- 构建i2c_driver
- 注册i2c_driver
- 构建i2c_client ( 第一种方法:注册字符设备驱动、第二种方法:通过板文件的i2c_board_info填充,然后注册)
- 注销i2c_driver
具体如下:
● 构建i2c_driver
| staticstructi2c_driver pca953x_driver = {                .driver = {                                    .name= "pca953x", //名称                                },                .id= ID_PCA9555,//id号                .attach_adapter= pca953x_attach_adapter, //调用适配器连接设备                .detach_client= pca953x_detach_client,//让设备脱离适配器        }; | 
● 注册i2c_driver
| staticint__init pca953x_init(void)        {                returni2c_add_driver(&pca953x_driver);        }        module_init(pca953x_init);执行i2c_add_driver(&pca953x_driver)后,如果内核中已经注册了i2c适配器,则顺序调用这些适配器来连接我们的i2c设备。此过程是通过调用i2c_driver中的attach_adapter方法完成的。具体实现形式如下:staticintpca953x_attach_adapter(structi2c_adapter *adapter)        {                returni2c_probe(adapter, &addr_data, pca953x_detect);                /*                adapter:适配器                addr_data:地址信息                pca953x_detect:探测到设备后调用的函数                */        }地址信息addr_data是由下面代码指定的。        /* Addresses to scan */        staticunsigned shortnormal_i2c[] = {0x20,0x21,0x22,0x23,0x24,0x25,0x26,0x27,I2C_CLIENT_END};        I2C_CLIENT_INSMOD;注意:normal_i2c里的地址必须是你i2c芯片的地址。否则将无法正确探测到设备。而I2C_ CLIENT_INSMOD是一个宏,它会利用normal_i2c构建addr_data。 | 
● 构建i2c_client,并注册字符设备驱动
i2c_probe在探测到目标设备后,后调用pca953x_detect,并把当时的探测地址address作为参数传入。
| staticintpca953x_detect(structi2c_adapter *adapter, intaddress, int kind)        {                structi2c_client *new_client;                structpca953x_chip *chip; //设备结构体                interr = 0,result;                dev_t pca953x_dev=MKDEV(pca953x_major,0);//构建设备号,根据具体情况设定,这里我只考虑了normal_i2c中只有一个地址匹配的情况。主次设备号来源                if(!i2c_check_functionality(adapter, I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA| I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WORD_DATA))//判定适配器能力                gotoexit;                if(!(chip = kzalloc(sizeof(structpca953x_chip), GFP_KERNEL))) {                        err = -ENOMEM;                        gotoexit;                }                /****构建i2c-client****/                chip->client=kzalloc(sizeof(structi2c_client),GFP_KERNEL);                new_client = chip->client;                i2c_set_clientdata(new_client, chip);                new_client->addr = address;                new_client->adapter = adapter;                new_client->driver = &pca953x_driver;                new_client->flags = 0;                strlcpy(new_client->name, "pca953x", I2C_NAME_SIZE);                if((err = i2c_attach_client(new_client)))//注册i2c_client                gotoexit_kfree;                if(err)                gotoexit_detach;                if(pca953x_major)                {                        result=register_chrdev_region(pca953x_dev,1,"pca953x");                }                else{                        result=alloc_chrdev_region(&pca953x_dev,0,1,"pca953x");                        pca953x_major=MAJOR(pca953x_dev);                }                if(result < 0) {                        printk(KERN_NOTICE "Unable to get pca953x region, error %d/n", result);                        returnresult;                }                pca953x_setup_cdev(chip,0); //注册字符设备,此处不详解                return0;                exit_detach:                i2c_detach_client(new_client);        exit_kfree:                kfree(chip);        exit:                returnerr;        } | 
i2c_check_functionality用来判定设配器的能力,这一点非常重要。你也可以直接查看对应设配器的能力,如
| staticconststructi2c_algorithm smbus_algorithm = {                .smbus_xfer= i801_access,                .functionality= i801_func,        };        staticu32 i801_func(structi2c_adapter *adapter)        {                        returnI2C_FUNC_SMBUS_QUICK | I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BYTE |                               I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA | I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WORD_DATA |                               I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA | I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WRITE_I2C_BLOCK|(isich4 ? I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_HWPEC_CALC : 0);        } | 
字符驱动的具体实现
| structfile_operations pca953x_fops = {                .owner = THIS_MODULE,                .ioctl= pca953x_ioctl,                 .open= pca953x_open,                 .release =pca953x_release,         }; | 
字符设备驱动本身没有什么好说的,这里主要想说一下,如何在驱动中调用i2c设配器帮我们完成数据传输。
目前设配器主要支持两种传输方法:smbus_xfer和master_xfer。一般来说,如果设配器支持了master_xfer那么它也可以模拟支持smbus的传输。但如果只实现smbus_xfer,则不支持一些i2c的传输。
int (*master_xfer)(struct i2c_adapter *adap,struct i2c_msg *msgs,int num);
 int (*smbus_xfer) (struct i2c_adapter *adap, u16 addr,unsigned short flags, char read_write, u8 command, int size, union i2c_smbus_data * data);
master_xfer中的参数设置,和前面的用户空间编程一致。现在只是要在驱动中构建相关的参数然后调用i2c_transfer来完成传输既可。
int i2c_transfer(struct i2c_adapter * adap, struct i2c_msg *msgs, int num)
smbus_xfer中的参数设置及调用方法如下:
| staticintpca953x_write_reg(structpca953x_chip *chip, intreg, uint16_t val)        {                intret;                ret = i2c_smbus_write_word_data(chip->client, reg << 1, val);                if(ret < 0) {                                dev_err(&chip->client->dev, "failed writing register/n");                                        return-EIO;                                }                return0;        } | 
上面函数完成向芯片的地址为reg的寄存器写一个16bit的数据。i2c_smbus_write_word_data的实现如下:
| s32 i2c_smbus_write_word_data(structi2c_client *client, u8 command, u16 value)        {                unioni2c_smbus_data data;                data.word = value;                returni2c_smbus_xfer(client->adapter,client->addr,client->flags,                 I2C_SMBUS_WRITE,command,I2C_SMBUS_WORD_DATA,&data);        } | 
从中可以看出smbus传输一个16位数据的方法。其它操作如:字符写、字符读、字读、块操作等,可以参考内核的i2c-core.c中提供的方法。
● 注销i2c_driver
| staticvoid__exit pca953x_exit(void)        {                i2c_del_driver(&pca953x_driver);        }        module_exit(pca953x_exit); | 
顺序调用内核中注册的适配器来断开我们注册过的i2c设备。此过程通过调用i2c_driver中的attach_adapter方法完成的。具体实现形式如下:
| staticintpca953x_detach_client(structi2c_client *client)        {                interr;                structpca953x_chip *data;                if((err = i2c_detach_client(client)))//断开i2c_client                returnerr;                data=i2c_get_clientdata(client);                cdev_del(&(data->cdev));                unregister_chrdev_region(MKDEV(pca953x_major, 0), 1);                kfree(data->client);                kfree(data);                return0;        } | 
其实主芯片的i2c的驱动基本上都支持啦,哈哈,所以剩下的工作量不是很大,只需完成从芯片的i2c的驱动操作就ok啦,那个只是分析如何编写的便于深入理解。
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