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27.Dd July 30, 2016
28.Dt GPIOLED 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm gpioled
32.Nd GPIO LED generic device driver
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34To compile this driver into the kernel,
35place the following lines in your
36kernel configuration file:
37.Bd -ragged -offset indent
38.Cd "device gpio"
39.Cd "device gpioled"
40.Ed
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm
44driver provides glue to attach a
45.Xr led 4
46compatible device to a GPIO pin.
47Each LED in the system has a
48.Pa name
49which is used to export a device as
50.Pa /dev/led/<name> .
51The GPIO pin can then be controlled by writing to this device as described
52in
53.Xr led 4 .
54.Pp
55On a
56.Xr device.hints 5
57based system, like
58.Li MIPS ,
59these values are configurable for
60.Nm :
61.Bl -tag -width ".Va hint.gpioiic.%d.atXXX"
62.It Va hint.gpioled.%d.at
63The gpiobus you are attaching to.
64Normally assigned to gpiobus0.
65.It Va hint.gpioled.%d.name
66Arbitrary name of device in
67.Pa /dev/led/
68to create for
69.Xr led 4 .
70.It Va hint.gpioled.%d.pins
71Which pin on the GPIO interface to map to this instance.
72Please note that this mask should only ever have one bit set
73(any other bits - i.e., pins - will be ignored).
74.It Va hint.gpioled.%d.invert
75If set to 1, the pin will be set to 0 to light the LED, and 1 to clear it.
76.El
77.Pp
78On a
79.Xr FDT 4
80based system, like
81.Li ARM ,
82the DTS part for a
83.Nm gpioled
84device usually looks like:
85.Bd -literal
86gpio: gpio {
87
88	gpio-controller;
89	...
90
91	led0 {
92		compatible = "gpioled";
93		gpios = <&gpio 16 2 0>;		/* GPIO pin 16. */
94		name = "ok";
95	};
96
97	led1 {
98		compatible = "gpioled";
99		gpios = <&gpio 17 2 0>;		/* GPIO pin 17. */
100		name = "user-led1";
101	};
102};
103.Ed
104.Pp
105Optionally, you can choose to combine all the LEDs under a single
106.Dq gpio-leds
107compatible node:
108.Bd -literal
109simplebus0 {
110
111	...
112
113	leds {
114		compatible = "gpio-leds";
115
116		led0 {
117			gpios = <&gpio 16 2 0>;
118			name = "ok"
119		};
120
121		led1 {
122			gpios = <&gpio 17 2 0>;
123			name = "user-led1"
124		};
125	};
126};
127.Ed
128.Pp
129Both methods are equally supported and it is possible to have the LEDs
130defined with any sort of mix between the methods.
131The only restriction is that a GPIO pin cannot be mapped by two different
132(gpio)leds.
133.Pp
134For more details about the
135.Va gpios
136property, please consult
137.Pa /usr/src/sys/boot/fdt/dts/bindings-gpio.txt .
138.Pp
139The property
140.Va name
141is the arbitrary name of the device in
142.Pa /dev/led/
143to create for
144.Xr led 4 .
145.Sh SEE ALSO
146.Xr fdt 4 ,
147.Xr gpio 4 ,
148.Xr gpioiic 4 ,
149.Xr led 4
150.Sh HISTORY
151The
152.Nm
153manual page first appeared in
154.Fx 10.1 .
155.Sh AUTHORS
156This
157manual page was written by
158.An Luiz Otavio O Souza .
159