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10 CEC Pin Framework Error Injection
11 =================================
13 The CEC Pin Framework is a core CEC framework for CEC hardware that only
14 has low-level support for the CEC bus. Most hardware today will have
15 high-level CEC support where the hardware deals with driving the CEC bus,
16 but some older devices aren't that fancy. However, this framework also
17 allows you to connect the CEC pin to a GPIO on e.g. a Raspberry Pi and
18 you have now made a CEC adapter.
20 What makes doing this so interesting is that since we have full control
21 over the bus it is easy to support error injection. This is ideal to
22 test how well CEC adapters can handle error conditions.
24 Currently only the cec-gpio driver (when the CEC line is directly
25 connected to a pull-up GPIO line) and the AllWinner A10/A20 drm driver
26 support this framework.
28 If ``CONFIG_CEC_PIN_ERROR_INJ`` is enabled, then error injection is available
29 through debugfs. Specifically, in ``/sys/kernel/debug/cec/cecX/`` there is
30 now an ``error-inj`` file.
34 The error injection commands are not a stable ABI and may change in the
37 With ``cat error-inj`` you can see both the possible commands and the current
38 error injection status::
40 $ cat /sys/kernel/debug/cec/cec0/error-inj
41 # Clear error injections:
42 # clear clear all rx and tx error injections
43 # rx-clear clear all rx error injections
44 # tx-clear clear all tx error injections
45 # <op> clear clear all rx and tx error injections for <op>
46 # <op> rx-clear clear all rx error injections for <op>
47 # <op> tx-clear clear all tx error injections for <op>
50 # <op>[,<mode>] rx-nack NACK the message instead of sending an ACK
51 # <op>[,<mode>] rx-low-drive <bit> force a low-drive condition at this bit position
52 # <op>[,<mode>] rx-add-byte add a spurious byte to the received CEC message
53 # <op>[,<mode>] rx-remove-byte remove the last byte from the received CEC message
54 # <op>[,<mode>] rx-arb-lost <poll> generate a POLL message to trigger an arbitration lost
56 # TX error injection settings:
57 # tx-ignore-nack-until-eom ignore early NACKs until EOM
58 # tx-custom-low-usecs <usecs> define the 'low' time for the custom pulse
59 # tx-custom-high-usecs <usecs> define the 'high' time for the custom pulse
60 # tx-custom-pulse transmit the custom pulse once the bus is idle
63 # <op>[,<mode>] tx-no-eom don't set the EOM bit
64 # <op>[,<mode>] tx-early-eom set the EOM bit one byte too soon
65 # <op>[,<mode>] tx-add-bytes <num> append <num> (1-255) spurious bytes to the message
66 # <op>[,<mode>] tx-remove-byte drop the last byte from the message
67 # <op>[,<mode>] tx-short-bit <bit> make this bit shorter than allowed
68 # <op>[,<mode>] tx-long-bit <bit> make this bit longer than allowed
69 # <op>[,<mode>] tx-custom-bit <bit> send the custom pulse instead of this bit
70 # <op>[,<mode>] tx-short-start send a start pulse that's too short
71 # <op>[,<mode>] tx-long-start send a start pulse that's too long
72 # <op>[,<mode>] tx-custom-start send the custom pulse instead of the start pulse
73 # <op>[,<mode>] tx-last-bit <bit> stop sending after this bit
74 # <op>[,<mode>] tx-low-drive <bit> force a low-drive condition at this bit position
76 # <op> CEC message opcode (0-255) or 'any'
77 # <mode> 'once' (default), 'always', 'toggle' or 'off'
78 # <bit> CEC message bit (0-159)
79 # 10 bits per 'byte': bits 0-7: data, bit 8: EOM, bit 9: ACK
80 # <poll> CEC poll message used to test arbitration lost (0x00-0xff, default 0x0f)
81 # <usecs> microseconds (0-10000000, default 1000)
85 You can write error injection commands to ``error-inj`` using
86 ``echo 'cmd' >error-inj`` or ``cat cmd.txt >error-inj``. The ``cat error-inj``
87 output contains the current error commands. You can save the output to a file
88 and use it as an input to ``error-inj`` later.
93 Leading spaces/tabs are ignored. If the next character is a ``#`` or the end
94 of the line was reached, then the whole line is ignored. Otherwise a command
97 The error injection commands fall in two main groups: those relating to
98 receiving CEC messages and those relating to transmitting CEC messages. In
99 addition, there are commands to clear existing error injection commands and
100 to create custom pulses on the CEC bus.
102 Most error injection commands can be executed for specific CEC opcodes or for
103 all opcodes (``any``). Each command also has a 'mode' which can be ``off``
104 (can be used to turn off an existing error injection command), ``once``
105 (the default) which will trigger the error injection only once for the next
106 received or transmitted message, ``always`` to always trigger the error
107 injection and ``toggle`` to toggle the error injection on or off for every
110 So '``any rx-nack``' will NACK the next received CEC message,
111 '``any,always rx-nack``' will NACK all received CEC messages and
112 '``0x82,toggle rx-nack``' will only NACK if an Active Source message was
113 received and do that only for every other received message.
115 After an error was injected with mode ``once`` the error injection command
116 is cleared automatically, so ``once`` is a one-time deal.
118 All combinations of ``<op>`` and error injection commands can co-exist. So
126 All four error injection commands will be active simultaneously.
128 However, if the same ``<op>`` and command combination is specified,
129 but with different arguments::
134 Then the second will overwrite the first.
136 Clear Error Injections
137 ----------------------
140 Clear all error injections.
143 Clear all receive error injections
146 Clear all transmit error injections
149 Clear all error injections for the given opcode.
152 Clear all receive error injections for the given opcode.
155 Clear all transmit error injections for the given opcode.
160 ``<op>[,<mode>] rx-nack``
161 NACK broadcast messages and messages directed to this CEC adapter.
162 Every byte of the message will be NACKed in case the transmitter
163 keeps transmitting after the first byte was NACKed.
165 ``<op>[,<mode>] rx-low-drive <bit>``
166 Force a Low Drive condition at this bit position. If <op> specifies
167 a specific CEC opcode then the bit position must be at least 18,
168 otherwise the opcode hasn't been received yet. This tests if the
169 transmitter can handle the Low Drive condition correctly and reports
170 the error correctly. Note that a Low Drive in the first 4 bits can also
171 be interpreted as an Arbitration Lost condition by the transmitter.
172 This is implementation dependent.
174 ``<op>[,<mode>] rx-add-byte``
175 Add a spurious 0x55 byte to the received CEC message, provided
176 the message was 15 bytes long or less. This is useful to test
177 the high-level protocol since spurious bytes should be ignored.
179 ``<op>[,<mode>] rx-remove-byte``
180 Remove the last byte from the received CEC message, provided it
181 was at least 2 bytes long. This is useful to test the high-level
182 protocol since messages that are too short should be ignored.
184 ``<op>[,<mode>] rx-arb-lost <poll>``
185 Generate a POLL message to trigger an Arbitration Lost condition.
186 This command is only allowed for ``<op>`` values of ``next`` or ``all``.
187 As soon as a start bit has been received the CEC adapter will switch
188 to transmit mode and it will transmit a POLL message. By default this is
189 0x0f, but it can also be specified explicitly via the ``<poll>`` argument.
191 This command can be used to test the Arbitration Lost condition in
192 the remote CEC transmitter. Arbitration happens when two CEC adapters
193 start sending a message at the same time. In that case the initiator
194 with the most leading zeroes wins and the other transmitter has to
195 stop transmitting ('Arbitration Lost'). This is very hard to test,
196 except by using this error injection command.
198 This does not work if the remote CEC transmitter has logical address
199 0 ('TV') since that will always win.
204 ``tx-ignore-nack-until-eom``
205 This setting changes the behavior of transmitting CEC messages. Normally
206 as soon as the receiver NACKs a byte the transmit will stop, but the
207 specification also allows that the full message is transmitted and only
208 at the end will the transmitter look at the ACK bit. This is not
209 recommended behavior since there is no point in keeping the CEC bus busy
210 for longer than is strictly needed. Especially given how slow the bus is.
212 This setting can be used to test how well a receiver deals with
213 transmitters that ignore NACKs until the very end of the message.
215 ``<op>[,<mode>] tx-no-eom``
216 Don't set the EOM bit. Normally the last byte of the message has the EOM
217 (End-Of-Message) bit set. With this command the transmit will just stop
218 without ever sending an EOM. This can be used to test how a receiver
219 handles this case. Normally receivers have a time-out after which
220 they will go back to the Idle state.
222 ``<op>[,<mode>] tx-early-eom``
223 Set the EOM bit one byte too soon. This obviously only works for messages
224 of two bytes or more. The EOM bit will be set for the second-to-last byte
225 and not for the final byte. The receiver should ignore the last byte in
226 this case. Since the resulting message is likely to be too short for this
227 same reason the whole message is typically ignored. The receiver should be
228 in Idle state after the last byte was transmitted.
230 ``<op>[,<mode>] tx-add-bytes <num>``
231 Append ``<num>`` (1-255) spurious bytes to the message. The extra bytes
232 have the value of the byte position in the message. So if you transmit a
233 two byte message (e.g. a Get CEC Version message) and add 2 bytes, then
234 the full message received by the remote CEC adapter is
235 ``0x40 0x9f 0x02 0x03``.
237 This command can be used to test buffer overflows in the receiver. E.g.
238 what does it do when it receives more than the maximum message size of 16
241 ``<op>[,<mode>] tx-remove-byte``
242 Drop the last byte from the message, provided the message is at least
243 two bytes long. The receiver should ignore messages that are too short.
245 ``<op>[,<mode>] tx-short-bit <bit>``
246 Make this bit period shorter than allowed. The bit position cannot be
247 an Ack bit. If <op> specifies a specific CEC opcode then the bit position
248 must be at least 18, otherwise the opcode hasn't been received yet.
249 Normally the period of a data bit is between 2.05 and 2.75 milliseconds.
250 With this command the period of this bit is 1.8 milliseconds, this is
251 done by reducing the time the CEC bus is high. This bit period is less
252 than is allowed and the receiver should respond with a Low Drive
255 This command is ignored for 0 bits in bit positions 0 to 3. This is
256 because the receiver also looks for an Arbitration Lost condition in
257 those first four bits and it is undefined what will happen if it
258 sees a too-short 0 bit.
260 ``<op>[,<mode>] tx-long-bit <bit>``
261 Make this bit period longer than is valid. The bit position cannot be
262 an Ack bit. If <op> specifies a specific CEC opcode then the bit position
263 must be at least 18, otherwise the opcode hasn't been received yet.
264 Normally the period of a data bit is between 2.05 and 2.75 milliseconds.
265 With this command the period of this bit is 2.9 milliseconds, this is
266 done by increasing the time the CEC bus is high.
268 Even though this bit period is longer than is valid it is undefined what
269 a receiver will do. It might just accept it, or it might time out and
270 return to Idle state. Unfortunately the CEC specification is silent about
273 This command is ignored for 0 bits in bit positions 0 to 3. This is
274 because the receiver also looks for an Arbitration Lost condition in
275 those first four bits and it is undefined what will happen if it
276 sees a too-long 0 bit.
278 ``<op>[,<mode>] tx-short-start``
279 Make this start bit period shorter than allowed. Normally the period of
280 a start bit is between 4.3 and 4.7 milliseconds. With this command the
281 period of the start bit is 4.1 milliseconds, this is done by reducing
282 the time the CEC bus is high. This start bit period is less than is
283 allowed and the receiver should return to Idle state when this is detected.
285 ``<op>[,<mode>] tx-long-start``
286 Make this start bit period longer than is valid. Normally the period of
287 a start bit is between 4.3 and 4.7 milliseconds. With this command the
288 period of the start bit is 5 milliseconds, this is done by increasing
289 the time the CEC bus is high. This start bit period is more than is
290 valid and the receiver should return to Idle state when this is detected.
292 Even though this start bit period is longer than is valid it is undefined
293 what a receiver will do. It might just accept it, or it might time out and
294 return to Idle state. Unfortunately the CEC specification is silent about
297 ``<op>[,<mode>] tx-last-bit <bit>``
298 Just stop transmitting after this bit. If <op> specifies a specific CEC
299 opcode then the bit position must be at least 18, otherwise the opcode
300 hasn't been received yet. This command can be used to test how the receiver
301 reacts when a message just suddenly stops. It should time out and go back
304 ``<op>[,<mode>] tx-low-drive <bit>``
305 Force a Low Drive condition at this bit position. If <op> specifies a
306 specific CEC opcode then the bit position must be at least 18, otherwise
307 the opcode hasn't been received yet. This can be used to test how the
308 receiver handles Low Drive conditions. Note that if this happens at bit
309 positions 0-3 the receiver can interpret this as an Arbitration Lost
310 condition. This is implementation dependent.
315 ``tx-custom-low-usecs <usecs>``
316 This defines the duration in microseconds that the custom pulse pulls
317 the CEC line low. The default is 1000 microseconds.
319 ``tx-custom-high-usecs <usecs>``
320 This defines the duration in microseconds that the custom pulse keeps the
321 CEC line high (unless another CEC adapter pulls it low in that time).
322 The default is 1000 microseconds. The total period of the custom pulse is
323 ``tx-custom-low-usecs + tx-custom-high-usecs``.
325 ``<op>[,<mode>] tx-custom-bit <bit>``
326 Send the custom bit instead of a regular data bit. The bit position cannot
327 be an Ack bit. If <op> specifies a specific CEC opcode then the bit
328 position must be at least 18, otherwise the opcode hasn't been received yet.
330 ``<op>[,<mode>] tx-custom-start``
331 Send the custom bit instead of a regular start bit.
334 Transmit a single custom pulse as soon as the CEC bus is idle.