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Alexandre Courbot 7fd2bf3d32 Remove GENERIC_GPIO config option
GENERIC_GPIO has been made equivalent to GPIOLIB in architecture code
and all driver code has been switch to depend on GPIOLIB. It is thus
safe to have GENERIC_GPIO removed.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
2013-04-16 18:47:19 +09:00
Shiraz Hashim f23f1516b6 gpiolib: provide provision to register pin ranges
pinctrl subsystem needs gpio chip base to prepare set of gpio
pin ranges, which a given pinctrl driver can handle. This is
important to handle pinctrl gpio request calls in order to
program a given pin properly for gpio operation.

As gpio base is allocated dynamically during gpiochip
registration, presently there exists no clean way to pass this
information to the pinctrl subsystem.

After few discussions from [1], it was concluded that may be
gpio controller reporting the pin range it supports, is a
better way than pinctrl subsystem directly registering it.

[1] http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.arm.kernel/184816

Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Shiraz Hashim <shiraz.hashim@st.com>
[Edited documentation a bit]
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
2012-11-11 19:06:00 +01:00
Wolfram Sang fc3a1f04f5 gpio: add flags to export GPIOs when requesting
Introduce new flags to automatically export GPIOs when using the convenience
functions gpio_request_one() or gpio_request_array(). This eases support for
custom boards where lots of GPIOs need to be exported for customer
applications.

Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
2012-04-05 21:24:06 -07:00
Stephen Warren 0dc665d426 Documentation/gpio.txt: Explain expected pinctrl interaction
Update gpio.txt based on recent discussions regarding interaction with the
pinctrl subsystem.

Previously, gpio_request() was described as explicitly not performing any
required mux setup operations etc.

Now, gpio_request() is explicitly as explicitly performing any required mux
setup operations where possible. In the case it isn't, platform code is
required to have set up any required muxing or other configuration prior to
gpio_request() being called, in order to maintain the same semantics.

This is achieved by gpiolib drivers calling e.g. pinctrl_request_gpio() in
their .request() operation.

Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
2012-03-12 11:27:07 -06:00
Laxman Dewangan 3d2ddfdcf0 Documentation: gpio: Add details of open-drain/source configuration
Adding details of open drain(open collector) and open source
(open emitter) configuration of the gpio so that client can
set the pin as open drain at the time of gpio request.

Signed-off-by: Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@nvidia.com>
Reviwed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
2012-03-05 07:49:44 -07:00
Linus Torvalds d8a3515e2a Revert "gpiolib: annotate gpio-intialization with __must_check"
This reverts commit 0fdae42d36, which
wasn't really supposed to go in, and causes lots of annoying warnings.

Quoth Andrew:
  "Complete brainfart - I meant to drop that patch ages ago."

Quoth Greg:
  "Ick, yeah, that patch isn't ok to go in as-is, all of the callers
   need to be fixed up first, which is what I thought we had agreed on..."

Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Acked-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-01-13 17:26:46 -08:00
Wolfram Sang 0fdae42d36 gpiolib: annotate gpio-intialization with __must_check
Because GPIOs can have crucial functions especially in embedded systems,
we are better safe than sorry regarding their configuration.  For
gpio_request, the documentation is simply enforced: <quote>"The return
value of gpio_request() must be checked."</quote> For gpio_direction_* and
gpio_request_*, we now act accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de>
Cc: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-01-13 08:03:14 -08:00
Bernhard Walle ebde7b062c Documentation/gpio.txt: explain poll/select usage
Add a bit more information how to use poll(2) on GPIO value files
correctly. For me it was not clear that I need to poll(2) for
POLLPRI|POLLERR or select(2) for exceptfds.

Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <walle@corscience.de>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-11-18 15:00:46 -08:00
David Brownell c956126c13 gpio: doc updates
There's been some recent confusion about error checking GPIO numbers.
briefly, it should be handled mostly during setup, when gpio_request() is
called, and NEVER by expectig gpio_is_valid to report more than
never-usable GPIO numbers.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: terminate unterminated comment]
Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Eric Miao" <eric.y.miao@gmail.com>
Cc: "Ryan Mallon" <ryan@bluewatersys.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-09-09 18:57:24 -07:00
David Brownell 9c4ba94661 gpiolib: decouple might_sleep_if() from DEBUG
Be more consistent about runtime programming interface abuse warnings,
which can reduce some confusion and trigger bugfixes.  Based on an
observation and patch from Jani Nikula.

Also update doc to highlight some sleeping-call issues and to match some
recent changes.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Jani Nikula <ext-jani.1.nikula@nokia.com>
Cc: "Ryan Mallon" <ryan@bluewatersys.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-08-11 08:59:08 -07:00
Eric Miao 3e45f1d115 gpio: introduce gpio_request_one() and friends
gpio_request() without initial configuration of the GPIO is normally
useless, introduce gpio_request_one() together with GPIOF_ flags for
input/output direction and initial output level.

gpio_{request,free}_array() for multiple GPIOs.

Signed-off-by: Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@gmail.com>
Cc: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Ben Nizette <bn@niasdigital.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-06 11:26:48 -08:00
Jani Nikula 0769746183 gpiolib: add support for changing value polarity in sysfs
Drivers may use gpiolib sysfs as part of their public user space
interface. The GPIO number and polarity might change from board to
board. The gpio_export_link() call can be used to hide the GPIO number
from user space. Add support for also hiding the GPIO line polarity
changes from user space.

Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <ext-jani.1.nikula@nokia.com>
Cc: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-12-16 07:20:01 -08:00
Dominik D. Geyer bfc9dcabd5 correct gpio.txt typos
Corrected sysfs gpio chip node name and fixed punctuation.

Signed-off-by: Dominik D. Geyer <dominik.geyer@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-12-09 18:59:52 -08:00
Daniel Glöckner ff77c352ae gpiolib: allow poll() on value
Many gpio chips allow to generate interrupts when the value of a pin
changes.  This patch gives usermode application the opportunity to make
use of this feature by calling poll(2) on the /sys/class/gpio/gpioN/value
sysfs file.  The edge to trigger can be set in the edge file in the same
directory.  Possible values are "none", "rising", "falling", and "both".

Using level triggers is not possible with current sysfs since nothing
changes the GPIO value (and the IRQ keeps triggering).  Edge triggering
will "just work".  Note that if there was an event between read() and
poll(), the poll() returns immediately.

Also note that this version only supports true GPIO interrupts.  Some
later patch might be able to synthesize this behavior by timer-driven
polling; some systems seem to need that.

[dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net: align ids to 16 bit ids; whitespace]
Signed-off-by: Daniel Glöckner <dg@emlix.com>
Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-09-23 07:39:48 -07:00
Jani Nikula a4177ee7f1 gpiolib: allow exported GPIO nodes to be named using sysfs links
Commit 926b663ce8 (gpiolib: allow GPIOs to
be named) already provides naming on the chip level. This patch provides
more flexibility by allowing multiple names where ever in sysfs on a per
GPIO basis.

Adapted from David Brownell's comments on a similar concept:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/20/203.

[randy.dunlap@oracle.com: fix build for CONFIG_GENERIC_GPIO=n]
Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <ext-jani.1.nikula@nokia.com>
Acked-by: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
Cc: Daniel Silverstone <dsilvers@simtec.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-09-23 07:39:46 -07:00
Matt LaPlante 19f5946001 trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes
Fix various typos in documentation txts.

Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00
David Brownell 8a0cecffeb gpio: gpio_{request,free}() now required (feature removal)
We want to phase out the GPIO "autorequest" mechanism in gpiolib and
require all callers to use gpio_request().

 - Update feature-removal-schedule
 - Update the documentation now
 - Convert the relevant pr_warning() in gpiolib to a WARN()
   so folk using this mechanism get a noisy stack dump

Some drivers and board init code will probably need to change.
Implementations not using gpiolib will still be fine; they are already
required to implement gpio_{request,free}() stubs.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02 19:04:51 -07:00
David Brownell 35e8bb5175 gpiolib: request/free hooks
Add a new internal mechanism to gpiolib to support low power
operations by letting gpio_chip instances see when their GPIOs
are in use.  When no GPIOs are active, chips may be able to
enter lower powered runtime states by disabling clocks and/or
power domains.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: "Magnus Damm" <magnus.damm@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-10-16 11:21:40 -07:00
David Brownell 0f6d504e73 gpiolib: gpio_to_irq() hooks
Add a new gpiolib mechanism: gpio_chip instances can provide mappings
between their (input) GPIOs and any associated IRQs.  This makes it easier
for platforms to support IRQs that are provided by board-specific external
chips instead of as part of their core (such as SOC-integrated GPIOs).

Also update the irq_to_gpio() description, saying to avoid it because it's
not always supported.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-10-16 11:21:40 -07:00
Michael Buesch 7444a72eff gpiolib: allow user-selection
This patch adds functionality to the gpio-lib subsystem to make it
possible to enable the gpio-lib code even if the architecture code didn't
request to get it built in.

The archtitecture code does still need to implement the gpiolib accessor
functions in its asm/gpio.h file.  This patch adds the implementations for
x86 and PPC.

With these changes it is possible to run generic GPIO expansion cards on
every architecture that implements the trivial wrapper functions.  Support
for more architectures can easily be added.

Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Cc: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@atmel.com>
Cc: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Cc: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@openedhand.com>
Cc: Kumar Gala <galak@gate.crashing.org>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
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
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
Guennadi Liakhovetski e6de1808f8 gpio: define gpio_is_valid()
Introduce a gpio_is_valid() predicate; use it in gpiolib.

Signed-off-by: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@pengutronix.de>
    [ use inline function; follow the gpio_* naming convention;
      work without gpiolib; all programming interfaces need docs ]
Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-28 08:58:34 -07:00
David Brownell 7560fa60fc gpio: <linux/gpio.h> and "no GPIO support here" stubs
Add a <linux/gpio.h> defining fail/warn stubs for GPIO calls on platforms that
don't support the GPIO programming interface.  That includes the arch-specific
implementation glue otherwise.

This facilitates a new model for GPIO usage: drivers that can use GPIOs if
they're available, but don't require them.  One example of such a driver is
NAND driver for various FreeScale chips.  On platforms update with GPIO
support, they can be used instead of a worst-case delay to verify that the
BUSY signal is off.

(Also includes a couple minor unrelated doc updates.)

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-03-04 16:35:10 -08:00
David Brownell 7c2db759ec gpiolib: update Documentation/gpio.txt
Update Documentation/gpio.txt, primarily to include the new "gpiolib"
infrastructure.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Cc: Eric Miao <eric.miao@marvell.com>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Cc: Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@atmel.com>
Cc: Philipp Zabel <philipp.zabel@gmail.com>
Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Ben Gardner <bgardner@wabtec.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-05 09:44:13 -08:00
David Brownell be1ff386e7 minor gpio doc update
Fix doc bug noted by Uwe Kleine-König:  gpio_set_direction() is long
gone, replaced by gpio_direction_input() and gpio_direction_output().

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: <ukleinek@informatik.uni-freiburg.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-24 12:24:59 -07:00
David Brownell a0a9983509 gpio calls don't need i/o barriers
Clarify that drivers using the GPIO operations don't need to issue io
barrier instructions themselves.  Previously this wasn't clear, and at
least one platform assumed otherwise (and would thus break various
otherwise-portable drivers which don't issue barriers).

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-19 10:04:43 -07:00
David Brownell 83c6590cb8 gpio interface loosens call restrictions
Loosen gpio_{request,free}() and gpio_direction_{in,out}put() call context
restrictions slightly, so a common idiom is no longer an error: board init
code setting up spinlock-safe GPIOs before tasking is enabled.

The issue was caught by some paranoid code with might_sleep() checks.  The
legacy platform-specific GPIO interfaces stick to spinlock-safe GPIOs, so this
change reflects current implementations and won't break anything.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-17 05:23:05 -07:00
David Brownell 32993b793f Documentation/gpio.txt mentions GENERIC_GPIO
Documentation/gpio.txt should mention the Kconfig GENERIC_GPIO flag, for
platforms to declare when relevant.  This should help minimize goofs like
omitting it, or not depending on it when needed.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-11 08:29:32 -07:00
David Brownell 1668be71cc [PATCH] doc: gpio.txt describes open-drain emulation
Update the GPIO docs to describe the idiom whereby open drain signals are
emulated by toggling the GPIO direction.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-04-12 15:31:42 -07:00
David Brownell 28735a7253 [PATCH] gpio_direction_output() needs an initial value
It's been pointed out that output GPIOs should have an initial value, to
avoid signal glitching ...  among other things, it can be some time before
a driver is ready.  This patch corrects that oversight, fixing

 - documentation
 - platforms supporting the GPIO interface
 - users of that call (just one for now, others are pending)

There's only one user of this call for now since most platforms are still
using non-generic GPIO setup code, which in most cases already couples the
initial value with its "set output mode" request.

Note that most platforms are clear about the hardware letting the output
value be set before the pin direction is changed, but the s3c241x docs are
vague on that topic ...  so those chips might not avoid the glitches.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Acked-by: Andrew Victor <andrew@sanpeople.com>
Acked-by: Milan Svoboda <msvoboda@ra.rockwell.com>
Acked-by: Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@atmel.com>
Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-16 19:25:04 -07:00
David Brownell f5de611148 [PATCH] GPIO core documentation
Small updates to the GPIO documentation, addressing feedback and
fixing a few spelling errors.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-16 08:13:55 -08:00
David Brownell 4c20386c8d [PATCH] GPIO core
This defines a simple and minimalist programming interface for GPIO APIs:

  - Documentation/gpio.txt ... describes things (read it)

  - include/asm-arm/gpio.h ... defines the ARM hook, which just punts
    to <asm/arch/gpio.h> for any implementation

  - include/asm-generic/gpio.h ... implement "can sleep" variants as calling
    the normal ones, for systems that don't handle i2c expanders.

The immediate need for such a cross-architecture API convention is to support
drivers that work the same on AT91 ARM and AVR32 AP7000 chips, which embed many
of the same controllers but have different CPUs.  However, several other users
have been reported, including a driver for a hardware watchdog chip and some
handhelds.org multi-CPU button drivers.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-12 09:48:34 -08:00