Userspace communication protocol over connector [1]. Message types. ============= There are three types of messages between w1 core and userspace: 1. Events. They are generated each time new master or slave device found either due to automatic or requested search. 2. Userspace commands. 3. Replies to userspace commands. Protocol. ======== [struct cn_msg] - connector header. Its length field is equal to size of the attached data [struct w1_netlink_msg] - w1 netlink header. __u8 type - message type. W1_LIST_MASTERS list current bus masters W1_SLAVE_ADD/W1_SLAVE_REMOVE slave add/remove events W1_MASTER_ADD/W1_MASTER_REMOVE master add/remove events W1_MASTER_CMD userspace command for bus master device (search/alarm search) W1_SLAVE_CMD userspace command for slave device (read/write/touch) __u8 res - reserved __u16 len - size of data attached to this header data union { __u8 id[8]; - slave unique device id struct w1_mst { __u32 id; - master's id __u32 res; - reserved } mst; } id; [struct w1_netlink_cmd] - command for given master or slave device. __u8 cmd - command opcode. W1_CMD_READ - read command W1_CMD_WRITE - write command W1_CMD_TOUCH - touch command (write and sample data back to userspace) W1_CMD_SEARCH - search command W1_CMD_ALARM_SEARCH - alarm search command __u8 res - reserved __u16 len - length of data for this command For read command data must be allocated like for write command __u8 data[0] - data for this command Each connector message can include one or more w1_netlink_msg with zero or more attached w1_netlink_cmd messages. For event messages there are no w1_netlink_cmd embedded structures, only connector header and w1_netlink_msg strucutre with "len" field being zero and filled type (one of event types) and id: either 8 bytes of slave unique id in host order, or master's id, which is assigned to bus master device when it is added to w1 core. Currently replies to userspace commands are only generated for read command request. One reply is generated exactly for one w1_netlink_cmd read request. Replies are not combined when sent - i.e. typical reply messages looks like the following: [cn_msg][w1_netlink_msg][w1_netlink_cmd] cn_msg.len = sizeof(struct w1_netlink_msg) + sizeof(struct w1_netlink_cmd) + cmd->len; w1_netlink_msg.len = sizeof(struct w1_netlink_cmd) + cmd->len; w1_netlink_cmd.len = cmd->len; Replies to W1_LIST_MASTERS should send a message back to the userspace which will contain list of all registered master ids in the following format: cn_msg (CN_W1_IDX.CN_W1_VAL as id, len is equal to sizeof(struct w1_netlink_msg) plus number of masters multipled by 4) w1_netlink_msg (type: W1_LIST_MASTERS, len is equal to number of masters multiplied by 4 (u32 size)) id0 ... idN Each message is at most 4k in size, so if number of master devices exceeds this, it will be split into several messages, cn.seq will be increased for each one. W1 search and alarm search commands. request: [cn_msg] [w1_netlink_msg type = W1_MASTER_CMD id is equal to the bus master id to use for searching] [w1_netlink_cmd cmd = W1_CMD_SEARCH or W1_CMD_ALARM_SEARCH] reply: [cn_msg, ack = 1 and increasing, 0 means the last message, seq is equal to the request seq] [w1_netlink_msg type = W1_MASTER_CMD] [w1_netlink_cmd cmd = W1_CMD_SEARCH or W1_CMD_ALARM_SEARCH len is equal to number of IDs multiplied by 8] [64bit-id0 ... 64bit-idN] Length in each header corresponds to the size of the data behind it, so w1_netlink_cmd->len = N * 8; where N is number of IDs in this message. Can be zero. w1_netlink_msg->len = sizeof(struct w1_netlink_cmd) + N * 8; cn_msg->len = sizeof(struct w1_netlink_msg) + sizeof(struct w1_netlink_cmd) + N*8; W1 reset command. [cn_msg] [w1_netlink_msg type = W1_MASTER_CMD id is equal to the bus master id to use for searching] [w1_netlink_cmd cmd = W1_CMD_RESET] Operation steps in w1 core when new command is received. ======================================================= When new message (w1_netlink_msg) is received w1 core detects if it is master or slave request, according to w1_netlink_msg.type field. Then master or slave device is searched for. When found, master device (requested or those one on where slave device is found) is locked. If slave command is requested, then reset/select procedure is started to select given device. Then all requested in w1_netlink_msg operations are performed one by one. If command requires reply (like read command) it is sent on command completion. When all commands (w1_netlink_cmd) are processed muster device is unlocked and next w1_netlink_msg header processing started. Connector [1] specific documentation. ==================================== Each connector message includes two u32 fields as "address". w1 uses CN_W1_IDX and CN_W1_VAL defined in include/linux/connector.h header. Each message also includes sequence and acknowledge numbers. Sequence number for event messages is appropriate bus master sequence number increased with each event message sent "through" this master. Sequence number for userspace requests is set by userspace application. Sequence number for reply is the same as was in request, and acknowledge number is set to seq+1. Additional documantion, source code examples. ============================================ 1. Documentation/connector 2. http://www.ioremap.net/archive/w1 This archive includes userspace application w1d.c which uses read/write/search commands for all master/slave devices found on the bus.