[PATCH v3 5/5] doc: add bind/unbind command documentation

Heinrich Schuchardt xypron.glpk at gmx.de
Thu Apr 30 11:31:59 CEST 2020


On 30.04.20 10:52, Patrice Chotard 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 v3:
>  - fix typo
>  - add bind/unbind parameters description and how to find them
>
> Changes in v2: None
>
>  doc/driver-model/bind.rst  | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  doc/driver-model/index.rst |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 50 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..dfe8fd57dd
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/driver-model/bind.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> +.. sectionauthor:: Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard at st.com>
> +
> +Binding/unbinding a driver
> +=========================

The title underline is too short.

Please, use 'make htmldocs' for testing.

Best regards

Heinrich

> +
> +This document aims to describe the bind and unbind commands.
> +
> +For debugging purpose, it should be useful to bind or unbind a driver from
> +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:
> +
> +bind <node path> <driver>
> +bind <class> <index> <driver>
> +
> +unbind <node path>
> +unbind <class> <index>
> +unbind <class> <index> <driver>
> +
> +Where:
> + - <node path> is the node's device tree path
> + - <class> is one of the class available in the list given by the "dm uclass"
> +   command or first column of "dm tree" command.
> + - <index> is the index of the parent's node (second column of "dm tree" output).
> + - <driver> is the driver name to bind given by the "dm drivers" command or the by
> +   the fourth column of "dm tree" output.
> +
> +example:
> +
> +bind usb_dev_generic 0 usb_ether
> +unbind usb_dev_generic 0 usb_ether
> +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
>



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