I also noticed in the exclusive-use list in the universal overlays you have 
"pru0", "pru1", "pruss" with no other reference.  I don't have them in 
mine?  What are they for?

On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 11:47:04 PM UTC-7, Ray Madigan wrote:
>
> Taking your suggestion I went out to /lib/firmware and found several dts 
> files that used pins like I want to use them.  The number of pins in the 
> list I want are 1 to all Plus some.  The one that used all the pins I want 
> to use include lots of stuff in the ocp fragment.  Is there a way to use a 
> modified version of this one.  It is
>
> BB-BONE-PRU-04-00A0.dts
>
> On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 8:56:47 PM UTC-7, Ray Madigan wrote:
>>
>> I can't thank you enough for your help.  Every response is at least 
>> another two day learning activity.  I just wish I didn't have to work to 
>> pay the bills.
>>
>> I went back to see what I did and it turns out I misspelled the name of 
>> the dtbo file that I was using so there is no wonder it didn't work.
>> Now I get an error that the file exists when I:
>>
>> echo pru_enable > /sys/devices/bone_capemgr.8/slots
>>
>> echo: write error: File exists
>> prussdrv_open open failed
>>
>> so I guess I have more to learn :(
>>
>> What I am really trying to do is learn how to work with this device.  
>> This activity is to learn to write to a set of 9 or 10 pins, 8 data and 
>> one enable or 2 handshake.
>>
>> My next step is to read fro a set of 9 or 10 pins, 8 for data and one for 
>> write enable or 2 for a handshake.
>>
>> So:
>>
>> If I add your desired pinmux settings to a custom PRU overlay based off 
>> of one of the BB-BONE-PRU overlays provided with the standard kernel.  What 
>> would be the limitations?  
>>
>> I figure I could work out the problems at a later time.  after I see an 
>> led light up:)
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 12:21:37 PM UTC-7, Charles Steinkuehler 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 10/8/2014 11:43 AM, Ray Madigan wrote: 
>>> > 
>>> > All I need to do is comment out the pins in exclusive-use section that 
>>> I 
>>> > don't want to use and comment out all of the entries for those pins in 
>>> the 
>>> > fragment.  Then comment out the sections for the modes I don't want 
>>> for the 
>>> > pins I do want? 
>>>
>>> If you use a "stripped down" version of the universal cape overlay, 
>>> you'll still have the pinmux helper in control of the pin multiplexing. 
>>>
>>> That means you'll need to either setup the proper pin choice using sysfs 
>>> after loading the overlay or make the desired PRU pinmux mode the 
>>> default (or both). 
>>>
>>> Alternately, you could add your desired pinmux settings to a custom PRU 
>>> overlay based off of one of the BB-BONE-PRU overlays provided with the 
>>> standard kernel.  This would prevent any changes to the pinmux setting 
>>> after loading the overlay, which might be good or bad, depending on 
>>> exactly what you're attempting to do. 
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Charles Steinkuehler 
>>> [email protected] 
>>>
>>

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