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  GPIO Sysfs Interface for Userspace
  ==================================
  
  Platforms which use the "gpiolib" implementors framework may choose to
  configure a sysfs user interface to GPIOs. This is different from the
  debugfs interface, since it provides control over GPIO direction and
  value instead of just showing a gpio state summary. Plus, it could be
  present on production systems without debugging support.
  
  Given appropriate hardware documentation for the system, userspace could
  know for example that GPIO #23 controls the write protect line used to
  protect boot loader segments in flash memory. System upgrade procedures
  may need to temporarily remove that protection, first importing a GPIO,
  then changing its output state, then updating the code before re-enabling
  the write protection. In normal use, GPIO #23 would never be touched,
  and the kernel would have no need to know about it.
  
  Again depending on appropriate hardware documentation, on some systems
  userspace GPIO can be used to determine system configuration data that
  standard kernels won't know about. And for some tasks, simple userspace
  GPIO drivers could be all that the system really needs.
  
  Note that standard kernel drivers exist for common "LEDs and Buttons"
  GPIO tasks:  "leds-gpio" and "gpio_keys", respectively. Use those
  instead of talking directly to the GPIOs; they integrate with kernel
  frameworks better than your userspace code could.
  
  
  Paths in Sysfs
  --------------
  There are three kinds of entry in /sys/class/gpio:
  
     -	Control interfaces used to get userspace control over GPIOs;
  
     -	GPIOs themselves; and
  
     -	GPIO controllers ("gpio_chip" instances).
  
  That's in addition to standard files including the "device" symlink.
  
  The control interfaces are write-only:
  
      /sys/class/gpio/
  
      	"export" ... Userspace may ask the kernel to export control of
  		a GPIO to userspace by writing its number to this file.
  
  		Example:  "echo 19 > export" will create a "gpio19" node
  		for GPIO #19, if that's not requested by kernel code.
  
      	"unexport" ... Reverses the effect of exporting to userspace.
  
  		Example:  "echo 19 > unexport" will remove a "gpio19"
  		node exported using the "export" file.
  
  GPIO signals have paths like /sys/class/gpio/gpio42/ (for GPIO #42)
  and have the following read/write attributes:
  
      /sys/class/gpio/gpioN/
  
  	"direction" ... reads as either "in" or "out". This value may
  		normally be written. Writing as "out" defaults to
  		initializing the value as low. To ensure glitch free
  		operation, values "low" and "high" may be written to
  		configure the GPIO as an output with that initial value.
  
  		Note that this attribute *will not exist* if the kernel
  		doesn't support changing the direction of a GPIO, or
  		it was exported by kernel code that didn't explicitly
  		allow userspace to reconfigure this GPIO's direction.
  
  	"value" ... reads as either 0 (low) or 1 (high). If the GPIO
  		is configured as an output, this value may be written;
  		any nonzero value is treated as high.
  
  		If the pin can be configured as interrupt-generating interrupt
  		and if it has been configured to generate interrupts (see the
  		description of "edge"), you can poll(2) on that file and
  		poll(2) will return whenever the interrupt was triggered. If
  		you use poll(2), set the events POLLPRI and POLLERR. If you
  		use select(2), set the file descriptor in exceptfds. After
  		poll(2) returns, either lseek(2) to the beginning of the sysfs
  		file and read the new value or close the file and re-open it
  		to read the value.
  
  	"edge" ... reads as either "none", "rising", "falling", or
  		"both". Write these strings to select the signal edge(s)
  		that will make poll(2) on the "value" file return.
  
  		This file exists only if the pin can be configured as an
  		interrupt generating input pin.
  
  	"active_low" ... reads as either 0 (false) or 1 (true). Write
  		any nonzero value to invert the value attribute both
  		for reading and writing. Existing and subsequent
  		poll(2) support configuration via the edge attribute
  		for "rising" and "falling" edges will follow this
  		setting.
  
  GPIO controllers have paths like /sys/class/gpio/gpiochip42/ (for the
  controller implementing GPIOs starting at #42) and have the following
  read-only attributes:
  
      /sys/class/gpio/gpiochipN/
  
      	"base" ... same as N, the first GPIO managed by this chip
  
      	"label" ... provided for diagnostics (not always unique)
  
      	"ngpio" ... how many GPIOs this manges (N to N + ngpio - 1)
  
  Board documentation should in most cases cover what GPIOs are used for
  what purposes. However, those numbers are not always stable; GPIOs on
  a daughtercard might be different depending on the base board being used,
  or other cards in the stack. In such cases, you may need to use the
  gpiochip nodes (possibly in conjunction with schematics) to determine
  the correct GPIO number to use for a given signal.
  
  
  Exporting from Kernel code
  --------------------------
  Kernel code can explicitly manage exports of GPIOs which have already been
  requested using gpio_request():
  
  	/* export the GPIO to userspace */
  	int gpiod_export(struct gpio_desc *desc, bool direction_may_change);
  
  	/* reverse gpio_export() */
  	void gpiod_unexport(struct gpio_desc *desc);
  
  	/* create a sysfs link to an exported GPIO node */
  	int gpiod_export_link(struct device *dev, const char *name,
  		      struct gpio_desc *desc);
  
  	/* change the polarity of a GPIO node in sysfs */
  	int gpiod_sysfs_set_active_low(struct gpio_desc *desc, int value);
  
  After a kernel driver requests a GPIO, it may only be made available in
  the sysfs interface by gpiod_export(). The driver can control whether the
  signal direction may change. This helps drivers prevent userspace code
  from accidentally clobbering important system state.
  
  This explicit exporting can help with debugging (by making some kinds
  of experiments easier), or can provide an always-there interface that's
  suitable for documenting as part of a board support package.
  
  After the GPIO has been exported, gpiod_export_link() allows creating
  symlinks from elsewhere in sysfs to the GPIO sysfs node. Drivers can
  use this to provide the interface under their own device in sysfs with
  a descriptive name.
  
  Drivers can use gpiod_sysfs_set_active_low() to hide GPIO line polarity
  differences between boards from user space. Polarity change can be done both
  before and after gpiod_export(), and previously enabled poll(2) support for
  either rising or falling edge will be reconfigured to follow this setting.