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-rw-r--r--lib/ose/doc/src/ose_erl_driver.xml9
-rw-r--r--lib/ose/doc/src/ose_signals_chapter.xml23
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ose/doc/src/ose_erl_driver.xml b/lib/ose/doc/src/ose_erl_driver.xml
index 93cbd91be7..1d89d7aeea 100644
--- a/lib/ose/doc/src/ose_erl_driver.xml
+++ b/lib/ose/doc/src/ose_erl_driver.xml
@@ -68,12 +68,13 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name><ret>ErlDrvEvent</ret><nametext>erl_drv_ose_event_alloc(SIGSELECT signo, ErlDrvOseEventId id, ErlDrvOseEventId (*resolve_signal)(union SIGNAL* sig))</nametext></name>
+ <name><ret>ErlDrvEvent</ret><nametext>erl_drv_ose_event_alloc(SIGSELECT signo, ErlDrvOseEventId id, ErlDrvOseEventId (*resolve_signal)(union SIGNAL* sig), void *extra)</nametext></name>
<desc>
<marker id="erl_drv_ose_event_alloc"></marker>
<p>Create a new <c>ErlDrvEvent</c> associated with <c>signo</c>,
<c>id</c> and uses the <c>resolve_signal</c> function to extract
- the <c>id</c> from a signal with <c>signo</c>. See
+ the <c>id</c> from a signal with <c>signo</c>. The <c>extra</c>
+ parameter can be used for additional data. See
<seealso marker="ose_signals_chapter#driver">
Signals in a Linked-in driver</seealso> in the OSE User's Guide.
</p>
@@ -89,10 +90,10 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name><ret>void</ret><nametext>erl_drv_ose_event_fetch(ErlDrvEvent drv_event, SIGSELECT *signo, int *id)</nametext></name>
+ <name><ret>void</ret><nametext>erl_drv_ose_event_fetch(ErlDrvEvent drv_event, SIGSELECT *signo, ErlDrvOseEventId *id, void **extra)</nametext></name>
<desc>
<marker id="erl_drv_ose_event_fetch"></marker>
- <p>Write the signal number and id associated with <c>drv_event</c>
+ <p>Write the signal number, id and any extra data associated with <c>drv_event</c>
into <c>*signo</c> and <c>*id</c> respectively. <c>NULL</c> can be
also passed as <c>signo</c> or <c>id</c> in order to ignore that field.
</p>
diff --git a/lib/ose/doc/src/ose_signals_chapter.xml b/lib/ose/doc/src/ose_signals_chapter.xml
index 85849e1a39..c8d98f4099 100644
--- a/lib/ose/doc/src/ose_signals_chapter.xml
+++ b/lib/ose/doc/src/ose_signals_chapter.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,12 @@
in this case the port id that we got in the
<seealso marker="erts:driver_entry#start">start</seealso> callback is
used. The third argument is a function pointer to a function that can
- be used to figure out the id from a given signal. There is a complete
+ be used to figure out the id from a given signal. The fourth argument can
+ point to any additional data you might want to associate with the event.
+ There is a complete. You can examine the data contained in the event with
+ <seealso marker="ose_erl_driver#erl_drv_ose_event_fetch">erl_drv_ose_event_fetch</seealso>
+ , eg:
+ <code>erl_drv_ose_event_fetch(event, &amp;signal, &amp;port, (void **)&amp;extra);</code>
example of what this could look like in
<seealso marker="#example">the next section</seealso>.
<note>It is very important to issue the driver_select call before
@@ -132,8 +137,12 @@ static ErlDrvSSizeT control(ErlDrvData driver_data, unsigned int cmd,
char **rbuf, ErlDrvSizeT rlen) {
ErlDrvPort port = (ErlDrvPort)driver_data;
+ /* An example of extra data to associate with the event */
+ char *extra_data = driver_alloc(80);
+ snprintf("extra_data, "Event, sig_no: 1234, and port: %d", port);
+
/* Create a new event to select on */
- ErlDrvOseEvent evt = erl_drv_ose_event_alloc(1234,port,resolver);
+ ErlDrvOseEvent evt = erl_drv_ose_event_alloc(1234,port,resolver, extra_data);
/* Make sure to do the select call _BEFORE_ the signal arrives.
The signal might get lost if the hunt call is done before the
@@ -147,11 +156,16 @@ static ErlDrvSSizeT control(ErlDrvData driver_data, unsigned int cmd,
}
static void ready_input(ErlDrvData driver_data, ErlDrvEvent evt) {
+ char *extra_data;
/* Get the first signal payload from the event */
union SIGNAL *sig = erl_drv_ose_get_signal(evt);
ErlDrvPort port = (ErlDrvPort)driver_data;
while (sig != NULL) {
if (sig->signo == 1234) {
+ /* Print out the string we added as the extra parameter */
+ erl_drv_ose_event_fetch(evt, NULL, NULL, (void **)&amp;extra_data);
+ printf("We've received: %s\n", extra_data);
+
/* If it is our signal we send a message with the sender of the signal
to the controlling erlang process */
ErlDrvTermData reply[] = { ERL_DRV_UINT, (ErlDrvUInt)sender(&amp;sig) };
@@ -172,6 +186,11 @@ static void ready_input(ErlDrvData driver_data, ErlDrvEvent evt) {
static void stop_select(ErlDrvEvent event, void *reserved)
{
+ /* Free the extra_data */
+ erl_drv_ose_event_fetch(evt, NULL, NULL, (void **)&amp;extra_data);
+ driver_free(extra_data);
+
+ /* Free the event itself */
erl_drv_ose_event_free(event);
}