[PATCH v2 5/5] doc: add bind/unbind command documentation

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Wed Apr 29 20:04:33 CEST 2020


Hi Patrice,

On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 at 06:20, Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard at 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 at st.com>
> ---
>
> Changes in v2: None
>
>  doc/driver-model/bind.rst  | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  doc/driver-model/index.rst |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 doc/driver-model/bind.rst
>
> diff --git a/doc/driver-model/bind.rst b/doc/driver-model/bind.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..df6b5f143b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/driver-model/bind.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> +.. sectionauthor:: Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard at st.com>
> +
> +Binding/unbiding a driver

unbinding

> +=========================
> +
> +This documents aims to describe the bind and unbind commands.

document

> +
> +For debug purpose, it should be useful to bind or unbind a driver from

For debugging

> +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 example:
> +
> +bind usb_dev_generic 0 usb_ether
> +unbind usb_dev_generic 0 usb_ether

can you mention what the two parameters are and how to find them?

> +or
> +unbind eth 1
> +
> +bind /ocp/omap_dwc3 at 48380000/usb at 48390000 usb_ether
> +unbind /ocp/omap_dwc3 at 48380000/usb at 48390000
> diff --git a/doc/driver-model/index.rst b/doc/driver-model/index.rst
> index b9df221627..37ef3721df 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
> --
> 2.17.1
>

Regards,
Simon


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