From 5f42424354f5b0ca5413b4fb8528d150692c85b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rojhalat Ibrahim Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 17:12:06 +0100 Subject: gpiolib: allow simultaneous setting of multiple GPIO outputs Introduce new functions gpiod_set_array & gpiod_set_raw_array to the consumer interface which allow setting multiple outputs with just one function call. Also add an optional set_multiple function to the driver interface. Without an implementation of that function in the chip driver outputs are set sequentially. Implementing the set_multiple function in a chip driver allows for: - Improved performance for certain use cases. The original motivation for this was the task of configuring an FPGA. In that specific case, where 9 GPIO lines have to be set many times, configuration time goes down from 48 s to 20 s when using the new function. - Simultaneous glitch-free setting of multiple pins on any kind of parallel bus attached to GPIOs provided they all reside on the same chip and bank. Limitations: Performance is only improved for normal high-low outputs. Open drain and open source outputs are always set separately from each other. Those kinds of outputs could probably be accelerated in a similar way if we could forgo the error checking when setting GPIO directions. Change log: v6: - rebase on current linux-gpio devel branch v5: - check can_sleep property per chip - remove superfluous checks - supplement documentation v4: - add gpiod_set_array function for setting logical values - change interface of the set_multiple driver function to use unsigned long as type for the bit fields - use generic bitops (which also use unsigned long for bit fields) - do not use ARCH_NR_GPIOS any more v3: - add documentation - change commit message v2: - use descriptor interface - allow arbitrary groups of GPIOs spanning multiple chips Signed-off-by: Rojhalat Ibrahim Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot Reviewed-by: Mark Brown Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij --- Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt b/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt index 6ce544191ca6..c67f806401a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt +++ b/Documentation/gpio/consumer.txt @@ -199,6 +199,33 @@ The active-low state of a GPIO can also be queried using the following call: Note that these functions should only be used with great moderation ; a driver should not have to care about the physical line level. + +Set multiple GPIO outputs with a single function call +----------------------------------------------------- +The following functions set the output values of an array of GPIOs: + + void gpiod_set_array(unsigned int array_size, + struct gpio_desc **desc_array, + int *value_array) + void gpiod_set_raw_array(unsigned int array_size, + struct gpio_desc **desc_array, + int *value_array) + void gpiod_set_array_cansleep(unsigned int array_size, + struct gpio_desc **desc_array, + int *value_array) + void gpiod_set_raw_array_cansleep(unsigned int array_size, + struct gpio_desc **desc_array, + int *value_array) + +The array can be an arbitrary set of GPIOs. The functions will try to set +GPIOs belonging to the same bank or chip simultaneously if supported by the +corresponding chip driver. In that case a significantly improved performance +can be expected. If simultaneous setting is not possible the GPIOs will be set +sequentially. +Note that for optimal performance GPIOs belonging to the same chip should be +contiguous within the array of descriptors. + + GPIOs mapped to IRQs -------------------- GPIO lines can quite often be used as IRQs. You can get the IRQ number -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b