docs: add no-copy user API description

Add short description of the no-copy user interface.
Add some sub-chapters to increase the readability.

Signed-off-by: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@foss.st.com>
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Arnaud Pouliquen
2022-10-18 10:31:19 +02:00
committed by Arnaud Pouliquen
parent 4e1fa03814
commit 753a20368b
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@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ running on two processors.
```
struct rpmsg_device *rpmsg_virtio_get_rpmsg_device(struct rpmsg_virtio_device *rvdev)
```
### RPMsg virtio endpoint APIs
* Create RPMsg endpoint:
```
int rpmsg_create_ept(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept,
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ running on two processors.
```
int is_rpmsg_ept_ready(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept)
```
### RPMsg messaging APIs
* Send message with RPMsg endpoint default binding:
```
int rpmsg_send(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, const void *data, int len)
@@ -88,6 +90,43 @@ running on two processors.
const void *data, int len)`
```
* Hold the rx buffer for usage outside the receive callback:
```
void rpmsg_hold_rx_buffer(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, void *rxbuf)
```
* Release the rx buffer held thanks to the rpmsg_hold_rx_buffer() function:
```
void rpmsg_release_rx_buffer(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, void *rxbuf)
```
* Gets the tx buffer for message payload.
```
void *rpmsg_get_tx_payload_buffer(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept,
uint32_t *len, int wait)
```
* Using a buffer obtained by calling the rpmsg_get_tx_payload_buffer() function,
Send a message with the RPMsg endpoint default binding:
```
int rpmsg_send_nocopy(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept,
const void *data, int len)
```
* Using a buffer obtained by calling the rpmsg_get_tx_payload_buffer() function,
send a message with RPMsg endpoint, specifying the destination address:
```
int rpmsg_sendto_nocopy(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept,
const void *data, int len, uint32_t dst)
```
* Using a buffer obtained by calling the rpmsg_get_tx_payload_buffer() function,
send a message with RPMsg endpoint using explicit source and destination addresses:
```
int rpmsg_send_offchannel_nocopy(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, uint32_t src,
uint32_t dst, const void *data, int len)
```
* Releases unused Tx buffer reserved by rpmsg_get_tx_payload_buffer() function:
```
int rpmsg_release_tx_buffer(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, void *txbuf)