2 * The Guest console driver
4 * This is a trivial console driver: we use lguest's DMA mechanism to send
5 * bytes out, and register a DMA buffer to receive bytes in. It is assumed to
6 * be present and available from the very beginning of boot.
8 * Writing console drivers is one of the few remaining Dark Arts in Linux.
9 * Fortunately for us, the path of virtual consoles has been well-trodden by
10 * the PowerPC folks, who wrote "hvc_console.c" to generically support any
11 * virtual console. We use that infrastructure which only requires us to write
12 * the basic put_chars and get_chars functions and call the right register
16 /*M:002 The console can be flooded: while the Guest is processing input the
17 * Host can send more. Buffering in the Host could alleviate this, but it is a
18 * difficult problem in general. :*/
19 /* Copyright (C) 2006 Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation
21 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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27 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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35 #include <linux/err.h>
36 #include <linux/init.h>
37 #include <linux/lguest_bus.h>
38 #include <asm/paravirt.h>
39 #include "hvc_console.h"
41 /*D:340 This is our single console input buffer, with associated "struct
42 * lguest_dma" referring to it. Note the 0-terminated length array, and the
43 * use of physical address for the buffer itself. */
44 static char inbuf
[256];
45 static struct lguest_dma cons_input
= { .used_len
= 0,
46 .addr
[0] = __pa(inbuf
),
47 .len
[0] = sizeof(inbuf
),
50 /*D:310 The put_chars() callback is pretty straightforward.
52 * First we put the pointer and length in a "struct lguest_dma": we only have
53 * one pointer, so we set the second length to 0. Then we use SEND_DMA to send
54 * the data to (Host) buffers attached to the console key. Usually a device's
55 * key is a physical address within the device's memory, but because the
56 * console device doesn't have any associated physical memory, we use the
57 * LGUEST_CONSOLE_DMA_KEY constant (aka 0). */
58 static int put_chars(u32 vtermno
, const char *buf
, int count
)
60 struct lguest_dma dma
;
62 /* FIXME: DMA buffers in a "struct lguest_dma" are not allowed
63 * to go over page boundaries. This never seems to happen,
64 * but if it did we'd need to fix this code. */
67 dma
.addr
[0] = __pa(buf
);
69 lguest_send_dma(LGUEST_CONSOLE_DMA_KEY
, &dma
);
70 /* We're expected to return the amount of data we wrote: all of it. */
74 /*D:350 get_chars() is the callback from the hvc_console infrastructure when
75 * an interrupt is received.
77 * Firstly we see if our buffer has been filled: if not, we return. The rest
78 * of the code deals with the fact that the hvc_console() infrastructure only
79 * asks us for 16 bytes at a time. We keep a "cons_offset" variable for
80 * partially-read buffers. */
81 static int get_chars(u32 vtermno
, char *buf
, int count
)
83 static int cons_offset
;
85 /* Nothing left to see here... */
86 if (!cons_input
.used_len
)
89 /* You want more than we have to give? Well, try wanting less! */
90 if (cons_input
.used_len
- cons_offset
< count
)
91 count
= cons_input
.used_len
- cons_offset
;
93 /* Copy across to their buffer and increment offset. */
94 memcpy(buf
, inbuf
+ cons_offset
, count
);
97 /* Finished? Zero offset, and reset cons_input so Host will use it
99 if (cons_offset
== cons_input
.used_len
) {
101 cons_input
.used_len
= 0;
107 static struct hv_ops lguest_cons
= {
108 .get_chars
= get_chars
,
109 .put_chars
= put_chars
,
112 /*D:320 Console drivers are initialized very early so boot messages can go
113 * out. At this stage, the console is output-only. Our driver checks we're a
114 * Guest, and if so hands hvc_instantiate() the console number (0), priority
115 * (0), and the struct hv_ops containing the put_chars() function. */
116 static int __init
cons_init(void)
118 if (strcmp(paravirt_ops
.name
, "lguest") != 0)
121 return hvc_instantiate(0, 0, &lguest_cons
);
123 console_initcall(cons_init
);
125 /*D:370 To set up and manage our virtual console, we call hvc_alloc() and
126 * stash the result in the private pointer of the "struct lguest_device".
127 * Since we never remove the console device we never need this pointer again,
128 * but using ->private is considered good form, and you never know who's going
129 * to copy your driver.
131 * Once the console is set up, we bind our input buffer ready for input. */
132 static int lguestcons_probe(struct lguest_device
*lgdev
)
136 /* The first argument of hvc_alloc() is the virtual console number, so
137 * we use zero. The second argument is the interrupt number.
139 * The third argument is a "struct hv_ops" containing the put_chars()
140 * and get_chars() pointers. The final argument is the output buffer
141 * size: we use 256 and expect the Host to have room for us to send
143 lgdev
->private = hvc_alloc(0, lgdev_irq(lgdev
), &lguest_cons
, 256);
144 if (IS_ERR(lgdev
->private))
145 return PTR_ERR(lgdev
->private);
147 /* We bind a single DMA buffer at key LGUEST_CONSOLE_DMA_KEY.
148 * "cons_input" is that statically-initialized global DMA buffer we saw
149 * above, and we also give the interrupt we want. */
150 err
= lguest_bind_dma(LGUEST_CONSOLE_DMA_KEY
, &cons_input
, 1,
153 printk("lguest console: failed to bind buffer.\n");
156 /* Note the use of lgdev_irq() for the interrupt number. We tell hvc_alloc()
157 * to expect input when this interrupt is triggered, and then tell
158 * lguest_bind_dma() that is the interrupt to send us when input comes in. */
160 /*D:360 From now on the console driver follows standard Guest driver form:
161 * register_lguest_driver() registers the device type and probe function, and
162 * the probe function sets up the device.
164 * The standard "struct lguest_driver": */
165 static struct lguest_driver lguestcons_drv
= {
166 .name
= "lguestcons",
167 .owner
= THIS_MODULE
,
168 .device_type
= LGUEST_DEVICE_T_CONSOLE
,
169 .probe
= lguestcons_probe
,
172 /* The standard init function */
173 static int __init
hvc_lguest_init(void)
175 return register_lguest_driver(&lguestcons_drv
);
177 module_init(hvc_lguest_init
);