libnvdimm, nfit, nd_blk: driver for BLK-mode access persistent memory
The libnvdimm implementation handles allocating dimm address space (DPA) between PMEM and BLK mode interfaces. After DPA has been allocated from a BLK-region to a BLK-namespace the nd_blk driver attaches to handle I/O as a struct bio based block device. Unlike PMEM, BLK is required to handle platform specific details like mmio register formats and memory controller interleave. For this reason the libnvdimm generic nd_blk driver calls back into the bus provider to carry out the I/O. This initial implementation handles the BLK interface defined by the ACPI 6 NFIT [1] and the NVDIMM DSM Interface Example [2] composed from DCR (dimm control region), BDW (block data window), IDT (interleave descriptor) NFIT structures and the hardware register format. [1]: http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/ACPI_6.0.pdf [2]: http://pmem.io/documents/NVDIMM_DSM_Interface_Example.pdf Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> Cc: Boaz Harrosh <boaz@plexistor.com> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by:Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> Acked-by:
Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> Signed-off-by:
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
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- drivers/acpi/nfit.c 435 additions, 14 deletionsdrivers/acpi/nfit.c
- drivers/acpi/nfit.h 49 additions, 0 deletionsdrivers/acpi/nfit.h
- drivers/nvdimm/Kconfig 13 additions, 0 deletionsdrivers/nvdimm/Kconfig
- drivers/nvdimm/Makefile 3 additions, 0 deletionsdrivers/nvdimm/Makefile
- drivers/nvdimm/blk.c 245 additions, 0 deletionsdrivers/nvdimm/blk.c
- drivers/nvdimm/dimm_devs.c 9 additions, 0 deletionsdrivers/nvdimm/dimm_devs.c
- drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c 64 additions, 1 deletiondrivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c
- drivers/nvdimm/nd-core.h 1 addition, 2 deletionsdrivers/nvdimm/nd-core.h
- drivers/nvdimm/nd.h 11 additions, 2 deletionsdrivers/nvdimm/nd.h
- drivers/nvdimm/region.c 6 additions, 2 deletionsdrivers/nvdimm/region.c
- drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c 80 additions, 11 deletionsdrivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
- include/linux/libnvdimm.h 25 additions, 2 deletionsinclude/linux/libnvdimm.h
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