Re: [PATCH] Debobs and ETK padconf implementation

[Kevin Hilman <khilman@deeprootsystems.com>]

"Peter 'p2' De Schrijver" <peter.de-schrijver@nokia.com> writes:

>> 
>> The cross-platform gpiolib calls should be used here.
>> 
>> > +			snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "hw_dbg%d", i);
>> > +			err = _new_debobs_pad(&debobs_pads[i], name, i,
>> > +						debobs_root);
>> > +			if (err) {
>> > +				omap_free_gpio(ETK_GPIO(i));
>> > +				return err;
>> > +			}
>> > +		}
>> > +	}
>> 
>> In the successful case, future calls to gpio_request() to use these
>> lines will fail, since the line is reserved by the omap_request_gpio()
>> call.
>> 
>
> Yes. That's intended. If debobs sucessfully claims the GPIO line, noone
> else should be allowed to claim it, unless debobs releases it again.
>

In that case, what is the proposed method for other kernel code to use
the debobs lines?

Kevin