Hi Nikolaus,
H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
And IMHO nobody has described that he/she needs a solution to model the*data* relationship
for devices connected behind a tty port.
I am not sure if my case fits *data* relationship or not in this case. Some time ago I asked about state of your patches.
In my case I have supervising microcontroller unit (MCU) that is connected to one of UARTs on SoC.
This MCU implements several functions that will be implemented as MFD driver:
- watchdog and system reset
- NVMEM EEPROM
- HWMON sensors
- Input/power button
- and similar low level functions
So in my case DTS binding looks like:
&uart3 {
mcu {
line-speed = <baud rate>;
watchdog {
timeout = <ms>;
...other params...
};
eeprom {
#address-cells
#size-cells
cell1 : cell@1 {
reg = <1 2>;
};
cell2 : cell@2 {
reg = <2 1>;
};
};
hwmon {
sensors-list = "voltage", "current", etc...;
}
}
}
This MCU receives commands and notifies MFD driver about events via UART protocol.
It looks like not really a slave though, more like a partnership from data flow point of view.
There is no user space code involved in this case as whole interactions are between drivers (just a kick to open /dev/ttyXXX using sys_open, as there is no way to start probe on uart_slave bus and assign line discipline).
Best regards,
Andrey
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