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SubjectRe: [PATCH] gpiolib-acpi: introduce acpi_get_gpio_by_index() helper
On Thu, Apr 04, 2013 at 11:42:11AM +0200, Benjamin Tissoires wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Mika Westerberg
> <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 04, 2013 at 11:19:53AM +0200, Benjamin Tissoires wrote:
> >> Hi Mika,
> >>
> >> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Mika Westerberg
> >> <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> >> > Instead of open-coding ACPI GPIO resource lookup in each driver, we provide
> >> > a helper function analogous to Device Tree version that allows drivers to
> >> > specify which GPIO resource they are interested (using an index to the GPIO
> >> > resources). The function then finds out the correct resource, translates
> >> > the ACPI GPIO number to the corresponding Linux GPIO number and returns
> >> > that.
> >> >
> >> > Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
> >> > ---
> >> > Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt | 32 ++++++++++++++-
> >> > drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi.c | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >> > include/linux/acpi_gpio.h | 17 ++++++++
> >> > 3 files changed, 125 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >> >
> >> > diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt b/Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt
> >> > index 94a6561..b0d5410 100644
> >> > --- a/Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt
> >> > +++ b/Documentation/acpi/enumeration.txt
> >> > @@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ the device to the driver. For example:
> >> > {
> >> > Name (SBUF, ResourceTemplate()
> >> > {
> >> > + ...
> >> > + // Used to power on/off the device
> >> > GpioIo (Exclusive, PullDefault, 0x0000, 0x0000,
> >> > IoRestrictionOutputOnly, "\\_SB.PCI0.GPI0",
> >> > 0x00, ResourceConsumer,,)
> >> > @@ -206,10 +208,20 @@ the device to the driver. For example:
> >> > // Pin List
> >> > 0x0055
> >> > }
> >> > +
> >> > + // Interrupt for the device
> >> > + GpioInt (Edge, ActiveHigh, ExclusiveAndWake, PullNone,
> >> > + 0x0000, "\\_SB.PCI0.GPI0", 0x00, ResourceConsumer,,)
> >>
> >> Sorry for coming late in the GPIO ACPI discussion, but when I see this
> >> documentation, I wonder:
> >> wouldn't it be feasible to find the correct GPIO by its type? Here, we
> >> have a GpioIo and a GpioInt, and I bet this would be sometime more
> >> useful to request the first GpioInt without knowing the correct order
> >> of declarations.
> >
> > Why not. But then again you can always check the type returned in the
> > acpi_gpio_info structure and pick the first GpioInt (if you have multiple
> > GPIO resources).
> >
> >> It may be feasible by walking the tree, but a helper would be of great
> >> help (thinking at i2c-hid here, which can not rely on indexes in the
> >> DSDT).
> >
> > Well, index is the only thing we can rely on unfortunately. There's nothing
> > like names or anything like that.
> >
> > What I've seen from ACPI enumerated i2c-hid devices there is only one GPIO
> > resource (GpioInt) declared.
>
> Ok, thanks for the answer. I guess the idea would be to pick the index
> 0, check the type, and try indexes 1 or 2 if it's not GpioInt. I bet
> there will be devices with more than one Gpio as most of I2C input
> device have a reset line (except if Microsoft forces them not to have
> one).

One option is to provide acpi_get_gpio_all() that returns all GPIOs and
their corresponding types. That should allow clients like i2c-hid to find
the right GPIO (I'm hoping that there will be only one GpioInt associated
with these devices).


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