From: ira.weiny@intel.com
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>,
Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Documentation/auxiliary_bus: Clarify match_name
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2021 14:53:16 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211102215317.3676782-3-ira.weiny@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211102215317.3676782-1-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.
Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
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 8b3e795f3691..41ec9aed059f 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
@@ -121,6 +124,10 @@ 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.
goto fail;
}
+ ...
+
+
Unregistering an auxiliary_device is a two-step process to mirror the register
process. First call auxiliary_device_delete(), then call
auxiliary_device_uninit().
@@ -205,6 +215,23 @@ 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:[~2021-11-02 21:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-02 21:53 [PATCH 0/3] Improve Auxiliary Device documentation ira.weiny
2021-11-02 21:53 ` [PATCH 1/3] Documentation/auxiliary_bus: Clarify auxiliary_device creation ira.weiny
2021-11-02 22:06 ` Jonathan Corbet
2021-11-02 22:53 ` [PATCH v2] " ira.weiny
2021-11-26 16:16 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-11-28 5:32 ` Ira Weiny
2021-11-28 7:59 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-11-02 21:53 ` ira.weiny [this message]
2021-11-02 21:53 ` [PATCH 3/3] Documentation/auxiliary_bus: Update Auxiliary device lifespan ira.weiny
2021-11-03 7:58 ` [PATCH 0/3] Improve Auxiliary Device documentation Greg Kroah-Hartman
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