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diff --git a/Documentation/iio/iio_configfs.rst b/Documentation/iio/iio_configfs.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b276397af --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/iio/iio_configfs.rst @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ +=============================== +Industrial IIO configfs support +=============================== + +1. Overview +=========== + +Configfs is a filesystem-based manager of kernel objects. IIO uses some +objects that could be easily configured using configfs (e.g.: devices, +triggers). + +See Documentation/filesystems/configfs.rst for more information +about how configfs works. + +2. Usage +======== + +In order to use configfs support in IIO we need to select it at compile +time via CONFIG_IIO_CONFIGFS config option. + +Then, mount the configfs filesystem (usually under /config directory):: + + $ mkdir /config + $ mount -t configfs none /config + +At this point, all default IIO groups will be created and can be accessed +under /config/iio. Next chapters will describe available IIO configuration +objects. + +3. Software triggers +==================== + +One of the IIO default configfs groups is the "triggers" group. It is +automagically accessible when the configfs is mounted and can be found +under /config/iio/triggers. + +IIO software triggers implementation offers support for creating multiple +trigger types. A new trigger type is usually implemented as a separate +kernel module following the interface in include/linux/iio/sw_trigger.h:: + + /* + * drivers/iio/trigger/iio-trig-sample.c + * sample kernel module implementing a new trigger type + */ + #include <linux/iio/sw_trigger.h> + + + static struct iio_sw_trigger *iio_trig_sample_probe(const char *name) + { + /* + * This allocates and registers an IIO trigger plus other + * trigger type specific initialization. + */ + } + + static int iio_trig_sample_remove(struct iio_sw_trigger *swt) + { + /* + * This undoes the actions in iio_trig_sample_probe + */ + } + + static const struct iio_sw_trigger_ops iio_trig_sample_ops = { + .probe = iio_trig_sample_probe, + .remove = iio_trig_sample_remove, + }; + + static struct iio_sw_trigger_type iio_trig_sample = { + .name = "trig-sample", + .owner = THIS_MODULE, + .ops = &iio_trig_sample_ops, + }; + + module_iio_sw_trigger_driver(iio_trig_sample); + +Each trigger type has its own directory under /config/iio/triggers. Loading +iio-trig-sample module will create 'trig-sample' trigger type directory +/config/iio/triggers/trig-sample. + +We support the following interrupt sources (trigger types): + + * hrtimer, uses high resolution timers as interrupt source + +3.1 Hrtimer triggers creation and destruction +--------------------------------------------- + +Loading iio-trig-hrtimer module will register hrtimer trigger types allowing +users to create hrtimer triggers under /config/iio/triggers/hrtimer. + +e.g:: + + $ mkdir /config/iio/triggers/hrtimer/instance1 + $ rmdir /config/iio/triggers/hrtimer/instance1 + +Each trigger can have one or more attributes specific to the trigger type. + +3.2 "hrtimer" trigger types attributes +-------------------------------------- + +"hrtimer" trigger type doesn't have any configurable attribute from /config dir. +It does introduce the sampling_frequency attribute to trigger directory. +That attribute sets the polling frequency in Hz, with mHz precision. |