From: Akshay Gupta <Akshay.Gupta@amd.com>
To: <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: <corbet@lwn.net>, <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
<linux@roeck-us.net>, <arnd@arndb.de>,
<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>, <NaveenKrishna.Chatradhi@amd.com>,
<Anand.Umarji@amd.com>, <Akshay.Gupta@amd.com>,
<Prathima.Lk@amd.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 8/8] docs: misc: amd-sbi: Document SBTSI userspace interface
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:46:42 +0530 [thread overview]
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From: Prathima <Prathima.Lk@amd.com>
- Document AMD sideband IOCTL description defined
for SBTSI and its usage.
User space C-APIs are made available by esmi_oob_library [1],
which is provided by the E-SMS project [2].
Link: https://github.com/amd/esmi_oob_library [1]
Link: https://www.amd.com/en/developer/e-sms.html [2]
Include a user-space open example for /dev/sbtsi-* and list auxiliary
bus sysfs paths.
Reviewed-by: Akshay Gupta <Akshay.Gupta@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Prathima <Prathima.Lk@amd.com>
---
Changes since v3:
- Address maintainer's comment by changing "xfer" to "transfer"
- Revise the document to clarify the client address for I2C and the assigned address for I3C
Changes since v2:
- Update misc node names info as per socket
Changes since v1:
- Elaborate the document
Documentation/misc-devices/amd-sbi.rst | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 74 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/misc-devices/amd-sbi.rst b/Documentation/misc-devices/amd-sbi.rst
index f91ddadefe48..648d743903b7 100644
--- a/Documentation/misc-devices/amd-sbi.rst
+++ b/Documentation/misc-devices/amd-sbi.rst
@@ -48,6 +48,66 @@ Access restrictions:
* APML Mailbox messages and Register xfer access are read-write,
* CPUID and MCA_MSR access is read-only.
+SBTSI device
+============
+
+sbtsi driver under the drivers/misc/amd-sbi creates miscdevice
+/dev/sbtsi-* to let user space programs run APML TSI register transfer
+commands.
+
+The driver supports both I2C and I3C transports for SB-TSI targets.
+The transport is selected by the bus where the device is enumerated.
+
+Misc device:
+ * In 1P socket 0: /dev/sbtsi-4c
+ * In 2P socket 0: /dev/sbtsi-4c, socket 1: /dev/sbtsi-48
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ $ ls -al /dev/sbtsi-4c
+ crw------- 1 root root 10, 116 Apr 2 05:22 /dev/sbtsi-4c
+
+
+Access restrictions:
+ * Only root user is allowed to open the file.
+ * APML TSI Register transfer access is read-write.
+
+SBTSI hwmon interface
+=====================
+
+The sbtsi_temp auxiliary driver binds to the auxiliary device published
+by the core sbtsi driver on the auxiliary bus. The auxiliary device is
+named amd-sbtsi.temp-sensor.<id>, where <id> is the device's transfer
+address: the client address for I2C, or the assigned-address for I3C.
+
+Note that the auxiliary bus formats <id> in decimal, whereas the
+/dev/sbtsi-* misc node formats its address in hex. The two therefore
+differ for the same device: an I2C/I3C sensor at address 0x4c appears as the
+misc node /dev/sbtsi-4c and the auxiliary device
+amd-sbtsi.temp-sensor.76.
+
+It registers a hwmon device, providing a standard Linux hwmon interface
+for reading CPU temperature and managing temperature limits.
+
+The hwmon device appears under ``/sys/class/hwmon/`` when both ``sbtsi.ko``
+and ``sbtsi_temp.ko`` are loaded.
+
+Verify auxiliary bus device::
+
+ ls /sys/bus/auxiliary/devices/
+ # e.g. amd-sbtsi.temp-sensor.76 for an I2C/I3C sensor at address 0x4c
+
+Example usage::
+
+ # Read current temperature
+ cat /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon<N>/temp1_input
+
+ # Set high temperature limit to 70 °C
+ echo 70000 > /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon<N>/temp1_max
+
+ # Verify
+ cat /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon<N>/temp1_max
+
Driver IOCTLs
=============
@@ -63,6 +123,9 @@ Driver IOCTLs
.. c:macro:: SBRMI_IOCTL_REG_XFER_CMD
.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/misc/amd-apml.h
:doc: SBRMI_IOCTL_REG_XFER_CMD
+.. c:macro:: SBTSI_IOCTL_REG_XFER_CMD
+.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/misc/amd-apml.h
+ :doc: SBTSI_IOCTL_REG_XFER_CMD
User-space usage
================
@@ -85,6 +148,16 @@ Next thing, open the device file, as follows::
exit(1);
}
+To open SB-TSI device::
+
+ int file;
+
+ file = open("/dev/sbtsi-4c", O_RDWR);
+ if (file < 0) {
+ /* ERROR HANDLING */
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
The following IOCTLs are defined:
``#define SB_BASE_IOCTL_NR 0xF9``
@@ -92,6 +165,7 @@ The following IOCTLs are defined:
``#define SBRMI_IOCTL_CPUID_CMD _IOWR(SB_BASE_IOCTL_NR, 1, struct apml_cpuid_msg)``
``#define SBRMI_IOCTL_MCAMSR_CMD _IOWR(SB_BASE_IOCTL_NR, 2, struct apml_mcamsr_msg)``
``#define SBRMI_IOCTL_REG_XFER_CMD _IOWR(SB_BASE_IOCTL_NR, 3, struct apml_reg_xfer_msg)``
+``#define SBTSI_IOCTL_REG_XFER_CMD _IOWR(SB_BASE_IOCTL_NR, 4, struct apml_tsi_xfer_msg)``
User space C-APIs are made available by esmi_oob_library, hosted at
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-10 11:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-10 11:16 [PATCH v4 0/8] misc: amd-sbi: Refactor SBTSI driver with I3C support and ioctl interface Akshay Gupta
2026-07-10 11:16 ` [PATCH v4 1/8] hwmon/misc: amd-sbi: Move core sbtsi support from hwmon to misc Akshay Gupta
2026-07-10 11:26 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-10 14:26 ` Guenter Roeck
2026-07-10 11:16 ` [PATCH v4 2/8] hwmon: sbtsi_temp: Refactor temperature register access into helpers Akshay Gupta
2026-07-10 11:30 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-10 14:27 ` Guenter Roeck
2026-07-10 11:16 ` [PATCH v4 3/8] hwmon/misc: amd-sbi: Move sbtsi register transfer to core abstraction Akshay Gupta
2026-07-10 11:25 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-10 14:28 ` Guenter Roeck
2026-07-10 11:16 ` [PATCH v4 4/8] misc: amd-sbi: Consolidate Common SBTSI Probe Path Akshay Gupta
2026-07-10 11:25 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-10 11:16 ` [PATCH v4 5/8] misc: amd-sbi: Add support for SB-TSI over I3C Akshay Gupta
2026-07-10 11:34 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-10 11:16 ` [PATCH v4 6/8] misc: amd-sbi: Add SBTSI ioctl register transfer interface Akshay Gupta
2026-07-10 11:28 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-10 11:16 ` [PATCH v4 7/8] hwmon: Add mutex protecting for sbtsi read/write through hwmon Akshay Gupta
2026-07-10 11:37 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-10 14:28 ` Guenter Roeck
2026-07-10 11:16 ` Akshay Gupta [this message]
2026-07-10 11:35 ` [PATCH v4 8/8] docs: misc: amd-sbi: Document SBTSI userspace interface sashiko-bot
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