kernel_optimize_test/drivers/mfd
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
..
asic3.c mfd: let asic3 use mem resource instead of bus_shift 2008-07-20 19:56:44 +02:00
htc-egpio.c gpio: sysfs interface 2008-07-25 10:53:30 -07:00
htc-pasic3.c mfd: fix platform driver hotplug/coldplug 2008-07-25 10:53:28 -07:00
Kconfig sm501: add gpiolib support 2008-07-25 10:53:29 -07:00
Makefile [ARM] 5127/1: Core MFD support 2008-07-07 13:22:06 +01:00
mcp-core.c some kmalloc/memset ->kzalloc (tree wide) 2007-07-19 10:04:50 -07:00
mcp-sa11x0.c mfd: fix platform driver hotplug/coldplug 2008-07-25 10:53:28 -07:00
mcp.h
mfd-core.c mfd: don't use memzero 2008-07-25 10:53:26 -07:00
sm501.c mfd: sm501 fix gpio number calculation for upper bank 2008-07-25 10:53:30 -07:00
tc6393xb.c [ARM] 5128/1: tc6393xb: tmio-nand support 2008-07-07 13:22:08 +01:00
ucb1x00-assabet.c [ARM] Fix class_device damage caused by 0c55445f20 2008-01-28 10:59:09 +00:00
ucb1x00-core.c MCP_UCB1200: Convert from class_device to device 2008-01-24 20:40:06 -08:00
ucb1x00-ts.c mfd: use shorter set_current_state() 2008-04-28 08:58:32 -07:00
ucb1x00.h MCP_UCB1200: Convert from class_device to device 2008-01-24 20:40:06 -08:00