From patchwork Tue Oct 13 05:55:02 2020 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Tiezhu Yang X-Patchwork-Id: 11834979 Return-Path: Received: from mail.kernel.org (pdx-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.123]) by pdx-korg-patchwork-2.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20B2292C for ; Tue, 13 Oct 2020 05:55:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0782120E65 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 2020 05:55:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2388548AbgJMFzN (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Oct 2020 01:55:13 -0400 Received: from mail.loongson.cn ([114.242.206.163]:41152 "EHLO loongson.cn" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2388506AbgJMFzN (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Oct 2020 01:55:13 -0400 Received: from linux.localdomain (unknown [113.200.148.30]) by mail.loongson.cn (Coremail) with SMTP id AQAAf9DxX8c3QYVfhPscAA--.14939S4; Tue, 13 Oct 2020 13:55:06 +0800 (CST) From: Tiezhu Yang To: Thomas Bogendoerfer , Jonathan Corbet , Huacai Chen , Jiaxun Yang Cc: linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Xuefeng Li Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Documentation: ABI: Add /sys/firmware/lefi/boardinfo description for Loongson64 Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 13:55:02 +0800 Message-Id: <1602568502-18044-3-git-send-email-yangtiezhu@loongson.cn> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.1.0 In-Reply-To: <1602568502-18044-1-git-send-email-yangtiezhu@loongson.cn> References: <1602568502-18044-1-git-send-email-yangtiezhu@loongson.cn> X-CM-TRANSID: AQAAf9DxX8c3QYVfhPscAA--.14939S4 X-Coremail-Antispam: 1UD129KBjvJXoW7KryDXFWfuryUXFW3Ar43Jrb_yoW8Cryfpa 15Jan8GrZxG3WxXF93WFy8ZFyfZFs5JrWDGanxAr18JryDGFykZr4Uta1rZFW8Cr4rJayF 9F4xKr1rCF1UC3DanT9S1TB71UUUUUUqnTZGkaVYY2UrUUUUjbIjqfuFe4nvWSU5nxnvy2 9KBjDU0xBIdaVrnRJUUUBq14x267AKxVWrJVCq3wAFc2x0x2IEx4CE42xK8VAvwI8IcIk0 rVWrJVCq3wAFIxvE14AKwVWUJVWUGwA2048vs2IY020E87I2jVAFwI0_Jryl82xGYIkIc2 x26xkF7I0E14v26r4j6ryUM28lY4IEw2IIxxk0rwA2F7IY1VAKz4vEj48ve4kI8wA2z4x0 Y4vE2Ix0cI8IcVAFwI0_JFI_Gr1l84ACjcxK6xIIjxv20xvEc7CjxVAFwI0_Cr0_Gr1UM2 8EF7xvwVC2z280aVAFwI0_Gr1j6F4UJwA2z4x0Y4vEx4A2jsIEc7CjxVAFwI0_GcCE3s1l e2I262IYc4CY6c8Ij28IcVAaY2xG8wAqx4xG64xvF2IEw4CE5I8CrVC2j2WlYx0E2Ix0cI 8IcVAFwI0_Jr0_Jr4lYx0Ex4A2jsIE14v26r1j6r4UMcvjeVCFs4IE7xkEbVWUJVW8JwAC jcxG0xvY0x0EwIxGrwACjI8F5VA0II8E6IAqYI8I648v4I1lc2xSY4AK67AK6r4rMxAIw2 8IcxkI7VAKI48JMxC20s026xCaFVCjc4AY6r1j6r4UMI8I3I0E5I8CrVAFwI0_Jr0_Jr4l x2IqxVCjr7xvwVAFwI0_JrI_JrWlx4CE17CEb7AF67AKxVWUtVW8ZwCIc40Y0x0EwIxGrw CI42IY6xIIjxv20xvE14v26r1j6r1xMIIF0xvE2Ix0cI8IcVCY1x0267AKxVW8JVWxJwCI 42IY6xAIw20EY4v20xvaj40_Jr0_JF4lIxAIcVC2z280aVAFwI0_Jr0_Gr1lIxAIcVC2z2 80aVCY1x0267AKxVW8JVW8JrUvcSsGvfC2KfnxnUUI43ZEXa7VUUuWlPUUUUU== X-CM-SenderInfo: p1dqw3xlh2x3gn0dqz5rrqw2lrqou0/ Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-mips@vger.kernel.org Add a description for /sys/firmware/lefi/boardinfo on the Loongson platform. Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang --- .../ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-lefi-boardinfo | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-lefi-boardinfo diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-lefi-boardinfo b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-lefi-boardinfo new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5e3f614 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-lefi-boardinfo @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +What: /sys/firmware/lefi/boardinfo +Date: October 2020 +Contact: Tiezhu Yang +Description: + Get mainboard and BIOS info easily on the Loongson platform, + this is useful to point out the current used mainboard type + and BIOS version when there exists problems related with + hardware or firmware. + + The related structures are already defined in the interface + specification about firmware and kernel which are common + requirement and specific for Loongson64, so only add a new + boardinfo.c file in arch/mips/loongson64. + + For example: + + [loongson@linux ~]$ cat /sys/firmware/lefi/boardinfo + Board Info + Manufacturer : LEMOTE + Board Name : LEMOTE-LS3A4000-7A1000-1w-V01-pc + Family : LOONGSON3 + + BIOS Info + Vendor : Kunlun + Version : Kunlun-A1901-V4.1.3-20200414093938 + ROM Size : 4 KB + Release Date : 2020-04-14 + + By the way, using dmidecode command can get the similar info if there + exists SMBIOS in firmware, but the fact is that there is no SMBIOS on + some machines, we can see nothing when execute dmidecode, like this: + + [root@linux loongson]# dmidecode + # dmidecode 2.12 + # No SMBIOS nor DMI entry point found, sorry.