Control GPIO using libgpiod API

dhruvinrajpura — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 05:07:57 GMT

Hello,

I'm using IMX8ULP EVK9 board and i have onboard LED. I'm able to control LED using "gpioset -c /dev/gpiochip4 20=1" command. Now I'm trying to control LED using C code but on that time i'm getting "Request lines failed: Invalid argument" error.

I'm using libgpiod 2.0.

Following is my C code

    const char *chipname = "/dev/gpiochip4";
    unsigned int line_num = 20;
    struct gpiod_chip *chip;
    struct gpiod_request_config *req_cfg;
    struct gpiod_line_config *line_cfg;
    struct gpiod_line_request *request;

    // Open the GPIO chip
    chip = gpiod_chip_open(chipname);
    if (!chip) {
        perror("Open chip failed");
        return 1;
    }

    // Allocate and configure the request config
    req_cfg = gpiod_request_config_new();
    gpiod_request_config_set_consumer(req_cfg, "led_control");

    // Allocate line config
    line_cfg = gpiod_line_config_new();

    // Request the line
    unsigned int offsets[] = {line_num};
    request = gpiod_chip_request_lines(chip, req_cfg, line_cfg);
    if (!request) {
        perror("Request lines failed");
        gpiod_chip_close(chip);
        return 1;
    }

    // Blink the LED
    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
        gpiod_line_request_set_value(request, line_num, GPIOD_LINE_VALUE_ACTIVE); // Turn on LED
        sleep(1);
        gpiod_line_request_set_value(request, line_num, GPIOD_LINE_VALUE_INACTIVE); // Turn off LED
        sleep(1);
    }

    // Clean up
    gpiod_line_request_release(request);
    gpiod_request_config_free(req_cfg);
    gpiod_line_config_free(line_cfg); // Free line_cfg
    gpiod_chip_close(chip);

Re: Control GPIO using libgpiod API

Zhiming_Liu — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 02:17:35 GMT

Hello,

Please refer libgpiod 2.0 examples to modify your code.

https://github.com/brgl/libgpiod/tree/v2.2.x/examples

Best Regards,
Zhiming

Re: Control GPIO using libgpiod API

Robbi — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:12:15 GMT

Hi @Zhiming_Liu ,

I'm trying to read GPIO line values in imx91 using libgpiod by c application. But showing gpiod.h is not found. I installed libgpiod-tools and able to see gpiod.h in /usr/include/. But when I compile recipe it is showing error undefined reference to API used. It is linking error is there any way to read value of GPIO using C application.

Thanks

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