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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ata b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ata new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3daecac48 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ata @@ -0,0 +1,140 @@ +What: /sys/class/ata_* +Description: + Provide a place in sysfs for storing the ATA topology of the + system. This allows retrieving various information about ATA + objects. + +Files under /sys/class/ata_port +------------------------------- + +For each port, a directory ataX is created where X is the ata_port_id of the +port. The device parent is the ata host device. + + +What: /sys/class/ata_port/ataX/nr_pmp_links +What: /sys/class/ata_port/ataX/idle_irq +Date: May, 2010 +KernelVersion: v2.6.37 +Contact: Gwendal Grignou <gwendal@chromium.org> +Description: + nr_pmp_links: (RO) If a SATA Port Multiplier (PM) is + connected, the number of links behind it. + + idle_irq: (RO) Number of IRQ received by the port while + idle [some ata HBA only]. + + +What: /sys/class/ata_port/ataX/port_no +Date: May, 2013 +KernelVersion: v3.11 +Contact: Gwendal Grignou <gwendal@chromium.org> +Description: + (RO) Host local port number. While registering host controller, + port numbers are tracked based upon number of ports available on + the controller. This attribute is needed by udev for composing + persistent links in /dev/disk/by-path. + +Files under /sys/class/ata_link +------------------------------- + +Behind each port, there is a ata_link. If there is a SATA PM in the topology, 15 +ata_link objects are created. + +If a link is behind a port, the directory name is linkX, where X is ata_port_id +of the port. If a link is behind a PM, its name is linkX.Y where X is +ata_port_id of the parent port and Y the PM port. + + +What: /sys/class/ata_link/linkX[.Y]/hw_sata_spd_limit +What: /sys/class/ata_link/linkX[.Y]/sata_spd_limit +What: /sys/class/ata_link/linkX[.Y]/sata_spd +Date: May, 2010 +KernelVersion: v2.6.37 +Contact: Gwendal Grignou <gwendal@chromium.org> +Description: + hw_sata_spd_limit: (RO) Maximum speed supported by the + connected SATA device. + + sata_spd_limit: (RO) Maximum speed imposed by libata. + + sata_spd: (RO) Current speed of the link + eg. 1.5, 3 Gbps etc. + + +Files under /sys/class/ata_device +--------------------------------- + +Behind each link, up to two ata devices are created. +The name of the directory is devX[.Y].Z where: +- X is ata_port_id of the port where the device is connected, +- Y the port of the PM if any, and +- Z the device id: for PATA, there is usually 2 devices [0,1], only 1 for SATA. + + +What: /sys/class/ata_device/devX[.Y].Z/spdn_cnt +What: /sys/class/ata_device/devX[.Y].Z/gscr +What: /sys/class/ata_device/devX[.Y].Z/ering +What: /sys/class/ata_device/devX[.Y].Z/id +What: /sys/class/ata_device/devX[.Y].Z/pio_mode +What: /sys/class/ata_device/devX[.Y].Z/xfer_mode +What: /sys/class/ata_device/devX[.Y].Z/dma_mode +What: /sys/class/ata_device/devX[.Y].Z/class +Date: May, 2010 +KernelVersion: v2.6.37 +Contact: Gwendal Grignou <gwendal@chromium.org> +Description: + spdn_cnt: (RO) Number of times libata decided to lower the + speed of link due to errors. + + gscr: (RO) Cached result of the dump of PM GSCR + register. Valid registers are: + + 0: SATA_PMP_GSCR_PROD_ID, + 1: SATA_PMP_GSCR_REV, + 2: SATA_PMP_GSCR_PORT_INFO, + 32: SATA_PMP_GSCR_ERROR, + 33: SATA_PMP_GSCR_ERROR_EN, + 64: SATA_PMP_GSCR_FEAT, + 96: SATA_PMP_GSCR_FEAT_EN, + 130: SATA_PMP_GSCR_SII_GPIO + + Only valid if the device is a PM. + + ering: (RO) Formatted output of the error ring of the + device. + + id: (RO) Cached result of IDENTIFY command, as + described in ATA8 7.16 and 7.17. Only valid if + the device is not a PM. + + pio_mode: (RO) PIO transfer mode used by the device. + Mostly used by PATA devices. + + xfer_mode: (RO) Current transfer mode. Mostly used by + PATA devices. + + dma_mode: (RO) DMA transfer mode used by the device. + Mostly used by PATA devices. + + class: (RO) Device class. Can be "ata" for disk, + "atapi" for packet device, "pmp" for PM, or + "none" if no device was found behind the link. + + +What: /sys/class/ata_device/devX[.Y].Z/trim +Date: May, 2015 +KernelVersion: v4.10 +Contact: Gwendal Grignou <gwendal@chromium.org> +Description: + (RO) Shows the DSM TRIM mode currently used by the device. Valid + values are: + + unsupported: Drive does not support DSM TRIM + + unqueued: Drive supports unqueued DSM TRIM only + + queued: Drive supports queued DSM TRIM + + forced_unqueued: Drive's queued DSM support is known to + be buggy and only unqueued TRIM commands + are sent |