[RFC 3/3] Documentation ABI: add PPS generators documentaion

From: Rodolfo Giometti
Date: Tue Oct 08 2024 - 09:54:37 EST


This patch adds the documentation for the ABI between the Linux kernel
and userspace regarding the PPS generators.

Signed-off-by: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-pps-gen | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 44 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-pps-gen

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-pps-gen b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-pps-gen
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ad066cb3ce5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-pps-gen
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+What: /sys/class/pps-gen/
+Date: October 2024
+Contact: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
+Description:
+ The /sys/class/pps-gen/ directory will contain files and
+ directories that will provide a unified interface to
+ the PPS generators.
+
+What: /sys/class/pps-gen/pps-genX/
+Date: October 2024
+Contact: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
+Description:
+ The /sys/class/pps-gen/pps-genX/ directory is related to X-th
+ PPS generator into the system. Each directory will
+ contain files to manage and control its PPS generator.
+
+What: /sys/class/pps-gen/pps-genX/enable
+Date: October 2024
+Contact: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
+Description:
+ This write-only file enables or disables generation of the
+ PPS signal.
+
+What: /sys/class/pps-gen/pps-genX/name
+Date: October 2024
+Contact: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
+Description:
+ This read-only file reports the name of the X-th generator.
+
+What: /sys/class/pps-gen/pps-genX/system
+Date: October 2024
+Contact: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
+Description:
+ This read-only file returns "1" if the generator takes the
+ timing from the system clock, while it returns "0" if not
+ (i.e. from a peripheral device clock).
+
+What: /sys/class/pps-gen/pps-genX/time
+Date: October 2024
+Contact: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
+Description:
+ This read-only file contains the current time stored into the
+ generator clock as two integers representing the current time
+ seconds and nanoseconds.
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