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authorManuel Stahl <manuel.stahl@iis.fraunhofer.de>2010-08-31 11:32:53 +0200
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>2010-08-31 11:42:02 -0700
commit5770b8ffaf960a48d78d6bea06006eb7335688dd (patch)
tree0b88254626524a9f9bd9c1dc36adb9fabae3dce2 /drivers
parentbf32963cbeb5d34fa32a4c1eeed1163ab1b4501c (diff)
staging: iio partial documentation update
Signed-off-by: Manuel Stahl <manuel.stahl@iis.fraunhofer.de> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@cam.ac.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/ring.txt6
-rw-r--r--drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/sysfs-class-iio72
-rw-r--r--drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/userspace.txt36
3 files changed, 57 insertions, 57 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/ring.txt b/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/ring.txt
index d2ca6834c169..3696c364e644 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/ring.txt
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/ring.txt
@@ -47,10 +47,8 @@ request_update
If parameters have changed that require reinitialization or configuration of
the ring buffer this will trigger it.
-get_bpd, set_bpd
- Get/set the number of bytes for a given reading (single element, not sample set)
- The value of bps (bytes per set) is created from a combination of this and the
- enabled scan elements.
+get_bytes_per_datum, set_bytes_per_datum
+ Get/set the number of bytes for a complete scan. (All samples + timestamp)
get_length / set_length
Get/set the number of sample sets that may be held by the buffer.
diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/sysfs-class-iio b/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/sysfs-class-iio
index 714b4c57c82a..c13702037b08 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/sysfs-class-iio
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/sysfs-class-iio
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Contact: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
Description:
Magnetic field along axis x, y or z (may be arbitrarily assigned)
channel m (not present if only one magnetometer at this orientation).
- Data converted by application of offset then scale to Gauss
+ Data converted by application of offset then scale to Gauss.
Has all the equivalent modifiers as per in[m].
What: /sys/.../device[n]/device[n]:event[m]
@@ -212,39 +212,6 @@ Description:
The actual value of the threshold in raw device units obtained by
reverse application of scale and offfset to the acceleration in m/s^2.
-What: /sys/.../device[n]/scan_elements
-KernelVersion: 2.6.35
-Contact: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
-Description:
- Directory containing interfaces for elements that will be captured
- for a single triggered sample set in the buffer.
-
-What: /sys/.../device[n]/scan_elements/[m]_accel_x0_en
-KernelVersion: 2.6.35
-Contact: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
-Description:
- Scan element control for triggered data capture. m implies the
- ordering within the buffer. Next the type is specified with
- modifier and channel number as per the sysfs single channel
- access above.
-
-What: /sys/.../device[n]/scan_elements/accel[_x0]_precision
-KernelVersion: 2.6.35
-Contact: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
-Description:
- Scan element precision within the buffer. Note that the
- data alignment must restrictions must be read from within
- buffer to work out full data alignment for data read
- via buffer_access chrdev. _x0 dropped if shared across all
- acceleration channels.
-
-What: /sys/.../device[n]/scan_elements/accel[_x0]_shift
-KernelVersion: 2.6.35
-Contact: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
-Description:
- A bit shift (to right) that must be applied prior to
- extracting the bits specified by accel[_x0]_precision.
-
What: /sys/.../device[n]/device[n]:buffer:event/dev
KernelVersion: 2.6.35
Contact: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
@@ -270,8 +237,8 @@ Contact: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
Description:
Number of scans contained by the buffer.
-What: /sys/.../device[n]:buffer/bps
-KernelVersion: 2.6.35
+What: /sys/.../device[n]:buffer/bytes_per_datum
+KernelVersion: 2.6.37
Contact: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
Description:
Bytes per scan. Due to alignment fun, the scan may be larger
@@ -292,3 +259,36 @@ Description:
to the nearest power of 2 times this. (may not be true in weird
hardware buffers that pack data well)
+What: /sys/.../device[n]/buffer/scan_elements
+KernelVersion: 2.6.37
+Contact: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Directory containing interfaces for elements that will be captured
+ for a single triggered sample set in the buffer.
+
+What: /sys/.../device[n]/buffer/scan_elements/[m]_accel_x0_en
+KernelVersion: 2.6.37
+Contact: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Scan element control for triggered data capture. m implies the
+ ordering within the buffer. Next the type is specified with
+ modifier and channel number as per the sysfs single channel
+ access above.
+
+What: /sys/.../device[n]/buffer/scan_elements/accel[_x0]_precision
+KernelVersion: 2.6.37
+Contact: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Scan element precision within the buffer. Note that the
+ data alignment must restrictions must be read from within
+ buffer to work out full data alignment for data read
+ via buffer_access chrdev. _x0 dropped if shared across all
+ acceleration channels.
+
+What: /sys/.../device[n]/buffer/scan_elements/accel[_x0]_shift
+KernelVersion: 2.6.37
+Contact: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ A bit shift (to right) that must be applied prior to
+ extracting the bits specified by accel[_x0]_precision.
+
diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/userspace.txt b/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/userspace.txt
index 4838818f65ef..8bba2fa3ba07 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/userspace.txt
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/userspace.txt
@@ -7,17 +7,14 @@ Typical sysfs entries (pruned for clarity)
/sys/class/iio
device0 - iio_dev related elements
name - driver specific identifier (here lis3l02dq)
- accel_x - polled (or from ring) raw readout of acceleration
- accel_x_gain - hardware gain (calibration)
- accel_x_offset - hardware offset (calibration)
- available_sampling_frequency
+ accel_x_raw - polled (or from ring) raw readout of acceleration
+ accel_x_offset - offset to be applied to the raw reading
+ accel_x_scale - scale to be applied to the raw reading and offset
+ accel_x_calibbias - hardware offset (calibration)
+ accel_x_calibscale - hardware gain (calibration)
- available_sampling_frequency - what options are there
+ sampling_frequency_available - what options are there
sampling_frequency - control of internal sampling frequency
- scan_elements - controls which channels will be stored in the ring buffer
- scan_en_accel_x
- scan_en_accel_y
- scan_en_timestamp
device - link to underlying hardware device
uevent - udev related element
@@ -30,23 +27,28 @@ Typical sysfs entries (pruned for clarity)
dev - major:minor for the chrdev (note major allocation dynamic)
trigger - consumer attachement
current_trigger - name based association with a trigger
- ring_buffer0 - ring buffer interface
- bps - byptes per sample (read only), dependant on scan element selection
+ device0:buffer0 - ring buffer interface
+ bytes_per_datum - byptes per complete datum (read only),
+ dependant on scan element selection
length - (rw) specificy length fo software ring buffer (typically ro in hw case)
- ring_enable - turn the ring on. If its the first to be enabled attached to this
- trigger will also enable the trigger.
- ring_access0
+ enable - turn the ring on. If its the first to be enabled attached to this
+ trigger will also enable the trigger.
+ device0:buffer0:access0
dev - major:minor for ring buffer access chrdev
- ring_event_line0
+ device0:buffer0:event0
dev - major:minor for ring buffer event chrdev
+ scan_elements - controls which channels will be stored in the ring buffer
+ accel_x_en
+ accel_y_en
+ timestamp_en
trigger0 - data ready trigger elements
name - unqiue name of trigger
Udev will create the following entries under /dev by default:
-ring_access0 - ring access chrdev
-ring_event0 - ring event chrdev
+device0:buffer0:access0 - ring access chrdev
+device0:buffer0:event0 - ring event chrdev
event_line0 - general event chrdev.
For the example code we assume the following rules have been used to ensure