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authorPavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>2016-10-03 04:43:46 -0400
committerLinus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>2016-10-20 08:14:11 -0400
commit15e2a357876910623953a7c9b071096e6d976ca9 (patch)
treeffea45cea482c0bd15fe78066ca803a341d0f064
parent1001354ca34179f3db924eb66672442a173147dc (diff)
gpio/board.txt: point to gpiod_set_value
gpiod_set_value() is preffered interface these days, so add a pointer. Also fix a missing ). Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> [Fixed some grammar and reworded] Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gpio/board.txt11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gpio/board.txt b/Documentation/gpio/board.txt
index 40884c4fe40c..a0f61898d493 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpio/board.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gpio/board.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Note that it only applies to the new descriptor-based interface. For a
6description of the deprecated integer-based GPIO interface please refer to 6description of the deprecated integer-based GPIO interface please refer to
7gpio-legacy.txt (actually, there is no real mapping possible with the old 7gpio-legacy.txt (actually, there is no real mapping possible with the old
8interface; you just fetch an integer from somewhere and request the 8interface; you just fetch an integer from somewhere and request the
9corresponding GPIO. 9corresponding GPIO).
10 10
11All platforms can enable the GPIO library, but if the platform strictly 11All platforms can enable the GPIO library, but if the platform strictly
12requires GPIO functionality to be present, it needs to select GPIOLIB from its 12requires GPIO functionality to be present, it needs to select GPIOLIB from its
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ The driver controlling "foo.0" will then be able to obtain its GPIOs as follows:
162 162
163Since the "led" GPIOs are mapped as active-high, this example will switch their 163Since the "led" GPIOs are mapped as active-high, this example will switch their
164signals to 1, i.e. enabling the LEDs. And for the "power" GPIO, which is mapped 164signals to 1, i.e. enabling the LEDs. And for the "power" GPIO, which is mapped
165as active-low, its actual signal will be 0 after this code. Contrary to the legacy 165as active-low, its actual signal will be 0 after this code. Contrary to the
166integer GPIO interface, the active-low property is handled during mapping and is 166legacy integer GPIO interface, the active-low property is handled during
167thus transparent to GPIO consumers. 167mapping and is thus transparent to GPIO consumers.
168
169A set of functions such as gpiod_set_value() is available to work with
170the new descriptor-oriented interface.