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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt index 82d40e250..069cdf6f9 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt @@ -54,9 +54,13 @@ only uses one. gpio-specifier may encode: bank, pin position inside the bank, whether pin is open-drain and whether pin is logically inverted. + Exact meaning of each specifier cell is controller specific, and must -be documented in the device tree binding for the device. Use the macros -defined in include/dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h whenever possible: +be documented in the device tree binding for the device. + +Most controllers are however specifying a generic flag bitfield +in the last cell, so for these, use the macros defined in +include/dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h whenever possible: Example of a node using GPIOs: @@ -67,6 +71,15 @@ Example of a node using GPIOs: GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH is 0, so in this example gpio-specifier is "18 0" and encodes GPIO pin number, and GPIO flags as accepted by the "qe_pio_e" gpio-controller. +Optional standard bitfield specifiers for the last cell: + +- Bit 0: 0 means active high, 1 means active low +- Bit 1: 1 means single-ended wiring, see: + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-ended_triode + When used with active-low, this means open drain/collector, see: + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_collector + When used with active-high, this means open source/emitter + 1.1) GPIO specifier best practices ---------------------------------- @@ -118,6 +131,30 @@ Every GPIO controller node must contain both an empty "gpio-controller" property, and a #gpio-cells integer property, which indicates the number of cells in a gpio-specifier. +Optionally, a GPIO controller may have a "ngpios" property. This property +indicates the number of in-use slots of available slots for GPIOs. The +typical example is something like this: the hardware register is 32 bits +wide, but only 18 of the bits have a physical counterpart. The driver is +generally written so that all 32 bits can be used, but the IP block is reused +in a lot of designs, some using all 32 bits, some using 18 and some using +12. In this case, setting "ngpios = <18>;" informs the driver that only the +first 18 GPIOs, at local offset 0 .. 17, are in use. + +If these GPIOs do not happen to be the first N GPIOs at offset 0...N-1, an +additional bitmask is needed to specify which GPIOs are actually in use, +and which are dummies. The bindings for this case has not yet been +specified, but should be specified if/when such hardware appears. + +Example: + +gpio-controller@00000000 { + compatible = "foo"; + reg = <0x00000000 0x1000>; + gpio-controller; + #gpio-cells = <2>; + ngpios = <18>; +} + The GPIO chip may contain GPIO hog definitions. GPIO hogging is a mechanism providing automatic GPIO request and configuration as part of the gpio-controller's driver probe function. |