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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-12-02 20:58:36 (GMT) |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-12-02 20:58:36 (GMT) |
commit | 8733cb29d60fd2ca6c1f50f69f9b90fbfcd1879b (patch) | |
tree | e6bef80539d3ada338f3f72733253b995df7e5c7 | |
parent | eed5ee1a3ab3020168cd67fdde2500452b0628c9 (diff) | |
parent | 318af55ddd38bdaaa2b57f5c3bd394f3ce3a2610 (diff) | |
download | linux-8733cb29d60fd2ca6c1f50f69f9b90fbfcd1879b.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'driver-core-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6
* 'driver-core-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6:
uio: Change mail address of Hans J. Koch
driver core: prune docs about device_interface
driver core: the development tree has switched to git
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-model/interface.txt | 129 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | MAINTAINERS | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/uio/uio.c | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/uio/uio_cif.c | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/uio/uio_netx.c | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/cpu.h | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/node.h | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/uio_driver.h | 2 |
8 files changed, 5 insertions, 144 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-model/interface.txt b/Documentation/driver-model/interface.txt deleted file mode 100644 index c66912bf..0000000 --- a/Documentation/driver-model/interface.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,129 +0,0 @@ - -Device Interfaces - -Introduction -~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Device interfaces are the logical interfaces of device classes that correlate -directly to userspace interfaces, like device nodes. - -Each device class may have multiple interfaces through which you can -access the same device. An input device may support the mouse interface, -the 'evdev' interface, and the touchscreen interface. A SCSI disk would -support the disk interface, the SCSI generic interface, and possibly a raw -device interface. - -Device interfaces are registered with the class they belong to. As devices -are added to the class, they are added to each interface registered with -the class. The interface is responsible for determining whether the device -supports the interface or not. - - -Programming Interface -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -struct device_interface { - char * name; - rwlock_t lock; - u32 devnum; - struct device_class * devclass; - - struct list_head node; - struct driver_dir_entry dir; - - int (*add_device)(struct device *); - int (*add_device)(struct intf_data *); -}; - -int interface_register(struct device_interface *); -void interface_unregister(struct device_interface *); - - -An interface must specify the device class it belongs to. It is added -to that class's list of interfaces on registration. - - -Interfaces can be added to a device class at any time. Whenever it is -added, each device in the class is passed to the interface's -add_device callback. When an interface is removed, each device is -removed from the interface. - - -Devices -~~~~~~~ -Once a device is added to a device class, it is added to each -interface that is registered with the device class. The class -is expected to place a class-specific data structure in -struct device::class_data. The interface can use that (along with -other fields of struct device) to determine whether or not the driver -and/or device support that particular interface. - - -Data -~~~~ - -struct intf_data { - struct list_head node; - struct device_interface * intf; - struct device * dev; - u32 intf_num; -}; - -int interface_add_data(struct interface_data *); - -The interface is responsible for allocating and initializing a struct -intf_data and calling interface_add_data() to add it to the device's list -of interfaces it belongs to. This list will be iterated over when the device -is removed from the class (instead of all possible interfaces for a class). -This structure should probably be embedded in whatever per-device data -structure the interface is allocating anyway. - -Devices are enumerated within the interface. This happens in interface_add_data() -and the enumerated value is stored in the struct intf_data for that device. - -sysfs -~~~~~ -Each interface is given a directory in the directory of the device -class it belongs to: - -Interfaces get a directory in the class's directory as well: - - class/ - `-- input - |-- devices - |-- drivers - |-- mouse - `-- evdev - -When a device is added to the interface, a symlink is created that points -to the device's directory in the physical hierarchy: - - class/ - `-- input - |-- devices - | `-- 1 -> ../../../root/pci0/00:1f.0/usb_bus/00:1f.2-1:0/ - |-- drivers - | `-- usb:usb_mouse -> ../../../bus/drivers/usb_mouse/ - |-- mouse - | `-- 1 -> ../../../root/pci0/00:1f.0/usb_bus/00:1f.2-1:0/ - `-- evdev - `-- 1 -> ../../../root/pci0/00:1f.0/usb_bus/00:1f.2-1:0/ - - -Future Plans -~~~~~~~~~~~~ -A device interface is correlated directly with a userspace interface -for a device, specifically a device node. For instance, a SCSI disk -exposes at least two interfaces to userspace: the standard SCSI disk -interface and the SCSI generic interface. It might also export a raw -device interface. - -Many interfaces have a major number associated with them and each -device gets a minor number. Or, multiple interfaces might share one -major number, and each will receive a range of minor numbers (like in -the case of input devices). - -These major and minor numbers could be stored in the interface -structure. Major and minor allocations could happen when the interface -is registered with the class, or via a helper function. - diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 74b8e05..1a1c27b 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -2060,7 +2060,7 @@ F: Documentation/blockdev/drbd/ DRIVER CORE, KOBJECTS, DEBUGFS AND SYSFS M: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> -T: quilt kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/gregkh-2.6/ +T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6.git S: Supported F: Documentation/kobject.txt F: drivers/base/ diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio.c b/drivers/uio/uio.c index a858d2b..51fe179 100644 --- a/drivers/uio/uio.c +++ b/drivers/uio/uio.c @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ * * Copyright(C) 2005, Benedikt Spranger <b.spranger@linutronix.de> * Copyright(C) 2005, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - * Copyright(C) 2006, Hans J. Koch <hjk@linutronix.de> + * Copyright(C) 2006, Hans J. Koch <hjk@hansjkoch.de> * Copyright(C) 2006, Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com> * * Userspace IO diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio_cif.c b/drivers/uio/uio_cif.c index a8ea2f1..a84a451 100644 --- a/drivers/uio/uio_cif.c +++ b/drivers/uio/uio_cif.c @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ /* * UIO Hilscher CIF card driver * - * (C) 2007 Hans J. Koch <hjk@linutronix.de> + * (C) 2007 Hans J. Koch <hjk@hansjkoch.de> * Original code (C) 2005 Benedikt Spranger <b.spranger@linutronix.de> * * Licensed under GPL version 2 only. diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio_netx.c b/drivers/uio/uio_netx.c index 5a18e9f..5ffdb48 100644 --- a/drivers/uio/uio_netx.c +++ b/drivers/uio/uio_netx.c @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ * UIO driver for Hilscher NetX based fieldbus cards (cifX, comX). * See http://www.hilscher.com for details. * - * (C) 2007 Hans J. Koch <hjk@linutronix.de> + * (C) 2007 Hans J. Koch <hjk@hansjkoch.de> * (C) 2008 Manuel Traut <manut@linutronix.de> * * Licensed under GPL version 2 only. diff --git a/include/linux/cpu.h b/include/linux/cpu.h index 4823af6..5f09323 100644 --- a/include/linux/cpu.h +++ b/include/linux/cpu.h @@ -10,11 +10,6 @@ * * CPUs are exported via sysfs in the class/cpu/devices/ * directory. - * - * Per-cpu interfaces can be implemented using a struct device_interface. - * See the following for how to do this: - * - drivers/base/intf.c - * - Documentation/driver-model/interface.txt */ #ifndef _LINUX_CPU_H_ #define _LINUX_CPU_H_ diff --git a/include/linux/node.h b/include/linux/node.h index 06292da..1466945 100644 --- a/include/linux/node.h +++ b/include/linux/node.h @@ -10,11 +10,6 @@ * * Nodes are exported via driverfs in the class/node/devices/ * directory. - * - * Per-node interfaces can be implemented using a struct device_interface. - * See the following for how to do this: - * - drivers/base/intf.c - * - Documentation/driver-model/interface.txt */ #ifndef _LINUX_NODE_H_ #define _LINUX_NODE_H_ diff --git a/include/linux/uio_driver.h b/include/linux/uio_driver.h index d6188e5..665517c 100644 --- a/include/linux/uio_driver.h +++ b/include/linux/uio_driver.h @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ * * Copyright(C) 2005, Benedikt Spranger <b.spranger@linutronix.de> * Copyright(C) 2005, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - * Copyright(C) 2006, Hans J. Koch <hjk@linutronix.de> + * Copyright(C) 2006, Hans J. Koch <hjk@hansjkoch.de> * Copyright(C) 2006, Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com> * * Userspace IO driver. |