docs: gpio: add sysfs interface to the admin-guide

While this is stated as obsoleted, the sysfs interface described
there is still valid, and belongs to the admin-guide.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>

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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/index.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+====
+gpio
+====
+
+.. toctree::
+    :maxdepth: 1
+
+    sysfs
+
+.. only::  subproject and html
+
+   Indices
+   =======
+
+   * :ref:`genindex`
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/sysfs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/sysfs.rst
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+GPIO Sysfs Interface for Userspace
+==================================
+
+.. warning::
+
+  THIS ABI IS DEPRECATED, THE ABI DOCUMENTATION HAS BEEN MOVED TO
+  Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-gpio AND NEW USERSPACE CONSUMERS
+  ARE SUPPOSED TO USE THE CHARACTER DEVICE ABI. THIS OLD SYSFS ABI WILL
+  NOT BE DEVELOPED (NO NEW FEATURES), IT WILL JUST BE MAINTAINED.
+
+Refer to the examples in tools/gpio/* for an introduction to the new
+character device ABI. Also see the userspace header in
+include/uapi/linux/gpio.h
+
+The deprecated sysfs ABI
+------------------------
+Platforms which use the "gpiolib" implementors framework may choose to
+configure a sysfs user interface to GPIOs. This is different from the
+debugfs interface, since it provides control over GPIO direction and
+value instead of just showing a gpio state summary. Plus, it could be
+present on production systems without debugging support.
+
+Given appropriate hardware documentation for the system, userspace could
+know for example that GPIO #23 controls the write protect line used to
+protect boot loader segments in flash memory. System upgrade procedures
+may need to temporarily remove that protection, first importing a GPIO,
+then changing its output state, then updating the code before re-enabling
+the write protection. In normal use, GPIO #23 would never be touched,
+and the kernel would have no need to know about it.
+
+Again depending on appropriate hardware documentation, on some systems
+userspace GPIO can be used to determine system configuration data that
+standard kernels won't know about. And for some tasks, simple userspace
+GPIO drivers could be all that the system really needs.
+
+DO NOT ABUSE SYSFS TO CONTROL HARDWARE THAT HAS PROPER KERNEL DRIVERS.
+PLEASE READ THE DOCUMENT AT Documentation/driver-api/gpio/drivers-on-gpio.rst
+TO AVOID REINVENTING KERNEL WHEELS IN USERSPACE. I MEAN IT. REALLY.
+
+Paths in Sysfs
+--------------
+There are three kinds of entries in /sys/class/gpio:
+
+   -	Control interfaces used to get userspace control over GPIOs;
+
+   -	GPIOs themselves; and
+
+   -	GPIO controllers ("gpio_chip" instances).
+
+That's in addition to standard files including the "device" symlink.
+
+The control interfaces are write-only:
+
+    /sys/class/gpio/
+
+	"export" ...
+		Userspace may ask the kernel to export control of
+		a GPIO to userspace by writing its number to this file.
+
+		Example:  "echo 19 > export" will create a "gpio19" node
+		for GPIO #19, if that's not requested by kernel code.
+
+	"unexport" ...
+		Reverses the effect of exporting to userspace.
+
+		Example:  "echo 19 > unexport" will remove a "gpio19"
+		node exported using the "export" file.
+
+GPIO signals have paths like /sys/class/gpio/gpio42/ (for GPIO #42)
+and have the following read/write attributes:
+
+    /sys/class/gpio/gpioN/
+
+	"direction" ...
+		reads as either "in" or "out". This value may
+		normally be written. Writing as "out" defaults to
+		initializing the value as low. To ensure glitch free
+		operation, values "low" and "high" may be written to
+		configure the GPIO as an output with that initial value.
+
+		Note that this attribute *will not exist* if the kernel
+		doesn't support changing the direction of a GPIO, or
+		it was exported by kernel code that didn't explicitly
+		allow userspace to reconfigure this GPIO's direction.
+
+	"value" ...
+		reads as either 0 (low) or 1 (high). If the GPIO
+		is configured as an output, this value may be written;
+		any nonzero value is treated as high.
+
+		If the pin can be configured as interrupt-generating interrupt
+		and if it has been configured to generate interrupts (see the
+		description of "edge"), you can poll(2) on that file and
+		poll(2) will return whenever the interrupt was triggered. If
+		you use poll(2), set the events POLLPRI and POLLERR. If you
+		use select(2), set the file descriptor in exceptfds. After
+		poll(2) returns, either lseek(2) to the beginning of the sysfs
+		file and read the new value or close the file and re-open it
+		to read the value.
+
+	"edge" ...
+		reads as either "none", "rising", "falling", or
+		"both". Write these strings to select the signal edge(s)
+		that will make poll(2) on the "value" file return.
+
+		This file exists only if the pin can be configured as an
+		interrupt generating input pin.
+
+	"active_low" ...
+		reads as either 0 (false) or 1 (true). Write
+		any nonzero value to invert the value attribute both
+		for reading and writing. Existing and subsequent
+		poll(2) support configuration via the edge attribute
+		for "rising" and "falling" edges will follow this
+		setting.
+
+GPIO controllers have paths like /sys/class/gpio/gpiochip42/ (for the
+controller implementing GPIOs starting at #42) and have the following
+read-only attributes:
+
+    /sys/class/gpio/gpiochipN/
+
+	"base" ...
+		same as N, the first GPIO managed by this chip
+
+	"label" ...
+		provided for diagnostics (not always unique)
+
+	"ngpio" ...
+		how many GPIOs this manages (N to N + ngpio - 1)
+
+Board documentation should in most cases cover what GPIOs are used for
+what purposes. However, those numbers are not always stable; GPIOs on
+a daughtercard might be different depending on the base board being used,
+or other cards in the stack. In such cases, you may need to use the
+gpiochip nodes (possibly in conjunction with schematics) to determine
+the correct GPIO number to use for a given signal.
+
+
+Exporting from Kernel code
+--------------------------
+Kernel code can explicitly manage exports of GPIOs which have already been
+requested using gpio_request()::
+
+	/* export the GPIO to userspace */
+	int gpiod_export(struct gpio_desc *desc, bool direction_may_change);
+
+	/* reverse gpio_export() */
+	void gpiod_unexport(struct gpio_desc *desc);
+
+	/* create a sysfs link to an exported GPIO node */
+	int gpiod_export_link(struct device *dev, const char *name,
+		      struct gpio_desc *desc);
+
+After a kernel driver requests a GPIO, it may only be made available in
+the sysfs interface by gpiod_export(). The driver can control whether the
+signal direction may change. This helps drivers prevent userspace code
+from accidentally clobbering important system state.
+
+This explicit exporting can help with debugging (by making some kinds
+of experiments easier), or can provide an always-there interface that's
+suitable for documenting as part of a board support package.
+
+After the GPIO has been exported, gpiod_export_link() allows creating
+symlinks from elsewhere in sysfs to the GPIO sysfs node. Drivers can
+use this to provide the interface under their own device in sysfs with
+a descriptive name.