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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile index a221039ee4c9..e69d68659455 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile | |||
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9 | DOCBOOKS := wanbook.xml z8530book.xml mcabook.xml videobook.xml \ | 9 | DOCBOOKS := wanbook.xml z8530book.xml mcabook.xml videobook.xml \ |
10 | kernel-hacking.xml kernel-locking.xml via-audio.xml \ | 10 | kernel-hacking.xml kernel-locking.xml via-audio.xml \ |
11 | deviceiobook.xml procfs-guide.xml tulip-user.xml \ | 11 | deviceiobook.xml procfs-guide.xml tulip-user.xml \ |
12 | writing_usb_driver.xml scsidrivers.xml sis900.xml \ | 12 | writing_usb_driver.xml sis900.xml kernel-api.xml \ |
13 | kernel-api.xml journal-api.xml lsm.xml usb.xml \ | 13 | journal-api.xml lsm.xml usb.xml gadget.xml libata.xml \ |
14 | gadget.xml libata.xml mtdnand.xml librs.xml | 14 | mtdnand.xml librs.xml |
15 | 15 | ||
16 | ### | 16 | ### |
17 | # The build process is as follows (targets): | 17 | # The build process is as follows (targets): |
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/scsidrivers.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/scsidrivers.tmpl deleted file mode 100644 index d058e65daf19..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/scsidrivers.tmpl +++ /dev/null | |||
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1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> | ||
2 | <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" | ||
3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" []> | ||
4 | |||
5 | <book id="scsidrivers"> | ||
6 | <bookinfo> | ||
7 | <title>SCSI Subsystem Interfaces</title> | ||
8 | |||
9 | <authorgroup> | ||
10 | <author> | ||
11 | <firstname>Douglas</firstname> | ||
12 | <surname>Gilbert</surname> | ||
13 | <affiliation> | ||
14 | <address> | ||
15 | <email>dgilbert@interlog.com</email> | ||
16 | </address> | ||
17 | </affiliation> | ||
18 | </author> | ||
19 | </authorgroup> | ||
20 | <pubdate>2003-08-11</pubdate> | ||
21 | |||
22 | <copyright> | ||
23 | <year>2002</year> | ||
24 | <year>2003</year> | ||
25 | <holder>Douglas Gilbert</holder> | ||
26 | </copyright> | ||
27 | |||
28 | <legalnotice> | ||
29 | <para> | ||
30 | This documentation is free software; you can redistribute | ||
31 | it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public | ||
32 | License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either | ||
33 | version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later | ||
34 | version. | ||
35 | </para> | ||
36 | |||
37 | <para> | ||
38 | This program is distributed in the hope that it will be | ||
39 | useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied | ||
40 | warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. | ||
41 | See the GNU General Public License for more details. | ||
42 | </para> | ||
43 | |||
44 | <para> | ||
45 | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public | ||
46 | License along with this program; if not, write to the Free | ||
47 | Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, | ||
48 | MA 02111-1307 USA | ||
49 | </para> | ||
50 | |||
51 | <para> | ||
52 | For more details see the file COPYING in the source | ||
53 | distribution of Linux. | ||
54 | </para> | ||
55 | </legalnotice> | ||
56 | |||
57 | </bookinfo> | ||
58 | |||
59 | <toc></toc> | ||
60 | |||
61 | <chapter id="intro"> | ||
62 | <title>Introduction</title> | ||
63 | <para> | ||
64 | This document outlines the interface between the Linux scsi mid level | ||
65 | and lower level drivers. Lower level drivers are variously called HBA | ||
66 | (host bus adapter) drivers, host drivers (HD) or pseudo adapter drivers. | ||
67 | The latter alludes to the fact that a lower level driver may be a | ||
68 | bridge to another IO subsystem (and the "ide-scsi" driver is an example | ||
69 | of this). There can be many lower level drivers active in a running | ||
70 | system, but only one per hardware type. For example, the aic7xxx driver | ||
71 | controls adaptec controllers based on the 7xxx chip series. Most lower | ||
72 | level drivers can control one or more scsi hosts (a.k.a. scsi initiators). | ||
73 | </para> | ||
74 | <para> | ||
75 | This document can been found in an ASCII text file in the linux kernel | ||
76 | source: <filename>Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt</filename> . | ||
77 | It currently hold a little more information than this document. The | ||
78 | <filename>drivers/scsi/hosts.h</filename> and <filename> | ||
79 | drivers/scsi/scsi.h</filename> headers contain descriptions of members | ||
80 | of important structures for the scsi subsystem. | ||
81 | </para> | ||
82 | </chapter> | ||
83 | |||
84 | <chapter id="driver-struct"> | ||
85 | <title>Driver structure</title> | ||
86 | <para> | ||
87 | Traditionally a lower level driver for the scsi subsystem has been | ||
88 | at least two files in the drivers/scsi directory. For example, a | ||
89 | driver called "xyz" has a header file "xyz.h" and a source file | ||
90 | "xyz.c". [Actually there is no good reason why this couldn't all | ||
91 | be in one file.] Some drivers that have been ported to several operating | ||
92 | systems (e.g. aic7xxx which has separate files for generic and | ||
93 | OS-specific code) have more than two files. Such drivers tend to have | ||
94 | their own directory under the drivers/scsi directory. | ||
95 | </para> | ||
96 | <para> | ||
97 | scsi_module.c is normally included at the end of a lower | ||
98 | level driver. For it to work a declaration like this is needed before | ||
99 | it is included: | ||
100 | <programlisting> | ||
101 | static Scsi_Host_Template driver_template = DRIVER_TEMPLATE; | ||
102 | /* DRIVER_TEMPLATE should contain pointers to supported interface | ||
103 | functions. Scsi_Host_Template is defined hosts.h */ | ||
104 | #include "scsi_module.c" | ||
105 | </programlisting> | ||
106 | </para> | ||
107 | <para> | ||
108 | The scsi_module.c assumes the name "driver_template" is appropriately | ||
109 | defined. It contains 2 functions: | ||
110 | <orderedlist> | ||
111 | <listitem><para> | ||
112 | init_this_scsi_driver() called during builtin and module driver | ||
113 | initialization: invokes mid level's scsi_register_host() | ||
114 | </para></listitem> | ||
115 | <listitem><para> | ||
116 | exit_this_scsi_driver() called during closedown: invokes | ||
117 | mid level's scsi_unregister_host() | ||
118 | </para></listitem> | ||
119 | </orderedlist> | ||
120 | </para> | ||
121 | <para> | ||
122 | When a new, lower level driver is being added to Linux, the following | ||
123 | files (all found in the drivers/scsi directory) will need some attention: | ||
124 | Makefile, Config.help and Config.in . It is probably best to look at what | ||
125 | an existing lower level driver does in this regard. | ||
126 | </para> | ||
127 | </chapter> | ||
128 | |||
129 | <chapter id="intfunctions"> | ||
130 | <title>Interface Functions</title> | ||
131 | !EDocumentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt | ||
132 | </chapter> | ||
133 | |||
134 | <chapter id="locks"> | ||
135 | <title>Locks</title> | ||
136 | <para> | ||
137 | Each Scsi_Host instance has a spin_lock called Scsi_Host::default_lock | ||
138 | which is initialized in scsi_register() [found in hosts.c]. Within the | ||
139 | same function the Scsi_Host::host_lock pointer is initialized to point | ||
140 | at default_lock with the scsi_assign_lock() function. Thereafter | ||
141 | lock and unlock operations performed by the mid level use the | ||
142 | Scsi_Host::host_lock pointer. | ||
143 | </para> | ||
144 | <para> | ||
145 | Lower level drivers can override the use of Scsi_Host::default_lock by | ||
146 | using scsi_assign_lock(). The earliest opportunity to do this would | ||
147 | be in the detect() function after it has invoked scsi_register(). It | ||
148 | could be replaced by a coarser grain lock (e.g. per driver) or a | ||
149 | lock of equal granularity (i.e. per host). Using finer grain locks | ||
150 | (e.g. per scsi device) may be possible by juggling locks in | ||
151 | queuecommand(). | ||
152 | </para> | ||
153 | </chapter> | ||
154 | |||
155 | <chapter id="changes"> | ||
156 | <title>Changes since lk 2.4 series</title> | ||
157 | <para> | ||
158 | io_request_lock has been replaced by several finer grained locks. The lock | ||
159 | relevant to lower level drivers is Scsi_Host::host_lock and there is one | ||
160 | per scsi host. | ||
161 | </para> | ||
162 | <para> | ||
163 | The older error handling mechanism has been removed. This means the | ||
164 | lower level interface functions abort() and reset() have been removed. | ||
165 | </para> | ||
166 | <para> | ||
167 | In the 2.4 series the scsi subsystem configuration descriptions were | ||
168 | aggregated with the configuration descriptions from all other Linux | ||
169 | subsystems in the Documentation/Configure.help file. In the 2.5 series, | ||
170 | the scsi subsystem now has its own (much smaller) drivers/scsi/Config.help | ||
171 | file. | ||
172 | </para> | ||
173 | </chapter> | ||
174 | |||
175 | <chapter id="credits"> | ||
176 | <title>Credits</title> | ||
177 | <para> | ||
178 | The following people have contributed to this document: | ||
179 | <orderedlist> | ||
180 | <listitem><para> | ||
181 | Mike Anderson <email>andmike@us.ibm.com</email> | ||
182 | </para></listitem> | ||
183 | <listitem><para> | ||
184 | James Bottomley <email>James.Bottomley@steeleye.com</email> | ||
185 | </para></listitem> | ||
186 | <listitem><para> | ||
187 | Patrick Mansfield <email>patmans@us.ibm.com</email> | ||
188 | </para></listitem> | ||
189 | </orderedlist> | ||
190 | </para> | ||
191 | </chapter> | ||
192 | |||
193 | </book> | ||