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author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> | 2019-06-27 15:39:22 -0300 |
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committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> | 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -0300 |
commit | baa293e9544bea71361950d071579f0e4d5713ed (patch) | |
tree | 29e0400c806016783a3fd7a380be40a201956653 /Documentation/driver-api/lightnvm-pblk.rst | |
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docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents
There are lots of documents under Documentation/*.txt and a few other
orphan documents elsehwere that belong to the driver-API book.
Move them to their right place.
Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com> # vfio-related parts
Acked-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com> # switchtec
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/lightnvm-pblk.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/lightnvm-pblk.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..1040ed1cec81 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/lightnvm-pblk.rst @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +pblk: Physical Block Device Target +================================== + +pblk implements a fully associative, host-based FTL that exposes a traditional +block I/O interface. Its primary responsibilities are: + + - Map logical addresses onto physical addresses (4KB granularity) in a + logical-to-physical (L2P) table. + - Maintain the integrity and consistency of the L2P table as well as its + recovery from normal tear down and power outage. + - Deal with controller- and media-specific constrains. + - Handle I/O errors. + - Implement garbage collection. + - Maintain consistency across the I/O stack during synchronization points. + +For more information please refer to: + + http://lightnvm.io + +which maintains updated FAQs, manual pages, technical documentation, tools, +contacts, etc. |