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1 | Userspace communication protocol over connector [1]. |
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4 | Message types. | |
5 | ============= | |
6 | ||
7 | There are three types of messages between w1 core and userspace: | |
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8 | 1. Events. They are generated each time a new master or slave device |
9 | is found either due to automatic or requested search. | |
e4e056aa | 10 | 2. Userspace commands. |
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11 | 3. Replies to userspace commands. |
12 | ||
13 | ||
14 | Protocol. | |
15 | ======== | |
16 | ||
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17 | [struct cn_msg] - connector header. |
18 | Its length field is equal to size of the attached data | |
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19 | [struct w1_netlink_msg] - w1 netlink header. |
20 | __u8 type - message type. | |
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21 | W1_LIST_MASTERS |
22 | list current bus masters | |
23 | W1_SLAVE_ADD/W1_SLAVE_REMOVE | |
24 | slave add/remove events | |
25 | W1_MASTER_ADD/W1_MASTER_REMOVE | |
26 | master add/remove events | |
27 | W1_MASTER_CMD | |
28 | userspace command for bus master | |
29 | device (search/alarm search) | |
30 | W1_SLAVE_CMD | |
31 | userspace command for slave device | |
32 | (read/write/touch) | |
8a0427d1 | 33 | __u8 status - error indication from kernel |
e4e056aa | 34 | __u16 len - size of data attached to this header data |
12003375 | 35 | union { |
e4e056aa | 36 | __u8 id[8]; - slave unique device id |
12003375 | 37 | struct w1_mst { |
e4e056aa | 38 | __u32 id; - master's id |
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39 | __u32 res; - reserved |
40 | } mst; | |
41 | } id; | |
42 | ||
e4e056aa | 43 | [struct w1_netlink_cmd] - command for given master or slave device. |
12003375 | 44 | __u8 cmd - command opcode. |
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45 | W1_CMD_READ - read command |
46 | W1_CMD_WRITE - write command | |
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47 | W1_CMD_SEARCH - search command |
48 | W1_CMD_ALARM_SEARCH - alarm search command | |
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49 | W1_CMD_TOUCH - touch command |
50 | (write and sample data back to userspace) | |
51 | W1_CMD_RESET - send bus reset | |
52 | W1_CMD_SLAVE_ADD - add slave to kernel list | |
53 | W1_CMD_SLAVE_REMOVE - remove slave from kernel list | |
54 | W1_CMD_LIST_SLAVES - get slaves list from kernel | |
12003375 | 55 | __u8 res - reserved |
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56 | __u16 len - length of data for this command |
57 | For read command data must be allocated like for write command | |
58 | __u8 data[0] - data for this command | |
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59 | |
60 | ||
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61 | Each connector message can include one or more w1_netlink_msg with |
62 | zero or more attached w1_netlink_cmd messages. | |
12003375 | 63 | |
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64 | For event messages there are no w1_netlink_cmd embedded structures, |
65 | only connector header and w1_netlink_msg strucutre with "len" field | |
66 | being zero and filled type (one of event types) and id: | |
67 | either 8 bytes of slave unique id in host order, | |
68 | or master's id, which is assigned to bus master device | |
69 | when it is added to w1 core. | |
70 | ||
71 | Currently replies to userspace commands are only generated for read | |
72 | command request. One reply is generated exactly for one w1_netlink_cmd | |
73 | read request. Replies are not combined when sent - i.e. typical reply | |
74 | messages looks like the following: | |
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12003375 | 76 | [cn_msg][w1_netlink_msg][w1_netlink_cmd] |
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77 | cn_msg.len = sizeof(struct w1_netlink_msg) + |
78 | sizeof(struct w1_netlink_cmd) + | |
79 | cmd->len; | |
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80 | w1_netlink_msg.len = sizeof(struct w1_netlink_cmd) + cmd->len; |
81 | w1_netlink_cmd.len = cmd->len; | |
82 | ||
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83 | Replies to W1_LIST_MASTERS should send a message back to the userspace |
84 | which will contain list of all registered master ids in the following | |
85 | format: | |
86 | ||
87 | cn_msg (CN_W1_IDX.CN_W1_VAL as id, len is equal to sizeof(struct | |
25985edc | 88 | w1_netlink_msg) plus number of masters multiplied by 4) |
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89 | w1_netlink_msg (type: W1_LIST_MASTERS, len is equal to |
90 | number of masters multiplied by 4 (u32 size)) | |
91 | id0 ... idN | |
92 | ||
93 | Each message is at most 4k in size, so if number of master devices | |
8a0427d1 | 94 | exceeds this, it will be split into several messages. |
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95 | |
96 | W1 search and alarm search commands. | |
97 | request: | |
98 | [cn_msg] | |
99 | [w1_netlink_msg type = W1_MASTER_CMD | |
100 | id is equal to the bus master id to use for searching] | |
101 | [w1_netlink_cmd cmd = W1_CMD_SEARCH or W1_CMD_ALARM_SEARCH] | |
102 | ||
103 | reply: | |
104 | [cn_msg, ack = 1 and increasing, 0 means the last message, | |
105 | seq is equal to the request seq] | |
106 | [w1_netlink_msg type = W1_MASTER_CMD] | |
107 | [w1_netlink_cmd cmd = W1_CMD_SEARCH or W1_CMD_ALARM_SEARCH | |
108 | len is equal to number of IDs multiplied by 8] | |
109 | [64bit-id0 ... 64bit-idN] | |
110 | Length in each header corresponds to the size of the data behind it, so | |
111 | w1_netlink_cmd->len = N * 8; where N is number of IDs in this message. | |
112 | Can be zero. | |
113 | w1_netlink_msg->len = sizeof(struct w1_netlink_cmd) + N * 8; | |
114 | cn_msg->len = sizeof(struct w1_netlink_msg) + | |
115 | sizeof(struct w1_netlink_cmd) + | |
116 | N*8; | |
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118 | W1 reset command. |
119 | [cn_msg] | |
120 | [w1_netlink_msg type = W1_MASTER_CMD | |
121 | id is equal to the bus master id to use for searching] | |
122 | [w1_netlink_cmd cmd = W1_CMD_RESET] | |
123 | ||
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124 | |
125 | Command status replies. | |
126 | ====================== | |
127 | ||
128 | Each command (either root, master or slave with or without w1_netlink_cmd | |
129 | structure) will be 'acked' by the w1 core. Format of the reply is the same | |
130 | as request message except that length parameters do not account for data | |
131 | requested by the user, i.e. read/write/touch IO requests will not contain | |
132 | data, so w1_netlink_cmd.len will be 0, w1_netlink_msg.len will be size | |
133 | of the w1_netlink_cmd structure and cn_msg.len will be equal to the sum | |
134 | of the sizeof(struct w1_netlink_msg) and sizeof(struct w1_netlink_cmd). | |
135 | If reply is generated for master or root command (which do not have | |
136 | w1_netlink_cmd attached), reply will contain only cn_msg and w1_netlink_msg | |
b3be177a | 137 | structures. |
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138 | |
139 | w1_netlink_msg.status field will carry positive error value | |
140 | (EINVAL for example) or zero in case of success. | |
141 | ||
142 | All other fields in every structure will mirror the same parameters in the | |
143 | request message (except lengths as described above). | |
144 | ||
145 | Status reply is generated for every w1_netlink_cmd embedded in the | |
146 | w1_netlink_msg, if there are no w1_netlink_cmd structures, | |
147 | reply will be generated for the w1_netlink_msg. | |
148 | ||
149 | All w1_netlink_cmd command structures are handled in every w1_netlink_msg, | |
150 | even if there were errors, only length mismatch interrupts message processing. | |
151 | ||
152 | ||
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153 | Operation steps in w1 core when new command is received. |
154 | ======================================================= | |
155 | ||
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156 | When new message (w1_netlink_msg) is received w1 core detects if it is |
157 | master or slave request, according to w1_netlink_msg.type field. | |
12003375 | 158 | Then master or slave device is searched for. |
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159 | When found, master device (requested or those one on where slave device |
160 | is found) is locked. If slave command is requested, then reset/select | |
161 | procedure is started to select given device. | |
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162 | |
163 | Then all requested in w1_netlink_msg operations are performed one by one. | |
164 | If command requires reply (like read command) it is sent on command completion. | |
165 | ||
b3be177a | 166 | When all commands (w1_netlink_cmd) are processed master device is unlocked |
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167 | and next w1_netlink_msg header processing started. |
168 | ||
169 | ||
170 | Connector [1] specific documentation. | |
171 | ==================================== | |
172 | ||
173 | Each connector message includes two u32 fields as "address". | |
174 | w1 uses CN_W1_IDX and CN_W1_VAL defined in include/linux/connector.h header. | |
175 | Each message also includes sequence and acknowledge numbers. | |
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176 | Sequence number for event messages is appropriate bus master sequence number |
177 | increased with each event message sent "through" this master. | |
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178 | Sequence number for userspace requests is set by userspace application. |
179 | Sequence number for reply is the same as was in request, and | |
180 | acknowledge number is set to seq+1. | |
181 | ||
182 | ||
183 | Additional documantion, source code examples. | |
184 | ============================================ | |
185 | ||
186 | 1. Documentation/connector | |
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187 | 2. http://www.ioremap.net/archive/w1 |
188 | This archive includes userspace application w1d.c which uses | |
189 | read/write/search commands for all master/slave devices found on the bus. |