From b533a83008c3fb4983c1213276790cacd39b518f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Damian Hobson-Garcia Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:09:12 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Add uio_dmem_genirq description to UIO documentation Signed-off-by: Damian Hobson-Garcia Signed-off-by: "Hans J. Koch" Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl index ac3d0018140c..fdbf86fcfccd 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl @@ -719,6 +719,62 @@ framework to set up sysfs files for this region. Simply leave it alone. + +Using uio_dmem_genirq for platform devices + + In addition to statically allocated memory ranges, they may also be + a desire to use dynamically allocated regions in a user space driver. + In particular, being able to access memory made available through the + dma-mapping API, may be particularly useful. The + uio_dmem_genirq driver provides a way to accomplish + this. + + + This driver is used in a similar manner to the + "uio_pdrv_genirq" driver with respect to interrupt + configuration and handling. + + + Set the .name element of + struct platform_device to + "uio_dmem_genirq" to use this driver. + + + When using this driver, fill in the .platform_data + element of struct platform_device, which is of type + struct uio_dmem_genirq_pdata and which contains the + following elements: + + + struct uio_info uioinfo: The same + structure used as the uio_pdrv_genirq platform + data + unsigned int *dynamic_region_sizes: + Pointer to list of sizes of dynamic memory regions to be mapped into + user space. + + unsigned int num_dynamic_regions: + Number of elements in dynamic_region_sizes array. + + + + The dynamic regions defined in the platform data will be appended to + the mem[] array after the platform device + resources, which implies that the total number of static and dynamic + memory regions cannot exceed MAX_UIO_MAPS. + + + The dynamic memory regions will be allocated when the UIO device file, + /dev/uioX is opened. + Simiar to static memory resources, the memory region information for + dynamic regions is then visible via sysfs at + /sys/class/uio/uioX/maps/mapY/*. + The dynmaic memory regions will be freed when the UIO device file is + closed. When no processes are holding the device file open, the address + returned to userspace is DMA_ERROR_CODE. + + +