* Fixed incorrect use of the drive model as pointed out by Greg
  Kroah-Hartman
* Used devm functions as suggested by Keith Busch
* Added a handful of sysfs attributes to the switchtec class
* Added a handful of IOCTLs to the switchtec device
* A number of miscellaneous bug fixes

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Hi,

This is a continuation of the RFC we posted lasted month [1] which
proposes a management driver for Microsemi's Switchtec line of PCI
switches. This hardware is still looking to be used in the Open
Compute Platform

To make this entirely clear: the Switchtec products are compliant
with the PCI specifications and are supported today with the standard
in-kernel driver. However, these devices also expose a management endpoint
on a separate PCI function address which can be used to perform some
advanced operations. This is a driver for that function. See the patch
for more information.

Since the RFC, we've made the changes requested by Greg Kroah-Hartman
and Keith Busch, and we've also fleshed out a number of features. We've
added a couple of IOCTLs and sysfs attributes which are documented in
the patch. Significant work has also been done on the userspace tool
which is available under a GPL license at [2]. We've also had testing
done by some of the interested parties.

We hope to see this work included in either 4.11 or 4.12 assuming a
smooth review process.

The patch is based off of the v4.10-rc6 release.

Thanks for your review,

Logan

[1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-pci/msg56897.html
[2] https://github.com/sbates130272/switchtec-user

Logan Gunthorpe (4):
  MicroSemi Switchtec management interface driver
  switchtec: Add user interface documentation
  switchtec: Add sysfs attributes to the Switchtec driver
  switchtec: Add IOCTLs to the Switchtec driver

 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-switchtec |   96 ++
 Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt            |    1 +
 Documentation/switchtec.txt                     |   80 ++
 MAINTAINERS                                     |   11 +
 drivers/pci/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 drivers/pci/Makefile                            |    1 +
 drivers/pci/switch/Kconfig                      |   13 +
 drivers/pci/switch/Makefile                     |    1 +
 drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c                  | 1503 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/uapi/linux/switchtec_ioctl.h            |  132 ++
 10 files changed, 1839 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-switchtec
 create mode 100644 Documentation/switchtec.txt
 create mode 100644 drivers/pci/switch/Kconfig
 create mode 100644 drivers/pci/switch/Makefile
 create mode 100644 drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c
 create mode 100644 include/uapi/linux/switchtec_ioctl.h

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