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authorLinus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>2015-08-10 11:51:46 +0200
committerLinus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>2015-08-13 13:13:16 +0200
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gpio/ABI: document what is already the case
commit 926b663ce8215ba448960e1ff6e58b67a2c3b99b "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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@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ Description:
/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
+ /gpioN ... for each exported GPIO #N OR
+ /<LINE-NAME> ... for a properly named GPIO line
/value ... always readable, writes fail for input GPIOs
/direction ... r/w as: in, out (default low); write: high, low
/edge ... r/w as: none, falling, rising, both