GPIO in kernel module: alternative to gpio_set_value

Question

Goodmorning,

i've found out that in a kernel module gpio_set_value and gpio_get_value are very slow (60 useconds). According to this site, http://codeandlife.com/2012/07/03/benchmarking-raspberry-pi-gpio-speed/ it's possible to access gpio in less than 75 nanoseconds...consider that in the kernel module i've disabled interrupts, so it should not care about the other processes... I've found a guide about accessing gpio using memory registers.

http://elinux.org/RPi_Low-level_peripherals#C

Do you have any idea about how to use this code in a kernel module? Thnaks in advance.

Answer 1

the kernel module does exactly same thing, maps the memory and writes to a predefined addresses, but when you factor in the system call processing, context switch latency and consider the other processes running on the same system, 60uS does not seem "very slow".

if you can elaborate what's your goal, you might get better answers.