From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
To: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Cc: "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org"
<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
"linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org>,
"devicetree@vger.kernel.org" <devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
Alan Tull <atull@altera.com>,
Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@gmail.com>,
Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@altera.com>,
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] gpio: dwapb: Use human understandable gpio numbering.
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:10:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150716171054.GA27060@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACRpkdY+prqSeohT5BEoOKS6sfXdFTA6ZzuKzH4GSPX5jcjgzA@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 09:50:44AM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> We are working to remove dependency on them by introducing GPIO
> descriptors and thinking heavily about how to handle the userspace
> sysfs ABI moving forward. But for the ABI the numbers just need to
> be stable, not intuitive.
The numbers are *not* stable. That is a problem for users like me.
Thanks,
Richard
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From: richardcochran@gmail.com (Richard Cochran)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] gpio: dwapb: Use human understandable gpio numbering.
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:10:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150716171054.GA27060@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACRpkdY+prqSeohT5BEoOKS6sfXdFTA6ZzuKzH4GSPX5jcjgzA@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 09:50:44AM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> We are working to remove dependency on them by introducing GPIO
> descriptors and thinking heavily about how to handle the userspace
> sysfs ABI moving forward. But for the ABI the numbers just need to
> be stable, not intuitive.
The numbers are *not* stable. That is a problem for users like me.
Thanks,
Richard
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-07-16 17:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-07-01 19:34 [PATCH 0/2] gpio: dwapb: allow sane gpio numbering Richard Cochran
2015-07-01 19:34 ` Richard Cochran
2015-07-01 19:34 ` [PATCH 1/2] gpio: dwapb: Use human understandable " Richard Cochran
2015-07-01 19:34 ` Richard Cochran
2015-07-02 7:05 ` Michael van der Westhuizen
2015-07-02 7:05 ` Michael van der Westhuizen
2015-07-02 14:20 ` Richard Cochran
2015-07-02 14:20 ` Richard Cochran
[not found] ` <20150702142058.GA9349-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-16 7:57 ` Linus Walleij
2015-07-16 7:57 ` Linus Walleij
2015-07-16 8:18 ` Michael van der Westhuizen
2015-07-16 8:18 ` Michael van der Westhuizen
2015-07-16 18:19 ` Richard Cochran
2015-07-16 18:19 ` Richard Cochran
2015-07-03 9:13 ` Richard Cochran
2015-07-03 9:13 ` Richard Cochran
2015-07-03 9:18 ` Michael van der Westhuizen
2015-07-03 9:18 ` Michael van der Westhuizen
[not found] ` <C1BD6DA3-F32E-4CAD-8DA9-6F74A7966DBE-XrNoQAPr3WXM9gW82pYGhQ@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-03 10:36 ` Richard Cochran
2015-07-03 10:36 ` Richard Cochran
2015-07-03 10:55 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-07-03 10:55 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-07-16 7:52 ` Linus Walleij
2015-07-16 7:52 ` Linus Walleij
2015-07-16 8:16 ` Michael van der Westhuizen
2015-07-16 8:16 ` Michael van der Westhuizen
2015-07-02 7:36 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2015-07-02 7:36 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2015-07-02 14:26 ` Richard Cochran
2015-07-02 14:26 ` Richard Cochran
2015-07-02 14:30 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2015-07-02 14:30 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
[not found] ` <55954B17.3020303-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-02 15:21 ` Richard Cochran
2015-07-02 15:21 ` Richard Cochran
[not found] ` <20150702152147.GA10111-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-02 15:54 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2015-07-02 15:54 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2015-07-02 16:02 ` Michael van der Westhuizen
2015-07-02 16:02 ` Michael van der Westhuizen
2015-07-03 13:30 ` Michael van der Westhuizen
2015-07-03 13:30 ` Michael van der Westhuizen
[not found] ` <d6b5ce85a17164970d454583560e07f7aed7b8ca.1435777856.git.rcochran-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-16 7:50 ` Linus Walleij
2015-07-16 7:50 ` Linus Walleij
2015-07-16 17:10 ` Richard Cochran [this message]
2015-07-16 17:10 ` Richard Cochran
2015-07-16 17:19 ` Richard Cochran
2015-07-16 17:19 ` Richard Cochran
2015-07-27 10:19 ` Linus Walleij
2015-07-27 10:19 ` Linus Walleij
2015-07-27 11:28 ` Richard Cochran
2015-07-27 11:28 ` Richard Cochran
2015-07-27 12:26 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2015-07-27 12:26 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
[not found] ` <cover.1435777856.git.rcochran-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org>
2015-07-01 19:34 ` [PATCH 2/2] arm: dts: socfpga: Provide the gpio numbers in the controller nodes Richard Cochran
2015-07-01 19:34 ` Richard Cochran
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