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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/common-properties.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/common-properties.txt index 697714f8d75c..a3448bfa1c82 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/common-properties.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/common-properties.txt @@ -1,4 +1,8 @@ Common properties +================= + +Endianness +---------- The Devicetree Specification does not define any properties related to hardware byteswapping, but endianness issues show up frequently in porting Linux to @@ -58,3 +62,25 @@ dev: dev@40031000 { ... little-endian; }; + +Daisy-chained devices +--------------------- + +Many serially-attached GPIO and IIO devices are daisy-chainable. To the +host controller, a daisy-chain appears as a single device, but the number +of inputs and outputs it provides is the sum of inputs and outputs provided +by all of its devices. The driver needs to know how many devices the +daisy-chain comprises to determine the amount of data exchanged, how many +inputs and outputs to register and so on. + +Optional properties: + - #daisy-chained-devices: Number of devices in the daisy-chain (default is 1). + +Example: +gpio@0 { + compatible = "name"; + reg = <0>; + gpio-controller; + #gpio-cells = <2>; + #daisy-chained-devices = <3>; +}; |