linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 1/1] MicroSemi Switchtec management interface driver

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Date:   Mon, 19 Dec 2016 12:02:02 -0500
From:   Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>
To:     Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
Cc:     Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@...il.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org,
        Stephen Bates <stephen.bates@...rosemi.com>,
        Kurt Schwemmer <kurt.schwemmer@...rosemi.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/1] MicroSemi Switchtec management interface driver

On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 10:09:22AM -0700, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> Microsemi's "Switchtec" line of PCI switch devices is already
> supported by the kernel with standard PCI switch drivers. However, the
> Switchtec device advertises a special management endpoint which
> enables some additional functionality. This includes:
> 
>  * Packet and Byte Counters
>  * Firmware Upgrades
>  * Event and Error logs
>  * Querying port link status
>  * Custom user firmware commands
> 
> This patch introduces the switchtec kernel module which provides
> pci driver that exposes a char device. The char device provides
> userspace access to this interface through read, write and (optionally)
> poll calls. Currently no ioctls have been implemented but a couple
> may be added in a later revision.
> 
> A short text file is provided which documents the switchtec driver
> and outlines the semantics of using the char device.

Some of this would be simplified if you use the managed device API's:
devm_request_irq, pcim_enable_device, pcim_iomap, etc...