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27.Dd February 13, 2014
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.El
75.Pp
76On a
77.Xr FDT 4
78based system, like
79.Li ARM ,
80the DTS part for a
81.Nm gpioled
82device usually looks like:
83.Bd -literal
84gpio: gpio {
85
86	gpio-controller;
87	...
88
89	led0 {
90		compatible = "gpioled";
91		gpios = <&gpio 16 2 0>;		/* GPIO pin 16. */
92		name = "ok";
93	};
94
95	led1 {
96		compatible = "gpioled";
97		gpios = <&gpio 17 2 0>;		/* GPIO pin 17. */
98		name = "user-led1";
99	};
100};
101.Ed
102.Pp
103Optionally, you can choose to combine all the LEDs under a single
104.Dq gpio-leds
105compatible node:
106.Bd -literal
107simplebus0 {
108
109	...
110
111	leds {
112		compatible = "gpio-leds";
113
114		led0 {
115			gpios = <&gpio 16 2 0>;
116			name = "ok"
117		};
118
119		led1 {
120			gpios = <&gpio 17 2 0>;
121			name = "user-led1"
122		};
123	};
124};
125.Ed
126.Pp
127Both methods are equally supported and it is possible to have the LEDs
128defined with any sort of mix between the methods.
129The only restriction is that a GPIO pin cannot be mapped by two different
130(gpio)leds.
131.Pp
132For more details about the
133.Va gpios
134property, please consult
135.Pa /usr/src/sys/boot/fdt/dts/bindings-gpio.txt .
136.Pp
137The property
138.Va name
139is the arbitrary name of the device in
140.Pa /dev/led/
141to create for
142.Xr led 4 .
143.Sh SEE ALSO
144.Xr fdt 4 ,
145.Xr gpio 4 ,
146.Xr gpioiic 4 ,
147.Xr led 4
148.Sh HISTORY
149The
150.Nm
151manual page first appeared in
152.Fx 11.0 .
153.Sh AUTHORS
154This
155manual page was written by
156.An Luiz Otavio O Souza .
157