| Message ID | 20200728071335.5840-6-patrice.chotard@st.com |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Commit | 02291d83fdaaf30e355eb7cef05581ec086962bd |
| Delegated to: | Simon Glass |
| Headers | show |
| Series | cmd: bind allow to bind driver with driver_data | expand |
On Tue, 28 Jul 2020 at 01:13, Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard@st.com> wrote: > > Add documentation in doc/drivel-model for the bind/unbind command. > Part of this documentation is extracted from original patch commit > message: > commit 49c752c93a78 ("cmd: Add bind/unbind commands to bind a device to a driver from the command line") > > Signed-off-by: Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard@st.com> > > --- > > (no changes since v4) > > Changes in v4: > - fix make htmldocs error "Title underline too short" > > Changes in v3: > - fix typo > - add bind/unbind parameters description and how to find them > > doc/driver-model/bind.rst | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > doc/driver-model/index.rst | 1 + > 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 doc/driver-model/bind.rst Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
On Tue, 28 Jul 2020 at 01:13, Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard@st.com> wrote: > > Add documentation in doc/drivel-model for the bind/unbind command. > Part of this documentation is extracted from original patch commit > message: > commit 49c752c93a78 ("cmd: Add bind/unbind commands to bind a device to a driver from the command line") > > Signed-off-by: Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard@st.com> > > --- > > (no changes since v4) > > Changes in v4: > - fix make htmldocs error "Title underline too short" > > Changes in v3: > - fix typo > - add bind/unbind parameters description and how to find them > > doc/driver-model/bind.rst | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > doc/driver-model/index.rst | 1 + > 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 doc/driver-model/bind.rst Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> Applied to u-boot-dm, thanks!
diff --git a/doc/driver-model/bind.rst b/doc/driver-model/bind.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e3e9cb4d3c --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/driver-model/bind.rst @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ +.. sectionauthor:: Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard@st.com> + +Binding/unbinding a driver +========================== + +This document aims to describe the bind and unbind commands. + +For debugging purpose, it should be useful to bind or unbind a driver from +the U-boot command line. + +The unbind command calls the remove device driver callback and unbind the +device from its driver. + +The bind command binds a device to its driver. + +In some cases it can be useful to be able to bind a device to a driver from +the command line. +The obvious example is for versatile devices such as USB gadget. +Another use case is when the devices are not yet ready at startup and +require some setup before the drivers are bound (ex: FPGA which bitsream is +fetched from a mass storage or ethernet) + +usage: + +bind <node path> <driver> +bind <class> <index> <driver> + +unbind <node path> +unbind <class> <index> +unbind <class> <index> <driver> + +Where: + - <node path> is the node's device tree path + - <class> is one of the class available in the list given by the "dm uclass" + command or first column of "dm tree" command. + - <index> is the index of the parent's node (second column of "dm tree" output). + - <driver> is the driver name to bind given by the "dm drivers" command or the by + the fourth column of "dm tree" output. + +example: + +bind usb_dev_generic 0 usb_ether +unbind usb_dev_generic 0 usb_ether +or +unbind eth 1 + +bind /ocp/omap_dwc3@48380000/usb@48390000 usb_ether +unbind /ocp/omap_dwc3@48380000/usb@48390000 diff --git a/doc/driver-model/index.rst b/doc/driver-model/index.rst index f17c72ce69..c9faf0a591 100644 --- a/doc/driver-model/index.rst +++ b/doc/driver-model/index.rst @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Driver Model .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 + bind debugging design ethernet
Add documentation in doc/drivel-model for the bind/unbind command. Part of this documentation is extracted from original patch commit message: commit 49c752c93a78 ("cmd: Add bind/unbind commands to bind a device to a driver from the command line") Signed-off-by: Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard@st.com> --- (no changes since v4) Changes in v4: - fix make htmldocs error "Title underline too short" Changes in v3: - fix typo - add bind/unbind parameters description and how to find them doc/driver-model/bind.rst | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ doc/driver-model/index.rst | 1 + 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/driver-model/bind.rst