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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+========================================
+GPIO Character Device Userspace API (v1)
+========================================
+
+.. warning::
+   This API is obsoleted by chardev.rst (v2).
+
+   New developments should use the v2 API, and existing developments are
+   encouraged to migrate as soon as possible, as this API will be removed
+   in the future. The v2 API is a functional superset of the v1 API so any
+   v1 call can be directly translated to a v2 equivalent.
+
+   This interface will continue to be maintained for the migration period,
+   but new features will only be added to the new API.
+
+First added in 4.8.
+
+The API is based around three major objects, the :ref:`gpio-v1-chip`, the
+:ref:`gpio-v1-line-handle`, and the :ref:`gpio-v1-line-event`.
+
+Where "line event" is used in this document it refers to the request that can
+monitor a line for edge events, not the edge events themselves.
+
+.. _gpio-v1-chip:
+
+Chip
+====
+
+The Chip represents a single GPIO chip and is exposed to userspace using device
+files of the form ``/dev/gpiochipX``.
+
+Each chip supports a number of GPIO lines,
+:c:type:`chip.lines<gpiochip_info>`. Lines on the chip are identified by an
+``offset`` in the range from 0 to ``chip.lines - 1``, i.e. `[0,chip.lines)`.
+
+Lines are requested from the chip using either gpio-get-linehandle-ioctl.rst
+and the resulting line handle is used to access the GPIO chip's lines, or
+gpio-get-lineevent-ioctl.rst and the resulting line event is used to monitor
+a GPIO line for edge events.
+
+Within this documentation, the file descriptor returned by calling `open()`
+on the GPIO device file is referred to as ``chip_fd``.
+
+Operations
+----------
+
+The following operations may be performed on the chip:
+
+.. toctree::
+   :titlesonly:
+
+   Get Line Handle <gpio-get-linehandle-ioctl>
+   Get Line Event <gpio-get-lineevent-ioctl>
+   Get Chip Info <gpio-get-chipinfo-ioctl>
+   Get Line Info <gpio-get-lineinfo-ioctl>
+   Watch Line Info <gpio-get-lineinfo-watch-ioctl>
+   Unwatch Line Info <gpio-get-lineinfo-unwatch-ioctl>
+   Read Line Info Changed Events <gpio-lineinfo-changed-read>
+
+.. _gpio-v1-line-handle:
+
+Line Handle
+===========
+
+Line handles are created by gpio-get-linehandle-ioctl.rst and provide
+access to a set of requested lines.  The line handle is exposed to userspace
+via the anonymous file descriptor returned  in
+:c:type:`request.fd<gpiohandle_request>` by gpio-get-linehandle-ioctl.rst.
+
+Within this documentation, the line handle file descriptor is referred to
+as ``handle_fd``.
+
+Operations
+----------
+
+The following operations may be performed on the line handle:
+
+.. toctree::
+   :titlesonly:
+
+   Get Line Values <gpio-handle-get-line-values-ioctl>
+   Set Line Values <gpio-handle-set-line-values-ioctl>
+   Reconfigure Lines <gpio-handle-set-config-ioctl>
+
+.. _gpio-v1-line-event:
+
+Line Event
+==========
+
+Line events are created by gpio-get-lineevent-ioctl.rst and provide
+access to a requested line.  The line event is exposed to userspace
+via the anonymous file descriptor returned  in
+:c:type:`request.fd<gpioevent_request>` by gpio-get-lineevent-ioctl.rst.
+
+Within this documentation, the line event file descriptor is referred to
+as ``event_fd``.
+
+Operations
+----------
+
+The following operations may be performed on the line event:
+
+.. toctree::
+   :titlesonly:
+
+   Get Line Value <gpio-handle-get-line-values-ioctl>
+   Read Line Edge Events <gpio-lineevent-data-read>
+
+Types
+=====
+
+This section contains the structs that are referenced by the ABI v1.
+
+The :c:type:`struct gpiochip_info<gpiochip_info>` is common to ABI v1 and v2.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/gpio.h
+   :identifiers:
+    gpioevent_data
+    gpioevent_request
+    gpiohandle_config
+    gpiohandle_data
+    gpiohandle_request
+    gpioline_info
+    gpioline_info_changed
+
+.. toctree::
+   :hidden:
+
+   error-codes