Device tree overlay does not affect GPIO pin's state

Hi all,

I started using Beaglebone Black with Debian 7.9 for my project and I’m trying to load my own device-tree overlay in order to get more GPIO pins available. I need to use P8.46 pin as GPIO (Mode7) pin. I’ve disabled HDMI cape and then built custom dts to configure P8.46 pin as GPIO pin (mode7, output, pull-down):

`
/dts-v1/;
/plugin/;

/{
compatible = “ti,beaglebone”, “ti,beaglebone-black”;
part_number = “BS_PINMODE_P8_46_0x7”;

exclusive-use =
“P8.46”,
“gpio2_7”;

fragment@0 {
target = <&am33xx_pinmux>;
overlay {
bs_pinmode_P8_46_0x7: pinmux_bs_pinmode_P8_46_0x7 {
pinctrl-single,pins = <0x0a4 0x7>;
};
};
};

fragment@1 {
target = <&ocp>;
overlay {
bs_pinmode_P8_46_0x7_pinmux {
compatible = “bone-pinmux-helper”;
status = “okay”;
pinctrl-names = “default”;
pinctrl-0 = <&bs_pinmode_P8_46_0x7>;
};
};
};
};
`

Then I’ve compiled dts and put dtbo in /lib/firmware. I can load the overlay manually:

root@beaglebone:~# cat /sys/devices/bone_capemgr.9/slots 0: 54:PF--- 1: 55:PF--- 2: 56:PF--- 3: 57:PF--- 4: ff:P-O-L Bone-LT-eMMC-2G,00A0,Texas Instrument,BB-BONE-EMMC-2G 5: ff:P-O-- Bone-Black-HDMI,00A0,Texas Instrument,BB-BONELT-HDMI 6: ff:P-O-- Bone-Black-HDMIN,00A0,Texas Instrument,BB-BONELT-HDMIN 7: ff:P-O-L Override Board Name,00A0,Override Manuf,bspm_P8_46_7

But when I tried to check pin config I got the next output:

root@beaglebone:~# cat /sys/kernel/debug/pinctrl/44e10800.pinmux/pins | grep "pin 71" pin 71 (44e1091c) 00000000 pinctrl-single

What’s wrong with my dts why I can’t change muxing for the pin? What am I missing?

  1. Reboot the board

  2. check whether the cape has been rightly loaded

  3. if yes, check the pinmux again.

Your device tree seems ok to me

Sorry I forgot:

you should check with the following command:

root@beaglebone:~# cat /sys/kernel/debug/pinctrl/44e10800.pinmux/pins | grep "8a4"

because you have 0x0a4 that is the offset. Ok, now you should add 44e10800 => 44e108a4

Looking for “8a4” is enough and you ll find the right pin.

Pin 71 is not the right one.