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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-04-21 12:14:25 +0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-04-21 12:14:25 +0400
commit87eb367003887cdc81a5d183efea227b5b488961 (patch)
tree40f617e25a9364d573e3cd2189c9e7fa56c8a0fe /include/linux/firewire-cdev.h
parentccb7c7732e2ceb4e81a7806faf1670be9681ccd2 (diff)
parent05d17608a69b3ae653ea5c9857283bef3439c733 (diff)
downloadlinux-87eb367003887cdc81a5d183efea227b5b488961.tar.xz
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-6000.c net/core/dev.c
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/firewire-cdev.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/firewire-cdev.h78
1 files changed, 55 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/firewire-cdev.h b/include/linux/firewire-cdev.h
index 40b11013408e..81f3b14d5d76 100644
--- a/include/linux/firewire-cdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/firewire-cdev.h
@@ -1,21 +1,26 @@
/*
* Char device interface.
*
- * Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Kristian Hoegsberg <krh@bitplanet.net>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
- * Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Kristian Hoegsberg <krh@bitplanet.net>
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+ * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+ * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+ * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+ * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
+ * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
+ * Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * PRECISION INSIGHT AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
+ * OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
+ * ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+ * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
*/
#ifndef _LINUX_FIREWIRE_CDEV_H
@@ -438,7 +443,7 @@ struct fw_cdev_remove_descriptor {
* @type: %FW_CDEV_ISO_CONTEXT_TRANSMIT or %FW_CDEV_ISO_CONTEXT_RECEIVE
* @header_size: Header size to strip for receive contexts
* @channel: Channel to bind to
- * @speed: Speed to transmit at
+ * @speed: Speed for transmit contexts
* @closure: To be returned in &fw_cdev_event_iso_interrupt
* @handle: Handle to context, written back by kernel
*
@@ -451,6 +456,9 @@ struct fw_cdev_remove_descriptor {
* If a context was successfully created, the kernel writes back a handle to the
* context, which must be passed in for subsequent operations on that context.
*
+ * For receive contexts, @header_size must be at least 4 and must be a multiple
+ * of 4.
+ *
* Note that the effect of a @header_size > 4 depends on
* &fw_cdev_get_info.version, as documented at &fw_cdev_event_iso_interrupt.
*/
@@ -481,10 +489,34 @@ struct fw_cdev_create_iso_context {
*
* &struct fw_cdev_iso_packet is used to describe isochronous packet queues.
*
- * Use the FW_CDEV_ISO_ macros to fill in @control. The sy and tag fields are
- * specified by IEEE 1394a and IEC 61883.
- *
- * FIXME - finish this documentation
+ * Use the FW_CDEV_ISO_ macros to fill in @control.
+ *
+ * For transmit packets, the header length must be a multiple of 4 and specifies
+ * the numbers of bytes in @header that will be prepended to the packet's
+ * payload; these bytes are copied into the kernel and will not be accessed
+ * after the ioctl has returned. The sy and tag fields are copied to the iso
+ * packet header (these fields are specified by IEEE 1394a and IEC 61883-1).
+ * The skip flag specifies that no packet is to be sent in a frame; when using
+ * this, all other fields except the interrupt flag must be zero.
+ *
+ * For receive packets, the header length must be a multiple of the context's
+ * header size; if the header length is larger than the context's header size,
+ * multiple packets are queued for this entry. The sy and tag fields are
+ * ignored. If the sync flag is set, the context drops all packets until
+ * a packet with a matching sy field is received (the sync value to wait for is
+ * specified in the &fw_cdev_start_iso structure). The payload length defines
+ * how many payload bytes can be received for one packet (in addition to payload
+ * quadlets that have been defined as headers and are stripped and returned in
+ * the &fw_cdev_event_iso_interrupt structure). If more bytes are received, the
+ * additional bytes are dropped. If less bytes are received, the remaining
+ * bytes in this part of the payload buffer will not be written to, not even by
+ * the next packet, i.e., packets received in consecutive frames will not
+ * necessarily be consecutive in memory. If an entry has queued multiple
+ * packets, the payload length is divided equally among them.
+ *
+ * When a packet with the interrupt flag set has been completed, the
+ * &fw_cdev_event_iso_interrupt event will be sent. An entry that has queued
+ * multiple receive packets is completed when its last packet is completed.
*/
struct fw_cdev_iso_packet {
__u32 control;
@@ -501,7 +533,7 @@ struct fw_cdev_iso_packet {
* Queue a number of isochronous packets for reception or transmission.
* This ioctl takes a pointer to an array of &fw_cdev_iso_packet structs,
* which describe how to transmit from or receive into a contiguous region
- * of a mmap()'ed payload buffer. As part of the packet descriptors,
+ * of a mmap()'ed payload buffer. As part of transmit packet descriptors,
* a series of headers can be supplied, which will be prepended to the
* payload during DMA.
*
@@ -620,8 +652,8 @@ struct fw_cdev_get_cycle_timer2 {
* instead of allocated.
* An %FW_CDEV_EVENT_ISO_RESOURCE_DEALLOCATED event concludes this operation.
*
- * To summarize, %FW_CDEV_IOC_DEALLOCATE_ISO_RESOURCE allocates iso resources
- * for the lifetime of the fd or handle.
+ * To summarize, %FW_CDEV_IOC_ALLOCATE_ISO_RESOURCE allocates iso resources
+ * for the lifetime of the fd or @handle.
* In contrast, %FW_CDEV_IOC_ALLOCATE_ISO_RESOURCE_ONCE allocates iso resources
* for the duration of a bus generation.
*