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  1 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0                 1 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
  2                                                     2 
  3 ======================================              3 ======================================
  4 _DSD Device Properties Related to GPIO              4 _DSD Device Properties Related to GPIO
  5 ======================================              5 ======================================
  6                                                     6 
  7 With the release of ACPI 5.1, the _DSD configu      7 With the release of ACPI 5.1, the _DSD configuration object finally
  8 allows names to be given to GPIOs (and other t      8 allows names to be given to GPIOs (and other things as well) returned
  9 by _CRS.  Previously, we were only able to use      9 by _CRS.  Previously, we were only able to use an integer index to find
 10 the corresponding GPIO, which is pretty error      10 the corresponding GPIO, which is pretty error prone (it depends on
 11 the _CRS output ordering, for example).            11 the _CRS output ordering, for example).
 12                                                    12 
 13 With _DSD we can now query GPIOs using a name      13 With _DSD we can now query GPIOs using a name instead of an integer
 14 index, like the ASL example below shows::          14 index, like the ASL example below shows::
 15                                                    15 
 16   // Bluetooth device with reset and shutdown      16   // Bluetooth device with reset and shutdown GPIOs
 17   Device (BTH)                                     17   Device (BTH)
 18   {                                                18   {
 19       Name (_HID, ...)                             19       Name (_HID, ...)
 20                                                    20 
 21       Name (_CRS, ResourceTemplate ()              21       Name (_CRS, ResourceTemplate ()
 22       {                                            22       {
 23           GpioIo (Exclusive, PullUp, 0, 0, IoR     23           GpioIo (Exclusive, PullUp, 0, 0, IoRestrictionOutputOnly,
 24                   "\\_SB.GPO0", 0, ResourceCon     24                   "\\_SB.GPO0", 0, ResourceConsumer) { 15 }
 25           GpioIo (Exclusive, PullUp, 0, 0, IoR     25           GpioIo (Exclusive, PullUp, 0, 0, IoRestrictionOutputOnly,
 26                   "\\_SB.GPO0", 0, ResourceCon     26                   "\\_SB.GPO0", 0, ResourceConsumer) { 27, 31 }
 27       })                                           27       })
 28                                                    28 
 29       Name (_DSD, Package ()                       29       Name (_DSD, Package ()
 30       {                                            30       {
 31           ToUUID("daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9b     31           ToUUID("daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301"),
 32           Package ()                               32           Package ()
 33           {                                        33           {
 34               Package () { "reset-gpios", Pack     34               Package () { "reset-gpios", Package () { ^BTH, 1, 1, 0 } },
 35               Package () { "shutdown-gpios", P     35               Package () { "shutdown-gpios", Package () { ^BTH, 0, 0, 0 } },
 36           }                                        36           }
 37       })                                           37       })
 38   }                                                38   }
 39                                                    39 
 40 The format of the supported GPIO property is::     40 The format of the supported GPIO property is::
 41                                                    41 
 42   Package () { "name", Package () { ref, index     42   Package () { "name", Package () { ref, index, pin, active_low }}
 43                                                    43 
 44 ref                                                44 ref
 45   The device that has _CRS containing GpioIo()     45   The device that has _CRS containing GpioIo()/GpioInt() resources,
 46   typically this is the device itself (BTH in      46   typically this is the device itself (BTH in our case).
 47 index                                              47 index
 48   Index of the GpioIo()/GpioInt() resource in      48   Index of the GpioIo()/GpioInt() resource in _CRS starting from zero.
 49 pin                                                49 pin
 50   Pin in the GpioIo()/GpioInt() resource. Typi     50   Pin in the GpioIo()/GpioInt() resource. Typically this is zero.
 51 active_low                                         51 active_low
 52   If 1, the GPIO is marked as active_low.          52   If 1, the GPIO is marked as active_low.
 53                                                    53 
 54 Since ACPI GpioIo() resource does not have a f     54 Since ACPI GpioIo() resource does not have a field saying whether it is
 55 active low or high, the "active_low" argument      55 active low or high, the "active_low" argument can be used here.  Setting
 56 it to 1 marks the GPIO as active low.              56 it to 1 marks the GPIO as active low.
 57                                                    57 
 58 Note, active_low in _DSD does not make sense f     58 Note, active_low in _DSD does not make sense for GpioInt() resource and
 59 must be 0. GpioInt() resource has its own mean     59 must be 0. GpioInt() resource has its own means of defining it.
 60                                                    60 
 61 In our Bluetooth example the "reset-gpios" ref     61 In our Bluetooth example the "reset-gpios" refers to the second GpioIo()
 62 resource, second pin in that resource with the     62 resource, second pin in that resource with the GPIO number of 31.
 63                                                    63 
 64 The GpioIo() resource unfortunately doesn't ex     64 The GpioIo() resource unfortunately doesn't explicitly provide an initial
 65 state of the output pin which driver should us     65 state of the output pin which driver should use during its initialization.
 66                                                    66 
 67 Linux tries to use common sense here and deriv     67 Linux tries to use common sense here and derives the state from the bias
 68 and polarity settings. The table below shows t     68 and polarity settings. The table below shows the expectations:
 69                                                    69 
 70 +-------------+-------------+-----------------     70 +-------------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
 71 | Pull Bias   | Polarity    | Requested...         71 | Pull Bias   | Polarity    | Requested...                                  |
 72 +=============+=============+=================     72 +=============+=============+===============================================+
 73 | Implicit                                         73 | Implicit                                                                  |
 74 +-------------+-------------+-----------------     74 +-------------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
 75 | **Default** | x           | AS IS (assumed f     75 | **Default** | x           | AS IS (assumed firmware configured it for us) |
 76 +-------------+-------------+-----------------     76 +-------------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
 77 | Explicit                                         77 | Explicit                                                                  |
 78 +-------------+-------------+-----------------     78 +-------------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
 79 | **None**    | x           | AS IS (assumed f     79 | **None**    | x           | AS IS (assumed firmware configured it for us) |
 80 |             |             | with no Pull Bia     80 |             |             | with no Pull Bias                             |
 81 +-------------+-------------+-----------------     81 +-------------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
 82 | **Up**      | x (no _DSD) |                      82 | **Up**      | x (no _DSD) |                                               |
 83 |             +-------------+ as high, assumin     83 |             +-------------+ as high, assuming non-active                  |
 84 |             | Low         |                      84 |             | Low         |                                               |
 85 |             +-------------+-----------------     85 |             +-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
 86 |             | High        | as high, assumin     86 |             | High        | as high, assuming active                      |
 87 +-------------+-------------+-----------------     87 +-------------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
 88 | **Down**    | x (no _DSD) |                      88 | **Down**    | x (no _DSD) |                                               |
 89 |             +-------------+ as low, assuming     89 |             +-------------+ as low, assuming non-active                   |
 90 |             | High        |                      90 |             | High        |                                               |
 91 |             +-------------+-----------------     91 |             +-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
 92 |             | Low         | as low, assuming     92 |             | Low         | as low, assuming active                       |
 93 +-------------+-------------+-----------------     93 +-------------+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
 94                                                    94 
 95 That said, for our above example the both GPIO     95 That said, for our above example the both GPIOs, since the bias setting
 96 is explicit and _DSD is present, will be treat     96 is explicit and _DSD is present, will be treated as active with a high
 97 polarity and Linux will configure the pins in      97 polarity and Linux will configure the pins in this state until a driver
 98 reprograms them differently.                       98 reprograms them differently.
 99                                                    99 
100 It is possible to leave holes in the array of     100 It is possible to leave holes in the array of GPIOs. This is useful in
101 cases like with SPI host controllers where som    101 cases like with SPI host controllers where some chip selects may be
102 implemented as GPIOs and some as native signal    102 implemented as GPIOs and some as native signals. For example a SPI host
103 controller can have chip selects 0 and 2 imple    103 controller can have chip selects 0 and 2 implemented as GPIOs and 1 as
104 native::                                          104 native::
105                                                   105 
106   Package () {                                    106   Package () {
107       "cs-gpios",                                 107       "cs-gpios",
108       Package () {                                108       Package () {
109           ^GPIO, 19, 0, 0, // chip select 0: G    109           ^GPIO, 19, 0, 0, // chip select 0: GPIO
110           0,               // chip select 1: n    110           0,               // chip select 1: native signal
111           ^GPIO, 20, 0, 0, // chip select 2: G    111           ^GPIO, 20, 0, 0, // chip select 2: GPIO
112       }                                           112       }
113   }                                               113   }
114                                                   114 
115 Note, that historically ACPI has no means of t    115 Note, that historically ACPI has no means of the GPIO polarity and thus
116 the SPISerialBus() resource defines it on the     116 the SPISerialBus() resource defines it on the per-chip basis. In order
117 to avoid a chain of negations, the GPIO polari    117 to avoid a chain of negations, the GPIO polarity is considered being
118 Active High. Even for the cases when _DSD() is    118 Active High. Even for the cases when _DSD() is involved (see the example
119 above) the GPIO CS polarity must be defined Ac    119 above) the GPIO CS polarity must be defined Active High to avoid ambiguity.
120                                                   120 
121 Other supported properties                        121 Other supported properties
122 ==========================                        122 ==========================
123                                                   123 
124 Following Device Tree compatible device proper    124 Following Device Tree compatible device properties are also supported by
125 _DSD device properties for GPIO controllers:      125 _DSD device properties for GPIO controllers:
126                                                   126 
127 - gpio-hog                                        127 - gpio-hog
128 - output-high                                     128 - output-high
129 - output-low                                      129 - output-low
130 - input                                           130 - input
131 - line-name                                       131 - line-name
132                                                   132 
133 Example::                                         133 Example::
134                                                   134 
135   Name (_DSD, Package () {                        135   Name (_DSD, Package () {
136       // _DSD Hierarchical Properties Extensio    136       // _DSD Hierarchical Properties Extension UUID
137       ToUUID("dbb8e3e6-5886-4ba6-8795-1319f52a    137       ToUUID("dbb8e3e6-5886-4ba6-8795-1319f52a966b"),
138       Package () {                                138       Package () {
139           Package () { "hog-gpio8", "G8PU" }      139           Package () { "hog-gpio8", "G8PU" }
140       }                                           140       }
141   })                                              141   })
142                                                   142 
143   Name (G8PU, Package () {                        143   Name (G8PU, Package () {
144       ToUUID("daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4a    144       ToUUID("daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301"),
145       Package () {                                145       Package () {
146           Package () { "gpio-hog", 1 },           146           Package () { "gpio-hog", 1 },
147           Package () { "gpios", Package () { 8    147           Package () { "gpios", Package () { 8, 0 } },
148           Package () { "output-high", 1 },        148           Package () { "output-high", 1 },
149           Package () { "line-name", "gpio8-pul    149           Package () { "line-name", "gpio8-pullup" },
150       }                                           150       }
151   })                                              151   })
152                                                   152 
153 - gpio-line-names                                 153 - gpio-line-names
154                                                   154 
155 The ``gpio-line-names`` declaration is a list     155 The ``gpio-line-names`` declaration is a list of strings ("names"), which
156 describes each line/pin of a GPIO controller/e    156 describes each line/pin of a GPIO controller/expander. This list, contained in
157 a package, must be inserted inside the GPIO co    157 a package, must be inserted inside the GPIO controller declaration of an ACPI
158 table (typically inside the DSDT). The ``gpio-    158 table (typically inside the DSDT). The ``gpio-line-names`` list must respect the
159 following rules (see also the examples):          159 following rules (see also the examples):
160                                                   160 
161   - the first name in the list corresponds wit    161   - the first name in the list corresponds with the first line/pin of the GPIO
162     controller/expander                           162     controller/expander
163   - the names inside the list must be consecut    163   - the names inside the list must be consecutive (no "holes" are permitted)
164   - the list can be incomplete and can end bef    164   - the list can be incomplete and can end before the last GPIO line: in
165     other words, it is not mandatory to fill a    165     other words, it is not mandatory to fill all the GPIO lines
166   - empty names are allowed (two quotation mar    166   - empty names are allowed (two quotation marks ``""`` correspond to an empty
167     name)                                         167     name)
168   - names inside one GPIO controller/expander     168   - names inside one GPIO controller/expander must be unique
169                                                   169 
170 Example of a GPIO controller of 16 lines, with    170 Example of a GPIO controller of 16 lines, with an incomplete list with two
171 empty names::                                     171 empty names::
172                                                   172 
173   Package () {                                    173   Package () {
174       "gpio-line-names",                          174       "gpio-line-names",
175       Package () {                                175       Package () {
176           "pin_0",                                176           "pin_0",
177           "pin_1",                                177           "pin_1",
178           "",                                     178           "",
179           "",                                     179           "",
180           "pin_3",                                180           "pin_3",
181           "pin_4_push_button",                    181           "pin_4_push_button",
182       }                                           182       }
183   }                                               183   }
184                                                   184 
185 At runtime, the above declaration produces the    185 At runtime, the above declaration produces the following result (using the
186 "libgpiod" tools)::                               186 "libgpiod" tools)::
187                                                   187 
188   root@debian:~# gpioinfo gpiochip4               188   root@debian:~# gpioinfo gpiochip4
189   gpiochip4 - 16 lines:                           189   gpiochip4 - 16 lines:
190           line   0:      "pin_0"       unused     190           line   0:      "pin_0"       unused   input  active-high
191           line   1:      "pin_1"       unused     191           line   1:      "pin_1"       unused   input  active-high
192           line   2:      unnamed       unused     192           line   2:      unnamed       unused   input  active-high
193           line   3:      unnamed       unused     193           line   3:      unnamed       unused   input  active-high
194           line   4:      "pin_3"       unused     194           line   4:      "pin_3"       unused   input  active-high
195           line   5: "pin_4_push_button" unused    195           line   5: "pin_4_push_button" unused input active-high
196           line   6:      unnamed       unused     196           line   6:      unnamed       unused   input  active-high
197           line   7       unnamed       unused     197           line   7       unnamed       unused   input  active-high
198           line   8:      unnamed       unused     198           line   8:      unnamed       unused   input  active-high
199           line   9:      unnamed       unused     199           line   9:      unnamed       unused   input  active-high
200           line  10:      unnamed       unused     200           line  10:      unnamed       unused   input  active-high
201           line  11:      unnamed       unused     201           line  11:      unnamed       unused   input  active-high
202           line  12:      unnamed       unused     202           line  12:      unnamed       unused   input  active-high
203           line  13:      unnamed       unused     203           line  13:      unnamed       unused   input  active-high
204           line  14:      unnamed       unused     204           line  14:      unnamed       unused   input  active-high
205           line  15:      unnamed       unused     205           line  15:      unnamed       unused   input  active-high
206   root@debian:~# gpiofind pin_4_push_button       206   root@debian:~# gpiofind pin_4_push_button
207   gpiochip4 5                                     207   gpiochip4 5
208   root@debian:~#                                  208   root@debian:~#
209                                                   209 
210 Another example::                                 210 Another example::
211                                                   211 
212   Package () {                                    212   Package () {
213       "gpio-line-names",                          213       "gpio-line-names",
214       Package () {                                214       Package () {
215           "SPI0_CS_N", "EXP2_INT", "MUX6_IO",     215           "SPI0_CS_N", "EXP2_INT", "MUX6_IO", "UART0_RXD",
216           "MUX7_IO", "LVL_C_A1", "MUX0_IO", "S    216           "MUX7_IO", "LVL_C_A1", "MUX0_IO", "SPI1_MISO",
217       }                                           217       }
218   }                                               218   }
219                                                   219 
220 See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpi    220 See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt for more information
221 about these properties.                           221 about these properties.
222                                                   222 
223 ACPI GPIO Mappings Provided by Drivers            223 ACPI GPIO Mappings Provided by Drivers
224 ======================================            224 ======================================
225                                                   225 
226 There are systems in which the ACPI tables do     226 There are systems in which the ACPI tables do not contain _DSD but provide _CRS
227 with GpioIo()/GpioInt() resources and device d    227 with GpioIo()/GpioInt() resources and device drivers still need to work with
228 them.                                             228 them.
229                                                   229 
230 In those cases ACPI device identification obje    230 In those cases ACPI device identification objects, _HID, _CID, _CLS, _SUB, _HRV,
231 available to the driver can be used to identif    231 available to the driver can be used to identify the device and that is supposed
232 to be sufficient to determine the meaning and     232 to be sufficient to determine the meaning and purpose of all of the GPIO lines
233 listed by the GpioIo()/GpioInt() resources ret    233 listed by the GpioIo()/GpioInt() resources returned by _CRS.  In other words,
234 the driver is supposed to know what to use the    234 the driver is supposed to know what to use the GpioIo()/GpioInt() resources for
235 once it has identified the device.  Having don    235 once it has identified the device.  Having done that, it can simply assign names
236 to the GPIO lines it is going to use and provi    236 to the GPIO lines it is going to use and provide the GPIO subsystem with a
237 mapping between those names and the ACPI GPIO     237 mapping between those names and the ACPI GPIO resources corresponding to them.
238                                                   238 
239 To do that, the driver needs to define a mappi    239 To do that, the driver needs to define a mapping table as a NULL-terminated
240 array of struct acpi_gpio_mapping objects that    240 array of struct acpi_gpio_mapping objects that each contains a name, a pointer
241 to an array of line data (struct acpi_gpio_par    241 to an array of line data (struct acpi_gpio_params) objects and the size of that
242 array.  Each struct acpi_gpio_params object co    242 array.  Each struct acpi_gpio_params object consists of three fields,
243 crs_entry_index, line_index, active_low, repre    243 crs_entry_index, line_index, active_low, representing the index of the target
244 GpioIo()/GpioInt() resource in _CRS starting f    244 GpioIo()/GpioInt() resource in _CRS starting from zero, the index of the target
245 line in that resource starting from zero, and     245 line in that resource starting from zero, and the active-low flag for that line,
246 respectively, in analogy with the _DSD GPIO pr    246 respectively, in analogy with the _DSD GPIO property format specified above.
247                                                   247 
248 For the example Bluetooth device discussed pre    248 For the example Bluetooth device discussed previously the data structures in
249 question would look like this::                   249 question would look like this::
250                                                   250 
251   static const struct acpi_gpio_params reset_g    251   static const struct acpi_gpio_params reset_gpio = { 1, 1, false };
252   static const struct acpi_gpio_params shutdow    252   static const struct acpi_gpio_params shutdown_gpio = { 0, 0, false };
253                                                   253 
254   static const struct acpi_gpio_mapping blueto    254   static const struct acpi_gpio_mapping bluetooth_acpi_gpios[] = {
255     { "reset-gpios", &reset_gpio, 1 },            255     { "reset-gpios", &reset_gpio, 1 },
256     { "shutdown-gpios", &shutdown_gpio, 1 },      256     { "shutdown-gpios", &shutdown_gpio, 1 },
257     { }                                           257     { }
258   };                                              258   };
259                                                   259 
260 Next, the mapping table needs to be passed as     260 Next, the mapping table needs to be passed as the second argument to
261 acpi_dev_add_driver_gpios() or its managed ana    261 acpi_dev_add_driver_gpios() or its managed analogue that will
262 register it with the ACPI device object pointe    262 register it with the ACPI device object pointed to by its first
263 argument. That should be done in the driver's     263 argument. That should be done in the driver's .probe() routine.
264 On removal, the driver should unregister its G    264 On removal, the driver should unregister its GPIO mapping table by
265 calling acpi_dev_remove_driver_gpios() on the     265 calling acpi_dev_remove_driver_gpios() on the ACPI device object where that
266 table was previously registered.                  266 table was previously registered.
267                                                   267 
268 Using the _CRS fallback                           268 Using the _CRS fallback
269 =======================                           269 =======================
270                                                   270 
271 If a device does not have _DSD or the driver d    271 If a device does not have _DSD or the driver does not create ACPI GPIO
272 mapping, the Linux GPIO framework refuses to r    272 mapping, the Linux GPIO framework refuses to return any GPIOs. This is
273 because the driver does not know what it actua    273 because the driver does not know what it actually gets. For example if we
274 have a device like below::                        274 have a device like below::
275                                                   275 
276   Device (BTH)                                    276   Device (BTH)
277   {                                               277   {
278       Name (_HID, ...)                            278       Name (_HID, ...)
279                                                   279 
280       Name (_CRS, ResourceTemplate () {           280       Name (_CRS, ResourceTemplate () {
281           GpioIo (Exclusive, PullNone, 0, 0, I    281           GpioIo (Exclusive, PullNone, 0, 0, IoRestrictionNone,
282                   "\\_SB.GPO0", 0, ResourceCon    282                   "\\_SB.GPO0", 0, ResourceConsumer) { 15 }
283           GpioIo (Exclusive, PullNone, 0, 0, I    283           GpioIo (Exclusive, PullNone, 0, 0, IoRestrictionNone,
284                   "\\_SB.GPO0", 0, ResourceCon    284                   "\\_SB.GPO0", 0, ResourceConsumer) { 27 }
285       })                                          285       })
286   }                                               286   }
287                                                   287 
288 The driver might expect to get the right GPIO     288 The driver might expect to get the right GPIO when it does::
289                                                   289 
290   desc = gpiod_get(dev, "reset", GPIOD_OUT_LOW    290   desc = gpiod_get(dev, "reset", GPIOD_OUT_LOW);
291   if (IS_ERR(desc))                               291   if (IS_ERR(desc))
292         ...error handling...                      292         ...error handling...
293                                                   293 
294 but since there is no way to know the mapping     294 but since there is no way to know the mapping between "reset" and
295 the GpioIo() in _CRS desc will hold ERR_PTR(-E    295 the GpioIo() in _CRS desc will hold ERR_PTR(-ENOENT).
296                                                   296 
297 The driver author can solve this by passing th    297 The driver author can solve this by passing the mapping explicitly
298 (this is the recommended way and it's document    298 (this is the recommended way and it's documented in the above chapter).
299                                                   299 
300 The ACPI GPIO mapping tables should not contam    300 The ACPI GPIO mapping tables should not contaminate drivers that are not
301 knowing about which exact device they are serv    301 knowing about which exact device they are servicing on. It implies that
302 the ACPI GPIO mapping tables are hardly linked    302 the ACPI GPIO mapping tables are hardly linked to an ACPI ID and certain
303 objects, as listed in the above chapter, of th    303 objects, as listed in the above chapter, of the device in question.
304                                                   304 
305 Getting GPIO descriptor                           305 Getting GPIO descriptor
306 =======================                           306 =======================
307                                                   307 
308 There are two main approaches to get GPIO reso    308 There are two main approaches to get GPIO resource from ACPI::
309                                                   309 
310   desc = gpiod_get(dev, connection_id, flags);    310   desc = gpiod_get(dev, connection_id, flags);
311   desc = gpiod_get_index(dev, connection_id, i    311   desc = gpiod_get_index(dev, connection_id, index, flags);
312                                                   312 
313 We may consider two different cases here, i.e.    313 We may consider two different cases here, i.e. when connection ID is
314 provided and otherwise.                           314 provided and otherwise.
315                                                   315 
316 Case 1::                                          316 Case 1::
317                                                   317 
318   desc = gpiod_get(dev, "non-null-connection-i    318   desc = gpiod_get(dev, "non-null-connection-id", flags);
319   desc = gpiod_get_index(dev, "non-null-connec    319   desc = gpiod_get_index(dev, "non-null-connection-id", index, flags);
320                                                   320 
321 Case 2::                                          321 Case 2::
322                                                   322 
323   desc = gpiod_get(dev, NULL, flags);             323   desc = gpiod_get(dev, NULL, flags);
324   desc = gpiod_get_index(dev, NULL, index, fla    324   desc = gpiod_get_index(dev, NULL, index, flags);
325                                                   325 
326 Case 1 assumes that corresponding ACPI device     326 Case 1 assumes that corresponding ACPI device description must have
327 defined device properties and will prevent to     327 defined device properties and will prevent to getting any GPIO resources
328 otherwise.                                        328 otherwise.
329                                                   329 
330 Case 2 explicitly tells GPIO core to look for     330 Case 2 explicitly tells GPIO core to look for resources in _CRS.
331                                                   331 
332 Be aware that gpiod_get_index() in cases 1 and    332 Be aware that gpiod_get_index() in cases 1 and 2, assuming that there
333 are two versions of ACPI device description pr    333 are two versions of ACPI device description provided and no mapping is
334 present in the driver, will return different r    334 present in the driver, will return different resources. That's why a
335 certain driver has to handle them carefully as    335 certain driver has to handle them carefully as explained in the previous
336 chapter.                                          336 chapter.
                                                      

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