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Message-Id: <20240626052925.174272-5-warthog618@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 13:29:25 +0800
From: Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
brgl@...ev.pl,
linus.walleij@...aro.org
Cc: Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>,
corbet@....net,
linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Documentation: gpio: Reconfiguration with unset direction (uAPI v2)
Update description of reconfiguration rules, adding requirement that a
direction flag be set to enable changing configuration for a line.
Signed-off-by: Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>
---
.../userspace-api/gpio/gpio-v2-line-set-config-ioctl.rst | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/gpio-v2-line-set-config-ioctl.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/gpio-v2-line-set-config-ioctl.rst
index 9b942a8a53ca..cfaab801556c 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/gpio-v2-line-set-config-ioctl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/gpio-v2-line-set-config-ioctl.rst
@@ -35,11 +35,14 @@ Description
Update the configuration of previously requested lines, without releasing the
line or introducing potential glitches.
-The new configuration must specify the configuration of all requested lines.
+The new configuration must specify a configuration for all requested lines.
The same :ref:`gpio-v2-get-line-config-rules` and
:ref:`gpio-v2-get-line-config-support` that apply when requesting the lines
-also apply when updating the line configuration.
+also apply when updating the line configuration, with the additional
+restriction that a direction flag must be set to enable reconfiguration.
+If no direction flag is set in the configuration for a given line then the
+configuration for that line is left unchanged.
The motivating use case for this command is changing direction of
bi-directional lines between input and output, but it may also be used to
--
2.39.2
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