Unable to disable GPIOTE for nRF Connect SDK 2.6.1

[Christopher]

Hi, 

Recently I upgraded to nRF Connect SDK 2.6.1 and I was required to enable the GPIOTE in order to build properly. Doing this has significantly increased (nearly doubled) the total current consumption at runtime. How can I disable this peripheral now? I am unable to do so now using the overlay file.

Old: 

&gpiote {
    status = "disabled";
};

New:

&gpiote {
    status = "okay";
};

Thank you,

[Susheel Nuguru]

You need to use PORT events instead of high precision events when using GPIOTE with lower power consumption. Can you try if the suggestion mentioned here works with nRF53 aswell?