From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from g4t3425.houston.hp.com (g4t3425.houston.hp.com [15.201.208.53]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ml01.01.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 750701A1EBD for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2016 13:40:00 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 14:39:28 -0600 From: Jerry Hoemann Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 00/10] nvdimm: Add an IOCTL pass thru for DSM calls Message-ID: <20160329203928.GA37367@tevye.fc.hp.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Jerry.Hoemann@hpe.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: linux-nvdimm-bounces@lists.01.org Sender: "Linux-nvdimm" To: dan.j.williams@intel.com Cc: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org List-ID: On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 01:37:00PM -0600, Jerry Hoemann wrote: > > The NVDIMM code in the kernel supports an IOCTL interface to user > space based upon the Intel Example DSM: > [...] > Changes in version 8: > --------------------- > 1. augmented family_to_uuid() to return uuid. This to address bug > in prior version where acpi_nfit_ctl wasn't updating uuid > with value associated with command family. > > 2. patch 0006 changes name of nvdimm_bus_descriptor.dsm_mask to .cmd_mask > > 3. patch 0008 adds field cmd_ioctl if kernel supports full ioctl > as with Intel example dsm. > > 4. patch 0009 make determination if kernel supports the full > cmd_ioctl for that dsm. Updates the commands_show function > to invert the sense of display of commands. All dsm support > pass-thru, only the Intel Example DSM supports the full > ioctl interface. > > 5. patch 0010 adds explicit ioctl interface to return command mask. > This was done in part to avoid "unknown" command in sysfs. > > > Dan, Have you had a chance to look at this version? Thanks, Jerry -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Hoemann Software Engineer Hewlett Packard Enterprise ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Linux-nvdimm mailing list Linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-nvdimm