topic Re: set gpio imx8mn in i.MX Processors

set gpio imx8mn

razriel — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 15:50:47 GMT

I am trying to set gpio immidiatly after power cycle.

I want to do it in u-boot enviormant before kernel loads.

found two possible solutions:

1. use gpio-hog in device tree. so few example how to use in device trees of other boards.

2. setting it in board_init function under board/freescale/imx8mn_evk/imx8mn_evk.c by adding gpio_request gpio_direction_output.

I am using yocto imx-5.15.5-1.0.0 honister and cannot find much information how to do this.

I belive both approaches cannot work together. one will overwrite the other.

which one I should use ?

BR,

Roy

BR,

Roy

Dhruvit — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 06:37:00 GMT

I hope you are doing well.

To set the GPIO during startup in U-Boot one could add a script to set the IO.
E.g.,

# setenv set-io 'gpio set <gpio-number>' # setenv bootcmd 'run set-io; run ubiboot; run sdboot' # saveenv

Or else you can use the board_init function to access the GPIO.

Either one can be used.

Thank you.
Best Regards,
Dhruvit.

razriel — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 11:44:48 GMT

The method you suggest is not could for prouductization.

how do I make it part of the image creation and not something to be done manualy ?

Dhruvit — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 11:51:25 GMT

You can define a script in the environment variable, as described in my last reply for the automatic access of the GPIO.

And for the board_init function method can also be part of the image creation.

Best Regards,
Dhruvit.