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16   - The descriptor-based interface is the preferred way to manipulate GPIOs,
18   - The legacy integer-based interface which is considered deprecated (but still
21 The remainder of this document applies to the new descriptor-based interface.
23 integer-based interface.
29 A "General Purpose Input/Output" (GPIO) is a flexible software-controlled
31 to Linux developers working with embedded and custom hardware. Each GPIO
33 (BGA) packages. Board schematics show which external hardware connects to
37 System-on-Chip (SOC) processors heavily rely on GPIOs. In some cases, every
38 non-dedicated pin can be configured as a GPIO; and most chips have at least
43 Most PC southbridges have a few dozen GPIO-capable pins (with only the BIOS
48   - Output values are writable (high=1, low=0). Some chips also have
50     value might be driven, supporting "wire-OR" and similar schemes for the
53   - Input values are likewise readable (1, 0). Some chips support readback
54     of pins configured as "output", which is very useful in such "wire-OR"
56     input de-glitch/debounce logic, sometimes with software controls.
58   - Inputs can often be used as IRQ signals, often edge triggered but
59     sometimes level triggered. Such IRQs may be configurable as system
62   - Usually a GPIO will be configurable as either input or output, as needed
65   - Most GPIOs can be accessed while holding spinlocks, but those accessed
69 MMC/SD card insertion/removal, detecting card write-protect status, driving
70 a LED, configuring a transceiver, bit-banging a serial bus, poking a hardware
81 Active-High and Active-Low
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88 being either active-high ("1" means "active", the default) or active-low ("0"
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98 This is sometimes called a "wire-AND"; or more practically, from the negative
99 logic (low=true) perspective this is a "wire-OR".
101 One common example of an open drain signal is a shared active-low IRQ line.
105 don't. When you need open drain signaling but your hardware doesn't directly