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Message-ID: <20251027133258.GA112219-robh@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 08:32:58 -0500
From: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To: Jonas Jelonek <jelonek.jonas@...il.com>
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: gpio: add gpio-line-mux controller
On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 11:17:53PM +0000, Jonas Jelonek wrote:
> Add dt-schema for a gpio-line-mux controller which exposes virtual
> GPIOs for a shared GPIO controlled by a multiplexer, e.g. a gpio-mux.
>
> The gpio-line-mux controller is a gpio-controller, thus has mostly the
> same semantics. However, it requires a mux-control to be specified upon
> which it will operate.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonas Jelonek <jelonek.jonas@...il.com>
> ---
> .../bindings/gpio/gpio-line-mux.yaml | 108 ++++++++++++++++++
> .../devicetree/bindings/mux/gpio-mux.yaml | 30 +++++
> 2 files changed, 138 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-line-mux.yaml
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-line-mux.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-line-mux.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..4c907a35eb4d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio-line-mux.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/gpio/gpio-line-mux.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: GPIO line mux
> +
> +maintainers:
> + - Jonas Jelonek <jelonek.jonas@...il.com>
> +
> +description:
You need '>' or '|' to preserve formatting here.
> + A GPIO controller to provide virtual GPIOs for a 1-to-many mapping backed by
> + a single shared GPIO and a multiplexer. A simple illustrated example is
> +
> + +----- A
> + IN/OUT /
> + <-----o------- B
> + / |\
> + | | +----- C
> + | | \
> + | | +--- D
> + | |
> + M1 M0
> +
> + MUX CONTROL
> +
> + M1 M0 IN/OUT
> + 0 0 A
> + 0 1 B
> + 1 0 C
> + 1 1 D
> +
> + This can be used in case a real GPIO is connected to multiple inputs/outputs
> + and controlled by a multiplexer, and another subsystem/driver does not work
> + directly with the multiplexer subsystem.
> +
> +properties:
> + compatible:
> + const: gpio-line-mux
> +
> + gpio-controller: true
> +
> + "#gpio-cells":
> + const: 2
> +
> + gpio-line-mux-states:
> + description: Mux states corresponding to the virtual GPIOs.
> + minItems: 1
> + items:
> + type: string
> +
> + gpio-line-names: true
> +
> + mux-controls:
> + maxItems: 1
> + $ref: /schemas/mux/mux-controller.yaml#
> + description:
> + Phandle to the multiplexer to control access to the GPIOs.
> +
> + ngpios: false
> +
> + shared-gpio:
'-gpio' is deprecated. Use '-gpios'.
> + description:
> + GPIO which is the '1' in 1-to-many and is shared by the virtual GPIOs
> + and controlled via the mux.
> +
> +required:
> + - compatible
> + - gpio-controller
> + - gpio-line-mux-states
> + - mux-controls
> + - shared-gpio
> +
> +additionalProperties: false
> +
> +examples:
> + - |
> + #include <dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h>
> + #include <dt-bindings/mux/mux.h>
> +
> + sfp_gpio_mux: gpio-mux {
> + compatible = "gpio-mux";
> + mux-gpios = <&gpio0 0 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>,
> + <&gpio0 1 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
> + #mux-control-cells = <0>;
> + idle-state = <MUX_IDLE_AS_IS>;
> + };
> +
> + sfp1_gpio: sfp-gpio-1 {
> + compatible = "gpio-line-mux";
> + gpio-controller;
> + #gpio-cells = <2>;
> +
> + mux-controls = <&sfp_gpio_mux>;
> + shared-gpio = <&gpio0 2 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
> +
> + gpio-line-names = "SFP1_LOS", "SFP1_MOD_ABS", "SFP1_TX_FAULT";
> + gpio-line-mux-states = <0>, <1>, <3>;
> + };
> +
> + sfp1: sfp-p1 {
> + compatible = "sff,sfp";
> +
> + los-gpios = <&sfp1_gpio 0 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
> + mod-def0-gpios = <&sfp1_gpio 1 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
> + tx-fault-gpios = <&sfp1_gpio 2 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
> + };
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mux/gpio-mux.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mux/gpio-mux.yaml
> index ef7e33ec85d4..57eb1e9ef4cf 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mux/gpio-mux.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mux/gpio-mux.yaml
> @@ -100,4 +100,34 @@ examples:
> };
> };
> };
> + - |
> + #include <dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h>
> +
> + sfp_mux: mux-controller {
> + compatible = "gpio-mux";
> + #mux-control-cells = <0>;
> +
> + mux-gpios = <&gpio0 0 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>,
> + <&gpio0 1 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
> + };
> +
> + sfp_gpio: sfp-gpio-1 {
> + compatible = "gpio-line-mux";
> + gpio-controller;
> + #gpio-cells = <2>;
> +
> + mux-controls = <&sfp_mux>;
> + shared-gpio = <&gpio0 2 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
> +
> + gpio-line-names = "SFP_LOS", "SFP_MOD_ABS", "SFP_TX_F";
> + gpio-line-mux-states = <0>, <1>, <2>;
> + };
> +
> + sfp0: sfp-p0 {
> + compatible = "sff,sfp";
> +
> + los-gpios = <&sfp_gpio 0 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
> + mod-def0-gpios = <&sfp_gpio 1 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
> + tx-fault-gpios = <&sfp_gpio 2 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
Drop. We don't need the same example twice.
Rob
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