From: Hans J Koch Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:03:29 +0000 (+0100) Subject: UIO: fix up the UIO documentation X-Git-Tag: v2.6.24-rc4~78^2~3 X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ed423c24a8f749e2d6207128a91c724f2f7d82ce;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git UIO: fix up the UIO documentation Remove references to the old uio_dummy demo module from UIO documentation. Add a small paragraph to make it clearer that UIO is not a universal driver interface. Signed-off-by: Hans J Koch Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl index c119484258b..fdd7f4f887b 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl @@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ + + 0.4 + 2007-11-26 + hjk + Removed section about uio_dummy. + 0.3 2007-04-29 @@ -94,6 +100,26 @@ interested in translating it, please email me user space. This simplifies development and reduces the risk of serious bugs within a kernel module. + + Please note that UIO is not an universal driver interface. Devices + that are already handled well by other kernel subsystems (like + networking or serial or USB) are no candidates for an UIO driver. + Hardware that is ideally suited for an UIO driver fulfills all of + the following: + + + + The device has memory that can be mapped. The device can be + controlled completely by writing to this memory. + + + The device usually generates interrupts. + + + The device does not fit into one of the standard kernel + subsystems. + + @@ -174,8 +200,9 @@ interested in translating it, please email me For cards that don't generate interrupts but need to be polled, there is the possibility to set up a timer that triggers the interrupt handler at configurable time intervals. - See drivers/uio/uio_dummy.c for an - example of this technique. + This interrupt simulation is done by calling + uio_event_notify() + from the timer's event handler. @@ -263,63 +290,11 @@ offset = N * getpagesize(); - - -Using uio_dummy - - Well, there is no real use for uio_dummy. Its only purpose is - to test most parts of the UIO system (everything except - hardware interrupts), and to serve as an example for the - kernel module that you will have to write yourself. - - - -What uio_dummy does - - The kernel module uio_dummy.ko creates a - device that uses a timer to generate periodic interrupts. The - interrupt handler does nothing but increment a counter. The - driver adds two custom attributes, count - and freq, that appear under - /sys/devices/platform/uio_dummy/. - - - - The attribute count can be read and - written. The associated file - /sys/devices/platform/uio_dummy/count - appears as a normal text file and contains the total number of - timer interrupts. If you look at it (e.g. using - cat), you'll notice it is slowly counting - up. - - - - The attribute freq can be read and written. - The content of - /sys/devices/platform/uio_dummy/freq - represents the number of system timer ticks between two timer - interrupts. The default value of freq is - the value of the kernel variable HZ, which - gives you an interval of one second. Lower values will - increase the frequency. Try the following: - - -cd /sys/devices/platform/uio_dummy/ -echo 100 > freq - - - Use cat count to see how the interrupt - frequency changes. - - - - Writing your own kernel module - Please have a look at uio_dummy.c as an + Please have a look at uio_cif.c as an example. The following paragraphs explain the different sections of this file. @@ -354,9 +329,8 @@ See the description below for details. interrupt, it's your modules task to determine the irq number during initialization. If you don't have a hardware generated interrupt but want to trigger the interrupt handler in some other way, set -irq to UIO_IRQ_CUSTOM. The -uio_dummy module does this as it triggers the event mechanism in a timer -routine. If you had no interrupt at all, you could set +irq to UIO_IRQ_CUSTOM. +If you had no interrupt at all, you could set irq to UIO_IRQ_NONE, though this rarely makes sense.