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

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