Hi Pavel,
Am Dienstag, den 12.11.2013, 14:50 +0100 schrieb Pavel Machek:
> Hi!
>
> > The GenWQE device is a PCIe card used to acclerate different tasks.
> > Since it is configurable, it can be adjusted to different purposes.
> > Our initial task for the card is to do zlib style compression/decomp
Hi!
> The GenWQE device is a PCIe card used to acclerate different tasks.
> Since it is configurable, it can be adjusted to different purposes.
> Our initial task for the card is to do zlib style compression/decompression
> RFC1950, RFC1951, and RFC1952.
Is it similar to the Intel's Xeon Phi? The
On Tue, Nov 05, 2013 at 08:16:24AM +0100, Frank Haverkamp wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> Am Montag, den 04.11.2013, 14:15 -0800 schrieb Greg KH:
> > > I am using sysfs_create_group() now, but do I understand you
> > correctly
> > > that setting the const struct attribute_group **groups; in my device
> > >
Hi Greg,
Am Montag, den 04.11.2013, 14:15 -0800 schrieb Greg KH:
> > I am using sysfs_create_group() now, but do I understand you
> correctly
> > that setting the const struct attribute_group **groups; in my device
> > (where in my struct pci_device.dev?) is an even better way to
> establish
> > m
On Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 05:41:27PM +0100, Frank Haverkamp wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> Am Mittwoch, den 30.10.2013, 10:44 -0700 schrieb Greg KH:
> > On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:32:58AM +0100, Frank Haverkamp wrote:
> > > +/*
> > > + * Create device_attribute structures / params: name, mode, show, store
>
Hi Ryan,
Am Donnerstag, den 31.10.2013, 14:49 +1100 schrieb Ryan Mallon:
> > +/**
> > + * create_card_sysfs() - Setup sysfs entries of the card device
> > + *
> > + * VFs have restricted mmio capabilities, so not all sysfs entries
> > + * are allowed in VFs.
> > + */
> > +int create_card_sysfs(str
Hi Ryan,
Am Donnerstag, den 31.10.2013, 14:49 +1100 schrieb Ryan Mallon:
> > +static ssize_t show_card_status(struct device *dev,
> > + struct device_attribute *attr,
> > + char *buf)
> > +{
> > + ssize_t len = 0;
> > + struct genwqe_
Hi Greg,
Am Mittwoch, den 30.10.2013, 10:44 -0700 schrieb Greg KH:
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:32:58AM +0100, Frank Haverkamp wrote:
> > +/*
> > + * Create device_attribute structures / params: name, mode, show, store
> > + * additional flag if valid in VF
> > + */
> > +struct genwqe_dev_attrib {
Hi Greg,
Am Mittwoch, den 30.10.2013, 10:37 -0700 schrieb Greg KH:
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:32:58AM +0100, Frank Haverkamp wrote:
> > +/*
> > + * We like to be able to disable the health checking entirely in some
> > + * cases e.g. if a card is broken and needs to be analyzed. I
> > + * consid
Am Donnerstag, den 31.10.2013, 07:38 +1100 schrieb Ryan Mallon:
> On 31/10/13 04:35, Greg KH wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:32:58AM +0100, Frank Haverkamp wrote:
> >> +if GENWQE
> >> +
> >> +config GENWQE_DEVNAME
> >> +string "Name for sysfs and device nodes"
> >> + default "genw
Hi Greg,
Am Mittwoch, den 30.10.2013, 10:35 -0700 schrieb Greg KH:
> Don't let the user pick this, it's up to the driver to set this once
> and
> then live with it.
Ok. I will remove it in the next version.
>
> And, from what I can tell in the driver, this help text is wrong
> (there
> are no d
Hi Greg,
Am Mittwoch, den 30.10.2013, 10:36 -0700 schrieb Greg KH:
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:32:58AM +0100, Frank Haverkamp wrote:
> > +/*
> > + * Module initialization and PCIe setup. Card health monitoring and
> > + * recovery functionality. Character device creation and deletion are
> > + *
On 30/10/13 20:32, Frank Haverkamp wrote:
> From: Frank Haverkamp
> Signed-off-by: Frank Haverkamp
> Co-authors: Joerg-Stephan Vogt ,
> Michael Jung ,
> Michael Ruettger
> ---
> Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-driver-genwqe | 57 +
> Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-
On 31/10/13 04:35, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:32:58AM +0100, Frank Haverkamp wrote:
>> +if GENWQE
>> +
>> +config GENWQE_DEVNAME
>> +string "Name for sysfs and device nodes"
>> +default "genwqe"
>> +help
>> + Select alternate name for sysfs and device
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:32:58AM +0100, Frank Haverkamp wrote:
> +/*
> + * Create device_attribute structures / params: name, mode, show, store
> + * additional flag if valid in VF
> + */
> +struct genwqe_dev_attrib {
> + struct device_attribute att;/* sysfs entry attributes */
> + in
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:32:58AM +0100, Frank Haverkamp wrote:
> +/*
> + * GenWQE Driver: Need SLC timeout set to 250ms (temporary setting for
> + * testing of 1000ms due to decompressor testcase failing)
> + *
> + * There is a requirement by the card users that the timeout must not
> + * exceed
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:32:58AM +0100, Frank Haverkamp wrote:
> +/*
> + * We like to be able to disable the health checking entirely in some
> + * cases e.g. if a card is broken and needs to be analyzed. I
> + * considered using debugfs/sysfs attributes, but I did not see a way
> + * to prevent
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:32:58AM +0100, Frank Haverkamp wrote:
> +/*
> + * Module initialization and PCIe setup. Card health monitoring and
> + * recovery functionality. Character device creation and deletion are
> + * controlled from here.
> + *
> + * Please use the new sysfs interfaces to enabl
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:32:58AM +0100, Frank Haverkamp wrote:
> +if GENWQE
> +
> +config GENWQE_DEVNAME
> +string "Name for sysfs and device nodes"
> + default "genwqe"
> +help
> + Select alternate name for sysfs and device nodes.
Don't let the user pick this, it's
The GenWQE device is a PCIe card used to acclerate different tasks.
Since it is configurable, it can be adjusted to different purposes.
Our initial task for the card is to do zlib style compression/decompression
RFC1950, RFC1951, and RFC1952.
I kindly ask for your feedback on the code, such that I
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