[PATCH 6/8] gpio: aaeon: Add GPIO driver for SRG-IMX8PL MCU

Bartosz Golaszewski brgl at kernel.org
Fri Dec 12 02:11:11 PST 2025


On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 08:41:09 +0100, "Thomas Perrot (Schneider
Electric)" <thomas.perrot at bootlin.com> said:
> Add GPIO driver for the Aaeon SRG-IMX8PL embedded controller. This
> driver supports 7 GPO (General Purpose Output) pins and 12 GPIO pins
> that can be configured as inputs or outputs.
>
> The driver implements proper state management for GPO pins (which are
> output-only) and full direction control for GPIO pins. During probe,
> all pins are reset to a known state (GPOs low, GPIOs as inputs) to
> prevent undefined behavior across system reboots, as the MCU does not
> reset GPIO states on soft reboot.
>
> Co-developed-by: Jérémie Dautheribes (Schneider Electric) <jeremie.dautheribes at bootlin.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jérémie Dautheribes (Schneider Electric) <jeremie.dautheribes at bootlin.com>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Perrot (Schneider Electric) <thomas.perrot at bootlin.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpio/Kconfig          |  10 ++
>  drivers/gpio/Makefile         |   1 +
>  drivers/gpio/gpio-aaeon-mcu.c | 248 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 259 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
> index c74da29253e810b51540684b1186e8f274066b69..7e0f675b664fa25243fc2802edc3380572c94c41 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
> @@ -157,6 +157,16 @@ config GPIO_74XX_MMIO
>  	    8 bits:	74244 (Input), 74273 (Output)
>  	    16 bits:	741624 (Input), 7416374 (Output)
>
> +config GPIO_AAEON_MCU
> +	tristate "Aaeon MCU GPIO support"
> +	depends on MFD_AAEON_MCU && OF_GPIO

You don't need OF_GPIO, please drop it.

> +	select GPIO_GENERIC
> +	help
> +	  Select this option to enable GPIO support for the Aaeon SRG-IMX8PL
> +	  onboard MCU. This driver provides access to GPIO pins and GPO
> +	  (General Purpose Output) pins controlled by the microcontroller.
> +	  The driver handles both input and output configuration.
> +
>  config GPIO_ALTERA
>  	tristate "Altera GPIO"
>  	select GPIOLIB_IRQCHIP
> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/Makefile b/drivers/gpio/Makefile
> index 2421a8fd3733e0b06c2581262aaa9cd629f66c7d..1ba6318bc558743fbe5910966c2c8fc3f792efe9 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpio/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/Makefile
> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_104_IDI_48)		+= gpio-104-idi-48.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_104_IDIO_16)		+= gpio-104-idio-16.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_74X164)		+= gpio-74x164.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_74XX_MMIO)		+= gpio-74xx-mmio.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_AAEON_MCU)		+= gpio-aaeon-mcu.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_ADNP)			+= gpio-adnp.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_ADP5520)		+= gpio-adp5520.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_ADP5585)		+= gpio-adp5585.o
> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-aaeon-mcu.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-aaeon-mcu.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cebd17d1877147b987ea673b081334c8062f5fc0
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-aaeon-mcu.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> +/*
> + * Aaeon MCU GPIO driver
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2025 Bootlin
> + * Author: Jérémie Dautheribes <jeremie.dautheribes at bootlin.com>
> + * Author: Thomas Perrot <thomas.perrot at bootlin.com>
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/bitmap.h>
> +#include <linux/gpio/driver.h>
> +#include <linux/mfd/aaeon-mcu.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/platform_device.h>

You need more headers than that. At least device.h for devm_kzalloc(),
mod_devicetable.h, bitops.h and probably some more.

> +
> +#define AAEON_MCU_CONFIG_GPIO_INPUT 0x69
> +#define AAEON_MCU_CONFIG_GPIO_OUTPUT 0x6F
> +#define AAEON_MCU_READ_GPIO 0x72
> +#define AAEON_MCU_WRITE_GPIO 0x77
> +
> +#define AAEON_MCU_CONTROL_GPO 0x6C
> +
> +#define MAX_GPIOS 12
> +#define MAX_GPOS 7
> +
> +struct aaeon_mcu_gpio {
> +	struct gpio_chip gc;
> +	struct aaeon_mcu_dev *mfd;
> +	DECLARE_BITMAP(dir_in, MAX_GPOS + MAX_GPIOS);
> +	DECLARE_BITMAP(gpo_state, MAX_GPOS);
> +};
> +
> +static int aaeon_mcu_gpio_config_input_cmd(struct aaeon_mcu_gpio *data,
> +					    unsigned int offset)
> +{
> +	u8 cmd[3], rsp;
> +
> +	cmd[0] = AAEON_MCU_CONFIG_GPIO_INPUT;
> +	cmd[1] = offset - 7;
> +	cmd[2] = 0x00;
> +
> +	return aaeon_mcu_i2c_xfer(data->mfd->i2c_client, cmd, 3, &rsp, 1);
> +}
> +
> +static int aaeon_mcu_gpio_direction_input(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset)
> +{
> +	struct aaeon_mcu_gpio *data = gpiochip_get_data(gc);
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (offset < MAX_GPOS) {
> +		dev_err(gc->parent, "GPIO offset (%d) must be an output GPO\n", offset);
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +	}
> +
> +	ret = aaeon_mcu_gpio_config_input_cmd(data, offset);
> +	if (ret < 0)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	set_bit(offset, data->dir_in);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int aaeon_mcu_gpio_config_output_cmd(struct aaeon_mcu_gpio *data,
> +					     unsigned int offset,
> +					     int value)
> +{
> +	u8 cmd[3], rsp;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	cmd[0] = AAEON_MCU_CONFIG_GPIO_OUTPUT;
> +	cmd[1] = offset - 7;
> +	cmd[2] = 0x00;
> +
> +	ret = aaeon_mcu_i2c_xfer(data->mfd->i2c_client, cmd, 3, &rsp, 1);
> +	if (ret < 0)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	cmd[0] = AAEON_MCU_WRITE_GPIO;
> +	/* cmd[1] = offset - 7; */
> +	cmd[2] = !!value;
> +
> +	return aaeon_mcu_i2c_xfer(data->mfd->i2c_client, cmd, 3, &rsp, 1);
> +}
> +
> +static int aaeon_mcu_gpio_direction_output(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset, int value)
> +{
> +	struct aaeon_mcu_gpio *data = gpiochip_get_data(gc);
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (offset < MAX_GPOS)
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	ret = aaeon_mcu_gpio_config_output_cmd(data, offset, value);
> +	if (ret < 0)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	clear_bit(offset, data->dir_in);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int aaeon_mcu_gpio_get_direction(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset)
> +{
> +	struct aaeon_mcu_gpio *data = gpiochip_get_data(gc);
> +
> +	return test_bit(offset, data->dir_in) ?
> +		GPIO_LINE_DIRECTION_IN : GPIO_LINE_DIRECTION_OUT;
> +}
> +
> +static int aaeon_mcu_gpio_get(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset)
> +{
> +	struct aaeon_mcu_gpio *data = gpiochip_get_data(gc);
> +	u8 cmd[3], rsp;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (offset < MAX_GPOS)
> +		return test_bit(offset, data->gpo_state);

Are you sure the bit ops in this driver need to be atomic?

> +
> +	cmd[0] = AAEON_MCU_READ_GPIO;
> +	cmd[1] = offset - 7;
> +	cmd[2] = 0x00;
> +
> +	ret = aaeon_mcu_i2c_xfer(data->mfd->i2c_client, cmd, 3, &rsp, 1);
> +	if (ret < 0)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	return rsp;
> +}
> +
> +static int aaeon_mcu_gpo_set_cmd(struct aaeon_mcu_gpio *data, unsigned int offset, int value)
> +{
> +	u8 cmd[3], rsp;
> +
> +	cmd[0] = AAEON_MCU_CONTROL_GPO;
> +	cmd[1] = offset + 1;
> +	cmd[2] = !!value;
> +
> +	return aaeon_mcu_i2c_xfer(data->mfd->i2c_client, cmd, 3, &rsp, 1);
> +}
> +
> +static int aaeon_mcu_gpio_set_cmd(struct aaeon_mcu_gpio *data, unsigned int offset, int value)
> +{
> +	u8 cmd[3], rsp;
> +
> +	cmd[0] = AAEON_MCU_WRITE_GPIO;
> +	cmd[1] = offset - 7;
> +	cmd[2] = !!value;
> +
> +	return aaeon_mcu_i2c_xfer(data->mfd->i2c_client, cmd, 3, &rsp, 1);
> +}
> +
> +static int aaeon_mcu_gpio_set(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset,
> +			      int value)
> +{
> +	struct aaeon_mcu_gpio *data = gpiochip_get_data(gc);
> +
> +	if (offset < MAX_GPOS) {
> +		if (aaeon_mcu_gpo_set_cmd(data, offset, value) == 0)
> +			assign_bit(offset, data->gpo_state, value);
> +	} else {
> +		return aaeon_mcu_gpio_set_cmd(data, offset, value);
> +	}
> +	return 0;


It would be much cleaner if you did it like:

	if (offset >= MAX_GPOS)
		return aaeon_mcu_gpio_set_cmd(data, offset, value);

	if (aaeon_mcu_gpo_set_cmd(data, offset, value) == 0)
		assign_bit(offset, data->gpo_state, value);

	return 0;

> +}
> +
> +static const struct gpio_chip aaeon_mcu_chip = {
> +	.label			= "gpio-aaeon-mcu",
> +	.owner			= THIS_MODULE,
> +	.get_direction		= aaeon_mcu_gpio_get_direction,
> +	.direction_input	= aaeon_mcu_gpio_direction_input,
> +	.direction_output	= aaeon_mcu_gpio_direction_output,
> +	.get			= aaeon_mcu_gpio_get,
> +	.set			= aaeon_mcu_gpio_set,
> +	.base			= -1,
> +	.ngpio			= MAX_GPOS + MAX_GPIOS,
> +	.can_sleep		= true,
> +};

There's no point in keeping it in memory if you copy it into data->gc anyway.
Use compound literals in aaeon_mcu_gpio_probe() if you want to initialize
members explicitly.

> +
> +static void aaeon_mcu_gpio_reset(struct aaeon_mcu_gpio *data, struct device *dev)
> +{
> +	unsigned int i;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	/* Reset all GPOs */
> +	for (i = 0; i < MAX_GPOS; i++) {
> +		ret = aaeon_mcu_gpo_set_cmd(data, i, 0);
> +		if (ret < 0)
> +			dev_warn(dev, "Failed to reset GPO %u state: %d\n", i, ret);
> +		clear_bit(i, data->dir_in);
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Reset all GPIOs */
> +	for (i = MAX_GPOS; i < MAX_GPOS + MAX_GPIOS; i++) {
> +		ret = aaeon_mcu_gpio_config_input_cmd(data, i);
> +		if (ret < 0)
> +			dev_warn(dev, "Failed to reset GPIO %u state: %d\n", i, ret);
> +		set_bit(i, data->dir_in);
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +static int aaeon_mcu_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> +	struct aaeon_mcu_dev *mfd = dev_get_drvdata(pdev->dev.parent);
> +	struct aaeon_mcu_gpio *data;
> +
> +	data = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!data)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +	data->mfd = mfd;

It looks like all you need is the i2c_client, maybe just store its address and
avoid constant dereferencing.

> +	data->gc = aaeon_mcu_chip;
> +	data->gc.parent = &pdev->dev;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Reset all GPIO states to a known configuration. The MCU does not
> +	 * reset GPIO state on soft reboot, only on power cycle (hard reboot).
> +	 * Without this reset, GPIOs would retain their previous state across
> +	 * reboots, which could lead to unexpected behavior.
> +	 */
> +	aaeon_mcu_gpio_reset(data, &pdev->dev);
> +
> +	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, data);

Where is the corresponding call to platform_get_drvdata()?

> +
> +	return devm_gpiochip_add_data(&pdev->dev, &data->gc,
> +				      data);
> +}
> +
> +static const struct of_device_id aaeon_mcu_gpio_of_match[] = {
> +	{ .compatible = "aaeon,srg-imx8pl-gpio" },
> +	{},
> +};
> +
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, aaeon_mcu_gpio_of_match);
> +
> +static struct platform_driver aaeon_mcu_gpio_driver = {
> +	.driver = {
> +		.name = "aaeon-mcu-gpio",
> +		.of_match_table = aaeon_mcu_gpio_of_match,
> +	},
> +	.probe = aaeon_mcu_gpio_probe,
> +};
> +
> +module_platform_driver(aaeon_mcu_gpio_driver);
> +
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("GPIO interface for Aaeon MCU");
> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Jérémie Dautherbes <jeremie.dautheribes at bootlin.com>");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>
> --
> 2.52.0
>
>

Bart



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