* maintainer for this update? @ 2019-03-28 21:53 Dave Stevens 2019-03-28 22:28 ` Greg KH 2019-03-29 3:22 ` Valdis Klētnieks 0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Dave Stevens @ 2019-03-28 21:53 UTC (permalink / raw) To: kernelnewbies In the article below about kernel updates is a reference to a driver for a Plantower PMS7003 particulate matter sensor. I'm using this series in air pollution monitoring and its usual interface to the computer is over a serial line. I consequently am very curious about how and why it would need a specific kernel module. Can anyone refer me to more information about the originator of this patch? I'd rather ask directly but don't know how to go about it. TIA Dave https://lwn.net/Articles/782511/ _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: maintainer for this update? 2019-03-28 21:53 maintainer for this update? Dave Stevens @ 2019-03-28 22:28 ` Greg KH 2019-03-29 3:22 ` Valdis Klētnieks 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Greg KH @ 2019-03-28 22:28 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Dave Stevens; +Cc: kernelnewbies On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 02:53:28PM -0700, Dave Stevens wrote: > In the article below about kernel updates is a reference to a driver for > a Plantower PMS7003 particulate matter sensor. I'm using this series in > air pollution monitoring and its usual interface to the computer > is over a serial line. I consequently am very curious about how and why > it would need a specific kernel module. > > Can anyone refer me to more information about the originator of this > patch? I'd rather ask directly but don't know how to go about it. scripts/get_maintainer.pl is your friend :) It can be used on any kernel file to find out who is responsible for it. hope this helps, greg k-h _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: maintainer for this update? 2019-03-28 21:53 maintainer for this update? Dave Stevens 2019-03-28 22:28 ` Greg KH @ 2019-03-29 3:22 ` Valdis Klētnieks 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Valdis Klētnieks @ 2019-03-29 3:22 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Dave Stevens; +Cc: kernelnewbies On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 14:53:28 -0700, Dave Stevens said: > In the article below about kernel updates is a reference to a driver for > a Plantower PMS7003 particulate matter sensor. I'm using this series in > air pollution monitoring and its usual interface to the computer > is over a serial line. I consequently am very curious about how and why > it would need a specific kernel module. A quick look at the driver shows that it apparently does at least a little bit of the heavy lifting for you - rather than you have to do all the serial I/O interpretation yourself in userspace, it will handle checksums and channels and so on for you. +enum pms7003_cmd { + CMD_WAKEUP, + CMD_ENTER_PASSIVE_MODE, + CMD_READ_PASSIVE, + CMD_SLEEP, +}; + +/* + * commands have following format: + * + * +------+------+-----+------+-----+-----------+-----------+ + * | 0x42 | 0x4d | cmd | 0x00 | arg | cksum msb | cksum lsb | + * +------+------+-----+------+-----+-----------+-----------+ + */ +static const u8 pms7003_cmd_tbl[][PMS7003_CMD_LENGTH] = { + [CMD_WAKEUP] = { 0x42, 0x4d, 0xe4, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x74 }, + [CMD_ENTER_PASSIVE_MODE] = { 0x42, 0x4d, 0xe1, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x70 }, + [CMD_READ_PASSIVE] = { 0x42, 0x4d, 0xe2, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x71 }, + [CMD_SLEEP] = { 0x42, 0x4d, 0xe4, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x73 }, +}; So you can send 'wakeup' or 'read' and it will send the strings, and then read back data and complete the I/O when enough bytes have arrived. There's also some probing in there to deal with device tree etc. _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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