[PATCH] dts: cubox: Map gpio-keys and pps-gpio to gpio3 8

George Joseph george.joseph at fairview5.com
Mon Mar 16 14:33:49 PDT 2015


On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux
<linux at arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 02:36:41PM -0600, George Joseph wrote:
>> The Cubox has a recessed button between the HDMI and RJ-45 connectors
>> that wasn't mapped in the device tree.  Since the button is normally
>> open and there's no external pull up/down, that pad (EIM_DA8) can be
>> used for almost anything so I've mapped it to gpio-keys BTN_0 and
>> pps-gpio.  Whichever driver claims it first wins.  If both drivers
>> are build as modules, you can even switch between them at run time
>> and the pinmux will adjust the pin configuration as required.
>> If neither driver claims the gpio, it's still available in the normal
>> gpio sysfs.
>
> I wonder why we want to have the PPS support in mainline, given that
> you would need to solder to the board to make use of that.  I can see
> the point of the gpio-keys going into mainline, but not the PPS bit.
> That's more like a local hack.
>

Well, it was just one less thing I'd have to patch locally for so I
took a chance. :)    I'll remove the pps bits and resubmit.



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