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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/gpio')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gpio/board.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gpio/sysfs.txt | 6 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gpio/board.txt b/Documentation/gpio/board.txt index f59c43b6411b..3092178628c4 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpio/board.txt +++ b/Documentation/gpio/board.txt @@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ exact way to do it depends on the GPIO controller providing the GPIOs, see the device tree bindings for your controller. GPIOs mappings are defined in the consumer device's node, in a property named -either <function>-gpios or <function>-gpio, where <function> is the function -the driver will request through gpiod_get(). For example: +<function>-gpios, where <function> is the function the driver will request +through gpiod_get(). For example: foo_device { compatible = "acme,foo"; @@ -31,9 +31,13 @@ the driver will request through gpiod_get(). For example: <&gpio 16 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>, /* green */ <&gpio 17 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>; /* blue */ - power-gpio = <&gpio 1 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>; + power-gpios = <&gpio 1 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>; }; +Properties named <function>-gpio are also considered valid and old bindings use +it but are only supported for compatibility reasons and should not be used for +newer bindings since it has been deprecated. + This property will make GPIOs 15, 16 and 17 available to the driver under the "led" function, and GPIO 1 as the "power" GPIO: diff --git a/Documentation/gpio/sysfs.txt b/Documentation/gpio/sysfs.txt index 0700b55637f5..aeab01aa4d00 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpio/sysfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/gpio/sysfs.txt @@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ userspace GPIO can be used to determine system configuration data that standard kernels won't know about. And for some tasks, simple userspace GPIO drivers could be all that the system really needs. -DO NOT ABUSE SYFS TO CONTROL HARDWARE THAT HAS PROPER KERNEL DRIVERS. +DO NOT ABUSE SYSFS TO CONTROL HARDWARE THAT HAS PROPER KERNEL DRIVERS. PLEASE READ THE DOCUMENT NAMED "drivers-on-gpio.txt" IN THIS DOCUMENTATION DIRECTORY TO AVOID REINVENTING KERNEL WHEELS IN USERSPACE. I MEAN IT. REALLY. Paths in Sysfs -------------- -There are three kinds of entry in /sys/class/gpio: +There are three kinds of entries in /sys/class/gpio: - Control interfaces used to get userspace control over GPIOs; @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ read-only attributes: "label" ... provided for diagnostics (not always unique) - "ngpio" ... how many GPIOs this manges (N to N + ngpio - 1) + "ngpio" ... how many GPIOs this manages (N to N + ngpio - 1) Board documentation should in most cases cover what GPIOs are used for what purposes. However, those numbers are not always stable; GPIOs on |