[PATCH RFC 1/2] gpio: Add a block GPIO API to gpiolib

[stigge@antcom.de (Roland Stigge)]

On 09/28/2012 12:28 PM, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
>> gpio0 = {1};
>> set0 = {1};
>>
>> gpio1 = {33, 34};
> here should be
> 
> pin0 = {1};
> set0 = {1};
> 
> pin1 = {1, 2, 23};
> set1 = {0, 0, 1};
> 
> set_blocks(gpio_chip0, pin0, set0, 1);
> set_blocks(gpio_chip1, pin1, set1, 3);
> 
> You may need to add a prepare to do not do the conversion between array and
> gpio_chip array as I guess you will work on gpio block with multiple time
> acces

Maybe like this, for some struct block *?

block = set_block_prepare(gc, pins, values, size);
if (block) {
	set_block(gc, block);
	...
	set_block_unprepare(gc, block);
}

Would mean that all supported drivers would need to implement those 3
new functions... Need to be careful about not introducing bloat...

Thanks,

Roland