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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/drivers-on-gpio.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/drivers-on-gpio.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..af632d764 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/drivers-on-gpio.rst @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@ +============================ +Subsystem drivers using GPIO +============================ + +Note that standard kernel drivers exist for common GPIO tasks and will provide +the right in-kernel and userspace APIs/ABIs for the job, and that these +drivers can quite easily interconnect with other kernel subsystems using +hardware descriptions such as device tree or ACPI: + +- leds-gpio: drivers/leds/leds-gpio.c will handle LEDs connected to GPIO + lines, giving you the LED sysfs interface + +- ledtrig-gpio: drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-gpio.c will provide a LED trigger, + i.e. a LED will turn on/off in response to a GPIO line going high or low + (and that LED may in turn use the leds-gpio as per above). + +- gpio-keys: drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c is used when your GPIO line + can generate interrupts in response to a key press. Also supports debounce. + +- gpio-keys-polled: drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys_polled.c is used when your + GPIO line cannot generate interrupts, so it needs to be periodically polled + by a timer. + +- gpio_mouse: drivers/input/mouse/gpio_mouse.c is used to provide a mouse with + up to three buttons by simply using GPIOs and no mouse port. You can cut the + mouse cable and connect the wires to GPIO lines or solder a mouse connector + to the lines for a more permanent solution of this type. + +- gpio-beeper: drivers/input/misc/gpio-beeper.c is used to provide a beep from + an external speaker connected to a GPIO line. + +- extcon-gpio: drivers/extcon/extcon-gpio.c is used when you need to read an + external connector status, such as a headset line for an audio driver or an + HDMI connector. It will provide a better userspace sysfs interface than GPIO. + +- restart-gpio: drivers/power/reset/gpio-restart.c is used to restart/reboot + the system by pulling a GPIO line and will register a restart handler so + userspace can issue the right system call to restart the system. + +- poweroff-gpio: drivers/power/reset/gpio-poweroff.c is used to power the + system down by pulling a GPIO line and will register a pm_power_off() + callback so that userspace can issue the right system call to power down the + system. + +- gpio-gate-clock: drivers/clk/clk-gpio.c is used to control a gated clock + (off/on) that uses a GPIO, and integrated with the clock subsystem. + +- i2c-gpio: drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-gpio.c is used to drive an I2C bus + (two wires, SDA and SCL lines) by hammering (bitbang) two GPIO lines. It will + appear as any other I2C bus to the system and makes it possible to connect + drivers for the I2C devices on the bus like any other I2C bus driver. + +- spi_gpio: drivers/spi/spi-gpio.c is used to drive an SPI bus (variable number + of wires, at least SCK and optionally MISO, MOSI and chip select lines) using + GPIO hammering (bitbang). It will appear as any other SPI bus on the system + and makes it possible to connect drivers for SPI devices on the bus like + any other SPI bus driver. For example any MMC/SD card can then be connected + to this SPI by using the mmc_spi host from the MMC/SD card subsystem. + +- w1-gpio: drivers/w1/masters/w1-gpio.c is used to drive a one-wire bus using + a GPIO line, integrating with the W1 subsystem and handling devices on + the bus like any other W1 device. + +- gpio-fan: drivers/hwmon/gpio-fan.c is used to control a fan for cooling the + system, connected to a GPIO line (and optionally a GPIO alarm line), + presenting all the right in-kernel and sysfs interfaces to make your system + not overheat. + +- gpio-regulator: drivers/regulator/gpio-regulator.c is used to control a + regulator providing a certain voltage by pulling a GPIO line, integrating + with the regulator subsystem and giving you all the right interfaces. + +- gpio-wdt: drivers/watchdog/gpio_wdt.c is used to provide a watchdog timer + that will periodically "ping" a hardware connected to a GPIO line by toggling + it from 1-to-0-to-1. If that hardware does not receive its "ping" + periodically, it will reset the system. + +- gpio-nand: drivers/mtd/nand/raw/gpio.c is used to connect a NAND flash chip + to a set of simple GPIO lines: RDY, NCE, ALE, CLE, NWP. It interacts with the + NAND flash MTD subsystem and provides chip access and partition parsing like + any other NAND driving hardware. + +- ps2-gpio: drivers/input/serio/ps2-gpio.c is used to drive a PS/2 (IBM) serio + bus, data and clock line, by bit banging two GPIO lines. It will appear as + any other serio bus to the system and makes it possible to connect drivers + for e.g. keyboards and other PS/2 protocol based devices. + +- cec-gpio: drivers/media/platform/cec-gpio/ is used to interact with a CEC + Consumer Electronics Control bus using only GPIO. It is used to communicate + with devices on the HDMI bus. + +- gpio-charger: drivers/power/supply/gpio-charger.c is used if you need to do + battery charging and all you have to go by to check the presence of the + AC charger or more complex tasks such as indicating charging status using + nothing but GPIO lines, this driver provides that and also a clearly defined + way to pass the charging parameters from hardware descriptions such as the + device tree. + +- gpio-mux: drivers/mux/gpio.c is used for controlling a multiplexer using + n GPIO lines such that you can mux in 2^n different devices by activating + different GPIO lines. Often the GPIOs are on a SoC and the devices are + some SoC-external entities, such as different components on a PCB that + can be selectively enabled. + +Apart from this there are special GPIO drivers in subsystems like MMC/SD to +read card detect and write protect GPIO lines, and in the TTY serial subsystem +to emulate MCTRL (modem control) signals CTS/RTS by using two GPIO lines. The +MTD NOR flash has add-ons for extra GPIO lines too, though the address bus is +usually connected directly to the flash. + +Use those instead of talking directly to the GPIOs from userspace; they +integrate with kernel frameworks better than your userspace code could. +Needless to say, just using the appropriate kernel drivers will simplify and +speed up your embedded hacking in particular by providing ready-made components. |