kernel/linux.git/include/linux/gpio.h, branch linux-2.6.28.y

gpio_free might sleep, generic part

2008-10-16T18:21:40+00:00

According to the documentation gpio_free should only be called from task context only. To make this more explicit add a might sleep to all implementations. This is the generic part which changes gpiolib and the fallback implementation only. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König Cc: David Brownell Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

gpio: sysfs interface

2008-07-25T17:53:30+00:00

This adds a simple sysfs interface for GPIOs. /sys/class/gpio /export ... asks the kernel to export a GPIO to userspace /unexport ... to return a GPIO to the kernel /gpioN ... for each exported GPIO #N /value ... always readable, writes fail for input GPIOs /direction ... r/w as: in, out (default low); write high, low /gpiochipN ... for each gpiochip; #N is its first GPIO /base ... (r/o) same as N /label ... (r/o) descriptive, not necessarily unique /ngpio ... (r/o) number of GPIOs; numbered N .. N+(ngpio - 1) GPIOs claimed by kernel code may be exported by its owner using a new gpio_export() call, which should be most useful for driver debugging. Such exports may optionally be done without a "direction" attribute. Userspace may ask to take over a GPIO by writing to a sysfs control file, helping to cope with incomplete board support or other "one-off" requirements that don't merit full kernel support: echo 23 > /sys/class/gpio/export ... will gpio_request(23, "sysfs") and gpio_export(23); use /sys/class/gpio/gpio-23/direction to (re)configure it, when that GPIO can be used as both input and output. echo 23 > /sys/class/gpio/unexport ... will gpio_free(23), when it was exported as above The extra D-space footprint is a few hundred bytes, except for the sysfs resources associated with each exported GPIO. The additional I-space footprint is about two thirds of the current size of gpiolib (!). Since no /dev node creation is involved, no "udev" support is needed. Related changes: * This adds a device pointer to "struct gpio_chip". When GPIO providers initialize that, sysfs gpio class devices become children of that device instead of being "virtual" devices. * The (few) gpio_chip providers which have such a device node have been updated. * Some gpio_chip drivers also needed to update their module "owner" field ... for which missing kerneldoc was added. * Some gpio_chips don't support input GPIOs. Those GPIOs are now flagged appropriately when the chip is registered. Based on previous patches, and discussion both on and off LKML. A Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-gpio update is ready to submit once this merges to mainline. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: a few maintenance build fixes] Signed-off-by: David Brownell Cc: Guennadi Liakhovetski Cc: Greg KH Cc: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

gpio: build fixes

2008-05-24T16:56:13+00:00

This fixes various gpio-related build errors (mostly potential) reported in part by Russell King and Uwe Kleine-König. Signed-off-by: David Brownell Cc: Uwe Kleine-König Cc: Russell King Cc: Arnaud Patard Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

gpio: and "no GPIO support here" stubs

2008-03-05T00:35:10+00:00

Add a defining fail/warn stubs for GPIO calls on platforms that don't support the GPIO programming interface. That includes the arch-specific implementation glue otherwise. This facilitates a new model for GPIO usage: drivers that can use GPIOs if they're available, but don't require them. One example of such a driver is NAND driver for various FreeScale chips. On platforms update with GPIO support, they can be used instead of a worst-case delay to verify that the BUSY signal is off. (Also includes a couple minor unrelated doc updates.) Signed-off-by: David Brownell Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds