1. 驱动程序device_driver定义:
struct device_driver {
const char *name; //驱动程序名
struct bus_type *bus; //驱动程序所操作的总线类型
struct module *owner;
const char *mod_name; /* used for built-in modules */
bool suppress_bind_attrs; /* disables bind/unbind via sysfs */
#if defined(CONFIG_OF)
const struct of_device_id *of_match_table;
#endif
int (*probe) (struct device *dev); //probe函数用来查询特定设备是否存在。
int (*remove) (struct device *dev);
void (*shutdown) (struct device *dev);
int (*suspend) (struct device *dev, pm_message_t state);
int (*resume) (struct device *dev);
const struct attribute_group **groups;
const struct dev_pm_ops *pm;
struct driver_private *p;
};
2. device_driver的注册和注销,driver_register()/ driver_unregister():
/**
* driver_register - register driver with bus
* @drv: driver to register
*
* We pass off most of the work to the bus_add_driver() call,
* since most of the things we have to do deal with the bus
* structures.
*/
int driver_register(struct device_driver *drv)
{
int ret;
struct device_driver *other;
BUG_ON(!drv->bus->p);
if ((drv->bus->probe && drv->probe) ||
(drv->bus->remove && drv->remove) ||
(drv->bus->shutdown && drv->shutdown))
printk(KERN_WARNING "Driver '%s' needs updating - please use "
"bus_type methods\n", drv->name);
other = driver_find(drv->name, drv->bus);
if (other) {
put_driver(other);
printk(KERN_ERR "Error: Driver '%s' is already registered, "
"aborting...\n", drv->name);
return -EBUSY;
}
ret = bus_add_driver(drv); //把driver添加到bus去。
if (ret)
return ret;
ret = driver_add_groups(drv, drv->groups); //加进组里
if (ret)
bus_remove_driver(drv);
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_register);
/**
* driver_unregister - remove driver from system.
* @drv: driver.
*
* Again, we pass off most of the work to the bus-level call.
*/
void driver_unregister(struct device_driver *drv)
{
if (!drv || !drv->p) {
WARN(1, "Unexpected driver unregister!\n");
return;
}
driver_remove_groups(drv, drv->groups);
bus_remove_driver(drv);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_unregister);
3. 驱动程序的属性结构,driver_attribute:
struct driver_attribute {
struct attribute attr;
ssize_t (*show)(struct device_driver *driver, char *buf);
ssize_t (*store)(struct device_driver *driver, const char *buf,
size_t count);
};
a. 可用 DRIVER_ATTR 宏声明:
#define DRIVER_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store) \
struct driver_attribute driver_attr_##_name = \
__ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store)
b.也可用下面函数创建属性文件:
/**
* driver_create_file - create sysfs file for driver.
* @drv: driver.
* @attr: driver attribute descriptor.
*/
int driver_create_file(struct device_driver *drv,
const struct driver_attribute *attr)
{
int error;
if (drv)
error = sysfs_create_file(&drv->p->kobj, &attr->attr);
else
error = -EINVAL;
return error;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_create_file);
/**
* driver_remove_file - remove sysfs file for driver.
* @drv: driver.
* @attr: driver attribute descriptor.
*/
void driver_remove_file(struct device_driver *drv,
const struct driver_attribute *attr)
{
if (drv)
sysfs_remove_file(&drv->p->kobj, &attr->attr);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_remove_file);