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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-aggregator.rst107
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-sim.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-virtuser.rst177
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/index.rst1
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-aggregator.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-aggregator.rst
index 5cd1e7221756..8374a9df9105 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-aggregator.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-aggregator.rst
@@ -69,6 +69,113 @@ write-only attribute files in sysfs.
$ echo gpio-aggregator.0 > delete_device
+Aggregating GPIOs using Configfs
+--------------------------------
+
+**Group:** ``/config/gpio-aggregator``
+
+ This is the root directory of the gpio-aggregator configfs tree.
+
+**Group:** ``/config/gpio-aggregator/<example-name>``
+
+ This directory represents a GPIO aggregator device. You can assign any
+ name to ``<example-name>`` (e.g. ``agg0``), except names starting with
+ ``_sysfs`` prefix, which are reserved for auto-generated configfs
+ entries corresponding to devices created via Sysfs.
+
+**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-aggregator/<example-name>/live``
+
+ The ``live`` attribute allows to trigger the actual creation of the device
+ once it's fully configured. Accepted values are:
+
+ * ``1``, ``yes``, ``true`` : enable the virtual device
+ * ``0``, ``no``, ``false`` : disable the virtual device
+
+**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-aggregator/<example-name>/dev_name``
+
+ The read-only ``dev_name`` attribute exposes the name of the device as it
+ will appear in the system on the platform bus (e.g. ``gpio-aggregator.0``).
+ This is useful for identifying a character device for the newly created
+ aggregator. If it's ``gpio-aggregator.0``,
+ ``/sys/devices/platform/gpio-aggregator.0/gpiochipX`` path tells you that the
+ GPIO device id is ``X``.
+
+You must create subdirectories for each virtual line you want to
+instantiate, named exactly as ``line0``, ``line1``, ..., ``lineY``, when
+you want to instantiate ``Y+1`` (Y >= 0) lines. Configure all lines before
+activating the device by setting ``live`` to 1.
+
+**Group:** ``/config/gpio-aggregator/<example-name>/<lineY>/``
+
+ This directory represents a GPIO line to include in the aggregator.
+
+**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-aggregator/<example-name>/<lineY>/key``
+
+**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-aggregator/<example-name>/<lineY>/offset``
+
+ The default values after creating the ``<lineY>`` directory are:
+
+ * ``key`` : <empty>
+ * ``offset`` : -1
+
+ ``key`` must always be explicitly configured, while ``offset`` depends.
+ Two configuration patterns exist for each ``<lineY>``:
+
+ (a). For lookup by GPIO line name:
+
+ * Set ``key`` to the line name.
+ * Ensure ``offset`` remains -1 (the default).
+
+ (b). For lookup by GPIO chip name and the line offset within the chip:
+
+ * Set ``key`` to the chip name.
+ * Set ``offset`` to the line offset (0 <= ``offset`` < 65535).
+
+**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-aggregator/<example-name>/<lineY>/name``
+
+ The ``name`` attribute sets a custom name for lineY. If left unset, the
+ line will remain unnamed.
+
+Once the configuration is done, the ``'live'`` attribute must be set to 1
+in order to instantiate the aggregator device. It can be set back to 0 to
+destroy the virtual device. The module will synchronously wait for the new
+aggregator device to be successfully probed and if this doesn't happen, writing
+to ``'live'`` will result in an error. This is a different behaviour from the
+case when you create it using sysfs ``new_device`` interface.
+
+.. note::
+
+ For aggregators created via Sysfs, the configfs entries are
+ auto-generated and appear as ``/config/gpio-aggregator/_sysfs.<N>/``. You
+ cannot add or remove line directories with mkdir(2)/rmdir(2). To modify
+ lines, you must use the "delete_device" interface to tear down the
+ existing device and reconfigure it from scratch. However, you can still
+ toggle the aggregator with the ``live`` attribute and adjust the
+ ``key``, ``offset``, and ``name`` attributes for each line when ``live``
+ is set to 0 by hand (i.e. it's not waiting for deferred probe).
+
+Sample configuration commands
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ # Create a directory for an aggregator device
+ $ mkdir /sys/kernel/config/gpio-aggregator/agg0
+
+ # Configure each line
+ $ mkdir /sys/kernel/config/gpio-aggregator/agg0/line0
+ $ echo gpiochip0 > /sys/kernel/config/gpio-aggregator/agg0/line0/key
+ $ echo 6 > /sys/kernel/config/gpio-aggregator/agg0/line0/offset
+ $ echo test0 > /sys/kernel/config/gpio-aggregator/agg0/line0/name
+ $ mkdir /sys/kernel/config/gpio-aggregator/agg0/line1
+ $ echo gpiochip0 > /sys/kernel/config/gpio-aggregator/agg0/line1/key
+ $ echo 7 > /sys/kernel/config/gpio-aggregator/agg0/line1/offset
+ $ echo test1 > /sys/kernel/config/gpio-aggregator/agg0/line1/name
+
+ # Activate the aggregator device
+ $ echo 1 > /sys/kernel/config/gpio-aggregator/agg0/live
+
+
Generic GPIO Driver
-------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-sim.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-sim.rst
index 1cc5567a4bbe..35d49ccd49e0 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-sim.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-sim.rst
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ specific lines. The name of those subdirectories must take the form of:
``'line<offset>'`` (e.g. ``'line0'``, ``'line20'``, etc.) as the name will be
used by the module to assign the config to the specific line at given offset.
-Once the confiuration is complete, the ``'live'`` attribute must be set to 1 in
+Once the configuration is complete, the ``'live'`` attribute must be set to 1 in
order to instantiate the chip. It can be set back to 0 to destroy the simulated
chip. The module will synchronously wait for the new simulated device to be
successfully probed and if this doesn't happen, writing to ``'live'`` will
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-virtuser.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-virtuser.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7e7c0df51640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-virtuser.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+Virtual GPIO Consumer
+=====================
+
+The virtual GPIO Consumer module allows users to instantiate virtual devices
+that request GPIOs and then control their behavior over debugfs. Virtual
+consumer devices can be instantiated from device-tree or over configfs.
+
+A virtual consumer uses the driver-facing GPIO APIs and allows to cover it with
+automated tests driven by user-space. The GPIOs are requested using
+``gpiod_get_array()`` and so we support multiple GPIOs per connector ID.
+
+Creating GPIO consumers
+-----------------------
+
+The gpio-consumer module registers a configfs subsystem called
+``'gpio-virtuser'``. For details of the configfs filesystem, please refer to
+the configfs documentation.
+
+The user can create a hierarchy of configfs groups and items as well as modify
+values of exposed attributes. Once the consumer is instantiated, this hierarchy
+will be translated to appropriate device properties. The general structure is:
+
+**Group:** ``/config/gpio-virtuser``
+
+This is the top directory of the gpio-consumer configfs tree.
+
+**Group:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name``
+
+**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/live``
+
+**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/dev_name``
+
+This is a directory representing a GPIO consumer device.
+
+The read-only ``dev_name`` attribute exposes the name of the device as it will
+appear in the system on the platform bus. This is useful for locating the
+associated debugfs directory under
+``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name``.
+
+The ``'live'`` attribute allows to trigger the actual creation of the device
+once it's fully configured. The accepted values are: ``'1'`` to enable the
+virtual device and ``'0'`` to disable and tear it down.
+
+Creating GPIO lookup tables
+---------------------------
+
+Users can create a number of configfs groups under the device group:
+
+**Group:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/con_id``
+
+The ``'con_id'`` directory represents a single GPIO lookup and its value maps
+to the ``'con_id'`` argument of the ``gpiod_get()`` function. For example:
+``con_id`` == ``'reset'`` maps to the ``reset-gpios`` device property.
+
+Users can assign a number of GPIOs to each lookup. Each GPIO is a sub-directory
+with a user-defined name under the ``'con_id'`` group.
+
+**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/con_id/0/key``
+
+**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/con_id/0/offset``
+
+**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/con_id/0/drive``
+
+**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/con_id/0/pull``
+
+**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/con_id/0/active_low``
+
+**Attribute:** ``/config/gpio-consumer/example-name/con_id/0/transitory``
+
+This is a group describing a single GPIO in the ``con_id-gpios`` property.
+
+For virtual consumers created using configfs we use machine lookup tables so
+this group can be considered as a mapping between the filesystem and the fields
+of a single entry in ``'struct gpiod_lookup'``.
+
+The ``'key'`` attribute represents either the name of the chip this GPIO
+belongs to or the GPIO line name. This depends on the value of the ``'offset'``
+attribute: if its value is >= 0, then ``'key'`` represents the label of the
+chip to lookup while ``'offset'`` represents the offset of the line in that
+chip. If ``'offset'`` is < 0, then ``'key'`` represents the name of the line.
+
+The remaining attributes map to the ``'flags'`` field of the GPIO lookup
+struct. The first two take string values as arguments:
+
+**``'drive'``:** ``'push-pull'``, ``'open-drain'``, ``'open-source'``
+**``'pull'``:** ``'pull-up'``, ``'pull-down'``, ``'pull-disabled'``, ``'as-is'``
+
+``'active_low'`` and ``'transitory'`` are boolean attributes.
+
+Activating GPIO consumers
+-------------------------
+
+Once the configuration is complete, the ``'live'`` attribute must be set to 1 in
+order to instantiate the consumer. It can be set back to 0 to destroy the
+virtual device. The module will synchronously wait for the new simulated device
+to be successfully probed and if this doesn't happen, writing to ``'live'`` will
+result in an error.
+
+Device-tree
+-----------
+
+Virtual GPIO consumers can also be defined in device-tree. The compatible string
+must be: ``"gpio-virtuser"`` with at least one property following the
+standardized GPIO pattern.
+
+An example device-tree code defining a virtual GPIO consumer:
+
+.. code-block :: none
+
+ gpio-virt-consumer {
+ compatible = "gpio-virtuser";
+
+ foo-gpios = <&gpio0 5 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>, <&gpio1 2 0>;
+ bar-gpios = <&gpio0 6 0>;
+ };
+
+Controlling virtual GPIO consumers
+----------------------------------
+
+Once active, the device will export debugfs attributes for controlling GPIO
+arrays as well as each requested GPIO line separately. Let's consider the
+following device property: ``foo-gpios = <&gpio0 0 0>, <&gpio0 4 0>;``.
+
+The following debugfs attribute groups will be created:
+
+**Group:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo/``
+
+This is the group that will contain the attributes for the entire GPIO array.
+
+**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo/values``
+
+**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo/values_atomic``
+
+Both attributes allow to read and set arrays of GPIO values. User must pass
+exactly the number of values that the array contains in the form of a string
+containing zeroes and ones representing inactive and active GPIO states
+respectively. In this example: ``echo 11 > values``.
+
+The ``values_atomic`` attribute works the same as ``values`` but the kernel
+will execute the GPIO driver callbacks in interrupt context.
+
+**Group:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo:$index/``
+
+This is a group that represents a single GPIO with ``$index`` being its offset
+in the array.
+
+**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo:$index/consumer``
+
+Allows to set and read the consumer label of the GPIO line.
+
+**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo:$index/debounce``
+
+Allows to set and read the debounce period of the GPIO line.
+
+**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo:$index/direction``
+
+**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo:$index/direction_atomic``
+
+These two attributes allow to set the direction of the GPIO line. They accept
+"input" and "output" as values. The atomic variant executes the driver callback
+in interrupt context.
+
+**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo:$index/interrupts``
+
+If the line is requested in input mode, writing ``1`` to this attribute will
+make the module listen for edge interrupts on the GPIO. Writing ``0`` disables
+the monitoring. Reading this attribute returns the current number of registered
+interrupts (both edges).
+
+**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo:$index/value``
+
+**Attribute:** ``/sys/kernel/debug/gpio-virtuser/$dev_name/gpiod:foo:$index/value_atomic``
+
+Both attributes allow to read and set values of individual requested GPIO lines.
+They accept the following values: ``1`` and ``0``.
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/index.rst
index 460afd29617e..712f379731cb 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/index.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ GPIO
Character Device Userspace API <../../userspace-api/gpio/chardev>
gpio-aggregator
gpio-sim
+ gpio-virtuser
Obsolete APIs <obsolete>
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