Subject: RE: Using GPIO

From: "Stephen Neuendorffer" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 11:56:35 -0700

I don't think the GPIO driver has device tree bindings yet in the driver
for ARCH=powerpc.

Steve

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linuxppc-dev-bounces+stephen.neuendorffer=[email-masked]
[mailto:linuxppc-dev-
> bounces+stephen.neuendorffer=[email-masked]] On Behalf Of John
Bonesio
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:39 AM
> To: Guillaume Dargaud; [email-masked]
> Subject: RE: Using GPIO
> 
> 
> Hi Guillaume,
> 
> If you're using arch/powerpc, my understanding is that
> CONFIG_XILINX_GPIO needs to be enabled as well as having the right
info
> in the dts file.
> 
> Right now I'll have to defer to others to tell you what's needed in
the
> dts file.
> 
> If you're using arch/ppc, I believe you just need CONFIG_XILINX_GPIO
> enabled.
> 
> When the system boots up, you see a message on the console when the
GPIO
> driver initializes.
> 
> This is not exactly a tutorial. Hopefully this still helps,
> 
> - John
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linuxppc-dev-bounces+john.bonesio=[email-masked]
> [mailto:linuxppc-dev-bounces+john.bonesio=[email-masked]] On
> Behalf Of Guillaume Dargaud
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 9:35 AM
> To: [email-masked]
> Subject: Using GPIO
> 
> Hello all,
> I'm trying to use the Xilinx GPIO from a user program.
> Since I haven't managed to compile their example (simon.c is given
> without a
> makefile), I wanted to try using /dev/gpio...
> 
> So I added
> /dev/gpio0  c  666  0  0  10  185 -  -  -
> to device_table.txt when I generated my root filesystem with
buildroot,
> but
> apparently this leads nowhere as it's not visible in /proc/devices.
> 
> Is there some example or tutorial on how to use CONFIG_XILINX_GPIO ?
> Either
> as a device or as API calls...
> --
> Guillaume Dargaud
> http://www.gdargaud.net/
> 
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