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William Breathitt Gray c5d550fb6e counter: Fix typo in action_get description
The action_get callback returns a Synapse's action mode.

Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
2019-10-18 19:47:49 +01:00
William Breathitt Gray d49e6ee2d6 counter: Simplify the count_read and count_write callbacks
The count_read and count_write callbacks are simplified to pass val as
unsigned long rather than as an opaque data structure. The opaque
counter_count_read_value and counter_count_write_value structures,
counter_count_value_type enum, and relevant counter_count_read_value_set
and counter_count_write_value_get functions, are removed as they are no
longer used.

Cc: Patrick Havelange <patrick.havelange@essensium.com>
Acked-by: Fabrice Gasnier <fabrice.gasnier@st.com>
Acked-by: David Lechner <david@lechnology.com>
Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
2019-10-18 19:47:27 +01:00
William Breathitt Gray 0040a390d2 counter: Introduce the Generic Counter interface
This patch introduces the Generic Counter interface for supporting
counter devices.

In the context of the Generic Counter interface, a counter is defined as
a device that reports one or more "counts" based on the state changes of
one or more "signals" as evaluated by a defined "count function."

Driver callbacks should be provided to communicate with the device: to
read and write various Signals and Counts, and to set and get the
"action mode" and "count function" for various Synapses and Counts
respectively.

To support a counter device, a driver must first allocate the available
Counter Signals via counter_signal structures. These Signals should
be stored as an array and set to the signals array member of an
allocated counter_device structure before the Counter is registered to
the system.

Counter Counts may be allocated via counter_count structures, and
respective Counter Signal associations (Synapses) made via
counter_synapse structures. Associated counter_synapse structures are
stored as an array and set to the the synapses array member of the
respective counter_count structure. These counter_count structures are
set to the counts array member of an allocated counter_device structure
before the Counter is registered to the system.

A counter device is registered to the system by passing the respective
initialized counter_device structure to the counter_register function;
similarly, the counter_unregister function unregisters the respective
Counter. The devm_counter_register and devm_counter_unregister functions
serve as device memory-managed versions of the counter_register and
counter_unregister functions respectively.

Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2019-04-25 21:33:37 +02:00