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153 lines
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NVMEM SUBSYSTEM
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Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org>
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This document explains the NVMEM Framework along with the APIs provided,
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and how to use it.
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1. Introduction
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===============
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*NVMEM* is the abbreviation for Non Volatile Memory layer. It is used to
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retrieve configuration of SOC or Device specific data from non volatile
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memories like eeprom, efuses and so on.
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Before this framework existed, NVMEM drivers like eeprom were stored in
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drivers/misc, where they all had to duplicate pretty much the same code to
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register a sysfs file, allow in-kernel users to access the content of the
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devices they were driving, etc.
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This was also a problem as far as other in-kernel users were involved, since
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the solutions used were pretty much different from one driver to another, there
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was a rather big abstraction leak.
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This framework aims at solve these problems. It also introduces DT
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representation for consumer devices to go get the data they require (MAC
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Addresses, SoC/Revision ID, part numbers, and so on) from the NVMEMs. This
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framework is based on regmap, so that most of the abstraction available in
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regmap can be reused, across multiple types of buses.
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NVMEM Providers
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+++++++++++++++
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NVMEM provider refers to an entity that implements methods to initialize, read
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and write the non-volatile memory.
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2. Registering/Unregistering the NVMEM provider
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===============================================
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A NVMEM provider can register with NVMEM core by supplying relevant
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nvmem configuration to nvmem_register(), on success core would return a valid
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nvmem_device pointer.
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nvmem_unregister(nvmem) is used to unregister a previously registered provider.
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For example, a simple qfprom case:
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static struct nvmem_config econfig = {
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.name = "qfprom",
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.owner = THIS_MODULE,
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};
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static int qfprom_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
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{
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...
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econfig.dev = &pdev->dev;
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nvmem = nvmem_register(&econfig);
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...
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}
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It is mandatory that the NVMEM provider has a regmap associated with its
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struct device. Failure to do would return error code from nvmem_register().
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NVMEM Consumers
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+++++++++++++++
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NVMEM consumers are the entities which make use of the NVMEM provider to
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read from and to NVMEM.
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3. NVMEM cell based consumer APIs
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=================================
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NVMEM cells are the data entries/fields in the NVMEM.
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The NVMEM framework provides 3 APIs to read/write NVMEM cells.
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struct nvmem_cell *nvmem_cell_get(struct device *dev, const char *name);
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struct nvmem_cell *devm_nvmem_cell_get(struct device *dev, const char *name);
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void nvmem_cell_put(struct nvmem_cell *cell);
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void devm_nvmem_cell_put(struct device *dev, struct nvmem_cell *cell);
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void *nvmem_cell_read(struct nvmem_cell *cell, ssize_t *len);
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int nvmem_cell_write(struct nvmem_cell *cell, void *buf, ssize_t len);
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*nvmem_cell_get() apis will get a reference to nvmem cell for a given id,
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and nvmem_cell_read/write() can then read or write to the cell.
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Once the usage of the cell is finished the consumer should call *nvmem_cell_put()
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to free all the allocation memory for the cell.
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4. Direct NVMEM device based consumer APIs
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==========================================
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In some instances it is necessary to directly read/write the NVMEM.
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To facilitate such consumers NVMEM framework provides below apis.
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struct nvmem_device *nvmem_device_get(struct device *dev, const char *name);
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struct nvmem_device *devm_nvmem_device_get(struct device *dev,
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const char *name);
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void nvmem_device_put(struct nvmem_device *nvmem);
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int nvmem_device_read(struct nvmem_device *nvmem, unsigned int offset,
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size_t bytes, void *buf);
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int nvmem_device_write(struct nvmem_device *nvmem, unsigned int offset,
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size_t bytes, void *buf);
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int nvmem_device_cell_read(struct nvmem_device *nvmem,
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struct nvmem_cell_info *info, void *buf);
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int nvmem_device_cell_write(struct nvmem_device *nvmem,
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struct nvmem_cell_info *info, void *buf);
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Before the consumers can read/write NVMEM directly, it should get hold
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of nvmem_controller from one of the *nvmem_device_get() api.
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The difference between these apis and cell based apis is that these apis always
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take nvmem_device as parameter.
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5. Releasing a reference to the NVMEM
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=====================================
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When a consumers no longer needs the NVMEM, it has to release the reference
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to the NVMEM it has obtained using the APIs mentioned in the above section.
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The NVMEM framework provides 2 APIs to release a reference to the NVMEM.
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void nvmem_cell_put(struct nvmem_cell *cell);
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void devm_nvmem_cell_put(struct device *dev, struct nvmem_cell *cell);
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void nvmem_device_put(struct nvmem_device *nvmem);
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void devm_nvmem_device_put(struct device *dev, struct nvmem_device *nvmem);
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Both these APIs are used to release a reference to the NVMEM and
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devm_nvmem_cell_put and devm_nvmem_device_put destroys the devres associated
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with this NVMEM.
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Userspace
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+++++++++
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6. Userspace binary interface
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==============================
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Userspace can read/write the raw NVMEM file located at
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/sys/bus/nvmem/devices/*/nvmem
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ex:
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hexdump /sys/bus/nvmem/devices/qfprom0/nvmem
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0000000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
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*
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00000a0 db10 2240 0000 e000 0c00 0c00 0000 0c00
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0000000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
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...
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*
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0001000
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7. DeviceTree Binding
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=====================
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See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/nvmem/nvmem.txt
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