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27.Dd May 23, 2019
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.It Va hint.gpioled.%d.state
77The initial state of the LED when the driver takes control over it.
78If set to 1 or 0, the LED will be on or off correspondingly.
79If set to -1, the LED will be kept in its original state.
80.El
81.Pp
82On a
83.Xr FDT 4
84based system, like
85.Li ARM ,
86the DTS part for a
87.Nm gpioled
88device usually looks like:
89.Bd -literal
90gpio: gpio {
91
92	gpio-controller;
93	...
94
95	led0 {
96		compatible = "gpioled";
97		gpios = <&gpio 16 2 0>;		/* GPIO pin 16. */
98		name = "ok";
99	};
100
101	led1 {
102		compatible = "gpioled";
103		gpios = <&gpio 17 2 0>;		/* GPIO pin 17. */
104		name = "user-led1";
105	};
106};
107.Ed
108.Pp
109Optionally, you can choose to combine all the LEDs under a single
110.Dq gpio-leds
111compatible node:
112.Bd -literal
113simplebus0 {
114
115	...
116
117	leds {
118		compatible = "gpio-leds";
119
120		led0 {
121			gpios = <&gpio 16 2 0>;
122			name = "ok"
123		};
124
125		led1 {
126			gpios = <&gpio 17 2 0>;
127			name = "user-led1"
128		};
129	};
130};
131.Ed
132.Pp
133Both methods are equally supported and it is possible to have the LEDs
134defined with any sort of mix between the methods.
135The only restriction is that a GPIO pin cannot be mapped by two different
136(gpio)leds.
137.Pp
138For more details about the
139.Va gpios
140property, please consult
141.Pa /usr/src/sys/dts/bindings-gpio.txt .
142.Pp
143The property
144.Va name
145is the arbitrary name of the device in
146.Pa /dev/led/
147to create for
148.Xr led 4 .
149.Sh SEE ALSO
150.Xr fdt 4 ,
151.Xr gpio 4 ,
152.Xr gpioiic 4 ,
153.Xr led 4
154.Sh HISTORY
155The
156.Nm
157manual page first appeared in
158.Fx 10.1 .
159.Sh AUTHORS
160This
161manual page was written by
162.An Luiz Otavio O Souza .
163