Add GPIO hogging documentation to gpio.txt

Signed-off-by: Benoit Parrot <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot <[email protected]>
---
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt 
b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt
index b9bd1d6..f5d2717 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt
@@ -115,6 +115,22 @@ Every GPIO controller node must contain both an empty 
"gpio-controller"
 property, and a #gpio-cells integer property, which indicates the number of
 cells in a gpio-specifier.
 
+The GPIO chip may contain GPIO hog definitions. GPIO hogging is a mechanism
+providing automatic GPIO request and configuration as part of the
+gpio-controller's driver probe function.
+
+Each GPIO hog definition is represented as a child node of the GPIO controller.
+Required properties:
+- gpio-hog:  A property specifying that this child node represent a GPIO hog.
+- gpios:     Store the GPIO information (id, flags, ...). Shall contain the
+            number of cells specified in its parent node (GPIO controller
+            node).
+- state:     A property specifying the direction/value needed. This property
+            can take the following values: input, output-high, output-low.
+
+Optional properties:
+- line-name: The GPIO label name. If not present the node name is used.
+
 Example of two SOC GPIO banks defined as gpio-controller nodes:
 
        qe_pio_a: gpio-controller@1400 {
@@ -122,6 +138,13 @@ Example of two SOC GPIO banks defined as gpio-controller 
nodes:
                reg = <0x1400 0x18>;
                gpio-controller;
                #gpio-cells = <2>;
+
+               line_b {
+                       gpio-hog;
+                       gpios = <6 0>;
+                       state = "output-low";
+                       line-name = "foo-bar-gpio";
+               };
        };
 
        qe_pio_e: gpio-controller@1460 {
-- 
1.8.5.1

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