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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
73If set to 1, the pin will be set to 0 to light the LED, and 1 to clear it.
74.It Va hint.gpioled.%d.state
75The initial state of the LED when the driver takes control over it.
76If set to 1 or 0, the LED will be on or off correspondingly.
77If set to -1, the LED will be kept in its original state.
78.El
79.Pp
80On a
81.Xr FDT 4
82based system, like
83.Li ARM ,
84the DTS part for a
85.Nm gpioled
86device usually looks like:
87.Bd -literal
88gpio: gpio {
89
90	gpio-controller;
91	...
92
93	led0 {
94		compatible = "gpioled";
95		gpios = <&gpio 16 2 0>;		/* GPIO pin 16. */
96		name = "ok";
97	};
98
99	led1 {
100		compatible = "gpioled";
101		gpios = <&gpio 17 2 0>;		/* GPIO pin 17. */
102		name = "user-led1";
103	};
104};
105.Ed
106.Pp
107Optionally, you can choose to combine all the LEDs under a single
108.Dq gpio-leds
109compatible node:
110.Bd -literal
111simplebus0 {
112
113	...
114
115	leds {
116		compatible = "gpio-leds";
117
118		led0 {
119			gpios = <&gpio 16 2 0>;
120			name = "ok"
121		};
122
123		led1 {
124			gpios = <&gpio 17 2 0>;
125			name = "user-led1"
126		};
127	};
128};
129.Ed
130.Pp
131Both methods are equally supported and it is possible to have the LEDs
132defined with any sort of mix between the methods.
133The only restriction is that a GPIO pin cannot be mapped by two different
134(gpio)leds.
135.Pp
136For more details about the
137.Va gpios
138property, please consult
139.Pa /usr/src/sys/dts/bindings-gpio.txt .
140.Pp
141The property
142.Va name
143is the arbitrary name of the device in
144.Pa /dev/led/
145to create for
146.Xr led 4 .
147.Sh SEE ALSO
148.Xr fdt 4 ,
149.Xr gpio 4 ,
150.Xr gpioiic 4 ,
151.Xr led 4
152.Sh HISTORY
153The
154.Nm
155manual page first appeared in
156.Fx 10.1 .
157.Sh AUTHORS
158This
159manual page was written by
160.An Luiz Otavio O Souza .
161