The Inter-Integrated Circuit \(I2C\) bus is a simple and bidirectional two-wire synchronous serial bus developed by Philips. In the Hardware Driver Foundation (HDF) framework, the I2C module uses the unified service mode for API adaptation. In this mode, a device service is used as the I2C manager to handle external access requests in a unified manner, which is reflected in the configuration file. The unified service mode applies to the scenario where there are many device objects of the same type, for example, when the I2C module has more than 10 controllers. If the independent service mode is used, more device nodes need to be configured and memory resources will be consumed by services.
**Figure 1** Unified service mode<aname="fig17640124912440"></a>
In the Hardware Driver Foundation \(HDF\) framework, the Pulse Width Modulator \(PWM\) uses the independent service mode for API adaptation. In this mode, each device independently publishes a device service to handle external access requests. After receiving an access request from an API, the device manager extracts the parameters in the request to call the internal method of the target device. In the independent service mode, the service management capabilities of the HDF Device Manager can be directly used. However, you need to configure a device node for each device, which increases the memory usage.
**Figure 1** Independent service mode<aname="fig983655084219"></a>
In the Hardware Driver Foundation \(HDF\) framework, the real-time clock \(RTC\) uses the independent service mode for API adaptation. In this mode, each device independently publishes a device service to handle external access requests. After receiving an access request from an API, the device manager extracts the parameters in the request to call the internal method of the target device. In the independent service mode, the service management capabilities of the HDFDeviceManager can be directly used. However, you need to configure a device node for each device, which increases the memory usage.
**Figure 1** Independent service mode<aname="fig6742142611299"></a>
A Secure Digital Input Output \(SDIO\) card is an extension of the SD specification to cover I/O functions. SD and SDIO are called multimedia card \(MMCs\). In the Hardware Driver Foundation \(HDF\) framework, the SDIO module uses the independent service mode for API adaptation. In this mode, each device independently publishes a device service to handle external access requests. After receiving an access request from an API, the device manager extracts the parameters in the request to call the internal method of the target device. In the independent service mode, the service management capabilities of the HDFDeviceManager can be directly used. However, you need to configure a device node for each device, which increases the memory usage.
**Figure 1** Independent service mode<aname="fig124181331222"></a>
In the Hardware Driver Foundation \(HDF\) framework, the Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter \(UART\) uses the independent service mode for API adaptation. In this mode, each device independently publishes a device service to handle external access requests. After receiving an access request from an API, the device manager extracts the parameters in the request to call the internal method of the target device. In the independent service mode, the service management capabilities of the HDF Device Manager can be directly used. However, you need to configure a device node for each device, which increases the memory usage.
**Figure 1** Independent service mode<aname="fig1474518243468"></a>
In the Hardware Driver Foundation \(HDF\) framework, the Watchdog \(also called Watchdog timer\) module uses the independent service mode for API adaptation. In this mode, each device independently publishes a device service to handle external access requests. After receiving an access request from an API, the device manager extracts the parameters in the request to call the internal method of the target device. In the independent service mode, the service management capabilities of the HDF Device Manager can be directly used. However, you need to configure a device node for each device, which increases the memory usage.
**Figure 1** Independent service mode<aname="fig61584136211"></a>
