libnvdimm, nfit: initial libnvdimm infrastructure and NFIT support
A struct nvdimm_bus is the anchor device for registering nvdimm
resources and interfaces, for example, a character control device,
nvdimm devices, and I/O region devices. The ACPI NFIT (NVDIMM Firmware
Interface Table) is one possible platform description for such
non-volatile memory resources in a system. The nfit.ko driver attaches
to the "ACPI0012" device that indicates the presence of the NFIT and
parses the table to register a struct nvdimm_bus instance.
Cc: <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com>
Cc: Robert Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Tested-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/Kconfig b/drivers/nvdimm/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9293355
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+config LIBNVDIMM
+ tristate "NVDIMM (Non-Volatile Memory Device) Support"
+ depends on PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
+ depends on BLK_DEV
+ help
+ Generic support for non-volatile memory devices including
+ ACPI-6-NFIT defined resources. On platforms that define an
+ NFIT, or otherwise can discover NVDIMM resources, a libnvdimm
+ bus is registered to advertise PMEM (persistent memory)
+ namespaces (/dev/pmemX) and BLK (sliding mmio window(s))
+ namespaces (/dev/ndX). A PMEM namespace refers to a memory
+ resource that may span multiple DIMMs and support DAX (see
+ CONFIG_DAX). A BLK namespace refers to an NVDIMM control
+ region which exposes an mmio register set for windowed
+ access mode to non-volatile memory.
