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| -rw-r--r-- | host/docs/usrp1.rst | 35 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | host/include/uhd/usrp/subdev_spec.hpp | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | host/lib/usrp/misc_utils.cpp | 13 |
3 files changed, 46 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/host/docs/usrp1.rst b/host/docs/usrp1.rst index ebc33cbfa..c960b928b 100644 --- a/host/docs/usrp1.rst +++ b/host/docs/usrp1.rst @@ -22,6 +22,41 @@ Change the USRP1's serial number TODO ------------------------------------------------------------------------ +Specifying the subdevice to use +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +The USRP1 has multiple daughterboard slots, known as slot A and slot B. +The subdevice specification can be used to select +the daughterboard and subdevice for each channel. +For daughterboards with one one subdevice, +the subdevice name may be left blank for automatic selection. + +Ex: The subdev spec markup string to select a WBX on slot B. +Notice the use of the blank subdevice name for automatic selection. + +:: + + B: + + -- OR -- + + B:0 + +Ex: The subdev spec markup string to select a BasicRX on slot B. +Notice that the subdevice name is always specified in the 3 possible cases. + +:: + + B:AB + + -- OR -- + + B:A + + -- OR -- + + B:B + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ OS Specific Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ diff --git a/host/include/uhd/usrp/subdev_spec.hpp b/host/include/uhd/usrp/subdev_spec.hpp index 56aa0df20..2f32509b9 100644 --- a/host/include/uhd/usrp/subdev_spec.hpp +++ b/host/include/uhd/usrp/subdev_spec.hpp @@ -56,17 +56,8 @@ namespace uhd{ namespace usrp{ * * The subdevice specification can be represented as a markup-string. * The markup-string is a whitespace separated list of dboard:subdev pairs. - * The "dboard:" part is optional on boards with only one daughterboard slot. * The first pair represents the subdevice for channel zero, * the second pair represents the subdevice for channel one, and so on. - * - * Examples: - * - Use subdevice AB on daughterboard A (USRP1): "A:AB" - * - Use subdevice A on daughterboard A for channel zero and subdevice A on daughterboard B for channel one (USRP1): "A:A B:A" - * - Use subdevice AB (USRP2): "AB" or ":AB" - * - * An empty subdevice specification can be used to automatically - * select the first subdevice on the first present daughterboard. */ class UHD_API subdev_spec_t : public std::vector<subdev_spec_pair_t>{ public: diff --git a/host/lib/usrp/misc_utils.cpp b/host/lib/usrp/misc_utils.cpp index a1664d810..5cfcdc8d3 100644 --- a/host/lib/usrp/misc_utils.cpp +++ b/host/lib/usrp/misc_utils.cpp @@ -164,13 +164,22 @@ static void verify_xx_subdev_spec( //empty db name means select dboard automatically if (pair.db_name.empty()){ if (dboard_names.size() != 1) throw std::runtime_error( - "A daughterboard name must be provided for multi-slot boards: " + subdev_spec.to_string() + "A daughterboard name must be provided for multi-slot motherboards: " + subdev_spec.to_string() ); pair.db_name == dboard_names.front(); } uhd::assert_has(dboard_names, pair.db_name, xx_type + " dboard name"); wax::obj dboard = mboard[named_prop_t(dboard_prop, pair.db_name)]; - uhd::assert_has(dboard[DBOARD_PROP_SUBDEV_NAMES].as<prop_names_t>(), pair.sd_name, xx_type + " subdev name"); + prop_names_t subdev_names = dboard[DBOARD_PROP_SUBDEV_NAMES].as<prop_names_t>(); + + //empty sd name means select the subdev automatically + if (pair.sd_name.empty()){ + if (subdev_names.size() != 1) throw std::runtime_error( + "A subdevice name must be provided for multi-subdev daughterboards: " + subdev_spec.to_string() + ); + pair.sd_name == subdev_names.front(); + } + uhd::assert_has(subdev_names, pair.sd_name, xx_type + " subdev name"); } }catch(const std::exception &e){ throw std::runtime_error(str(boost::format( |