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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt')
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1 files changed, 61 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt b/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt index d85fbae451ea..c21c1313f09e 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt +++ b/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt @@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ pattern where a GPIO is optional, the gpiod_get_optional() and gpiod_get_index_optional() functions can be used. These functions return NULL instead of -ENOENT if no GPIO has been assigned to the requested function: - struct gpio_desc *gpiod_get_optional(struct device *dev, const char *con_id, enum gpiod_flags flags) @@ -68,6 +67,27 @@ instead of -ENOENT if no GPIO has been assigned to the requested function: unsigned int index, enum gpiod_flags flags) +For a function using multiple GPIOs all of those can be obtained with one call: + + struct gpio_descs *gpiod_get_array(struct device *dev, + const char *con_id, + enum gpiod_flags flags) + +This function returns a struct gpio_descs which contains an array of +descriptors: + + struct gpio_descs { + unsigned int ndescs; + struct gpio_desc *desc[]; + } + +The following function returns NULL instead of -ENOENT if no GPIOs have been +assigned to the requested function: + + struct gpio_descs *gpiod_get_array_optional(struct device *dev, + const char *con_id, + enum gpiod_flags flags) + Device-managed variants of these functions are also defined: struct gpio_desc *devm_gpiod_get(struct device *dev, const char *con_id, @@ -82,20 +102,37 @@ Device-managed variants of these functions are also defined: const char *con_id, enum gpiod_flags flags) - struct gpio_desc * devm_gpiod_get_index_optional(struct device *dev, + struct gpio_desc *devm_gpiod_get_index_optional(struct device *dev, const char *con_id, unsigned int index, enum gpiod_flags flags) + struct gpio_descs *devm_gpiod_get_array(struct device *dev, + const char *con_id, + enum gpiod_flags flags) + + struct gpio_descs *devm_gpiod_get_array_optional(struct device *dev, + const char *con_id, + enum gpiod_flags flags) + A GPIO descriptor can be disposed of using the gpiod_put() function: void gpiod_put(struct gpio_desc *desc) -It is strictly forbidden to use a descriptor after calling this function. The -device-managed variant is, unsurprisingly: +For an array of GPIOs this function can be used: + + void gpiod_put_array(struct gpio_descs *descs) + +It is strictly forbidden to use a descriptor after calling these functions. +It is also not allowed to individually release descriptors (using gpiod_put()) +from an array acquired with gpiod_get_array(). + +The device-managed variants are, unsurprisingly: void devm_gpiod_put(struct device *dev, struct gpio_desc *desc) + void devm_gpiod_put_array(struct device *dev, struct gpio_descs *descs) + Using GPIOs =========== @@ -222,6 +259,26 @@ GPIOs belonging to the same bank or chip simultaneously if supported by the corresponding chip driver. In that case a significantly improved performance can be expected. If simultaneous setting is not possible the GPIOs will be set sequentially. + +The gpiod_set_array() functions take three arguments: + * array_size - the number of array elements + * desc_array - an array of GPIO descriptors + * value_array - an array of values to assign to the GPIOs + +The descriptor array can be obtained using the gpiod_get_array() function +or one of its variants. If the group of descriptors returned by that function +matches the desired group of GPIOs, those GPIOs can be set by simply using +the struct gpio_descs returned by gpiod_get_array(): + + struct gpio_descs *my_gpio_descs = gpiod_get_array(...); + gpiod_set_array(my_gpio_descs->ndescs, my_gpio_descs->desc, + my_gpio_values); + +It is also possible to set a completely arbitrary array of descriptors. The +descriptors may be obtained using any combination of gpiod_get() and +gpiod_get_array(). Afterwards the array of descriptors has to be setup +manually before it can be used with gpiod_set_array(). + Note that for optimal performance GPIOs belonging to the same chip should be contiguous within the array of descriptors. |