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2 | The Basic Device Structure | 2 | The Basic Device Structure |
3 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 3 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
4 | 4 | ||
5 | struct device { | 5 | See the kerneldoc for the struct device. |
6 | struct list_head g_list; | ||
7 | struct list_head node; | ||
8 | struct list_head bus_list; | ||
9 | struct list_head driver_list; | ||
10 | struct list_head intf_list; | ||
11 | struct list_head children; | ||
12 | struct device * parent; | ||
13 | |||
14 | char name[DEVICE_NAME_SIZE]; | ||
15 | char bus_id[BUS_ID_SIZE]; | ||
16 | |||
17 | spinlock_t lock; | ||
18 | atomic_t refcount; | ||
19 | |||
20 | struct bus_type * bus; | ||
21 | struct driver_dir_entry dir; | ||
22 | |||
23 | u32 class_num; | ||
24 | |||
25 | struct device_driver *driver; | ||
26 | void *driver_data; | ||
27 | void *platform_data; | ||
28 | |||
29 | u32 current_state; | ||
30 | unsigned char *saved_state; | ||
31 | |||
32 | void (*release)(struct device * dev); | ||
33 | }; | ||
34 | |||
35 | Fields | ||
36 | ~~~~~~ | ||
37 | g_list: Node in the global device list. | ||
38 | |||
39 | node: Node in device's parent's children list. | ||
40 | |||
41 | bus_list: Node in device's bus's devices list. | ||
42 | |||
43 | driver_list: Node in device's driver's devices list. | ||
44 | |||
45 | intf_list: List of intf_data. There is one structure allocated for | ||
46 | each interface that the device supports. | ||
47 | |||
48 | children: List of child devices. | ||
49 | |||
50 | parent: *** FIXME *** | ||
51 | |||
52 | name: ASCII description of device. | ||
53 | Example: " 3Com Corporation 3c905 100BaseTX [Boomerang]" | ||
54 | |||
55 | bus_id: ASCII representation of device's bus position. This | ||
56 | field should be a name unique across all devices on the | ||
57 | bus type the device belongs to. | ||
58 | |||
59 | Example: PCI bus_ids are in the form of | ||
60 | <bus number>:<slot number>.<function number> | ||
61 | This name is unique across all PCI devices in the system. | ||
62 | |||
63 | lock: Spinlock for the device. | ||
64 | |||
65 | refcount: Reference count on the device. | ||
66 | |||
67 | bus: Pointer to struct bus_type that device belongs to. | ||
68 | |||
69 | dir: Device's sysfs directory. | ||
70 | |||
71 | class_num: Class-enumerated value of the device. | ||
72 | |||
73 | driver: Pointer to struct device_driver that controls the device. | ||
74 | |||
75 | driver_data: Driver-specific data. | ||
76 | |||
77 | platform_data: Platform data specific to the device. | ||
78 | |||
79 | Example: for devices on custom boards, as typical of embedded | ||
80 | and SOC based hardware, Linux often uses platform_data to point | ||
81 | to board-specific structures describing devices and how they | ||
82 | are wired. That can include what ports are available, chip | ||
83 | variants, which GPIO pins act in what additional roles, and so | ||
84 | on. This shrinks the "Board Support Packages" (BSPs) and | ||
85 | minimizes board-specific #ifdefs in drivers. | ||
86 | |||
87 | current_state: Current power state of the device. | ||
88 | |||
89 | saved_state: Pointer to saved state of the device. This is usable by | ||
90 | the device driver controlling the device. | ||
91 | |||
92 | release: Callback to free the device after all references have | ||
93 | gone away. This should be set by the allocator of the | ||
94 | device (i.e. the bus driver that discovered the device). | ||
95 | 6 | ||
96 | 7 | ||
97 | Programming Interface | 8 | Programming Interface |