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@@ -293,36 +293,13 @@ the device to the driver. For example:
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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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+we need to translate them to the corresponding Linux GPIO descriptors.
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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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-device resources list. For example:
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+There is a standard GPIO API for that and is documented in
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+Documentation/gpio.txt.
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- int gpio_irq, gpio_power;
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- int ret;
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- gpio_irq = acpi_get_gpio_by_index(dev, 1, NULL);
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- if (gpio_irq < 0)
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- /* handle error */
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-
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- gpio_power = acpi_get_gpio_by_index(dev, 0, NULL);
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- if (gpio_power < 0)
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- /* handle error */
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- /* Now we can use the GPIO numbers */
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-Other GpioIo parameters must be converted first by the driver to be
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-suitable to the gpiolib before passing them.
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-
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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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+In the above example we can get the corresponding two GPIO descriptors with
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+a code like this:
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#include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
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@@ -339,4 +316,5 @@ when converted to the GPIO desc:
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/* Now we can use the GPIO descriptors */
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-See also Documentation/gpio.txt.
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+There are also devm_* versions of these functions which release the
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+descriptors once the device is released.
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