IMX LED Driver TP
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Proposal
The goal of this tutorial is to build from scratch a simple led driver wire on GPIO of the iMX. This document will describes step by step how to implement a such driver
Howto Load/unload modules : "hwmon" module
Loading a module is quite simple once it is compiled and is present in the rootfs of the apf board. All the compiled driver modules are in the "/lib/modules/<kernel version>/kernel" in the apf rootfs. To list all the loadable modules by the kernel in the board type :
# find /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel -name "*.ko" /lib/modules/2.6.27.13/kernel/sound/arm/snd-imx-alsa-tsc2102.ko /lib/modules/2.6.27.13/kernel/sound/arm/snd-mx2.ko /lib/modules/2.6.27.13/kernel/sound/core/snd-page-alloc.ko /lib/modules/2.6.27.13/kernel/sound/core/snd-timer.ko /lib/modules/2.6.27.13/kernel/sound/core/snd.ko /lib/modules/2.6.27.13/kernel/sound/core/snd-pcm.ko /lib/modules/2.6.27.13/kernel/sound/soundcore.ko /lib/modules/2.6.27.13/kernel/drivers/spi/tsc2102.ko /lib/modules/2.6.27.13/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_wait_scan.ko /lib/modules/2.6.27.13/kernel/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.ko /lib/modules/2.6.27.13/kernel/drivers/input/touchscreen/tsc2102_ts.ko /lib/modules/2.6.27.13/kernel/drivers/video/backlight/lcd.ko /lib/modules/2.6.27.13/kernel/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.ko /lib/modules/2.6.27.13/kernel/drivers/armadeus/max1027/max1027.ko /lib/modules/2.6.27.13/kernel/drivers/armadeus/backlight/imx_bl.ko
For example, I will load "/lib/modules/2.6.27.13/kernel/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.ko" module :
# modprobe hwmon #
To list all mod loaded :
# lsmod Module Size Used by Not tainted hwmon 2356 0
To unload it just type :
# rmmod hwmon #
TBC
Howto Build a simple char module and load/unload it : the "Hello World" module
The "Hello World" module code is quite simple have only load and unload fonction.
Create required folder and files
Create a hello folder in <armadeus_directory>/target/linux/modules/. On the host computer type :
cd <armadeus_directory>/target/linux/modules/ mkdir hello
Hello.c source file
#include <linux/module.h> /* Default module librairies TBC */
#include <linux/kernel.h>
/* Print "Hello, world\n" with KERN_ALERT level (stdio TBC) */
static int hello_init(void){
printk(KERN_ALERT "Hello, world\n");
return 0;
}
/* Print "Goodbye, cruel world\n" with KERN_ALERT level (stdio TBC) */
static void hello_exit(void){
printk(KERN_ALERT "Goodbye, cruel world\n");
}
module_init(hello_init); /* Set hello_init function as the module init one (called when module load) */
module_exit(hello_exit); /* Set hello_exit function as the module exit one (called when module unload) */
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); /* Set the license module */
Makefile file
# Part executed when called from kernel build system:
ifneq ($(KERNELRELEASE),)
obj-$(CONFIG_ARMADEUS_LED_XAV_DRIVER) += hello.o
#hello-objs := hello.o
# Part executed when called from standard make in this directory:
# (preferably use Makefile in parent directory)
else
ARMADEUS_BASE_DIR=../../../..
include $(ARMADEUS_BASE_DIR)/Makefile.in
KDIR := $(ARMADEUS_LINUX_DIR)
PWD := $(shell pwd)
# Armadeus custom drivers common targets:
include ../Makefile.in
endif
TBC
