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@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ GPL version 2.
 
 <revhistory>
         <revision>
+        <revnumber>0.7</revnumber>
+        <date>2008-12-23</date>
+        <authorinitials>hjk</authorinitials>
+        <revremark>Added generic platform drivers and offset attribute.</revremark>
+        </revision>
+        <revision>
         <revnumber>0.6</revnumber>
         <date>2008-12-05</date>
         <authorinitials>hjk</authorinitials>
@@ -312,6 +318,16 @@ interested in translating it, please email me
         pointed to by addr.
         </para>
 </listitem>
+<listitem>
+        <para>
+        <filename>offset</filename>: The offset, in bytes, that has to be
+        added to the pointer returned by <function>mmap()</function> to get
+        to the actual device memory. This is important if the device's memory
+        is not page aligned. Remember that pointers returned by
+        <function>mmap()</function> are always page aligned, so it is good
+        style to always add this offset.
+        </para>
+</listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 
 <para>
@@ -594,6 +610,78 @@ framework to set up sysfs files for this region. Simply leave it alone.
         </para>
 </sect1>
 
+<sect1 id="using_uio_pdrv">
+<title>Using uio_pdrv for platform devices</title>
+        <para>
+        In many cases, UIO drivers for platform devices can be handled in a
+        generic way. In the same place where you define your
+        <varname>struct platform_device</varname>, you simply also implement
+        your interrupt handler and fill your
+        <varname>struct uio_info</varname>. A pointer to this
+        <varname>struct uio_info</varname> is then used as
+        <varname>platform_data</varname> for your platform device.
+        </para>
+        <para>
+        You also need to set up an array of <varname>struct resource</varname>
+        containing addresses and sizes of your memory mappings. This
+        information is passed to the driver using the
+        <varname>.resource</varname> and <varname>.num_resources</varname>
+        elements of <varname>struct platform_device</varname>.
+        </para>
+        <para>
+        You now have to set the <varname>.name</varname> element of
+        <varname>struct platform_device</varname> to
+        <varname>"uio_pdrv"</varname> to use the generic UIO platform device
+        driver. This driver will fill the <varname>mem[]</varname> array
+        according to the resources given, and register the device.
+        </para>
+        <para>
+        The advantage of this approach is that you only have to edit a file
+        you need to edit anyway. You do not have to create an extra driver.
+        </para>
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="using_uio_pdrv_genirq">
+<title>Using uio_pdrv_genirq for platform devices</title>
+        <para>
+        Especially in embedded devices, you frequently find chips where the
+        irq pin is tied to its own dedicated interrupt line. In such cases,
+        where you can be really sure the interrupt is not shared, we can take
+        the concept of <varname>uio_pdrv</varname> one step further and use a
+        generic interrupt handler. That's what
+        <varname>uio_pdrv_genirq</varname> does.
+        </para>
+        <para>
+        The setup for this driver is the same as described above for
+        <varname>uio_pdrv</varname>, except that you do not implement an
+        interrupt handler. The <varname>.handler</varname> element of
+        <varname>struct uio_info</varname> must remain
+        <varname>NULL</varname>. The  <varname>.irq_flags</varname> element
+        must not contain <varname>IRQF_SHARED</varname>.
+        </para>
+        <para>
+        You will set the <varname>.name</varname> element of
+        <varname>struct platform_device</varname> to
+        <varname>"uio_pdrv_genirq"</varname> to use this driver.
+        </para>
+        <para>
+        The generic interrupt handler of <varname>uio_pdrv_genirq</varname>
+        will simply disable the interrupt line using
+        <function>disable_irq_nosync()</function>. After doing its work,
+        userspace can reenable the interrupt by writing 0x00000001 to the UIO
+        device file. The driver already implements an
+        <function>irq_control()</function> to make this possible, you must not
+        implement your own.
+        </para>
+        <para>
+        Using <varname>uio_pdrv_genirq</varname> not only saves a few lines of
+        interrupt handler code. You also do not need to know anything about
+        the chip's internal registers to create the kernel part of the driver.
+        All you need to know is the irq number of the pin the chip is
+        connected to.
+        </para>
+</sect1>
+
 </chapter>
 
 <chapter id="userspace_driver" xreflabel="Writing a driver in user space">