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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-06-22 15:08:34 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-06-22 15:08:34 -0700 |
commit | eaa8568901b3164197ce727c4c9b4067383e526c (patch) | |
tree | 6dc48f016cfff6e1e5ce9278be819e1b651027b0 /Documentation | |
parent | 6c763eb9ead86c612492b59287b36c0dcf7d09b1 (diff) | |
parent | c6976a4eb3c9ead165de950899b45db0840b8e30 (diff) |
Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/w1-2.6
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/w1-2.6:
[PATCH] w1: warning fix
[PATCH] w1: clean up W1_CON dependency.
[PATCH] drivers/w1/w1.c: fix a compile error
[PATCH] W1: fix dependencies of W1_SLAVE_DS2433_CRC
[PATCH] W1: possible cleanups
[PATCH] W1: cleanups
[PATCH] w1 exports
[PATCH] w1: Use mutexes instead of semaphores.
[PATCH] w1: Make w1 connector notifications depend on connector.
[PATCH] w1: netlink: Mark netlink group 1 as unused.
[PATCH] w1: Move w1-connector definitions into linux/include/connector.h
[PATCH] w1: Userspace communication protocol over connector.
[PATCH] w1: Replace dscore and ds_w1_bridge with ds2490 driver.
[PATCH] w1: Added default generic read/write operations.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/w1/masters/ds2490 | 18 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/w1/w1.generic | 18 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/w1/w1.netlink | 98 |
3 files changed, 131 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/w1/masters/ds2490 b/Documentation/w1/masters/ds2490 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..44a4918bd7f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/w1/masters/ds2490 @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +Kernel driver ds2490 +==================== + +Supported chips: + * Maxim DS2490 based + +Author: Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru> + + +Description +----------- + +The Maixm/Dallas Semiconductor DS2490 is a chip +which allows to build USB <-> W1 bridges. + +DS9490(R) is a USB <-> W1 bus master device +which has 0x81 family ID integrated chip and DS2490 +low-level operational chip. diff --git a/Documentation/w1/w1.generic b/Documentation/w1/w1.generic index f937fbe1cac..4c6509dd478 100644 --- a/Documentation/w1/w1.generic +++ b/Documentation/w1/w1.generic @@ -27,8 +27,19 @@ When a w1 master driver registers with the w1 subsystem, the following occurs: When a device is found on the bus, w1 core checks if driver for it's family is loaded. If so, the family driver is attached to the slave. -If there is no driver for the family, a simple sysfs entry is created -for the slave device. +If there is no driver for the family, default one is assigned, which allows to perform +almost any kind of operations. Each logical operation is a transaction +in nature, which can contain several (two or one) low-level operations. +Let's see how one can read EEPROM context: +1. one must write control buffer, i.e. buffer containing command byte +and two byte address. At this step bus is reset and appropriate device +is selected using either W1_SKIP_ROM or W1_MATCH_ROM command. +Then provided control buffer is being written to the wire. +2. reading. This will issue reading eeprom response. + +It is possible that between 1. and 2. w1 master thread will reset bus for searching +and slave device will be even removed, but in this case 0xff will +be read, since no device was selected. W1 device families @@ -89,4 +100,5 @@ driver - (standard) symlink to the w1 driver name - the device name, usually the same as the directory name w1_slave - (optional) a binary file whose meaning depends on the family driver - +rw - (optional) created for slave devices which do not have + appropriate family driver. Allows to read/write binary data. diff --git a/Documentation/w1/w1.netlink b/Documentation/w1/w1.netlink new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..3640c7c87d4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/w1/w1.netlink @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +Userspace communication protocol over connector [1]. + + +Message types. +============= + +There are three types of messages between w1 core and userspace: +1. Events. They are generated each time new master or slave device found + either due to automatic or requested search. +2. Userspace commands. Includes read/write and search/alarm search comamnds. +3. Replies to userspace commands. + + +Protocol. +======== + +[struct cn_msg] - connector header. It's length field is equal to size of the attached data. +[struct w1_netlink_msg] - w1 netlink header. + __u8 type - message type. + W1_SLAVE_ADD/W1_SLAVE_REMOVE - slave add/remove events. + W1_MASTER_ADD/W1_MASTER_REMOVE - master add/remove events. + W1_MASTER_CMD - userspace command for bus master device (search/alarm search). + W1_SLAVE_CMD - userspace command for slave device (read/write/ search/alarm search + for bus master device where given slave device found). + __u8 res - reserved + __u16 len - size of attached to this header data. + union { + __u8 id; - slave unique device id + struct w1_mst { + __u32 id; - master's id. + __u32 res; - reserved + } mst; + } id; + +[strucrt w1_netlink_cmd] - command for gived master or slave device. + __u8 cmd - command opcode. + W1_CMD_READ - read command. + W1_CMD_WRITE - write command. + W1_CMD_SEARCH - search command. + W1_CMD_ALARM_SEARCH - alarm search command. + __u8 res - reserved + __u16 len - length of data for this command. + For read command data must be allocated like for write command. + __u8 data[0] - data for this command. + + +Each connector message can include one or more w1_netlink_msg with zero of more attached w1_netlink_cmd messages. + +For event messages there are no w1_netlink_cmd embedded structures, only connector header +and w1_netlink_msg strucutre with "len" field being zero and filled type (one of event types) +and id - either 8 bytes of slave unique id in host order, or master's id, which is assigned +to bus master device when it is added to w1 core. + +Currently replies to userspace commands are only generated for read command request. +One reply is generated exactly for one w1_netlink_cmd read request. +Replies are not combined when sent - i.e. typical reply messages looks like the following: +[cn_msg][w1_netlink_msg][w1_netlink_cmd] +cn_msg.len = sizeof(struct w1_netlink_msg) + sizeof(struct w1_netlink_cmd) + cmd->len; +w1_netlink_msg.len = sizeof(struct w1_netlink_cmd) + cmd->len; +w1_netlink_cmd.len = cmd->len; + + +Operation steps in w1 core when new command is received. +======================================================= + +When new message (w1_netlink_msg) is received w1 core detects if it is master of slave request, +according to w1_netlink_msg.type field. +Then master or slave device is searched for. +When found, master device (requested or those one on where slave device is found) is locked. +If slave command is requested, then reset/select procedure is started to select given device. + +Then all requested in w1_netlink_msg operations are performed one by one. +If command requires reply (like read command) it is sent on command completion. + +When all commands (w1_netlink_cmd) are processed muster device is unlocked +and next w1_netlink_msg header processing started. + + +Connector [1] specific documentation. +==================================== + +Each connector message includes two u32 fields as "address". +w1 uses CN_W1_IDX and CN_W1_VAL defined in include/linux/connector.h header. +Each message also includes sequence and acknowledge numbers. +Sequence number for event messages is appropriate bus master sequence number increased with +each event message sent "through" this master. +Sequence number for userspace requests is set by userspace application. +Sequence number for reply is the same as was in request, and +acknowledge number is set to seq+1. + + +Additional documantion, source code examples. +============================================ + +1. Documentation/connector +2. http://tservice.net.ru/~s0mbre/archive/w1 +This archive includes userspace application w1d.c which +uses read/write/search commands for all master/slave devices found on the bus. |