1 RapidIO subsystem Channelized Messaging character device driver (rio_cm.c)
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6 1.0.0 - Initial driver release.
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12 This device driver is the result of collaboration within the RapidIO.org
13 Software Task Group (STG) between Texas Instruments, Prodrive Technologies,
14 Nokia Networks, BAE and IDT. Additional input was received from other members
17 The objective was to create a character mode driver interface which exposes
18 messaging capabilities of RapidIO endpoint devices (mports) directly
19 to applications, in a manner that allows the numerous and varied RapidIO
20 implementations to interoperate.
22 This driver (RIO_CM) provides to user-space applications shared access to
23 RapidIO mailbox messaging resources.
25 RapidIO specification (Part 2) defines that endpoint devices may have up to four
26 messaging mailboxes in case of multi-packet message (up to 4KB) and
27 up to 64 mailboxes if single-packet messages (up to 256 B) are used. In addition
28 to protocol definition limitations, a particular hardware implementation can
29 have reduced number of messaging mailboxes. RapidIO aware applications must
30 therefore share the messaging resources of a RapidIO endpoint.
32 Main purpose of this device driver is to provide RapidIO mailbox messaging
33 capability to large number of user-space processes by introducing socket-like
34 operations using a single messaging mailbox. This allows applications to
35 use the limited RapidIO messaging hardware resources efficiently.
37 Most of device driver's operations are supported through 'ioctl' system calls.
39 When loaded this device driver creates a single file system node named rio_cm
40 in /dev directory common for all registered RapidIO mport devices.
42 Following ioctl commands are available to user-space applications:
44 - RIO_CM_MPORT_GET_LIST : Returns to caller list of local mport devices that
45 support messaging operations (number of entries up to RIO_MAX_MPORTS).
46 Each list entry is combination of mport's index in the system and RapidIO
47 destination ID assigned to the port.
48 - RIO_CM_EP_GET_LIST_SIZE : Returns number of messaging capable remote endpoints
49 in a RapidIO network associated with the specified mport device.
50 - RIO_CM_EP_GET_LIST : Returns list of RapidIO destination IDs for messaging
51 capable remote endpoints (peers) available in a RapidIO network associated
52 with the specified mport device.
53 - RIO_CM_CHAN_CREATE : Creates RapidIO message exchange channel data structure
54 with channel ID assigned automatically or as requested by a caller.
55 - RIO_CM_CHAN_BIND : Binds the specified channel data structure to the specified
57 - RIO_CM_CHAN_LISTEN : Enables listening for connection requests on the specified
59 - RIO_CM_CHAN_ACCEPT : Accepts a connection request from peer on the specified
60 channel. If wait timeout for this request is specified by a caller it is
61 a blocking call. If timeout set to 0 this is non-blocking call - ioctl
62 handler checks for a pending connection request and if one is not available
63 exits with -EGAIN error status immediately.
64 - RIO_CM_CHAN_CONNECT : Sends a connection request to a remote peer/channel.
65 - RIO_CM_CHAN_SEND : Sends a data message through the specified channel.
66 The handler for this request assumes that message buffer specified by
67 a caller includes the reserved space for a packet header required by
69 - RIO_CM_CHAN_RECEIVE : Receives a data message through a connected channel.
70 If the channel does not have an incoming message ready to return this ioctl
71 handler will wait for new message until timeout specified by a caller
72 expires. If timeout value is set to 0, ioctl handler uses a default value
73 defined by MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT.
74 - RIO_CM_CHAN_CLOSE : Closes a specified channel and frees associated buffers.
75 If the specified channel is in the CONNECTED state, sends close notification
78 The ioctl command codes and corresponding data structures intended for use by
79 user-space applications are defined in 'include/uapi/linux/rio_cm_cdev.h'.
81 II. Hardware Compatibility
83 This device driver uses standard interfaces defined by kernel RapidIO subsystem
84 and therefore it can be used with any mport device driver registered by RapidIO
85 subsystem with limitations set by available mport HW implementation of messaging
88 III. Module parameters
90 - 'dbg_level' - This parameter allows to control amount of debug information
91 generated by this device driver. This parameter is formed by set of
92 bit masks that correspond to the specific functional block.
93 For mask definitions see 'drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_cm.c'
94 This parameter can be changed dynamically.
95 Use CONFIG_RAPIDIO_DEBUG=y to enable debug output at the top level.
97 - 'cmbox' - Number of RapidIO mailbox to use (default value is 1).
98 This parameter allows to set messaging mailbox number that will be used
99 within entire RapidIO network. It can be used when default mailbox is
100 used by other device drivers or is not supported by some nodes in the
103 - 'chstart' - Start channel number for dynamic assignment. Default value - 256.
104 Allows to exclude channel numbers below this parameter from dynamic
105 allocation to avoid conflicts with software components that use
106 reserved predefined channel numbers.
112 V. User-space Applications and API Library
114 Messaging API library and applications that use this device driver are available
119 - Add support for system notification messages (reserved channel 0).