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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2024-07-15 17:53:24 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2024-07-15 17:53:24 -0700 |
commit | b3c0eccb485404d3ea5eaae483b1a2e9e2134d21 (patch) | |
tree | 758c02cabc8614ae879704bd7df68f9f59295ad2 /Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-virtuser.rst | |
parent | 3f32ab146c557f0fd9060b03003d0d4b2815968a (diff) | |
parent | dfda97e37de4c2fa4a079ae77737c6b9ed021f79 (diff) |
Merge tag 'gpio-updates-for-v6.11-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brgl/linux
Pull gpio updates from Bartosz Golaszewski:
"The majority of added lines are two new modules: the GPIO virtual
consumer module that improves our ability to add automated tests for
the kernel API and the "sloppy" logic analyzer module that uses the
GPIO API to implement a coarse-grained debugging tool for useful for
remote development.
Other than that we have the usual assortment of various driver
extensions, improvements to the core GPIO code, DT-bindings and other
documentation updates as well as an extension to the interrupt
simulator:
GPIOLIB core:
- rework kfifo handling rework in the character device code
- improve the labeling of GPIOs requested as interrupts and show more
info on interrupt-only GPIOs in debugfs
- remove unused APIs
- unexport interfaces that are only used from the core GPIO code
- drop the return value from gpiochip_set_desc_names() as it cannot
fail
- move a string array definition out of a header and into a specific
compilation unit
- convert the last user of gpiochip_get_desc() other than GPIO core
to using a safer alternative
- use array_index_nospec() where applicable
New drivers:
- add a "virtual GPIO consumer" module that allows requesting GPIOs
from actual hardware and driving tests of the in-kernel GPIO API
from user-space over debugfs
- add a GPIO-based "sloppy" logic analyzer module useful for "first
glance" debugging on remote boards
Driver improvements:
- add support for a new model to gpio-pca953x
- lock GPIOs as interrupts in gpio-sim when the lines are requested
as irqs via the simulator domain + some other minor improvements
- improve error reporting in gpio-syscon
- convert gpio-ath79 to using dynamic GPIO base and range
- use pcibios_err_to_errno() for converting PCIBIOS error codes to
errno vaues in gpio-amd8111 and gpio-rdc321x
- allow building gpio-brcmstb for the BCM2835 architecture
DT bindings:
- convert DT bindings for lsi,zevio, mpc8xxx, and atmel to DT schema
- document new properties for aspeed,gpio, fsl,qoriq-gpio and
gpio-vf610
- document new compatibles for pca953x and fsl,qoriq-gpio
Documentation:
- document stricter behavior of the GPIO character device uAPI with
regards to reconfiguring requested line without direction set
- clarify the effect of the active-low flag on line values and edges
- remove documentation for the legacy GPIO API in order to stop
tempting people to use it
- document the preference for using pread() for reading edge events
in the sysfs API
Other:
- add an extended initializer to the interrupt simulator allowing to
specify a number of callbacks callers can use to be notified about
irqs being requested and released"
* tag 'gpio-updates-for-v6.11-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brgl/linux: (41 commits)
gpio: mc33880: Convert comma to semicolon
gpio: virtuser: actually use the "trimmed" local variable
dt-bindings: gpio: convert Atmel GPIO to json-schema
gpio: virtuser: new virtual testing driver for the GPIO API
dt-bindings: gpio: vf610: Allow gpio-line-names to be set
gpio: sim: lock GPIOs as interrupts when they are requested
genirq/irq_sim: add an extended irq_sim initializer
dt-bindings: gpio: fsl,qoriq-gpio: Add compatible string fsl,ls1046a-gpio
gpiolib: unexport gpiochip_get_desc()
gpio: add sloppy logic analyzer using polling
Documentation: gpio: Reconfiguration with unset direction (uAPI v2)
Documentation: gpio: Reconfiguration with unset direction (uAPI v1)
dt-bindings: gpio: fsl,qoriq-gpio: add common property gpio-line-names
gpio: ath79: convert to dynamic GPIO base allocation
pinctrl: da9062: replace gpiochip_get_desc() with gpio_device_get_desc()
gpiolib: put gpio_suffixes in a single compilation unit
Documentation: gpio: Clarify effect of active low flag on line edges
Documentation: gpio: Clarify effect of active low flag on line values
gpiolib: Remove data-less gpiochip_add() function
gpio: sim: use devm_mutex_init()
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-virtuser.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-virtuser.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2aca70db9f3b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-virtuser.rst @@ -0,0 +1,177 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only + +Virtual GPIO Consumer +===================== + +The virtual GPIO Consumer module allows users to instantiate virtual devices +that request GPIOs and then control their behavior over debugfs. Virtual +consumer devices can be instantiated from device-tree or over configfs. + +A virtual consumer uses the driver-facing GPIO APIs and allows to cover it with +automated tests driven by user-space. The GPIOs are requested using +``gpiod_get_array()`` and so we support multiple GPIOs per connector ID. + +Creating GPIO consumers +----------------------- + +The gpio-consumer module registers a configfs subsystem called +``'gpio-virtuser'``. 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 consumer is instantiated, this hierarchy +will be translated to appropriate device properties. The general structure is: + +**Group:** ``/config/gpio-virtuser`` + +This is the top directory of the gpio-consumer configfs tree. + +**Group:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name`` + +**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/live`` + +**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/dev_name`` + +This is a directory representing a GPIO consumer device. + +The read-only ``dev_name`` attribute exposes the name of the device as it will +appear in the system on the platform bus. This is useful for locating the +associated debugfs directory under +``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name``. + +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 +virtual device and ``'0'`` to disable and tear it down. + +Creating GPIO lookup tables +--------------------------- + +Users can create a number of configfs groups under the device group: + +**Group:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/con_id`` + +The ``'con_id'`` directory represents a single GPIO lookup and its value maps +to the ``'con_id'`` argument of the ``gpiod_get()`` function. For example: +``con_id`` == ``'reset'`` maps to the ``reset-gpios`` device property. + +Users can assign a number of GPIOs to each lookup. Each GPIO is a sub-directory +with a user-defined name under the ``'con_id'`` group. + +**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/con_id/0/key`` + +**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/con_id/0/offset`` + +**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/con_id/0/drive`` + +**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/con_id/0/pull`` + +**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/con_id/0/active_low`` + +**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/con_id/0/transitory`` + +This is a group describing a single GPIO in the ``con_id-gpios`` property. + +For virtual consumers created using configfs we use machine lookup tables so +this group can be considered as a mapping between the filesystem and the fields +of a single entry in ``'struct gpiod_lookup'``. + +The ``'key'`` attribute represents either the name of the chip this GPIO +belongs to or the GPIO line name. This depends on the value of the ``'offset'`` +attribute: if its value is >= 0, then ``'key'`` represents the label of the +chip to lookup while ``'offset'`` represents the offset of the line in that +chip. If ``'offset'`` is < 0, then ``'key'`` represents the name of the line. + +The remaining attributes map to the ``'flags'`` field of the GPIO lookup +struct. The first two take string values as arguments: + +**``'drive'``:** ``'push-pull'``, ``'open-drain'``, ``'open-source'`` +**``'pull'``:** ``'pull-up'``, ``'pull-down'``, ``'pull-disabled'``, ``'as-is'`` + +``'active_low'`` and ``'transitory'`` are boolean attributes. + +Activating GPIO consumers +------------------------- + +Once the confiuration is complete, the ``'live'`` attribute must be set to 1 in +order to instantiate the consumer. It can be set back to 0 to destroy the +virtual device. 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. + +Device-tree +----------- + +Virtual GPIO consumers can also be defined in device-tree. The compatible string +must be: ``"gpio-virtuser"`` with at least one property following the +standardized GPIO pattern. + +An example device-tree code defining a virtual GPIO consumer: + +.. code-block :: none + + gpio-virt-consumer { + compatible = "gpio-virtuser"; + + foo-gpios = <&gpio0 5 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>, <&gpio1 2 0>; + bar-gpios = <&gpio0 6 0>; + }; + +Controlling virtual GPIO consumers +---------------------------------- + +Once active, the device will export debugfs attributes for controlling GPIO +arrays as well as each requested GPIO line separately. Let's consider the +following device property: ``foo-gpios = <&gpio0 0 0>, <&gpio0 4 0>;``. + +The following debugfs attribute groups will be created: + +**Group:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo/`` + +This is the group that will contain the attributes for the entire GPIO array. + +**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo/values`` + +**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo/values_atomic`` + +Both attributes allow to read and set arrays of GPIO values. User must pass +exactly the number of values that the array contains in the form of a string +containing zeroes and ones representing inactive and active GPIO states +respectively. In this example: ``echo 11 > values``. + +The ``values_atomic`` attribute works the same as ``values`` but the kernel +will execute the GPIO driver callbacks in interrupt context. + +**Group:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo:$index/`` + +This is a group that represents a single GPIO with ``$index`` being its offset +in the array. + +**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo:$index/consumer`` + +Allows to set and read the consumer label of the GPIO line. + +**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo:$index/debounce`` + +Allows to set and read the debounce period of the GPIO line. + +**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo:$index/direction`` + +**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo:$index/direction_atomic`` + +These two attributes allow to set the direction of the GPIO line. They accept +"input" and "output" as values. The atomic variant executes the driver callback +in interrupt context. + +**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo:$index/interrupts`` + +If the line is requested in input mode, writing ``1`` to this attribute will +make the module listen for edge interrupts on the GPIO. Writing ``0`` disables +the monitoring. Reading this attribute returns the current number of registered +interrupts (both edges). + +**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo:$index/value`` + +**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo:$index/value_atomic`` + +Both attributes allow to read and set values of individual requested GPIO lines. +They accept the following values: ``1`` and ``0``. |