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+RapidIO subsystem mport driver for IDT Tsi721 PCI Express-to-SRIO bridge.
+=========================================================================
+
+I. Overview
+
+This driver implements all currently defined RapidIO mport callback functions.
+It supports maintenance read and write operations, inbound and outbound RapidIO
+doorbells, inbound maintenance port-writes and RapidIO messaging.
+
+To generate SRIO maintenance transactions this driver uses one of Tsi721 DMA
+channels. This mechanism provides access to larger range of hop counts and
+destination IDs without need for changes in outbound window translation.
+
+RapidIO messaging support uses dedicated messaging channels for each mailbox.
+For inbound messages this driver uses destination ID matching to forward messages
+into the corresponding message queue. Messaging callbacks are implemented to be
+fully compatible with RIONET driver (Ethernet over RapidIO messaging services).
+
+II. Known problems
+
+ None.
+
+III. DMA Engine Support
+
+Tsi721 mport driver supports DMA data transfers between local system memory and
+remote RapidIO devices. This functionality is implemented according to SLAVE
+mode API defined by common Linux kernel DMA Engine framework.
+
+Depending on system requirements RapidIO DMA operations can be included/excluded
+by setting CONFIG_RAPIDIO_DMA_ENGINE option. Tsi721 miniport driver uses seven
+out of eight available BDMA channels to support DMA data transfers.
+One BDMA channel is reserved for generation of maintenance read/write requests.
+
+If Tsi721 mport driver have been built with RAPIDIO_DMA_ENGINE support included,
+this driver will accept DMA-specific module parameter:
+ "dma_desc_per_channel" - defines number of hardware buffer descriptors used by
+ each BDMA channel of Tsi721 (by default - 128).
+
+IV. Version History
+
+ 1.1.0 - DMA operations re-worked to support data scatter/gather lists larger
+ than hardware buffer descriptors ring.
+ 1.0.0 - Initial driver release.
+
+V. License
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+ Copyright(c) 2011 Integrated Device Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+ Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
+ more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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