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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/board.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/board.rst index ce91518bf9f4..191fa867826a 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/board.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/board.rst @@ -113,13 +113,15 @@ files that desire to do so need to include the following header:: GPIOs are mapped by the means of tables of lookups, containing instances of the gpiod_lookup structure. Two macros are defined to help declaring such mappings:: - GPIO_LOOKUP(chip_label, chip_hwnum, con_id, flags) - GPIO_LOOKUP_IDX(chip_label, chip_hwnum, con_id, idx, flags) + GPIO_LOOKUP(key, chip_hwnum, con_id, flags) + GPIO_LOOKUP_IDX(key, chip_hwnum, con_id, idx, flags) where - - chip_label is the label of the gpiod_chip instance providing the GPIO - - chip_hwnum is the hardware number of the GPIO within the chip + - key is either the label of the gpiod_chip instance providing the GPIO, or + the GPIO line name + - chip_hwnum is the hardware number of the GPIO within the chip, or U16_MAX + to indicate that key is a GPIO line name - con_id is the name of the GPIO function from the device point of view. It can be NULL, in which case it will match any function. - idx is the index of the GPIO within the function. @@ -135,7 +137,10 @@ where In the future, these flags might be extended to support more properties. -Note that GPIO_LOOKUP() is just a shortcut to GPIO_LOOKUP_IDX() where idx = 0. +Note that: + 1. GPIO line names are not guaranteed to be globally unique, so the first + match found will be used. + 2. GPIO_LOOKUP() is just a shortcut to GPIO_LOOKUP_IDX() where idx = 0. A lookup table can then be defined as follows, with an empty entry defining its end. The 'dev_id' field of the table is the identifier of the device that will |