On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 10:59:44AM +0300, Pantelis Antoniou wrote: > Document the beaglebone's capemgr sysfs API > > Signed-off-by: Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > .../testing/sysfs-devices-platform-bone_capemgr | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-platform-bone_capemgr > > diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-platform-bone_capemgr b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-platform-bone_capemgr > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000..e2df613 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-platform-bone_capemgr > @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ > +What: /sys/devices/platform/bone_capemgr/slots > +Date: May 2015 > +KernelVersion: 4.0 I don't think that version is correct :) > +Contact: Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > +Description: > + READ: > + Describe the state of all the slots of the beaglebone capemgr. > + Each line of the output describes a slot: sysfs files are "one value per file", so a sysfs file that displays multiple lines like this is not allowed at all, sorry. Please either make it a debugfs file (if this is only for debugging, or split it out into individual files, one per slot (hint, one per slot is probably best.) > + The slot format is as following: > + <slot-id>: [P-][F-][O-][l-][L-][D-] \ > + <overlay-id> <board-name>,<version>, > + <manufacturer>,<part-number> > + > + Where the flags are: > + P: Slot has been probed > + F: Slot has failed probing (i.e. no EEPROM detected) > + O: Slot has been overridden by the user > + l: Slot is current loading > + L: Slot has completed loading and is ready > + D: Slot has been disabled > + > + Example: > + 0: P---L- -1 BeagleBone RS232 CAPE,00A1,Beagleboardtoys,BB-BONE-SERL-03 > + 1: PF---- -1 > + 2: PF---- -1 > + 3: PF---- -1 > + > + WRITE: > + Writing a string of the form <part-number>[:version] issues a request to > + load a firmware blob containing an overlay. The name of the firmware blob > + is <part-number>-[version|00A0].dtbo. This act is defined as a slot override. > + > + Writing a negative slot id removes the slot if it was an overridden one, or > + unloads a slot that was probed. > + > +What: /sys/devices/platform/bone_capemgr/baseboard/<eeprom-field> > +Date: May 2015 > +KernelVersion: 4.0 > +Contact: Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > +Description: Contains the probed base board EEPROM field; one of: > + board-name - board-name as stored in cape EEPROM > + dc-supplied - whether the cape draws or supplies DC > + eeprom-format-revision - EEPROM format rev, only 00A0 supported > + header - header; should be 'aa 55 33 ee' If it's always this value, why have the file? > + manufacturer - manufacturer string > + part-number - part-number of the cape > + serial-number - serial number of the cape > + version - version of the cape, i.e. 00A0 > + number-of-pins - displayed but ignored > + pin-usage - displayed but ignored > + sys-5v - displayed but ignored > + vdd-3v3exp - displayed but ignored > + vdd-5v - displayed but ignored Are these all individual different files? > +What: /sys/devices/platform/bone_capemgr/slot-<n>/<eeprom-field> No blank line? > +Date: May 2015 > +KernelVersion: 4.0 > +Contact: Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > +Description: Contains the probed cape's EEPROM field; the field is one of: > + board-name - baseboard name i.e. A335BNLT > + header - header; should be 'aa 55 33 ee' > + revision - baseboard revision > + serial-number - baseboard serial number > + config-option - displayed but ignored Same here, are these all individual files? thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html