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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/iio/core.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/iio/core.rst index b0bc0c028cc5..715cf29482a1 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/iio/core.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/iio/core.rst @@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ applications manipulating sensors. The implementation can be found under Industrial I/O Devices ---------------------- -* struct :c:type:`iio_dev` - industrial I/O device -* :c:func:`iio_device_alloc()` - allocate an :c:type:`iio_dev` from a driver -* :c:func:`iio_device_free()` - free an :c:type:`iio_dev` from a driver -* :c:func:`iio_device_register()` - register a device with the IIO subsystem -* :c:func:`iio_device_unregister()` - unregister a device from the IIO +* struct iio_dev - industrial I/O device +* iio_device_alloc() - allocate an :c:type:`iio_dev` from a driver +* iio_device_free() - free an :c:type:`iio_dev` from a driver +* iio_device_register() - register a device with the IIO subsystem +* iio_device_unregister() - unregister a device from the IIO subsystem An IIO device usually corresponds to a single hardware sensor and it @@ -34,17 +34,17 @@ A typical IIO driver will register itself as an :doc:`I2C <../i2c>` or At probe: -1. Call :c:func:`iio_device_alloc()`, which allocates memory for an IIO device. +1. Call iio_device_alloc(), which allocates memory for an IIO device. 2. Initialize IIO device fields with driver specific information (e.g. device name, device channels). -3. Call :c:func:`iio_device_register()`, this registers the device with the +3. Call iio_device_register(), this registers the device with the IIO core. After this call the device is ready to accept requests from user space applications. At remove, we free the resources allocated in probe in reverse order: -1. :c:func:`iio_device_unregister()`, unregister the device from the IIO core. -2. :c:func:`iio_device_free()`, free the memory allocated for the IIO device. +1. iio_device_unregister(), unregister the device from the IIO core. +2. iio_device_free(), free the memory allocated for the IIO device. IIO device sysfs interface ========================== @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Common attributes are: IIO device channels =================== -struct :c:type:`iio_chan_spec` - specification of a single channel +struct iio_chan_spec - specification of a single channel An IIO device channel is a representation of a data channel. An IIO device can have one or multiple channels. For example: @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ have one or multiple channels. For example: * an accelerometer can have up to 3 channels representing acceleration on X, Y and Z axes. -An IIO channel is described by the struct :c:type:`iio_chan_spec`. +An IIO channel is described by the struct iio_chan_spec. A thermometer driver for the temperature sensor in the example above would have to describe its channel as follows:: |