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.gitignore

@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ driver/*.mod.c
 driver/*.mod.o
 driver/*.o
 driver/modules.order
-dtoverlay/*.dtbo
+driver/*.dtbo
 
 

driver/Makefile

@@ -1,11 +1,30 @@
-obj-m += counter.o
+NAME = counter
+obj-m += $(NAME).o
 
-KDIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
-PWD  := $(shell pwd)
+all: $(NAME).ko $(NAME).dtbo
+	echo Builded Device Tree Overlay and kernel module
 
-all:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
+$(NAME).ko: $(NAME).c
+	make -C /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build M=$(PWD) modules
+
+$(NAME).dtbo: $(NAME).dts
+	dtc -@ -I dts -O dtb -o $@ $<
 
 clean:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) clean
+	make -C /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build M=$(PWD) clean
+	rm -rf $(NAME).dtbo
+	
+load:
+	sudo dtoverlay -d . $(NAME).dtbo
+	@echo "Overlay loaded"
+	sudo insmod ./$(NAME).ko
+	@echo "LKM loaded"
 
+unload:
+	sudo rmmod ./$(NAME).ko
+	@echo "LKM unloaded"
+	sudo dtoverlay -R $(NAME)
+	@echo "Overlay unloaded"
+
+list: 
+	sudo dtoverlay -l

driver/counter.c

@@ -1,59 +1,113 @@
-#include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
-#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
+#include <linux/property.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/of_device.h>
+#include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Du");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("GPIO consumer API example for two LEDs");
+/* Meta Information */
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Wolfgang Hottgenroth");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("A simple LKM to parse the device tree for a specific device and its properties");
 
-static struct gpio_desc *led_blue;
-static struct gpio_desc *led_red;
+/* Declate the probe and remove functions */
+static int dt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev);
+static void dt_remove(struct platform_device *pdev);
 
-static int __init led_consumer_init(void)
-{
-    struct device *dev = NULL;
+static struct of_device_id my_driver_ids[] = {
+	{
+		.compatible = "hottis,counter",
+	}, { /* sentinel */ }
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, my_driver_ids);
 
-    pr_info("GPIO consumer LED module loading\n");
+static struct platform_driver my_driver = {
+	.probe = dt_probe,
+	.remove = dt_remove,
+	.driver = {
+		.name = "my_device_driver",
+		.of_match_table = my_driver_ids,
+	},
+};
 
-    // GPIOs per Name aus dem Device Tree holen (via label oder node property)
-    led_blue = gpiod_get(dev, "led-blue", GPIOD_OUT_LOW);
-    if (IS_ERR(led_blue)) {
-        pr_err("Failed to get GPIO for blue LED\n");
-        return PTR_ERR(led_blue);
-    }
+/* GPIO variable */
+static struct gpio_desc *red_led = NULL;
+static struct gpio_desc *blue_led = NULL;
 
-    led_red = gpiod_get(dev, "led-red", GPIOD_OUT_LOW);
-    if (IS_ERR(led_red)) {
-        pr_err("Failed to get GPIO for red LED\n");
-        gpiod_put(led_blue);
-        return PTR_ERR(led_red);
-    }
 
-    // Test: LEDs einschalten
-    gpiod_set_value(led_blue, 1);
-    gpiod_set_value(led_red, 1);
-    msleep(500);
-    gpiod_set_value(led_blue, 0);
-    gpiod_set_value(led_red, 0);
+/**
+ * @brief This function is called on loading the driver 
+ */
+static int dt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) {
+	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
 
-    pr_info("LEDs blinked using gpio/consumer\n");
+	printk("counter - probing\n");
 
-    return 0;
+	if(!device_property_present(dev, "red-led-gpio")) {
+		printk("counter - Error! Device property 'red-led-gpio' not found!\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	if(!device_property_present(dev, "blue-led-gpio")) {
+		printk("counter - Error! Device property 'blue-led-gpio' not found!\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+
+	/* Init GPIO */
+	red_led = gpiod_get(dev, "red-led", GPIOD_OUT_LOW);
+	if(IS_ERR(red_led)) {
+		printk("counter - Error! Could not setup the GPIO red-led\n");
+		return -1 * IS_ERR(red_led);
+	}
+	blue_led = gpiod_get(dev, "blue-led", GPIOD_OUT_LOW);
+	if(IS_ERR(blue_led)) {
+		printk("counter - Error! Could not setup the GPIO blue-led\n");
+		return -1 * IS_ERR(blue_led);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static void __exit led_consumer_exit(void)
-{
-    gpiod_set_value(led_blue, 0);
-    gpiod_set_value(led_red, 0);
-
-    gpiod_put(led_blue);
-    gpiod_put(led_red);
-
-    pr_info("GPIO consumer LED module unloaded\n");
+/**
+ * @brief This function is called on unloading the driver 
+ */
+static void dt_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) {
+	printk("counter - removing\n");
+	gpiod_put(red_led);
+	gpiod_put(blue_led);
 }
 
-module_init(led_consumer_init);
-module_exit(led_consumer_exit);
+/**
+ * @brief This function is called, when the module is loaded into the kernel
+ */
+static int __init my_init(void) {
+	printk("counter - Loading the driver...\n");
+	if(platform_driver_register(&my_driver)) {
+		printk("dt_gpio - Error! Could not load driver\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	printk("counter - red led on\n");
+	gpiod_set_value(red_led, 1);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief This function is called, when the module is removed from the kernel
+ */
+static void __exit my_exit(void) {
+	printk("counter - Unload driver");
+
+	printk("counter - red led off\n");
+	gpiod_set_value(red_led, 0);
+
+	platform_driver_unregister(&my_driver);
+}
+
+module_init(my_init);
+module_exit(my_exit);
+
 

driver/counter.dts

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/dts-v1/;
+/plugin/;
+/ {
+  compatible = "brcm,bcm2835";
+  fragment@0 {
+    target-path = "/";
+    __overlay__ {
+      counter {
+        compatible = "hottis,counter";
+        red-led-gpio = <&gpio 26 0>; 
+        blue-led-gpio = <&gpio 21 0>; 
+      };
+    };
+  };
+};

dtoverlay/Makefile

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# Source and target file names
-DTS = counter.dts
-DTBO = counter.dtbo
-
-# Installation paths
-OVERLAY_DIR = /boot/overlays
-CONFIG_TXT = /boot/firmware/config.txt
-OVERLAY_NAME = counter
-
-all: $(DTBO)
-
-$(DTBO): $(DTS)
-	dtc -@ -I dts -O dtb -o $@ $<
-
-load: $(DTBO)
-	sudo dtoverlay -d . $(OVERLAY_NAME)
-	@echo "Overlay loaded"
-
-unload: $(DTBO)
-	sudo dtoverlay -R $(OVERLAY_NAME)
-	@echo "Overlay unloaded"
-
-list: 
-	sudo dtoverlay -l
-
-
-clean:
-	rm -f *.dtbo
-

dtoverlay/counter.dts

@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-/dts-v1/;
-/plugin/;
-
-/ {
-    compatible = "brcm,bcm2835";
-
-    fragment@0 {
-        target = <&gpio>;
-        __overlay__ {
-            gpio_led_blue: gpio_led_blues@26 {
-                brcm,pins = <26>;
-                brcm,function = <1>; // output
-                brcm,pull = <0>;     // no pull
-            };
-            gpio_led_red: gpio_led_reds@21 {
-                brcm,pins = <21>;
-                brcm,function = <1>; // output
-                brcm,pull = <0>;     // no pull
-            };
-        };
-    };
-
-    fragment@1 {
-        target-path = "/";
-        __overlay__ {
-            mygpioleds {
-                compatible = "my,gpio-led-controller";
-                pinctrl-names = "default";
-                pinctrl-0 = <&gpio_led_blue &gpio_led_red>;
-
-                led-blue {
-                    gpios = <&gpio 26 0>;
-                    label = "led-blue";
-                };
-
-                led-red {
-                    gpios = <&gpio 21 0>;
-                    label = "led-red";
-                };
-            };
-        };
-    };
-
-};
-
-