[PATCH v2] pinctrl: bcm283x: Add GPIO pull-up/down control for BCM2835 and BCM2711

Matthias Brugger mbrugger at suse.com
Fri Nov 14 09:51:07 CET 2025



On 14/11/25 00:45, Cibil Pankiras wrote:
> This patch adds support for configuring GPIO pull-up and pull-down
> resistors in the BCM283x pinctrl driver. It implements the brcm,pull
> device tree property to control pin bias settings.
> 
> The implementation follows the hardware-specific pull control
> mechanisms:
> - BCM2835: two-step GPPUD register sequence
> - BCM2711: direct per-pin control registers
> 
> This enables device tree configurations to specify pull-up, pull-down,
> or no bias for individual GPIO pins.
> 
> Tested on Raspberry Pi boards with both BCM2835 and BCM2711 SoCs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cibil Pankiras <cibil.pankiras at egym.com>

We check the brcm,pull byte lenght to be on par with the DT binding. 
That's not something I would expect normally to be done in a driver. But 
as this is also done for brcm,pin in this driver and also done in the 
kernel: let's not bike-shed.

Reviewed-by: Matthias Brugger <mbrugger at suse.com>

> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - If brcm,pull contains a single value, apply it to all pins listed in brcm,pins
> ---
>   arch/arm/mach-bcm283x/include/mach/gpio.h  |  10 ++
>   drivers/pinctrl/broadcom/pinctrl-bcm283x.c | 105 ++++++++++++++++++++-
>   2 files changed, 112 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-bcm283x/include/mach/gpio.h b/arch/arm/mach-bcm283x/include/mach/gpio.h
> index 4aeb48eeb20..c54414a012c 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-bcm283x/include/mach/gpio.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-bcm283x/include/mach/gpio.h
> @@ -26,6 +26,16 @@
>   #define BCM2835_GPIO_FSEL_BANK(gpio)	(gpio / 10)
>   #define BCM2835_GPIO_FSEL_SHIFT(gpio)	((gpio % 10) * 3)
>   
> +/* BCM2835 GPIO Pull-up/down register offsets */
> +#define BCM2835_GPPUD		37
> +#define BCM2835_GPPUDCLK0	38
> +
> +/* BCM2711 GPIO Pull-up/down control */
> +#define BCM2711_GPPUD_CNTRL_REG0	57
> +#define BCM2711_PUD_REG_OFFSET(gpio)	((gpio) / 16)
> +#define BCM2711_PUD_REG_SHIFT(gpio)	(((gpio) % 16) * 2)
> +#define BCM2711_PUD_2711_MASK		0x3
> +
>   struct bcm2835_gpio_regs {
>   	u32 gpfsel[6];
>   	u32 reserved1;
> diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/broadcom/pinctrl-bcm283x.c b/drivers/pinctrl/broadcom/pinctrl-bcm283x.c
> index cf9350c151e..4ecc8bac645 100644
> --- a/drivers/pinctrl/broadcom/pinctrl-bcm283x.c
> +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/broadcom/pinctrl-bcm283x.c
> @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
>   #include <asm/system.h>
>   #include <asm/io.h>
>   #include <asm/gpio.h>
> +#include <dt-bindings/pinctrl/bcm2835.h>
> +#include <linux/delay.h>
>   
>   struct bcm283x_pinctrl_priv {
>   	u32 *base_reg;
> @@ -54,7 +56,66 @@ static int bcm2835_gpio_get_func_id(struct udevice *dev, unsigned int gpio)
>   }
>   
>   /*
> - * bcm283x_pinctrl_set_state: configure pin functions.
> + * bcm2835_gpio_set_pull: Set GPIO pull-up/down resistor for BCM2835
> + * @dev: the pinctrl device
> + * @gpio: the GPIO pin number
> + * @pull: pull setting (BCM2835_PUD_OFF, BCM2835_PUD_DOWN, BCM2835_PUD_UP)
> + */
> +static void bcm2835_gpio_set_pull(struct udevice *dev, unsigned int gpio, int pull)
> +{
> +	struct bcm283x_pinctrl_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
> +	u32 bank = BCM2835_GPPUDCLK0 + BCM2835_GPIO_COMMON_BANK(gpio);
> +	u32 bit = BCM2835_GPIO_COMMON_SHIFT(gpio);
> +
> +	/* Set required control signal */
> +	writel(pull & 0x3, &priv->base_reg[BCM2835_GPPUD]);
> +	udelay(1);
> +
> +	/* Clock the control signal into the GPIO pads */
> +	writel(1 << bit, &priv->base_reg[bank]);
> +	udelay(1);
> +
> +	/* Remove the control signal and clock */
> +	writel(0, &priv->base_reg[BCM2835_GPPUD]);
> +	writel(0, &priv->base_reg[bank]);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * bcm2711_gpio_set_pull: Set GPIO pull-up/down resistor for BCM2711
> + * @dev: the pinctrl device
> + * @gpio: the GPIO pin number
> + * @pull: pull setting (BCM2835_PUD_OFF, BCM2835_PUD_DOWN, BCM2835_PUD_UP)
> + */
> +static void bcm2711_gpio_set_pull(struct udevice *dev, unsigned int gpio, int pull)
> +{
> +	struct bcm283x_pinctrl_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
> +	u32 reg_offset;
> +	u32 bit_shift;
> +	u32 pull_bits;
> +
> +	/* Findout which GPIO_PUP_PDN_CNTRL register to use */
> +	reg_offset = BCM2711_GPPUD_CNTRL_REG0 + BCM2711_PUD_REG_OFFSET(gpio);
> +
> +	/* Findout the bit position */
> +	bit_shift = BCM2711_PUD_REG_SHIFT(gpio);
> +
> +	/* Update the 2-bit field for this GPIO */
> +	pull_bits = pull & BCM2711_PUD_2711_MASK;
> +	clrsetbits_le32(&priv->base_reg[reg_offset],
> +			BCM2711_PUD_2711_MASK << bit_shift,
> +			pull_bits << bit_shift);
> +}
> +
> +static void bcm283x_gpio_set_pull(struct udevice *dev, unsigned int gpio, int pull)
> +{
> +	if (device_is_compatible(dev, "brcm,bcm2835-gpio"))
> +		bcm2835_gpio_set_pull(dev, gpio, pull);
> +	else
> +		bcm2711_gpio_set_pull(dev, gpio, pull);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * bcm283x_pinctrl_set_state: configure pin functions and pull states.
>    * @dev: the pinctrl device to be configured.
>    * @config: the state to be configured.
>    * @return: 0 in success
> @@ -62,8 +123,10 @@ static int bcm2835_gpio_get_func_id(struct udevice *dev, unsigned int gpio)
>   int bcm283x_pinctrl_set_state(struct udevice *dev, struct udevice *config)
>   {
>   	u32 pin_arr[MAX_PINS_PER_BANK];
> +	u32 pull_arr[MAX_PINS_PER_BANK];
>   	int function;
> -	int i, len, pin_count = 0;
> +	int i, len, pin_count = 0, pull_len = 0, pull_count = 0;
> +	int pull_value;
>   
>   	if (!dev_read_prop(config, "brcm,pins", &len) || !len ||
>   	    len & 0x3 || dev_read_u32_array(config, "brcm,pins", pin_arr,
> @@ -82,8 +145,44 @@ int bcm283x_pinctrl_set_state(struct udevice *dev, struct udevice *config)
>   		return -EINVAL;
>   	}
>   
> -	for (i = 0; i < pin_count; i++)
> +	/* Check if brcm,pull property exists */
> +	if (dev_read_prop(config, "brcm,pull", &pull_len) && pull_len > 0) {
> +		if (pull_len & 0x3) {
> +			debug("Invalid pull array length for pinconfig %s (%d)\n",
> +			      config->name, pull_len);
> +			return -EINVAL;
> +		}
> +
> +		pull_count = pull_len / sizeof(u32);
> +
> +		if (pull_count != 1 && pull_count != pin_count) {
> +			debug("Pull array count (%d) must be 1 or match pin count (%d) for pinconfig %s\n",
> +			      pull_count, pin_count, config->name);
> +			return -EINVAL;
> +		}
> +
> +		if (dev_read_u32_array(config, "brcm,pull", pull_arr, pull_count)) {
> +			debug("Failed reading pull array for pinconfig %s\n", config->name);
> +			return -EINVAL;
> +		}
> +
> +		/* Validate pull values */
> +		for (i = 0; i < pull_count; i++) {
> +			if (pull_arr[i] > 2) {
> +				debug("Invalid pull value %d for pin %d in pinconfig %s\n",
> +				      pull_arr[i], pin_arr[i], config->name);
> +				return -EINVAL;
> +			}
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < pin_count; i++) {
>   		bcm2835_gpio_set_func_id(dev, pin_arr[i], function);
> +		if (pull_count > 0) {
> +			pull_value = (pull_count == 1) ? pull_arr[0] : pull_arr[i];
> +			bcm283x_gpio_set_pull(dev, pin_arr[i], pull_value);
> +		}
> +	}
>   
>   	return 0;
>   }



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