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Global locking can't properly be used to synchronize between different PFs in all scenarios, as those instances might reside in different logical partitions [e.g., when a PF is assigned via PDA to some VM]. The management firmware provides a generic infrastructure for device locks. For each 'resource', it's guaranteed it could be acquired by at most a single PF at any given time [or by management firmware]. This patch adds the necessary logic in qed for utilizing said infrastructure, implementing lock/unlock internal APIs. Signed-off-by: Tomer Tayar <Tomer.Tayar@cavium.com> Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@cavium.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.