accessing i2c platform device from userspace program - linux

Question

I'm trying to access an 24c256 eeprom content from user space in a am335x_starter_kit.
I dont have to add eeprom driver into kernel and make modifications in board.c file because board already uses eeprom to access some board configuration and Mac address information.
I just want to access eeprom content from user space.
I used read and write functions for character devices before but i2c platform devices doesnt have these functions.
struct i2c_driver {
unsigned int class;
int (* attach_adapter) (struct i2c_adapter *);
int (* probe) (struct i2c_client *, const struct i2c_device_id *);
int (* remove) (struct i2c_client *);
void (* shutdown) (struct i2c_client *);
void (* alert) (struct i2c_client *, unsigned int data);
int (* command) (struct i2c_client *client, unsigned int cmd, void *arg);
struct device_driver driver;
const struct i2c_device_id * id_table;
int (* detect) (struct i2c_client *, struct i2c_board_info *);
const unsigned short * address_list;
struct list_head clients;
};
This is the eeprom driver. Board file uses it from kernel to get mac address and board configuration data.
/*
* at24.c - handle most I2C EEPROMs
*
* Copyright (C) 2005-2007 David Brownell
* Copyright (C) 2008 Wolfram Sang, Pengutronix
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*/
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/delay.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/sysfs.h>
#include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
#include <linux/log2.h>
#include <linux/bitops.h>
#include <linux/jiffies.h>
#include <linux/of.h>
#include <linux/i2c.h>
#include <linux/i2c/at24.h>
/*
* I2C EEPROMs from most vendors are inexpensive and mostly interchangeable.
* Differences between different vendor product lines (like Atmel AT24C or
* MicroChip 24LC, etc) won't much matter for typical read/write access.
* There are also I2C RAM chips, likewise interchangeable. One example
* would be the PCF8570, which acts like a 24c02 EEPROM (256 bytes).
*
* However, misconfiguration can lose data. "Set 16-bit memory address"
* to a part with 8-bit addressing will overwrite data. Writing with too
* big a page size also loses data. And it's not safe to assume that the
* conventional addresses 0x50..0x57 only hold eeproms; a PCF8563 RTC
* uses 0x51, for just one example.
*
* Accordingly, explicit board-specific configuration data should be used
* in almost all cases. (One partial exception is an SMBus used to access
* "SPD" data for DRAM sticks. Those only use 24c02 EEPROMs.)
*
* So this driver uses "new style" I2C driver binding, expecting to be
* told what devices exist. That may be in arch/X/mach-Y/board-Z.c or
* similar kernel-resident tables; or, configuration data coming from
* a bootloader.
*
* Other than binding model, current differences from "eeprom" driver are
* that this one handles write access and isn't restricted to 24c02 devices.
* It also handles larger devices (32 kbit and up) with two-byte addresses,
* which won't work on pure SMBus systems.
*/
struct at24_data {
struct at24_platform_data chip;
struct memory_accessor macc;
int use_smbus;
/*
* Lock protects against activities from other Linux tasks,
* but not from changes by other I2C masters.
*/
struct mutex lock;
struct bin_attribute bin;
u8 *writebuf;
unsigned write_max;
unsigned num_addresses;
/*
* Some chips tie up multiple I2C addresses; dummy devices reserve
* them for us, and we'll use them with SMBus calls.
*/
struct i2c_client *client[];
};
/*
* This parameter is to help this driver avoid blocking other drivers out
* of I2C for potentially troublesome amounts of time. With a 100 kHz I2C
* clock, one 256 byte read takes about 1/43 second which is excessive;
* but the 1/170 second it takes at 400 kHz may be quite reasonable; and
* at 1 MHz (Fm+) a 1/430 second delay could easily be invisible.
*
* This value is forced to be a power of two so that writes align on pages.
*/
static unsigned io_limit = 128;
module_param(io_limit, uint, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(io_limit, "Maximum bytes per I/O (default 128)");
/*
* Specs often allow 5 msec for a page write, sometimes 20 msec;
* it's important to recover from write timeouts.
*/
static unsigned write_timeout = 25;
module_param(write_timeout, uint, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(write_timeout, "Time (in ms) to try writes (default 25)");
#define AT24_SIZE_BYTELEN 5
#define AT24_SIZE_FLAGS 8
#define AT24_BITMASK(x) (BIT(x) - 1)
/* create non-zero magic value for given eeprom parameters */
#define AT24_DEVICE_MAGIC(_len, _flags) \
((1 << AT24_SIZE_FLAGS | (_flags)) \
<< AT24_SIZE_BYTELEN | ilog2(_len))
static const struct i2c_device_id at24_ids[] = {
/* needs 8 addresses as A0-A2 are ignored */
{ "24c00", AT24_DEVICE_MAGIC(128 / 8, AT24_FLAG_TAKE8ADDR) },
/* old variants can't be handled with this generic entry! */
{ "24c01", AT24_DEVICE_MAGIC(1024 / 8, 0) },
{ "24c02", AT24_DEVICE_MAGIC(2048 / 8, 0) },
/* spd is a 24c02 in memory DIMMs */
{ "spd", AT24_DEVICE_MAGIC(2048 / 8,
AT24_FLAG_READONLY | AT24_FLAG_IRUGO) },
{ "24c04", AT24_DEVICE_MAGIC(4096 / 8, 0) },
/* 24rf08 quirk is handled at i2c-core */
{ "24c08", AT24_DEVICE_MAGIC(8192 / 8, 0) },
{ "24c16", AT24_DEVICE_MAGIC(16384 / 8, 0) },
{ "24c32", AT24_DEVICE_MAGIC(32768 / 8, AT24_FLAG_ADDR16) },
{ "24c64", AT24_DEVICE_MAGIC(65536 / 8, AT24_FLAG_ADDR16) },
{ "24c128", AT24_DEVICE_MAGIC(131072 / 8, AT24_FLAG_ADDR16) },
{ "24c256", AT24_DEVICE_MAGIC(262144 / 8, AT24_FLAG_ADDR16) },
{ "24c512", AT24_DEVICE_MAGIC(524288 / 8, AT24_FLAG_ADDR16) },
{ "24c1024", AT24_DEVICE_MAGIC(1048576 / 8, AT24_FLAG_ADDR16) },
{ "at24", 0 },
{ /* END OF LIST */ }
};
MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, at24_ids);
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*
* This routine supports chips which consume multiple I2C addresses. It
* computes the addressing information to be used for a given r/w request.
* Assumes that sanity checks for offset happened at sysfs-layer.
*/
static struct i2c_client *at24_translate_offset(struct at24_data *at24,
unsigned *offset)
{
unsigned i;
if (at24->chip.flags & AT24_FLAG_ADDR16) {
i = *offset >> 16;
*offset &= 0xffff;
} else {
i = *offset >> 8;
*offset &= 0xff;
}
return at24->client[i];
}
static ssize_t at24_eeprom_read(struct at24_data *at24, char *buf,
unsigned offset, size_t count)
{
struct i2c_msg msg[2];
u8 msgbuf[2];
struct i2c_client *client;
unsigned long timeout, read_time;
int status, i;
memset(msg, 0, sizeof(msg));
/*
* REVISIT some multi-address chips don't rollover page reads to
* the next slave address, so we may need to truncate the count.
* Those chips might need another quirk flag.
*
* If the real hardware used four adjacent 24c02 chips and that
* were misconfigured as one 24c08, that would be a similar effect:
* one "eeprom" file not four, but larger reads would fail when
* they crossed certain pages.
*/
/*
* Slave address and byte offset derive from the offset. Always
* set the byte address; on a multi-master board, another master
* may have changed the chip's "current" address pointer.
*/
client = at24_translate_offset(at24, &offset);
if (count > io_limit)
count = io_limit;
switch (at24->use_smbus) {
case I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_DATA:
/* Smaller eeproms can work given some SMBus extension calls */
if (count > I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX)
count = I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX;
break;
case I2C_SMBUS_WORD_DATA:
count = 2;
break;
case I2C_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA:
count = 1;
break;
default:
/*
* When we have a better choice than SMBus calls, use a
* combined I2C message. Write address; then read up to
* io_limit data bytes. Note that read page rollover helps us
* here (unlike writes). msgbuf is u8 and will cast to our
* needs.
*/
i = 0;
if (at24->chip.flags & AT24_FLAG_ADDR16)
msgbuf[i++] = offset >> 8;
msgbuf[i++] = offset;
msg[0].addr = client->addr;
msg[0].buf = msgbuf;
msg[0].len = i;
msg[1].addr = client->addr;
msg[1].flags = I2C_M_RD;
msg[1].buf = buf;
msg[1].len = count;
}
/*
* Reads fail if the previous write didn't complete yet. We may
* loop a few times until this one succeeds, waiting at least
* long enough for one entire page write to work.
*/
timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(write_timeout);
do {
read_time = jiffies;
switch (at24->use_smbus) {
case I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_DATA:
status = i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data(client, offset,
count, buf);
break;
case I2C_SMBUS_WORD_DATA:
status = i2c_smbus_read_word_data(client, offset);
if (status >= 0) {
buf[0] = status & 0xff;
buf[1] = status >> 8;
status = count;
}
break;
case I2C_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA:
status = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(client, offset);
if (status >= 0) {
buf[0] = status;
status = count;
}
break;
default:
status = i2c_transfer(client->adapter, msg, 2);
if (status == 2)
status = count;
}
dev_dbg(&client->dev, "read %zu#%d --> %d (%ld)\n",
count, offset, status, jiffies);
if (status == count)
return count;
/* REVISIT: at HZ=100, this is sloooow */
msleep(1);
} while (time_before(read_time, timeout));
return -ETIMEDOUT;
}
static ssize_t at24_read(struct at24_data *at24,
char *buf, loff_t off, size_t count)
{
ssize_t retval = 0;
if (unlikely(!count))
return count;
/*
* Read data from chip, protecting against concurrent updates
* from this host, but not from other I2C masters.
*/
mutex_lock(&at24->lock);
while (count) {
ssize_t status;
status = at24_eeprom_read(at24, buf, off, count);
if (status <= 0) {
if (retval == 0)
retval = status;
break;
}
buf += status;
off += status;
count -= status;
retval += status;
}
mutex_unlock(&at24->lock);
return retval;
}
static ssize_t at24_bin_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
struct bin_attribute *attr,
char *buf, loff_t off, size_t count)
{
struct at24_data *at24;
at24 = dev_get_drvdata(container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj));
return at24_read(at24, buf, off, count);
}
/*
* Note that if the hardware write-protect pin is pulled high, the whole
* chip is normally write protected. But there are plenty of product
* variants here, including OTP fuses and partial chip protect.
*
* We only use page mode writes; the alternative is sloooow. This routine
* writes at most one page.
*/
static ssize_t at24_eeprom_write(struct at24_data *at24, const char *buf,
unsigned offset, size_t count)
{
struct i2c_client *client;
struct i2c_msg msg;
ssize_t status;
unsigned long timeout, write_time;
unsigned next_page;
/* Get corresponding I2C address and adjust offset */
client = at24_translate_offset(at24, &offset);
/* write_max is at most a page */
if (count > at24->write_max)
count = at24->write_max;
/* Never roll over backwards, to the start of this page */
next_page = roundup(offset + 1, at24->chip.page_size);
if (offset + count > next_page)
count = next_page - offset;
/* If we'll use I2C calls for I/O, set up the message */
if (!at24->use_smbus) {
int i = 0;
msg.addr = client->addr;
msg.flags = 0;
/* msg.buf is u8 and casts will mask the values */
msg.buf = at24->writebuf;
if (at24->chip.flags & AT24_FLAG_ADDR16)
msg.buf[i++] = offset >> 8;
msg.buf[i++] = offset;
memcpy(&msg.buf[i], buf, count);
msg.len = i + count;
}
/*
* Writes fail if the previous one didn't complete yet. We may
* loop a few times until this one succeeds, waiting at least
* long enough for one entire page write to work.
*/
timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(write_timeout);
do {
write_time = jiffies;
if (at24->use_smbus) {
status = i2c_smbus_write_i2c_block_data(client,
offset, count, buf);
if (status == 0)
status = count;
} else {
status = i2c_transfer(client->adapter, &msg, 1);
if (status == 1)
status = count;
}
dev_dbg(&client->dev, "write %zu#%d --> %zd (%ld)\n",
count, offset, status, jiffies);
if (status == count)
return count;
/* REVISIT: at HZ=100, this is sloooow */
msleep(1);
} while (time_before(write_time, timeout));
return -ETIMEDOUT;
}
static ssize_t at24_write(struct at24_data *at24, const char *buf, loff_t off,
size_t count)
{
ssize_t retval = 0;
if (unlikely(!count))
return count;
/*
* Write data to chip, protecting against concurrent updates
* from this host, but not from other I2C masters.
*/
mutex_lock(&at24->lock);
while (count) {
ssize_t status;
status = at24_eeprom_write(at24, buf, off, count);
if (status <= 0) {
if (retval == 0)
retval = status;
break;
}
buf += status;
off += status;
count -= status;
retval += status;
}
mutex_unlock(&at24->lock);
return retval;
}
static ssize_t at24_bin_write(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
struct bin_attribute *attr,
char *buf, loff_t off, size_t count)
{
struct at24_data *at24;
at24 = dev_get_drvdata(container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj));
return at24_write(at24, buf, off, count);
}
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*
* This lets other kernel code access the eeprom data. For example, it
* might hold a board's Ethernet address, or board-specific calibration
* data generated on the manufacturing floor.
*/
static ssize_t at24_macc_read(struct memory_accessor *macc, char *buf,
off_t offset, size_t count)
{
struct at24_data *at24 = container_of(macc, struct at24_data, macc);
return at24_read(at24, buf, offset, count);
}
static ssize_t at24_macc_write(struct memory_accessor *macc, const char *buf,
off_t offset, size_t count)
{
struct at24_data *at24 = container_of(macc, struct at24_data, macc);
return at24_write(at24, buf, offset, count);
}
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#ifdef CONFIG_OF
static void at24_get_ofdata(struct i2c_client *client,
struct at24_platform_data *chip)
{
const __be32 *val;
struct device_node *node = client->dev.of_node;
if (node) {
if (of_get_property(node, "read-only", NULL))
chip->flags |= AT24_FLAG_READONLY;
val = of_get_property(node, "pagesize", NULL);
if (val)
chip->page_size = be32_to_cpup(val);
}
}
#else
static void at24_get_ofdata(struct i2c_client *client,
struct at24_platform_data *chip)
{ }
#endif /* CONFIG_OF */
static int at24_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
{
struct at24_platform_data chip;
bool writable;
int use_smbus = 0;
struct at24_data *at24;
int err;
unsigned i, num_addresses;
kernel_ulong_t magic;
if (client->dev.platform_data) {
chip = *(struct at24_platform_data *)client->dev.platform_data;
} else {
if (!id->driver_data) {
err = -ENODEV;
goto err_out;
}
magic = id->driver_data;
chip.byte_len = BIT(magic & AT24_BITMASK(AT24_SIZE_BYTELEN));
magic >>= AT24_SIZE_BYTELEN;
chip.flags = magic & AT24_BITMASK(AT24_SIZE_FLAGS);
/*
* This is slow, but we can't know all eeproms, so we better
* play safe. Specifying custom eeprom-types via platform_data
* is recommended anyhow.
*/
chip.page_size = 1;
/* update chipdata if OF is present */
at24_get_ofdata(client, &chip);
chip.setup = NULL;
chip.context = NULL;
}
if (!is_power_of_2(chip.byte_len))
dev_warn(&client->dev,
"byte_len looks suspicious (no power of 2)!\n");
if (!chip.page_size) {
dev_err(&client->dev, "page_size must not be 0!\n");
err = -EINVAL;
goto err_out;
}
if (!is_power_of_2(chip.page_size))
dev_warn(&client->dev,
"page_size looks suspicious (no power of 2)!\n");
/* Use I2C operations unless we're stuck with SMBus extensions. */
if (!i2c_check_functionality(client->adapter, I2C_FUNC_I2C)) {
if (chip.flags & AT24_FLAG_ADDR16) {
err = -EPFNOSUPPORT;
goto err_out;
}
if (i2c_check_functionality(client->adapter,
I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_I2C_BLOCK)) {
use_smbus = I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_DATA;
} else if (i2c_check_functionality(client->adapter,
I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_WORD_DATA)) {
use_smbus = I2C_SMBUS_WORD_DATA;
} else if (i2c_check_functionality(client->adapter,
I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_BYTE_DATA)) {
use_smbus = I2C_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA;
} else {
err = -EPFNOSUPPORT;
goto err_out;
}
}
//???????????????
if (chip.flags & AT24_FLAG_TAKE8ADDR)
num_addresses = 8;
else
num_addresses = DIV_ROUND_UP(chip.byte_len, (chip.flags & AT24_FLAG_ADDR16) ? 65536 : 256);
at24 = kzalloc(sizeof(struct at24_data) + num_addresses * sizeof(struct i2c_client *), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!at24) {
err = -ENOMEM;
goto err_out;
}
mutex_init(&at24->lock);
at24->use_smbus = use_smbus;
at24->chip = chip;
at24->num_addresses = num_addresses;
/*
* Export the EEPROM bytes through sysfs, since that's convenient.
* By default, only root should see the data (maybe passwords etc)
*/
sysfs_bin_attr_init(&at24->bin);
at24->bin.attr.name = "eeprom";
at24->bin.attr.mode = chip.flags & AT24_FLAG_IRUGO ? S_IRUGO : S_IRUSR;
at24->bin.read = at24_bin_read;
at24->bin.size = chip.byte_len;
at24->macc.read = at24_macc_read;
writable = !(chip.flags & AT24_FLAG_READONLY);
if (writable) {
if (!use_smbus || i2c_check_functionality(client->adapter,
I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WRITE_I2C_BLOCK)) {
unsigned write_max = chip.page_size;
at24->macc.write = at24_macc_write;
at24->bin.write = at24_bin_write;
at24->bin.attr.mode |= S_IWUSR;
if (write_max > io_limit)
write_max = io_limit;
if (use_smbus && write_max > I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX)
write_max = I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX;
at24->write_max = write_max;
/* buffer (data + address at the beginning) */
at24->writebuf = kmalloc(write_max + 2, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!at24->writebuf) {
err = -ENOMEM;
goto err_struct;
}
} else {
dev_warn(&client->dev,
"cannot write due to controller restrictions.");
}
}
at24->client[0] = client;
/* use dummy devices for multiple-address chips */
for (i = 1; i < num_addresses; i++) {
at24->client[i] = i2c_new_dummy(client->adapter,
client->addr + i);
if (!at24->client[i]) {
dev_err(&client->dev, "address 0x%02x unavailable\n",
client->addr + i);
err = -EADDRINUSE;
goto err_clients;
}
}
err = sysfs_create_bin_file(&client->dev.kobj, &at24->bin);
if (err)
goto err_clients;
i2c_set_clientdata(client, at24);
dev_info(&client->dev, "%zu byte %s EEPROM, %s, %u bytes/write\n", at24->bin.size, client->name,
writable ? "writable" : "read-only", at24->write_max);
if (use_smbus == I2C_SMBUS_WORD_DATA ||
use_smbus == I2C_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA) {
dev_notice(&client->dev, "Falling back to %s reads, "
"performance will suffer\n", use_smbus ==
I2C_SMBUS_WORD_DATA ? "word" : "byte");
}
/* export data to kernel code */
if (chip.setup)
chip.setup(&at24->macc, chip.context);
return 0;
err_clients:
for (i = 1; i < num_addresses; i++)
if (at24->client[i])
i2c_unregister_device(at24->client[i]);
kfree(at24->writebuf);
err_struct:
kfree(at24);
err_out:
dev_dbg(&client->dev, "probe error %d\n", err);
return err;
}
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
static int __devexit at24_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
{
struct at24_data *at24;
int i;
at24 = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
sysfs_remove_bin_file(&client->dev.kobj, &at24->bin);
for (i = 1; i < at24->num_addresses; i++)
i2c_unregister_device(at24->client[i]);
kfree(at24->writebuf);
kfree(at24);
return 0;
}
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
static struct i2c_driver at24_driver = {
.driver = {
.name = "at24",
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
},
.probe = at24_probe,
.remove = __devexit_p(at24_remove),
.id_table = at24_ids,
};
static int __init at24_init(void)
{
if (!io_limit) {
pr_err("at24: io_limit must not be 0!\n");
return -EINVAL;
}
io_limit = rounddown_pow_of_two(io_limit);
return i2c_add_driver(&at24_driver);
}
module_init(at24_init);
static void __exit at24_exit(void)
{
i2c_del_driver(&at24_driver);
}
module_exit(at24_exit);
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for most I2C EEPROMs");
MODULE_AUTHOR("David Brownell and Wolfram Sang");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
These are snippets from board file:
static struct i2c_board_info __initdata am335x_i2c0_boardinfo[] = {
{
/* Baseboard board EEPROM */
I2C_BOARD_INFO("24c256", BASEBOARD_I2C_ADDR),
.platform_data = &am335x_baseboard_eeprom_info,
},
.
.
static struct at24_platform_data am335x_baseboard_eeprom_info = {
.byte_len = (256*1024) / 8,
.page_size = 64,
.flags = AT24_FLAG_ADDR16,
.setup = am335x_evm_setup,
.context = (void *)NULL,
};
static void am335x_evm_setup(struct memory_accessor *mem_acc, void *context)
{
int ret;
char tmp[10];
struct device *mpu_dev;
/* 1st get the MAC address from EEPROM */
ret = mem_acc->read(mem_acc, (char *)&am335x_mac_addr,
EEPROM_MAC_ADDRESS_OFFSET, sizeof(am335x_mac_addr));
.
.
.
How can i read from/write into eeprom content from user space.
Should i use sysfs? What should i do?

Answer 1

EEPROM:
It's part of setting the MAC and serial number, but the only way to know if the EEPROM is working is to read its content.
$ cat /sys/bus/i2c/devices/2-0057/eeprom | hexdump -C