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-refs/heads/master: a0f36536ac2ec0f7a9cfb53c72d6d8c378815fdb
+refs/heads/master: 2ad554a502facd705ce6eb362d0f1ac3ca426508

trunk/Documentation/nfc/nfc-hci.txt

@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ HCI
 HCI registers as an nfc device with NFC Core. Requests coming from userspace are
 routed through netlink sockets to NFC Core and then to HCI. From this point,
 they are translated in a sequence of HCI commands sent to the HCI layer in the
-host controller (the chip). The sending context blocks while waiting for the
-response to arrive.
+host controller (the chip). Commands can be executed synchronously (the sending
+context blocks waiting for response) or asynchronously (the response is returned
+from HCI Rx context).
 HCI events can also be received from the host controller. They will be handled
-and a translation will be forwarded to NFC Core as needed.
+and a translation will be forwarded to NFC Core as needed. There are hooks to
+let the HCI driver handle proprietary events or override standard behavior.
 HCI uses 2 execution contexts:
 - one for executing commands : nfc_hci_msg_tx_work(). Only one command
 can be executing at any given moment.
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ The Session initialization is an HCI standard which must unfortunately
 support proprietary gates. This is the reason why the driver will pass a list
 of proprietary gates that must be part of the session. HCI will ensure all
 those gates have pipes connected when the hci device is set up.
+In case the chip supports pre-opened gates and pseudo-static pipes, the driver
+can pass that information to HCI core.
 
 HCI Gates and Pipes
 -------------------
@@ -46,65 +50,127 @@ without knowing the pipe connected to it.
 Driver interface
 ----------------
 
+A driver is generally written in two parts : the physical link management and
+the HCI management. This makes it easier to maintain a driver for a chip that
+can be connected using various phy (i2c, spi, ...)
+
+HCI Management
+--------------
+
 A driver would normally register itself with HCI and provide the following
 entry points:
 
 struct nfc_hci_ops {
 	int (*open)(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev);
 	void (*close)(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev);
 	int (*hci_ready) (struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev);
-	int (*xmit)(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb);
-	int (*start_poll)(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, u32 protocols);
-	int (*target_from_gate)(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, u8 gate,
-				struct nfc_target *target);
+	int (*xmit) (struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb);
+	int (*start_poll) (struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev,
+			   u32 im_protocols, u32 tm_protocols);
+	int (*dep_link_up)(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, struct nfc_target *target,
+			   u8 comm_mode, u8 *gb, size_t gb_len);
+	int (*dep_link_down)(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev);
+	int (*target_from_gate) (struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, u8 gate,
+				 struct nfc_target *target);
 	int (*complete_target_discovered) (struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, u8 gate,
 					   struct nfc_target *target);
-	int (*data_exchange) (struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev,
-			      struct nfc_target *target,
-			      struct sk_buff *skb, struct sk_buff **res_skb);
+	int (*im_transceive) (struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev,
+			      struct nfc_target *target, struct sk_buff *skb,
+			      data_exchange_cb_t cb, void *cb_context);
+	int (*tm_send)(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb);
 	int (*check_presence)(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev,
 			      struct nfc_target *target);
+	int (*event_received)(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, u8 gate, u8 event,
+			      struct sk_buff *skb);
 };
 
 - open() and close() shall turn the hardware on and off.
 - hci_ready() is an optional entry point that is called right after the hci
 session has been set up. The driver can use it to do additional initialization
 that must be performed using HCI commands.
-- xmit() shall simply write a frame to the chip.
+- xmit() shall simply write a frame to the physical link.
 - start_poll() is an optional entrypoint that shall set the hardware in polling
 mode. This must be implemented only if the hardware uses proprietary gates or a
 mechanism slightly different from the HCI standard.
+- dep_link_up() is called after a p2p target has been detected, to finish
+the p2p connection setup with hardware parameters that need to be passed back
+to nfc core.
+- dep_link_down() is called to bring the p2p link down.
 - target_from_gate() is an optional entrypoint to return the nfc protocols
 corresponding to a proprietary gate.
 - complete_target_discovered() is an optional entry point to let the driver
 perform additional proprietary processing necessary to auto activate the
 discovered target.
-- data_exchange() must be implemented by the driver if proprietary HCI commands
+- im_transceive() must be implemented by the driver if proprietary HCI commands
 are required to send data to the tag. Some tag types will require custom
 commands, others can be written to using the standard HCI commands. The driver
 can check the tag type and either do proprietary processing, or return 1 to ask
-for standard processing.
+for standard processing. The data exchange command itself must be sent
+asynchronously.
+- tm_send() is called to send data in the case of a p2p connection
 - check_presence() is an optional entry point that will be called regularly
 by the core to check that an activated tag is still in the field. If this is
 not implemented, the core will not be able to push tag_lost events to the user
 space
+- event_received() is called to handle an event coming from the chip. Driver
+can handle the event or return 1 to let HCI attempt standard processing.
 
 On the rx path, the driver is responsible to push incoming HCP frames to HCI
 using nfc_hci_recv_frame(). HCI will take care of re-aggregation and handling
 This must be done from a context that can sleep.
 
-SHDLC
------
+PHY Management
+--------------
+
+The physical link (i2c, ...) management is defined by the following struture:
+
+struct nfc_phy_ops {
+	int (*write)(void *dev_id, struct sk_buff *skb);
+	int (*enable)(void *dev_id);
+	void (*disable)(void *dev_id);
+};
+
+enable(): turn the phy on (power on), make it ready to transfer data
+disable(): turn the phy off
+write(): Send a data frame to the chip. Note that to enable higher
+layers such as an llc to store the frame for re-emission, this function must
+not alter the skb. It must also not return a positive result (return 0 for
+success, negative for failure).
+
+Data coming from the chip shall be sent directly to nfc_hci_recv_frame().
+
+LLC
+---
+
+Communication between the CPU and the chip often requires some link layer
+protocol. Those are isolated as modules managed by the HCI layer. There are
+currently two modules : nop (raw transfert) and shdlc.
+A new llc must implement the following functions:
+
+struct nfc_llc_ops {
+	void *(*init) (struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, xmit_to_drv_t xmit_to_drv,
+		       rcv_to_hci_t rcv_to_hci, int tx_headroom,
+		       int tx_tailroom, int *rx_headroom, int *rx_tailroom,
+		       llc_failure_t llc_failure);
+	void (*deinit) (struct nfc_llc *llc);
+	int (*start) (struct nfc_llc *llc);
+	int (*stop) (struct nfc_llc *llc);
+	void (*rcv_from_drv) (struct nfc_llc *llc, struct sk_buff *skb);
+	int (*xmit_from_hci) (struct nfc_llc *llc, struct sk_buff *skb);
+};
+
+- init() : allocate and init your private storage
+- deinit() : cleanup
+- start() : establish the logical connection
+- stop () : terminate the logical connection
+- rcv_from_drv() : handle data coming from the chip, going to HCI
+- xmit_from_hci() : handle data sent by HCI, going to the chip
 
-Most chips use shdlc to ensure integrity and delivery ordering of the HCP
-frames between the host controller (the chip) and hosts (entities connected
-to the chip, like the cpu). In order to simplify writing the driver, an shdlc
-layer is available for use by the driver.
-When used, the driver actually registers with shdlc, and shdlc will register
-with HCI. HCI sees shdlc as the driver and thus send its HCP frames
-through shdlc->xmit.
-SHDLC adds a new execution context (nfc_shdlc_sm_work()) to run its state
-machine and handle both its rx and tx path.
+The llc must be registered with nfc before it can be used. Do that by
+calling nfc_llc_register(const char *name, struct nfc_llc_ops *ops);
+
+Again, note that the llc does not handle the physical link. It is thus very
+easy to mix any physical link with any llc for a given chip driver.
 
 Included Drivers
 ----------------
@@ -117,10 +183,12 @@ Execution Contexts
 
 The execution contexts are the following:
 - IRQ handler (IRQH):
-fast, cannot sleep. stores incoming frames into an shdlc rx queue
+fast, cannot sleep. sends incoming frames to HCI where they are passed to
+the current llc. In case of shdlc, the frame is queued in shdlc rx queue.
 
 - SHDLC State Machine worker (SMW)
-handles shdlc rx & tx queues. Dispatches HCI cmd responses.
+Only when llc_shdlc is used: handles shdlc rx & tx queues.
+Dispatches HCI cmd responses.
 
 - HCI Tx Cmd worker (MSGTXWQ)
 Serializes execution of HCI commands. Completes execution in case of response
@@ -166,6 +234,15 @@ waiting command execution. Response processing involves invoking the completion
 callback that was provided by nfc_hci_msg_tx_work() when it sent the command.
 The completion callback will then wake the syscall context.
 
+It is also possible to execute the command asynchronously using this API:
+
+static int nfc_hci_execute_cmd_async(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, u8 pipe, u8 cmd,
+			       const u8 *param, size_t param_len,
+			       data_exchange_cb_t cb, void *cb_context)
+
+The workflow is the same, except that the API call returns immediately, and
+the callback will be called with the result from the SMW context.
+
 Workflow receiving an HCI event or command
 ------------------------------------------