Here is some sample userspace driver code using uio_pci_generic:
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <errno.h>
int main()
{
int uiofd;
int configfd;
int err;
int i;
unsigned icount;
unsigned char command_high;
uiofd = open("/dev/uio0", O_RDONLY);
if (uiofd < 0) {
perror("uio open:");
return errno;
}
configfd = open("/sys/class/uio/uio0/device/config", O_RDWR);
if (configfd < 0) {
perror("config open:");
return errno;
}
/* Read and cache command value */
err = pread(configfd, &command_high, 1, 5);
if (err != 1) {
perror("command config read:");
return errno;
}
command_high &= ~0x4;
for(i = 0;; ++i) {
/* Print out a message, for debugging. */
if (i == 0)
fprintf(stderr, "Started uio test driver.\n");
else
fprintf(stderr, "Interrupts: %d\n", icount);
/****************************************/
/* Here we got an interrupt from the
device. Do something to it. */
/****************************************/
/* Re-enable interrupts. */
err = pwrite(configfd, &command_high, 1, 5);
if (err != 1) {
perror("config write:");
break;
}
/* Wait for next interrupt. */
err = read(uiofd, &icount, 4);
if (err != 4) {
perror("uio read:");
break;
}
}
return errno;
}