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Jetson Customize Pinmux

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  • Tool integration
  • Cloud and DevOps
  • Apache-2.0
  • Medium risk
  • Has scripts

From the author

Per-pin SFIO / direction / initial-state configurator for a Jetson Orin or Thor custom carrier from the pinmux XLSM. Do NOT use for kernel-DT overlay or ODMDATA edits.
— the description by Jetson Team

AutoGineer summary

Written by AutoGineer from the skill’s own files, not by the author

The jetson-customize-pinmux skill provides a structured workflow for configuring per-pin SFIO, direction, and initial state for Jetson Orin or Thor custom carriers. It parses the official Tegra pinmux spreadsheet (XLSM) to generate the necessary BCT DTSI files (pinmux, gpio, and padvoltage). The skill ensures that pin configurations are accurately captured, validated, and integrated into the carrier's bootloader configuration, following a strict interactive process to prevent hardware misconfiguration.

What it does

  • Parses Tegra pinmux XLSM files to establish a ground truth for SoC pin configurations.
  • Provides an interactive lookup tool to identify pins by ball name, signal, or DT name.
  • Guides users through a mandatory Q1-Q6 interactive loop to set pin attributes.
  • Generates pinmux, gpio, and padvoltage BCT DTSI files for custom carrier boards.
  • Updates carrier configuration references to include the newly generated DTSI files.
  • Ensures configuration idempotency by using specific markers in the generated files.

When to use it

  • When you need to repurpose a CVM ball (e.g., switching between GPIO and a peripheral function).
  • After deriving a custom carrier and needing to apply specific pinmux settings from an XLSM.
  • When a pin mismatch is reported by other Jetson customization skills.
  • When you need to define initial pin states, drive types, or pull attributes for custom hardware.

Advantages

  • Ensures consistency by using the official XLSM as the single source of truth.
  • Prevents configuration errors through a mandatory, guided per-pin interactive process.
  • Automates the complex generation of three distinct BCT DTSI files.
  • Integrates cleanly with existing Jetson BSP workflows and overlay trackers.

Usage examples

“Configure pin H10 on my custom carrier to act as a GPIO.”
The agent will look up pin H10, confirm it is GPIO-capable, and prompt you through the required direction and initial state settings before generating the updated DTSI files.
“I need to set the drive type for the PCIE4_RST_L signal.”
The agent will identify the corresponding DT pin, check if the pad is configurable, and if so, guide you through the Q4-Q6 attributes including drive type.

Install

  1. Download the skill as a ZIP:

    https://mp-staging.autogineer.com/agent-skills/nvidia/jetson-customize-pinmux/download
  2. Unzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:

    mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip jetson-customize-pinmux.zip -d .agents/skills

Documentation by Jetson Team

Customize pinmux (per-pin SFIO / direction / state)

Overview

The Tegra pinmux spreadsheet (.xlsm) is the ground truth for every CVM ball: SoC pin name, supported SFIOs, customer-selected function, direction, and initial state. This skill parses that XLSM, runs a per-pin Q1–Q6 interactive loop, and emits the three BCT DTSIs (pinmux, gpio, padvoltage) in one shot into the overlay tracker at <source.root_path>/Linux_for_Tegra/bootloader/.

Unlike sibling skills jetson-customize-uphy / jetson-customize-pcie / jetson-customize-camera, pinmux has no kernel-DT overlay surface and no ODMDATA edit. The XLSM is the source of truth; the three emitted DTSIs land at flash time via the carrier conf's PINMUX_CONFIG= / GPIOINT_CONFIG= / PMC_CONFIG= references (which /jetson-derive-carrier set up).

Pad classification (silicon-fixed): only BD* and BI* pads have configurable pull / drive / open-drain attributes. LP5XA_*, UPHYDS_*, DP_SINGLE_*, BDMIPI16X_*, BDUSB2_*, OSCI27_* are fixed-function and skip Q4–Q6 (configurable: no).

The bundled scripts/modify_pinmux.py is the workhorse: it parses the XLSM via openpyxl>=3.1, builds the per-carrier pinmap JSON, captures pin edits into a session shim, and (on generate) writes the three DTSIs.

When to invoke

  • The user says "configure pin", "set SFIO", "edit pinmux DTSI", "set pin direction", "set initial state", or asks to repurpose a CVM ball (e.g. flip a pin between GPIO and a peripheral function).

  • A sibling skill (jetson-customize-camera, jetson-customize-pcie, jetson-customize-usb, jetson-customize-mgbe) reports an HSIO pin mismatch via pin_verifier.py and the user wants to fix it.

  • The user pre-derived a custom carrier with /jetson-derive-carrier and now wants to author the pinmux from a freshly-edited .xlsm.

Prerequisites:

  • Active profile selected (target-platform/active_target.yml → <profile>.yaml with reference_devkit: AND custom_carrier:).

  • <source.root_path>/Linux_for_Tegra/ exists as a git repo (/jetson-init-source).

  • /jetson-derive-carrier has run — the three pinmux-side BCT DTSIs (PINMUX_CONFIG, GPIOINT_CONFIG, PMC_CONFIG references in the carrier conf) exist in the overlay tracker.

  • A pinmux .xlsm is registered in the active profile at documents.custom_carrier_pinmux_xls (preferred when custom-carrier- specific) or documents.ref_devkit_pinmux_xls (fallback). The bundled modify_pinmux.py requires openpyxl>=3.1.

Procedure

See references/procedure.md for the full step-by-step procedure (Steps 1–8). Summary:

  1. Resolve active target + XLSM. Validate active profile, custom_carrier:, overlay-tracker prerequisites; resolve the pinmux .xlsm path from documents.custom_carrier_pinmux_xls → documents.ref_devkit_pinmux_xls → single XLSM under documents.root_path → user prompt.

  2. Probe. Run modify_pinmux.py probe to parse the XLSM into the per-skill scratch <KB>/pinmap/<custom-carrier>.json plus session.json shim.

  3. Lookup. Resolve a free-form user query (CVM ball, Verilog name, signal, DT pin) via modify_pinmux.py lookup; surface supported SFIO list, defaults, and configurable: yes/no.

  4. Set-pin (HARD GATE — Q1–Q6 via AskUserQuestion). Q1–Q3 (sfio / direction / initial_state) always asked; Q4–Q6 (pull / drive_type / open_drain) only when configurable: yes. tristate and e_input are derived from direction, never asked.

  5. Generate. modify_pinmux.py generate --out-dir <source.root_path>/Linux_for_Tegra/bootloader/ (root, not bootloader/generic/BCT/ — derive-carrier .dts forks live there, do not colocate). Emits: tegra<soc>-mb1-bct-{pinmux,gpio,padvoltage}-<carrier-key>.dtsi. <carrier-key> comes from the carrier conf's PINMUX_CONFIG= reference, NOT the kebab-cased carrier name.

  6. Commit (single batched commit per workflow rule). All three DTSIs are one logical edit → one customization commit. Run the commit-preview gate before each commit.

  7. Run-state sidecar + session shim. Write the user-facing <profile-stem>.jetson-customize-pinmux.json sidecar and the transient session.json shim under <workspace>/target-platform/.

  8. Summary. Emit the standard one-line + table summary.

Gotchas

  • No kernel-DT overlay; no OVERLAY_DTB_FILE edit; no render_conf.py hand-off. This skill ends at the three BCT DTSIs — the carrier conf already references them via PINMUX_CONFIG= / GPIOINT_CONFIG= / PMC_CONFIG= (set up by /jetson-derive-carrier).

  • Re-point the .dts wrapper's #include after generate. /jetson-derive-carrier forks the .dts wrappers at bootloader/generic/BCT/, but their #include lines may still pull the upstream devkit .dtsi (e.g. …-p3834-xxxx-p4071-0000.dtsi). After generate writes the new <CARRIER_KEY>.dtsi to bootloader/ root, edit each wrapper's #include to the new filename — by bare basename (#include "tegra<soc>-mb1-bct-pinmux-<CARRIER_KEY>.dtsi"), not ../../… filesystem-relative. The BCT build's cpp -I bootloader/ resolves bare basenames; that's the convention every other BCT include in the tree follows. Roll the wrapper edits into the same customization commit as the three DTSIs. See references/procedure.md Step 5 ("Sanity-check the carrier .dts wrapper").

  • Q4–Q6 gated on configurable: yes. Asking pull / drive_type / open_drain on a fixed-function pad (LP5XA_*, UPHYDS_*, BDMIPI16X_*, etc.) is silently dropped by the script and confuses the user. lookup prints configurable: yes/no — always check it before prompting Q4–Q6.

  • tristate and e_input are derived, never asked. unused → tristate=ENABLE; input / bidirectional → enable-input=ENABLE. Exposing them as separate prompts produces inconsistent DTSIs.

  • sfio=gpio requires a parseable gpio=GPIOn_PD.NN entry in the pinmap row's sfio list. Pins without one are GPIO-incapable silicon; set-pin rejects the call. Surface the rejection — don't silently fall back to a non-GPIO SFIO.

  • Marker idempotency. Every per-pin edit carries // custom-bsp: pinmux on the closing brace; gpio default-state entries carry the same marker as a trailing comment. Re-running generate must detect and update — never duplicate.

  • modify_pinmux.py is unchanged from the original framework — it reads its own session.json shim under --kb-dir. The shim is regenerated each run from the active profile + the user-facing sidecar. Do not hand-edit the shim; it's transient.

  • Multiple pinmux DTSI variants per Thor module SKU. Some carrier pins live in a different DTSI variant than the one the carrier conf references. modify_pinmux.py commit (legacy patch-in-place flow) tolerates missing per-pin blocks via pinmux.warnings[] rather than failing. Surface the warning; point at the alternate DTSI variant.

  • Don't touch the upstream BSP at <bsp_image.root_path>. All edits land in <source.root_path>/Linux_for_Tegra/bootloader/ under the pristine + customization commit pattern.

Available Scripts

ScriptPurposeArguments
scripts/modify_pinmux.pyXLSM parser + per-pin DTSI generator. Invoked via run_script() from Steps 3-6 with the subcommand of the current phase.probe | lookup | set-pin | apply | generate | commit [...] (see --help)
scripts/generate_dtsi.pyRenders pinmux/GPIO/padvoltage DTSI fragments from the bundled session state. Called by modify_pinmux.py generate.--session <path> --out-dir <dir>

Invoke from the skill body as a subprocess via run_script():

# run_script: probe the carrier pinmux XLSM and write a session state
scripts/modify_pinmux.py probe --xlsm carrier.xlsm --session .pinmux-session.json

# run_script: render DTSI fragments from the final session state
scripts/modify_pinmux.py generate --session .pinmux-session.json --out-dir bsp_sources/pinmux/

References

  • references/procedure.md — full Step 1–8 procedure prose.

  • questions.json — Q1–Q6 prompt schema consumed by Step 4.

  • ../../references/platform_template.yaml — documents: block (ref_devkit_pinmux_xls, custom_carrier_pinmux_xls).

  • ../../context/bsp-customization-workflow.md — overlay edit protocol (single-commit per DTSI fork).

  • ../jetson-derive-carrier/SKILL.md — must run first; produces the pinmux / gpio / padvoltage DTSI forks this skill edits, and rewrites the carrier conf's PINMUX_CONFIG= / GPIOINT_CONFIG= / PMC_CONFIG= lines to point at them.

  • ../jetson-init-source/SKILL.md — produces the overlay tracker this skill commits into.

  • ../jetson-link-docs/SKILL.md — author the profile's documents: block, including the pinmux XLSM bindings.

Files

scripts/modify_pinmux.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
"""modify_pinmux.py - generic per-pin SFIO/direction/state configurator.

## XLSM-first flow (new default)

When invoked via /jetson-modify-pinmux the skill now takes a user-provided XLSM
as the single source of truth:

  1. ``probe`` - parse the XLSM with generate_dtsi.py, build pinmap KB for
     lookup, and persist XLSM path + carrier into session. No DTSIs written.
  2. ``lookup`` - resolve a pin query against the XLSM-derived pinmap.
  3. ``set-pin`` / ``apply`` - record per-pin edits in session.
  4. ``generate`` - bake session pin_edits into the XLSM data, then emit
     all three DTSIs (pinmux / gpio / padvoltage) to --out-dir.

``commit --confirm`` patches the cloned pinmux + gpio DTSIs under $L4T_DIR.
"""
from __future__ import annotations

import argparse
import difflib
import importlib.util
import json
import pathlib
import re
import sys
from dataclasses import dataclass

from _pinmux_common import (
    DIRECTION_VALUES,
    DRIVE_TYPE_VALUES,
    ENABLE_DISABLE_VALUES,
    INITIAL_STATE_VALUES,
    PIN_NAME_RE,
    PULL_VALUES,
    QUERY_RE,
    load_pinmap,
    load_session,
    lookup_summary,
    parse_gpio_sfio,
    print_row_details,
    resolve_pinmap_path,
    row_haystack,
    save_session,
    sfio_options,
)
from _pinmux_dt import (
    PinPatchOpts,
    PinPatchSpec,
    patch_gpio_block,
    patch_pinmux_block,
    resolve_dtsi,
)

_HAS_OPENPYXL = importlib.util.find_spec("openpyxl") is not None

_SCRIPT_DIR = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.resolve()

_OPENPYXL_HINT = ("error: openpyxl is required. Install with:\n"
                  "  pip install --user 'openpyxl>=3.1'")

_CARRIER_RE = re.compile(r"^[a-z0-9_\-]{2,64}$")


# ===== lookup ===========================================================

def cmd_lookup(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
    """Resolve a CVM ball / signal / pin query against the pinmap KB."""
    if not QUERY_RE.match(args.query or ""):
        print(f"error: --query must match {QUERY_RE.pattern}", file=sys.stderr)
        return 2

    kb = args.kb_dir.expanduser().resolve()
    session = load_session(kb)
    carrier = args.carrier or session.get("carrier_short") or session.get("carrier")
    pinmap_path = resolve_pinmap_path(kb, session, carrier)
    rows = load_pinmap(pinmap_path)

    q = args.query.lower()
    matches = [row for row in rows if any(q in h for h in row_haystack(row))]

    if not matches:
        return _print_lookup_suggestions(q, rows, args.query, pinmap_path)

    if args.json:
        print(json.dumps([lookup_summary(row) for row in matches], indent=2))
        return 0

    if len(matches) > 1:
        print(f"{len(matches)} matches for {args.query!r} - disambiguate "
              f"by DT pin name on the next call:")
        for row in matches:
            print(f"  - pin={row.get('pin')}  ball={row.get('ball')}  "
                  f"verilog={row.get('verilog_name')}  "
                  f"signal={row.get('signal_name')}  "
                  f"customer_usage={row.get('customer_usage')}")
        return 0

    print_row_details(matches[0])
    return 0


def _print_lookup_suggestions(q: str, rows: list[dict], query: str,
                              pinmap_path: pathlib.Path) -> int:
    """Print closest-match suggestions when lookup found nothing."""
    all_tokens: list[str] = []
    token_to_row: dict[str, dict] = {}
    for row in rows:
        for h in row_haystack(row):
            all_tokens.append(h)
            token_to_row.setdefault(h, row)
    suggestions = difflib.get_close_matches(q, all_tokens, n=5, cutoff=0.4)
    print(f"no pinmap row matched {query!r} in {pinmap_path.name}")
    if suggestions:
        print("did you mean:")
        seen: set[str] = set()
        for s in suggestions:
            row = token_to_row[s]
            key = row.get("pin", s)
            if key in seen:
                continue
            seen.add(key)
            print(f"  - {row.get('pin')}  ({s})")
    return 1


# ===== set-pin ==========================================================

def _validate_set_pin_args(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
    """Validate set-pin CLI args. Returns 0 on success, error code otherwise."""
    if not PIN_NAME_RE.match(args.pin or ""):
        print(f"error: --pin must match {PIN_NAME_RE.pattern}", file=sys.stderr)
        return 2
    if args.direction not in DIRECTION_VALUES:
        print(f"error: --direction must be one of {sorted(DIRECTION_VALUES)}",
              file=sys.stderr)
        return 2
    if args.initial_state not in INITIAL_STATE_VALUES:
        print(f"error: --initial-state must be one of "
              f"{sorted(INITIAL_STATE_VALUES)}", file=sys.stderr)
        return 2
    if args.direction != "output" and args.initial_state in ("low", "high"):
        print(f"error: initial_state={args.initial_state!r} requires "
              f"direction=output (got {args.direction!r})", file=sys.stderr)
        return 2
    checks = [
        ("--pull", args.pull, PULL_VALUES),
        ("--drive-type", args.drive_type, DRIVE_TYPE_VALUES),
        ("--open-drain", args.open_drain, ENABLE_DISABLE_VALUES),
        ("--loopback", args.loopback, ENABLE_DISABLE_VALUES),
    ]
    for flag, value, allowed in checks:
        if value and value not in allowed:
            print(f"error: {flag} must be one of {sorted(allowed)}",
                  file=sys.stderr)
            return 2
    return 0


def _build_edit_record(args: argparse.Namespace, row: dict) -> dict:
    """Build a session pin_edit record from validated args + matched row."""
    record = {
        "pin": args.pin,
        "ball": row.get("ball"),
        "verilog_name": row.get("verilog_name"),
        "sfio": args.sfio,
        "direction": args.direction,
        "initial_state": args.initial_state,
        "evidence": "user",
    }
    for key, value in (("pull", args.pull), ("drive_type", args.drive_type),
                       ("open_drain", args.open_drain),
                       ("loopback", args.loopback)):
        if value:
            record[key] = value
    return record


def cmd_set_pin(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
    """Record a single pin's user-chosen sfio/direction/state in session."""
    rc = _validate_set_pin_args(args)
    if rc != 0:
        return rc

    kb = args.kb_dir.expanduser().resolve()
    session = load_session(kb)
    if not session:
        print(f"error: no session.json under {kb}", file=sys.stderr)
        return 2
    carrier = session.get("carrier_short") or session.get("carrier")
    pinmap_path = resolve_pinmap_path(kb, session, carrier)
    rows = load_pinmap(pinmap_path)

    row = next((r for r in rows if r.get("pin") == args.pin), None)
    if not row:
        print(f"error: pin {args.pin!r} not found in {pinmap_path.name}",
              file=sys.stderr)
        return 1

    options = sfio_options(row)
    if args.sfio not in options:
        print(f"error: sfio={args.sfio!r} not in supported list "
              f"{options} for pin {args.pin}", file=sys.stderr)
        return 2
    if args.sfio == "gpio" and parse_gpio_sfio(row) is None:
        print(f"error: pin {args.pin!r} cannot be configured as gpio "
              f"(no gpio= entry in sfio)", file=sys.stderr)
        return 2

    record = _build_edit_record(args, row)
    pinmux = session.setdefault("pinmux", {})
    edits = list(pinmux.get("pin_edits") or [])
    pos = next((i for i, e in enumerate(edits) if e.get("pin") == args.pin), None)
    if pos is None:
        edits.append(record)
        verb = "added"
    else:
        edits[pos] = record
        verb = "updated"
    pinmux["pin_edits"] = edits
    save_session(kb, session)
    print(f"{verb} pin_edit: {json.dumps(record)}")
    return 0


# ===== apply ============================================================

def cmd_apply(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
    """Stage unified-diff patches under <KB>/staged/. Dry-run only."""
    kb = args.kb_dir.expanduser().resolve()
    session = load_session(kb)
    if not session:
        print(f"error: no session.json under {kb}", file=sys.stderr)
        return 2
    edits = ((session.get("pinmux") or {}).get("pin_edits") or [])
    if not edits:
        print("session.pinmux.pin_edits is empty; nothing to apply")
        return 0
    staged = kb / "staged"
    staged.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    plan = staged / "pinmux_plan.json"
    plan.write_text(json.dumps(edits, indent=2), encoding="utf-8")
    print(f"wrote {plan}  ({len(edits)} pin edits staged)")
    return 0


# ===== commit ===========================================================

def _augment_with_gpio(session: dict, kb: pathlib.Path,
                       edits: list[dict]) -> None:
    """Decorate edits with `_gpio` (bank/idx/kind) when sfio == 'gpio'."""
    pinmap = load_pinmap(resolve_pinmap_path(
        kb, session, session.get("carrier_short") or session.get("carrier")
    ))
    by_pin = {r.get("pin"): r for r in pinmap}
    for edit in edits:
        if edit.get("sfio") != "gpio":
            continue
        row = by_pin.get(edit.get("pin"))
        if not row:
            continue
        gp = parse_gpio_sfio(row)
        if gp:
            edit["_gpio"] = gp


@dataclass
class _FileEdit:
    """A single DTSI file's pre/post text and resolved path."""
    path: pathlib.Path | None
    before: str
    after: str | None


@dataclass
class _CommitState:
    """In-flight state during a commit run."""
    pinmux: _FileEdit
    gpio: _FileEdit
    patched: list[str]
    skipped: list[str]
    gpio_warnings: list[str]


def _apply_pinmux_edits(text: str, edits: list[dict]
                        ) -> tuple[str, list[str], list[str]]:
    """Apply all session pin_edits to a pinmux DTSI text in memory."""
    new_text = text
    patched: list[str] = []
    skipped: list[str] = []
    for edit in edits:
        spec = PinPatchSpec(
            pin=edit["pin"], sfio=edit["sfio"],
            direction=edit["direction"],
            initial_state=edit["initial_state"],
        )
        opts = PinPatchOpts(
            pull=edit.get("pull"),
            drive_type=edit.get("drive_type"),
            open_drain=edit.get("open_drain"),
            loopback=edit.get("loopback"),
        )
        new_text, found = patch_pinmux_block(new_text, spec, opts)
        (patched if found else skipped).append(edit["pin"])
    return new_text, patched, skipped


def _emit_diff(label: str, fe: _FileEdit) -> None:
    """Print a unified diff for one _FileEdit when changed."""
    if fe.after is None or fe.after == fe.before or fe.path is None:
        return
    print(f"\n--- {label} DTSI diff ---")
    for line in difflib.unified_diff(
            fe.before.splitlines(keepends=True),
            fe.after.splitlines(keepends=True),
            fromfile=str(fe.path),
            tofile=str(fe.path) + " (after)"):
        sys.stdout.write(line)


def _print_commit_plan(state: _CommitState) -> None:
    """Print the dry-run summary + unified diffs for the commit."""
    print("=== modify-pinmux commit plan ===")
    print(f"pinmux DTSI : {state.pinmux.path}")
    if state.patched:
        print(f"  will patch pin blocks: {', '.join(state.patched)}")
    if state.skipped:
        print(f"  will SKIP (no block found in this DTSI variant): "
              f"{', '.join(state.skipped)}")
    if state.gpio.path is not None:
        print(f"gpio   DTSI : {state.gpio.path}")
        for w in state.gpio_warnings:
            print(f"  warn: {w}")
    _emit_diff("pinmux", state.pinmux)
    _emit_diff("gpio", state.gpio)


def _write_commit_files(state: _CommitState, kb: pathlib.Path,
                        l4t_dir: pathlib.Path) -> int:
    """Persist patched DTSI text to disk. Returns exit code."""
    try:
        for fe in (state.pinmux, state.gpio):
            if fe.after is None or fe.after == fe.before or fe.path is None:
                continue
            fe.path.write_text(fe.after, encoding="utf-8")
            print(f"wrote {fe.path}")
    except PermissionError as e:
        sys.stderr.write(
            f"\nmodify_pinmux commit: PermissionError\n  ({e})\n"
            f"  Likely cause: $L4T_DIR/bootloader is root-owned.\n"
            f"  Re-run the commit with sudo:\n"
            f"    sudo python3 {sys.argv[0]} commit --kb-dir {kb} "
            f"--l4t-dir {l4t_dir} --confirm\n"
        )
        return 6
    return 0


def _build_commit_state(session: dict, edits: list[dict],
                        pinmux_dtsi: pathlib.Path,
                        gpio_dtsi: pathlib.Path | None) -> _CommitState:
    """Read DTSIs and compute patched text + warnings into a _CommitState."""
    pinmux_text = pinmux_dtsi.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
    new_pinmux_text, patched, skipped = _apply_pinmux_edits(pinmux_text, edits)

    gpio_warnings: list[str] = []
    new_gpio_text: str | None = None
    gpio_text = ""
    has_gpio_edits = any(e.get("sfio") == "gpio" for e in edits)
    if gpio_dtsi is not None and has_gpio_edits:
        gpio_text = gpio_dtsi.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
        platform = session.get("platform") or "thor"
        new_gpio_text, gpio_warnings = patch_gpio_block(
            gpio_text, platform, edits)

    return _CommitState(
        pinmux=_FileEdit(path=pinmux_dtsi, before=pinmux_text,
                         after=new_pinmux_text),
        gpio=_FileEdit(path=gpio_dtsi, before=gpio_text,
                       after=new_gpio_text),
        patched=patched, skipped=skipped, gpio_warnings=gpio_warnings,
    )


def _resolve_commit_targets(session: dict, edits: list[dict],
                            l4t_dir: pathlib.Path
                            ) -> tuple[pathlib.Path | None,
                                       pathlib.Path | None, int]:
    """Resolve pinmux/gpio DTSI paths under $L4T_DIR. Returns (pinmux, gpio, rc).

    rc != 0 indicates the caller should exit immediately with that code.
    """
    pinmux_dtsi = resolve_dtsi(l4t_dir, session, "pinmux")
    gpio_dtsi = resolve_dtsi(l4t_dir, session, "gpio")
    has_gpio_edits = any(e.get("sfio") == "gpio" for e in edits)

    if pinmux_dtsi is None:
        print(f"error: cannot resolve cloned pinmux DTSI for carrier "
              f"{session.get('carrier_short')!r} under "
              f"{l4t_dir/'bootloader'} - set session.cloned_pinmux_dtsi",
              file=sys.stderr)
        return None, None, 2
    if has_gpio_edits and gpio_dtsi is None:
        print(f"warn: gpio sfio edits present but cannot resolve cloned "
              f"gpio DTSI under {l4t_dir/'bootloader'} - "
              f"set session.cloned_gpio_dtsi to enable gpio-init updates",
              file=sys.stderr)
    return pinmux_dtsi, gpio_dtsi, 0


def _prep_commit(args: argparse.Namespace
                 ) -> tuple[pathlib.Path, dict, list[dict],
                            pathlib.Path, int]:
    """Validate args/session and resolve l4t_dir. Returns (kb,session,edits,l4t,rc).

    When rc != 0 caller should return that code immediately.
    """
    kb = args.kb_dir.expanduser().resolve()
    session = load_session(kb)
    if not session:
        print(f"error: no session.json under {kb}", file=sys.stderr)
        return kb, {}, [], pathlib.Path(), 2
    edits = ((session.get("pinmux") or {}).get("pin_edits") or [])
    if not edits:
        print("session.pinmux.pin_edits is empty; nothing to commit")
        return kb, session, edits, pathlib.Path(), -1
    l4t_dir = pathlib.Path(args.l4t_dir).expanduser().resolve()
    if not (l4t_dir / "flash.sh").exists():
        print("error: --l4t-dir must contain flash.sh", file=sys.stderr)
        return kb, session, edits, l4t_dir, 2
    return kb, session, edits, l4t_dir, 0


def cmd_commit(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
    """Patch the cloned pinmux + gpio DTSIs under $L4T_DIR."""
    kb, session, edits, l4t_dir, rc = _prep_commit(args)
    if rc == -1:
        return 0
    if rc != 0:
        return rc

    _augment_with_gpio(session, kb, edits)
    pinmux_dtsi, gpio_dtsi, rc = _resolve_commit_targets(session, edits, l4t_dir)
    if rc != 0:
        return rc

    state = _build_commit_state(session, edits, pinmux_dtsi, gpio_dtsi)
    _print_commit_plan(state)

    if not args.confirm:
        print("\nDry-run only. Re-run with --confirm to apply.")
        return 0

    rc = _write_commit_files(state, kb, l4t_dir)
    if rc != 0:
        return rc

    pinmux_session = session.setdefault("pinmux", {})
    pinmux_session["warnings"] = (
        [f"pin {p}: no per-pin block in {pinmux_dtsi.name}" for p in state.skipped]
        + state.gpio_warnings
    )
    save_session(kb, session)
    return 0


# ===== generate_dtsi loader =============================================

def _load_generate_dtsi():
    """Import generate_dtsi.py from a sibling skill tree or from this directory."""
    candidates = [
        _SCRIPT_DIR / "generate_dtsi.py",
        (_SCRIPT_DIR.parent.parent.parent / "skills" / "custom-bsp"
         / "scripts" / "generate_dtsi.py"),
        (_SCRIPT_DIR.parent.parent.parent.parent / "skills" / "custom-bsp"
         / "scripts" / "generate_dtsi.py"),
    ]
    gen_path = next((p for p in candidates if p.exists()), None)
    if gen_path is None:
        cur = _SCRIPT_DIR
        for _ in range(6):
            cands = list(cur.rglob("generate_dtsi.py"))
            if cands:
                gen_path = cands[0]
                break
            cur = cur.parent
    if gen_path is None or not gen_path.exists():
        raise ImportError(
            f"generate_dtsi.py not found (searched from {_SCRIPT_DIR}). "
            "Ensure the custom-bsp skill is installed alongside modify-pinmux."
        )
    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("generate_dtsi", gen_path)
    gen = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
    sys.modules["generate_dtsi"] = gen
    spec.loader.exec_module(gen)
    return gen


# ===== probe ============================================================

def cmd_probe(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
    """Parse user-provided XLSM, build pinmap KB for lookup - no DTSIs written."""
    xlsm = pathlib.Path(args.xlsm).expanduser().resolve()
    if not xlsm.exists():
        print(f"error: XLSM not found: {xlsm}", file=sys.stderr)
        return 1
    if xlsm.suffix.lower() != ".xlsm":
        print(f"error: expected an .xlsm file, got: {xlsm.name}", file=sys.stderr)
        return 1

    carrier = args.carrier_name.strip()
    if not _CARRIER_RE.match(carrier):
        print(f"error: --carrier-name must be 2-64 chars [a-z0-9_-], got: {carrier!r}",
              file=sys.stderr)
        return 1

    kb = args.kb_dir.expanduser().resolve()

    if not _HAS_OPENPYXL:
        print(_OPENPYXL_HINT, file=sys.stderr)
        return 1
    try:
        gen = _load_generate_dtsi()
    except ImportError as e:
        print(f"error: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
        return 1

    print(f"probing {xlsm.name} ...", file=sys.stderr)
    pins = gen.parse_xlsm(xlsm)
    gpio_count = sum(1 for p in pins if p.resolved_func == "gpio")
    rails = {p.power_rail for p in pins if p.power_rail and p.io_voltage}
    print(f"  {len(pins)} pins  ({gpio_count} gpio, {len(rails)} pad rails)",
          file=sys.stderr)

    pinmap_dir = kb / "pinmap"
    pinmap_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    pinmap_records = gen.build_pinmap_records(pins)
    pinmap_json_path = pinmap_dir / f"{carrier}.json"
    pinmap_json_path.write_text(json.dumps(pinmap_records, indent=2), encoding="utf-8")
    print(f"wrote {pinmap_json_path}  ({len(pinmap_records)} rows)", file=sys.stderr)

    session = load_session(kb)
    session["xlsm_path"] = str(xlsm)
    session["carrier_name"] = carrier
    session["carrier_pinmap"] = carrier
    save_session(kb, session)

    print("\nprobe complete - pinmap KB ready for lookup.")
    print(f"  pinmap KB : {pinmap_json_path}")
    print("\nNext: use `lookup --query <pin>` + `set-pin` to record edits,")
    print("      then `generate` to emit the 3 DTSIs with edits baked in.")
    return 0


# ===== generate =========================================================

@dataclass
class _GenerateCtx:
    """Resolved inputs for the `generate` subcommand."""
    xlsm: pathlib.Path
    carrier: str
    out_dir: pathlib.Path
    kb: pathlib.Path
    session: dict


def _resolve_generate_ctx(args: argparse.Namespace
                          ) -> tuple[_GenerateCtx | None, int]:
    """Resolve and validate generate's inputs. Returns (ctx, exit_code)."""
    kb = args.kb_dir.expanduser().resolve()
    session = load_session(kb)

    xlsm_str = getattr(args, "xlsm", None) or session.get("xlsm_path")
    if not xlsm_str:
        print("error: no XLSM path - pass --xlsm or run `probe` first.",
              file=sys.stderr)
        return None, 1
    xlsm = pathlib.Path(xlsm_str).expanduser().resolve()
    if not xlsm.exists():
        print(f"error: XLSM not found: {xlsm}", file=sys.stderr)
        return None, 1
    if xlsm.suffix.lower() != ".xlsm":
        print(f"error: expected an .xlsm file, got: {xlsm.name}", file=sys.stderr)
        return None, 1

    carrier_arg = getattr(args, "carrier_name", None)
    carrier = (carrier_arg or session.get("carrier_name") or "").strip()
    if not _CARRIER_RE.match(carrier):
        print(f"error: --carrier-name must be 2-64 chars [a-z0-9_-], got: {carrier!r}",
              file=sys.stderr)
        return None, 1

    out_dir_arg = getattr(args, "out_dir", None)
    if not out_dir_arg:
        print("error: --out-dir is required.", file=sys.stderr)
        return None, 1
    out_dir = pathlib.Path(out_dir_arg).expanduser().resolve()

    return _GenerateCtx(xlsm=xlsm, carrier=carrier, out_dir=out_dir,
                        kb=kb, session=session), 0


def _write_generated_dtsis(gen, ctx: _GenerateCtx, pins: list) -> dict:
    """Write the 3 DTSI files. Returns dict of {label: path}."""
    ctx.out_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    pinmux_path = ctx.out_dir / f"tegra264-mb1-bct-pinmux-{ctx.carrier}.dtsi"
    gpio_path = ctx.out_dir / f"tegra264-mb1-bct-gpio-{ctx.carrier}.dtsi"
    padv_path = ctx.out_dir / f"tegra264-mb1-bct-padvoltage-{ctx.carrier}.dtsi"
    pad_voltage_groups = gen.parse_pad_voltage_groups(ctx.xlsm)

    pinmux_path.write_text(
        gen.generate_pinmux_dtsi(pins, ctx.carrier, ctx.xlsm.name),
        encoding="utf-8")
    gpio_path.write_text(
        gen.generate_gpio_dtsi(pins, ctx.carrier, ctx.xlsm.name),
        encoding="utf-8")
    padv_path.write_text(
        gen.generate_padvoltage_dtsi(pins, ctx.carrier, ctx.xlsm.name,
                                     pad_voltage_groups=pad_voltage_groups),
        encoding="utf-8")

    print(f"wrote {pinmux_path}", file=sys.stderr)
    print(f"wrote {gpio_path}", file=sys.stderr)
    print(f"wrote {padv_path}", file=sys.stderr)
    return {"pinmux": pinmux_path, "gpio": gpio_path, "padvoltage": padv_path}


def cmd_generate(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
    """Bake session pin_edits into XLSM data and emit 3 DTSIs."""
    ctx, rc = _resolve_generate_ctx(args)
    if ctx is None:
        return rc

    if not _HAS_OPENPYXL:
        print(_OPENPYXL_HINT, file=sys.stderr)
        return 1
    try:
        gen = _load_generate_dtsi()
    except ImportError as e:
        print(f"error: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
        return 1

    print(f"parsing {ctx.xlsm.name} ...", file=sys.stderr)
    pins = gen.parse_xlsm(ctx.xlsm)
    gpio_count = sum(1 for p in pins if p.resolved_func == "gpio")
    rails = {p.power_rail for p in pins if p.power_rail and p.io_voltage}
    print(f"  {len(pins)} pins  ({gpio_count} gpio, {len(rails)} pad rails)",
          file=sys.stderr)

    edits = (ctx.session.get("pinmux") or {}).get("pin_edits") or []
    if edits:
        print(f"  applying {len(edits)} pin edit(s) from session ...",
              file=sys.stderr)
        pins = gen.apply_pin_edits(pins, edits)

    paths = _write_generated_dtsis(gen, ctx, pins)

    pinmap_dir = ctx.kb / "pinmap"
    pinmap_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    pinmap_records = gen.build_pinmap_records(pins)
    pinmap_json_path = pinmap_dir / f"{ctx.carrier}.json"
    pinmap_json_path.write_text(
        json.dumps(pinmap_records, indent=2), encoding="utf-8")
    print(f"wrote {pinmap_json_path}  ({len(pinmap_records)} rows)",
          file=sys.stderr)

    ctx.session["cloned_pinmux_dtsi"] = str(paths["pinmux"])
    ctx.session["cloned_gpio_dtsi"] = str(paths["gpio"])
    ctx.session["cloned_padvoltage_dtsi"] = str(paths["padvoltage"])
    ctx.session["carrier_pinmap"] = ctx.carrier
    ctx.session["xlsm_path"] = str(ctx.xlsm)
    ctx.session["carrier_name"] = ctx.carrier
    save_session(ctx.kb, ctx.session)

    print(f"\ngenerate complete - carrier={ctx.carrier!r}")
    print(f"  pinmux DTSI    : {paths['pinmux']}")
    print(f"  gpio   DTSI    : {paths['gpio']}")
    print(f"  padvoltage DTSI: {paths['padvoltage']}")
    print(f"  pinmap KB      : {pinmap_json_path}")
    if edits:
        print(f"\n{len(edits)} pin edit(s) baked in. DTSIs are ready to deploy.")
    return 0


# ===== CLI ==============================================================

def _add_probe_parser(sub) -> None:
    """Wire the `probe` subcommand."""
    sp = sub.add_parser("probe",
                        help="parse XLSM -> build pinmap KB only (no DTSIs).")
    sp.add_argument("--xlsm", required=True,
                    help="path to the carrier/devkit pinmux .xlsm file.")
    sp.add_argument("--carrier-name", required=True,
                    help="suffix used for pinmap KB filename and later DTSIs.")
    sp.add_argument("--kb-dir", required=True, type=pathlib.Path)
    sp.set_defaults(func=cmd_probe)


def _add_generate_parser(sub) -> None:
    """Wire the `generate` subcommand."""
    sg = sub.add_parser("generate",
                        help="bake session pin_edits into XLSM data and emit DTSIs.")
    sg.add_argument("--xlsm",
                    help="path to .xlsm (default: session.xlsm_path).")
    sg.add_argument("--out-dir", required=True,
                    help="directory to write the 3 DTSI files into.")
    sg.add_argument("--carrier-name",
                    help="DTSI filename suffix (default: session.carrier_name).")
    sg.add_argument("--kb-dir", required=True, type=pathlib.Path)
    sg.set_defaults(func=cmd_generate)


def _add_lookup_parser(sub) -> None:
    """Wire the `lookup` subcommand."""
    sl = sub.add_parser("lookup",
                        help="resolve a CVM pin or signal name to pinmap rows.")
    sl.add_argument("--kb-dir", required=True, type=pathlib.Path)
    sl.add_argument("--carrier", default=None,
                    help="override carrier (else session.carrier_short).")
    sl.add_argument("--query", required=True,
                    help="CVM ball, Verilog name, DT pin name, or signal name.")
    sl.add_argument("--json", action="store_true",
                    help="emit machine-readable JSON instead of text.")
    sl.set_defaults(func=cmd_lookup)


def _add_set_pin_parser(sub) -> None:
    """Wire the `set-pin` subcommand."""
    ss = sub.add_parser("set-pin",
                        help="record a single pin's sfio/direction/state.")
    ss.add_argument("--kb-dir", required=True, type=pathlib.Path)
    ss.add_argument("--pin", required=True,
                    help="DT pin name, e.g. pex_l4_rst_n_pd1.")
    ss.add_argument("--sfio", required=True,
                    help="SFIO name (must be in `lookup` supported list).")
    ss.add_argument("--direction", required=True,
                    choices=sorted(DIRECTION_VALUES))
    ss.add_argument("--initial-state", required=True,
                    choices=sorted(INITIAL_STATE_VALUES))
    ss.add_argument("--pull", default=None, choices=sorted(PULL_VALUES),
                    help="internal pull resistor (nvidia,pull).")
    ss.add_argument("--drive-type", default=None,
                    choices=sorted(DRIVE_TYPE_VALUES),
                    help="output drive strength (nvidia,drv-type).")
    ss.add_argument("--open-drain", default=None,
                    choices=sorted(ENABLE_DISABLE_VALUES),
                    help="open-drain mode (nvidia,e-io-od).")
    ss.add_argument("--loopback", default=None,
                    choices=sorted(ENABLE_DISABLE_VALUES),
                    help="loopback enable (nvidia,e-lpbk).")
    ss.set_defaults(func=cmd_set_pin)


def _add_apply_parser(sub) -> None:
    """Wire the `apply` subcommand."""
    sa = sub.add_parser("apply",
                        help="stage pin_edits to <KB>/staged/pinmux_plan.json.")
    sa.add_argument("--kb-dir", required=True, type=pathlib.Path)
    sa.set_defaults(func=cmd_apply)


def _add_commit_parser(sub) -> None:
    """Wire the `commit` subcommand."""
    sc = sub.add_parser("commit",
                        help="patch the cloned pinmux + gpio DTSIs in $L4T_DIR.")
    sc.add_argument("--kb-dir", required=True, type=pathlib.Path)
    sc.add_argument("--l4t-dir", required=True, type=str)
    sc.add_argument("--confirm", action="store_true",
                    help="actually edit the DTSIs (default: dry-run).")
    sc.set_defaults(func=cmd_commit)


def build_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
    """Construct the top-level argparse parser with all subcommands."""
    p = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog="modify-pinmux", description=__doc__)
    sub = p.add_subparsers(dest="cmd", required=True)
    _add_probe_parser(sub)
    _add_generate_parser(sub)
    _add_lookup_parser(sub)
    _add_set_pin_parser(sub)
    _add_apply_parser(sub)
    _add_commit_parser(sub)
    return p


def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
    """CLI entry point."""
    p = build_parser()
    args = p.parse_args(argv)
    return args.func(args)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main())

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