From 0a65e125150c227314dcd561a202a84228398449 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aishwarya Pant Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 13:48:16 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] libata: update documentation for sysfs interfaces Dcoumentation has been added by parsing through git commit history and reading code. This might be useful for scripting and tracking changes in the ABI. I do not have complete descriptions for the following 3 attributes; they have been annotated with the comment [to be documented] - /sys/class/scsi_host/hostX/ahci_port_cmd /sys/class/scsi_host/hostX/ahci_host_caps /sys/class/scsi_host/hostX/ahci_host_cap2 Signed-off-by: Aishwarya Pant Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo --- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-device | 58 ++++++++++++++++ Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-scsi_host | 89 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 147 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-device diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-device b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-device new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..82ef6eab042d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-device @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +What: /sys/block/*/device/sw_activity +Date: Jun, 2008 +KernelVersion: v2.6.27 +Contact: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org +Description: + (RW) Used by drivers which support software controlled activity + LEDs. + + It has the following valid values: + + 0 OFF - the LED is not activated on activity + 1 BLINK_ON - the LED blinks on every 10ms when activity is + detected. + 2 BLINK_OFF - the LED is on when idle, and blinks off + every 10ms when activity is detected. + + Note that the user must turn sw_activity OFF it they wish to + control the activity LED via the em_message file. + + +What: /sys/block/*/device/unload_heads +Date: Sep, 2008 +KernelVersion: v2.6.28 +Contact: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org +Description: + (RW) Hard disk shock protection + + Writing an integer value to this file will take the heads of the + respective drive off the platter and block all I/O operations + for the specified number of milliseconds. + + - If the device does not support the unload heads feature, + access is denied with -EOPNOTSUPP. + - The maximal value accepted for a timeout is 30000 + milliseconds. + - A previously set timeout can be cancelled and disk can resume + normal operation immediately by specifying a timeout of 0. + - Some hard drives only comply with an earlier version of the + ATA standard, but support the unload feature nonetheless. + There is no safe way Linux can detect these devices, so this + is not enabled by default. If it is known that your device + does support the unload feature, then you can tell the kernel + to enable it by writing -1. It can be disabled again by + writing -2. + - Values below -2 are rejected with -EINVAL + + For more information, see + Documentation/laptops/disk-shock-protection.txt + + +What: /sys/block/*/device/ncq_prio_enable +Date: Oct, 2016 +KernelVersion: v4.10 +Contact: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org +Description: + (RW) Write to the file to turn on or off the SATA ncq (native + command queueing) support. By default this feature is turned + off. diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-scsi_host b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-scsi_host index 0eb255e7db12..bafc59fd7b69 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-scsi_host +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-scsi_host @@ -27,3 +27,92 @@ Description: This file contains the current status of the "SSD Smart Path" the direct i/o path to physical devices. This setting is controller wide, affecting all configured logical drives on the controller. This file is readable and writable. + +What: /sys/class/scsi_host/hostX/link_power_management_policy +Date: Oct, 2007 +KernelVersion: v2.6.24 +Contact: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org +Description: + (RW) This parameter allows the user to read and set the link + (interface) power management. + + There are four possible options: + + min_power: Tell the controller to try to make the link use the + least possible power when possible. This may sacrifice some + performance due to increased latency when coming out of lower + power states. + + max_performance: Generally, this means no power management. + Tell the controller to have performance be a priority over power + management. + + medium_power: Tell the controller to enter a lower power state + when possible, but do not enter the lowest power state, thus + improving latency over min_power setting. + + med_power_with_dipm: Identical to the existing medium_power + setting except that it enables dipm (device initiated power + management) on top, which makes it match the Windows IRST (Intel + Rapid Storage Technology) driver settings. This setting is also + close to min_power, except that: + a) It does not use host-initiated slumber mode, but it does + allow device-initiated slumber + b) It does not enable low power device sleep mode (DevSlp). + +What: /sys/class/scsi_host/hostX/em_message +What: /sys/class/scsi_host/hostX/em_message_type +Date: Jun, 2008 +KernelVersion: v2.6.27 +Contact: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org +Description: + em_message: (RW) Enclosure management support. For the LED + protocol, writes and reads correspond to the LED message format + as defined in the AHCI spec. + + The user must turn sw_activity (under /sys/block/*/device/) OFF + it they wish to control the activity LED via the em_message + file. + + em_message_type: (RO) Displays the current enclosure management + protocol that is being used by the driver (for eg. LED, SAF-TE, + SES-2, SGPIO etc). + +What: /sys/class/scsi_host/hostX/ahci_port_cmd +What: /sys/class/scsi_host/hostX/ahci_host_caps +What: /sys/class/scsi_host/hostX/ahci_host_cap2 +Date: Mar, 2010 +KernelVersion: v2.6.35 +Contact: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org +Description: + [to be documented] + +What: /sys/class/scsi_host/hostX/ahci_host_version +Date: Mar, 2010 +KernelVersion: v2.6.35 +Contact: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org +Description: + (RO) Display the version of the AHCI spec implemented by the + host. + +What: /sys/class/scsi_host/hostX/em_buffer +Date: Apr, 2010 +KernelVersion: v2.6.35 +Contact: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org +Description: + (RW) Allows access to AHCI EM (enclosure management) buffer + directly if the host supports EM. + + For eg. the AHCI driver supports SGPIO EM messages but the + SATA/AHCI specs do not define the SGPIO message format of the EM + buffer. Different hardware(HW) vendors may have different + definitions. With the em_buffer attribute, this issue can be + solved by allowing HW vendors to provide userland drivers and + tools for their SGPIO initiators. + +What: /sys/class/scsi_host/hostX/em_message_supported +Date: Oct, 2009 +KernelVersion: v2.6.39 +Contact: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org +Description: + (RO) Displays supported enclosure management message types. -- 2.11.0