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diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt index 2aafda9254f..528b4822f45 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt @@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ Table of Contents 3) OpenPIC Interrupt Controllers 4) ISA Interrupt Controllers + VIII - Specifying GPIO information for devices + 1) gpios property + 2) gpio-controller nodes + Appendix A - Sample SOC node for MPC8540 @@ -3431,6 +3435,54 @@ encodings listed below: 2 = high to low edge sensitive type enabled 3 = low to high edge sensitive type enabled +VIII - Specifying GPIO information for devices +============================================== + +1) gpios property +----------------- + +Nodes that makes use of GPIOs should define them using `gpios' property, +format of which is: <&gpio-controller1-phandle gpio1-specifier + &gpio-controller2-phandle gpio2-specifier + 0 /* holes are permitted, means no GPIO 3 */ + &gpio-controller4-phandle gpio4-specifier + ...>; + +Note that gpio-specifier length is controller dependent. + +gpio-specifier may encode: bank, pin position inside the bank, +whether pin is open-drain and whether pin is logically inverted. + +Example of the node using GPIOs: + + node { + gpios = <&qe_pio_e 18 0>; + }; + +In this example gpio-specifier is "18 0" and encodes GPIO pin number, +and empty GPIO flags as accepted by the "qe_pio_e" gpio-controller. + +2) gpio-controller nodes +------------------------ + +Every GPIO controller node must have #gpio-cells property defined, +this information will be used to translate gpio-specifiers. + +Example of two SOC GPIO banks defined as gpio-controller nodes: + + qe_pio_a: gpio-controller@1400 { + #gpio-cells = <2>; + compatible = "fsl,qe-pario-bank-a", "fsl,qe-pario-bank"; + reg = <0x1400 0x18>; + gpio-controller; + }; + + qe_pio_e: gpio-controller@1460 { + #gpio-cells = <2>; + compatible = "fsl,qe-pario-bank-e", "fsl,qe-pario-bank"; + reg = <0x1460 0x18>; + gpio-controller; + }; Appendix A - Sample SOC node for MPC8540 ======================================== |