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diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/gpio-properties.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/gpio-properties.rst index 59aad6138b6e..b36aa3e743d8 100644 --- a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/gpio-properties.rst +++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/gpio-properties.rst @@ -133,7 +133,61 @@ Example:: - gpio-line-names -Example:: +The ``gpio-line-names`` declaration is a list of strings ("names"), which +describes each line/pin of a GPIO controller/expander. This list, contained in +a package, must be inserted inside the GPIO controller declaration of an ACPI +table (typically inside the DSDT). The ``gpio-line-names`` list must respect the +following rules (see also the examples): + + - the first name in the list corresponds with the first line/pin of the GPIO + controller/expander + - the names inside the list must be consecutive (no "holes" are permitted) + - the list can be incomplete and can end before the last GPIO line: in + other words, it is not mandatory to fill all the GPIO lines + - empty names are allowed (two quotation marks ``""`` correspond to an empty + name) + +Example of a GPIO controller of 16 lines, with an incomplete list with two +empty names:: + + Package () { + "gpio-line-names", + Package () { + "pin_0", + "pin_1", + "", + "", + "pin_3", + "pin_4_push_button", + } + } + +At runtime, the above declaration produces the following result (using the +"libgpiod" tools):: + + root@debian:~# gpioinfo gpiochip4 + gpiochip4 - 16 lines: + line 0: "pin_0" unused input active-high + line 1: "pin_1" unused input active-high + line 2: unnamed unused input active-high + line 3: unnamed unused input active-high + line 4: "pin_3" unused input active-high + line 5: "pin_4_push_button" unused input active-high + line 6: unnamed unused input active-high + line 7 unnamed unused input active-high + line 8: unnamed unused input active-high + line 9: unnamed unused input active-high + line 10: unnamed unused input active-high + line 11: unnamed unused input active-high + line 12: unnamed unused input active-high + line 13: unnamed unused input active-high + line 14: unnamed unused input active-high + line 15: unnamed unused input active-high + root@debian:~# gpiofind pin_4_push_button + gpiochip4 5 + root@debian:~# + +Another example:: Package () { "gpio-line-names", |