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25.Dd May 23, 2019
26.Dt GPIOLED 4
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm gpioled
30.Nd GPIO LED generic device driver
31.Sh SYNOPSIS
32To compile this driver into the kernel,
33place the following lines in your
34kernel configuration file:
35.Bd -ragged -offset indent
36.Cd "device gpio"
37.Cd "device gpioled"
38.Ed
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Nm
42driver provides glue to attach a
43.Xr led 4
44compatible device to a GPIO pin.
45Each LED in the system has a
46.Pa name
47which is used to export a device as
48.Pa /dev/led/<name> .
49The GPIO pin can then be controlled by writing to this device as described
50in
51.Xr led 4 .
52.Pp
53On a
54.Xr device.hints 5
55based system, like
56.Li MIPS ,
57these values are configurable for
58.Nm :
59.Bl -tag -width ".Va hint.gpioiic.%d.atXXX"
60.It Va hint.gpioled.%d.at
61The gpiobus you are attaching to.
62Normally assigned to gpiobus0.
63.It Va hint.gpioled.%d.name
64Arbitrary name of device in
65.Pa /dev/led/
66to create for
67.Xr led 4 .
68.It Va hint.gpioled.%d.pins
69Which pin on the GPIO interface to map to this instance.
70Please note that this mask should only ever have one bit set
71(any other bits - i.e., pins - will be ignored).
72.It Va hint.gpioled.%d.invert
73Use pin inversion. If set to 1, the pin will be set to 0 to light the LED, and 1
74to clear it.
75.It Va hint.gpioled.%d.invmode
76Whether or not to use hardware support when pin inversion is requested. Must be
77one of:
78.Bl -tag
79.It Va auto
80Use hardware pin inversion if available, else fallback to software pin
81inversion. This is the default.
82.It Va hw
83Use hardware pin inversion.
84.It Va sw
85Use software pin inversion.
86.El
87.It Va hint.gpioled.%d.state
88The initial state of the LED when the driver takes control over it.
89If set to 1 or 0, the LED will be on or off correspondingly.
90If set to -1, the LED will be kept in its original state.
91.El
92.Pp
93On a
94.Xr FDT 4
95based system, like
96.Li ARM ,
97the DTS part for a
98.Nm gpioled
99device usually looks like:
100.Bd -literal
101gpio: gpio {
102
103	gpio-controller;
104	...
105
106	led0 {
107		compatible = "gpioled";
108		gpios = <&gpio 16 2 0>;		/* GPIO pin 16. */
109		name = "ok";
110	};
111
112	led1 {
113		compatible = "gpioled";
114		gpios = <&gpio 17 2 0>;		/* GPIO pin 17. */
115		name = "user-led1";
116	};
117};
118.Ed
119.Pp
120Optionally, you can choose to combine all the LEDs under a single
121.Dq gpio-leds
122compatible node:
123.Bd -literal
124simplebus0 {
125
126	...
127
128	leds {
129		compatible = "gpio-leds";
130
131		led0 {
132			gpios = <&gpio 16 2 0>;
133			name = "ok"
134		};
135
136		led1 {
137			gpios = <&gpio 17 2 0>;
138			name = "user-led1"
139		};
140	};
141};
142.Ed
143.Pp
144Both methods are equally supported and it is possible to have the LEDs
145defined with any sort of mix between the methods.
146The only restriction is that a GPIO pin cannot be mapped by two different
147(gpio)leds.
148.Pp
149For more details about the
150.Va gpios
151property, please consult
152.Pa /usr/src/sys/dts/bindings-gpio.txt .
153.Pp
154The property
155.Va name
156is the arbitrary name of the device in
157.Pa /dev/led/
158to create for
159.Xr led 4 .
160.Sh SEE ALSO
161.Xr fdt 4 ,
162.Xr gpio 4 ,
163.Xr gpioiic 4 ,
164.Xr led 4
165.Sh HISTORY
166The
167.Nm
168manual page first appeared in
169.Fx 10.1 .
170.Sh AUTHORS
171This
172manual page was written by
173.An Luiz Otavio O Souza .
174