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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2005-04-16 22:20:36 (GMT) |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2005-04-16 22:20:36 (GMT) |
commit | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 (patch) | |
tree | 0bba044c4ce775e45a88a51686b5d9f90697ea9d /Documentation/driver-model/bus.txt | |
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Linux-2.6.12-rc2
Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history,
even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git
archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about
3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early
git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good
infrastructure for it.
Let it rip!
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-model/bus.txt b/Documentation/driver-model/bus.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dd62c7b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-model/bus.txt @@ -0,0 +1,160 @@ + +Bus Types + +Definition +~~~~~~~~~~ + +struct bus_type { + char * name; + + struct subsystem subsys; + struct kset drivers; + struct kset devices; + + struct bus_attribute * bus_attrs; + struct device_attribute * dev_attrs; + struct driver_attribute * drv_attrs; + + int (*match)(struct device * dev, struct device_driver * drv); + int (*hotplug) (struct device *dev, char **envp, + int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size); + int (*suspend)(struct device * dev, u32 state); + int (*resume)(struct device * dev); +}; + +int bus_register(struct bus_type * bus); + + +Declaration +~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Each bus type in the kernel (PCI, USB, etc) should declare one static +object of this type. They must initialize the name field, and may +optionally initialize the match callback. + +struct bus_type pci_bus_type = { + .name = "pci", + .match = pci_bus_match, +}; + +The structure should be exported to drivers in a header file: + +extern struct bus_type pci_bus_type; + + +Registration +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +When a bus driver is initialized, it calls bus_register. This +initializes the rest of the fields in the bus object and inserts it +into a global list of bus types. Once the bus object is registered, +the fields in it are usable by the bus driver. + + +Callbacks +~~~~~~~~~ + +match(): Attaching Drivers to Devices +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The format of device ID structures and the semantics for comparing +them are inherently bus-specific. Drivers typically declare an array +of device IDs of devices they support that reside in a bus-specific +driver structure. + +The purpose of the match callback is provide the bus an opportunity to +determine if a particular driver supports a particular device by +comparing the device IDs the driver supports with the device ID of a +particular device, without sacrificing bus-specific functionality or +type-safety. + +When a driver is registered with the bus, the bus's list of devices is +iterated over, and the match callback is called for each device that +does not have a driver associated with it. + + + +Device and Driver Lists +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The lists of devices and drivers are intended to replace the local +lists that many buses keep. They are lists of struct devices and +struct device_drivers, respectively. Bus drivers are free to use the +lists as they please, but conversion to the bus-specific type may be +necessary. + +The LDM core provides helper functions for iterating over each list. + +int bus_for_each_dev(struct bus_type * bus, struct device * start, void * data, + int (*fn)(struct device *, void *)); + +int bus_for_each_drv(struct bus_type * bus, struct device_driver * start, + void * data, int (*fn)(struct device_driver *, void *)); + +These helpers iterate over the respective list, and call the callback +for each device or driver in the list. All list accesses are +synchronized by taking the bus's lock (read currently). The reference +count on each object in the list is incremented before the callback is +called; it is decremented after the next object has been obtained. The +lock is not held when calling the callback. + + +sysfs +~~~~~~~~ +There is a top-level directory named 'bus'. + +Each bus gets a directory in the bus directory, along with two default +directories: + + /sys/bus/pci/ + |-- devices + `-- drivers + +Drivers registered with the bus get a directory in the bus's drivers +directory: + + /sys/bus/pci/ + |-- devices + `-- drivers + |-- Intel ICH + |-- Intel ICH Joystick + |-- agpgart + `-- e100 + +Each device that is discovered on a bus of that type gets a symlink in +the bus's devices directory to the device's directory in the physical +hierarchy: + + /sys/bus/pci/ + |-- devices + | |-- 00:00.0 -> ../../../root/pci0/00:00.0 + | |-- 00:01.0 -> ../../../root/pci0/00:01.0 + | `-- 00:02.0 -> ../../../root/pci0/00:02.0 + `-- drivers + + +Exporting Attributes +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +struct bus_attribute { + struct attribute attr; + ssize_t (*show)(struct bus_type *, char * buf); + ssize_t (*store)(struct bus_type *, const char * buf, size_t count); +}; + +Bus drivers can export attributes using the BUS_ATTR macro that works +similarly to the DEVICE_ATTR macro for devices. For example, a definition +like this: + +static BUS_ATTR(debug,0644,show_debug,store_debug); + +is equivalent to declaring: + +static bus_attribute bus_attr_debug; + +This can then be used to add and remove the attribute from the bus's +sysfs directory using: + +int bus_create_file(struct bus_type *, struct bus_attribute *); +void bus_remove_file(struct bus_type *, struct bus_attribute *); + + |