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diff --git a/man7/spufs.7 b/man7/spufs.7 index fc3b424..3e8c2ed 100644 --- a/man7/spufs.7 +++ b/man7/spufs.7 @@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ .\" 2007-07-10, quite a lot of polishing by mtk .\" 2007-09-28, updates for newer kernels by Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org> .\" -.TH spufs 7 2023-02-05 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.TH spufs 7 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" .SH NAME spufs \- SPU filesystem .SH DESCRIPTION The SPU filesystem is used on PowerPC machines that implement the Cell Broadband Engine Architecture in order to access Synergistic Processor Units (SPUs). -.PP +.P The filesystem provides a name space similar to POSIX shared memory or message queues. Users that have write permissions @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ on the filesystem can use to establish SPU contexts under the .B spufs root directory. -.PP +.P Every SPU context is represented by a directory containing a predefined set of files. These files can be @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ supported on regular filesystems. This list details the supported operations and the deviations from the standard behavior described in the respective man pages. -.PP +.P All files that support the .BR read (2) operation also support @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ structure that contain reliable information are .IR st_uid , and .IR st_gid . -.PP +.P All files support the .BR chmod (2)/\c .BR fchmod (2) @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ operations, but will not be able to grant permissions that contradict the possible operations (e.g., read access on the .I wbox file). -.PP +.P The current set of files is: .TP .I /capabilities @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ This context may be scheduled. .TP .B step This context can be run in single-step mode, for debugging. -.PP +.P New capabilities flags may be added in the future. .RE .TP @@ -119,7 +119,15 @@ The possible operations on an open file are: .RS .TP -.BR read "(2), " pread "(2), " write "(2), " pwrite "(2), " lseek (2) +.BR read (2) +.TQ +.BR pread (2) +.TQ +.BR write (2) +.TQ +.BR pwrite (2) +.TQ +.BR lseek (2) These operate as usual, with the exception that .BR lseek (2), .BR write (2), @@ -289,7 +297,11 @@ file returns whenever space is available for writing. .RE .TP -.IR /mbox_stat ", " /ibox_stat ", " /wbox_stat +.I /mbox_stat +.TQ +.I /ibox_stat +.TQ +.I /wbox_stat These are read-only files that contain the length of the current queue of each mailbox\[em]that is, how many words can be read from .IR mbox " or " ibox @@ -324,8 +336,21 @@ the respective mailbox without blocking or returning an error. .RE .TP -.IR /npc ", " /decr ", " /decr_status ", " /spu_tag_mask ", " \ -/event_mask ", " /event_status ", " /srr0 ", " /lslr +.I /npc +.TQ +.I /decr +.TQ +.I /decr_status +.TQ +.I /spu_tag_mask +.TQ +.I /event_mask +.TQ +.I /event_status +.TQ +.I /srr0 +.TQ +.I /lslr Internal registers of the SPU. These files contain an ASCII string representing the hex value of the specified register. @@ -433,7 +458,9 @@ updating the value of the register. .RE .TP -.IR /signal1 ", " /signal2 +.I /signal1 +.TQ +.I /signal2 The files provide access to the two signal notification channels of an SPU. These are read-write files that operate on four-byte words. @@ -484,7 +511,9 @@ or files respectively. .RE .TP -.IR /signal1_type ", " /signal2_type +.I /signal1_type +.TQ +.I /signal2_type These two files change the behavior of the .I signal1 and @@ -524,7 +553,15 @@ Subsequent writes to the same file descriptor overwrite the previous setting. .RE .TP -.IR /mbox_info ", " /ibox_info ", " /wbox_info ", " /dma_into ", " /proxydma_info +.I /mbox_info +.TQ +.I /ibox_info +.TQ +.I /wbox_info +.TQ +.I /dma_into +.TQ +.I /proxydma_info Read-only files that contain the saved state of the SPU mailboxes and DMA queues. This allows the SPU status to be inspected, mainly for debugging. @@ -763,5 +800,5 @@ none /spu spufs gid=spu 0 0 .BR spu_create (2), .BR spu_run (2), .BR capabilities (7) -.PP +.P .I The Cell Broadband Engine Architecture (CBEA) specification |