xM Rev C - Can't access to the user button on Ubuntu

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Hi,

I have a BeegleBoard-xM Rev C and I can't get the user button (GPIO 4) working on Ubuntu 11.10. I'm using the latest version of the OMAP demo image with 3.1.4 kernel. Please help me to solve this - for example, how I can know who is blocking the access to the device?

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I have the same problem.

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I’m have a similar problem running Angstrom on an xM. I’m upgrading from

$ uname -a
Linux beagleboard 2.6.32 #3 PREEMPT Tue May 10 10:06:15 CEST 2011 armv7l GNU/Linux

to

$ uname -a
Linux dhcp-137-112-41-101 3.0.14+ #1 Thu Dec 22 09:53:00 CET 2011 armv7l GNU/Linux

On the 2.6.32 kernel this works fine to read the USER pushbutton:
$ cd /sys/class/gpio
$ echo 4 > export

But on the 3.0.14+ kernel I get

$ cd /sys/class/gpio/
$ echo 4 > export
bash: echo: write error: Device or resource busy

$ cat /sys/kernel/debug/gpio
GPIOs 0-31, gpio:
gpio-4 (user ) in lo

GPIOs 32-63, gpio:

GPIOs 64-95, gpio:

GPIOs 96-127, gpio:

GPIOs 128-159, gpio:
gpio-147 (USB2 PHY reset ) out hi
gpio-149 (beagleboard::usr1 ) out lo
gpio-150 (beagleboard::usr0 ) out hi
gpio-156 (LCD power ) out lo

GPIOs 160-191, gpio:
gpio-170 (DVI_nPD ) out hi

GPIOs 192-211, platform/twl4030_gpio, twl4030, can sleep:
gpio-192 (mmc_cd ) in lo
gpio-193 (nDVI_PWR_EN ) out lo
gpio-194 (DVI_LDO_EN ) out lo
gpio-210 (nEN_USB_PWR ) out hi
gpio-211 (beagleboard::pmu_sta) out lo

So, on the new kernel someone is already using gpio 4.

  1. How do I find out who’s using it? Is there a new interface for the pushbutton?
  2. How do I get access to gpio 4? At is, is there a way to stop the other thing from using it?
    Thanks…

–Mark

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Hello guys, it seems that a driver is using that pin. You should look for it in the Beagle user manual and disable the driver on the ‘menuconfig’.

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An actual button driver is using it, you should read the /dev/eventX interface instead of using the gpio hack

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I see, gpio-keys is controlling that pin. So, two questions.

  1. How do I read the value of the button from the command line? I see how to do it from a c file, but not the command line.
  2. How do I turn off the button driver so I can access it via gpio4?
    Thanks…

–Mark