scsi: docs: convert ufs.txt to ReST

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Acked-by: Avri Altman <avri.altman@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
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sym53c500_cs
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tcm_qla2xxx
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scsi_transport_srp/figures

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Universal Flash Storage
=======================
.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
=======================
Universal Flash Storage
=======================
Contents
--------
.. Contents
1. Overview
2. UFS Architecture Overview
2.1 Application Layer
2.2 UFS Transport Protocol(UTP) layer
2.3 UFS Interconnect(UIC) Layer
3. UFSHCD Overview
3.1 UFS controller initialization
3.2 UTP Transfer requests
3.3 UFS error handling
3.4 SCSI Error handling
1. Overview
2. UFS Architecture Overview
2.1 Application Layer
2.2 UFS Transport Protocol(UTP) layer
2.3 UFS Interconnect(UIC) Layer
3. UFSHCD Overview
3.1 UFS controller initialization
3.2 UTP Transfer requests
3.3 UFS error handling
3.4 SCSI Error handling
1. Overview
-----------
===========
Universal Flash Storage(UFS) is a storage specification for flash devices.
It is aimed to provide a universal storage interface for both
@ -28,19 +30,25 @@ is defined by JEDEC Solid State Technology Association. UFS is based
on MIPI M-PHY physical layer standard. UFS uses MIPI M-PHY as the
physical layer and MIPI Unipro as the link layer.
The main goals of UFS is to provide,
The main goals of UFS is to provide:
* Optimized performance:
For UFS version 1.0 and 1.1 the target performance is as follows,
Support for Gear1 is mandatory (rate A: 1248Mbps, rate B: 1457.6Mbps)
Support for Gear2 is optional (rate A: 2496Mbps, rate B: 2915.2Mbps)
For UFS version 1.0 and 1.1 the target performance is as follows:
- Support for Gear1 is mandatory (rate A: 1248Mbps, rate B: 1457.6Mbps)
- Support for Gear2 is optional (rate A: 2496Mbps, rate B: 2915.2Mbps)
Future version of the standard,
Gear3 (rate A: 4992Mbps, rate B: 5830.4Mbps)
- Gear3 (rate A: 4992Mbps, rate B: 5830.4Mbps)
* Low power consumption
* High random IOPs and low latency
2. UFS Architecture Overview
----------------------------
============================
UFS has a layered communication architecture which is based on SCSI
SAM-5 architectural model.
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UFS communication architecture consists of following layers,
2.1 Application Layer
---------------------
The Application layer is composed of UFS command set layer(UCS),
Task Manager and Device manager. The UFS interface is designed to be
protocol agnostic, however SCSI has been selected as a baseline
protocol for versions 1.0 and 1.1 of UFS protocol layer.
UFS supports subset of SCSI commands defined by SPC-4 and SBC-3.
* UCS: It handles SCSI commands supported by UFS specification.
* Task manager: It handles task management functions defined by the
* UCS:
It handles SCSI commands supported by UFS specification.
* Task manager:
It handles task management functions defined by the
UFS which are meant for command queue control.
* Device manager: It handles device level operations and device
* Device manager:
It handles device level operations and device
configuration operations. Device level operations mainly involve
device power management operations and commands to Interconnect
layers. Device level configurations involve handling of query
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information of the device.
2.2 UFS Transport Protocol(UTP) layer
-------------------------------------
UTP layer provides services for
the higher layers through Service Access Points. UTP defines 3
service access points for higher layers.
* UDM_SAP: Device manager service access point is exposed to device
manager for device level operations. These device level operations
are done through query requests.
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set layer(UCS) to transport commands.
* UTP_TM_SAP: Task management service access point is exposed to task
manager to transport task management functions.
UTP transports messages through UFS protocol information unit(UPIU).
2.3 UFS Interconnect(UIC) Layer
-------------------------------
UIC is the lowest layer of UFS layered architecture. It handles
connection between UFS host and UFS device. UIC consists of
MIPI UniPro and MIPI M-PHY. UIC provides 2 service access points
to upper layer,
* UIC_SAP: To transport UPIU between UFS host and UFS device.
* UIO_SAP: To issue commands to Unipro layers.
3. UFSHCD Overview
------------------
==================
The UFS host controller driver is based on Linux SCSI Framework.
UFSHCD is a low level device driver which acts as an interface between
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The current UFSHCD implementation supports following functionality,
3.1 UFS controller initialization
---------------------------------
The initialization module brings UFS host controller to active state
and prepares the controller to transfer commands/response between
UFSHCD and UFS device.
3.2 UTP Transfer requests
-------------------------
Transfer request handling module of UFSHCD receives SCSI commands
from SCSI Midlayer, forms UPIUs and issues the UPIUs to UFS Host
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of the status of the command.
3.3 UFS error handling
----------------------
Error handling module handles Host controller fatal errors,
Device fatal errors and UIC interconnect layer related errors.
3.4 SCSI Error handling
-----------------------
This is done through UFSHCD SCSI error handling routines registered
with SCSI Midlayer. Examples of some of the error handling commands
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functionality are not implemented.
4. BSG Support
------------------
==============
This transport driver supports exchanging UFS protocol information units
(UPIUs) with a UFS device. Typically, user space will allocate
@ -138,7 +161,7 @@ request_upiu and reply_upiu respectively. Filling those UPIUs should
be done in accordance with JEDEC spec UFS2.1 paragraph 10.7.
*Caveat emptor*: The driver makes no further input validations and sends the
UPIU to the device as it is. Open the bsg device in /dev/ufs-bsg and
send SG_IO with the applicable sg_io_v4:
send SG_IO with the applicable sg_io_v4::
io_hdr_v4.guard = 'Q';
io_hdr_v4.protocol = BSG_PROTOCOL_SCSI;
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For more detailed information about the tool and its supported
features, please see the tool's README.
UFS Specifications can be found at,
UFS - http://www.jedec.org/sites/default/files/docs/JESD220.pdf
UFSHCI - http://www.jedec.org/sites/default/files/docs/JESD223.pdf
UFS Specifications can be found at:
- UFS - http://www.jedec.org/sites/default/files/docs/JESD220.pdf
- UFSHCI - http://www.jedec.org/sites/default/files/docs/JESD223.pdf

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R: Avri Altman <avri.altman@wdc.com>
L: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
S: Supported
F: Documentation/scsi/ufs.txt
F: Documentation/scsi/ufs.rst
F: drivers/scsi/ufs/
UNIVERSAL FLASH STORAGE HOST CONTROLLER DRIVER DWC HOOKS

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The module will be called ufshcd.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
<file:Documentation/scsi/ufs.txt>.
<file:Documentation/scsi/ufs.rst>.
However, do not compile this as a module if your root file system
(the one containing the directory /) is located on a UFS device.