[PATCH v6 7/7] gpio: gpio-by-pinctrl: add pinctrl based generic GPIO driver
From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Mon Mar 23 2026 - 15:30:42 EST
From: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@xxxxxxxxxx>
The ARM SCMI pinctrl protocol allows GPIO access. Instead of creating
a new SCMI GPIO driver, this driver is a generic GPIO driver that uses
standard pinctrl interfaces.
Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v6: Use pinconf_to_config_packed() instead of PIN_CONF_PACKED()
v5: Clean up based on Andy's feedback:
Update Kconfig entry
Update Copyright date
Fix includes
Get rid of unused private data
Simplify pin_control_gpio_get_direction()
v4: Add r-b tags
v3: Forward port and update
---
drivers/gpio/Kconfig | 13 +++++
drivers/gpio/Makefile | 1 +
drivers/gpio/gpio-by-pinctrl.c | 101 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 115 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 drivers/gpio/gpio-by-pinctrl.c
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
index b45fb799e36c..c631ecb01e07 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
@@ -246,6 +246,19 @@ config GPIO_BRCMSTB
help
Say yes here to enable GPIO support for Broadcom STB (BCM7XXX) SoCs.
+config GPIO_BY_PINCTRL
+ tristate "GPIO support based on a pure pin control backend"
+ depends on GPIOLIB
+ help
+ Support for generic GPIO handling based on top of pin control.
+ Traditionally, firmware creates a GPIO interface or a pin
+ controller interface and we have a driver to support it. But
+ in SCMI, the pin control interface is generic and we can
+ create a simple GPIO device based on the pin control interface
+ without doing anything custom.
+
+ This driver used to do GPIO over the ARM SCMI protocol.
+
config GPIO_CADENCE
tristate "Cadence GPIO support"
depends on OF_GPIO
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/Makefile b/drivers/gpio/Makefile
index c05f7d795c43..20d4a57afdaa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpio/Makefile
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_BD9571MWV) += gpio-bd9571mwv.o
obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_BLZP1600) += gpio-blzp1600.o
obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_BRCMSTB) += gpio-brcmstb.o
obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_BT8XX) += gpio-bt8xx.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_BY_PINCTRL) += gpio-by-pinctrl.o
obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_CADENCE) += gpio-cadence.o
obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_CGBC) += gpio-cgbc.o
obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_CLPS711X) += gpio-clps711x.o
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-by-pinctrl.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-by-pinctrl.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ddfdc479d38a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-by-pinctrl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Linaro Inc.
+// Author: AKASHI takahiro <takahiro.akashi@xxxxxxxxxx>
+
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/gpio/driver.h>
+#include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/pinctrl/consumer.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#include "gpiolib.h"
+
+static int pin_control_gpio_get_direction(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset)
+{
+ unsigned long config;
+ int ret;
+
+ config = PIN_CONFIG_OUTPUT_ENABLE;
+ ret = pinctrl_gpio_get_config(gc, offset, &config);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ if (config)
+ return GPIO_LINE_DIRECTION_OUT;
+
+ return GPIO_LINE_DIRECTION_IN;
+}
+
+static int pin_control_gpio_direction_output(struct gpio_chip *chip,
+ unsigned int offset, int val)
+{
+ return pinctrl_gpio_direction_output(chip, offset);
+}
+
+static int pin_control_gpio_get(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset)
+{
+ unsigned long config;
+ int ret;
+
+ config = PIN_CONFIG_LEVEL;
+ ret = pinctrl_gpio_get_config(chip, offset, &config);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ return !!config;
+}
+
+static int pin_control_gpio_set(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned int offset,
+ int val)
+{
+ unsigned long config;
+
+ config = pinconf_to_config_packed(PIN_CONFIG_LEVEL, val);
+ return pinctrl_gpio_set_config(chip, offset, config);
+}
+
+static int pin_control_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+ struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
+ struct gpio_chip *chip;
+
+ chip = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*chip), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!chip)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ chip->label = dev_name(dev);
+ chip->parent = dev;
+ chip->base = -1;
+
+ chip->request = gpiochip_generic_request;
+ chip->free = gpiochip_generic_free;
+ chip->get_direction = pin_control_gpio_get_direction;
+ chip->direction_input = pinctrl_gpio_direction_input;
+ chip->direction_output = pin_control_gpio_direction_output;
+ chip->get = pin_control_gpio_get;
+ chip->set = pin_control_gpio_set;
+ chip->set_config = gpiochip_generic_config;
+
+ return devm_gpiochip_add_data(dev, chip, NULL);
+}
+
+static const struct of_device_id pin_control_gpio_match[] = {
+ { .compatible = "scmi-pinctrl-gpio" },
+ { /* sentinel */ }
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, pin_control_gpio_match);
+
+static struct platform_driver pin_control_gpio_driver = {
+ .probe = pin_control_gpio_probe,
+ .driver = {
+ .name = "pin-control-gpio",
+ .of_match_table = pin_control_gpio_match,
+ },
+};
+module_platform_driver(pin_control_gpio_driver);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@xxxxxxxxxx>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Pinctrl based GPIO driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
--
2.53.0