Step 1. Let's first look at the initialization of the FrameBuffer driver
static int __init
fbmem_init(void)
{
proc_create("fb", 0, NULL, &fb_proc_fops);
if (register_chrdev(FB_MAJOR,"fb",&fb_fops))
printk("unable to get major %d for fb devs\n", FB_MAJOR);
fb_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "graphics");
if (IS_ERR(fb_class)) {
printk(KERN_WARNING "Unable to create fb class; errno = %ld\n", PTR_ERR(fb_class));
fb_class = NULL;
}
return 0;
}
#ifdef MODULE
module_init(fbmem_init);
This is the FB-driven initialization entry. Let's first look at some of the main things that have been done here.
1 > Create a device node of FB under proc through proc_create, and register several interfaces specified by fb_proc_fops. The interfaces are as follows:
static const struct file_operations fb_proc_fops = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.open = proc_fb_open,
.read = seq_read,
.llseek = seq_lseek,
.release = seq_release,
};
The registered interface is used to operate on the proc/fb device node.
2 > Register the character device FB module through register_chrdev, and also register the operation interface function fb_fops of the FB module, as follows:
static const struct file_operations fb_fops = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.read = fb_read,
.write = fb_write,
.unlocked_ioctl = fb_ioctl,
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
.compat_ioctl = fb_compat_ioctl,
#endif
.mmap = fb_mmap,
.open = fb_open,
.release = fb_release,
#ifdef HAVE_ARCH_FB_UNMAPPED_AREA
.get_unmapped_area = get_fb_unmapped_area,
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_FB_DEFERRED_IO
.fsync = fb_deferred_io_fsync,
#endif
.llseek = default_llseek,
};
This allows the external code to use these interfaces to operate the fb device.
3 > Create a graphics directory under sys/class through class_create.
The process of opening step 2. FB device
In fact, the upper code will call the open interface to open the device node of dev/fbx, so let's continue to analyze the process of opening.
static int
fb_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
__acquires(&info->lock)
__releases(&info->lock)
{
int fbidx = iminor(inode);
struct fb_info *info;
int res = 0;
info = get_fb_info(fbidx);
if (!info) {
request_module("fb%d", fbidx);
info = get_fb_info(fbidx);
if (!info)
return -ENODEV;
}
if (IS_ERR(info))
return PTR_ERR(info);
mutex_lock(&info->lock);
if (!try_module_get(info->fbops->owner)) {
res = -ENODEV;
goto out;
}
file->private_data = info;
info->file = file;
if (info->fbops->fb_open) {
res = info->fbops->fb_open(info,1);
if (res)
module_put(info->fbops->owner);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_FB_DEFERRED_IO
if (info->fbdefio)
fb_deferred_io_open(info, inode, file);
#endif
out:
mutex_unlock(&info->lock);
if (res)
put_fb_info(info);
return res;
}
The code logic is relatively simple. First, the secondary device number is obtained by passing in the file node, then the corresponding fb_info is extracted from the registered_fb array according to the secondary device number, and then the extracted fb_info is saved in the private_data of the open FB device, and then the obtained fb_info is obtained through the private_data of the open FB device. fb_open in o opens the current FB device, so far, the process of opening is completed.
Step 3. FB device registration process
int
register_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info)
{
int ret;
mutex_lock(®istration_lock);
ret = do_register_framebuffer(fb_info);
mutex_unlock(®istration_lock);
return ret;
}
static int do_register_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info)
{
int i;
struct fb_event event;
struct fb_videomode mode;
if (fb_check_foreignness(fb_info))
return -ENOSYS;
do_remove_conflicting_framebuffers(fb_info->apertures, fb_info->fix.id,
fb_is_primary_device(fb_info));
if (num_registered_fb == FB_MAX)
return -ENXIO;
num_registered_fb++;
for (i = 0 ; i < FB_MAX; i++)
if (!registered_fb[i])
break;
fb_info->node = i;
atomic_set(&fb_info->count, 1);
mutex_init(&fb_info->lock);
mutex_init(&fb_info->mm_lock);
fb_info->dev = device_create(fb_class, fb_info->device,
MKDEV(FB_MAJOR, i), NULL, "fb%d", i);
if (IS_ERR(fb_info->dev)) {
/* Not fatal */
printk(KERN_WARNING "Unable to create device for framebuffer %d; errno = %ld\n", i, PTR_ERR(fb_info->dev));
fb_info->dev = NULL;
} else
fb_init_device(fb_info);
if (fb_info->pixmap.addr == NULL) {
fb_info->pixmap.addr = kmalloc(FBPIXMAPSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
if (fb_info->pixmap.addr) {
fb_info->pixmap.size = FBPIXMAPSIZE;
fb_info->pixmap.buf_align = 1;
fb_info->pixmap.scan_align = 1;
fb_info->pixmap.access_align = 32;
fb_info->pixmap.flags = FB_PIXMAP_DEFAULT;
}
}
fb_info->pixmap.offset = 0;
if (!fb_info->pixmap.blit_x)
fb_info->pixmap.blit_x = ~(u32)0;
if (!fb_info->pixmap.blit_y)
fb_info->pixmap.blit_y = ~(u32)0;
if (!fb_info->modelist.prev || !fb_info->modelist.next)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fb_info->modelist);
if (fb_info->skip_vt_switch)
pm_vt_switch_required(fb_info->dev, false);
else
pm_vt_switch_required(fb_info->dev, true);
fb_var_to_videomode(&mode, &fb_info->var);
fb_add_videomode(&mode, &fb_info->modelist);
registered_fb[i] = fb_info;
event.info = fb_info;
if (!lock_fb_info(fb_info))
return -ENODEV;
console_lock();
fb_notifier_call_chain(FB_EVENT_FB_REGISTERED, &event);
console_unlock();
unlock_fb_info(fb_info);
return 0;
}
Let's introduce the implementation of do_register_framebuffer:
First, remove the FB whose address range is conflicting, and then determine whether the number of registered FBS exceeds 32. Then create a device node of FB under dev, initialize the fb_info, register the fb_info into the registered_fb array, and finally send a FrameBuffer registration using the Linux event notification mechanism. Part FB_EVENT_FB_REGISTERED.
To be continued