device_d Struct Reference

Field Documentation

char name[MAX_DRIVER_NAME]

This member (and 'type' described below) is used to match with a driver.

This is a descriptive name and could be MPC5XXX_ether or imx_serial.

int id

The id is used to uniquely identify a device in the system.

The id will show up under /dev/ as the device's name. Usually this is something like eth0 or nor0.

unsigned long size

FIXME.

unsigned long map_base

For devices which are directly mapped into memory, i.e.

NOR Flash or SDRAM.

void* priv

board specific information about this device

Devices of a particular class normaly need to store more information than struct device holds.

struct driver_d* driver [read]

In case this device is a specific device, this pointer points to the type specific device, i.e.

eth_device

struct list_head list [read]

The driver for this device.

struct param_d* param [read]

The parameters for this device.

This is used to carry information of board specific data from the board code to the device driver.