2 The Basic Device Structure
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6 struct list_head g_list;
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;
14 char name[DEVICE_NAME_SIZE];
15 char bus_id[BUS_ID_SIZE];
20 struct bus_type * bus;
21 struct driver_dir_entry dir;
25 struct device_driver *driver;
30 unsigned char *saved_state;
32 void (*release)(struct device * dev);
37 g_list: Node in the global device list.
39 node: Node in device's parent's children list.
41 bus_list: Node in device's bus's devices list.
43 driver_list: Node in device's driver's devices list.
45 intf_list: List of intf_data. There is one structure allocated for
46 each interface that the device supports.
48 children: List of child devices.
52 name: ASCII description of device.
53 Example: " 3Com Corporation 3c905 100BaseTX [Boomerang]"
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.
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.
63 lock: Spinlock for the device.
65 refcount: Reference count on the device.
67 bus: Pointer to struct bus_type that device belongs to.
69 dir: Device's sysfs directory.
71 class_num: Class-enumerated value of the device.
73 driver: Pointer to struct device_driver that controls the device.
75 driver_data: Driver-specific data.
77 platform_data: Platform data specific to the device.
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.
87 current_state: Current power state of the device.
89 saved_state: Pointer to saved state of the device. This is usable by
90 the device driver controlling the device.
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).
99 The bus driver that discovers the device uses this to register the
100 device with the core:
102 int device_register(struct device * dev);
104 The bus should initialize the following fields:
111 A device is removed from the core when its reference count goes to
112 0. The reference count can be adjusted using:
114 struct device * get_device(struct device * dev);
115 void put_device(struct device * dev);
117 get_device() will return a pointer to the struct device passed to it
118 if the reference is not already 0 (if it's in the process of being
121 A driver can access the lock in the device structure using:
123 void lock_device(struct device * dev);
124 void unlock_device(struct device * dev);
129 struct device_attribute {
130 struct attribute attr;
131 ssize_t (*show)(struct device * dev, char * buf, size_t count, loff_t off);
132 ssize_t (*store)(struct device * dev, const char * buf, size_t count, loff_t off);
135 Attributes of devices can be exported via drivers using a simple
136 procfs-like interface.
138 Please see Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt for more information
141 Attributes are declared using a macro called DEVICE_ATTR:
143 #define DEVICE_ATTR(name,mode,show,store)
147 DEVICE_ATTR(power,0644,show_power,store_power);
149 This declares a structure of type struct device_attribute named
150 'dev_attr_power'. This can then be added and removed to the device's
153 int device_create_file(struct device *device, struct device_attribute * entry);
154 void device_remove_file(struct device * dev, struct device_attribute * attr);
158 device_create_file(dev,&dev_attr_power);
159 device_remove_file(dev,&dev_attr_power);
161 The file name will be 'power' with a mode of 0644 (-rw-r--r--).