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+This readme describes the linux kernel gpio-keys framework as it deploys on the
+DE10-Nano target environment. You may find the following references useful for
+more information on this topic as well.
+
+<linux-source-tree>/Documentation/gpio/gpio.txt
+<linux-source-tree>/Documentation/gpio/sysfs.txt
+<linux-source-tree>/Documentation/input/input.txt
+<linux-source-tree>/Documentation/input/event-codes.txt
+<linux-source-tree>/Documentation/input/input-programming.txt
+<linux-source-tree>/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt
+<linux-source-tree>/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/gpio-keys.txt
+<linux-source-tree>/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/input/gpio-keys-polled.txt
+
+If you cut and paste the following function into a console running on the
+DE10-Nano target you can extract the useful information contained in the run
+time devicetree maintained by the kernel in the procfs.
+
+################################################################################
+# find gpio-keys in device tree
+################################################################################
+function find_gpio_keys_dt ()
+{
+ for NEXT in $(find -L /proc/device-tree -name "compatible" | sort);
+ do
+ cat ${NEXT} | grep -xz "gpio-keys" > /dev/null && {
+ KEYS_DIRNAME="$(dirname ${NEXT})";
+ KEYS_COMPATIBLE="$(cat ${KEYS_DIRNAME}/compatible)";
+ echo "${KEYS_DIRNAME}";
+ echo -e "\tcompatible = '${KEYS_COMPATIBLE}'";
+ for NEXT_KEY in $(find -L "${KEYS_DIRNAME}" -name "gpios" | sort);
+ do
+ NEXT_KEY_DIR="$(dirname ${NEXT_KEY})";
+ echo "${NEXT_KEY_DIR}";
+ KEYS_GPIOS="$(hexdump -v -e '"0x" 4/1 "%02x" " "' "${NEXT_KEY}")";
+ CONTROLLER_PHANDLE_HEX=$(echo ${KEYS_GPIOS} | cut -d ' ' -f 1);
+ GPIO_BIT_HEX=$(echo ${KEYS_GPIOS} | cut -d ' ' -f 2);
+ INVERTED_FLAG_HEX=$(echo ${KEYS_GPIOS} | cut -d ' ' -f 3);
+ printf " gpios = ('%d', '%d', '%d') : ('%s', '%s', '%s')\n" "${CONTROLLER_PHANDLE_HEX}" "${GPIO_BIT_HEX}" "${INVERTED_FLAG_HEX}" "controller" "bit" "flag";
+ KEYS_CODE="$(hexdump -v -e '"0x" 4/1 "%02x"' "${NEXT_KEY_DIR}/linux,code")";
+ printf " code = '%d'\n" "${KEYS_CODE}";
+ GPIO_CONTROLLER="unknown";
+ CONTROLLER_PHANDLE_DEC="$(printf "%d" "${CONTROLLER_PHANDLE_HEX}")";
+ for NEXT in $(find -L /proc/device-tree -name "phandle" | sort);
+ do
+ PHANDLE_HEX="$(hexdump -v -e '"0x" 4/1 "%02x"' "${NEXT}")";
+ PHANDLE_DEC="$(printf "%d" "${PHANDLE_HEX}")";
+ [ "${PHANDLE_DEC}" -eq "${CONTROLLER_PHANDLE_DEC}" ] && {
+ GPIO_CONTROLLER="$(dirname ${NEXT})"
+ };
+ done;
+ printf " controller = '%s'\n" "${GPIO_CONTROLLER}";
+ done
+ };
+ done
+}
+################################################################################
+
+The function above is provided in the file 'find_gpio_keys_dt.src', which you
+can source into your environment by running 'source find_gpio_keys_dt.src'.
+
+When we run the function above on the DE10-Nano target it searches for nodes
+containing the 'compatible' string 'gpio-keys', there should be only one node
+located. The function then prints the path to the node that it found and
+extracts the 'gpios' binding and the 'linux,code' binding for each key node and
+prints these statistics.
+
+root@DE10-Nano:~# find_gpio_keys_dt
+/proc/device-tree/soc/keys
+ compatible = 'gpio-keys'
+/proc/device-tree/soc/keys/sw0
+ gpios = ('50', '0', '1') : ('controller', 'bit', 'flag')
+ code = '64'
+ controller = '/proc/device-tree/soc/bridge@0xc0000000/gpio@0x100004000'
+/proc/device-tree/soc/keys/sw1
+ gpios = ('50', '1', '1') : ('controller', 'bit', 'flag')
+ code = '65'
+ controller = '/proc/device-tree/soc/bridge@0xc0000000/gpio@0x100004000'
+/proc/device-tree/soc/keys/sw2
+ gpios = ('50', '2', '1') : ('controller', 'bit', 'flag')
+ code = '66'
+ controller = '/proc/device-tree/soc/bridge@0xc0000000/gpio@0x100004000'
+/proc/device-tree/soc/keys/sw3
+ gpios = ('50', '3', '1') : ('controller', 'bit', 'flag')
+ code = '67'
+ controller = '/proc/device-tree/soc/bridge@0xc0000000/gpio@0x100004000'
+root@DE10-Nano:~#
+
+For more information on the gpio controllers framework, please read the
+README_gpio.txt document. The 'gpio@0x100004000' controller identified above
+maps to the 'dipsw_pio' controller that provides a 4-bit input, fpga based gpio,
+registered as 'gpio-keys' in the device tree to be used in the gpio-keys
+framework to receive input events from switches SW0-SW3 on the DE10-Nano board.
+
+The gpio-keys framework will register an input event device that will post input
+events when the gpios above change their state. The 'code' associated with each
+gpio above will be encoded in the input event message along with the state of
+the switch. We can see the input device in the devfs like this:
+
+root@DE10-Nano:~# ls -lR /dev/input
+/dev/input:
+total 0
+drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Jul 9 16:25 by-path
+crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 64 Jan 1 1970 event0
+crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 65 Jul 9 16:25 event1
+crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 63 Jan 1 1970 mice
+crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 32 Jan 1 1970 mouse0
+
+/dev/input/by-path:
+total 0
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 1 1970 platform-ffc04000.i2c-event -> ../event0
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jul 9 16:25 platform-soc:base-fpga-region:keys-event -> ../event1
+
+In this case the event1 device is the device for our gpio-keys input, we can
+tell this from the '/dev/input/by-path' links that have more descriptive names.
+
+The sysfs also describes the input device environment for us in a useful way.
+
+root@DE10-Nano:~# ls -l /sys/class/input/
+total 0
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 1 1970 event0 -> ../../devices/platform/soc/ffc04000.i2c/i2c-0/0-0053/input/input0/event0
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jul 14 19:17 event1 -> ../../devices/platform/soc/soc:keys/input/input1/event1
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 1 1970 input0 -> ../../devices/platform/soc/ffc04000.i2c/i2c-0/0-0053/input/input0
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jul 14 19:17 input1 -> ../../devices/platform/soc/soc:keys/input/input1
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 1 1970 mice -> ../../devices/virtual/input/mice
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 1 1970 mouse0 -> ../../devices/platform/soc/ffc04000.i2c/i2c-0/0-0053/input/input0/mouse0
+
+And from the above we can see that the 'soc:keys' device exists in the sysfs.
+
+root@DE10-Nano:~# ls /sys/devices/platform/soc/soc:keys
+disabled_keys driver_override modalias switches
+disabled_switches input power uevent
+driver keys subsystem
+root@DE10-Nano:~# ls /sys/devices/platform/soc/soc:keys/input
+input1
+root@DE10-Nano:~# ls /sys/devices/platform/soc/soc:keys/input/input1
+capabilities event1 modalias phys properties uevent
+device id name power subsystem uniq
+root@DE10-Nano:~# ls /sys/devices/platform/soc/soc:keys/input/input1/event1
+dev device power subsystem uevent
+root@DE10-Nano:~# cat /sys/devices/platform/soc/soc:keys/input/input1/name
+soc:keys
+root@DE10-Nano:~# cat /sys/devices/platform/soc/soc:keys/input/input1/event1/dev
+13:65
+root@DE10-Nano:~# ls -l /dev/input/event1
+crw-rw---- 1 root input 13, 65 Jul 9 16:25 /dev/input/event1
+
+So now that we know what our input event device is, we can simply read from it
+to capture the input events as they arrive. The device will block until the
+next event message is received. We can do this like so:
+
+root@DE10-Nano:~# hexdump -C /dev/input/event1
+00000000 ca 61 a5 55 a4 44 08 00 01 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 |.a.U.D....@.....|
+00000010 ca 61 a5 55 a4 44 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.a.U.D..........|
+00000020 cc 61 a5 55 24 2a 02 00 01 00 40 00 01 00 00 00 |.a.U$*....@.....|
+00000030 cc 61 a5 55 24 2a 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.a.U$*..........|
+00000040 cd 61 a5 55 04 a0 0b 00 01 00 41 00 00 00 00 00 |.a.U......A.....|
+00000050 cd 61 a5 55 04 a0 0b 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.a.U............|
+00000060 cf 61 a5 55 bf 21 06 00 01 00 41 00 01 00 00 00 |.a.U.!....A.....|
+00000070 cf 61 a5 55 bf 21 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.a.U.!..........|
+00000080 d1 61 a5 55 7c 14 03 00 01 00 42 00 00 00 00 00 |.a.U|.....B.....|
+00000090 d1 61 a5 55 7c 14 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.a.U|...........|
+000000a0 d2 61 a5 55 22 2a 02 00 01 00 42 00 01 00 00 00 |.a.U"*....B.....|
+000000b0 d2 61 a5 55 22 2a 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.a.U"*..........|
+000000c0 d4 61 a5 55 8d ac 05 00 01 00 43 00 00 00 00 00 |.a.U......C.....|
+000000d0 d4 61 a5 55 8d ac 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.a.U............|
+000000e0 d7 61 a5 55 8c ac 05 00 01 00 43 00 01 00 00 00 |.a.U......C.....|
+000000f0 d7 61 a5 55 8c ac 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.a.U............|
+^C
+
+The output above results after we start hexdump reading from the input event1
+device, and then we toggle SW0 on and off, then we toggle SW1 on and off, then
+we toggle SW2 on and off, and then we toggle SW3 on and off. In 16 byte event
+messages that appear above, we can see the first 4 bytes that represent the
+second of the event, followed by the next 4 bytes that represent the millisecond
+of the event, followed by the next 2 bytes that represent the event type,
+followed by the next 2 bytes that represent the event code, followed by the
+last 4 bytes that represent the event value. So we can see the first line 0x00
+is an EV_KEY event for SW0 with code 0x40 and value 0. Then line 0x10 is an
+EV_SYN event, followed by line 0x20 which is the next EV_KEY event for SW0 with
+code 0x40 and value 1. Then line 0x30 is another EV_SYN event. This pattern
+repeats itself for the SW1 events with code 0x41, then the SW2 events with code
+0x42 and finally the SW3 events with code 0xx43.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Example programs and scripts
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+This directory contains a few examples to demonstrate how to interact with the
+switches on the DE10-Nano board that have been registered in the gpio-keys
+framework. There is a shell script called 'watch_switch_events.sh' and a C
+program called 'watch_switch_events.c'. Each of these examples monitor the FPGA
+gpio-keys input event in exactly the same way. Then there is a C program called
+'watch_switch_events_ioctl.c' which simply adds an ioctl() call to the
+'watch_switch_events.c' program so that it can detect the current state of all
+the switches, which can only be accomplished with the ioctl() call.
+
+To build the 'watch_switch_events.c' application simply run the
+'build_watch_switch_events.sh' shell script. That will compile the
+'watch_switch_events.c' source file and produce the executable
+'watch_switch_events' application. Refer to the 'build_watch_switch_events.sh'
+script to see how the application is actually compiled and refer to the C
+program source file for more details on how it actually works.
+
+To build the 'watch_switch_events_ioctl.c' application simply run the
+'build_watch_switch_events_ioctl.sh' shell script. That will compile the
+'watch_switch_events_ioctl.c' source file and produce the executable
+'watch_switch_events_ioctl' application. Refer to the
+'build_watch_switch_events_ioctl.sh' script to see how the application is
+actually compiled and refer to the C program source file for more details on how
+it actually works.
+
+Refer to the 'watch_switch_events.sh' source file for more details on how it
+actually works.
+
+Once you've built the applications, you can run both the script and the
+applications like this:
+
+./watch_switch_events.sh <<< to run the script
+./watch_switch_events <<< to run the program
+./watch_switch_events_ioctl <<< to run the program with ioctl()
+
+The programs and script will monitor the input events for the gpio-keys device
+registered in the system. To generate an input event slide the switches SW0,
+SW1, SW2 and SW3 on the DE10-Nano board. As you slide the switches you will see
+the programs and script print out the input events that they receive from the
+system. The ioctl version of the program will additionally print out the
+current state of all the switches at each input event as well. To terminate the
+script or programs just type CTRL-C on the console that you launched them from.
+
+Both the programs and the script monitor the switches by interacting with the
+input event device node provided by the gpio-keys framework which leverages the
+linux gpio controller framework.
+