gpioctl(8)
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NAME
gpioctl -- control GPIO devices
SYNOPSIS
gpioctl [-hq] [-d device] [pin] [0 | 1 | 2]
gpioctl [-hq] [-d device] -c pin [flags]
DESCRIPTION
The gpioctl program allows manipulation of GPIO (General Purpose
Input/Output) device pins. Such devices can be either part of the
chipset or embedded CPU, or a separate chip. The usual way of using GPIO
is to connect some simple devices such as LEDs, 1-wire thermal sensors,
etc., to its pins.
Each GPIO device has an associated device file in the /dev directory. By
default gpioctl uses /dev/gpio0, which corresponds to the first found
GPIO device in the system. If more than one GPIO device is present, an
alternative device file can be specified with the -d option in order to
access a particular GPIO device.
When executed without any arguments, gpioctl reads information about the
GPIO device and displays it.
GPIO pins can be either ``read'' or ``written'' with the values of logi-
cal 0 or 1. If only a pin number is specified on the command line, the
pin state will be read from the GPIO controller and displayed. To write
to a pin, a value must be specified after the pin number. Values can be
either 0 or 1. A value of 2 has a special meaning: it ``toggles'' the
pin, i.e. changes its state to the opposite.
Each pin can be configured with different flags with the -c option. The
following configuration flags are supported by the GPIO framework:
in input direction
out output direction
inout bi-directional
od open-drain output
pp push-pull output
tri tri-state (output disabled)
pu internal pull-up enabled
pd internal pull-down enabled
iin invert input
iout invert output
Note that not all the flags can be supported by the particular GPIO con-
troller. The list of supported flags is always displayed when executing
gpioctl with the -c option. If only a pin number is specified on the
command line, the current pin flags will be displayed. To change pin
flags, a new flags set separated by spaces must be specified after the
pin number.
The -q option causes gpioctl to operate quietly i.e. nothing is printed
to stdout. The -h option displays a usage summary.
FILES
/dev/gpiou GPIO device unit u file.
EXAMPLES
Configure pin 20 to have push-pull output:
# gpioctl -c 20 out pp
Write logical 1 to pin 20:
# gpioctl 20 1
SEE ALSO
elansc(4), gcscpcib(4), gpio(4), gscpcib(4), nsclpcsio(4)
HISTORY
The gpioctl command first appeared in OpenBSD 3.6 and NetBSD 4.0.
AUTHORS
The gpioctl program was written by Alexander Yurchenko
<grange@openbsd.org>.
NetBSD 5.2.3 January 9, 2008 NetBSD 5.2.3
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