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Rootless GPIO access: /dev/gpiomem
/dev/gpiomem provides user with root-free access to the GPIO registers. Opening /dev/gpiomem device file and calling mmap() function will map the GPIO registers' memory map area to the user's pointer.
This driver is available in below's Ubuntu kernel versions:
- ODROID-C2: 3.14.79-105 kernel version or later
- ODROID-C0/C1+: 3.10.104-182 kernel version or later
- ODROID-XU4: 4.9.x kernel version or later
How to enable gpiomem driver
/dev/gpiomem driver is included as module by default. In order to use gpiomem driver, it is necessary to configure account access permission.
$ sudo addgroup gpio $ sudo usermod -a -G gpio odroid $ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/90-gpiomem.rules
- ODROID-C0/C1+/C2
SUBSYSTEM=="meson-gpiomem", GROUP="gpio", MODE="0660"
- ODROID-XU4
SUBSYSTEM=="exynos-gpiomem", GROUP="gpio", MODE="0660"
Example
Hardkernel's wiringPi library which is for GPIO control uses /dev/gpiomem device file for rootless gpio control. Usage is very simple. Just open /dev/gpiomem device file instead of /dev/mem.
// Open the master /dev/memory device
if (access("/dev/gpiomem",0) == 0) {
if ((fd = open ("/dev/gpiomem", O_RDWR | O_SYNC | O_CLOEXEC) ) < 0)
return wiringPiFailure (WPI_ALMOST, "wiringPiSetup: Unable to open /dev/gpiomem: %s\n", strerror (errno)) ;
}
else {
if (geteuid () != 0)
(void)wiringPiFailure (WPI_FATAL, "wiringPiSetup: Must be root. (Did you forget sudo?)\n") ;
if ((fd = open ("/dev/mem", O_RDWR | O_SYNC | O_CLOEXEC) ) < 0)
return wiringPiFailure (WPI_ALMOST, "wiringPiSetup: Unable to open /dev/mem: %s\n", strerror (errno)) ;
}
Rootless GPIO SYS-filesystem: /sys/class/gpio
$ sudo addgroup gpio $ sudo usermod -a -G gpio odroid $ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/90-odroid-sysfs.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="gpio", KERNEL=="gpiochip*", ACTION=="add", PROGRAM="/bin/sh -c 'chown root:gpio /sys/class/gpio/export /sys/class/gpio/unexport ; chmod 220 /sys/class/gpio/export /sys/class/gpio/unexport'" SUBSYSTEM=="gpio", KERNEL=="gpio*", ACTION=="add", PROGRAM="/bin/sh -c 'chown root:gpio /sys%p/active_low /sys%p/direction /sys%p/edge /sys%p/value ; chmod 660 /sys%p/active_low /sys%p/direction /sys%p/edge /sys%p/value'"
