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26.Dd September 3, 2025
27.Dt GPIO 3
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm gpio_open ,
31.Nm gpio_close
32.Nd "library to handle GPIO pins"
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libgpio
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In sys/types.h
37.In libgpio.h
38.Ft "gpio_handle_t"
39.Fn gpio_open "unsigned int unit"
40.Ft "gpio_handle_t"
41.Fn gpio_open_device "const char *device"
42.Ft void
43.Fn gpio_close "gpio_handle_t handle"
44.Ft int
45.Fn gpio_pin_list "gpio_handle_t handle" "gpio_config_t **pcfgs"
46.Ft int
47.Fn gpio_pin_config "gpio_handle_t handle" "gpio_config_t *cfg"
48.Ft int
49.Fn gpio_pin_set_name "gpio_handle_t handle" "gpio_pin_t pin" "char *name"
50.Ft int
51.Fn gpio_pin_set_flags "gpio_handle_t handle" "gpio_config_t *cfg"
52.Ft gpio_value_t
53.Fn gpio_pin_get "gpio_handle_t handle" "gpio_pin_t pin"
54.Ft int
55.Fn gpio_pin_set "gpio_handle_t handle" "gpio_pin_t pin" "gpio_value_t value"
56.Ft int
57.Fn gpio_pin_toggle "gpio_handle_t handle" "gpio_pin_t pin"
58.Ft int
59.Fn gpio_pin_low "gpio_handle_t handle" "gpio_pin_t pin"
60.Ft int
61.Fn gpio_pin_high "gpio_handle_t handle" "gpio_pin_t pin"
62.Ft int
63.Fn gpio_pin_input "gpio_handle_t handle" "gpio_pin_t pin"
64.Ft int
65.Fn gpio_pin_output "gpio_handle_t handle" "gpio_pin_t pin"
66.Ft int
67.Fn gpio_pin_opendrain "gpio_handle_t handle" "gpio_pin_t pin"
68.Ft int
69.Fn gpio_pin_pushpull "gpio_handle_t handle" "gpio_pin_t pin"
70.Ft int
71.Fn gpio_pin_tristate "gpio_handle_t handle" "gpio_pin_t pin"
72.Ft int
73.Fn gpio_pin_pullup "gpio_handle_t handle" "gpio_pin_t pin"
74.Ft int
75.Fn gpio_pin_pulldown "gpio_handle_t handle" "gpio_pin_t pin"
76.Ft int
77.Fn gpio_pin_invin "gpio_handle_t handle" "gpio_pin_t pin"
78.Ft int
79.Fn gpio_pin_invout "gpio_handle_t handle" "gpio_pin_t pin"
80.Ft int
81.Fn gpio_pin_pulsate "gpio_handle_t handle" "gpio_pin_t pin"
82.Ft int
83.Fn gpio_configure_events "gpio_handle_t handle" "uint32_t report_type" "uint32_t fifo_size"
84.Ft int
85.Fn gpio_fileno "gpio_handle_t handle"
86.Sh DESCRIPTION
87The
88.Nm libgpio
89library provides an interface to configure GPIO pins.
90The library operates with a
91.Ft gpio_handle_t
92opaque type which can be created with
93.Fn gpio_open
94or
95.Fn gpio_open_device .
96When no more GPIO operations are needed, this handle can be destroyed
97with
98.Fn gpio_close .
99.Pp
100To get a list of all available pins, one can call
101.Fn gpio_pin_list .
102This function takes a pointer to a
103.Ft gpio_config_t
104which is dynamically allocated.
105This pointer should be freed with
106.Xr free 3
107when it is no longer necessary.
108.Pp
109The function
110.Fn gpio_pin_config
111retrieves the current configuration of a pin.
112The pin number should be passed in via the
113.Ft g_pin
114variable which is part of the
115.Ft gpio_config_t
116structure.
117.Pp
118The function
119.Fn gpio_pin_set_name
120sets the name used to describe a pin.
121.Pp
122The function
123.Fn gpio_pin_set_flags
124configures a pin with the flags passed in by the
125.Ft gpio_config_t
126structure.
127The pin number should also be passed in through the
128.Ft g_pin
129variable.
130All other structure members will be ignored by this function.
131The list of flags can be found in
132.In sys/gpio.h .
133.Pp
134The get or set the state of a GPIO pin, the functions
135.Fn gpio_pin_get
136and
137.Fn gpio_pin_set
138are available, respectively.
139To toggle the state, use
140.Fn gpio_pin_toggle .
141.Pp
142The functions
143.Fn gpio_pin_low
144and
145.Fn gpio_pin_high
146are wrappers around
147.Fn gpio_pin_set .
148.Pp
149The functions
150.Fn gpio_pin_input ,
151.Fn gpio_pin_output ,
152.Fn gpio_pin_opendrain ,
153.Fn gpio_pin_pushpull ,
154.Fn gpio_pin_tristate ,
155.Fn gpio_pin_pullup ,
156.Fn gpio_pin_pulldown ,
157.Fn gpio_pin_invin ,
158.Fn gpio_pin_invout
159and
160.Fn gpio_pin_pulsate
161are wrappers around
162.Fn gpio_pin_set_flags .
163.Pp
164The function
165.Fn gpio_configure_events
166configures the interrupt report type and FIFO size for buffered
167gpio interrupts.
168The report type is specified by one of the following values:
169.Bl -tag -width indent
170.It Dv GPIO_EVENT_REPORT_DETAIL
171Events are reported using
172.Ft struct gpio_event_detail .
173.It Dv GPIO_EVENT_REPORT_SUMMARY
174Events are reported using
175.Ft struct gpio_event_summary .
176.El
177.Pp
178By default, the report type is
179.Dv GPIO_EVENT_REPORT_DETAIL ,
180with a default FIFO size of 2 * number of pins belonging to the
181.Ft gpio_device_t
182instance.
183The FIFO argument is only meaningful when
184.Fa report_type
185is
186.Dv GPIO_EVENT_REPORT_DETAIL .
187The structures associated with each report type are defined in
188.In sys/gpio.h .
189This setting is tracked on a per device instance basis.
190The FIFO size cannot be reduced below the default value,
191nor can it be decreased after it has been increased.
192If any pin on the device has already been configured for interrupts,
193.Fn gpio_configure_events
194fails and returns -1.
195On success 0 is returned.
196.Pp
197The function
198.Fn gpio_fileno
199returns the file descriptor associated with the
200.Ft gpio_handle_t
201instance.
202.Pp
203File operations have the following semantics:
204.Bl -tag -width "read (2)"
205.It Xr read 2
206Read one or more gpio interrupts that have occured
207since the last successful
208.Xr read 2 .
209The results are placed into the output buffer
210of the type previously established via
211.Fn gpio_configure_events .
212If there are no pending interrupts,
213.Xr read 2
214blocks until an interrupt occurs, unless
215.Dv O_NONBLOCK
216is set.
217.It Xr poll 2
218When receiving notification via
219.Xr poll 2
220or similar interfaces, the file descriptor becomes readable when
221one or more gpio interrupts are pending.
222.El
223.Sh EXAMPLES
224The following example shows how to configure pin 16 as output and then
225drive it high:
226.Bd -literal
227#include <sys/types.h>
228#include <err.h>
229#include <libgpio.h>
230
231gpio_handle_t handle;
232
233handle = gpio_open(0);
234if (handle == GPIO_INVALID_HANDLE)
235	err(1, "gpio_open failed");
236gpio_pin_output(handle, 16);
237gpio_pin_high(handle, 16);
238gpio_close(handle);
239.Ed
240.Pp
241The following example shows how to get a configuration of a pin:
242.Bd -literal
243gpio_config_t cfg;
244
245cfg.g_pin = 32;
246gpio_pin_config(handle, &cfg);
247.Ed
248.Pp
249The structure will contain the name of the pin and its flags.
250.Sh SEE ALSO
251.Xr gpiobus 4 ,
252.Xr gpioctl 8
253.Sh HISTORY
254The
255.Nm libgpio
256library first appeared in
257.Fx 11.0 .
258.Sh AUTHORS
259The
260.Nm libgpio
261library was implemented by
262.An Rui Paulo Aq Mt rpaulo@FreeBSD.org .
263