From 13049537007dee73a76f0a30fcbc24d02c6fa9e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joseph Handzik Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 11:40:15 +0200 Subject: cciss: Adds simple mode functionality Signed-off-by: Joseph Handzik Acked-by: Stephen M. Cameron Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt index c00c6a5ab21f..71464e09ec18 100644 --- a/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt +++ b/Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt @@ -78,6 +78,16 @@ The device naming scheme is: /dev/cciss/c1d1p2 Controller 1, disk 1, partition 2 /dev/cciss/c1d1p3 Controller 1, disk 1, partition 3 +CCISS simple mode support +------------------------- + +The "cciss_simple_mode=1" boot parameter may be used to prevent the driver +from putting the controller into "performant" mode. The difference is that +with simple mode, each command completion requires an interrupt, while with +"performant mode" (the default, and ordinarily better performing) it is +possible to have multiple command completions indicated by a single +interrupt. + SCSI tape drive and medium changer support ------------------------------------------ -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522 From f963d270cb7bbb8eeb57901d02b22a493e664fd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Handzik Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 11:40:17 +0200 Subject: cciss: add transport mode attribute to sys Signed-off-by: Joseph Handzik Acked-by: Stephen M. Cameron Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss | 7 +++++++ drivers/block/cciss.c | 13 +++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss index f5bb0a3bb8c0..53d99edd1d75 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss @@ -71,3 +71,10 @@ Description: Value of 1 indicates the controller can honor the reset_devices a dump device, as kdump requires resetting the device in order to work reliably. +Where: /sys/bus/pci/devices//ccissX/transport_mode +Date: July 2011 +Kernel Version: 3.0 +Contact: iss_storagedev@hp.com +Description: Value of "simple" indicates that the controller has been placed + in "simple mode". Value of "performant" indicates that the + controller has been placed in "performant mode". diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c index 61f0b5b6a415..6da7edea700a 100644 --- a/drivers/block/cciss.c +++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c @@ -641,6 +641,18 @@ static ssize_t host_store_rescan(struct device *dev, } static DEVICE_ATTR(rescan, S_IWUSR, NULL, host_store_rescan); +static ssize_t host_show_transport_mode(struct device *dev, + struct device_attribute *attr, + char *buf) +{ + struct ctlr_info *h = to_hba(dev); + + return snprintf(buf, 20, "%s\n", + h->transMethod & CFGTBL_Trans_Performant ? + "performant" : "simple"); +} +static DEVICE_ATTR(transport_mode, S_IRUGO, host_show_transport_mode, NULL); + static ssize_t dev_show_unique_id(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf) @@ -813,6 +825,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(usage_count, S_IRUGO, cciss_show_usage_count, NULL); static struct attribute *cciss_host_attrs[] = { &dev_attr_rescan.attr, &dev_attr_resettable.attr, + &dev_attr_transport_mode.attr, NULL }; -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522