The current documentation about the device class is out of date such
that it refers to non-existent APIs and structures. This commit updates
them to the current device class APIs and structures, removes wordings
that no longer valid while trying to keep the original content intact.
Signed-off-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam
---
Changes in v2:
* Fixed CLASS_ATTR_RW as spotted by Greg
.../driver-api/driver-model/class.rst | 144 --
1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 78 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/class.rst
b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/class.rst
index fff55b80e86a..87441f4ac4ac 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/class.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/class.rst
@@ -5,12 +5,7 @@ Device Classes
Introduction
A device class describes a type of device, like an audio or network
-device. The following device classes have been identified:
-
-
-
-
-Each device class defines a set of semantics and a programming interface
+device. It defines a set of semantics and a programming interface
that devices of that class adhere to. Device drivers are the
implementation of that programming interface for a particular device on
a particular bus.
@@ -18,23 +13,27 @@ a particular bus.
Device classes are agnostic with respect to what bus a device resides
on.
-
Programming Interface
~
The device class structure looks like::
+ struct class {
+const char *name;
+struct module *owner;
- typedef int (*devclass_add)(struct device *);
- typedef void (*devclass_remove)(struct device *);
+const struct attribute_group**class_groups;
+const struct attribute_group**dev_groups;
+struct kobject *dev_kobj;
+...
+ };
See the kerneldoc for the struct class.
A typical device class definition would look like::
- struct device_class input_devclass = {
-.name = "input",
-.add_device= input_add_device,
- .remove_device = input_remove_device,
+ struct class input_class = {
+.name = "input",
+.dev_release= input_dev_release,
};
Each device class structure should be exported in a header file so it
@@ -42,101 +41,84 @@ can be used by drivers, extensions and interfaces.
Device classes are registered and unregistered with the core using::
- int devclass_register(struct device_class * cls);
- void devclass_unregister(struct device_class * cls);
-
+ int class_register(struct class *class);
+ void class_unregister(struct class *class);
Devices
~~~
-As devices are bound to drivers, they are added to the device class
-that the driver belongs to. Before the driver model core, this would
-typically happen during the driver's probe() callback, once the device
-has been initialized. It now happens after the probe() callback
-finishes from the core.
-
-The device is enumerated in the class. Each time a device is added to
-the class, the class's devnum field is incremented and assigned to the
-device. The field is never decremented, so if the device is removed
-from the class and re-added, it will receive a different enumerated
-value.
-
-The class is allowed to create a class-specific structure for the
-device and store it in the device's class_data pointer.
-
-There is no list of devices in the device class. Each driver has a
-list of devices that it supports. The device class has a list of
-drivers of that particular class. To access all of the devices in the
-class, iterate over the device lists of each driver in the class.
+When a device is added, it is also added to the 'klist_devices' inside
+the 'subsys_private' struct of the class. Later, the devices belonging
+to the class are accessed using::
+ class_dev_iter_next()
+ class_find_device()
+ class_find_device_by_name()
-Device Drivers
-~~
-Device drivers are added to device classes when they are registered
-with the core. A driver specifies the class it belongs to by setting
-the struct device_driver::devclass field.
+It is also possible to access the devices of a class in a platform
+dependent way using::
+ class_find_device_by_of_node()
+ class_find_device_by_acpi_dev()
sysfs directory structure
There is a top-level sysfs directory named 'class'.
-Each class gets a directory in the class directory, along with two
-default subdirectories::
+Each class gets a directory in the top-level class directory::
-class/
-`-- input
-|-- devices
-`-- drivers
+ class/
+ |-- input
+ |-- block
+ |-- drm
+ |-- nvme
-
-Drivers registered with the class get a symlink in the drivers/ directory
-that points to the driver's directory (under its bus directory)::
-
- class/
- `-- input
- |-- devices
- `-- drivers
- `-- usb:usb_mouse ->
