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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst index d6bf4a37cefe..25f85d3021aa 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ available subsections can be seen below. miscellaneous mei/index mtd/index + mmc/index nvdimm/index w1 rapidio/index diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/mmc/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/mmc/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9aaf64951a8c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/mmc/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +======================== +MMC/SD/SDIO card support +======================== + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + mmc-dev-attrs + mmc-dev-parts + mmc-async-req + mmc-tools diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/mmc/mmc-async-req.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/mmc/mmc-async-req.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..0f7197c9c3b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/mmc/mmc-async-req.rst @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +======================== +MMC Asynchronous Request +======================== + +Rationale +========= + +How significant is the cache maintenance overhead? + +It depends. Fast eMMC and multiple cache levels with speculative cache +pre-fetch makes the cache overhead relatively significant. If the DMA +preparations for the next request are done in parallel with the current +transfer, the DMA preparation overhead would not affect the MMC performance. + +The intention of non-blocking (asynchronous) MMC requests is to minimize the +time between when an MMC request ends and another MMC request begins. + +Using mmc_wait_for_req(), the MMC controller is idle while dma_map_sg and +dma_unmap_sg are processing. Using non-blocking MMC requests makes it +possible to prepare the caches for next job in parallel with an active +MMC request. + +MMC block driver +================ + +The mmc_blk_issue_rw_rq() in the MMC block driver is made non-blocking. + +The increase in throughput is proportional to the time it takes to +prepare (major part of preparations are dma_map_sg() and dma_unmap_sg()) +a request and how fast the memory is. The faster the MMC/SD is the +more significant the prepare request time becomes. Roughly the expected +performance gain is 5% for large writes and 10% on large reads on a L2 cache +platform. In power save mode, when clocks run on a lower frequency, the DMA +preparation may cost even more. As long as these slower preparations are run +in parallel with the transfer performance won't be affected. + +Details on measurements from IOZone and mmc_test +================================================ + +https://wiki.linaro.org/WorkingGroups/Kernel/Specs/StoragePerfMMC-async-req + +MMC core API extension +====================== + +There is one new public function mmc_start_req(). + +It starts a new MMC command request for a host. The function isn't +truly non-blocking. If there is an ongoing async request it waits +for completion of that request and starts the new one and returns. It +doesn't wait for the new request to complete. If there is no ongoing +request it starts the new request and returns immediately. + +MMC host extensions +=================== + +There are two optional members in the mmc_host_ops -- pre_req() and +post_req() -- that the host driver may implement in order to move work +to before and after the actual mmc_host_ops.request() function is called. + +In the DMA case pre_req() may do dma_map_sg() and prepare the DMA +descriptor, and post_req() runs the dma_unmap_sg(). + +Optimize for the first request +============================== + +The first request in a series of requests can't be prepared in parallel +with the previous transfer, since there is no previous request. + +The argument is_first_req in pre_req() indicates that there is no previous +request. The host driver may optimize for this scenario to minimize +the performance loss. A way to optimize for this is to split the current +request in two chunks, prepare the first chunk and start the request, +and finally prepare the second chunk and start the transfer. + +Pseudocode to handle is_first_req scenario with minimal prepare overhead:: + + if (is_first_req && req->size > threshold) + /* start MMC transfer for the complete transfer size */ + mmc_start_command(MMC_CMD_TRANSFER_FULL_SIZE); + + /* + * Begin to prepare DMA while cmd is being processed by MMC. + * The first chunk of the request should take the same time + * to prepare as the "MMC process command time". + * If prepare time exceeds MMC cmd time + * the transfer is delayed, guesstimate max 4k as first chunk size. + */ + prepare_1st_chunk_for_dma(req); + /* flush pending desc to the DMAC (dmaengine.h) */ + dma_issue_pending(req->dma_desc); + + prepare_2nd_chunk_for_dma(req); + /* + * The second issue_pending should be called before MMC runs out + * of the first chunk. If the MMC runs out of the first data chunk + * before this call, the transfer is delayed. + */ + dma_issue_pending(req->dma_desc); diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/mmc/mmc-dev-attrs.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/mmc/mmc-dev-attrs.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4f44b1b730d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/mmc/mmc-dev-attrs.rst @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +================================== +SD and MMC Block Device Attributes +================================== + +These attributes are defined for the block devices associated with the +SD or MMC device. + +The following attributes are read/write. + + ======== =============================================== + force_ro Enforce read-only access even if write protect switch is off. + ======== =============================================== + +SD and MMC Device Attributes +============================ + +All attributes are read-only. + + ====================== =============================================== + cid Card Identification Register + csd Card Specific Data Register + scr SD Card Configuration Register (SD only) + date Manufacturing Date (from CID Register) + fwrev Firmware/Product Revision (from CID Register) + (SD and MMCv1 only) + hwrev Hardware/Product Revision (from CID Register) + (SD and MMCv1 only) + manfid Manufacturer ID (from CID Register) + name Product Name (from CID Register) + oemid OEM/Application ID (from CID Register) + prv Product Revision (from CID Register) + (SD and MMCv4 only) + serial Product Serial Number (from CID Register) + erase_size Erase group size + preferred_erase_size Preferred erase size + raw_rpmb_size_mult RPMB partition size + rel_sectors Reliable write sector count + ocr Operation Conditions Register + dsr Driver Stage Register + cmdq_en Command Queue enabled: + + 1 => enabled, 0 => not enabled + ====================== =============================================== + +Note on Erase Size and Preferred Erase Size: + + "erase_size" is the minimum size, in bytes, of an erase + operation. For MMC, "erase_size" is the erase group size + reported by the card. Note that "erase_size" does not apply + to trim or secure trim operations where the minimum size is + always one 512 byte sector. For SD, "erase_size" is 512 + if the card is block-addressed, 0 otherwise. + + SD/MMC cards can erase an arbitrarily large area up to and + including the whole card. When erasing a large area it may + be desirable to do it in smaller chunks for three reasons: + + 1. A single erase command will make all other I/O on + the card wait. This is not a problem if the whole card + is being erased, but erasing one partition will make + I/O for another partition on the same card wait for the + duration of the erase - which could be a several + minutes. + 2. To be able to inform the user of erase progress. + 3. The erase timeout becomes too large to be very + useful. Because the erase timeout contains a margin + which is multiplied by the size of the erase area, + the value can end up being several minutes for large + areas. + + "erase_size" is not the most efficient unit to erase + (especially for SD where it is just one sector), + hence "preferred_erase_size" provides a good chunk + size for erasing large areas. + + For MMC, "preferred_erase_size" is the high-capacity + erase size if a card specifies one, otherwise it is + based on the capacity of the card. + + For SD, "preferred_erase_size" is the allocation unit + size specified by the card. + + "preferred_erase_size" is in bytes. + +Note on raw_rpmb_size_mult: + + "raw_rpmb_size_mult" is a multiple of 128kB block. + + RPMB size in byte is calculated by using the following equation: + + RPMB partition size = 128kB x raw_rpmb_size_mult diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/mmc/mmc-dev-parts.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/mmc/mmc-dev-parts.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..995922f1f744 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/mmc/mmc-dev-parts.rst @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +============================ +SD and MMC Device Partitions +============================ + +Device partitions are additional logical block devices present on the +SD/MMC device. + +As of this writing, MMC boot partitions as supported and exposed as +/dev/mmcblkXboot0 and /dev/mmcblkXboot1, where X is the index of the +parent /dev/mmcblkX. + +MMC Boot Partitions +=================== + +Read and write access is provided to the two MMC boot partitions. Due to +the sensitive nature of the boot partition contents, which often store +a bootloader or bootloader configuration tables crucial to booting the +platform, write access is disabled by default to reduce the chance of +accidental bricking. + +To enable write access to /dev/mmcblkXbootY, disable the forced read-only +access with:: + + echo 0 > /sys/block/mmcblkXbootY/force_ro + +To re-enable read-only access:: + + echo 1 > /sys/block/mmcblkXbootY/force_ro + +The boot partitions can also be locked read only until the next power on, +with:: + + echo 1 > /sys/block/mmcblkXbootY/ro_lock_until_next_power_on + +This is a feature of the card and not of the kernel. If the card does +not support boot partition locking, the file will not exist. If the +feature has been disabled on the card, the file will be read-only. + +The boot partitions can also be locked permanently, but this feature is +not accessible through sysfs in order to avoid accidental or malicious +bricking. diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/mmc/mmc-tools.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/mmc/mmc-tools.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..54406093768b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/mmc/mmc-tools.rst @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +====================== +MMC tools introduction +====================== + +There is one MMC test tools called mmc-utils, which is maintained by Chris Ball, +you can find it at the below public git repository: + + http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/cjb/mmc-utils.git/ + +Functions +========= + +The mmc-utils tools can do the following: + + - Print and parse extcsd data. + - Determine the eMMC writeprotect status. + - Set the eMMC writeprotect status. + - Set the eMMC data sector size to 4KB by disabling emulation. + - Create general purpose partition. + - Enable the enhanced user area. + - Enable write reliability per partition. + - Print the response to STATUS_SEND (CMD13). + - Enable the boot partition. + - Set Boot Bus Conditions. + - Enable the eMMC BKOPS feature. + - Permanently enable the eMMC H/W Reset feature. + - Permanently disable the eMMC H/W Reset feature. + - Send Sanitize command. + - Program authentication key for the device. + - Counter value for the rpmb device will be read to stdout. + - Read from rpmb device to output. + - Write to rpmb device from data file. + - Enable the eMMC cache feature. + - Disable the eMMC cache feature. + - Print and parse CID data. + - Print and parse CSD data. + - Print and parse SCR data. |