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author | Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> | 2018-01-18 12:43:43 +0300 |
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committer | Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> | 2018-01-18 12:43:43 +0300 |
commit | adbf02998b2e21e3f055f72fe2daa86260f03637 (patch) | |
tree | e9a6b8bd543acf3ab7ad68eecb488f2ed6bd424e /Documentation | |
parent | 40a3c9db08ad59062c6ca525fca32ca97edcf99e (diff) | |
download | linux-adbf02998b2e21e3f055f72fe2daa86260f03637.tar.xz |
gpio: Documentation update
Update a slew of documentation files with the latest changes in the
API/ABI. Again stress that sysfs is deprecated. Add all new flags and
clean up and move some text.
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gpio/board.txt | 14 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt | 105 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gpio/driver.txt | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gpio/sysfs.txt | 11 |
4 files changed, 88 insertions, 46 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gpio/board.txt b/Documentation/gpio/board.txt index a0f61898d493..b1d106167baa 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpio/board.txt +++ b/Documentation/gpio/board.txt @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ GPIO Mappings ============= This document explains how GPIOs can be assigned to given devices and functions. + Note that it only applies to the new descriptor-based interface. For a description of the deprecated integer-based GPIO interface please refer to gpio-legacy.txt (actually, there is no real mapping possible with the old @@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ This property will make GPIOs 15, 16 and 17 available to the driver under the power = gpiod_get(dev, "power", GPIOD_OUT_HIGH); -The led GPIOs will be active-high, while the power GPIO will be active-low (i.e. +The led GPIOs will be active high, while the power GPIO will be active low (i.e. gpiod_is_active_low(power) will be true). The second parameter of the gpiod_get() functions, the con_id string, has to be @@ -122,9 +123,14 @@ where can be NULL, in which case it will match any function. - idx is the index of the GPIO within the function. - flags is defined to specify the following properties: - * GPIOF_ACTIVE_LOW - to configure the GPIO as active-low - * GPIOF_OPEN_DRAIN - GPIO pin is open drain type. - * GPIOF_OPEN_SOURCE - GPIO pin is open source type. + * GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH - GPIO line is active high + * GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW - GPIO line is active low + * GPIO_OPEN_DRAIN - GPIO line ise set up as open drain + * GPIO_OPEN_SOURCE - GPIO line is set up as open source + * GPIO_PERSISTENT - GPIO line is persistent during + suspend/resume and maintains its value + * GPIO_TRANSITORY - GPIO line is transitory and may loose its + electrical state during suspend/resume In the future, these flags might be extended to support more properties. diff --git a/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt b/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt index 7aac33081510..d53e5b5cfc9c 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt +++ b/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt @@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ for the GPIO. Values can be: * GPIOD_IN to initialize the GPIO as input. * GPIOD_OUT_LOW to initialize the GPIO as output with a value of 0. * GPIOD_OUT_HIGH to initialize the GPIO as output with a value of 1. +* GPIOD_OUT_LOW_OPEN_DRAIN same as GPIOD_OUT_LOW but also enforce the line + to be electrically used with open drain. +* GPIOD_OUT_HIGH_OPEN_DRAIN same as GPIOD_OUT_HIGH but also enforce the line + to be electrically used with open drain. + +The two last flags are used for use cases where open drain is mandatory, such +as I2C: if the line is not already configured as open drain in the mappings +(see board.txt), then open drain will be enforced anyway and a warning will be +printed that the board configuration needs to be updated to match the use case. Both functions return either a valid GPIO descriptor, or an error code checkable with IS_ERR() (they will never return a NULL pointer). -ENOENT will be returned @@ -240,59 +249,71 @@ that can't be accessed from hardIRQ handlers, these calls act the same as the spinlock-safe calls. -Active-low State and Raw GPIO Values ------------------------------------- -Device drivers like to manage the logical state of a GPIO, i.e. the value their -device will actually receive, no matter what lies between it and the GPIO line. -In some cases, it might make sense to control the actual GPIO line value. The -following set of calls ignore the active-low property of a GPIO and work on the -raw line value: - - int gpiod_get_raw_value(const struct gpio_desc *desc) - void gpiod_set_raw_value(struct gpio_desc *desc, int value) - int gpiod_get_raw_value_cansleep(const struct gpio_desc *desc) - void gpiod_set_raw_value_cansleep(struct gpio_desc *desc, int value) - int gpiod_direction_output_raw(struct gpio_desc *desc, int value) - -The active-low state of a GPIO can also be queried using the following call: - - int gpiod_is_active_low(const struct gpio_desc *desc) - -Note that these functions should only be used with great moderation ; a driver -should not have to care about the physical line level. - - -The active-low property ------------------------ - -As a driver should not have to care about the physical line level, all of the +The active low and open drain semantics +--------------------------------------- +As a consumer should not have to care about the physical line level, all of the gpiod_set_value_xxx() or gpiod_set_array_value_xxx() functions operate with -the *logical* value. With this they take the active-low property into account. -This means that they check whether the GPIO is configured to be active-low, +the *logical* value. With this they take the active low property into account. +This means that they check whether the GPIO is configured to be active low, and if so, they manipulate the passed value before the physical line level is driven. +The same is applicable for open drain or open source output lines: those do not +actively drive their output high (open drain) or low (open source), they just +switch their output to a high impedance value. The consumer should not need to +care. (For details read about open drain in driver.txt.) + With this, all the gpiod_set_(array)_value_xxx() functions interpret the -parameter "value" as "active" ("1") or "inactive" ("0"). The physical line +parameter "value" as "asserted" ("1") or "de-asserted" ("0"). The physical line level will be driven accordingly. -As an example, if the active-low property for a dedicated GPIO is set, and the -gpiod_set_(array)_value_xxx() passes "active" ("1"), the physical line level +As an example, if the active low property for a dedicated GPIO is set, and the +gpiod_set_(array)_value_xxx() passes "asserted" ("1"), the physical line level will be driven low. To summarize: -Function (example) active-low property physical line -gpiod_set_raw_value(desc, 0); don't care low -gpiod_set_raw_value(desc, 1); don't care high -gpiod_set_value(desc, 0); default (active-high) low -gpiod_set_value(desc, 1); default (active-high) high -gpiod_set_value(desc, 0); active-low high -gpiod_set_value(desc, 1); active-low low - -Please note again that the set_raw/get_raw functions should be avoided as much -as possible, especially by drivers which should not care about the actual -physical line level and worry about the logical value instead. +Function (example) line property physical line +gpiod_set_raw_value(desc, 0); don't care low +gpiod_set_raw_value(desc, 1); don't care high +gpiod_set_value(desc, 0); default (active high) low +gpiod_set_value(desc, 1); default (active high) high +gpiod_set_value(desc, 0); active low high +gpiod_set_value(desc, 1); active low low +gpiod_set_value(desc, 0); default (active high) low +gpiod_set_value(desc, 1); default (active high) high +gpiod_set_value(desc, 0); open drain low +gpiod_set_value(desc, 1); open drain high impedance +gpiod_set_value(desc, 0); open source high impedance +gpiod_set_value(desc, 1); open source high + +It is possible to override these semantics using the *set_raw/'get_raw functions +but it should be avoided as much as possible, especially by system-agnostic drivers +which should not need to care about the actual physical line level and worry about +the logical value instead. + + +Accessing raw GPIO values +------------------------- +Consumers exist that need to manage the logical state of a GPIO line, i.e. the value +their device will actually receive, no matter what lies between it and the GPIO +line. + +The following set of calls ignore the active-low or open drain property of a GPIO and +work on the raw line value: + + int gpiod_get_raw_value(const struct gpio_desc *desc) + void gpiod_set_raw_value(struct gpio_desc *desc, int value) + int gpiod_get_raw_value_cansleep(const struct gpio_desc *desc) + void gpiod_set_raw_value_cansleep(struct gpio_desc *desc, int value) + int gpiod_direction_output_raw(struct gpio_desc *desc, int value) + +The active low state of a GPIO can also be queried using the following call: + + int gpiod_is_active_low(const struct gpio_desc *desc) + +Note that these functions should only be used with great moderation; a driver +should not have to care about the physical line level or open drain semantics. Access multiple GPIOs with a single function call diff --git a/Documentation/gpio/driver.txt b/Documentation/gpio/driver.txt index d8de1c7de85a..3392a0fd4c23 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpio/driver.txt +++ b/Documentation/gpio/driver.txt @@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ ending up in the pin control back-end "behind" the GPIO controller, usually closer to the actual pins. This way the pin controller can manage the below listed GPIO configurations. +If a pin controller back-end is used, the GPIO controller or hardware +description needs to provide "GPIO ranges" mapping the GPIO line offsets to pin +numbers on the pin controller so they can properly cross-reference each other. + GPIOs with debounce support --------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/gpio/sysfs.txt b/Documentation/gpio/sysfs.txt index aeab01aa4d00..6cdeab8650cd 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpio/sysfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/gpio/sysfs.txt @@ -1,6 +1,17 @@ GPIO Sysfs Interface for Userspace ================================== +THIS ABI IS DEPRECATED, THE ABI DOCUMENTATION HAS BEEN MOVED TO +Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-gpio AND NEW USERSPACE CONSUMERS +ARE SUPPOSED TO USE THE CHARACTER DEVICE ABI. THIS OLD SYSFS ABI WILL +NOT BE DEVELOPED (NO NEW FEATURES), IT WILL JUST BE MAINTAINED. + +Refer to the examples in tools/gpio/* for an introduction to the new +character device ABI. Also see the userspace header in +include/uapi/linux/gpio.h + +The deprecated sysfs ABI +------------------------ Platforms which use the "gpiolib" implementors framework may choose to configure a sysfs user interface to GPIOs. This is different from the debugfs interface, since it provides control over GPIO direction and |