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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-aggregator.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-aggregator.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5cd1e7221 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-aggregator.rst @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only + +GPIO Aggregator +=============== + +The GPIO Aggregator provides a mechanism to aggregate GPIOs, and expose them as +a new gpio_chip. This supports the following use cases. + + +Aggregating GPIOs using Sysfs +----------------------------- + +GPIO controllers are exported to userspace using /dev/gpiochip* character +devices. Access control to these devices is provided by standard UNIX file +system permissions, on an all-or-nothing basis: either a GPIO controller is +accessible for a user, or it is not. + +The GPIO Aggregator provides access control for a set of one or more GPIOs, by +aggregating them into a new gpio_chip, which can be assigned to a group or user +using standard UNIX file ownership and permissions. Furthermore, this +simplifies and hardens exporting GPIOs to a virtual machine, as the VM can just +grab the full GPIO controller, and no longer needs to care about which GPIOs to +grab and which not, reducing the attack surface. + +Aggregated GPIO controllers are instantiated and destroyed by writing to +write-only attribute files in sysfs. + + /sys/bus/platform/drivers/gpio-aggregator/ + + "new_device" ... + Userspace may ask the kernel to instantiate an aggregated GPIO + controller by writing a string describing the GPIOs to + aggregate to the "new_device" file, using the format + + .. code-block:: none + + [<gpioA>] [<gpiochipB> <offsets>] ... + + Where: + + "<gpioA>" ... + is a GPIO line name, + + "<gpiochipB>" ... + is a GPIO chip label, and + + "<offsets>" ... + is a comma-separated list of GPIO offsets and/or + GPIO offset ranges denoted by dashes. + + Example: Instantiate a new GPIO aggregator by aggregating GPIO + line 19 of "e6052000.gpio" and GPIO lines 20-21 of + "e6050000.gpio" into a new gpio_chip: + + .. code-block:: sh + + $ echo 'e6052000.gpio 19 e6050000.gpio 20-21' > new_device + + "delete_device" ... + Userspace may ask the kernel to destroy an aggregated GPIO + controller after use by writing its device name to the + "delete_device" file. + + Example: Destroy the previously-created aggregated GPIO + controller, assumed to be "gpio-aggregator.0": + + .. code-block:: sh + + $ echo gpio-aggregator.0 > delete_device + + +Generic GPIO Driver +------------------- + +The GPIO Aggregator can also be used as a generic driver for a simple +GPIO-operated device described in DT, without a dedicated in-kernel driver. +This is useful in industrial control, and is not unlike e.g. spidev, which +allows the user to communicate with an SPI device from userspace. + +Binding a device to the GPIO Aggregator is performed either by modifying the +gpio-aggregator driver, or by writing to the "driver_override" file in Sysfs. + +Example: If "door" is a GPIO-operated device described in DT, using its own +compatible value:: + + door { + compatible = "myvendor,mydoor"; + + gpios = <&gpio2 19 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>, + <&gpio2 20 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>; + gpio-line-names = "open", "lock"; + }; + +it can be bound to the GPIO Aggregator by either: + +1. Adding its compatible value to ``gpio_aggregator_dt_ids[]``, +2. Binding manually using "driver_override": + +.. code-block:: sh + + $ echo gpio-aggregator > /sys/bus/platform/devices/door/driver_override + $ echo door > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/gpio-aggregator/bind + +After that, a new gpiochip "door" has been created: + +.. code-block:: sh + + $ gpioinfo door + gpiochip12 - 2 lines: + line 0: "open" unused input active-high + line 1: "lock" unused input active-high diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-mockup.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-mockup.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..493071da1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-mockup.rst @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only + +GPIO Testing Driver +=================== + +The GPIO Testing Driver (gpio-mockup) provides a way to create simulated GPIO +chips for testing purposes. The lines exposed by these chips can be accessed +using the standard GPIO character device interface as well as manipulated +using the dedicated debugfs directory structure. + +Creating simulated chips using module params +-------------------------------------------- + +When loading the gpio-mockup driver a number of parameters can be passed to the +module. + + gpio_mockup_ranges + + This parameter takes an argument in the form of an array of integer + pairs. Each pair defines the base GPIO number (non-negative integer) + and the first number after the last of this chip. If the base GPIO + is -1, the gpiolib will assign it automatically. while the following + parameter is the number of lines exposed by the chip. + + Example: gpio_mockup_ranges=-1,8,-1,16,405,409 + + The line above creates three chips. The first one will expose 8 lines, + the second 16 and the third 4. The base GPIO for the third chip is set + to 405 while for two first chips it will be assigned automatically. + + gpio_mockup_named_lines + + This parameter doesn't take any arguments. It lets the driver know that + GPIO lines exposed by it should be named. + + The name format is: gpio-mockup-X-Y where X is mockup chip's ID + and Y is the line offset. + +Manipulating simulated lines +---------------------------- + +Each mockup chip creates its own subdirectory in /sys/kernel/debug/gpio-mockup/. +The directory is named after the chip's label. A symlink is also created, named +after the chip's name, which points to the label directory. + +Inside each subdirectory, there's a separate attribute for each GPIO line. The +name of the attribute represents the line's offset in the chip. + +Reading from a line attribute returns the current value. Writing to it (0 or 1) +changes the configuration of the simulated pull-up/pull-down resistor +(1 - pull-up, 0 - pull-down). diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-sim.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-sim.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d8a90c81b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-sim.rst @@ -0,0 +1,134 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later + +Configfs GPIO Simulator +======================= + +The configfs GPIO Simulator (gpio-sim) provides a way to create simulated GPIO +chips for testing purposes. The lines exposed by these chips can be accessed +using the standard GPIO character device interface as well as manipulated +using sysfs attributes. + +Creating simulated chips +------------------------ + +The gpio-sim module registers a configfs subsystem called ``'gpio-sim'``. For +details of the configfs filesystem, please refer to the configfs documentation. + +The user can create a hierarchy of configfs groups and items as well as modify +values of exposed attributes. Once the chip is instantiated, this hierarchy +will be translated to appropriate device properties. The general structure is: + +**Group:** ``/config/gpio-sim`` + +This is the top directory of the gpio-sim configfs tree. + +**Group:** ``/config/gpio-sim/gpio-device`` + +**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-sim/gpio-device/dev_name`` + +**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-sim/gpio-device/live`` + +This is a directory representing a GPIO platform device. The ``'dev_name'`` +attribute is read-only and allows the user-space to read the platform device +name (e.g. ``'gpio-sim.0'``). The ``'live'`` attribute allows to trigger the +actual creation of the device once it's fully configured. The accepted values +are: ``'1'`` to enable the simulated device and ``'0'`` to disable and tear +it down. + +**Group:** ``/config/gpio-sim/gpio-device/gpio-bankX`` + +**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-sim/gpio-device/gpio-bankX/chip_name`` + +**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-sim/gpio-device/gpio-bankX/num_lines`` + +This group represents a bank of GPIOs under the top platform device. The +``'chip_name'`` attribute is read-only and allows the user-space to read the +device name of the bank device. The ``'num_lines'`` attribute allows to specify +the number of lines exposed by this bank. + +**Group:** ``/config/gpio-sim/gpio-device/gpio-bankX/lineY`` + +**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-sim/gpio-device/gpio-bankX/lineY/name`` + +This group represents a single line at the offset Y. The 'name' attribute +allows to set the line name as represented by the 'gpio-line-names' property. + +**Item:** ``/config/gpio-sim/gpio-device/gpio-bankX/lineY/hog`` + +**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-sim/gpio-device/gpio-bankX/lineY/hog/name`` + +**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-sim/gpio-device/gpio-bankX/lineY/hog/direction`` + +This item makes the gpio-sim module hog the associated line. The ``'name'`` +attribute specifies the in-kernel consumer name to use. The ``'direction'`` +attribute specifies the hog direction and must be one of: ``'input'``, +``'output-high'`` and ``'output-low'``. + +Inside each bank directory, there's a set of attributes that can be used to +configure the new chip. Additionally the user can ``mkdir()`` subdirectories +inside the chip's directory that allow to pass additional configuration for +specific lines. The name of those subdirectories must take the form of: +``'line<offset>'`` (e.g. ``'line0'``, ``'line20'``, etc.) as the name will be +used by the module to assign the config to the specific line at given offset. + +Once the confiuration is complete, the ``'live'`` attribute must be set to 1 in +order to instantiate the chip. It can be set back to 0 to destroy the simulated +chip. The module will synchronously wait for the new simulated device to be +successfully probed and if this doesn't happen, writing to ``'live'`` will +result in an error. + +Simulated GPIO chips can also be defined in device-tree. The compatible string +must be: ``"gpio-simulator"``. Supported properties are: + + ``"gpio-sim,label"`` - chip label + +Other standard GPIO properties (like ``"gpio-line-names"``, ``"ngpios"`` or +``"gpio-hog"``) are also supported. Please refer to the GPIO documentation for +details. + +An example device-tree code defining a GPIO simulator: + +.. code-block :: none + + gpio-sim { + compatible = "gpio-simulator"; + + bank0 { + gpio-controller; + #gpio-cells = <2>; + ngpios = <16>; + gpio-sim,label = "dt-bank0"; + gpio-line-names = "", "sim-foo", "", "sim-bar"; + }; + + bank1 { + gpio-controller; + #gpio-cells = <2>; + ngpios = <8>; + gpio-sim,label = "dt-bank1"; + + line3 { + gpio-hog; + gpios = <3 0>; + output-high; + line-name = "sim-hog-from-dt"; + }; + }; + }; + +Manipulating simulated lines +---------------------------- + +Each simulated GPIO chip creates a separate sysfs group under its device +directory for each exposed line +(e.g. ``/sys/devices/platform/gpio-sim.X/gpiochipY/``). The name of each group +is of the form: ``'sim_gpioX'`` where X is the offset of the line. Inside each +group there are two attibutes: + + ``pull`` - allows to read and set the current simulated pull setting for + every line, when writing the value must be one of: ``'pull-up'``, + ``'pull-down'`` + + ``value`` - allows to read the current value of the line which may be + different from the pull if the line is being driven from + user-space diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f6861ca16 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +==== +gpio +==== + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + gpio-aggregator + sysfs + gpio-mockup + gpio-sim + +.. only:: subproject and html + + Indices + ======= + + * :ref:`genindex` diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/sysfs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/sysfs.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ec09ffd98 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/sysfs.rst @@ -0,0 +1,167 @@ +GPIO Sysfs Interface for Userspace +================================== + +.. warning:: + + THIS ABI IS DEPRECATED, THE ABI DOCUMENTATION HAS BEEN MOVED TO + Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-gpio AND NEW USERSPACE CONSUMERS + ARE SUPPOSED TO USE THE CHARACTER DEVICE ABI. THIS OLD SYSFS ABI WILL + NOT BE DEVELOPED (NO NEW FEATURES), IT WILL JUST BE MAINTAINED. + +Refer to the examples in tools/gpio/* for an introduction to the new +character device ABI. Also see the userspace header in +include/uapi/linux/gpio.h + +The deprecated sysfs ABI +------------------------ +Platforms which use the "gpiolib" implementors framework may choose to +configure a sysfs user interface to GPIOs. This is different from the +debugfs interface, since it provides control over GPIO direction and +value instead of just showing a gpio state summary. Plus, it could be +present on production systems without debugging support. + +Given appropriate hardware documentation for the system, userspace could +know for example that GPIO #23 controls the write protect line used to +protect boot loader segments in flash memory. System upgrade procedures +may need to temporarily remove that protection, first importing a GPIO, +then changing its output state, then updating the code before re-enabling +the write protection. In normal use, GPIO #23 would never be touched, +and the kernel would have no need to know about it. + +Again depending on appropriate hardware documentation, on some systems +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 SYSFS TO CONTROL HARDWARE THAT HAS PROPER KERNEL DRIVERS. +PLEASE READ THE DOCUMENT AT Documentation/driver-api/gpio/drivers-on-gpio.rst +TO AVOID REINVENTING KERNEL WHEELS IN USERSPACE. I MEAN IT. REALLY. + +Paths in Sysfs +-------------- +There are three kinds of entries in /sys/class/gpio: + + - Control interfaces used to get userspace control over GPIOs; + + - GPIOs themselves; and + + - GPIO controllers ("gpio_chip" instances). + +That's in addition to standard files including the "device" symlink. + +The control interfaces are write-only: + + /sys/class/gpio/ + + "export" ... + Userspace may ask the kernel to export control of + a GPIO to userspace by writing its number to this file. + + Example: "echo 19 > export" will create a "gpio19" node + for GPIO #19, if that's not requested by kernel code. + + "unexport" ... + Reverses the effect of exporting to userspace. + + Example: "echo 19 > unexport" will remove a "gpio19" + node exported using the "export" file. + +GPIO signals have paths like /sys/class/gpio/gpio42/ (for GPIO #42) +and have the following read/write attributes: + + /sys/class/gpio/gpioN/ + + "direction" ... + reads as either "in" or "out". This value may + normally be written. Writing as "out" defaults to + initializing the value as low. To ensure glitch free + operation, values "low" and "high" may be written to + configure the GPIO as an output with that initial value. + + Note that this attribute *will not exist* if the kernel + doesn't support changing the direction of a GPIO, or + it was exported by kernel code that didn't explicitly + allow userspace to reconfigure this GPIO's direction. + + "value" ... + reads as either 0 (low) or 1 (high). If the GPIO + is configured as an output, this value may be written; + any nonzero value is treated as high. + + If the pin can be configured as interrupt-generating interrupt + and if it has been configured to generate interrupts (see the + description of "edge"), you can poll(2) on that file and + poll(2) will return whenever the interrupt was triggered. If + you use poll(2), set the events POLLPRI and POLLERR. If you + use select(2), set the file descriptor in exceptfds. After + poll(2) returns, either lseek(2) to the beginning of the sysfs + file and read the new value or close the file and re-open it + to read the value. + + "edge" ... + reads as either "none", "rising", "falling", or + "both". Write these strings to select the signal edge(s) + that will make poll(2) on the "value" file return. + + This file exists only if the pin can be configured as an + interrupt generating input pin. + + "active_low" ... + reads as either 0 (false) or 1 (true). Write + any nonzero value to invert the value attribute both + for reading and writing. Existing and subsequent + poll(2) support configuration via the edge attribute + for "rising" and "falling" edges will follow this + setting. + +GPIO controllers have paths like /sys/class/gpio/gpiochip42/ (for the +controller implementing GPIOs starting at #42) and have the following +read-only attributes: + + /sys/class/gpio/gpiochipN/ + + "base" ... + same as N, the first GPIO managed by this chip + + "label" ... + provided for diagnostics (not always unique) + + "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 +a daughtercard might be different depending on the base board being used, +or other cards in the stack. In such cases, you may need to use the +gpiochip nodes (possibly in conjunction with schematics) to determine +the correct GPIO number to use for a given signal. + + +Exporting from Kernel code +-------------------------- +Kernel code can explicitly manage exports of GPIOs which have already been +requested using gpio_request():: + + /* export the GPIO to userspace */ + int gpiod_export(struct gpio_desc *desc, bool direction_may_change); + + /* reverse gpio_export() */ + void gpiod_unexport(struct gpio_desc *desc); + + /* create a sysfs link to an exported GPIO node */ + int gpiod_export_link(struct device *dev, const char *name, + struct gpio_desc *desc); + +After a kernel driver requests a GPIO, it may only be made available in +the sysfs interface by gpiod_export(). The driver can control whether the +signal direction may change. This helps drivers prevent userspace code +from accidentally clobbering important system state. + +This explicit exporting can help with debugging (by making some kinds +of experiments easier), or can provide an always-there interface that's +suitable for documenting as part of a board support package. + +After the GPIO has been exported, gpiod_export_link() allows creating +symlinks from elsewhere in sysfs to the GPIO sysfs node. Drivers can +use this to provide the interface under their own device in sysfs with +a descriptive name. |