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author | Yunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@intel.com> | 2015-08-04 12:17:53 -0700 |
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committer | Yunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@intel.com> | 2015-08-04 15:44:42 -0700 |
commit | 9ca8dbcc65cfc63d6f5ef3312a33184e1d726e00 (patch) | |
tree | 1c9cafbcd35f783a87880a10f85d1a060db1a563 /kernel/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/trigger.txt | |
parent | 98260f3884f4a202f9ca5eabed40b1354c489b29 (diff) |
Add the rt linux 4.1.3-rt3 as base
Import the rt linux 4.1.3-rt3 as OPNFV kvm base.
It's from git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rt/linux-rt-devel.git linux-4.1.y-rt and
the base is:
commit 0917f823c59692d751951bf5ea699a2d1e2f26a2
Author: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Date: Sat Jul 25 12:13:34 2015 +0200
Prepare v4.1.3-rt3
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
We lose all the git history this way and it's not good. We
should apply another opnfv project repo in future.
Change-Id: I87543d81c9df70d99c5001fbdf646b202c19f423
Signed-off-by: Yunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@intel.com>
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1 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/trigger.txt b/kernel/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/trigger.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7c0e505e4 --- /dev/null +++ b/kernel/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/trigger.txt @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +IIO trigger drivers. + +Many triggers are provided by hardware that will also be registered as +an IIO device. Whilst this can create device specific complexities +such triggers are registered with the core in the same way as +stand-alone triggers. + +struct iio_trig *trig = iio_trigger_alloc("<trigger format string>", ...); + +allocates a trigger structure. The key elements to then fill in within +a driver are: + +trig->owner + Typically set to THIS_MODULE. Used to ensure correct + ownership of core allocated resources. + +trig->set_trigger_state: + Function that enables / disables the underlying source of the trigger. + +There is also a +trig->alloc_list which is useful for drivers that allocate multiple +triggers to keep track of what they have created. + +When these have been set call: + +iio_trigger_register(trig); + +to register the trigger with the core, making it available to trigger +consumers. + +Trigger Consumers + +Currently triggers are only used for the filling of software +buffers and as such any device supporting INDIO_BUFFER_TRIGGERED has the +consumer interface automatically created. |