From 06c421ee0d5af95c8c6749ca0ba620cd5010707f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kevin Hilman Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 16:56:56 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] memory_accessor: new interface for reading/writing persistent memory Add an interface by which other kernel code can read/write persistent memory such as I2C or SPI EEPROMs, or devices which provide NVRAM. Use cases include storage of board-specific configuration data like Ethernet addresses and sensor calibrations. Original idea, review and improvement suggestions by David Brownell. Acked-by: David Brownell Signed-off-by: Kevin Hilman Cc: Jean Delvare Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/linux/memory.h | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/memory.h b/include/linux/memory.h index 3fdc10806d3..42767d1a62e 100644 --- a/include/linux/memory.h +++ b/include/linux/memory.h @@ -99,4 +99,15 @@ enum mem_add_context { BOOT, HOTPLUG }; #define hotplug_memory_notifier(fn, pri) do { } while (0) #endif +/* + * 'struct memory_accessor' is a generic interface to provide + * in-kernel access to persistent memory such as i2c or SPI EEPROMs + */ +struct memory_accessor { + ssize_t (*read)(struct memory_accessor *, char *buf, off_t offset, + size_t count); + ssize_t (*write)(struct memory_accessor *, const char *buf, + off_t offset, size_t count); +}; + #endif /* _LINUX_MEMORY_H_ */ -- 2.20.1