From 102a0743326a03cd1a1202ceda21e175b7d3575c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hc <hc@nodka.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 01:20:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add new system file

---
 kernel/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/board.rst |   42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/board.rst b/kernel/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/board.rst
index 2c11255..191fa86 100644
--- a/kernel/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/board.rst
+++ b/kernel/Documentation/driver-api/gpio/board.rst
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 	}
 
 For more information about the ACPI GPIO bindings see
-Documentation/acpi/gpio-properties.txt.
+Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/gpio-properties.rst.
 
 Platform Data
 -------------
@@ -113,13 +113,15 @@
 GPIOs are mapped by the means of tables of lookups, containing instances of the
 gpiod_lookup structure. Two macros are defined to help declaring such mappings::
 
-	GPIO_LOOKUP(chip_label, chip_hwnum, con_id, flags)
-	GPIO_LOOKUP_IDX(chip_label, chip_hwnum, con_id, idx, flags)
+	GPIO_LOOKUP(key, chip_hwnum, con_id, flags)
+	GPIO_LOOKUP_IDX(key, chip_hwnum, con_id, idx, flags)
 
 where
 
-  - chip_label is the label of the gpiod_chip instance providing the GPIO
-  - chip_hwnum is the hardware number of the GPIO within the chip
+  - key is either the label of the gpiod_chip instance providing the GPIO, or
+    the GPIO line name
+  - chip_hwnum is the hardware number of the GPIO within the chip, or U16_MAX
+    to indicate that key is a GPIO line name
   - con_id is the name of the GPIO function from the device point of view. It
 	can be NULL, in which case it will match any function.
   - idx is the index of the GPIO within the function.
@@ -135,7 +137,10 @@
 
 In the future, these flags might be extended to support more properties.
 
-Note that GPIO_LOOKUP() is just a shortcut to GPIO_LOOKUP_IDX() where idx = 0.
+Note that:
+  1. GPIO line names are not guaranteed to be globally unique, so the first
+     match found will be used.
+  2. GPIO_LOOKUP() is just a shortcut to GPIO_LOOKUP_IDX() where idx = 0.
 
 A lookup table can then be defined as follows, with an empty entry defining its
 end. The 'dev_id' field of the table is the identifier of the device that will
@@ -193,3 +198,28 @@
 
 The line will be hogged as soon as the gpiochip is created or - in case the
 chip was created earlier - when the hog table is registered.
+
+Arrays of pins
+--------------
+In addition to requesting pins belonging to a function one by one, a device may
+also request an array of pins assigned to the function.  The way those pins are
+mapped to the device determines if the array qualifies for fast bitmap
+processing.  If yes, a bitmap is passed over get/set array functions directly
+between a caller and a respective .get/set_multiple() callback of a GPIO chip.
+
+In order to qualify for fast bitmap processing, the array must meet the
+following requirements:
+
+- pin hardware number of array member 0 must also be 0,
+- pin hardware numbers of consecutive array members which belong to the same
+  chip as member 0 does must also match their array indexes.
+
+Otherwise fast bitmap processing path is not used in order to avoid consecutive
+pins which belong to the same chip but are not in hardware order being processed
+separately.
+
+If the array applies for fast bitmap processing path, pins which belong to
+different chips than member 0 does, as well as those with indexes different from
+their hardware pin numbers, are excluded from the fast path, both input and
+output.  Moreover, open drain and open source pins are excluded from fast bitmap
+output processing.

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