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      1What:		/sys/class/mic/
      2Date:		October 2013
      3KernelVersion:	3.13
      4Contact:	Sudeep Dutt <sudeep.dutt@intel.com>
      5Description:
      6		The mic class directory belongs to Intel MIC devices and
      7		provides information per MIC device. An Intel MIC device is a
      8		PCIe form factor add-in Coprocessor card based on the Intel Many
      9		Integrated Core (MIC) architecture that runs a Linux OS.
     10
     11What:		/sys/class/mic/mic<X>
     12Date:		October 2013
     13KernelVersion:	3.13
     14Contact:	Sudeep Dutt <sudeep.dutt@intel.com>
     15Description:
     16		The directories /sys/class/mic/mic0, /sys/class/mic/mic1 etc.,
     17		represent MIC devices (0,1,..etc). Each directory has
     18		information specific to that MIC device.
     19
     20What:		/sys/class/mic/mic<X>/family
     21Date:		October 2013
     22KernelVersion:	3.13
     23Contact:	Sudeep Dutt <sudeep.dutt@intel.com>
     24Description:
     25		Provides information about the Coprocessor family for an Intel
     26		MIC device. For example - "x100"
     27
     28What:		/sys/class/mic/mic<X>/stepping
     29Date:		October 2013
     30KernelVersion:	3.13
     31Contact:	Sudeep Dutt <sudeep.dutt@intel.com>
     32Description:
     33		Provides information about the silicon stepping for an Intel
     34		MIC device. For example - "A0" or "B0"
     35
     36What:		/sys/class/mic/mic<X>/state
     37Date:		October 2013
     38KernelVersion:	3.13
     39Contact:	Sudeep Dutt <sudeep.dutt@intel.com>
     40Description:
     41		When read, this entry provides the current state of an Intel
     42		MIC device in the context of the card OS. Possible values that
     43		will be read are:
     44
     45
     46		===============  ===============================================
     47		"ready"		 The MIC device is ready to boot the card OS.
     48				 On reading this entry after an OSPM resume,
     49				 a "boot" has to be written to this entry if
     50				 the card was previously shutdown during OSPM
     51				 suspend.
     52		"booting"	 The MIC device has initiated booting a card OS.
     53		"online"	 The MIC device has completed boot and is online
     54		"shutting_down"	 The card OS is shutting down.
     55		"resetting"	 A reset has been initiated for the MIC device
     56		"reset_failed"	 The MIC device has failed to reset.
     57		===============  ===============================================
     58
     59		When written, this sysfs entry triggers different state change
     60		operations depending upon the current state of the card OS.
     61		Acceptable values are:
     62
     63
     64		==========  ===================================================
     65		"boot"      Boot the card OS image specified by the combination
     66			    of firmware, ramdisk, cmdline and bootmode
     67			    sysfs entries.
     68		"reset"     Initiates device reset.
     69		"shutdown"  Initiates card OS shutdown.
     70		==========  ===================================================
     71
     72What:		/sys/class/mic/mic<X>/shutdown_status
     73Date:		October 2013
     74KernelVersion:	3.13
     75Contact:	Sudeep Dutt <sudeep.dutt@intel.com>
     76Description:
     77		An Intel MIC device runs a Linux OS during its operation. This
     78		OS can shutdown because of various reasons. When read, this
     79		entry provides the status on why the card OS was shutdown.
     80		Possible values are:
     81
     82		==========  ===================================================
     83		"nop"       shutdown status is not applicable, when the card OS
     84			    is "online"
     85		"crashed"   Shutdown because of a HW or SW crash.
     86		"halted"    Shutdown because of a halt command.
     87		"poweroff"  Shutdown because of a poweroff command.
     88		"restart"   Shutdown because of a restart command.
     89		==========  ===================================================
     90
     91What:		/sys/class/mic/mic<X>/cmdline
     92Date:		October 2013
     93KernelVersion:	3.13
     94Contact:	Sudeep Dutt <sudeep.dutt@intel.com>
     95Description:
     96		An Intel MIC device runs a Linux OS during its operation. Before
     97		booting this card OS, it is possible to pass kernel command line
     98		options to configure various features in it, similar to
     99		self-bootable machines. When read, this entry provides
    100		information about the current kernel command line options set to
    101		boot the card OS. This entry can be written to change the
    102		existing kernel command line options. Typically, the user would
    103		want to read the current command line options, append new ones
    104		or modify existing ones and then write the whole kernel command
    105		line back to this entry.
    106
    107What:		/sys/class/mic/mic<X>/firmware
    108Date:		October 2013
    109KernelVersion:	3.13
    110Contact:	Sudeep Dutt <sudeep.dutt@intel.com>
    111Description:
    112		When read, this sysfs entry provides the path name under
    113		/lib/firmware/ where the firmware image to be booted on the
    114		card can be found. The entry can be written to change the
    115		firmware image location under /lib/firmware/.
    116
    117What:		/sys/class/mic/mic<X>/ramdisk
    118Date:		October 2013
    119KernelVersion:	3.13
    120Contact:	Sudeep Dutt <sudeep.dutt@intel.com>
    121Description:
    122		When read, this sysfs entry provides the path name under
    123		/lib/firmware/ where the ramdisk image to be used during card
    124		OS boot can be found. The entry can be written to change
    125		the ramdisk image location under /lib/firmware/.
    126
    127What:		/sys/class/mic/mic<X>/bootmode
    128Date:		October 2013
    129KernelVersion:	3.13
    130Contact:	Sudeep Dutt <sudeep.dutt@intel.com>
    131Description:
    132		When read, this sysfs entry provides the current bootmode for
    133		the card. This sysfs entry can be written with the following
    134		valid strings:
    135		a) linux - Boot a Linux image.
    136		b) flash - Boot an image for flash updates.
    137
    138What:		/sys/class/mic/mic<X>/log_buf_addr
    139Date:		October 2013
    140KernelVersion:	3.13
    141Contact:	Sudeep Dutt <sudeep.dutt@intel.com>
    142Description:
    143		An Intel MIC device runs a Linux OS during its operation. For
    144		debugging purpose and early kernel boot messages, the user can
    145		access the card OS log buffer via debugfs. When read, this entry
    146		provides the kernel virtual address of the buffer where the card
    147		OS log buffer can be read. This entry is written by the host
    148		configuration daemon to set the log buffer address. The correct
    149		log buffer address to be written can be found in the System.map
    150		file of the card OS.
    151
    152What:		/sys/class/mic/mic<X>/log_buf_len
    153Date:		October 2013
    154KernelVersion:	3.13
    155Contact:	Sudeep Dutt <sudeep.dutt@intel.com>
    156Description:
    157		An Intel MIC device runs a Linux OS during its operation. For
    158		debugging purpose and early kernel boot messages, the user can
    159		access the card OS log buffer via debugfs. When read, this entry
    160		provides the kernel virtual address where the card OS log buffer
    161		length can be read. This entry is written by host configuration
    162		daemon to set the log buffer length address. The correct log
    163		buffer length address to be written can be found in the
    164		System.map file of the card OS.
    165
    166What:		/sys/class/mic/mic<X>/heartbeat_enable
    167Date:		March 2015
    168KernelVersion:	4.4
    169Contact:	Ashutosh Dixit <ashutosh.dixit@intel.com>
    170Description:
    171		The MIC drivers detect and inform user space about card crashes
    172		via a heartbeat mechanism (see the description of
    173		shutdown_status above). User space can turn off this
    174		notification by setting heartbeat_enable to 0 and enable it by
    175		setting this entry to 1. If this notification is disabled it is
    176		the responsibility of user space to detect card crashes via
    177		alternative means such as a network ping. This setting is
    178		enabled by default.