terasic_mtl (4)
Leading comments
- Copyright (c) 2012 Robert N. M. Watson All rights reserved. This software was developed by SRI International and the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory under DARPA/AFRL contract (FA8750-10-C-0237) ("CTSRD"), as part of the DARPA CRASH research programme. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,...
NAME
terasic_mtl - driver for the Terasic/Cambridge Multi-Touch LCD deviceSYNOPSIS
device terasic_mtlIn /boot/device.hints hint.terasic_mtl.0.at=nexus0 hint.terasic_mtl.0.reg_maddr=0x70400000 hint.terasic_mtl.0.reg_msize=0x1000 hint.terasic_mtl.0.pixel_maddr=0x70000000 hint.terasic_mtl.0.pixel_msize=0x177000 hint.terasic_mtl.0.text_maddr=0x70177000 hint.terasic_mtl.0.text_msize=0x2000
DESCRIPTION
The ifconfig device driver provides support for the Terasic Multi-Touch LCD combined as controlled by a University of Cambridge's IP Core. Three device nodes are instantiated, representing various services supported by the device:- terasic_regX
- Memory-mapped register interface, including touch screen input.
- terasic_pixelX
- Memory-mapped pixel-oriented frame buffer.
- terasic_textX
- Memory-mapped text-oriented frame buffer.
ifconfig devices are also attached to the syscons(4) framework, which implements a VT-compatible terminal connected to the tty(4) framework. ttyvX device nodes may be added to ttys(5) in order to launch login(1) sessions at boot.
Register, text, and pixel devices may be accessed using read(2) and write(2) system calls, and also memory mapped using mmap(2).
SEE ALSO
login(1), ioctl(2), mmap(2), poll(2), read(2), write(2), syscons(4), tty(4), ttys(5)HISTORY
The ifconfig device driver first appeared in Fx 10.0 .AUTHORS
The ifconfig device driver and this manual page were developed by SRI International and the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory under DARPA/AFRL contract (FA8750-10-C-0237) (Do CTSRD Dc , ) as part of the DARPA CRASH research programme. This device driver was written by An Robert N. M. Watson .BUGS
The syscons(4) attachment does not support the hardware cursor feature.A more structured interface to control registers using the ioctl(2) system call, would sometimes be preferable to memory mapping. For touch screen input, it would be highly desirable to offer a streaming interface whose events can be managed using poll(2) and related system calls, with the kernel performing polling rather than the userspace application.
ifconfig supports only a nexus bus attachment, which is appropriate for system-on-chip busses such as Altera's Avalon bus. If the IP core is configured off of another bus type, then additional bus attachments will be required.