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| author | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2016-06-10 05:30:17 -0300 |
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| committer | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2016-06-10 05:30:17 -0300 |
| commit | d635711daa98be86d4c7fd01499c34f566b54ccb (patch) | |
| tree | aa5cc3760a27c3d57146498cb82fa549547de06c /Documentation/ABI/testing/gpio-cdev | |
| parent | c91265cd0efb83778f015b4d4b1129bd2cfd075e (diff) | |
Linux-libre 4.6.2-gnu
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/ABI/testing/gpio-cdev')
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1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/gpio-cdev b/Documentation/ABI/testing/gpio-cdev new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7b265fbb4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/gpio-cdev @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +What: /dev/gpiochip[0-9]+ +Date: November 2015 +KernelVersion: 4.4 +Contact: linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org +Description: + The character device files /dev/gpiochip* are the interface + between GPIO chips and userspace. + + The ioctl(2)-based ABI is defined and documented in + [include/uapi]<linux/gpio.h>. + + The following file operations are supported: + + open(2) + Currently the only useful flags are O_RDWR. + + ioctl(2) + Initiate various actions. + See the inline documentation in [include/uapi]<linux/gpio.h> + for descriptions of all ioctls. + + close(2) + Stops and free up the I/O contexts that was associated + with the file descriptor. + +Users: TBD |