On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 9:28 AM Linus Walleij <linus.wall...@linaro.org> wrote: > > On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 10:15 PM Gerhard Bertelsmann > <i...@gerhard-bertelsmann.de> wrote: > > > I've installed the latest OpenWRT trunk version. Everything > > seems to be fine except the port numbering: > (...) > > Is this common to the new kernel versions or is there > > something missing ? > > We are moving away from the global GPIO numberspace used by pretty > much only the deprecated (since 5 years+) sysfs. > > The reasons behind deprecation of sysfs and the GPIO global numberspace > is detailed in our TODO: > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/gpio/TODO > > What we encourage as GPIO maintainers is for consuming projects > to use the GPIO character device utilizing the libgpiod library: > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libgpiod/libgpiod.git/about/ > > The library comes with a few example tools that are pretty useful for > tinkering and experimenting with the character device. > > I'd be thrilled if libgpiod could be included with OpenWrt given how much > use it actually sees in GPIO-based automation despite its roots in > routers. > > Yours, > Linus Walleij
Hi! I'm seeing that libgpiod v1.4.4 is available in OpenWRT but this version is quite dated. I'll see if I can upgrade it to v1.6.3. Bart _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel