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author | Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org> | 2009-06-19 08:31:05 -0500 |
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committer | Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org> | 2009-06-23 08:09:58 -0500 |
commit | b053dc5a722eade28514f2cc922caf7a4baad987 (patch) | |
tree | 10cd99454c250f207510ed6bda25bac80a970e01 /Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/gpio/gpio.txt | |
parent | cb1ffb6204712b04396ae0a9f3d1bf93cd8df8fb (diff) | |
download | lwn-b053dc5a722eade28514f2cc922caf7a4baad987.tar.gz lwn-b053dc5a722eade28514f2cc922caf7a4baad987.zip |
powerpc: Refactor device tree binding
Split device tree binding out of booting-without-of.txt and put them
into their own files per binding.
Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/gpio/gpio.txt')
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diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/gpio/gpio.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/gpio/gpio.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..edaa84d288a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/gpio/gpio.txt @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +Specifying GPIO information for devices +============================================ + +1) gpios property +----------------- + +Nodes that makes use of GPIOs should define them using `gpios' property, +format of which is: <&gpio-controller1-phandle gpio1-specifier + &gpio-controller2-phandle gpio2-specifier + 0 /* holes are permitted, means no GPIO 3 */ + &gpio-controller4-phandle gpio4-specifier + ...>; + +Note that gpio-specifier length is controller dependent. + +gpio-specifier may encode: bank, pin position inside the bank, +whether pin is open-drain and whether pin is logically inverted. + +Example of the node using GPIOs: + + node { + gpios = <&qe_pio_e 18 0>; + }; + +In this example gpio-specifier is "18 0" and encodes GPIO pin number, +and empty GPIO flags as accepted by the "qe_pio_e" gpio-controller. + +2) gpio-controller nodes +------------------------ + +Every GPIO controller node must have #gpio-cells property defined, +this information will be used to translate gpio-specifiers. + +Example of two SOC GPIO banks defined as gpio-controller nodes: + + qe_pio_a: gpio-controller@1400 { + #gpio-cells = <2>; + compatible = "fsl,qe-pario-bank-a", "fsl,qe-pario-bank"; + reg = <0x1400 0x18>; + gpio-controller; + }; + + qe_pio_e: gpio-controller@1460 { + #gpio-cells = <2>; + compatible = "fsl,qe-pario-bank-e", "fsl,qe-pario-bank"; + reg = <0x1460 0x18>; + gpio-controller; + }; + + |