在什么情况下/sys/kernel/debug/gpio 为空? [英] Under what conditions would /sys/kernel/debug/gpio be empty?
问题描述
Summary
My aim is to control the GPIO pins in Peppermint 4 Linux (Kernel version 3.8.0) on an Intel motherboard (NM70 chipset with C1037U processor).
I'm debugging issues I'm having using the sysfs interface and am trying to understand the conditions where /sys/kernel/debug/gpio would be empty?
When attempting to export pins 0 to 255 by
echo XX > /sys/class/gpio/export
for XX from 0 to 255, I get the following error message
echo: write error: No such device
Under what conditions would /sys/kernel/debug/gpio be empty?
Background
- Motherboard: Intel with NM70 chipset
- Processor: C1037U processor
- OS: Peppermint 4 Linux
- Kernel version: 3.8.0
- GPIO interface: sysfs
I'm attempting to use the sysfs interface, which allows GPIO pins to be accessed from userspace through the filesystem.
I’ve successfully followed the "Alternate Build Method: The Old-Fashioned Debian Way" section of https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile to recompile the kernel in order to expose GPIO access in user space and to turn on debug mode for GPIO:
Once the new kernel was compiled, I was able to see the GPIO folder in /sys/class/gpio for the first time. Then, in theory, it should be a case of being able to turn GPIO ports ON/OFF by writing to the filesystem. This approach is outlined at http://falsinsoft.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/access-gpio-from-linux-user-space.html.
When attempting to export pins 0 to 255 by
echo XX > /sys/class/gpio/export
for XX from 0 to 255, I get the following error message
echo: write error: No such device
When attempting to export pins outside the range 0 to 255 by
echo XX > /sys/class/gpio/export
I get the following error message
echo: write error: Invalid argument
The tutorial suggests this could be because the GPIO ports are reserved for another program and that, if so, the debug file (/sys/kernel/debug/gpio) would be able to show where they are reserved.
However, /sys/kernel/debug/gpio is empty.
I can see and control the GPIO pins in the BIOS (change pins to be input or output HIGH/LOW).
Related questions
writing to /sys/class/gpio/export failing
/sys/kernel/debug/gpio will be empty if there no GPIO device registered (warning: when I say GPIO device, I don't mean the piece of hardware, but rather the kernel representation of it).
So, these GPIO devices are registered at runtime by the kernel and associated to a specific GPIO device driver.
In turn, the GPIO device driver is selected and associated to a given device, because it is the one declaring compatibility with said GPIO device.
E.g., the kernel would match on PCI vendor and product ID, and probe a GPIO driver that claims support for that PCI vendor/product. When the GPIO driver is probed, it typically registers the GPIO device instance.
Finally, that registered GPIO device is what provides GPIOs shown in /sys/kernel/debug/gpio.
The above is part of the so-called "Device Driver model" in Linux. Although it's a bit outdated, you can read [1].
Now, let's see what GPIO driver you need to select for your NM70 chipset. Wikipedia says that the chipset codename is "Panther Point-M" [2]. With some luck, the lpc_ich driver could support it. You would have to build your kernel with CONFIG_LPC_ICH=y.
Alternatively, if your GPIOs are provided by a PCI device, you could use lspci to get the IDs, and then grep in the kernel sources for those IDs.
[1] http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linuxdrive3/book/ch14.pdf
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_chipsets
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