On 22/06/15 16:48, Lars Kruse wrote: > Hi, > > within our wireless community we are using a couple of devices with the > following features: > * powered via POE through their first ethernet plug > * another device can be powered via the second ethernet plug (POE passthrough > switchable via GPIO) > > The POE passthrough feature can be controlled via GPIO pins. > For our most common devices (Nanostation M5 and TP-Link CPE510) these are GPIO > pins #2, #8 or #20 (depending on the model). > > Currently we are using a custom script (see attached) for these models. > > I have the feeling that this kind of hardware capabilities should be available > within openwrt (similar to the LED setup). > > Is there anything related already implemented within openwrt? > If not: where would you recommend to put it?
You could eventually utilize the regulator framework to implement such GPIO toggling to provide/remove power to a given device. I have not looked at whether this is something controllable from user-space, but there is an in-kernel API to be a "consumer" of the regulator API. Of course this information should be made conditional to the device model. My 2 cents. -- Florian _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
