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@@ -295,10 +295,6 @@ These GPIO numbers are controller relative and path "\\_SB.PCI0.GPI0"
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specifies the path to the controller. In order to use these GPIOs in Linux
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we need to translate them to the Linux GPIO numbers.
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-The driver can do this by including <linux/acpi_gpio.h> and then calling
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-acpi_get_gpio(path, gpio). This will return the Linux GPIO number or
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-negative errno if there was no translation found.
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-
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In a simple case of just getting the Linux GPIO number from device
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resources one can use acpi_get_gpio_by_index() helper function. It takes
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pointer to the device and index of the GpioIo/GpioInt descriptor in the
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@@ -322,3 +318,25 @@ suitable to the gpiolib before passing them.
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In case of GpioInt resource an additional call to gpio_to_irq() must be
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done before calling request_irq().
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+
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+Note that the above API is ACPI specific and not recommended for drivers
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+that need to support non-ACPI systems. The recommended way is to use
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+the descriptor based GPIO interfaces. The above example looks like this
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+when converted to the GPIO desc:
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+ #include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
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+ ...
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+
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+ struct gpio_desc *irq_desc, *power_desc;
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+
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+ irq_desc = gpiod_get_index(dev, NULL, 1);
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+ if (IS_ERR(irq_desc))
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+ /* handle error */
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+
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+ power_desc = gpiod_get_index(dev, NULL, 0);
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+ if (IS_ERR(power_desc))
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+ /* handle error */
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+
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+ /* Now we can use the GPIO descriptors */
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+
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+See also Documentation/gpio.txt.
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