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diff --git a/Documentation/w1/w1.netlink b/Documentation/w1/w1.netlink
index f59a31965d50..ef2727192d69 100644
--- a/Documentation/w1/w1.netlink
+++ b/Documentation/w1/w1.netlink
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ Message types.
=============
There are three types of messages between w1 core and userspace:
-1. Events. They are generated each time new master or slave device
- found either due to automatic or requested search.
+1. Events. They are generated each time a new master or slave device
+ is found either due to automatic or requested search.
2. Userspace commands.
3. Replies to userspace commands.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Protocol.
W1_SLAVE_CMD
userspace command for slave device
(read/write/touch)
- __u8 res - reserved
+ __u8 status - error indication from kernel
__u16 len - size of data attached to this header data
union {
__u8 id[8]; - slave unique device id
@@ -44,10 +44,14 @@ Protocol.
__u8 cmd - command opcode.
W1_CMD_READ - read command
W1_CMD_WRITE - write command
- W1_CMD_TOUCH - touch command
- (write and sample data back to userspace)
W1_CMD_SEARCH - search command
W1_CMD_ALARM_SEARCH - alarm search command
+ W1_CMD_TOUCH - touch command
+ (write and sample data back to userspace)
+ W1_CMD_RESET - send bus reset
+ W1_CMD_SLAVE_ADD - add slave to kernel list
+ W1_CMD_SLAVE_REMOVE - remove slave from kernel list
+ W1_CMD_LIST_SLAVES - get slaves list from kernel
__u8 res - reserved
__u16 len - length of data for this command
For read command data must be allocated like for write command
@@ -87,8 +91,7 @@ format:
id0 ... idN
Each message is at most 4k in size, so if number of master devices
- exceeds this, it will be split into several messages,
- cn.seq will be increased for each one.
+ exceeds this, it will be split into several messages.
W1 search and alarm search commands.
request:
@@ -131,7 +134,7 @@ of the w1_netlink_cmd structure and cn_msg.len will be equal to the sum
of the sizeof(struct w1_netlink_msg) and sizeof(struct w1_netlink_cmd).
If reply is generated for master or root command (which do not have
w1_netlink_cmd attached), reply will contain only cn_msg and w1_netlink_msg
-structires.
+structures.
w1_netlink_msg.status field will carry positive error value
(EINVAL for example) or zero in case of success.
@@ -160,7 +163,7 @@ procedure is started to select given device.
Then all requested in w1_netlink_msg operations are performed one by one.
If command requires reply (like read command) it is sent on command completion.
-When all commands (w1_netlink_cmd) are processed muster device is unlocked
+When all commands (w1_netlink_cmd) are processed master device is unlocked
and next w1_netlink_msg header processing started.