Contributions
-------------
- - Patches should be sent to the development mailinglist at
+ - In order to contribute you should ideally clone the git repository and
+ let us know (preferably via IRC, or via the mailing list) from where to
+ pull/review your changes. You can use github.com, or any other public git
+ hosting site.
+
+ - Alternatively, patches can be sent to the development mailinglist at
sigrok-devel@lists.sourceforge.net (please subscribe to the list first).
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sigrok-devel
- - Alternatively, you can also clone the git repository and let us know
- from where to pull/review your changes. You can use gitorious.org,
- github.com, or any other public git hosting site.
+
+Adding a new hardware driver
+----------------------------
+
+The simple, scripted way (recommended):
+---------------------------------------
+
+Use the 'new-driver' script from the sigrok-util repo:
+
+ $ git clone git://sigrok.org/sigrok-util
+ $ cd sigrok-util/source
+ $ ./new-driver "Tondaj SL-814"
+
+The example above generates a patch file against the current libsigrok
+development git tree which adds a simple "stub" driver for your device
+(the Tondaj SL-814 sound level meter in this case).
+
+You can apply it like this:
+
+ $ cd libsigrok
+ $ git am 0001-tondaj-sl-814-Initial-driver-skeleton.patch
+
+You can now edit the files in src/hardware/tondaj-sl-814 as needed
+and implement your driver based on the skeleton files there. That means your
+patch submission later will consist of at least two patches: the initial one
+adding the skeleton driver, and one or more additional patches that actually
+implement the respective driver code.
+
+
+The manual way:
+---------------
+
+This is a rough overview of what you need to do in order to add a new driver
+(using the Tondaj SL-814 device as example). It's basically what the
+'new-driver' script (see above) does for you:
+
+ - Makefile.am: Add HW_TONDAJ_SL_814 and add to libsigrok_la_SOURCES.
+ - configure.ac: Add a DRIVER() and DRIVER2() call.
+ - src/drivers.c: Add a tondaj_sl_814_driver_info entry in two places.
+ - src/hardware/tondaj-sl-814/ directory: Add api.c, protocol.c, protocol.h.
+
+See existing drivers or the 'new-driver' output for the details.
Random notes
------------
- - Consistently use g_try_malloc() / g_try_malloc0(). Do not use standard
+ - Don't do variable declarations in compound statements, only at the
+ beginning of a function.
+
+ - Generally avoid assigning values to variables at declaration time,
+ especially so for complex and/or run-time dependent values.
+
+ - Consistently use g_*malloc() / g_*malloc0(). Do not use standard
malloc()/calloc() if it can be avoided (sometimes other libs such
as libftdi can return malloc()'d memory, for example).
- Always properly match allocations with the proper *free() functions. If
- glib's g_try_malloc()/g_try_malloc0() was used, use g_free() to free the
+ glib's g_*malloc()/g_*malloc0() was used, use g_free() to free the
memory. Otherwise use standard free(). Never use the wrong function!
- - Never use g_malloc() or g_malloc0(). These functions do not return NULL
- if not enough memory is available but rather lead to an exit() or segfault
- instead. This behaviour is not acceptable for libsigrok.
- Use g_try_malloc()/g_try_malloc0() instead and check the return value.
+ - We assume that "small" memory allocations (< 1MB) will always succeed.
+ Thus, it's fine to use g_malloc() or g_malloc0() for allocations of
+ simple/small structs and such (instead of using g_try_malloc()), and
+ there's no need to check the return value.
+
+ Do use g_try_malloc() or g_try_malloc0() for large (>= 1MB) allocations
+ and check the return value.
- - libsigrok should never print any messages (neither to stdout nor stderr nor
+ - You should never print any messages (neither to stdout nor stderr nor
elsewhere) "manually" via e.g. printf() or g_log() or similar functions.
Only sr_err()/sr_warn()/sr_info()/sr_dbg()/sr_spew() should be used.
- Consistently use the same naming convention for #include guards in headers:
<PROJECTNAME>_<PATH_TO_FILE>_<FILE>
This ensures that all #include guards are always unique and consistent.
- Examples: LIBSIGROK_LIBSIGROK_H, LIBSIGROK_HARDWARE_ASIX_SIGMA_ASIX_SIGMA_H
+ Example: LIBSIGROK_HARDWARE_MIC_985XX_PROTOCOL_H
- Consistently use the same naming convention for API functions:
<libprefix>_<groupname>_<action>().
should end with "_all", e.g. "_remove_all", "_get_all", and so on.
Use "_remove_all" in favor of "_clear" for consistency.
+ - All enums should generally use an explicit start number of 10000.
+ If there are multiple "categories" in the enum entries, each category
+ should be 10000 entries apart from the next one. The start of categories
+ are thus 10000, 20000, 30000, and so on.
+
+ Adding items to an enum MUST always append to a "category", never add
+ items in the middle of a category. The order of items MUST NOT be changed.
+ Any of the above would break the ABI.
+
+ The enum item 0 is special and is used as terminator in some lists, thus
+ enums should not use this for "valid" entries (and start at 10000 instead).
+
+
+Doxygen
+-------
+
- In Doxygen comments, put an empty line between the block of @param lines
and the final @return line. The @param lines themselves (if there is more
than one) are not separated by empty lines.
+ - Mark private functions (SR_PRIV) with /** @private */, so that Doxygen
+ doesn't include them in the output. Functions that are "static" anyway
+ don't need to be marked like this.
+
+ - Mark private variables/#defines with /** @cond PRIVATE */ and
+ /** @endcond */, so that Doxygen doesn't include them in the output.
+ Variables that are "static" don't need to be marked like this.
+
+ - Mark all public API functions (SR_API) with a @since tag which indicates
+ in which release the respective function was added (e.g. "@since 0.1.0").
+
+ If the function has existed before, but its API changed later, the @since
+ tag should mention only the release when the API last changed.
+
+ Example: The sr_foo() call was added in 0.1.0, but the API changed in
+ the later 0.2.0 release. The docs should read "@since 0.2.0" in that case.
+
+ Non-public functions (static ones, and those marked SR_PRIV) don't need
+ to have @since markers.
+
+ The @since tag should be the last one, i.e. it should come after @param,
+ @return, @see, and so on.
+
+
+Testsuite
+---------
+
+You can run the libsigrok testsuite using:
+
+ $ make check
+
Release engineering
-------------------
projects / libsigrok.git / blobdiff