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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci index ecf47559f495..7f63c7e97773 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci @@ -500,3 +500,75 @@ Description: console drivers from the device. Raw users of pci-sysfs resourceN attributes must be terminated prior to resizing. Success of the resizing operation is not guaranteed. + +What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../leds/*:enclosure:*/brightness +What: /sys/class/leds/*:enclosure:*/brightness +Date: August 2024 +KernelVersion: 6.12 +Description: + LED indications on PCIe storage enclosures which are controlled + through the NPEM interface (Native PCIe Enclosure Management, + PCIe r6.1 sec 6.28) are accessible as led class devices, both + below /sys/class/leds and below NPEM-capable PCI devices. + + Although these led class devices could be manipulated manually, + in practice they are typically manipulated automatically by an + application such as ledmon(8). + + The name of a led class device is as follows: + <bdf>:enclosure:<indication> + where: + + - <bdf> is the domain, bus, device and function number + (e.g. 10000:02:05.0) + - <indication> is a short description of the LED indication + + Valid indications per PCIe r6.1 table 6-27 are: + + - ok (drive is functioning normally) + - locate (drive is being identified by an admin) + - fail (drive is not functioning properly) + - rebuild (drive is part of an array that is rebuilding) + - pfa (drive is predicted to fail soon) + - hotspare (drive is marked to be used as a replacement) + - ica (drive is part of an array that is degraded) + - ifa (drive is part of an array that is failed) + - idt (drive is not the right type for the connector) + - disabled (drive is disabled, removal is safe) + - specific0 to specific7 (enclosure-specific indications) + + Broadly, the indications fall into one of these categories: + + - to signify drive state (ok, locate, fail, idt, disabled) + - to signify drive role or state in a software RAID array + (rebuild, pfa, hotspare, ica, ifa) + - to signify any other role or state (specific0 to specific7) + + Mandatory indications per PCIe r6.1 sec 7.9.19.2 comprise: + ok, locate, fail, rebuild. All others are optional. + A led class device is only visible if the corresponding + indication is supported by the device. + + To manipulate the indications, write 0 (LED_OFF) or 1 (LED_ON) + to the "brightness" file. Note that manipulating an indication + may implicitly manipulate other indications at the vendor's + discretion. E.g. when the user lights up the "ok" indication, + the vendor may choose to automatically turn off the "fail" + indication. The current state of an indication can be + retrieved by reading its "brightness" file. + + The PCIe Base Specification allows vendors leeway to choose + different colors or blinking patterns for the indications, + but they typically follow the IBPI standard. E.g. the "locate" + indication is usually presented as one or two LEDs blinking at + 4 Hz frequency: + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Blinking_Pattern_Interpretation + + PCI Firmware Specification r3.3 sec 4.7 defines a DSM interface + to facilitate shared access by operating system and platform + firmware to a device's NPEM registers. The kernel will use + this DSM interface where available, instead of accessing NPEM + registers directly. The DSM interface does not support the + enclosure-specific indications "specific0" to "specific7", + hence the corresponding led class devices are unavailable if + the DSM interface is used. |