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GPIOLED(4)		 BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual		    GPIOLED(4)

NAME
     gpioled --	GPIO led generic device	driver

SYNOPSIS
     device gpio
     device gpioled

     This driver attaches a led(4) device to a GPIO pin.

DESCRIPTION
     The gpioled driver	provides a glue	to attach a led(4) compatible device
     to	a GPIO pin.  Each led on the system has	a name which is	used to	export
     a device in /dev/led/_name_.  The GPIO pin	can then be controlled by
     writing to	this device as described on led(4).

     On	a hint based system, like MIPS,	these values are configureable for
     gpioled:

     hint.gpioled.%d.at	    The	gpiobus	you are	attaching to.  Normally	as-
			    signed to gpiobus0.

     hint.gpioled.%d.name   Arbitrary name of device in	/dev/led/ to create
			    for	led(4).

     hint.gpioled.%d.pins   Which pin on the GPIO interface to map to this in-
			    stance.  Please note that this mask	should only
			    ever have one bit set (any others bits - i.e.,
			    pins - will	be ignored).

     On	a FDT(4) based system, like ARM, the dts part for a gpioled device
     usually looks like:

     gpio: gpio	{

	     gpio-controller;
	     ...

	     led0 {
		     compatible	= "gpioled";
		     gpios = <&gpio 16 2 0>;	     /*	GPIO pin 16. */
		     name = "ok";
	     };

	     led1 {
		     compatible	= "gpioled";
		     gpios = <&gpio 17 2 0>;	     /*	GPIO pin 17. */
		     name = "user-led1";
	     };
     };

     And optionally, you can choose combine all	the leds under a single
     "gpio-leds" compatible node:

     simplebus0	{

	     ...

	     leds {
		     compatible	= "gpio-leds";

		     led0 {
			     gpios = <&gpio 16 2 0>;
			     name = "ok"
		     };

		     led1 {
			     gpios = <&gpio 17 2 0>;
			     name = "user-led1"
		     };
	     };
     };

     Both methods are equally supported	and it is possible to have the leds
     defined with any sort of mix between the methods.	The only restriction
     is	that a GPIO pin	cannot be mapped by two	different (gpio)leds.

     For more details about the	gpios property,	please consult
     /usr/src/sys/boot/fdt/dts/bindings-gpio.txt.

     The property name is the arbitrary	name of	device in /dev/led/ to create
     for led(4).

SEE ALSO
     fdt(4), gpio(4), led(4), gpioiic(4)

HISTORY
     The gpioled manual	page first appeared in FreeBSD 10.1.

AUTHORS
     This manual page was written by Luiz Otavio O Souza.

BSD				 May 14, 2014				   BSD

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