Toggle GPIO with IOCTL and Micropython

Makefile

obj-m += pyb_gpio.o 

ksrc   = "$(LINUX_DIR)"
sysr   = "$(PWD)/../deploy"
mdir   = "extra"

all:
	make -C $(ksrc) M=$(PWD) modules

modules_install:
	make -C $(ksrc) M=$(PWD) INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$(sysr) INSTALL_MOD_DIR=$(mdir) modules_install

clean:
	make -C $(ksrc) M=$(PWD) clean

nio.py

##
# The MIT License (MIT)
#
# Copyright (c) 2014 Stefan Wendler
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
# THE SOFTWARE.
##

"""
Simple wrapper to libc open/read/write/seek/ioctl functions using FFI on
micropython.
"""

__author__ = 'Stefan Wendler, sw@kaltpost.de'

import ffi
import _libc

libc = _libc.get()

open = libc.func("i", "open", "si")
close = libc.func("i", "close", "i")
read = libc.func("i", "read", "isi")
write = libc.func("i", "write", "isi")
lseek = libc.func("i", "lseek", "iii")
ioctl = libc.func("i", "ioctl", "iis")

'''
Open Flags
'''
O_ACCMODE = 3
O_RDONLY = 0 
O_WRONLY = 1 
O_RDWR = 2 
O_CREAT = 100
O_EXCL = 200
O_NOCTTY = 400 
O_TRUNC = 1000 
O_APPEND = 2000 
O_NONBLOCK = 4000  
O_NDELAY = O_NONBLOCK
O_SYNC = 4010000  
O_FSYNC = O_SYNC 
O_ASYNC = 20000    

'''
Some common error codes
'''
EPERM = 1		# Operation not permitted
ENOENT = 2  		# No such file or directory
EIO = 5			# I/O error
EAGAIN = 11		# Try again 
ENOMEM = 12		# Out of memory
EACCES = 13		# Permission denied
EEXIST = 17		# File exists
EISDIR = 21		# Is a directory
EMFILE = 24		# Too many open files
ETXTBSY = 26		# Text file busy
EFBIG = 27		# File too large
ENOSPC = 28		# No space left on device
EROFS= 30		# Read-only file system

'''
Seek values
'''
SEEK_SET = 0
SEEK_CUR = 1
SEEK_END = 2


def bytebuffer(size):
	'''
	Create a bytebuffer of given size (e.g. for use with read)
	'''
	return ('\0' * size)

_IOC_NRBITS = 8
_IOC_TYPEBITS = 8
_IOC_SIZEBITS = 14
_IOC_DIRBITS = 2

_IOC_NRMASK = ((1 << _IOC_NRBITS) - 1)
_IOC_TYPEMASK =  ((1 << _IOC_TYPEBITS) - 1)
_IOC_SIZEMASK = ((1 << _IOC_SIZEBITS) - 1)
_IOC_DIRMASK = ((1 << _IOC_DIRBITS) - 1)

_IOC_NRSHIFT = 0
_IOC_TYPESHIFT = (_IOC_NRSHIFT + _IOC_NRBITS)
_IOC_SIZESHIFT = (_IOC_TYPESHIFT + _IOC_TYPEBITS)
_IOC_DIRSHIFT = (_IOC_SIZESHIFT + _IOC_SIZEBITS)
_IOC_NONE = 0
_IOC_READ = 1
_IOC_WRITE = 2

def _IOC(dir, type, nr, size):
	return (((dir)  << _IOC_DIRSHIFT) | ((type) << _IOC_TYPESHIFT) | ((nr) << _IOC_NRSHIFT) | ((size) << _IOC_SIZESHIFT))

def _IO(type, nr):            
	return _IOC(_IOC_NONE, type, nr, 0)

def _IOR(type, nr, size):      
	return _IOC(_IOC_READ, type, nr, size)

def _IOW(type, nr, size):      
	return _IOC(_IOC_WRITE, type, nr, size)

def _IOWR(type, nr, size):     
	return _IOC(_IOC_READ | _IOC_WRITE, type, nr, size)

pyb_gpio.c

/*
 * Linux Kernel module for simple GPIO access through IOCTL. 
 *
 * Author:
 * 	Stefan Wendler (devnull@kaltpost.de)
 *
 * This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
 * License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, and
 * may be copied, distributed, and modified under those terms.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 */

#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/gpio.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>

#define MAJOR_NUM 100

#define IOCTL_GPIO_OUTPUT _IOR(MAJOR_NUM, 0, int)
#define IOCTL_GPIO_SET    _IOR(MAJOR_NUM, 1, int)
#define IOCTL_GPIO_CLEAR  _IOR(MAJOR_NUM, 2, int)

#define DEVICE_FILE_NAME "/dev/pyb_gpio"

#define SUCCESS 0
#define DEVICE_NAME "char_dev"
#define BUF_LEN 80

static int is_open = 0;

/* 
 * This is called whenever a process attempts to open the device file 
 */
static int device_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
	if(is_open)
		return -EBUSY;

	is_open++;
	try_module_get(THIS_MODULE);

	return SUCCESS;
}

static int device_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
	is_open--;

	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
	return SUCCESS;
}

long device_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int ioctl_num, unsigned long ioctl_param)
{
	switch (ioctl_num) {
	case IOCTL_GPIO_OUTPUT:
		gpio_request_one(ioctl_param, GPIOF_DIR_OUT, "pyb_gpio");
		break;
	case IOCTL_GPIO_SET:
		gpio_set_value(ioctl_param, 1);
		break;
	case IOCTL_GPIO_CLEAR:
		gpio_set_value(ioctl_param, 0);
		break;
	}

	return SUCCESS;
}

struct file_operations Fops = {
	.unlocked_ioctl = device_ioctl,
	.open = device_open,
	.release = device_release,	/* a.k.a. close */
};

static int __init mod_init(void)
{
	int ret;

	ret = register_chrdev(MAJOR_NUM, DEVICE_NAME, &Fops);

	if (ret < 0) 
	{
		printk(KERN_ALERT "%s failed with %d\n",
		       "Unable registering character device ", ret);
		return ret;
	}

	printk(KERN_INFO "major device number is %d.\n", MAJOR_NUM);
	printk(KERN_INFO "create device node with: mknod %s c %d 0\n", DEVICE_FILE_NAME, MAJOR_NUM);

	return 0;
}

static void __exit mod_exit(void)
{
	 unregister_chrdev(MAJOR_NUM, DEVICE_NAME);
}

MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Stefan Wendler");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("GPIO access through IOCTL");

module_init(mod_init);
module_exit(mod_exit);

pyb_gpio.py

##
# The MIT License (MIT)
#
# Copyright (c) 2014 Stefan Wendler
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
# THE SOFTWARE.
##

"""
Toggle GPIO with IOCTL and micropython
"""

__author__ = 'Stefan Wendler, sw@kaltpost.de'

import sys
import nio
import time

MAJOR_NUM = 100	
DEVICE_FILE = '/dev/pyb_gpio'

GPIO = 22

'''
Calculate IOCTL IDs
'''
IOCTL_GPIO_OUTPUT = nio._IOR(MAJOR_NUM, 0, 4)	
IOCTL_GPIO_SET = nio._IOR(MAJOR_NUM, 1, 4)	
IOCTL_GPIO_CLEAT = nio._IOR(MAJOR_NUM, 2, 4)	

f = nio.open(DEVICE_FILE, nio.O_RDWR)

if f < 0:
	print("Failed to open device file: %s" % DEVICE_FILE)
	sys.exit(1)

if nio.ioctl(f, IOCTL_GPIO_OUTPUT, GPIO) != 0:
	print("IOCTL_GPIO_OUTPUT failed")
	sys.exit(1)

try:

	while True:

		nio.ioctl(f, IOCTL_GPIO_SET, GPIO)
		time.sleep(0.25)
		nio.ioctl(f, IOCTL_GPIO_SET, GPIO)
		time.sleep(0.25)

	except KeyboardInterrupt:
		pass

nio.close(f)