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authorDavid Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>2007-05-08 00:32:21 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-05-08 11:15:16 -0700
commit33e34dc6ee2cb2cf2d50e65c5b825d9ebb8b9e66 (patch)
tree965e5feaaa7c7802129205bff03ec5e0982a75ba /drivers/spi
parent814a8d50eb1d88cedcef97567be53ee0d4512631 (diff)
SPI kerneldoc
Various documentation updates for the SPI infrastructure, to clarify things that may not have been clear, to cope with lack of editing, and fix omissions. Also, plug SPI into the kernel-api DocBook template, and fix all the resulting glitches in document generation. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/spi')
-rw-r--r--drivers/spi/spi.c33
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index 6657331eed9..c3219b29b5a 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -152,6 +152,11 @@ static void spi_drv_shutdown(struct device *dev)
sdrv->shutdown(to_spi_device(dev));
}
+/**
+ * spi_register_driver - register a SPI driver
+ * @sdrv: the driver to register
+ * Context: can sleep
+ */
int spi_register_driver(struct spi_driver *sdrv)
{
sdrv->driver.bus = &spi_bus_type;
@@ -183,7 +188,13 @@ static LIST_HEAD(board_list);
static DECLARE_MUTEX(board_lock);
-/* On typical mainboards, this is purely internal; and it's not needed
+/**
+ * spi_new_device - instantiate one new SPI device
+ * @master: Controller to which device is connected
+ * @chip: Describes the SPI device
+ * Context: can sleep
+ *
+ * On typical mainboards, this is purely internal; and it's not needed
* after board init creates the hard-wired devices. Some development
* platforms may not be able to use spi_register_board_info though, and
* this is exported so that for example a USB or parport based adapter
@@ -251,7 +262,12 @@ fail:
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spi_new_device);
-/*
+/**
+ * spi_register_board_info - register SPI devices for a given board
+ * @info: array of chip descriptors
+ * @n: how many descriptors are provided
+ * Context: can sleep
+ *
* Board-specific early init code calls this (probably during arch_initcall)
* with segments of the SPI device table. Any device nodes are created later,
* after the relevant parent SPI controller (bus_num) is defined. We keep
@@ -337,9 +353,10 @@ static struct class spi_master_class = {
/**
* spi_alloc_master - allocate SPI master controller
* @dev: the controller, possibly using the platform_bus
- * @size: how much driver-private data to preallocate; the pointer to this
+ * @size: how much zeroed driver-private data to allocate; the pointer to this
* memory is in the class_data field of the returned class_device,
* accessible with spi_master_get_devdata().
+ * Context: can sleep
*
* This call is used only by SPI master controller drivers, which are the
* only ones directly touching chip registers. It's how they allocate
@@ -375,6 +392,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spi_alloc_master);
/**
* spi_register_master - register SPI master controller
* @master: initialized master, originally from spi_alloc_master()
+ * Context: can sleep
*
* SPI master controllers connect to their drivers using some non-SPI bus,
* such as the platform bus. The final stage of probe() in that code
@@ -437,6 +455,7 @@ static int __unregister(struct device *dev, void *unused)
/**
* spi_unregister_master - unregister SPI master controller
* @master: the master being unregistered
+ * Context: can sleep
*
* This call is used only by SPI master controller drivers, which are the
* only ones directly touching chip registers.
@@ -455,6 +474,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spi_unregister_master);
/**
* spi_busnum_to_master - look up master associated with bus_num
* @bus_num: the master's bus number
+ * Context: can sleep
*
* This call may be used with devices that are registered after
* arch init time. It returns a refcounted pointer to the relevant
@@ -492,6 +512,7 @@ static void spi_complete(void *arg)
* spi_sync - blocking/synchronous SPI data transfers
* @spi: device with which data will be exchanged
* @message: describes the data transfers
+ * Context: can sleep
*
* This call may only be used from a context that may sleep. The sleep
* is non-interruptible, and has no timeout. Low-overhead controller
@@ -508,7 +529,7 @@ static void spi_complete(void *arg)
*
* The return value is a negative error code if the message could not be
* submitted, else zero. When the value is zero, then message->status is
- * also defined: it's the completion code for the transfer, either zero
+ * also defined; it's the completion code for the transfer, either zero
* or a negative error code from the controller driver.
*/
int spi_sync(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_message *message)
@@ -538,6 +559,7 @@ static u8 *buf;
* @n_tx: size of txbuf, in bytes
* @rxbuf: buffer into which data will be read
* @n_rx: size of rxbuf, in bytes (need not be dma-safe)
+ * Context: can sleep
*
* This performs a half duplex MicroWire style transaction with the
* device, sending txbuf and then reading rxbuf. The return value
@@ -545,7 +567,8 @@ static u8 *buf;
* This call may only be used from a context that may sleep.
*
* Parameters to this routine are always copied using a small buffer;
- * performance-sensitive or bulk transfer code should instead use
+ * portable code should never use this for more than 32 bytes.
+ * Performance-sensitive or bulk transfer code should instead use
* spi_{async,sync}() calls with dma-safe buffers.
*/
int spi_write_then_read(struct spi_device *spi,