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diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/upgrading-clients b/Documentation/i2c/upgrading-clients new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9a45f9bb6a25 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/i2c/upgrading-clients @@ -0,0 +1,281 @@ +Upgrading I2C Drivers to the new 2.6 Driver Model +================================================= + +Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org> + +Introduction +------------ + +This guide outlines how to alter existing Linux 2.6 client drivers from +the old to the new new binding methods. + + +Example old-style driver +------------------------ + + +struct example_state { + struct i2c_client client; + .... +}; + +static struct i2c_driver example_driver; + +static unsigned short ignore[] = { I2C_CLIENT_END }; +static unsigned short normal_addr[] = { OUR_ADDR, I2C_CLIENT_END }; + +I2C_CLIENT_INSMOD; + +static int example_attach(struct i2c_adapter *adap, int addr, int kind) +{ + struct example_state *state; + struct device *dev = &adap->dev; /* to use for dev_ reports */ + int ret; + + state = kzalloc(sizeof(struct example_state), GFP_KERNEL); + if (state == NULL) { + dev_err(dev, "failed to create our state\n"); + return -ENOMEM; + } + + example->client.addr = addr; + example->client.flags = 0; + example->client.adapter = adap; + + i2c_set_clientdata(&state->i2c_client, state); + strlcpy(client->i2c_client.name, "example", I2C_NAME_SIZE); + + ret = i2c_attach_client(&state->i2c_client); + if (ret < 0) { + dev_err(dev, "failed to attach client\n"); + kfree(state); + return ret; + } + + dev = &state->i2c_client.dev; + + /* rest of the initialisation goes here. */ + + dev_info(dev, "example client created\n"); + + return 0; +} + +static int __devexit example_detach(struct i2c_client *client) +{ + struct example_state *state = i2c_get_clientdata(client); + + i2c_detach_client(client); + kfree(state); + return 0; +} + +static int example_attach_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap) +{ + return i2c_probe(adap, &addr_data, example_attach); +} + +static struct i2c_driver example_driver = { + .driver = { + .owner = THIS_MODULE, + .name = "example", + }, + .attach_adapter = example_attach_adapter, + .detach_client = __devexit_p(example_detach), + .suspend = example_suspend, + .resume = example_resume, +}; + + +Updating the client +------------------- + +The new style binding model will check against a list of supported +devices and their associated address supplied by the code registering +the busses. This means that the driver .attach_adapter and +.detach_adapter methods can be removed, along with the addr_data, +as follows: + +- static struct i2c_driver example_driver; + +- static unsigned short ignore[] = { I2C_CLIENT_END }; +- static unsigned short normal_addr[] = { OUR_ADDR, I2C_CLIENT_END }; + +- I2C_CLIENT_INSMOD; + +- static int example_attach_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap) +- { +- return i2c_probe(adap, &addr_data, example_attach); +- } + + static struct i2c_driver example_driver = { +- .attach_adapter = example_attach_adapter, +- .detach_client = __devexit_p(example_detach), + } + +Add the probe and remove methods to the i2c_driver, as so: + + static struct i2c_driver example_driver = { ++ .probe = example_probe, ++ .remove = __devexit_p(example_remove), + } + +Change the example_attach method to accept the new parameters +which include the i2c_client that it will be working with: + +- static int example_attach(struct i2c_adapter *adap, int addr, int kind) ++ static int example_probe(struct i2c_client *client, ++ const struct i2c_device_id *id) + +Change the name of example_attach to example_probe to align it with the +i2c_driver entry names. The rest of the probe routine will now need to be +changed as the i2c_client has already been setup for use. + +The necessary client fields have already been setup before +the probe function is called, so the following client setup +can be removed: + +- example->client.addr = addr; +- example->client.flags = 0; +- example->client.adapter = adap; +- +- strlcpy(client->i2c_client.name, "example", I2C_NAME_SIZE); + +The i2c_set_clientdata is now: + +- i2c_set_clientdata(&state->client, state); ++ i2c_set_clientdata(client, state); + +The call to i2c_attach_client is no longer needed, if the probe +routine exits successfully, then the driver will be automatically +attached by the core. Change the probe routine as so: + +- ret = i2c_attach_client(&state->i2c_client); +- if (ret < 0) { +- dev_err(dev, "failed to attach client\n"); +- kfree(state); +- return ret; +- } + + +Remove the storage of 'struct i2c_client' from the 'struct example_state' +as we are provided with the i2c_client in our example_probe. Instead we +store a pointer to it for when it is needed. + +struct example_state { +- struct i2c_client client; ++ struct i2c_client *client; + +the new i2c client as so: + +- struct device *dev = &adap->dev; /* to use for dev_ reports */ ++ struct device *dev = &i2c_client->dev; /* to use for dev_ reports */ + +And remove the change after our client is attached, as the driver no +longer needs to register a new client structure with the core: + +- dev = &state->i2c_client.dev; + +In the probe routine, ensure that the new state has the client stored +in it: + +static int example_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c_client, + const struct i2c_device_id *id) +{ + struct example_state *state; + struct device *dev = &i2c_client->dev; + int ret; + + state = kzalloc(sizeof(struct example_state), GFP_KERNEL); + if (state == NULL) { + dev_err(dev, "failed to create our state\n"); + return -ENOMEM; + } + ++ state->client = i2c_client; + +Update the detach method, by changing the name to _remove and +to delete the i2c_detach_client call. It is possible that you +can also remove the ret variable as it is not not needed for +any of the core functions. + +- static int __devexit example_detach(struct i2c_client *client) ++ static int __devexit example_remove(struct i2c_client *client) +{ + struct example_state *state = i2c_get_clientdata(client); + +- i2c_detach_client(client); + +And finally ensure that we have the correct ID table for the i2c-core +and other utilities: + ++ struct i2c_device_id example_idtable[] = { ++ { "example", 0 }, ++ { } ++}; ++ ++MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, example_idtable); + +static struct i2c_driver example_driver = { + .driver = { + .owner = THIS_MODULE, + .name = "example", + }, ++ .id_table = example_ids, + + +Our driver should now look like this: + +struct example_state { + struct i2c_client *client; + .... +}; + +static int example_probe(struct i2c_client *client, + const struct i2c_device_id *id) +{ + struct example_state *state; + struct device *dev = &client->dev; + + state = kzalloc(sizeof(struct example_state), GFP_KERNEL); + if (state == NULL) { + dev_err(dev, "failed to create our state\n"); + return -ENOMEM; + } + + state->client = client; + i2c_set_clientdata(client, state); + + /* rest of the initialisation goes here. */ + + dev_info(dev, "example client created\n"); + + return 0; +} + +static int __devexit example_remove(struct i2c_client *client) +{ + struct example_state *state = i2c_get_clientdata(client); + + kfree(state); + return 0; +} + +static struct i2c_device_id example_idtable[] = { + { "example", 0 }, + { } +}; + +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, example_idtable); + +static struct i2c_driver example_driver = { + .driver = { + .owner = THIS_MODULE, + .name = "example", + }, + .id_table = example_idtable, + .probe = example_probe, + .remove = __devexit_p(example_remove), + .suspend = example_suspend, + .resume = example_resume, +}; |