Re: [PATCH v3 21/27] powerpc/powernv/pmem: Add an IOCTL to request controller health & perf data

[Andrew Donnellan]

On 21/2/20 2:27 pm, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
> From: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> When health & performance data is requested from the controller,
> it responds with an error log containing the requested information.
>
> This patch allows the request to me issued via an IOCTL.

A better explanation would be good - this IOCTL triggers a request to 
the controller to collect controller health/perf data, and the 
controller will later respond with an error log that can be picked up 
via the error log IOCTL that you've defined earlier.


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Andrew Donnellan              OzLabs, ADL Canberra
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