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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * GPIO character device helper for reading chip information.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl>
+ */
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/gpio.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+static void print_usage(void)
+{
+       printf("usage:\n");
+       printf("  gpio-chip-info <chip path> [name|label|num-lines]\n");
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+       struct gpiochip_info info;
+       int fd, ret;
+
+       if (argc != 3) {
+               print_usage();
+               return EXIT_FAILURE;
+       }
+
+       fd = open(argv[1], O_RDWR);
+       if (fd < 0) {
+               perror("unable to open the GPIO chip");
+               return EXIT_FAILURE;
+       }
+
+       memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
+       ret = ioctl(fd, GPIO_GET_CHIPINFO_IOCTL, &info);
+       if (ret) {
+               perror("chip info ioctl failed");
+               return EXIT_FAILURE;
+       }
+
+       if (strcmp(argv[2], "name") == 0) {
+               printf("%s\n", info.name);
+       } else if (strcmp(argv[2], "label") == 0) {
+               printf("%s\n", info.label);
+       } else if (strcmp(argv[2], "num-lines") == 0) {
+               printf("%u\n", info.lines);
+       } else {
+               fprintf(stderr, "unknown command: %s\n", argv[2]);
+               return EXIT_FAILURE;
+       }
+
+       return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}