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authorOlivier Deprez <olivier.deprez@arm.com>2020-02-07 16:54:36 +0100
committerOlivier Deprez <olivier.deprez@arm.com>2020-02-12 11:26:36 +0100
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doc: debugfs remove references section and add topic to components index
Signed-off-by: Olivier Deprez <olivier.deprez@arm.com> Change-Id: I8c2e6dc98f2f30a81f4f80cc0ca1232fed7a53c9
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-rw-r--r--docs/components/debugfs-design.rst23
-rw-r--r--docs/components/index.rst1
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/docs/components/debugfs-design.rst b/docs/components/debugfs-design.rst
index 06916f3d9..8ce1ba6a7 100644
--- a/docs/components/debugfs-design.rst
+++ b/docs/components/debugfs-design.rst
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ Virtual filesystem
------------------
The core functionality lies in a virtual file system based on a 9p file server
-interface (`Notes on the Plan 9 Kernel Source`_). The implementation permits
-exposing virtual files, firmware drivers, and file blobs.
+interface (`Notes on the Plan 9 Kernel Source`_ and
+`Linux 9p remote filesystem protocol`_).
+The implementation permits exposing virtual files, firmware drivers, and file blobs.
Namespace
~~~~~~~~~
@@ -77,10 +78,10 @@ SMC interface
-------------
The communication with the 9p layer in BL31 is made through an SMC conduit
-(`SMC Calling Convention PDD`_), using a specific SiP Function Id. An NS shared
-buffer is used to pass path string parameters, or e.g. to exchange data on a
-read operation. Refer to `ARM SiP Services`_ for a description of the SMC
-interface.
+(`SMC Calling Convention PDD`_), using a specific SiP Function Id. An NS
+shared buffer is used to pass path string parameters, or e.g. to exchange
+data on a read operation. Refer to `ARM SiP Services`_ for a description
+of the SMC interface.
Security considerations
-----------------------
@@ -114,17 +115,9 @@ The SMC interface is accessible from an NS environment, that is:
- a Linux kernel driver running at NS-EL1
- a Linux userspace application through the kernel driver
-References
-----------
-
-.. [#] `SMC Calling Convention PDD`_
-.. [#] `Notes on the Plan 9 Kernel Source`_
-.. [#] `Linux 9p remote filesystem protocol`_
-.. [#] `ARM SiP Services`_
-
--------------
-*Copyright (c) 2019, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.*
+*Copyright (c) 2019-2020, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.*
.. _SMC Calling Convention PDD: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.den0028b/
.. _Notes on the Plan 9 Kernel Source: http://lsub.org/who/nemo/9.pdf
diff --git a/docs/components/index.rst b/docs/components/index.rst
index f1904c004..84425831b 100644
--- a/docs/components/index.rst
+++ b/docs/components/index.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Components
spd/index
arm-sip-service
+ debugfs-design
exception-handling
firmware-update
platform-interrupt-controller-API