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Brice Goglin
13e620e0e6 myri10ge: update driver version to 1.4.4-1.395
Update myri10ge driver version to 1.4.4-1.395.

Signed-off-by: Brice Goglin <brice@myri.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-25 18:09:16 -08:00
Brice Goglin
e92df2820d myri10ge: update firmware headers to 1.4.37
Update myri10ge firmware headers to 1.4.37:
* Make each member of the error/cmd enum an initialized one, so there
  is a convenient numerical reference to look for reverse conversion.
* Add new MXGEFW_CMD_RELAX_RXBUFFER_ALIGNMENT command.
* Add new "features" field to mcp_header.

Signed-off-by: Brice Goglin <brice@myri.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-25 18:08:59 -08:00
Johannes Berg
36994a0a70 forcedeth: don't poll NV event 36
Polling doesn't seem to be necessary on my hardware, at
least I haven't seen any bad effects testing it a while.
Remove the polling so the CPU doesn't have to wake up a
hundred times per second.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-25 18:07:50 -08:00
Julia Lawall
c14ea0ca65 drivers/net/wan: Remove redundant test
arg is checked not to be NULL a few lines before.

A simplified version of the semantic patch that makes this change is as
follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)

// <smpl>
@r exists@
local idexpression x;
expression E;
position p1,p2;
@@

if (x@p1 == NULL || ...) { ... when forall
   return ...; }
... when != \(x=E\|x--\|x++\|--x\|++x\|x-=E\|x+=E\|x|=E\|x&=E\|&x\)
(
x@p2 == NULL
|
x@p2 != NULL
)

// another path to the test that is not through p1?
@s exists@
local idexpression r.x;
position r.p1,r.p2;
@@

... when != x@p1
(
x@p2 == NULL
|
x@p2 != NULL
)

@fix depends on !s@
position r.p1,r.p2;
expression x,E;
statement S1,S2;
@@

(
- if ((x@p2 != NULL) || ...)
  S1
|
- if ((x@p2 == NULL) && ...) S1
|
- BUG_ON(x@p2 == NULL);
)
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-25 18:03:44 -08:00
Julia Lawall
90f5dfcc6a drivers/net: Remove redundant test
In each case, ap is checked not to be NULL a few lines before.

A simplified version of the semantic patch that makes this change is as
follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)

// <smpl>
@r exists@
local idexpression x;
expression E;
position p1,p2;
@@

if (x@p1 == NULL || ...) { ... when forall
   return ...; }
... when != \(x=E\|x--\|x++\|--x\|++x\|x-=E\|x+=E\|x|=E\|x&=E\|&x\)
(
x@p2 == NULL
|
x@p2 != NULL
)

// another path to the test that is not through p1?
@s exists@
local idexpression r.x;
position r.p1,r.p2;
@@

... when != x@p1
(
x@p2 == NULL
|
x@p2 != NULL
)

@fix depends on !s@
position r.p1,r.p2;
expression x,E;
statement S1,S2;
@@

(
- if ((x@p2 != NULL) || ...)
  S1
|
- if ((x@p2 == NULL) && ...) S1
|
- BUG_ON(x@p2 == NULL);
)
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-25 18:03:28 -08:00
Julia Lawall
662f44af63 drivers/net/ehea: Remove redundant test
In each case, vpage is checked not to be NULL just after it is initialized
at the beginning of each loop iteration.

A simplified version of the semantic patch that makes this change is as
follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)

// <smpl>
@r exists@
local idexpression x;
expression E;
position p1,p2;
@@

if (x@p1 == NULL || ...) { ... when forall
   return ...; }
... when != \(x=E\|x--\|x++\|--x\|++x\|x-=E\|x+=E\|x|=E\|x&=E\|&x\)
(
x@p2 == NULL
|
x@p2 != NULL
)

// another path to the test that is not through p1?
@s exists@
local idexpression r.x;
position r.p1,r.p2;
@@

... when != x@p1
(
x@p2 == NULL
|
x@p2 != NULL
)

@fix depends on !s@
position r.p1,r.p2;
expression x,E;
statement S1,S2;
@@

(
- if ((x@p2 != NULL) || ...)
  S1
|
- if ((x@p2 == NULL) && ...) S1
|
- BUG_ON(x@p2 == NULL);
)
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-25 18:03:09 -08:00
Julia Lawall
b0fd0d235d drivers/net/au1000_eth.c: Remove redundant test
phydev is checked to be not NULL a few lines above.

A simplified version of the semantic patch that makes this change is as
follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)

// <smpl>
@r exists@
local idexpression x;
expression E;
position p1,p2;
@@

if (x@p1 == NULL || ...) { ... when forall
   return ...; }
... when != \(x=E\|x--\|x++\|--x\|++x\|x-=E\|x+=E\|x|=E\|x&=E\|&x\)
(
x@p2 == NULL
|
x@p2 != NULL
)

// another path to the test that is not through p1?
@s exists@
local idexpression r.x;
position r.p1,r.p2;
@@

... when != x@p1
(
x@p2 == NULL
|
x@p2 != NULL
)

@fix depends on !s@
position r.p1,r.p2;
expression x,E;
statement S1,S2;
@@

(
- if ((x@p2 != NULL) || ...)
  S1
|
- if ((x@p2 == NULL) && ...) S1
|
- BUG_ON(x@p2 == NULL);
)
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-25 18:02:49 -08:00
Roel Kluin
c062076cc9 qlge: ql_adapter_down() typo
Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@qlogic.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-25 17:23:50 -08:00
Krzysztof Halasa
161c8d2f50 net: PHYLIB mdio fixes #2
The PHYLIB mdio code has more problems in error paths:
- mdiobus_release can be called before bus->state is set to
  MDIOBUS_REGISTERED
- mdiobus_scan allocates resources which need to be freed
- the comment is wrong, the resistors used are actually pull-ups.

Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-25 16:50:41 -08:00
Steve Glendinning
d45227391c smsc911x: fix platform resource call during module unload
This patch fixes a typo, the platform_get_resource calls in
smsc911x_drv_remove are supposed to look the same as those in
smsc911x_drv_probe.

Reported and fixed by dfoley@telus.net.

Signed-off-by: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@smsc.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-25 16:44:01 -08:00
Steve Glendinning
dc26977f77 smsc911x: don't clobber driver_data
smsc911x uses driver_data to store our net_device, don't overwrite this
with the mii_bus.

Reported and fixed by dfoley@telus.net.

Signed-off-by: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@smsc.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-25 16:43:34 -08:00
Steve Glendinning
cb5b04fe14 smsc911x: make smsc911x_ethtool_ops constant
Signed-off-by: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@smsc.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-25 16:41:09 -08:00
Steve Glendinning
631b7568c7 smsc911x: convert driver to use net_device_ops
Signed-off-by: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@smsc.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-25 16:40:47 -08:00
Steve Glendinning
dd04519388 smsc911x: fix BUG if module is removed while interface is up
If the module is removed while its interface is up, smsc911x_stop is not
called until after smsc911x_drv_remove has disposed of phy_dev.  This
patch changes the stop method to handle this situation.

This is a different problem to the one reported by dfoley@telus.net.

Signed-off-by: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@smsc.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-25 16:40:19 -08:00
Ingo Molnar
32e8d18683 Merge branches 'timers/clocksource', 'timers/hpet', 'timers/hrtimers', 'timers/nohz', 'timers/ntp', 'timers/posixtimers' and 'timers/rtc' into timers/core 2008-12-25 18:02:25 +01:00
Ingo Molnar
860cf8894b Merge branches 'irq/sparseirq', 'irq/genirq' and 'irq/urgent'; commit 'v2.6.28' into irq/core 2008-12-25 16:27:54 +01:00
Peter Tiedemann
2a7c6f2c39 [S390] convert ctcm printks to dev_xxx and pr_xxx macros.
Signed-off-by: Peter Tiedemann <ptiedem@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:27 +01:00
Christof Schmitt
ecf39d4212 [S390] convert zfcp printks to pr_xxx macros.
Signed-off-by: Christof Schmitt <christof.schmitt@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:27 +01:00
Martin Schwidefsky
5466c2e43e [S390] convert vmlogrdr printks to pr_xxx macros.
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:26 +01:00
Michael Holzheu
17159dc6fb [S390] convert zfcp dumper printks to pr_xxx macros.
Signed-off-by: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:26 +01:00
Frank Blaschka
74eacdb9c2 [S390] convert qeth printks to dev_xxx and pr_xxx macros.
Signed-off-by: Frank Blaschka <frank.blaschka@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:25 +01:00
Martin Schwidefsky
b3ff088b30 [S390] convert sclp printks to pr_xxx macros.
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:24 +01:00
Ursula Braun
8f7c502c26 [S390] convert iucv printks to dev_xxx and pr_xxx macros.
Signed-off-by: Ursula Braun <braunu@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:24 +01:00
Martin Schwidefsky
136f7a1c42 [S390] convert ap_bus printks to pr_xxx macros.
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:24 +01:00
Hongjie Yang
93098bf015 [S390] convert dcssblk and extmem printks messages to pr_xxx macros.
Signed-off-by: Hongjie Yang <hongjie@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:23 +01:00
Melissa Howland
1519c0c6eb [S390] convert monwriter printks to pr_xxx macros.
Signed-off-by: Melissa Howland <melissah@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:23 +01:00
Gerald Schaefer
a4f5a299cf [S390] convert monreader printks to pr_xxx macros.
Signed-off-by: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:22 +01:00
Michael Ernst
e6d5a428e0 [S390] convert cio printks to pr_xxx macros.
Signed-off-by: Michael Ernst <mernst@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:20 +01:00
Frank Munzert
80a5c36d1d [S390] convert vmur printks to pr_xxx macros.
Signed-off-by: Frank Munzert <munzert@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:19 +01:00
Klaus-D. Wacker
c99fc5dadc [S390] convert lcs printks to dev_xxx and pr_xxx macros.
Signed-off-by: Klaus-D. Wacker <kdwacker@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:18 +01:00
Christian Borntraeger
8988e58f8b [S390] convert vmcp printks to pr_xxx macros.
Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:18 +01:00
Martin Schwidefsky
d1c2f8928a [S390] convert xpram printks to pr_xxx macros.
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:18 +01:00
Julia Lawall
acfa922c5a [S390] s390: Remove redundant test
The loop above the modified code only terminates when rc is a valid pointer.

A simplified version of the semantic patch that makes this change is as
follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)

// <smpl>
@r exists@
local idexpression x;
expression E;
position p1,p2;
@@

if (x@p1 == NULL || ...) { ... when forall
   return ...; }
... when != \(x=E\|x--\|x++\|--x\|++x\|x-=E\|x+=E\|x|=E\|x&=E\|&x\)
(
x@p2 == NULL
|
x@p2 != NULL
)

// another path to the test that is not through p1?
@s exists@
local idexpression r.x;
position r.p1,r.p2;
@@

... when != x@p1
(
x@p2 == NULL
|
x@p2 != NULL
)

@fix depends on !s@
position r.p1,r.p2;
expression x,E;
statement S1,S2;
@@

(
- if ((x@p2 != NULL) || ...)
  S1
|
- if ((x@p2 == NULL) && ...) S1
|
- BUG_ON(x@p2 == NULL);
)
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:17 +01:00
Julia Lawall
21e7b2c4d5 [S390] drivers/s390/crypto: Move dereference to after IS_ERR test
If reply is ERR_PTR(...), then it should not be dereferenced, so I have
moved the dereference from the declaration to after the IS_ERR test.

The semantic match that finds the problem is as follows:
(http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)

// <smpl>
@match exists@
expression x, E;
identifier fld;
position p1,p2;
@@

(
x = E;
|
x = E
|
x@p1->fld
... when != x = E
IS_ERR(x@p2)
... when any
)

@other_match exists@
expression match.x, E1, E2;
position match.p1,match.p2;
@@

x = E1
... when != x = E2
    when != x@p1
x@p2

@ script:python depends on !other_match@
p1 << match.p1;
p2 << match.p2;
@@

print "* file %s dereference %s test %s" % (p1[0].file,p1[0].line,p2[0].line)
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:16 +01:00
Heiko Carstens
b3b59d3339 [S390] sclp vt220: fix compile warning
get rid of this one:

  CC      drivers/s390/char/sclp_vt220.o
drivers/s390/char/sclp_vt220.c:588: warning: '__sclp_vt220_flush_buffer' defined but not used

Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:12 +01:00
Sebastian Ott
d36f0c6638 [S390] cio: use pim to check for multipath.
To check if multipath is available we count the bits set in lpm,
which could change over time (via configure [on|off] of a path).

The following patch uses the pim (which is persistent) for this
decision.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Ott <sebott@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:11 +01:00
Sebastian Ott
f444cc0e52 [S390] cio: commit all pmcw changes.
Sometimes we change the pmcw configuration but don't call msch
to transmit these changes to the channel subsystem.

The patch fixes this by calling cio_commit_config in such cases.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Ott <sebott@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:10 +01:00
Sebastian Ott
13952ec12d [S390] cio: introduce cio_commit_config
To change the configuration of a subchannel we alter the modifiable
bits of the subchannel's schib field and issue a modify subchannel.
There can be the case that not all changes were applied -or worse-
quietly overwritten by the hardware. With the next store subchannel
we obtain the current state of the hardware but lose our target
configuration.

With this patch we introduce a subchannel_config structure which
contains the target subchannel configuration. Additionally the msch
wrapper cio_modify is replaced with cio_commit_config which
copies the desired changes to a temporary schib. msch is then
called with the temporary schib. This schib is only written back
to the subchannel if all changes were applied.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Ott <sebott@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:10 +01:00
Sebastian Ott
cdb912a40d [S390] cio: introduce cio_update_schib
There is the chance that we get condition code 0 for a stsch but
the resulting schib is not vaild. In the current code there are
2 cases:
* we do a check for validity of the schib after stsch, but at this
  time we have already stored the invaild schib in the subchannel
  structure. This may lead to problems.
* we don't do a check for validity, which is not that good either.

The patch addresses both issues by introducing the stsch wrapper
cio_update_schib which performs stsch on a local schib. This schib
is only written back to the subchannel if it's valid.

side note: For some functions (chp_events) the return codes are
different now (-ENXIO vs -ENODEV) but this shouldn't do harm
since the caller doesn't check for _specific_ errors.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Ott <sebott@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:10 +01:00
Cornelia Huck
d6a30761d8 [S390] cio: Use device_is_registered().
Check if a ccw device is registered via device_is_registered()
and not via the old kludge of checking the membership in driver
core internal klists.

Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:09 +01:00
Cornelia Huck
283fdd0b8a [S390] cio: Dont call ->release directly.
Just put the cdev's reference count to give up our reference.

Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:09 +01:00
Cornelia Huck
90ed2b692f [S390] cio: Dont fail probe for I/O subchannels.
If we fail the probe for an I/O subchannel, we won't be able
to unregister it again since there are no sch_event()
callbacks for unbound subchannels. Just succeed the probe in
any case and schedule unregistering the subchannel.

Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:08 +01:00
Cornelia Huck
5fb6b8544d [S390] cio: Only register ccw_device for registered subchannel.
There is a race between io_subchannel_register() and
io_subchannel_sch_event() which may cause a subchannel to be
unregistered because it is no longer operational before
io_subchannel_register() had run. We need to check whether the
subchannel is still registered before the ccw device can be
registered and just bail out if it is not.

Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:08 +01:00
Cornelia Huck
6eff208f47 [S390] cio: Fix I/O subchannel refcounting.
Subchannel refcounting was incorrect in some places, especially
a refcount was missing when ccw_device_call_sch_unregister()
was called and the refcount was not correctly switched after
moving devices.

Fix this by establishing the following rules:
- The ccw_device obtains a reference on its parent subchannel
  when dev.parent is set and gives it up in its release
  function. This is needed because we need a parent reference
  for correct refcounting even before the ccw device is (if at
  all) registered.
- When calling device_move(), obtain a reference on the new
  subchannel before moving the ccw device and give up the
  reference on the old parent after moving. This brings the
  refcount in line with the first rule.

Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:08 +01:00
Cornelia Huck
9cd6742197 [S390] cio: Fix reference counting for online/offline.
The current code attempts to get an extra reference count
for online devices by doing a get_device() in ccw_device_online()
and a put_device() in ccw_device_done(). However, this
- incorrectly obtains an extra reference for disconnected
  devices becoming available again (since they are already
  online)
- needs special checks for css_init_done in order to handle
  the console device
- is not obvious and
- may incorretly drop a reference count in ccw_device_done() if
  that function is called after path verification for a device
  that just became not operational.

So let's just get the reference in ccw_device_set_online() and
drop it in ccw_device_set_offline(). (Unfortunately, we still
need the special case in io_subchannel_probe().)

Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:07 +01:00
Cornelia Huck
97166f52fc [S390] cio: Put referernce on correct device after moving.
Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:07 +01:00
Peter Oberparleiter
c619d4223e [S390] cio: fix ccwgroup online vs. ungroup race condition
Ensure atomicity of ungroup operation to prevent concurrent ungroup
and online processing which may lead to use-after-release situations.

Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <peter.oberparleiter@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:06 +01:00
Sebastian Ott
111e95a4ca [S390] cio: move irritating comment.
Due to former patches a comment and device id initialization were
split from the addressed function call in io_subchannel_probe.

Move it back to where it belongs.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Ott <sebott@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:06 +01:00
Heiko Carstens
191fd44c11 [S390] cio: get rid of compile warning
Move cio_tpi() to the rest of the CONFIG_CCW_CONSOLE functions to
get rid of this one:

drivers/s390/cio/cio.c:115: warning: 'cio_tpi' defined but not used

Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:05 +01:00
Hendrik Brueckner
44a01d5ba8 [S390] s390/hvc_console: z/VM IUCV hypervisor console support
This patch introduces a new hypervisor console (HVC) back-end that provides
terminal access over the z/VM inter-user communication vehicle (IUCV).

The z/VM IUCV communication is independent of the regular tcp/ip network
and allows access even if there is no network connection between two
z/VM guest virtual machines.
The z/VM IUCV hypervisor console back-end helps the user to access a
z/VM guest virtual machine that lacks of network connectivity; and thus,
provides a "full-screen" terminal alternative to 3215/3270 terminal sessions.

Use the hvc_iucv=[0..8] kernel boot parameter to specify the number of
HVC terminals using a z/VM IUCV back-end.

A recent version of the s390-tools package is required to establish a
terminal connection to a z/VM IUCV hypervisor console back-end.

Signed-off-by: Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25 13:39:03 +01:00