[PATCH v3 1/3] docs/pinctrl: update `pins' description under debugfs

From: Dario Binacchi
Date: Thu May 20 2021 - 16:28:55 EST


Optionally the `pins' file created inside the `/sys/kernel/debug/pinctrl'
subdirectory of each pin controller device now allows you to set the
mux register of a pin.

Signed-off-by: Dario Binacchi <dariobin@xxxxxxxxx>
---

(no changes since v1)

Documentation/driver-api/pin-control.rst | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/pin-control.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/pin-control.rst
index e2474425fb0c..3d8192fa45a3 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/pin-control.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/pin-control.rst
@@ -1447,6 +1447,9 @@ controller device containing these files:

- ``pins``: prints a line for each pin registered on the pin controller. The
pinctrl driver may add additional information such as register contents.
+ Optionally writes the mux register for the selected pin.
+ e.g. to write the value 0x73 in the mux register of pin 19:
+ echo 19 0x73 >/sys/kernel/debug/pinctrl/pins

- ``gpio-ranges``: print ranges that map gpio lines to pins on the controller

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