rust-embedded / rust-embedded/linux-embedded-hal

impl embedded_hal::digital::Error for linux_embedded_hal::gpio_cdev::Error

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Description

I'm trying to write an initialisation function for a driver, but the fact that the pin initialisation functions don't give me an embedded-hal Error trait is being a bit of a pain in the behind for me.
I can't properly incorperate the errors that arise when setting up gpios in my drivers error enum.

My situation is an SPI device that has two additional gpios, a reset and an interrupt pin.
This is a very hardware specific driver so the pins and spidev are created in the driver::new() function.

The linux_embedded_hal::spi::SPIError does implement embedded_hal::spi::Error so that one is fine I think.

Is this a workable idea?

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Start by locating linux_embedded_hal::gpio_cdev::Error and comparing it with the existing linux_embedded_hal::spi::SPIError implementation of embedded-hal::spi::Error. Determine the requirements of embedded_hal::digital::Error, then verify that GPIO initialisation errors can be used in a driver's error enum and that the relevant checks pass.

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Tech stack
linux, rust
Domain
embedded-iot
Issue type
Feature
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3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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Stale
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Newbie friendliness
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