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From: linus.walleij@linaro.org (Linus Walleij)
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 23:11:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] gpiolib: add gpio_export_with_name
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On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 10:38 PM, Florian Vaussard
<florian.vaussard@epfl.ch> wrote:

> Indeed, I work in a robotics lab :-) One of our board (mach-imx/
> mx31moboard*.c) controls for example the multiplexing of two cameras
> sharing the same acquisition bus (I know, a bit hackish).
> I developed a similar board with an OMAP3. Such control do not
> fit well in the above-mentioned cases, but we do not need RT processes.

It does seem to fit well with V4L and/or the media controller
framework though, or is this one of those "oh, we don't really
like to use V4L so we have this special hack instead" things?

Yours,
Linus Walleij