@@ -331,6 +331,54 @@ configurations will also be dynamic. Fortunately, such devices all support
basic device identification probes, so they should hotplug normally.
+DECLARE SLAVE DEVICES FROM USER-SPACE
+
+In general, the kernel should know which SPI devices are connected and
+what addresses they live at. However, in certain cases, it does not, so a
+sysfs interface was added to let the user provide the information. This
+interface is made of 2 attribute files which are created in every SPI master
+directory: new_device and delete_device. Both files are write only and you
+must write the right parameters to them in order to properly instantiate,
+respectively delete, a SPI device.
+
+File new_device takes several parameters:
+
+Primary parameters are the name of the SPI device (a string), the SPI chip
+select (a number, expressed in decimal or hexadecimal), the SPI bus speed
+(a number, expressed in decimal or hexadecimal), and the SPI mode (a number,
+expressed in decimal or hexadecimal). SPI device name, chip select, and speed
+are mandatory. The mode parameter is optional and will be initialized with 0 if
+not provided.
+
+For at25 type EEPROMs, additional parameters must be provided in < >. Those are
+the EEPROM name (a string), the EEPROM capacity in bytes (a number, expressed in
+decimal or hexadecimal), the EEPROM write page size (a number, expressed in
+decimal or hexadecimal), and the EEPROM flags (a number, expressed in decimal or
+hexadecimal).
+
+File delete_device takes a single parameter: the chip select of the SPI
+device. As no two devices can live at the same chip select on a given SPI
+master, the chip select is sufficient to uniquely identify the device to be
+deleted.
+
+Examples:
+ cd /sys/class/spi_master/spi0
+ Instantiate devices on SPI master 0
+
+ echo "lm70 0 400000" > new_device
+ Instantiate LM70 on CS0
+
+ echo "at25 1 1000000 0 < at25160b 2048 32 0x02 >" > new_device
+ Instantiate at25 driver with AT25160B on CS1
+
+ echo "sst25vf080b 2 1000000 3" > new_device
+ Instantiate SST25VF080B on CS2, using SPI mode 3
+
+While this interface should only be used when in-kernel device declaration
+can't be done, it can be helpful if you are developing a driver on a test board,
+where you soldered the SPI device yourself, or in hot-plug situations.
+
+
How do I write an "SPI Protocol Driver"?
----------------------------------------
Most SPI drivers are currently kernel drivers, but there's also support
@@ -30,11 +30,13 @@
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
#include <linux/spi/spi.h>
+#include <linux/spi/eeprom.h>
#include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/delay.h>
#include <linux/kthread.h>
+#include <linux/stat.h>
static void spidev_release(struct device *dev)
{
@@ -229,6 +231,161 @@ struct bus_type spi_bus_type = {
};
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spi_bus_type);
+/*
+ * Let users instantiate SPI devices through sysfs. This can be used when
+ * platform initialization code doesn't contain the proper data for
+ * whatever reason, or for testing.
+ *
+ * Parameter checking may look overzealous, but we really don't want
+ * the user to provide incorrect parameters.
+ */
+static ssize_t
+spi_sysfs_new_device(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ struct spi_master *master = container_of(dev, struct spi_master, dev);
+ struct spi_board_info info;
+ struct spi_eeprom eeprom;
+ struct spi_device *spi;
+ char end, d1, d2;
+ unsigned int cs, speed, mode = 0;
+ unsigned int len, pagesize, flags;
+ int res;
+
+ dev_warn(dev,
+ "The new_device interface is still experimental and may change in a near future\n");
+
+ memset(&info, 0, sizeof(struct spi_board_info));
+ memset(&eeprom, 0, sizeof(struct spi_eeprom));
+
+ /* Parse parameters, reject extra parameters */
+ res = sscanf(buf, " %32s %u %u %x %c %10s %u %u %x %c%c",
+ info.modalias, &cs, &speed, &mode,
+ &d1, eeprom.name, &len, &pagesize, &flags, &d2,
+ &end);
+ /* Must have at least name (modalias), chip select, and frequency */
+ if (res < 3) {
+ dev_err(dev, "new_device: Can't parse SPI data\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ if (mode & ~master->mode_bits) {
+ dev_err(dev, "new_device: Unsupported mode\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ if (cs >= master->num_chipselect) {
+ dev_err(dev, "new_device: Bad chipselect\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ if (speed == 0) {
+ dev_err(dev, "new_device: Bad speed\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ if (!strcmp(info.modalias, "at25")) {
+ /* For EEPROMs, all parameters must be provided and valid */
+ if (res != 11 || d1 != '<' || d2 != '>' || end != '\n' ||
+ !len || !pagesize || !flags || (flags & ~0x1f)) {
+ dev_err(dev, "new_device: Can't parse EEPROM data\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ eeprom.byte_len = len;
+ eeprom.page_size = pagesize;
+ eeprom.flags = flags;
+ info.platform_data = &eeprom;
+ } else if (res > 4) {
+ dev_err(dev, "new_device: Extra parameters\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ info.chip_select = cs;
+ info.mode = mode;
+ info.max_speed_hz = speed;
+
+ spi = spi_new_device(master, &info);
+ if (!spi)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ /* Keep track of the added device */
+ mutex_lock(&master->bus_lock_mutex);
+ list_add_tail(&spi->detected, &master->userspace_devices);
+ mutex_unlock(&master->bus_lock_mutex);
+ dev_info(dev,
+ "new_device: Instantiated device %s:%u (speed=%u, mode=%u)\n",
+ info.modalias, info.chip_select, info.max_speed_hz, info.mode);
+
+ return count;
+}
+
+/*
+ * And of course let the users delete the devices they instantiated, if
+ * they got it wrong. This interface can only be used to delete devices
+ * instantiated by spi_sysfs_new_device above. This guarantees that we
+ * don't delete devices to which some kernel code still has references.
+ *
+ * Parameter checking may look overzealous, but we really don't want
+ * the user to delete the wrong device.
+ */
+static ssize_t
+spi_sysfs_delete_device(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ struct spi_master *master = container_of(dev, struct spi_master, dev);
+ struct spi_device *spi, *next;
+ unsigned int cs;
+ char end;
+ int res;
+
+ /* Parse parameters, reject extra parameters */
+ res = sscanf(buf, "%u%c", &cs, &end);
+ if (res < 1) {
+ dev_err(dev, "delete_device: Can't parse SPI chip select\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ if (res > 1 && end != '\n') {
+ dev_err(dev, "delete_device: Extra parameters\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ /* Make sure the device was added through sysfs */
+ res = -ENOENT;
+ mutex_lock(&master->bus_lock_mutex);
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(spi, next, &master->userspace_devices,
+ detected) {
+ if (spi->chip_select == cs) {
+ dev_info(dev, "delete_device: Deleting device %s:%u\n",
+ spi->modalias, spi->chip_select);
+ list_del(&spi->detected);
+ spi_unregister_device(spi);
+ res = count;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ mutex_unlock(&master->bus_lock_mutex);
+
+ if (res < 0)
+ dev_err(dev, "delete_device: Can't find device in list\n");
+ return res;
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR(new_device, S_IWUSR, NULL, spi_sysfs_new_device);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(delete_device, S_IWUSR, NULL, spi_sysfs_delete_device);
+
+static struct attribute *spi_master_attrs[] = {
+ &dev_attr_new_device.attr,
+ &dev_attr_delete_device.attr,
+ NULL
+};
+
+static struct attribute_group spi_master_attr_group = {
+ .attrs = spi_master_attrs,
+};
+
+static const struct attribute_group *spi_master_attr_groups[] = {
+ &spi_master_attr_group,
+ NULL
+};
+
+static struct device_type spi_master_type = {
+ .groups = spi_master_attr_groups,
+};
static int spi_drv_probe(struct device *dev)
{
@@ -584,6 +741,7 @@ static int spi_init_queue(struct spi_master *master)
struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = MAX_RT_PRIO - 1 };
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&master->queue);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&master->userspace_devices);
spin_lock_init(&master->queue_lock);
master->running = false;
@@ -939,6 +1097,7 @@ struct spi_master *spi_alloc_master(struct device *dev, unsigned size)
master->bus_num = -1;
master->num_chipselect = 1;
master->dev.class = &spi_master_class;
+ master->dev.type = &spi_master_type;
master->dev.parent = get_device(dev);
spi_master_set_devdata(master, &master[1]);
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ struct spi_device {
void *controller_data;
char modalias[SPI_NAME_SIZE];
+ struct list_head detected;
+
/*
* likely need more hooks for more protocol options affecting how
* the controller talks to each chip, like:
@@ -273,6 +275,7 @@ struct spi_master {
struct device dev;
struct list_head list;
+ struct list_head userspace_devices;
/* other than negative (== assign one dynamically), bus_num is fully
* board-specific. usually that simplifies to being SOC-specific.
The I2C core provides a means to instantiate devices from userspace using sysfs attributes. Provide the same mechanism for SPI devices. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> --- This helped me tremendously for testing new SPI master and client drivers. Maybe it is useful for others as well. ping: Any interest ? Documentation/spi/spi-summary | 48 +++++++++++++ drivers/spi/spi.c | 159 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ include/linux/spi/spi.h | 3 + 3 files changed, 210 insertions(+)