[Voyage-linux] GPIO on Alix 1.D working!

[QmQ]

	After A LOT of reading I've finally 'cracked' Alix 1.D (and probably 
1.C) GPIO! :D
	I've searched A LOT for a *working* GPIO solution on the Internet but 
found none. If however there is one out there please let me know :) But 
I'll write my own anyway :P
	I'm releasing a VERY UGLY and highly incomplete code snippet that 
proves it does work. Now that I know what and how I will write a much 
better piece of code to ease GPIO access for myself (and everyone else 
if someone will be interested).
This method does not require any drivers whatsoever.

Compile: gcc gpio.c -O2 -Wall
Run as root!

	This test assumes the board GPIOs are at their defaults. If they are 
not (i.e. changed via BIOS) do NOT do what follows. Why? By default the 
GPIOs are configured as INPUT. In the following test I'm going to short 
circuit one of the GPIO pins with the ground. If that pin would be 
configured as output...I have no idea what would happen, but better not 
try ;)
	To test it I've attached a switch between GPIO11 and GND (GPIO pins 4 
and 2). When I run the test program I get 0xFF which means no button is 
pressed. When I switch the switch (short circuit the pins) and run the 
program I get 0xFD. Bit #1 has changed == GPIO11 works!
	And that's it! No big deal now that I think about it, but for me it's a 
huge breakthrough (many hours well spent) so I needed to tell someone ;)
	I will investigate GPIO further and if anyone is interested post some 
more detail. I have attached the code (gpio.c) and the zipped program. 
In the process I've learned how to access/control the hardware monitor, 
so if anyone is interested in that - let me know.
	
*USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!*

Some additional system info:
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Board: Alix 1.D
BIOS: 8/27/08
Settings: default
Voyage: lenny on USB stick
GCC 4.3.2
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Now I can rest in peace - 3AM here :)

Regards,
QmQ

PS
I still don't know why my system "sees" 3 LEDs and allows me to control 
them - I'm beginning to think the LED module is either statically built 
for board(s) which have LEDs or that my system somewhere has pins for 3 
LEDs (which would be cool - the disk/CPU usage functionality might come 
in handy).

PPS
I hope this will get archived some day so here are some additional 
keywords that might help someone find this. They certainly would've 
helped me :)
winbond W83627HF configuration register

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