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authorDavid Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>2007-12-17 14:42:07 +1100
committerGerald Van Baren <vanbaren@cideas.com>2008-01-08 15:03:42 -0500
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libfdt: Add more documentation (patch the seventh)
This patch adds more documenting comments to libfdt.h. Specifically, these document the read/write functions (not including fdt_open_into() and fdt_pack(), for now). Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
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diff --git a/include/libfdt.h b/include/libfdt.h
index ffac678..6c05236 100644
--- a/include/libfdt.h
+++ b/include/libfdt.h
@@ -797,23 +797,242 @@ int fdt_finish(void *fdt);
int fdt_open_into(const void *fdt, void *buf, int bufsize);
int fdt_pack(void *fdt);
+/**
+ * fdt_add_mem_rsv - add one memory reserve map entry
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @addres, @size: 64-bit values (native endian)
+ *
+ * Adds a reserve map entry to the given blob reserving a region at
+ * address address of length size.
+ *
+ * This function will insert data into the reserve map and will
+ * therfore change the indexes of some entries in the table.
+ *
+ * returns:
+ * 0, on success
+ * -FDT_ERR_NOSPACE, there is insufficient free space in the blob to
+ * contain the new reservation entry
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADMAGIC,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADVERSION,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTATE,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADLAYOUT,
+ * -FDT_ERR_TRUNCATED, standard meanings
+ */
int fdt_add_mem_rsv(void *fdt, uint64_t address, uint64_t size);
+
+/**
+ * fdt_del_mem_rsv - remove a memory reserve map entry
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @n: entry to remove
+ *
+ * fdt_del_mem_rsv() removes the n-th memory reserve map entry from
+ * the blob.
+ *
+ * This function will delete data from the reservation table and will
+ * therfore change the indexes of some entries in the table.
+ *
+ * returns:
+ * 0, on success
+ * -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND, there is no entry of the given index (i.e. there
+ * are less than n+1 reserve map entries)
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADMAGIC,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADVERSION,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTATE,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADLAYOUT,
+ * -FDT_ERR_TRUNCATED, standard meanings
+ */
int fdt_del_mem_rsv(void *fdt, int n);
+/**
+ * fdt_setprop - create or change a property
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @nodeoffset: offset of the node whose property to change
+ * @name: name of the property to change
+ * @val: pointer to data to set the property value to
+ * @len: length of the property value
+ *
+ * fdt_setprop() sets the value of the named property in the given
+ * node to the given value and length, creeating the property if it
+ * does not already exist.
+ *
+ * This function may insert or delete data from the blob, and will
+ * therefore change the offsets of some existing nodes.
+ *
+ * returns:
+ * 0, on success
+ * -FDT_ERR_NOSPACE, there is insufficient free space in the blob to
+ * contain the new property value
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADOFFSET, nodeoffset did not point to FDT_BEGIN_NODE tag
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADLAYOUT,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADMAGIC,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADVERSION,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTATE,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADLAYOUT,
+ * -FDT_ERR_TRUNCATED, standard meanings
+ */
int fdt_setprop(void *fdt, int nodeoffset, const char *name,
const void *val, int len);
+
+/**
+ * fdt_setprop_cell - set a property to a single cell value
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @nodeoffset: offset of the node whose property to change
+ * @name: name of the property to change
+ * @val: 32-bit integer value for the property (native endian)
+ *
+ * fdt_setprop_cell() sets the value of the named property in the
+ * given node to the given cell value (converting to big-endian if
+ * necessary), or creates a new property with that value if it does
+ * not already exist.
+ *
+ * This function may insert or delete data from the blob, and will
+ * therefore change the offsets of some existing nodes.
+ *
+ * returns:
+ * 0, on success
+ * -FDT_ERR_NOSPACE, there is insufficient free space in the blob to
+ * contain the new property value
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADOFFSET, nodeoffset did not point to FDT_BEGIN_NODE tag
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADLAYOUT,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADMAGIC,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADVERSION,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTATE,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADLAYOUT,
+ * -FDT_ERR_TRUNCATED, standard meanings
+ */
static inline int fdt_setprop_cell(void *fdt, int nodeoffset, const char *name,
uint32_t val)
{
val = cpu_to_fdt32(val);
return fdt_setprop(fdt, nodeoffset, name, &val, sizeof(val));
}
+
+/**
+ * fdt_setprop_string - set a property to a string value
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @nodeoffset: offset of the node whose property to change
+ * @name: name of the property to change
+ * @str: string value for the property
+ *
+ * fdt_setprop_string() sets the value of the named property in the
+ * given node to the given string value (using the length of the
+ * string to determine the new length of the property), or creates a
+ * new property with that value if it does not already exist.
+ *
+ * This function may insert or delete data from the blob, and will
+ * therefore change the offsets of some existing nodes.
+ *
+ * returns:
+ * 0, on success
+ * -FDT_ERR_NOSPACE, there is insufficient free space in the blob to
+ * contain the new property value
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADOFFSET, nodeoffset did not point to FDT_BEGIN_NODE tag
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADLAYOUT,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADMAGIC,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADVERSION,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTATE,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADLAYOUT,
+ * -FDT_ERR_TRUNCATED, standard meanings
+ */
#define fdt_setprop_string(fdt, nodeoffset, name, str) \
fdt_setprop((fdt), (nodeoffset), (name), (str), strlen(str)+1)
+
+/**
+ * fdt_delprop - delete a property
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @nodeoffset: offset of the node whose property to nop
+ * @name: name of the property to nop
+ *
+ * fdt_del_property() will delete the given property.
+ *
+ * This function will delete data from the blob, and will therefore
+ * change the offsets of some existing nodes.
+ *
+ * returns:
+ * 0, on success
+ * -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND, node does not have the named property
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADOFFSET, nodeoffset did not point to FDT_BEGIN_NODE tag
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADLAYOUT,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADMAGIC,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADVERSION,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTATE,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE,
+ * -FDT_ERR_TRUNCATED, standard meanings
+ */
int fdt_delprop(void *fdt, int nodeoffset, const char *name);
+
+/**
+ * fdt_add_subnode_namelen - creates a new node based on substring
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @parentoffset: structure block offset of a node
+ * @name: name of the subnode to locate
+ * @namelen: number of characters of name to consider
+ *
+ * Identical to fdt_add_subnode(), but use only the first namelen
+ * characters of name as the name of the new node. This is useful for
+ * creating subnodes based on a portion of a larger string, such as a
+ * full path.
+ */
int fdt_add_subnode_namelen(void *fdt, int parentoffset,
const char *name, int namelen);
+
+/**
+ * fdt_add_subnode - creates a new node
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @parentoffset: structure block offset of a node
+ * @name: name of the subnode to locate
+ *
+ * fdt_add_subnode() creates a new node as a subnode of the node at
+ * structure block offset parentoffset, with the given name (which
+ * should include the unit address, if any).
+ *
+ * This function will insert data into the blob, and will therefore
+ * change the offsets of some existing nodes.
+
+ * returns:
+ * structure block offset of the created nodeequested subnode (>=0), on success
+ * -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND, if the requested subnode does not exist
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADOFFSET, if parentoffset did not point to an FDT_BEGIN_NODE tag
+ * -FDT_ERR_EXISTS, if the node at parentoffset already has a subnode of
+ * the given name
+ * -FDT_ERR_NOSPACE, if there is insufficient free space in the
+ * blob to contain the new node
+ * -FDT_ERR_NOSPACE
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADLAYOUT
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADMAGIC,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADVERSION,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTATE,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE,
+ * -FDT_ERR_TRUNCATED, standard meanings.
+ */
int fdt_add_subnode(void *fdt, int parentoffset, const char *name);
+
+/**
+ * fdt_del_node - delete a node (subtree)
+ * @fdt: pointer to the device tree blob
+ * @nodeoffset: offset of the node to nop
+ *
+ * fdt_del_node() will remove the given node, including all its
+ * subnodes if any, from the blob.
+ *
+ * This function will delete data from the blob, and will therefore
+ * change the offsets of some existing nodes.
+ *
+ * returns:
+ * 0, on success
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADOFFSET, nodeoffset did not point to FDT_BEGIN_NODE tag
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADLAYOUT,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADMAGIC,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADVERSION,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTATE,
+ * -FDT_ERR_BADSTRUCTURE,
+ * -FDT_ERR_TRUNCATED, standard meanings
+ */
int fdt_del_node(void *fdt, int nodeoffset);
/**********************************************************************/