From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>,
Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@baylibre.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/7] gpio: Add GPIO Aggregator/Repeater driver
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 09:23:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMuHMdUGGcjoX8TDDS5qGLtJZxizUK=BpasSQK3t1K-dhEgZCg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACRpkda8QD_tDA=YVDRNVnHd8QHs-yHBTzZuJHsnocgMdxv9cA@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Linus,
On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 1:38 AM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote:
> Sorry for slowness... christmas.
Np. Happy New Year!
> On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 4:24 PM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 3:34 PM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote:
> > > > + This can serve the following purposes:
> > > > + 1. Assign a collection of GPIOs to a user, or export them to a
> > > > + virtual machine,
> > >
> > > This is ambiguous. What is a "user"? A process calling from
> > > userspace? A device tree node?
> >
> > A user is an entity with a UID, typically listed in /etc/passwd.
> > This is similar to letting some, not all, people on the machine access
> > the CD-ROM drive.
>
> Ah I get it. Maybe we can say "assign permissions for a collection
> of GPIOs to a user".
OK
> > > I would write "assign a collection of GPIO lines from any lines on
> > > existing physical GPIO chips to form a new virtual GPIO chip"
> > >
> > > That should be to the point, right?
> >
> > Yes, that's WHAT it does. The WHY is the granular access control.
>
> So I guess we can write both?
OK.
> > > > + 3. Provide a generic driver for a GPIO-operated device, to be
> > > > + controlled from userspace using the GPIO chardev interface.
> > >
> > > I don't understand this, it needs to be elaborated. What is meant
> > > by a "GPIO-operated device" in this context? Example?
> >
> > E.g. a motor. Or a door opener.
> >
> > door-opener {
> > compatible = "mydoor,opener";
> >
> > gpios = <&gpio2 19 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
> > };
> >
> > You don't need a full-featured kernel driver for that, so just bind the
> > gpio-aggregator to the door-opener, and control it through libgpiod.
>
> Yep it's a perfect industrial control example, I get it.
>
> Maybe we should blurb something about industrial control?
OK.
> The rest I think we cleared out else I will see it when I review again.
The remaining discussion point is "GPIO Repeater in Device Tree", i.e.
the GPIO inverter usecase, which might be solved better by adding a
GPIO_INVERTED flag.
Shall I rip that out, incorporate review comments, and report?
Thanks!
--
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-01-06 8:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-11-27 8:42 [PATCH v3 0/7] gpio: Add GPIO Aggregator/Repeater Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-11-27 8:42 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] gpiolib: Add GPIOCHIP_NAME definition Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-11-28 3:38 ` Ulrich Hecht
2019-12-02 21:17 ` Eugeniu Rosca
2019-12-12 10:37 ` Linus Walleij
2019-11-27 8:42 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] gpiolib: Add support for gpiochipN-based table lookup Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-11-28 3:38 ` Ulrich Hecht
2019-12-12 13:20 ` Linus Walleij
2019-12-12 13:33 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-12-12 14:36 ` Linus Walleij
2019-11-27 8:42 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] gpiolib: Add support for GPIO line " Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-11-28 3:39 ` Ulrich Hecht
2019-12-12 13:40 ` Linus Walleij
2019-11-27 8:42 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] dt-bindings: gpio: Add gpio-repeater bindings Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-11-28 3:39 ` Ulrich Hecht
2019-12-03 5:51 ` Harish Jenny K N
2019-12-05 21:06 ` Rob Herring
2019-12-06 9:17 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-12-06 15:03 ` Rob Herring
2020-01-06 8:12 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2020-01-07 9:22 ` Harish Jenny K N
2020-01-16 5:09 ` Harish Jenny K N
2019-11-27 8:42 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] gpio: Add GPIO Aggregator/Repeater driver Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-11-27 14:15 ` Eugeniu Rosca
2019-11-27 14:33 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-11-28 3:40 ` Ulrich Hecht
2019-12-03 5:42 ` Harish Jenny K N
2019-12-03 8:17 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-12-03 8:51 ` Harish Jenny K N
2019-12-03 10:51 ` Eugeniu Rosca
2020-01-09 13:35 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2020-01-09 13:49 ` Eugeniu Rosca
2019-12-12 14:34 ` Linus Walleij
2019-12-12 15:24 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2020-01-04 0:38 ` Linus Walleij
2020-01-06 8:23 ` Geert Uytterhoeven [this message]
2020-01-08 23:12 ` Linus Walleij
2019-11-27 8:42 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] docs: gpio: Add GPIO Aggregator/Repeater documentation Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-11-28 3:41 ` Ulrich Hecht
2019-12-12 14:42 ` Linus Walleij
2019-12-12 14:48 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2020-01-04 0:21 ` Linus Walleij
2020-01-06 8:06 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-11-27 8:42 ` [PATCH v3 7/7] MAINTAINERS: Add GPIO Aggregator/Repeater section Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-12-03 5:38 ` Harish Jenny K N
2020-01-18 1:46 ` [PATCH v3 0/7] gpio: Add GPIO Aggregator/Repeater Eugeniu Rosca
2020-01-20 9:33 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2020-01-20 12:14 ` Eugeniu Rosca
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