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[2/2] Documentation: gpio: board: describe the con_id parameter

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Dirk Behme July 25, 2015, 7:11 a.m. UTC
The con_id parameter has to match the GPIO description and is automatically
extended by the GPIO suffix if not NULL. I had to look into the code to
understand this and properly find the GPIO I've been looking for, so document
this.

Signed-off-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/gpio/board.txt    | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+)

Comments

Dirk Behme Aug. 20, 2015, 5:28 p.m. UTC | #1
On 25.07.2015 09:11, Dirk Behme wrote:
> The con_id parameter has to match the GPIO description and is automatically
> extended by the GPIO suffix if not NULL. I had to look into the code to
> understand this and properly find the GPIO I've been looking for, so document
> this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@gmail.com>
> ---
>   Documentation/gpio/board.txt    | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt |  3 +++
>   2 files changed, 39 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gpio/board.txt b/Documentation/gpio/board.txt
> index 7605773..eac78fc 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gpio/board.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gpio/board.txt
> @@ -48,6 +48,42 @@ This property will make GPIOs 15, 16 and 17 available to the driver under the
>   The led GPIOs will be active-high, while the power GPIO will be active-low (i.e.
>   gpiod_is_active_low(power) will be true).
>
> +If in the consumer device's node the property doesn't have a <function>- prefix,
> +the second parameter (con_id) of the gpiod_get*() functions has to be NULL:
> +
> +E.g. if in the above device tree example the GPIO array is just called 'gpios'
> +
> +	foo_device {
> +		compatible = "acme,foo";
> +		...
> +		gpios = <&gpio 15 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>, /* red */
> +			<&gpio 16 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>, /* green */
> +			<&gpio 17 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>; /* blue */
> +	};
> +
> +the gpiod_get*() calls will be:
> +
> +	struct gpio_desc *red, *green, *blue, *power;
> +
> +	red = gpiod_get_index(dev, NULL, 0, GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
> +	green = gpiod_get_index(dev, NULL, 1, GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
> +	blue = gpiod_get_index(dev, NULL, 2, GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
> +
> +To summarize:
> +
> +The con_id string parameter has to be either NULL or the <function>-prefix
> +of the GPIO suffixes ("gpios" or "gpio", automatically looked up by the
> +gpiod functions internally):
> +
> +* If the GPIO description is just named with one of the GPIO suffixes
> +  ("gpios" or "gpio"), use NULL.
> +* If the GPIO description is prefixed with anything, e.g. "led-gpios", use the
> +  prefix without the "-" as con_id parameter (in this example "led").
> +
> +In case con_id is not NULL, the GPIO subsystem prefixes the GPIO suffix
> +("gpios" or "gpio") with the string passed in con_id to get the resulting string
> +(snprintf(... "%s-%s", con_id, gpio_suffixes[]).
> +
>   ACPI
>   ----
>   ACPI also supports function names for GPIOs in a similar fashion to DT.
> diff --git a/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt b/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt
> index 75542b9..47ce4fd 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt
> @@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ device that displays digits), an additional index argument can be specified:
>   					  const char *con_id, unsigned int idx,
>   					  enum gpiod_flags flags)
>
> +For a more detailed description of the con_id parameter in the DeviceTree case
> +see Documentation/gpio/board.txt
> +
>   The flags parameter is used to optionally specify a direction and initial value
>   for the GPIO. Values can be:


Any further comments on this? Or could this be applied?

Best regards

Dirk
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Alexandre Courbot Aug. 21, 2015, 3:01 a.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 2:28 AM, Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 25.07.2015 09:11, Dirk Behme wrote:
>>
>> The con_id parameter has to match the GPIO description and is
>> automatically
>> extended by the GPIO suffix if not NULL. I had to look into the code to
>> understand this and properly find the GPIO I've been looking for, so
>> document
>> this.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>   Documentation/gpio/board.txt    | 36
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt |  3 +++
>>   2 files changed, 39 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/gpio/board.txt b/Documentation/gpio/board.txt
>> index 7605773..eac78fc 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/gpio/board.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/gpio/board.txt
>> @@ -48,6 +48,42 @@ This property will make GPIOs 15, 16 and 17 available
>> to the driver under the
>>   The led GPIOs will be active-high, while the power GPIO will be
>> active-low (i.e.
>>   gpiod_is_active_low(power) will be true).
>>
>> +If in the consumer device's node the property doesn't have a <function>-
>> prefix,
>> +the second parameter (con_id) of the gpiod_get*() functions has to be
>> NULL:
>> +
>> +E.g. if in the above device tree example the GPIO array is just called
>> 'gpios'
>> +
>> +       foo_device {
>> +               compatible = "acme,foo";
>> +               ...
>> +               gpios = <&gpio 15 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>, /* red */
>> +                       <&gpio 16 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>, /* green */
>> +                       <&gpio 17 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>; /* blue */
>> +       };
>> +
>> +the gpiod_get*() calls will be:
>> +
>> +       struct gpio_desc *red, *green, *blue, *power;
>> +
>> +       red = gpiod_get_index(dev, NULL, 0, GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
>> +       green = gpiod_get_index(dev, NULL, 1, GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
>> +       blue = gpiod_get_index(dev, NULL, 2, GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
>> +
>> +To summarize:
>> +
>> +The con_id string parameter has to be either NULL or the
>> <function>-prefix
>> +of the GPIO suffixes ("gpios" or "gpio", automatically looked up by the
>> +gpiod functions internally):
>> +
>> +* If the GPIO description is just named with one of the GPIO suffixes
>> +  ("gpios" or "gpio"), use NULL.
>> +* If the GPIO description is prefixed with anything, e.g. "led-gpios",
>> use the
>> +  prefix without the "-" as con_id parameter (in this example "led").
>> +
>> +In case con_id is not NULL, the GPIO subsystem prefixes the GPIO suffix
>> +("gpios" or "gpio") with the string passed in con_id to get the resulting
>> string
>> +(snprintf(... "%s-%s", con_id, gpio_suffixes[]).
>> +
>>   ACPI
>>   ----
>>   ACPI also supports function names for GPIOs in a similar fashion to DT.
>> diff --git a/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt
>> b/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt
>> index 75542b9..47ce4fd 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt
>> @@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ device that displays digits), an additional index
>> argument can be specified:
>>                                           const char *con_id, unsigned int
>> idx,
>>                                           enum gpiod_flags flags)
>>
>> +For a more detailed description of the con_id parameter in the DeviceTree
>> case
>> +see Documentation/gpio/board.txt
>> +
>>   The flags parameter is used to optionally specify a direction and
>> initial value
>>   for the GPIO. Values can be:
>
>
>
> Any further comments on this? Or could this be applied?

Using the "gpios" property is considered deprecated, so I am not sure
that is a good idea to mention this too extensively in the boards file
(people might be tempted to use that option while we clearly don't
want them to).

A precise description of the lookup method is clearly missing though.
I don't know what the right place would be for it. consumer.txt?
board.txt in a more concise (and with a big "DEPRECATED") way?
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Dirk Behme Aug. 30, 2015, 9:14 a.m. UTC | #3
On 21.08.2015 05:01, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 2:28 AM, Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 25.07.2015 09:11, Dirk Behme wrote:
>>>
>>> The con_id parameter has to match the GPIO description and is
>>> automatically
>>> extended by the GPIO suffix if not NULL. I had to look into the code to
>>> understand this and properly find the GPIO I've been looking for, so
>>> document
>>> this.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@gmail.com>
>>> ---
>>>    Documentation/gpio/board.txt    | 36
>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>    Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt |  3 +++
>>>    2 files changed, 39 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/gpio/board.txt b/Documentation/gpio/board.txt
>>> index 7605773..eac78fc 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/gpio/board.txt
>>> +++ b/Documentation/gpio/board.txt
>>> @@ -48,6 +48,42 @@ This property will make GPIOs 15, 16 and 17 available
>>> to the driver under the
>>>    The led GPIOs will be active-high, while the power GPIO will be
>>> active-low (i.e.
>>>    gpiod_is_active_low(power) will be true).
>>>
>>> +If in the consumer device's node the property doesn't have a <function>-
>>> prefix,
>>> +the second parameter (con_id) of the gpiod_get*() functions has to be
>>> NULL:
>>> +
>>> +E.g. if in the above device tree example the GPIO array is just called
>>> 'gpios'
>>> +
>>> +       foo_device {
>>> +               compatible = "acme,foo";
>>> +               ...
>>> +               gpios = <&gpio 15 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>, /* red */
>>> +                       <&gpio 16 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>, /* green */
>>> +                       <&gpio 17 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>; /* blue */
>>> +       };
>>> +
>>> +the gpiod_get*() calls will be:
>>> +
>>> +       struct gpio_desc *red, *green, *blue, *power;
>>> +
>>> +       red = gpiod_get_index(dev, NULL, 0, GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
>>> +       green = gpiod_get_index(dev, NULL, 1, GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
>>> +       blue = gpiod_get_index(dev, NULL, 2, GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
>>> +
>>> +To summarize:
>>> +
>>> +The con_id string parameter has to be either NULL or the
>>> <function>-prefix
>>> +of the GPIO suffixes ("gpios" or "gpio", automatically looked up by the
>>> +gpiod functions internally):
>>> +
>>> +* If the GPIO description is just named with one of the GPIO suffixes
>>> +  ("gpios" or "gpio"), use NULL.
>>> +* If the GPIO description is prefixed with anything, e.g. "led-gpios",
>>> use the
>>> +  prefix without the "-" as con_id parameter (in this example "led").
>>> +
>>> +In case con_id is not NULL, the GPIO subsystem prefixes the GPIO suffix
>>> +("gpios" or "gpio") with the string passed in con_id to get the resulting
>>> string
>>> +(snprintf(... "%s-%s", con_id, gpio_suffixes[]).
>>> +
>>>    ACPI
>>>    ----
>>>    ACPI also supports function names for GPIOs in a similar fashion to DT.
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt
>>> b/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt
>>> index 75542b9..47ce4fd 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt
>>> +++ b/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt
>>> @@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ device that displays digits), an additional index
>>> argument can be specified:
>>>                                            const char *con_id, unsigned int
>>> idx,
>>>                                            enum gpiod_flags flags)
>>>
>>> +For a more detailed description of the con_id parameter in the DeviceTree
>>> case
>>> +see Documentation/gpio/board.txt
>>> +
>>>    The flags parameter is used to optionally specify a direction and
>>> initial value
>>>    for the GPIO. Values can be:
>>
>>
>>
>> Any further comments on this? Or could this be applied?
>
> Using the "gpios" property is considered deprecated, so I am not sure
> that is a good idea to mention this too extensively in the boards file
> (people might be tempted to use that option while we clearly don't
> want them to).
>
> A precise description of the lookup method is clearly missing though.
> I don't know what the right place would be for it. consumer.txt?
> board.txt in a more concise (and with a big "DEPRECATED") way?

Ok, thanks!

In a previous comment there was the proposal to put it into board.txt, 
as this applies only to the device tree case and board.txt has a 
device tree section.

I'll drop the description of the deprecated part and send an update.

Best regards

Dirk

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diff --git a/Documentation/gpio/board.txt b/Documentation/gpio/board.txt
index 7605773..eac78fc 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpio/board.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gpio/board.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,42 @@  This property will make GPIOs 15, 16 and 17 available to the driver under the
 The led GPIOs will be active-high, while the power GPIO will be active-low (i.e.
 gpiod_is_active_low(power) will be true).
 
+If in the consumer device's node the property doesn't have a <function>- prefix,
+the second parameter (con_id) of the gpiod_get*() functions has to be NULL:
+
+E.g. if in the above device tree example the GPIO array is just called 'gpios'
+
+	foo_device {
+		compatible = "acme,foo";
+		...
+		gpios = <&gpio 15 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>, /* red */
+			<&gpio 16 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>, /* green */
+			<&gpio 17 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>; /* blue */
+	};
+
+the gpiod_get*() calls will be:
+
+	struct gpio_desc *red, *green, *blue, *power;
+
+	red = gpiod_get_index(dev, NULL, 0, GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
+	green = gpiod_get_index(dev, NULL, 1, GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
+	blue = gpiod_get_index(dev, NULL, 2, GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
+
+To summarize:
+
+The con_id string parameter has to be either NULL or the <function>-prefix
+of the GPIO suffixes ("gpios" or "gpio", automatically looked up by the
+gpiod functions internally):
+
+* If the GPIO description is just named with one of the GPIO suffixes
+  ("gpios" or "gpio"), use NULL.
+* If the GPIO description is prefixed with anything, e.g. "led-gpios", use the
+  prefix without the "-" as con_id parameter (in this example "led").
+
+In case con_id is not NULL, the GPIO subsystem prefixes the GPIO suffix
+("gpios" or "gpio") with the string passed in con_id to get the resulting string
+(snprintf(... "%s-%s", con_id, gpio_suffixes[]).
+
 ACPI
 ----
 ACPI also supports function names for GPIOs in a similar fashion to DT.
diff --git a/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt b/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt
index 75542b9..47ce4fd 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@  device that displays digits), an additional index argument can be specified:
 					  const char *con_id, unsigned int idx,
 					  enum gpiod_flags flags)
 
+For a more detailed description of the con_id parameter in the DeviceTree case
+see Documentation/gpio/board.txt
+
 The flags parameter is used to optionally specify a direction and initial value
 for the GPIO. Values can be: