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Then you should see weirds characters when pressing the user button of the apf51_dev board:
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* if the test wiped out your console, you can get it back with:
 
* if the test wiped out your console, you can get it back with:

Revision as of 22:14, 5 June 2011

How to use gpio-keys driver to read states of the user switch of your Armadeus board (APF51)

Introduction

Your APF51 board features a user switch connected to a GPIO pin (GPIO1_3). The driver gpio-keys translates GPIO events in key/button events.


Test

# cat /dev/input/event0

Then you should see weirds characters when pressing the user button of the apf51_dev board:

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  • if the test wiped out your console, you can get it back with:
# reset