From f36d2e6752bad5323fd0dc2c717cc200d83a09d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Maxime Ripard Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 21:55:49 +0100 Subject: Documentation: dmaengine: Move the current doc to a folder of its own Move the current client-side documentation to a subfolder to prepare the introduction of a provider-side API documentation. Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul --- Documentation/dmaengine.txt | 199 ------------------------------------- Documentation/dmaengine/client.txt | 199 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 199 insertions(+), 199 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 Documentation/dmaengine.txt create mode 100644 Documentation/dmaengine/client.txt diff --git a/Documentation/dmaengine.txt b/Documentation/dmaengine.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 11fb87ff6cd0..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/dmaengine.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,199 +0,0 @@ - DMA Engine API Guide - ==================== - - Vinod Koul - -NOTE: For DMA Engine usage in async_tx please see: - Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt - - -Below is a guide to device driver writers on how to use the Slave-DMA API of the -DMA Engine. This is applicable only for slave DMA usage only. - -The slave DMA usage consists of following steps: -1. Allocate a DMA slave channel -2. Set slave and controller specific parameters -3. Get a descriptor for transaction -4. Submit the transaction -5. Issue pending requests and wait for callback notification - -1. Allocate a DMA slave channel - - Channel allocation is slightly different in the slave DMA context, - client drivers typically need a channel from a particular DMA - controller only and even in some cases a specific channel is desired. - To request a channel dma_request_channel() API is used. - - Interface: - struct dma_chan *dma_request_channel(dma_cap_mask_t mask, - dma_filter_fn filter_fn, - void *filter_param); - where dma_filter_fn is defined as: - typedef bool (*dma_filter_fn)(struct dma_chan *chan, void *filter_param); - - The 'filter_fn' parameter is optional, but highly recommended for - slave and cyclic channels as they typically need to obtain a specific - DMA channel. - - When the optional 'filter_fn' parameter is NULL, dma_request_channel() - simply returns the first channel that satisfies the capability mask. - - Otherwise, the 'filter_fn' routine will be called once for each free - channel which has a capability in 'mask'. 'filter_fn' is expected to - return 'true' when the desired DMA channel is found. - - A channel allocated via this interface is exclusive to the caller, - until dma_release_channel() is called. - -2. Set slave and controller specific parameters - - Next step is always to pass some specific information to the DMA - driver. Most of the generic information which a slave DMA can use - is in struct dma_slave_config. This allows the clients to specify - DMA direction, DMA addresses, bus widths, DMA burst lengths etc - for the peripheral. - - If some DMA controllers have more parameters to be sent then they - should try to embed struct dma_slave_config in their controller - specific structure. That gives flexibility to client to pass more - parameters, if required. - - Interface: - int dmaengine_slave_config(struct dma_chan *chan, - struct dma_slave_config *config) - - Please see the dma_slave_config structure definition in dmaengine.h - for a detailed explanation of the struct members. Please note - that the 'direction' member will be going away as it duplicates the - direction given in the prepare call. - -3. Get a descriptor for transaction - - For slave usage the various modes of slave transfers supported by the - DMA-engine are: - - slave_sg - DMA a list of scatter gather buffers from/to a peripheral - dma_cyclic - Perform a cyclic DMA operation from/to a peripheral till the - operation is explicitly stopped. - interleaved_dma - This is common to Slave as well as M2M clients. For slave - address of devices' fifo could be already known to the driver. - Various types of operations could be expressed by setting - appropriate values to the 'dma_interleaved_template' members. - - A non-NULL return of this transfer API represents a "descriptor" for - the given transaction. - - Interface: - struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *dmaengine_prep_slave_sg( - struct dma_chan *chan, struct scatterlist *sgl, - unsigned int sg_len, enum dma_data_direction direction, - unsigned long flags); - - struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *dmaengine_prep_dma_cyclic( - struct dma_chan *chan, dma_addr_t buf_addr, size_t buf_len, - size_t period_len, enum dma_data_direction direction); - - struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *dmaengine_prep_interleaved_dma( - struct dma_chan *chan, struct dma_interleaved_template *xt, - unsigned long flags); - - The peripheral driver is expected to have mapped the scatterlist for - the DMA operation prior to calling dmaengine_prep_slave_sg(), and must - keep the scatterlist mapped until the DMA operation has completed. - The scatterlist must be mapped using the DMA struct device. - If a mapping needs to be synchronized later, dma_sync_*_for_*() must be - called using the DMA struct device, too. - So, normal setup should look like this: - - nr_sg = dma_map_sg(chan->device->dev, sgl, sg_len); - if (nr_sg == 0) - /* error */ - - desc = dmaengine_prep_slave_sg(chan, sgl, nr_sg, direction, flags); - - Once a descriptor has been obtained, the callback information can be - added and the descriptor must then be submitted. Some DMA engine - drivers may hold a spinlock between a successful preparation and - submission so it is important that these two operations are closely - paired. - - Note: - Although the async_tx API specifies that completion callback - routines cannot submit any new operations, this is not the - case for slave/cyclic DMA. - - For slave DMA, the subsequent transaction may not be available - for submission prior to callback function being invoked, so - slave DMA callbacks are permitted to prepare and submit a new - transaction. - - For cyclic DMA, a callback function may wish to terminate the - DMA via dmaengine_terminate_all(). - - Therefore, it is important that DMA engine drivers drop any - locks before calling the callback function which may cause a - deadlock. - - Note that callbacks will always be invoked from the DMA - engines tasklet, never from interrupt context. - -4. Submit the transaction - - Once the descriptor has been prepared and the callback information - added, it must be placed on the DMA engine drivers pending queue. - - Interface: - dma_cookie_t dmaengine_submit(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *desc) - - This returns a cookie can be used to check the progress of DMA engine - activity via other DMA engine calls not covered in this document. - - dmaengine_submit() will not start the DMA operation, it merely adds - it to the pending queue. For this, see step 5, dma_async_issue_pending. - -5. Issue pending DMA requests and wait for callback notification - - The transactions in the pending queue can be activated by calling the - issue_pending API. If channel is idle then the first transaction in - queue is started and subsequent ones queued up. - - On completion of each DMA operation, the next in queue is started and - a tasklet triggered. The tasklet will then call the client driver - completion callback routine for notification, if set. - - Interface: - void dma_async_issue_pending(struct dma_chan *chan); - -Further APIs: - -1. int dmaengine_terminate_all(struct dma_chan *chan) - - This causes all activity for the DMA channel to be stopped, and may - discard data in the DMA FIFO which hasn't been fully transferred. - No callback functions will be called for any incomplete transfers. - -2. int dmaengine_pause(struct dma_chan *chan) - - This pauses activity on the DMA channel without data loss. - -3. int dmaengine_resume(struct dma_chan *chan) - - Resume a previously paused DMA channel. It is invalid to resume a - channel which is not currently paused. - -4. enum dma_status dma_async_is_tx_complete(struct dma_chan *chan, - dma_cookie_t cookie, dma_cookie_t *last, dma_cookie_t *used) - - This can be used to check the status of the channel. Please see - the documentation in include/linux/dmaengine.h for a more complete - description of this API. - - This can be used in conjunction with dma_async_is_complete() and - the cookie returned from dmaengine_submit() to check for - completion of a specific DMA transaction. - - Note: - Not all DMA engine drivers can return reliable information for - a running DMA channel. It is recommended that DMA engine users - pause or stop (via dmaengine_terminate_all()) the channel before - using this API. diff --git a/Documentation/dmaengine/client.txt b/Documentation/dmaengine/client.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..11fb87ff6cd0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/dmaengine/client.txt @@ -0,0 +1,199 @@ + DMA Engine API Guide + ==================== + + Vinod Koul + +NOTE: For DMA Engine usage in async_tx please see: + Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt + + +Below is a guide to device driver writers on how to use the Slave-DMA API of the +DMA Engine. This is applicable only for slave DMA usage only. + +The slave DMA usage consists of following steps: +1. Allocate a DMA slave channel +2. Set slave and controller specific parameters +3. Get a descriptor for transaction +4. Submit the transaction +5. Issue pending requests and wait for callback notification + +1. Allocate a DMA slave channel + + Channel allocation is slightly different in the slave DMA context, + client drivers typically need a channel from a particular DMA + controller only and even in some cases a specific channel is desired. + To request a channel dma_request_channel() API is used. + + Interface: + struct dma_chan *dma_request_channel(dma_cap_mask_t mask, + dma_filter_fn filter_fn, + void *filter_param); + where dma_filter_fn is defined as: + typedef bool (*dma_filter_fn)(struct dma_chan *chan, void *filter_param); + + The 'filter_fn' parameter is optional, but highly recommended for + slave and cyclic channels as they typically need to obtain a specific + DMA channel. + + When the optional 'filter_fn' parameter is NULL, dma_request_channel() + simply returns the first channel that satisfies the capability mask. + + Otherwise, the 'filter_fn' routine will be called once for each free + channel which has a capability in 'mask'. 'filter_fn' is expected to + return 'true' when the desired DMA channel is found. + + A channel allocated via this interface is exclusive to the caller, + until dma_release_channel() is called. + +2. Set slave and controller specific parameters + + Next step is always to pass some specific information to the DMA + driver. Most of the generic information which a slave DMA can use + is in struct dma_slave_config. This allows the clients to specify + DMA direction, DMA addresses, bus widths, DMA burst lengths etc + for the peripheral. + + If some DMA controllers have more parameters to be sent then they + should try to embed struct dma_slave_config in their controller + specific structure. That gives flexibility to client to pass more + parameters, if required. + + Interface: + int dmaengine_slave_config(struct dma_chan *chan, + struct dma_slave_config *config) + + Please see the dma_slave_config structure definition in dmaengine.h + for a detailed explanation of the struct members. Please note + that the 'direction' member will be going away as it duplicates the + direction given in the prepare call. + +3. Get a descriptor for transaction + + For slave usage the various modes of slave transfers supported by the + DMA-engine are: + + slave_sg - DMA a list of scatter gather buffers from/to a peripheral + dma_cyclic - Perform a cyclic DMA operation from/to a peripheral till the + operation is explicitly stopped. + interleaved_dma - This is common to Slave as well as M2M clients. For slave + address of devices' fifo could be already known to the driver. + Various types of operations could be expressed by setting + appropriate values to the 'dma_interleaved_template' members. + + A non-NULL return of this transfer API represents a "descriptor" for + the given transaction. + + Interface: + struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *dmaengine_prep_slave_sg( + struct dma_chan *chan, struct scatterlist *sgl, + unsigned int sg_len, enum dma_data_direction direction, + unsigned long flags); + + struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *dmaengine_prep_dma_cyclic( + struct dma_chan *chan, dma_addr_t buf_addr, size_t buf_len, + size_t period_len, enum dma_data_direction direction); + + struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *dmaengine_prep_interleaved_dma( + struct dma_chan *chan, struct dma_interleaved_template *xt, + unsigned long flags); + + The peripheral driver is expected to have mapped the scatterlist for + the DMA operation prior to calling dmaengine_prep_slave_sg(), and must + keep the scatterlist mapped until the DMA operation has completed. + The scatterlist must be mapped using the DMA struct device. + If a mapping needs to be synchronized later, dma_sync_*_for_*() must be + called using the DMA struct device, too. + So, normal setup should look like this: + + nr_sg = dma_map_sg(chan->device->dev, sgl, sg_len); + if (nr_sg == 0) + /* error */ + + desc = dmaengine_prep_slave_sg(chan, sgl, nr_sg, direction, flags); + + Once a descriptor has been obtained, the callback information can be + added and the descriptor must then be submitted. Some DMA engine + drivers may hold a spinlock between a successful preparation and + submission so it is important that these two operations are closely + paired. + + Note: + Although the async_tx API specifies that completion callback + routines cannot submit any new operations, this is not the + case for slave/cyclic DMA. + + For slave DMA, the subsequent transaction may not be available + for submission prior to callback function being invoked, so + slave DMA callbacks are permitted to prepare and submit a new + transaction. + + For cyclic DMA, a callback function may wish to terminate the + DMA via dmaengine_terminate_all(). + + Therefore, it is important that DMA engine drivers drop any + locks before calling the callback function which may cause a + deadlock. + + Note that callbacks will always be invoked from the DMA + engines tasklet, never from interrupt context. + +4. Submit the transaction + + Once the descriptor has been prepared and the callback information + added, it must be placed on the DMA engine drivers pending queue. + + Interface: + dma_cookie_t dmaengine_submit(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *desc) + + This returns a cookie can be used to check the progress of DMA engine + activity via other DMA engine calls not covered in this document. + + dmaengine_submit() will not start the DMA operation, it merely adds + it to the pending queue. For this, see step 5, dma_async_issue_pending. + +5. Issue pending DMA requests and wait for callback notification + + The transactions in the pending queue can be activated by calling the + issue_pending API. If channel is idle then the first transaction in + queue is started and subsequent ones queued up. + + On completion of each DMA operation, the next in queue is started and + a tasklet triggered. The tasklet will then call the client driver + completion callback routine for notification, if set. + + Interface: + void dma_async_issue_pending(struct dma_chan *chan); + +Further APIs: + +1. int dmaengine_terminate_all(struct dma_chan *chan) + + This causes all activity for the DMA channel to be stopped, and may + discard data in the DMA FIFO which hasn't been fully transferred. + No callback functions will be called for any incomplete transfers. + +2. int dmaengine_pause(struct dma_chan *chan) + + This pauses activity on the DMA channel without data loss. + +3. int dmaengine_resume(struct dma_chan *chan) + + Resume a previously paused DMA channel. It is invalid to resume a + channel which is not currently paused. + +4. enum dma_status dma_async_is_tx_complete(struct dma_chan *chan, + dma_cookie_t cookie, dma_cookie_t *last, dma_cookie_t *used) + + This can be used to check the status of the channel. Please see + the documentation in include/linux/dmaengine.h for a more complete + description of this API. + + This can be used in conjunction with dma_async_is_complete() and + the cookie returned from dmaengine_submit() to check for + completion of a specific DMA transaction. + + Note: + Not all DMA engine drivers can return reliable information for + a running DMA channel. It is recommended that DMA engine users + pause or stop (via dmaengine_terminate_all()) the channel before + using this API. -- cgit v1.2.2