diff --git a/gpio.c b/gpio.c
index fc60d00..8e7499d 100644
--- a/gpio.c
+++ b/gpio.c
@@ -33,8 +33,27 @@
 
 #define SYSFS_GPIO "/sys/class/gpio"
 
+struct gpio_info {
+	bool expanded;
+	int active_low;
+	int value;
+	int direction;
+	int edge;
+} *gpios_info;
+
 static struct tree *gpio_tree = NULL;
 
+static struct gpio_info *gpio_alloc(void)
+{
+	struct gpio_info *gi;
+
+	gi = malloc(sizeof(*gi));
+	if (gi)
+		memset(gi, 0, sizeof(*gi));
+
+	return gi;
+}
+
 static int gpio_display(bool refresh)
 {
 	return 0;
@@ -62,24 +81,71 @@
 	.selectf = gpio_selectf,
 };
 
+static int gpio_filter_cb(const char *name)
+{
+	/* let's ignore some directories in order to avoid to be
+	 * pulled inside the sysfs circular symlinks mess/hell
+	 * (choose the word which fit better)
+	 */
+	if (!strcmp(name, "device"))
+		return 1;
+
+	if (!strcmp(name, "subsystem"))
+		return 1;
+
+	if (!strcmp(name, "driver"))
+		return 1;
+
+        /* we want to ignore the gpio chips */
+	if (strstr(name, "chip"))
+		return 1;
+
+        /* we are not interested by the power value */
+	if (!strcmp(name, "power"))
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline int read_gpio_cb(struct tree *t, void *data)
 {
+	struct gpio_info *gpio = t->private;
+
+	file_read_value(t->path, "active_low", "%d", &gpio->active_low);
+	file_read_value(t->path, "value", "%d", &gpio->value);
+	file_read_value(t->path, "edge", "%d", &gpio->edge);
+	file_read_value(t->path, "direction", "%d", &gpio->direction);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int read_gpio_info(struct tree *tree)
 {
-	return 0;
+	return tree_for_each(tree, read_gpio_cb, NULL);
 }
 
 static int fill_gpio_cb(struct tree *t, void *data)
 {
-	return 0;
+	struct gpio_info *gpio;
+
+	gpio = gpio_alloc();
+	if (!gpio)
+		return -1;
+	t->private = gpio;
+
+        /* we skip the root node but we set it expanded for its children */
+	if (!t->parent) {
+		gpio->expanded = true;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return read_gpio_cb(t, data);
+
 }
 
 static int fill_gpio_tree(void)
 {
-	return 0;
+	return tree_for_each(gpio_tree, fill_gpio_cb, NULL);
 }
 
 int gpio_dump(void)
@@ -92,7 +158,7 @@
  */
 int gpio_init(void)
 {
-	gpio_tree = tree_load(SYSFS_GPIO, NULL, false);
+	gpio_tree = tree_load(SYSFS_GPIO, gpio_filter_cb, false);
 	if (!gpio_tree)
 		return -1;