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GPIO bit-bang driver for Linux
The GPIO bit-bang driver creates an interface to Linux GPIOs using the IOCTL API.
Basic 1-bit input and output is available along with accelerated multiple bit shift I/O.
GPIO bit-bang is well suited to PICMicro ICSP but not exclusively.
Raspbian for Raspberry Pi
First install development tools and the kernel headers.
apt-get install raspberrypi-kernel-headers
Now install the kernel module.
hg clone http://hg.kewl.org/pub/gpio-bb cd gpio-bb make make install
Void Linux for Raspberry Pi
First install development tools and the kernel headers.
xbps-install mercurial make gcc rpi-kernel-headers
Now install the kernel module.
hg clone http://hg.kewl.org/pub/gpio-bb cd gpio-bb ./rpi-void.sh
Bananian for Banana Pi
Install development tools and the kernel headers and then install the kernel module.
hg clone http://hg.kewl.org/pub/gpio-bb cd gpio-bb ./bpi-bananian.sh
Armbian for Orange Pi Zero
Install development tools and then install the kernel module.
hg clone http://hg.kewl.org/pub/gpio-bb cd gpio-bb make make install
Configuration
Update the modprobe configuration to create the gpio-bb device node when the module is loaded. For example, add the following to /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf
install gpio-bb modprobe --ignore-install gpio-bb && modprobe gpio-bb && mknod /dev/gpio-bb c 180 0 && chmod 666 /dev/gpio-bb
Lastly, add the following to /etc/modules and reboot.
gpio-bb
OpenWRT
Raspbian for Raspberry Pi (obsolete)
Troubleshooting
gpio-bb uses the kernel API to access pins, this API demands exclusive access to a pin per process. This means you cannot use gpio-bb and sysfs export simultaneously for a single pin.