From ef9ae0c58bd9bc3fc80054ac09ef993a07d9e1a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Mack Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 23:28:07 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] uio: Documentation: Add information on using uio_pdrv_genirq with DT Add a paragraph to describe the use of the "of_id" module parameter, along with the new DT property. Signed-off-by: Daniel Mack Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190815212807.25058-2-daniel@zonque.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- Documentation/driver-api/uio-howto.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/uio-howto.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/uio-howto.rst index 8fecfa11d4ff..84091cd25dc4 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/uio-howto.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/uio-howto.rst @@ -408,6 +408,13 @@ handler code. You also do not need to know anything about the chip's internal registers to create the kernel part of the driver. All you need to know is the irq number of the pin the chip is connected to. +When used in a device-tree enabled system, the driver needs to be +probed with the ``"of_id"`` module parameter set to the ``"compatible"`` +string of the node the driver is supposed to handle. By default, the +node's name (without the unit address) is exposed as name for the +UIO device in userspace. To set a custom name, a property named +``"linux,uio-name"`` may be specified in the DT node. + Using uio_dmem_genirq for platform devices ------------------------------------------