2 hwmon.c - part of lm_sensors, Linux kernel modules for hardware monitoring
4 This file defines the sysfs class "hwmon", for use by sensors drivers.
6 Copyright (C) 2005 Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
8 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
10 the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
13 #include <linux/module.h>
14 #include <linux/device.h>
15 #include <linux/err.h>
16 #include <linux/kdev_t.h>
17 #include <linux/idr.h>
18 #include <linux/hwmon.h>
20 #define HWMON_ID_PREFIX "hwmon"
21 #define HWMON_ID_FORMAT HWMON_ID_PREFIX "%d"
23 static struct class *hwmon_class;
25 static DEFINE_IDR(hwmon_idr);
28 * hwmon_device_register - register w/ hwmon sysfs class
29 * @dev: the device to register
31 * hwmon_device_unregister() must be called when the class device is no
34 * Returns the pointer to the new struct class device.
36 struct class_device *hwmon_device_register(struct device *dev)
38 struct class_device *cdev;
41 if (idr_pre_get(&hwmon_idr, GFP_KERNEL) == 0)
42 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
44 if (idr_get_new(&hwmon_idr, NULL, &id) < 0)
45 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
47 id = id & MAX_ID_MASK;
48 cdev = class_device_create(hwmon_class, NULL, MKDEV(0,0), dev,
52 idr_remove(&hwmon_idr, id);
58 * hwmon_device_unregister - removes the previously registered class device
60 * @cdev: the class device to destroy
62 void hwmon_device_unregister(struct class_device *cdev)
66 if (sscanf(cdev->class_id, HWMON_ID_FORMAT, &id) == 1) {
67 class_device_unregister(cdev);
68 idr_remove(&hwmon_idr, id);
71 "hwmon_device_unregister() failed: bad class ID!\n");
74 static int __init hwmon_init(void)
76 hwmon_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "hwmon");
77 if (IS_ERR(hwmon_class)) {
78 printk(KERN_ERR "hwmon.c: couldn't create sysfs class\n");
79 return PTR_ERR(hwmon_class);
84 static void __exit hwmon_exit(void)
86 class_destroy(hwmon_class);
89 module_init(hwmon_init);
90 module_exit(hwmon_exit);
92 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwmon_device_register);
93 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwmon_device_unregister);
95 MODULE_AUTHOR("Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>");
96 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("hardware monitoring sysfs/class support");
97 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");