From: ira.weiny@intel.com
To: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>,
Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com>,
Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>,
Ben Widawsky <ben.widawsky@intel.com>,
linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/9] Documentation/auxiliary_bus: Clarify match_name
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 15:40:36 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211027224043.3551125-3-ira.weiny@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211027224043.3551125-1-ira.weiny@intel.com>
From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Provide example code for how the match name is formed and where it is
supposed to be set.
Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
---
Documentation/driver-api/auxiliary_bus.rst | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/auxiliary_bus.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/auxiliary_bus.rst
index 29b1322592ef..498b9ad4b6ff 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/auxiliary_bus.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/auxiliary_bus.rst
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ An auxiliary_device represents a part of its parent device's functionality. It
is given a name that, combined with the registering drivers KBUILD_MODNAME,
creates a match_name that is used for driver binding, and an id that combined
with the match_name provide a unique name to register with the bus subsystem.
+For example, a driver registering an auxiliary device is named 'foo_mod.ko' and
+the subdevice is named 'foo_dev'. The match name is therefore
+'foo_mod.foo_dev'.
.. code-block:: c
@@ -95,9 +98,9 @@ structure must be filled in as follows.
The 'name' field is to be given a name that is recognized by the auxiliary
driver. If two auxiliary_devices with the same match_name, eg
-"mod.MY_DEVICE_NAME", are registered onto the bus, they must have unique id
-values (e.g. "x" and "y") so that the registered devices names are "mod.foo.x"
-and "mod.foo.y". If match_name + id are not unique, then the device_add fails
+"foo_mod.foo_dev", are registered onto the bus, they must have unique id
+values (e.g. "x" and "y") so that the registered devices names are "foo_mod.foo_dev.x"
+and "foo_mod.foo_dev.y". If match_name + id are not unique, then the device_add fails
and generates an error message.
The auxiliary_device.dev.type.release or auxiliary_device.dev.release must be
@@ -118,6 +121,10 @@ device to the bus.
.. code-block:: c
+ #define MY_DEVICE_NAME "foo_dev"
+
+ ...
+
struct axiliary_device *my_aux_dev = my_aux_dev_alloc(xxx);
/* Step 1: */
@@ -139,6 +146,9 @@ device to the bus.
/* manage the memory */
my_dev->my_aux_dev = my_aux_dev;
+ ...
+
+
Unregistering an auxiliary_device is a two-step process to mirror the register
process. First call auxiliary_device_delete(), then call
auxiliary_device_uninit().
@@ -206,6 +216,23 @@ Auxiliary drivers register themselves with the bus by calling
auxiliary_driver_register(). The id_table contains the match_names of auxiliary
devices that a driver can bind with.
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ static const struct auxiliary_device_id my_auxiliary_id_table[] = {
+ { .name = "foo_mod.foo_dev" },
+ {},
+ };
+
+ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(auxiliary, my_auxiliary_id_table);
+
+ struct auxiliary_driver my_drv = {
+ .name = "myauxiliarydrv",
+ .id_table = my_auxiliary_id_table,
+ .probe = my_drv_probe,
+ .remove = my_drv_remove
+ };
+
+
Example Usage
=============
--
2.28.0.rc0.12.gb6a658bd00c9
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-10-27 22:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-17 22:16 [PATCH V2 0/3] Query and use Partition Info ira.weiny
2021-06-17 22:16 ` [PATCH V2 1/3] cxl/pci: Store memory capacity values ira.weiny
2021-06-18 13:40 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-06-17 22:16 ` [PATCH V2 2/3] cxl/mem: Account for partitionable space in ram/pmem ranges ira.weiny
2021-06-18 13:59 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-06-18 16:30 ` Ira Weiny
2021-06-18 16:31 ` [PATCH V3] " ira.weiny
2021-06-18 16:58 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-06-18 18:48 ` Ira Weiny
2021-06-18 19:32 ` Ben Widawsky
2021-08-11 1:49 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] " Dan Williams
2021-06-17 22:16 ` [PATCH V2 3/3] cxl/mem: Adjust ram/pmem range to represent DPA ranges ira.weiny
2021-06-18 14:03 ` Jonathan Cameron
2021-06-21 19:54 ` [PATCH V3] " ira.weiny
2021-10-27 22:40 ` [PATCH 0/9] CDAT/DSMAS reading and cleanups ira.weiny
2021-10-27 22:40 ` [PATCH 1/9] Documentation/auxiliary_bus: Clarify auxiliary_device creation ira.weiny
2021-10-27 22:40 ` ira.weiny [this message]
2021-10-27 22:40 ` [PATCH 3/9] Documentation/auxiliary_bus: Update Auxiliary device lifespan ira.weiny
2021-10-27 22:43 ` [PATCH 0/9] CDAT/DSMAS reading and cleanups Ira Weiny
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