gpio/ABI: document what is already the case

commit 926b663ce8
"gpiolib: allow GPIOs to be named" added the ability to
name GPIO lines by an array of names stored in the GPIO
chip. This was in 2009 and has been an ABI since. Let's
document it properly.

Cc: Daniel Silverstone <dsilvers@digital-scurf.org>
Cc: Markus Pargmann <mpa@pengutronix.de>
Cc: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Cc: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
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Linus Walleij 2015-08-10 11:51:46 +02:00
parent 29b5357d25
commit 77a775b7cc

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@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ Description:
/sys/class/gpio /sys/class/gpio
/export ... asks the kernel to export a GPIO to userspace /export ... asks the kernel to export a GPIO to userspace
/unexport ... to return a GPIO to the kernel /unexport ... to return a GPIO to the kernel
/gpioN ... for each exported GPIO #N /gpioN ... for each exported GPIO #N OR
/<LINE-NAME> ... for a properly named GPIO line
/value ... always readable, writes fail for input GPIOs /value ... always readable, writes fail for input GPIOs
/direction ... r/w as: in, out (default low); write: high, low /direction ... r/w as: in, out (default low); write: high, low
/edge ... r/w as: none, falling, rising, both /edge ... r/w as: none, falling, rising, both