| CEC Kernel Support |
| ================== |
| |
| The CEC framework provides a unified kernel interface for use with HDMI CEC |
| hardware. It is designed to handle a multiple types of hardware (receivers, |
| transmitters, USB dongles). The framework also gives the option to decide |
| what to do in the kernel driver and what should be handled by userspace |
| applications. In addition it integrates the remote control passthrough |
| feature into the kernel's remote control framework. |
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| |
| The CEC Protocol |
| ---------------- |
| |
| The CEC protocol enables consumer electronic devices to communicate with each |
| other through the HDMI connection. The protocol uses logical addresses in the |
| communication. The logical address is strictly connected with the functionality |
| provided by the device. The TV acting as the communication hub is always |
| assigned address 0. The physical address is determined by the physical |
| connection between devices. |
| |
| The CEC framework described here is up to date with the CEC 2.0 specification. |
| It is documented in the HDMI 1.4 specification with the new 2.0 bits documented |
| in the HDMI 2.0 specification. But for most of the features the freely available |
| HDMI 1.3a specification is sufficient: |
| |
| http://www.microprocessor.org/HDMISpecification13a.pdf |
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| |
| CEC Adapter Interface |
| --------------------- |
| |
| The struct cec_adapter represents the CEC adapter hardware. It is created by |
| calling cec_allocate_adapter() and deleted by calling cec_delete_adapter(): |
| |
| .. c:function:: |
| struct cec_adapter *cec_allocate_adapter(const struct cec_adap_ops *ops, void *priv, |
| const char *name, u32 caps, u8 available_las); |
| |
| .. c:function:: |
| void cec_delete_adapter(struct cec_adapter *adap); |
| |
| To create an adapter you need to pass the following information: |
| |
| ops: |
| adapter operations which are called by the CEC framework and that you |
| have to implement. |
| |
| priv: |
| will be stored in adap->priv and can be used by the adapter ops. |
| Use cec_get_drvdata(adap) to get the priv pointer. |
| |
| name: |
| the name of the CEC adapter. Note: this name will be copied. |
| |
| caps: |
| capabilities of the CEC adapter. These capabilities determine the |
| capabilities of the hardware and which parts are to be handled |
| by userspace and which parts are handled by kernelspace. The |
| capabilities are returned by CEC_ADAP_G_CAPS. |
| |
| available_las: |
| the number of simultaneous logical addresses that this |
| adapter can handle. Must be 1 <= available_las <= CEC_MAX_LOG_ADDRS. |
| |
| To obtain the priv pointer use this helper function: |
| |
| .. c:function:: |
| void *cec_get_drvdata(const struct cec_adapter *adap); |
| |
| To register the /dev/cecX device node and the remote control device (if |
| CEC_CAP_RC is set) you call: |
| |
| .. c:function:: |
| int cec_register_adapter(struct cec_adapter *adap, struct device *parent); |
| |
| where parent is the parent device. |
| |
| To unregister the devices call: |
| |
| .. c:function:: |
| void cec_unregister_adapter(struct cec_adapter *adap); |
| |
| Note: if cec_register_adapter() fails, then call cec_delete_adapter() to |
| clean up. But if cec_register_adapter() succeeded, then only call |
| cec_unregister_adapter() to clean up, never cec_delete_adapter(). The |
| unregister function will delete the adapter automatically once the last user |
| of that /dev/cecX device has closed its file handle. |
| |
| |
| Implementing the Low-Level CEC Adapter |
| -------------------------------------- |
| |
| The following low-level adapter operations have to be implemented in |
| your driver: |
| |
| .. c:type:: struct cec_adap_ops |
| |
| .. code-block:: none |
| |
| struct cec_adap_ops |
| { |
| /* Low-level callbacks */ |
| int (*adap_enable)(struct cec_adapter *adap, bool enable); |
| int (*adap_monitor_all_enable)(struct cec_adapter *adap, bool enable); |
| int (*adap_log_addr)(struct cec_adapter *adap, u8 logical_addr); |
| int (*adap_transmit)(struct cec_adapter *adap, u8 attempts, |
| u32 signal_free_time, struct cec_msg *msg); |
| void (*adap_status)(struct cec_adapter *adap, struct seq_file *file); |
| |
| /* High-level callbacks */ |
| ... |
| }; |
| |
| The five low-level ops deal with various aspects of controlling the CEC adapter |
| hardware: |
| |
| |
| To enable/disable the hardware: |
| |
| .. c:function:: |
| int (*adap_enable)(struct cec_adapter *adap, bool enable); |
| |
| This callback enables or disables the CEC hardware. Enabling the CEC hardware |
| means powering it up in a state where no logical addresses are claimed. This |
| op assumes that the physical address (adap->phys_addr) is valid when enable is |
| true and will not change while the CEC adapter remains enabled. The initial |
| state of the CEC adapter after calling cec_allocate_adapter() is disabled. |
| |
| Note that adap_enable must return 0 if enable is false. |
| |
| |
| To enable/disable the 'monitor all' mode: |
| |
| .. c:function:: |
| int (*adap_monitor_all_enable)(struct cec_adapter *adap, bool enable); |
| |
| If enabled, then the adapter should be put in a mode to also monitor messages |
| that not for us. Not all hardware supports this and this function is only |
| called if the CEC_CAP_MONITOR_ALL capability is set. This callback is optional |
| (some hardware may always be in 'monitor all' mode). |
| |
| Note that adap_monitor_all_enable must return 0 if enable is false. |
| |
| |
| To program a new logical address: |
| |
| .. c:function:: |
| int (*adap_log_addr)(struct cec_adapter *adap, u8 logical_addr); |
| |
| If logical_addr == CEC_LOG_ADDR_INVALID then all programmed logical addresses |
| are to be erased. Otherwise the given logical address should be programmed. |
| If the maximum number of available logical addresses is exceeded, then it |
| should return -ENXIO. Once a logical address is programmed the CEC hardware |
| can receive directed messages to that address. |
| |
| Note that adap_log_addr must return 0 if logical_addr is CEC_LOG_ADDR_INVALID. |
| |
| |
| To transmit a new message: |
| |
| .. c:function:: |
| int (*adap_transmit)(struct cec_adapter *adap, u8 attempts, |
| u32 signal_free_time, struct cec_msg *msg); |
| |
| This transmits a new message. The attempts argument is the suggested number of |
| attempts for the transmit. |
| |
| The signal_free_time is the number of data bit periods that the adapter should |
| wait when the line is free before attempting to send a message. This value |
| depends on whether this transmit is a retry, a message from a new initiator or |
| a new message for the same initiator. Most hardware will handle this |
| automatically, but in some cases this information is needed. |
| |
| The CEC_FREE_TIME_TO_USEC macro can be used to convert signal_free_time to |
| microseconds (one data bit period is 2.4 ms). |
| |
| |
| To log the current CEC hardware status: |
| |
| .. c:function:: |
| void (*adap_status)(struct cec_adapter *adap, struct seq_file *file); |
| |
| This optional callback can be used to show the status of the CEC hardware. |
| The status is available through debugfs: cat /sys/kernel/debug/cec/cecX/status |
| |
| |
| Your adapter driver will also have to react to events (typically interrupt |
| driven) by calling into the framework in the following situations: |
| |
| When a transmit finished (successfully or otherwise): |
| |
| .. c:function:: |
| void cec_transmit_done(struct cec_adapter *adap, u8 status, u8 arb_lost_cnt, |
| u8 nack_cnt, u8 low_drive_cnt, u8 error_cnt); |
| |
| The status can be one of: |
| |
| CEC_TX_STATUS_OK: |
| the transmit was successful. |
| |
| CEC_TX_STATUS_ARB_LOST: |
| arbitration was lost: another CEC initiator |
| took control of the CEC line and you lost the arbitration. |
| |
| CEC_TX_STATUS_NACK: |
| the message was nacked (for a directed message) or |
| acked (for a broadcast message). A retransmission is needed. |
| |
| CEC_TX_STATUS_LOW_DRIVE: |
| low drive was detected on the CEC bus. This indicates that |
| a follower detected an error on the bus and requested a |
| retransmission. |
| |
| CEC_TX_STATUS_ERROR: |
| some unspecified error occurred: this can be one of |
| the previous two if the hardware cannot differentiate or something |
| else entirely. |
| |
| CEC_TX_STATUS_MAX_RETRIES: |
| could not transmit the message after trying multiple times. |
| Should only be set by the driver if it has hardware support for |
| retrying messages. If set, then the framework assumes that it |
| doesn't have to make another attempt to transmit the message |
| since the hardware did that already. |
| |
| The \*_cnt arguments are the number of error conditions that were seen. |
| This may be 0 if no information is available. Drivers that do not support |
| hardware retry can just set the counter corresponding to the transmit error |
| to 1, if the hardware does support retry then either set these counters to |
| 0 if the hardware provides no feedback of which errors occurred and how many |
| times, or fill in the correct values as reported by the hardware. |
| |
| When a CEC message was received: |
| |
| .. c:function:: |
| void cec_received_msg(struct cec_adapter *adap, struct cec_msg *msg); |
| |
| Speaks for itself. |
| |
| Implementing the interrupt handler |
| ---------------------------------- |
| |
| Typically the CEC hardware provides interrupts that signal when a transmit |
| finished and whether it was successful or not, and it provides and interrupt |
| when a CEC message was received. |
| |
| The CEC driver should always process the transmit interrupts first before |
| handling the receive interrupt. The framework expects to see the cec_transmit_done |
| call before the cec_received_msg call, otherwise it can get confused if the |
| received message was in reply to the transmitted message. |
| |
| Implementing the High-Level CEC Adapter |
| --------------------------------------- |
| |
| The low-level operations drive the hardware, the high-level operations are |
| CEC protocol driven. The following high-level callbacks are available: |
| |
| .. code-block:: none |
| |
| struct cec_adap_ops { |
| /* Low-level callbacks */ |
| ... |
| |
| /* High-level CEC message callback */ |
| int (*received)(struct cec_adapter *adap, struct cec_msg *msg); |
| }; |
| |
| The received() callback allows the driver to optionally handle a newly |
| received CEC message |
| |
| .. c:function:: |
| int (*received)(struct cec_adapter *adap, struct cec_msg *msg); |
| |
| If the driver wants to process a CEC message, then it can implement this |
| callback. If it doesn't want to handle this message, then it should return |
| -ENOMSG, otherwise the CEC framework assumes it processed this message and |
| it will not do anything with it. |
| |
| |
| CEC framework functions |
| ----------------------- |
| |
| CEC Adapter drivers can call the following CEC framework functions: |
| |
| .. c:function:: |
| int cec_transmit_msg(struct cec_adapter *adap, struct cec_msg *msg, |
| bool block); |
| |
| Transmit a CEC message. If block is true, then wait until the message has been |
| transmitted, otherwise just queue it and return. |
| |
| .. c:function:: |
| void cec_s_phys_addr(struct cec_adapter *adap, u16 phys_addr, |
| bool block); |
| |
| Change the physical address. This function will set adap->phys_addr and |
| send an event if it has changed. If cec_s_log_addrs() has been called and |
| the physical address has become valid, then the CEC framework will start |
| claiming the logical addresses. If block is true, then this function won't |
| return until this process has finished. |
| |
| When the physical address is set to a valid value the CEC adapter will |
| be enabled (see the adap_enable op). When it is set to CEC_PHYS_ADDR_INVALID, |
| then the CEC adapter will be disabled. If you change a valid physical address |
| to another valid physical address, then this function will first set the |
| address to CEC_PHYS_ADDR_INVALID before enabling the new physical address. |
| |
| .. c:function:: |
| int cec_s_log_addrs(struct cec_adapter *adap, |
| struct cec_log_addrs *log_addrs, bool block); |
| |
| Claim the CEC logical addresses. Should never be called if CEC_CAP_LOG_ADDRS |
| is set. If block is true, then wait until the logical addresses have been |
| claimed, otherwise just queue it and return. To unconfigure all logical |
| addresses call this function with log_addrs set to NULL or with |
| log_addrs->num_log_addrs set to 0. The block argument is ignored when |
| unconfiguring. This function will just return if the physical address is |
| invalid. Once the physical address becomes valid, then the framework will |
| attempt to claim these logical addresses. |