[PATCH 0/6 v12] gpio: Add block GPIO

[stigge@antcom.de (Roland Stigge)]

Hi,

On 29/12/12 11:20, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> On 17:49 Sun 23 Dec     , Roland Stigge wrote:
>> This set of patches adds:
>>
>> * Block GPIO API to gpiolib
>> * Sysfs support for GPIO API, to provide userland access
>> * Device interface for userland access (alternative to sysfs)
>> * Devicetree support to instantiate GPIO blocks via DT
>> * Example implementations in several gpio drivers since they need
>>   special accessor functions for block wise GPIO access (only for some
>>   selected drivers since the feature is optional and not suitable for
>>   all GPIO hardware)
>> * Fix for race condition in gpiolib on device creation
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Roland Stigge <stigge@antcom.de>
>> Tested by: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@grandegger.com>
>> --
>>
>> Testing branch available at: git://git.antcom.de/linux-2.6.git blockgpio
>>
>> Changes since v11:
>> * Removed support for at91, since this one is currently in the migration
>>   process to pinctrl implementation
> already done for 3.8
> 
> in Linus tree

Good, thanks for the note! So we include support for block GPIO in
pinctrl-at91.c now.

I guess the redundant code in arch/arm/mach-at91/gpio.c will be removed?

Thanks,

Roland