linux/drivers
David Brownell d8f388d8dc gpio: sysfs interface
This adds a simple sysfs interface for GPIOs.

    /sys/class/gpio
    	/export ... asks the kernel to export a GPIO to userspace
    	/unexport ... to return a GPIO to the kernel
        /gpioN ... for each exported GPIO #N
	    /value ... always readable, writes fail for input GPIOs
	    /direction ... r/w as: in, out (default low); write high, low
	/gpiochipN ... for each gpiochip; #N is its first GPIO
	    /base ... (r/o) same as N
	    /label ... (r/o) descriptive, not necessarily unique
	    /ngpio ... (r/o) number of GPIOs; numbered N .. N+(ngpio - 1)

GPIOs claimed by kernel code may be exported by its owner using a new
gpio_export() call, which should be most useful for driver debugging.
Such exports may optionally be done without a "direction" attribute.

Userspace may ask to take over a GPIO by writing to a sysfs control file,
helping to cope with incomplete board support or other "one-off"
requirements that don't merit full kernel support:

  echo 23 > /sys/class/gpio/export
	... will gpio_request(23, "sysfs") and gpio_export(23);
	use /sys/class/gpio/gpio-23/direction to (re)configure it,
	when that GPIO can be used as both input and output.
  echo 23 > /sys/class/gpio/unexport
	... will gpio_free(23), when it was exported as above

The extra D-space footprint is a few hundred bytes, except for the sysfs
resources associated with each exported GPIO.  The additional I-space
footprint is about two thirds of the current size of gpiolib (!).  Since
no /dev node creation is involved, no "udev" support is needed.

Related changes:

  * This adds a device pointer to "struct gpio_chip".  When GPIO
    providers initialize that, sysfs gpio class devices become children of
    that device instead of being "virtual" devices.

  * The (few) gpio_chip providers which have such a device node have
    been updated.

  * Some gpio_chip drivers also needed to update their module "owner"
    field ...  for which missing kerneldoc was added.

  * Some gpio_chips don't support input GPIOs.  Those GPIOs are now
    flagged appropriately when the chip is registered.

Based on previous patches, and discussion both on and off LKML.

A Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-gpio update is ready to submit once this
merges to mainline.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: a few maintenance build fixes]
Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@pengutronix.de>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-25 10:53:30 -07:00
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accessibility
acpi Merge branch 'release-2.6.27' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ak/linux-acpi-2.6 2008-07-24 13:57:37 -07:00
amba
ata
atm atm: [fore200e] use MODULE_FIRMWARE() and other suggested cleanups 2008-07-23 20:29:21 -07:00
auxdisplay auxdisplay: small cleanups 2008-07-24 10:47:41 -07:00
base memory-hotplug: add sysfs removable attribute for hotplug memory remove 2008-07-24 10:47:21 -07:00
block virtio_blk: check for hardsector size from host 2008-07-25 12:06:05 +10:00
bluetooth
cdrom
char remove some more tipar bits 2008-07-25 10:53:28 -07:00
clocksource
connector
cpufreq Merge branch 'cpus4096-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2008-07-23 18:37:44 -07:00
cpuidle
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dca Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djbw/async_tx 2008-07-23 12:03:18 -07:00
dio
dma
edac
eisa
firewire
firmware
gpio gpio: sysfs interface 2008-07-25 10:53:30 -07:00
gpu
hid
hwmon
i2c gpio: sysfs interface 2008-07-25 10:53:30 -07:00
ide ide: use proper printk() KERN_* levels in ide-probe.c 2008-07-24 22:53:36 +02:00
ieee1394 PAGE_ALIGN(): correctly handle 64-bit values on 32-bit architectures 2008-07-24 10:47:21 -07:00
infiniband Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband 2008-07-24 12:56:07 -07:00
input Undo duplicate "m68k: drivers/input/serio/hp_sdc.c needs <linux/semaphore.h>" 2008-07-25 09:19:36 -07:00
isdn Rename WARN() to WARNING() to clear the namespace 2008-07-25 10:53:29 -07:00
leds
lguest virtio: Add transport feature handling stub for virtio_ring. 2008-07-25 12:06:14 +10:00
macintosh
mca
md
media PAGE_ALIGN(): correctly handle 64-bit values on 32-bit architectures 2008-07-24 10:47:21 -07:00
memstick
message I2O: handle sysfs_create_link() failures 2008-07-24 10:47:30 -07:00
mfd gpio: sysfs interface 2008-07-25 10:53:30 -07:00
misc drivers/misc/hpilo.c needs CONFIG_PCI 2008-07-25 10:53:29 -07:00
mmc
mtd PAGE_ALIGN(): correctly handle 64-bit values on 32-bit architectures 2008-07-24 10:47:21 -07:00
net virtio: Recycle unused recv buffer pages for large skbs in net driver 2008-07-25 12:06:02 +10:00
nubus
of
oprofile
parisc
parport parport: fix platform driver hotplug/coldplug 2008-07-25 10:53:28 -07:00
pci Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6 2008-07-24 13:57:13 -07:00
pcmcia PAGE_ALIGN(): correctly handle 64-bit values on 32-bit architectures 2008-07-24 10:47:21 -07:00
pnp
power drivers/power: fix platform driver hotplug/coldplug 2008-07-25 10:53:28 -07:00
ps3
rapidio
rtc rtc-vr41xx: add irq_set_freq() and irq_set_state() 2008-07-24 10:47:34 -07:00
s390 virtio: Add transport feature handling stub for virtio_ring. 2008-07-25 12:06:14 +10:00
sbus
scsi Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6 2008-07-24 14:55:09 -07:00
serial cpm1: don't send break on TX_STOP, don't interrupt RX/TX when adjusting termios parameters 2008-07-24 10:47:30 -07:00
sh
sn
spi spi: au1550_spi: improve pio transfer mode 2008-07-24 10:47:30 -07:00
ssb
tc
telephony
thermal
uio
usb Rename WARN() to WARNING() to clear the namespace 2008-07-25 10:53:29 -07:00
video Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.o-hand.com/linux-rpurdie-backlight 2008-07-24 12:16:40 -07:00
virtio virtio: Add transport feature handling stub for virtio_ring. 2008-07-25 12:06:14 +10:00
w1
watchdog remove the v850 port 2008-07-24 10:47:24 -07:00
xen
zorro move memory_read_from_buffer() from fs.h to string.h 2008-07-24 10:47:13 -07:00
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