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io_port

Header: io_port.h
From: 20.39.0

A set of templates for building interface classes to memory mapped hardware ports. They avoid the need to directly map carefully packed (and possibly non-portable) structures onto memory addresses.

A read from a write-only, or write to a read-only port will result in a compile time error.

Defines classes for the following IO types
Read / Write.
Read only.
Write only.
Write only with shadow register.

With a shadow register the value written is stored locally and may be read back.

The port may either have an address fixed at compile time or set at runtime. The compile time versions require no extra overhead compared to a plain memory mapped structure.

Ports may be sent as parameters to algorithms that expect iterators, except the runtime address version of io_port_wos, which must use the built-in iterator if the shadow value is to be correctly updated for writes.

All classes define the following typedefs.

Type name Maps to
value_type T
pointer volatile T*
const_pointer volatile const T*
reference volatile T&
const_reference volatile const T&

Read/write port

io_port_rw<typename T, uintptr_t Address>

Description
Compile time port address.


Types
iterator
const_iterator


operator T() const

Description
Read the value.
Conversion operator to T.


iterator iter()

Description
Get an iterator to this port.


const_iterator iter() const
const_iterator citer() const

Description
Get a const_iterator to this port.


T read() const

Description
Read the value.


void write(T value)

Description
Write the value.


io_port_rw& operator =(T value)

Description
Write the value.


pointer get_address()
const_pointer get_address() const

Description
Gets the address of the port.


io_port_rw& operator |=(value_type value)

Description
Or-Equals operator.


io_port_rw& operator &=(value_type value)

Description
And-Equals operator.


io_port_rw& operator ^=(value_type value)

Description Exclusive-Or-Equals operator.


io_port_rw& operator <<=(int shift)

Description
Left-Shift-Equals operator.


io_port_rw& operator >>=(int shift)

Description
Right-Shift-Equals operator.


value_type operator ~() const

Description
Not operator.

Read only port

io_port_ro<typename T, uintptr_t Address>

Types

const_iterator

operator T() const

Description
Read the value. Conversion operator to T.


const_iterator iter() const
const_iterator citer() const

Description Get a const_iterator to this port.


T read() const

Description
Read the value.


const_pointer get_address() const

Description
Gets the address of the port.

Write only port

io_port_wo<typename T, uintptr_t Address>

Types
iterator


iterator iter()

Description
Get an iterator to this port.


void write(T value)

Description
Write the value.


io_port_wo& operator =(T value)

Description
Write the value.


pointer get_address()

Description
Gets the address of the port.

Write only port, with shadow register

io_port_wos<typename T, uintptr_t Address>

Types

iterator
const_iterator

operator T() const

Description
Read the value. Conversion operator to T.


iterator iter()

Description Get an iterator to this port.


const_iterator iter() const
const_iterator citer() const

Description
Get a const_iterator to this port.


T read() const

Description
Read the value.


void write(T value)

Description
Write the value.


io_port_rw& operator =(T value)

Description Write the value.


pointer get_address()
const_pointer get_address() const

Description
Gets the address of the port.


io_port_rw& operator |=(value_type value)

Description
Or-Equals operator.


io_port_rw& operator &=(value_type value)

Description
And-Equals operator.


io_port_rw& operator ^=(value_type value)

Description
Exclusive-Or-Equals operator.


io_port_rw& operator <<=(int shift)

Description
Left-Shift-Equals operator.


io_port_rw& operator >>=(int shift)

Description
Right-Shift-Equals operator.


value_type operator ~() const

description
Not operator.

Example serial port

The example uses a port at a compile time address.

Variable Description
rxdata An 8 bit read only port
txdata An 8 bit write only port
control A 16 bit write only port, with shadow register
status A 16 bit read only port. It shares an address with control
option An 8 bit read/write port
template <uintptr_t Address>
struct serial_port
{
  etl::io_port_ro<char,      Address>     rxdata;  // Read only rx data register.
  etl::io_port_wo<char,      Address + 1> txdata;  // Write only tx register.
  etl::io_port_wos<uint16_t, Address + 2> control; // Write only, with shadow, control register.
  etl::io_port_ro<uint16_t,  Address + 2> status;  // Read only status register.
  etl::io_port_ro<char,      Address>     option;  // Read/Write register.
};

serial_port<0x800> port; // A serial port at address 0x800

// Read Rx data
char data   = port.rxdata;

// Write Tx data
port.txdata = 'A';

// Compile error! txdata is write only.
data = port.txdata;

// Write to the control register and read back what we wrote.
port.control = 0x1234;
uint16_t control = port.control;

// Flip bit 3 of the control register.
port.control ^= 0x0080;

// Read from the status register.
uint16_t status = port.status;

// Copy data from a buffer to the Tx data port.
std::copy(txBuffer.begin(), txBuffer.end(), serial_port.txdata.iter());

// Copy data from the Rx data port to a buffer.
std::copy_n(serial_port.rxdata, serial_port.status, std::back_inserter(rxBuffer));