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-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/removed/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_opalcore9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-opal-sensor-groups21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump40
6 files changed, 99 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled
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index 0000000000000..e9c2de8b36889
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+++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled
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+This ABI is renamed and moved to a new location /sys/kernel/fadump/enabled.
+
+What: /sys/kernel/fadump_enabled
+Date: Feb 2012
+Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
+Description: read only
+ Primarily used to identify whether the FADump is enabled in
+ the kernel or not.
+User: Kdump service
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0360be39c98e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+This ABI is renamed and moved to a new location /sys/kernel/fadump/registered.¬
+
+What: /sys/kernel/fadump_registered
+Date: Feb 2012
+Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
+Description: read/write
+ Helps to control the dump collect feature from userspace.
+ Setting 1 to this file enables the system to collect the
+ dump and 0 to disable it.
+User: Kdump service
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6ce0b129ab12d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+This ABI is renamed and moved to a new location /sys/kernel/fadump/release_mem.¬
+
+What: /sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem
+Date: Feb 2012
+Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
+Description: write only
+ This is a special sysfs file and only available when
+ the system is booted to capture the vmcore using FADump.
+ It is used to release the memory reserved by FADump to
+ save the crash dump.
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/removed/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_opalcore b/Documentation/ABI/removed/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_opalcore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a8d46cd0f4e61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/removed/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_opalcore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+This ABI is moved to /sys/firmware/opal/mpipl/release_core.
+
+What: /sys/kernel/fadump_release_opalcore
+Date: Sep 2019
+Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
+Description: write only
+ The sysfs file is available when the system is booted to
+ collect the dump on OPAL based machine. It used to release
+ the memory used to collect the opalcore.
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-opal-sensor-groups b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-opal-sensor-groups
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3a2dfe542e8c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-firmware-opal-sensor-groups
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+What: /sys/firmware/opal/sensor_groups
+Date: August 2017
+Contact: Linux for PowerPC mailing list <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>
+Description: Sensor groups directory for POWER9 powernv servers
+
+ Each folder in this directory contains a sensor group
+ which are classified based on type of the sensor
+ like power, temperature, frequency, current, etc. They
+ can also indicate the group of sensors belonging to
+ different owners like CSM, Profiler, Job-Scheduler
+
+What: /sys/firmware/opal/sensor_groups/<sensor_group_name>/clear
+Date: August 2017
+Contact: Linux for PowerPC mailing list <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>
+Description: Sysfs file to clear the min-max of all the sensors
+ belonging to the group.
+
+ Writing 1 to this file will clear the minimum and
+ maximum values of all the sensors in the group.
+ In POWER9, the min-max of a sensor is the historical minimum
+ and maximum value of the sensor cached by OCC.
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8f7a64a81783a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump
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+What: /sys/kernel/fadump/*
+Date: Dec 2019
+Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
+Description:
+ The /sys/kernel/fadump/* is a collection of FADump sysfs
+ file provide information about the configuration status
+ of Firmware Assisted Dump (FADump).
+
+What: /sys/kernel/fadump/enabled
+Date: Dec 2019
+Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
+Description: read only
+ Primarily used to identify whether the FADump is enabled in
+ the kernel or not.
+User: Kdump service
+
+What: /sys/kernel/fadump/registered
+Date: Dec 2019
+Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
+Description: read/write
+ Helps to control the dump collect feature from userspace.
+ Setting 1 to this file enables the system to collect the
+ dump and 0 to disable it.
+User: Kdump service
+
+What: /sys/kernel/fadump/release_mem
+Date: Dec 2019
+Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
+Description: write only
+ This is a special sysfs file and only available when
+ the system is booted to capture the vmcore using FADump.
+ It is used to release the memory reserved by FADump to
+ save the crash dump.
+
+What: /sys/kernel/fadump/mem_reserved
+Date: Dec 2019
+Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
+Description: read only
+ Provide information about the amount of memory reserved by
+ FADump to save the crash dump in bytes.