Acpi Nsc6001 -

Note: Documentation varies; the Linux nsc_gpio driver actually uses a simpler 2-register model: OUT and IN at offsets 0 and 1 (byte-wide). This discrepancy suggests two different revisions or the driver abstracts only a subset.

static void nsc_gpio_set(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset, int value) = BIT(offset); else reg &= ~BIT(offset); outb(reg, nsc_gpio_base + 1); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nsc_gpio_lock, flags); acpi nsc6001

Device (GPIO) Name (_HID, "NSC6001") // Hardware ID Name (_CID, "NSC6001") // Compatible ID Name (_CRS, ResourceTemplate () IO (Decode16, 0x6100, 0x6100, 0x01, 0x10) // I/O port range IRQ (Edge, ActiveHigh, Shared) 11 // IRQ line ) Name (_DSD, Package () ... ) // Device-Specific Data (optional) ) // Device-Specific Data (optional) : This driver

: This driver cannot access the advanced features (interrupts, debounce, alternate functions) because ACPI NSC6001 does not expose those register offsets in a standard way. For full Geode GPIO, the gpio-cs5535 driver is preferred. 5. ACPI vs. Legacy Probing Conflict A key technical challenge is that the Geode CS5536 also provides PCI configuration space for GPIO (Vendor ID 0x1022 National Semiconductor/AMD). If both the ACPI NSC6001 device and the PCI CS5536 driver bind to the same hardware, resource contention occurs. ACPI vs

Abstract The ACPI NSC6001 Hardware ID identifies the GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) controller found on the AMD Geode LX series of system-on-chip (SoC) devices. While this hardware is largely obsolete, its implementation within the Linux kernel (specifically drivers/gpio/gpio-nsc768.c and the legacy nsc_gpio driver) provides a rich case study in the transition from legacy x86 embedded I/O to ACPI-enumerated device drivers. This paper dissects the hardware architecture, the Linux driver model complexities, and the specific role of ACPI in bridging a non-PnP legacy device into a modern OS framework. 1. Introduction The Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is the standard for device enumeration, power management, and configuration in x86-based systems. While modern systems are dominated by PCIe and ACPI-defined standard devices (e.g., PNP0C09 for EC), legacy embedded controllers often hide behind proprietary or semi-standard Hardware IDs (HIDs).