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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2022-03-25 20:14:39 +0100 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2022-03-25 20:14:39 +0100 |
commit | 1464677662943738741500a6f16b85d36bbde2be (patch) | |
tree | 316d8a47d4cc6d2f579cbed80e2f977a0aed64ed /Documentation/x86 | |
parent | Merge tag 'kbuild-gnu11-v5.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/g... (diff) | |
parent | platform/x86: think-lmi: Certificate authentication support (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'platform-drivers-x86-v5.18-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pdx86/platform-drivers-x86
Pull x86 platform driver updates from Hans de Goede:
"New drivers:
- AMD Host System Management Port (HSMP)
- Intel Software Defined Silicon
Removed drivers (functionality folded into other drivers):
- intel_cht_int33fe_microb
- surface3_button
amd-pmc:
- s2idle bug-fixes
- Support for AMD Spill to DRAM STB feature
hp-wmi:
- Fix SW_TABLET_MODE detection method (and other fixes)
- Support omen thermal profile policy v1
serial-multi-instantiate:
- Add SPI device support
- Add support for CS35L41 amplifiers used in new laptops
think-lmi:
- syfs-class-firmware-attributes Certificate authentication support
thinkpad_acpi:
- Fixes + quirks
- Add platform_profile support on AMD based ThinkPads
x86-android-tablets:
- Improve Asus ME176C / TF103C support
- Support Nextbook Ares 8, Lenovo Tab 2 830 and 1050 tablets
Lots of various other small fixes and hardware-id additions"
* tag 'platform-drivers-x86-v5.18-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pdx86/platform-drivers-x86: (60 commits)
platform/x86: think-lmi: Certificate authentication support
Documentation: syfs-class-firmware-attributes: Lenovo Certificate support
platform/x86: amd-pmc: Only report STB errors when STB enabled
platform/x86: amd-pmc: Drop CPU QoS workaround
platform/x86: amd-pmc: Output error codes in messages
platform/x86: amd-pmc: Move to later in the suspend process
ACPI / x86: Add support for LPS0 callback handler
platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: consistently check fan_get_status return.
platform/x86: hp-wmi: support omen thermal profile policy v1
platform/x86: hp-wmi: Changing bios_args.data to be dynamically allocated
platform/x86: hp-wmi: Fix 0x05 error code reported by several WMI calls
platform/x86: hp-wmi: Fix SW_TABLET_MODE detection method
platform/x86: hp-wmi: Fix hp_wmi_read_int() reporting error (0x05)
platform/x86: amd-pmc: Validate entry into the deepest state on resume
platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Don't use test_bit on an integer
platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Fix compiler warning about uninitialized err variable
platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: clean up dytc profile convert
platform/x86: x86-android-tablets: Depend on EFI and SPI
platform/x86: amd-pmc: uninitialized variable in amd_pmc_s2d_init()
platform/x86: intel-uncore-freq: fix uncore_freq_common_init() error codes
...
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diff --git a/Documentation/x86/amd_hsmp.rst b/Documentation/x86/amd_hsmp.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..440e4b645a1c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/x86/amd_hsmp.rst @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +============================================ +AMD HSMP interface +============================================ + +Newer Fam19h EPYC server line of processors from AMD support system +management functionality via HSMP (Host System Management Port). + +The Host System Management Port (HSMP) is an interface to provide +OS-level software with access to system management functions via a +set of mailbox registers. + +More details on the interface can be found in chapter +"7 Host System Management Port (HSMP)" of the family/model PPR +Eg: https://www.amd.com/system/files/TechDocs/55898_B1_pub_0.50.zip + +HSMP interface is supported on EPYC server CPU models only. + + +HSMP device +============================================ + +amd_hsmp driver under the drivers/platforms/x86/ creates miscdevice +/dev/hsmp to let user space programs run hsmp mailbox commands. + +$ ls -al /dev/hsmp +crw-r--r-- 1 root root 10, 123 Jan 21 21:41 /dev/hsmp + +Characteristics of the dev node: + * Write mode is used for running set/configure commands + * Read mode is used for running get/status monitor commands + +Access restrictions: + * Only root user is allowed to open the file in write mode. + * The file can be opened in read mode by all the users. + +In-kernel integration: + * Other subsystems in the kernel can use the exported transport + function hsmp_send_message(). + * Locking across callers is taken care by the driver. + + +An example +========== + +To access hsmp device from a C program. +First, you need to include the headers:: + + #include <linux/amd_hsmp.h> + +Which defines the supported messages/message IDs. + +Next thing, open the device file, as follows:: + + int file; + + file = open("/dev/hsmp", O_RDWR); + if (file < 0) { + /* ERROR HANDLING; you can check errno to see what went wrong */ + exit(1); + } + +The following IOCTL is defined: + +``ioctl(file, HSMP_IOCTL_CMD, struct hsmp_message *msg)`` + The argument is a pointer to a:: + + struct hsmp_message { + __u32 msg_id; /* Message ID */ + __u16 num_args; /* Number of input argument words in message */ + __u16 response_sz; /* Number of expected output/response words */ + __u32 args[HSMP_MAX_MSG_LEN]; /* argument/response buffer */ + __u16 sock_ind; /* socket number */ + }; + +The ioctl would return a non-zero on failure; you can read errno to see +what happened. The transaction returns 0 on success. + +More details on the interface and message definitions can be found in chapter +"7 Host System Management Port (HSMP)" of the respective family/model PPR +eg: https://www.amd.com/system/files/TechDocs/55898_B1_pub_0.50.zip + +User space C-APIs are made available by linking against the esmi library, +which is provided by the E-SMS project https://developer.amd.com/e-sms/. +See: https://github.com/amd/esmi_ib_library diff --git a/Documentation/x86/index.rst b/Documentation/x86/index.rst index 982c8af853b9..91b2fa456618 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/x86/index.rst @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ x86-specific Documentation intel-iommu intel_txt amd-memory-encryption + amd_hsmp pti mds microcode |