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diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/gpio-handle-set-config-ioctl.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/gpio-handle-set-config-ioctl.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8f1e748dccc8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/gpio-handle-set-config-ioctl.rst @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +.. _GPIOHANDLE_SET_CONFIG_IOCTL: + +*************************** +GPIOHANDLE_SET_CONFIG_IOCTL +*************************** + +.. warning:: + This ioctl is part of chardev_v1.rst and is obsoleted by + gpio-v2-line-set-config-ioctl.rst. + +Name +==== + +GPIOHANDLE_SET_CONFIG_IOCTL - Update the configuration of previously requested lines. + +Synopsis +======== + +.. c:macro:: GPIOHANDLE_SET_CONFIG_IOCTL + +``int ioctl(int handle_fd, GPIOHANDLE_SET_CONFIG_IOCTL, struct gpiohandle_config *config)`` + +Arguments +========= + +``handle_fd`` + The file descriptor of the GPIO character device, as returned in the + :c:type:`request.fd<gpiohandle_request>` by gpio-get-linehandle-ioctl.rst. + +``config`` + The new :c:type:`configuration<gpiohandle_config>` to apply to the + requested lines. + +Description +=========== + +Update the configuration of previously requested lines, without releasing the +line or introducing potential glitches. + +The configuration applies to all requested lines. + +The same :ref:`gpio-get-linehandle-config-rules` that apply when requesting the +lines also apply when updating the line configuration. + +The motivating use case for this command is changing direction of +bi-directional lines between input and output, but it may be used more +generally move lines seamlessly from one configuration state to another. + +To only change the value of output lines, use +gpio-handle-set-line-values-ioctl.rst. + +First added in 5.5. + +Return Value +============ + +On success 0. + +On error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set appropriately. +Common error codes are described in error-codes.rst. |