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2008-07-25hvc_console: rework setup to replace irq functions with callbacksChristian Borntraeger
This patch tries to change hvc_console to not use request_irq/free_irq if the backend does not use irqs. This allows virtio_console to use hvc_console without having a linker reference to request_irq/free_irq. In addition, together with patch 2/3 it improves the performance for virtio console input. (an earlier version of this patch was tested by Yajin on lguest) The irq specific code is moved to hvc_irq.c and selected by the drivers that use irqs (System p, System i, XEN). I replaced "int irq" with the opaque "int data". The request_irq and free_irq calls are replaced with notifier_add and notifier_del. I have also changed the code a bit to call the notifier_add and notifier_del inside the spinlock area as the callbacks are found via hp->ops. Changes since last version: o remove ifdef o reintroduce "irq_requested" as "notified" o cleanups, sparse.. I did not move the timer based polling into a separate polling scheme. I played with several variants, but it seems we need to sleep/schedule in a thread even for irq based consoles, as there are throttleing and buffer size constraints. I also kept hvc_struct defined in hvc_console.h so that hvc_irq.c can access the irq_requested element. Feedback is appreciated. virtio_console is currently the only available console for kvm on s390. I plan to push this change as soon as all affected parties agree on it. I would love to get test results from System p, Xen etc. Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2007-07-22[POWERPC] init and exit markings for hvc_iseriesStephen Rothwell
Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-05-07[POWERPC] Rename device_is_compatible to of_device_is_compatibleStephen Rothwell
for consistency with other Open Firmware interfaces (and Sparc). This is just a straight replacement. This leaves the compatibility define in place. Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-04-27[POWERPC] Rename get_property to of_get_property: partial driversStephen Rothwell
This does drivers/machintosh and the hvc code. Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-04-26Revert "[POWERPC] Rename get_property to of_get_property: drivers"Paul Mackerras
This reverts commit d05c7a80cf39ae7d0f8d0c3e47c93d51fcd393d3, which included changes which should go via other subsystem maintainers.
2007-04-13[POWERPC] Rename get_property to of_get_property: driversStephen Rothwell
Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-10-04Merge branch 'master' of git://oak/home/sfr/kernels/iseries/workPaul Mackerras
2006-09-26[POWERPC] fix spin lock nesting in hvc_iseriesStephen Rothwell
We had nested spinlocks using the same flags variable, but it turns out that we don't need the nested locks at all (the lock protects a static buffer that we aren't using here), so just remove the extra locks. Spotted by Alexey Dobriyan. Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-09-25[POWERPC] The two vio HVC backends clashStephen Rothwell
Make sure only one of them actually registers as a driver. Also, remove cast from get_property(). Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
2006-07-13[POWERPC] Make the hvc_console output buffer size settableStephen Rothwell
So the iSeries console will be faster since it can send up to 200 bytes at a time to the Hypervisor. This only affects the tty part of the console, the console writes are still in 16 byte lots. Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
2006-07-13[POWERPC] iseries: A new iSeries consoleStephen Rothwell
This driver uses the hvc_console.c infrastructure that is used by the pSeries virtual and RTAS consoles. This will allow us to make viocons.c obsolete and is another step along the way to a combined kernel (as viocons could not coexist with CONFIG_VT). Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>