Basic syntax question
Harald Seiler
hws at denx.de
Wed Apr 8 14:51:21 CEST 2020
Hello Damien,
On Wed, 2020-04-08 at 11:27 +0300, Damien LEFEVRE wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to u-boot. I'm trying to store the return value of gpio command to
> a variable.
>
> I have the following, (switch released):
> Tegra186 (P2771-0000-500) # gpio input FF1
> gpio: pin FF1 (gpio 241) value is 1
> Tegra186 (P2771-0000-500) # setexpr X 'gpio input FF1'
> Tegra186 (P2771-0000-500) # echo $X
> 0
>
> But I'm expecting X to be 1, the return value of gpio.
What you want to do is look at the return value of the gpio command. The
return value in U-Boot is stored in a variable $?, similar to POSIX
shells. As this variable is always the return value of the last command,
you have to save its value immediately after running `gpio input`:
=> gpio input FF1
=> setenv X $?
Afterwards, you can continue however you like, e.g.
=> echo $X
> If I press the switch I see the value change to 0, so I know the gpio state
> changes
> Tegra186 (P2771-0000-500) # gpio input FF1
> gpio: pin FF1 (gpio 241) value is 0
>
> Thanks,
> -Damien
Hope this helps!
--
Harald
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