Specifying GPIO information for devices ============================================ 1) gpios property ----------------- Nodes that makes use of GPIOs should define them using `gpios' property, format of which is: <&gpio-controller1-phandle gpio1-specifier &gpio-controller2-phandle gpio2-specifier 0 /* holes are permitted, means no GPIO 3 */ &gpio-controller4-phandle gpio4-specifier ...>; Note that gpio-specifier length is controller dependent. gpio-specifier may encode: bank, pin position inside the bank, whether pin is open-drain and whether pin is logically inverted. Example of the node using GPIOs: node { gpios = <&qe_pio_e 18 0>; }; In this example gpio-specifier is "18 0" and encodes GPIO pin number, and empty GPIO flags as accepted by the "qe_pio_e" gpio-controller. 2) gpio-controller nodes ------------------------ Every GPIO controller node must have #gpio-cells property defined, this information will be used to translate gpio-specifiers. Example of two SOC GPIO banks defined as gpio-controller nodes: qe_pio_a: gpio-controller@1400 { #gpio-cells = <2>; compatible = "fsl,qe-pario-bank-a", "fsl,qe-pario-bank"; reg = <0x1400 0x18>; gpio-controller; }; qe_pio_e: gpio-controller@1460 { #gpio-cells = <2>; compatible = "fsl,qe-pario-bank-e", "fsl,qe-pario-bank"; reg = <0x1460 0x18>; gpio-controller; };