[PATCH RFC 3/9] powerpc/pseries: Add papr-hvpipe char driver for HVPIPE interfaces
Krzysztof Kozlowski
krzk at kernel.org
Thu Jul 3 16:58:18 AEST 2025
On 03/07/2025 00:14, Haren Myneni wrote:
> +static struct miscdevice papr_hvpipe_dev = {
> + .minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
> + .name = "papr-hvpipe",
> + .fops = &papr_hvpipe_ops,
> +};
> +
> +static int __init papr_hvpipe_init(void)
> +{
> + int ret;
> +
> + if (!of_find_property(rtas.dev, "ibm,hypervisor-pipe-capable",
Where did you document the ABI? Anyway, so you just run it on x86 and
every other arch? Why you cannot use proper devices and device driver
matching/binding?
> + NULL))
> + return -ENODEV;
Totally odd wrapping.
> +
> + if (!rtas_function_implemented(RTAS_FN_IBM_SEND_HVPIPE_MSG) ||
> + !rtas_function_implemented(RTAS_FN_IBM_RECEIVE_HVPIPE_MSG))
Odd alignment.
> + return -ENODEV;
> +
> + ret = misc_register(&papr_hvpipe_dev);
> + if (ret) {
> + pr_err("misc-dev registration failed %d\n", ret);
> + return ret;
> + }
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
Best regards,
Krzysztof
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