Re: [PATCH v3] gpio: add export with name from dts

[Ben Gamari <bgamari.foss@gmail.com>]

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Adding the author of gpio-of-helper.

Also, conversations flow more smoothly if you avoid top-posting.


Jiří Prchal <jiri.prchal@aksignal.cz> writes:

> Dne 12.11.2013 03:36, Ben Gamari napsal(a):
>> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
>>> But maybe I'm missing your point - could you describe a concrete
>>> use-case for this feature that can *not* be achieved using
>>> gpio_export_with_link()?
>>
>> For what it's worth, it seems that the gpio-of-helper[1] driver found in
>> BeagleBoard kernels targets a use-case similar to that intended by this
>> patch.
>>
> Hi Ben,
> probably it's what I' trying to do.
> Why it is not in master tree?
>
I'm not entirely sure. It doesn't seem fit for upstream at the moment
given it seems to take a very similar approach to your patch and lacks
any form of documentation.

> Please, send me some example of DT usage.
> 
Here[1] is one that Google turned up. There is plenty more to be found
as well.

Cheers,

- Ben


[1] https://github.com/beagleboard/linux/blob/3.8/firmware/capes/cape-bebopr-brdg-R2.dts#L95

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