On Sat, Feb 08, 2020 at 07:43:24PM +0100, Michał Stanek wrote:
Hi Mika,
The previous patches from Dmitry handled IRQ numbering, here we have a similar issue with GPIO to pin translation - hardcoded values in FW which do not agree with the (non-consecutive) numbering in newer kernels.
Hmm, so instead of passing GpioIo/GpioInt resources to devices the firmware uses some hard-coded Linux GPIO numbering scheme? Would you able to share the exact firmware description where this happens?
Actually it is a GPIO offset in ACPI tables for Braswell that was hardcoded in the old firmware to match the previous (consecutive) Linux GPIO numbering.
Can you share the ACPI tables and point me to the GPIO that is using Linux number?
What GPIO(s) we are talking about and how does it show up to the user?
As an example, the issue manifests itself when you run 'crossystem wpsw_cur'. On my Kefka it incorrectly reports the value as 1 instead of 0 when the write protect screw is removed.
Is it poking GPIOs directly through sysfs relying the Linux GPIO numbering (which can change and is fragile anyway)?
I believe so, yes.
This is something that should be fixed in userspace. Using global Linux GPIO or IRQ numbers is fragile and source of issues like this. There are correct ways of using GPIOs from userspace: in case of sysfs, you can find the base of the chip and then user relative numbering against it or switch to use libgpiod that does the same but uses the newer char device. Both cases the GPIO number are relative against the GPIO chip so they work even if global Linux GPIO numbering changes.