1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2
3CEC Kernel Support
4==================
5
6The CEC framework provides a unified kernel interface for use with HDMI CEC
7hardware. It is designed to handle a multiple types of hardware (receivers,
8transmitters, USB dongles). The framework also gives the option to decide
9what to do in the kernel driver and what should be handled by userspace
10applications. In addition it integrates the remote control passthrough
11feature into the kernel's remote control framework.
12
13
14The CEC Protocol
15----------------
16
17The CEC protocol enables consumer electronic devices to communicate with each
18other through the HDMI connection. The protocol uses logical addresses in the
19communication. The logical address is strictly connected with the functionality
20provided by the device. The TV acting as the communication hub is always
21assigned address 0. The physical address is determined by the physical
22connection between devices.
23
24The CEC framework described here is up to date with the CEC 2.0 specification.
25It is documented in the HDMI 1.4 specification with the new 2.0 bits documented
26in the HDMI 2.0 specification. But for most of the features the freely available
27HDMI 1.3a specification is sufficient:
28
29https://www.hdmi.org/spec/index
30
31
32CEC Adapter Interface
33---------------------
34
35The struct cec_adapter represents the CEC adapter hardware. It is created by
36calling cec_allocate_adapter() and deleted by calling cec_delete_adapter():
37
38.. c:function::
39   struct cec_adapter *cec_allocate_adapter(const struct cec_adap_ops *ops, \
40					    void *priv, const char *name, \
41					    u32 caps, u8 available_las);
42
43.. c:function::
44   void cec_delete_adapter(struct cec_adapter *adap);
45
46To create an adapter you need to pass the following information:
47
48ops:
49	adapter operations which are called by the CEC framework and that you
50	have to implement.
51
52priv:
53	will be stored in adap->priv and can be used by the adapter ops.
54	Use cec_get_drvdata(adap) to get the priv pointer.
55
56name:
57	the name of the CEC adapter. Note: this name will be copied.
58
59caps:
60	capabilities of the CEC adapter. These capabilities determine the
61	capabilities of the hardware and which parts are to be handled
62	by userspace and which parts are handled by kernelspace. The
63	capabilities are returned by CEC_ADAP_G_CAPS.
64
65available_las:
66	the number of simultaneous logical addresses that this
67	adapter can handle. Must be 1 <= available_las <= CEC_MAX_LOG_ADDRS.
68
69To obtain the priv pointer use this helper function:
70
71.. c:function::
72	void *cec_get_drvdata(const struct cec_adapter *adap);
73
74To register the /dev/cecX device node and the remote control device (if
75CEC_CAP_RC is set) you call:
76
77.. c:function::
78	int cec_register_adapter(struct cec_adapter *adap, \
79				 struct device *parent);
80
81where parent is the parent device.
82
83To unregister the devices call:
84
85.. c:function::
86	void cec_unregister_adapter(struct cec_adapter *adap);
87
88Note: if cec_register_adapter() fails, then call cec_delete_adapter() to
89clean up. But if cec_register_adapter() succeeded, then only call
90cec_unregister_adapter() to clean up, never cec_delete_adapter(). The
91unregister function will delete the adapter automatically once the last user
92of that /dev/cecX device has closed its file handle.
93
94
95Implementing the Low-Level CEC Adapter
96--------------------------------------
97
98The following low-level adapter operations have to be implemented in
99your driver:
100
101.. c:struct:: cec_adap_ops
102
103.. code-block:: none
104
105	struct cec_adap_ops
106	{
107		/* Low-level callbacks */
108		int (*adap_enable)(struct cec_adapter *adap, bool enable);
109		int (*adap_monitor_all_enable)(struct cec_adapter *adap, bool enable);
110		int (*adap_monitor_pin_enable)(struct cec_adapter *adap, bool enable);
111		int (*adap_log_addr)(struct cec_adapter *adap, u8 logical_addr);
112		void (*adap_unconfigured)(struct cec_adapter *adap);
113		int (*adap_transmit)(struct cec_adapter *adap, u8 attempts,
114				      u32 signal_free_time, struct cec_msg *msg);
115		void (*adap_nb_transmit_canceled)(struct cec_adapter *adap,
116						  const struct cec_msg *msg);
117		void (*adap_status)(struct cec_adapter *adap, struct seq_file *file);
118		void (*adap_free)(struct cec_adapter *adap);
119
120		/* Error injection callbacks */
121		...
122
123		/* High-level callback */
124		...
125	};
126
127These low-level ops deal with various aspects of controlling the CEC adapter
128hardware. They are all called with the mutex adap->lock held.
129
130
131To enable/disable the hardware::
132
133	int (*adap_enable)(struct cec_adapter *adap, bool enable);
134
135This callback enables or disables the CEC hardware. Enabling the CEC hardware
136means powering it up in a state where no logical addresses are claimed. The
137physical address will always be valid if CEC_CAP_NEEDS_HPD is set. If that
138capability is not set, then the physical address can change while the CEC
139hardware is enabled. CEC drivers should not set CEC_CAP_NEEDS_HPD unless
140the hardware design requires that as this will make it impossible to wake
141up displays that pull the HPD low when in standby mode.  The initial
142state of the CEC adapter after calling cec_allocate_adapter() is disabled.
143
144Note that adap_enable must return 0 if enable is false.
145
146
147To enable/disable the 'monitor all' mode::
148
149	int (*adap_monitor_all_enable)(struct cec_adapter *adap, bool enable);
150
151If enabled, then the adapter should be put in a mode to also monitor messages
152that are not for us. Not all hardware supports this and this function is only
153called if the CEC_CAP_MONITOR_ALL capability is set. This callback is optional
154(some hardware may always be in 'monitor all' mode).
155
156Note that adap_monitor_all_enable must return 0 if enable is false.
157
158
159To enable/disable the 'monitor pin' mode::
160
161	int (*adap_monitor_pin_enable)(struct cec_adapter *adap, bool enable);
162
163If enabled, then the adapter should be put in a mode to also monitor CEC pin
164changes. Not all hardware supports this and this function is only called if
165the CEC_CAP_MONITOR_PIN capability is set. This callback is optional
166(some hardware may always be in 'monitor pin' mode).
167
168Note that adap_monitor_pin_enable must return 0 if enable is false.
169
170
171To program a new logical address::
172
173	int (*adap_log_addr)(struct cec_adapter *adap, u8 logical_addr);
174
175If logical_addr == CEC_LOG_ADDR_INVALID then all programmed logical addresses
176are to be erased. Otherwise the given logical address should be programmed.
177If the maximum number of available logical addresses is exceeded, then it
178should return -ENXIO. Once a logical address is programmed the CEC hardware
179can receive directed messages to that address.
180
181Note that adap_log_addr must return 0 if logical_addr is CEC_LOG_ADDR_INVALID.
182
183
184Called when the adapter is unconfigured::
185
186	void (*adap_unconfigured)(struct cec_adapter *adap);
187
188The adapter is unconfigured. If the driver has to take specific actions after
189unconfiguration, then that can be done through this optional callback.
190
191
192To transmit a new message::
193
194	int (*adap_transmit)(struct cec_adapter *adap, u8 attempts,
195			     u32 signal_free_time, struct cec_msg *msg);
196
197This transmits a new message. The attempts argument is the suggested number of
198attempts for the transmit.
199
200The signal_free_time is the number of data bit periods that the adapter should
201wait when the line is free before attempting to send a message. This value
202depends on whether this transmit is a retry, a message from a new initiator or
203a new message for the same initiator. Most hardware will handle this
204automatically, but in some cases this information is needed.
205
206The CEC_FREE_TIME_TO_USEC macro can be used to convert signal_free_time to
207microseconds (one data bit period is 2.4 ms).
208
209
210To pass on the result of a canceled non-blocking transmit::
211
212	void (*adap_nb_transmit_canceled)(struct cec_adapter *adap,
213					  const struct cec_msg *msg);
214
215This optional callback can be used to obtain the result of a canceled
216non-blocking transmit with sequence number msg->sequence. This is
217called if the transmit was aborted, the transmit timed out (i.e. the
218hardware never signaled that the transmit finished), or the transmit
219was successful, but the wait for the expected reply was either aborted
220or it timed out.
221
222
223To log the current CEC hardware status::
224
225	void (*adap_status)(struct cec_adapter *adap, struct seq_file *file);
226
227This optional callback can be used to show the status of the CEC hardware.
228The status is available through debugfs: cat /sys/kernel/debug/cec/cecX/status
229
230To free any resources when the adapter is deleted::
231
232	void (*adap_free)(struct cec_adapter *adap);
233
234This optional callback can be used to free any resources that might have been
235allocated by the driver. It's called from cec_delete_adapter.
236
237
238Your adapter driver will also have to react to events (typically interrupt
239driven) by calling into the framework in the following situations:
240
241When a transmit finished (successfully or otherwise)::
242
243	void cec_transmit_done(struct cec_adapter *adap, u8 status,
244			       u8 arb_lost_cnt,  u8 nack_cnt, u8 low_drive_cnt,
245			       u8 error_cnt);
246
247or::
248
249	void cec_transmit_attempt_done(struct cec_adapter *adap, u8 status);
250
251The status can be one of:
252
253CEC_TX_STATUS_OK:
254	the transmit was successful.
255
256CEC_TX_STATUS_ARB_LOST:
257	arbitration was lost: another CEC initiator
258	took control of the CEC line and you lost the arbitration.
259
260CEC_TX_STATUS_NACK:
261	the message was nacked (for a directed message) or
262	acked (for a broadcast message). A retransmission is needed.
263
264CEC_TX_STATUS_LOW_DRIVE:
265	low drive was detected on the CEC bus. This indicates that
266	a follower detected an error on the bus and requested a
267	retransmission.
268
269CEC_TX_STATUS_ERROR:
270	some unspecified error occurred: this can be one of ARB_LOST
271	or LOW_DRIVE if the hardware cannot differentiate or something
272	else entirely. Some hardware only supports OK and FAIL as the
273	result of a transmit, i.e. there is no way to differentiate
274	between the different possible errors. In that case map FAIL
275	to CEC_TX_STATUS_NACK and not to CEC_TX_STATUS_ERROR.
276
277CEC_TX_STATUS_MAX_RETRIES:
278	could not transmit the message after trying multiple times.
279	Should only be set by the driver if it has hardware support for
280	retrying messages. If set, then the framework assumes that it
281	doesn't have to make another attempt to transmit the message
282	since the hardware did that already.
283
284The hardware must be able to differentiate between OK, NACK and 'something
285else'.
286
287The \*_cnt arguments are the number of error conditions that were seen.
288This may be 0 if no information is available. Drivers that do not support
289hardware retry can just set the counter corresponding to the transmit error
290to 1, if the hardware does support retry then either set these counters to
2910 if the hardware provides no feedback of which errors occurred and how many
292times, or fill in the correct values as reported by the hardware.
293
294Be aware that calling these functions can immediately start a new transmit
295if there is one pending in the queue. So make sure that the hardware is in
296a state where new transmits can be started *before* calling these functions.
297
298The cec_transmit_attempt_done() function is a helper for cases where the
299hardware never retries, so the transmit is always for just a single
300attempt. It will call cec_transmit_done() in turn, filling in 1 for the
301count argument corresponding to the status. Or all 0 if the status was OK.
302
303When a CEC message was received:
304
305.. c:function::
306	void cec_received_msg(struct cec_adapter *adap, struct cec_msg *msg);
307
308Speaks for itself.
309
310Implementing the interrupt handler
311----------------------------------
312
313Typically the CEC hardware provides interrupts that signal when a transmit
314finished and whether it was successful or not, and it provides and interrupt
315when a CEC message was received.
316
317The CEC driver should always process the transmit interrupts first before
318handling the receive interrupt. The framework expects to see the cec_transmit_done
319call before the cec_received_msg call, otherwise it can get confused if the
320received message was in reply to the transmitted message.
321
322Optional: Implementing Error Injection Support
323----------------------------------------------
324
325If the CEC adapter supports Error Injection functionality, then that can
326be exposed through the Error Injection callbacks:
327
328.. code-block:: none
329
330	struct cec_adap_ops {
331		/* Low-level callbacks */
332		...
333
334		/* Error injection callbacks */
335		int (*error_inj_show)(struct cec_adapter *adap, struct seq_file *sf);
336		bool (*error_inj_parse_line)(struct cec_adapter *adap, char *line);
337
338		/* High-level CEC message callback */
339		...
340	};
341
342If both callbacks are set, then an ``error-inj`` file will appear in debugfs.
343The basic syntax is as follows:
344
345Leading spaces/tabs are ignored. If the next character is a ``#`` or the end of the
346line was reached, then the whole line is ignored. Otherwise a command is expected.
347
348This basic parsing is done in the CEC Framework. It is up to the driver to decide
349what commands to implement. The only requirement is that the command ``clear`` without
350any arguments must be implemented and that it will remove all current error injection
351commands.
352
353This ensures that you can always do ``echo clear >error-inj`` to clear any error
354injections without having to know the details of the driver-specific commands.
355
356Note that the output of ``error-inj`` shall be valid as input to ``error-inj``.
357So this must work:
358
359.. code-block:: none
360
361	$ cat error-inj >einj.txt
362	$ cat einj.txt >error-inj
363
364The first callback is called when this file is read and it should show the
365current error injection state::
366
367	int (*error_inj_show)(struct cec_adapter *adap, struct seq_file *sf);
368
369It is recommended that it starts with a comment block with basic usage
370information. It returns 0 for success and an error otherwise.
371
372The second callback will parse commands written to the ``error-inj`` file::
373
374	bool (*error_inj_parse_line)(struct cec_adapter *adap, char *line);
375
376The ``line`` argument points to the start of the command. Any leading
377spaces or tabs have already been skipped. It is a single line only (so there
378are no embedded newlines) and it is 0-terminated. The callback is free to
379modify the contents of the buffer. It is only called for lines containing a
380command, so this callback is never called for empty lines or comment lines.
381
382Return true if the command was valid or false if there were syntax errors.
383
384Implementing the High-Level CEC Adapter
385---------------------------------------
386
387The low-level operations drive the hardware, the high-level operations are
388CEC protocol driven. The high-level callbacks are called without the adap->lock
389mutex being held. The following high-level callbacks are available:
390
391.. code-block:: none
392
393	struct cec_adap_ops {
394		/* Low-level callbacks */
395		...
396
397		/* Error injection callbacks */
398		...
399
400		/* High-level CEC message callback */
401		void (*configured)(struct cec_adapter *adap);
402		int (*received)(struct cec_adapter *adap, struct cec_msg *msg);
403	};
404
405Called when the adapter is configured::
406
407	void (*configured)(struct cec_adapter *adap);
408
409The adapter is fully configured, i.e. all logical addresses have been
410successfully claimed. If the driver has to take specific actions after
411configuration, then that can be done through this optional callback.
412
413
414The received() callback allows the driver to optionally handle a newly
415received CEC message::
416
417	int (*received)(struct cec_adapter *adap, struct cec_msg *msg);
418
419If the driver wants to process a CEC message, then it can implement this
420callback. If it doesn't want to handle this message, then it should return
421-ENOMSG, otherwise the CEC framework assumes it processed this message and
422it will not do anything with it.
423
424
425CEC framework functions
426-----------------------
427
428CEC Adapter drivers can call the following CEC framework functions:
429
430.. c:function::
431   int cec_transmit_msg(struct cec_adapter *adap, struct cec_msg *msg, \
432			bool block);
433
434Transmit a CEC message. If block is true, then wait until the message has been
435transmitted, otherwise just queue it and return.
436
437.. c:function::
438   void cec_s_phys_addr(struct cec_adapter *adap, u16 phys_addr, bool block);
439
440Change the physical address. This function will set adap->phys_addr and
441send an event if it has changed. If cec_s_log_addrs() has been called and
442the physical address has become valid, then the CEC framework will start
443claiming the logical addresses. If block is true, then this function won't
444return until this process has finished.
445
446When the physical address is set to a valid value the CEC adapter will
447be enabled (see the adap_enable op). When it is set to CEC_PHYS_ADDR_INVALID,
448then the CEC adapter will be disabled. If you change a valid physical address
449to another valid physical address, then this function will first set the
450address to CEC_PHYS_ADDR_INVALID before enabling the new physical address.
451
452.. c:function::
453   void cec_s_phys_addr_from_edid(struct cec_adapter *adap, \
454				  const struct edid *edid);
455
456A helper function that extracts the physical address from the edid struct
457and calls cec_s_phys_addr() with that address, or CEC_PHYS_ADDR_INVALID
458if the EDID did not contain a physical address or edid was a NULL pointer.
459
460.. c:function::
461	int cec_s_log_addrs(struct cec_adapter *adap, \
462			    struct cec_log_addrs *log_addrs, bool block);
463
464Claim the CEC logical addresses. Should never be called if CEC_CAP_LOG_ADDRS
465is set. If block is true, then wait until the logical addresses have been
466claimed, otherwise just queue it and return. To unconfigure all logical
467addresses call this function with log_addrs set to NULL or with
468log_addrs->num_log_addrs set to 0. The block argument is ignored when
469unconfiguring. This function will just return if the physical address is
470invalid. Once the physical address becomes valid, then the framework will
471attempt to claim these logical addresses.
472
473CEC Pin framework
474-----------------
475
476Most CEC hardware operates on full CEC messages where the software provides
477the message and the hardware handles the low-level CEC protocol. But some
478hardware only drives the CEC pin and software has to handle the low-level
479CEC protocol. The CEC pin framework was created to handle such devices.
480
481Note that due to the close-to-realtime requirements it can never be guaranteed
482to work 100%. This framework uses highres timers internally, but if a
483timer goes off too late by more than 300 microseconds wrong results can
484occur. In reality it appears to be fairly reliable.
485
486One advantage of this low-level implementation is that it can be used as
487a cheap CEC analyser, especially if interrupts can be used to detect
488CEC pin transitions from low to high or vice versa.
489
490.. kernel-doc:: include/media/cec-pin.h
491
492CEC Notifier framework
493----------------------
494
495Most drm HDMI implementations have an integrated CEC implementation and no
496notifier support is needed. But some have independent CEC implementations
497that have their own driver. This could be an IP block for an SoC or a
498completely separate chip that deals with the CEC pin. For those cases a
499drm driver can install a notifier and use the notifier to inform the
500CEC driver about changes in the physical address.
501
502.. kernel-doc:: include/media/cec-notifier.h
503