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-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl29
-rw-r--r--drivers/uio/uio.c22
-rw-r--r--include/linux/uio_driver.h4
3 files changed, 51 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
index 52e1b79ce0e..8f6e3b2403c 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ GPL version 2.
<revhistory>
<revision>
+ <revnumber>0.8</revnumber>
+ <date>2008-12-24</date>
+ <authorinitials>hjk</authorinitials>
+ <revremark>Added name attributes in mem and portio sysfs directories.
+ </revremark>
+ </revision>
+ <revision>
<revnumber>0.7</revnumber>
<date>2008-12-23</date>
<authorinitials>hjk</authorinitials>
@@ -303,12 +310,19 @@ interested in translating it, please email me
appear if the size of the mapping is not 0.
</para>
<para>
- Each <filename>mapX/</filename> directory contains two read-only files
- that show start address and size of the memory:
+ Each <filename>mapX/</filename> directory contains four read-only files
+ that show attributes of the memory:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
+ <filename>name</filename>: A string identifier for this mapping. This
+ is optional, the string can be empty. Drivers can set this to make it
+ easier for userspace to find the correct mapping.
+ </para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+ <para>
<filename>addr</filename>: The address of memory that can be mapped.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -366,12 +380,19 @@ offset = N * getpagesize();
<filename>/sys/class/uio/uioX/portio/</filename>.
</para>
<para>
- Each <filename>portX/</filename> directory contains three read-only
- files that show start, size, and type of the port region:
+ Each <filename>portX/</filename> directory contains four read-only
+ files that show name, start, size, and type of the port region:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
+ <filename>name</filename>: A string identifier for this port region.
+ The string is optional and can be empty. Drivers can set it to make it
+ easier for userspace to find a certain port region.
+ </para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+ <para>
<filename>start</filename>: The first port of this region.
</para>
</listitem>
diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio.c b/drivers/uio/uio.c
index 4ca85a113aa..68a49655778 100644
--- a/drivers/uio/uio.c
+++ b/drivers/uio/uio.c
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ struct uio_map {
};
#define to_map(map) container_of(map, struct uio_map, kobj)
+static ssize_t map_name_show(struct uio_mem *mem, char *buf)
+{
+ if (unlikely(!mem->name))
+ mem->name = "";
+
+ return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", mem->name);
+}
+
static ssize_t map_addr_show(struct uio_mem *mem, char *buf)
{
return sprintf(buf, "0x%lx\n", mem->addr);
@@ -82,6 +90,8 @@ struct map_sysfs_entry {
ssize_t (*store)(struct uio_mem *, const char *, size_t);
};
+static struct map_sysfs_entry name_attribute =
+ __ATTR(name, S_IRUGO, map_name_show, NULL);
static struct map_sysfs_entry addr_attribute =
__ATTR(addr, S_IRUGO, map_addr_show, NULL);
static struct map_sysfs_entry size_attribute =
@@ -90,6 +100,7 @@ static struct map_sysfs_entry offset_attribute =
__ATTR(offset, S_IRUGO, map_offset_show, NULL);
static struct attribute *attrs[] = {
+ &name_attribute.attr,
&addr_attribute.attr,
&size_attribute.attr,
&offset_attribute.attr,
@@ -133,6 +144,14 @@ struct uio_portio {
};
#define to_portio(portio) container_of(portio, struct uio_portio, kobj)
+static ssize_t portio_name_show(struct uio_port *port, char *buf)
+{
+ if (unlikely(!port->name))
+ port->name = "";
+
+ return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", port->name);
+}
+
static ssize_t portio_start_show(struct uio_port *port, char *buf)
{
return sprintf(buf, "0x%lx\n", port->start);
@@ -159,6 +178,8 @@ struct portio_sysfs_entry {
ssize_t (*store)(struct uio_port *, const char *, size_t);
};
+static struct portio_sysfs_entry portio_name_attribute =
+ __ATTR(name, S_IRUGO, portio_name_show, NULL);
static struct portio_sysfs_entry portio_start_attribute =
__ATTR(start, S_IRUGO, portio_start_show, NULL);
static struct portio_sysfs_entry portio_size_attribute =
@@ -167,6 +188,7 @@ static struct portio_sysfs_entry portio_porttype_attribute =
__ATTR(porttype, S_IRUGO, portio_porttype_show, NULL);
static struct attribute *portio_attrs[] = {
+ &portio_name_attribute.attr,
&portio_start_attribute.attr,
&portio_size_attribute.attr,
&portio_porttype_attribute.attr,
diff --git a/include/linux/uio_driver.h b/include/linux/uio_driver.h
index a0bb6bd2e5c..5dcc9ff72f6 100644
--- a/include/linux/uio_driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/uio_driver.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ struct uio_map;
/**
* struct uio_mem - description of a UIO memory region
+ * @name: name of the memory region for identification
* @addr: address of the device's memory
* @size: size of IO
* @memtype: type of memory addr points to
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ struct uio_map;
* @map: for use by the UIO core only.
*/
struct uio_mem {
+ const char *name;
unsigned long addr;
unsigned long size;
int memtype;
@@ -42,12 +44,14 @@ struct uio_portio;
/**
* struct uio_port - description of a UIO port region
+ * @name: name of the port region for identification
* @start: start of port region
* @size: size of port region
* @porttype: type of port (see UIO_PORT_* below)
* @portio: for use by the UIO core only.
*/
struct uio_port {
+ const char *name;
unsigned long start;
unsigned long size;
int porttype;