Nano GPIO USE need help

I am trying to use Nano GPIO in my customed carrier board. There are GPIO4 GPIO3_PI.01 pin127;GPIO5 GPIO3_PH.07 pin128;GPIO6 GPIO3_PI.00 pin130. I what to use them as output pins.
I refered to two posts,and I both failed.
Firstly .I tried this posts way ,try to get the gpio num.

I cannot find the gpio-num in the following commands.

root@nvidia:/sys/class/gpio/gpiochip0# sudo cat /sys/kernel/debug/gpio
gpiochip0: GPIOs 0-255, parent: platform/6000d000.gpio, tegra-gpio:
 gpio-0   (                    )
 gpio-1   (                    )
 gpio-2   (                    |pcie_wake           ) in  hi
 gpio-3   (                    )
 gpio-4   (                    )
 gpio-5   (                    )
 gpio-6   (                    |system-suspend-gpio ) out hi
 gpio-7   (                    )
 gpio-8   (                    )
 gpio-9   (                    )
 gpio-10  (                    )
 gpio-11  (                    )
 gpio-12  (SPI1_MOSI           )
 gpio-13  (SPI1_MISO           )
 gpio-14  (SPI1_SCK            )
 gpio-15  (SPI1_CS0            )
 gpio-16  (SPI0_MOSI           )
 gpio-17  (SPI0_MISO           )
 gpio-18  (SPI0_SCK            )
 gpio-19  (SPI0_CS0            )
 gpio-20  (SPI0_CS1            )
 gpio-21  (                    )
 gpio-22  (                    )
 gpio-23  (                    )
 gpio-24  (                    )
 gpio-25  (                    )
 gpio-26  (                    )
 gpio-27  (                    )
 gpio-28  (                    )
 gpio-29  (                    )
 gpio-30  (                    )
 gpio-31  (                    )
 gpio-32  (                    )
 gpio-33  (                    )
 gpio-34  (                    )
 gpio-35  (                    )
 gpio-36  (                    )
 gpio-37  (                    )
 gpio-38  (GPIO13              )
 gpio-39  (                    )
 gpio-40  (                    )
 gpio-41  (                    )
 gpio-42  (                    )
 gpio-43  (                    )
 gpio-44  (                    )
 gpio-45  (                    )
 gpio-46  (                    )
 gpio-47  (                    )
 gpio-48  (                    )
 gpio-49  (                    )
 gpio-50  (UART1_RTS           )
 gpio-51  (UART1_CTS           )
 gpio-52  (                    )
 gpio-53  (                    )
 gpio-54  (                    )
 gpio-55  (                    )
 gpio-56  (                    )
 gpio-57  (                    )
 gpio-58  (                    )
 gpio-59  (                    )
 gpio-60  (                    )
 gpio-61  (                    )
 gpio-62  (                    )
 gpio-63  (                    )
 gpio-64  (                    |i2c-mux-gpio        ) out hi
 gpio-65  (                    |?                   ) out hi
 gpio-66  (                    )
 gpio-67  (                    )
 gpio-68  (                    )
 gpio-69  (                    )
 gpio-70  (                    )
 gpio-71  (                    )
 gpio-72  (                    )
 gpio-73  (                    )
 gpio-74  (                    )
 gpio-75  (                    )
 gpio-76  (I2S0_FS             )
 gpio-77  (I2S0_DIN            )
 gpio-78  (I2S0_DOUT           )
 gpio-79  (I2S0_SCLK           )
 gpio-80  (                    )
 gpio-81  (                    )
 gpio-82  (                    )
 gpio-83  (                    )
 gpio-84  (                    )
 gpio-85  (                    )
 gpio-86  (                    )
 gpio-87  (                    )
 gpio-88  (                    )
 gpio-89  (                    )
 gpio-90  (                    )
 gpio-91  (                    )
 gpio-92  (                    )
 gpio-93  (                    )
 gpio-94  (                    )
 gpio-95  (                    )
 gpio-96  (                    )
 gpio-97  (                    )
 gpio-98  (                    )
 gpio-99  (                    )
 gpio-100 (                    )
 gpio-101 (                    )
 gpio-102 (                    )
 gpio-103 (                    )
 gpio-104 (                    )
 gpio-105 (                    )
 gpio-106 (                    )
 gpio-107 (                    )
 gpio-108 (                    )
 gpio-109 (                    )
 gpio-110 (                    )
 gpio-111 (                    )
 gpio-112 (                    )
 gpio-113 (                    )
 gpio-114 (                    )
 gpio-115 (                    )
 gpio-116 (                    )
 gpio-117 (                    )
 gpio-118 (                    )
 gpio-119 (                    )
 gpio-120 (                    )
 gpio-121 (                    )
 gpio-122 (                    )
 gpio-123 (                    )
 gpio-124 (                    |sysfs               ) out hi
 gpio-125 (                    )
 gpio-126 (                    )
 gpio-127 (                    )
 gpio-128 (                    )
 gpio-129 (                    )
 gpio-130 (                    )
 gpio-131 (                    )
 gpio-132 (                    )
 gpio-133 (                    )
 gpio-134 (                    )
 gpio-135 (                    )
 gpio-136 (                    )
 gpio-137 (                    )
 gpio-138 (                    )
 gpio-139 (                    )
 gpio-140 (                    )
 gpio-141 (                    )
 gpio-142 (                    )
 gpio-143 (                    )
 gpio-144 (                    )
 gpio-145 (                    )
 gpio-146 (                    )
 gpio-147 (                    )
 gpio-148 (                    )
 gpio-149 (GPIO01              )
 gpio-150 (                    )
 gpio-151 (                    )
 gpio-152 (                    )
 gpio-153 (                    )
 gpio-154 (                    )
 gpio-155 (                    )
 gpio-156 (                    )
 gpio-157 (                    )
 gpio-158 (                    )
 gpio-159 (                    )
 gpio-160 (                    )
 gpio-161 (                    )
 gpio-162 (                    )
 gpio-163 (                    )
 gpio-164 (                    )
 gpio-165 (                    )
 gpio-166 (                    )
 gpio-167 (                    )
 gpio-168 (GPIO07              )
 gpio-169 (                    )
 gpio-170 (                    )
 gpio-171 (                    )
 gpio-172 (                    )
 gpio-173 (                    )
 gpio-174 (                    )
 gpio-175 (                    )
 gpio-176 (                    )
 gpio-177 (                    )
 gpio-178 (                    )
 gpio-179 (                    )
 gpio-180 (                    )
 gpio-181 (                    )
 gpio-182 (                    )
 gpio-183 (                    )
 gpio-184 (                    )
 gpio-185 (                    )
 gpio-186 (                    )
 gpio-187 (                    )
 gpio-188 (                    )
 gpio-189 (                    |Power               ) in  hi IRQ
 gpio-190 (                    |Forcerecovery       ) in  hi IRQ
 gpio-191 (                    )
 gpio-192 (                    )
 gpio-193 (                    )
 gpio-194 (GPIO12              )
 gpio-195 (                    )
 gpio-196 (                    )
 gpio-197 (                    )
 gpio-198 (                    )
 gpio-199 (                    )
 gpio-200 (GPIO11              )
 gpio-201 (                    )
 gpio-202 (                    |pwm-fan-tach        ) in  hi IRQ
 gpio-203 (                    |vdd-3v3-sd          ) out lo
 gpio-204 (                    )
 gpio-205 (                    )
 gpio-206 (                    )
 gpio-207 (                    )
 gpio-208 (                    )
 gpio-209 (                    )
 gpio-210 (                    )
 gpio-211 (                    )
 gpio-212 (                    )
 gpio-213 (                    )
 gpio-214 (                    )
 gpio-215 (                    )
 gpio-216 (GPIO09              )
 gpio-217 (                    )
 gpio-218 (                    )
 gpio-219 (                    )
 gpio-220 (                    )
 gpio-221 (                    )
 gpio-222 (                    )
 gpio-223 (                    )
 gpio-224 (                    )
 gpio-225 (                    |hdmi2.0_hpd         ) in  hi IRQ
 gpio-226 (                    )
 gpio-227 (                    )
 gpio-228 (                    |extcon:extcon@1     ) in  hi IRQ
 gpio-229 (                    )
 gpio-230 (                    )
 gpio-231 (                    |?                   ) out hi
 gpio-232 (SPI1_CS1            )
 gpio-233 (                    )
 gpio-234 (                    )
 gpio-235 (                    )
 gpio-236 (                    )
 gpio-237 (                    )
 gpio-238 (                    )
 gpio-239 (                    )

gpiochip1: GPIOs 504-511, parent: platform/max77620-gpio, max77620-gpio, can sleep:
 gpio-505 (                    |spmic-default-output) out hi
 gpio-507 (                    |vdd-3v3-sys         ) out hi
 gpio-510 (                    |enable              ) out lo
 gpio-511 (                    |avdd-io-edp-1v05    ) out lo

I also tried this posts way ,and I encountered a error.

root@nvidia:/sys/devices/6000d000.gpio/gpio/gpiochip0# echo 127 > export
bash: export: Permission denied
root@nvidia:/sys/devices/6000d000.gpio/gpio/gpiochip0# echo PI.01 >export
bash: export: Permission denied

What should I do now?
Thanks.

According to this post,
GPIO04 is GPIO3_PI.01,and it should be 8*8+1=65.
But I cannot use it.

root@nvidia:/sys/devices/6000d000.gpio/gpio/gpiochip0# echo 65 >export
bash: export: Permission denied

My first question is are you asking on Orin Nano or Jetson nano…?

These two are different and if you are using jetson nano, you cannot refer to the orin nano post…

I am using a Jetson Nano. I thought the gpio commands are all the same,

  1. Jetson nano is k4.9 kernel which does not support to directly export GPIO by using something like PX.xx directly. Only gpio number is allowed.

  2. To export GPIO, you should go to /sys/class/gpio but not /sys/devices/6000d000.gpio/.

  3. To calculate gpio number, you need to use https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/include/dt-bindings/gpio/tegra-gpio.h to calculate.

GPIO04 is GPIO3_PI.01,and it should be 8*8+1=65.
But there is a new error .

root@nvidia:/sys/class/gpio# echo 65 > export
bash: echo: write error: Device or resource busy

In your /sys/kernel/debug/gpio 65 is already in use by other driver. So you cannot export it.

This means I cannot use the sysfs way to use it?
I am looking at GitHub - NVIDIA/jetson-gpio: A Python library that enables the use of Jetson’s GPIOs .Can I use it to change the gpio states in cases of this?

Actually you should check why there is another driver occupied the GPIO you want to use.

It does not matter sysfs or jetson-gpio. If you don’t remove that driver, then nothing can help you configure that gpio pin.

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