Re: [PATCH,RFC] Input: gpio-keys - request and configure GPIOs

["Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

On Nov 21, 2007 12:13 PM, Herbert Valerio Riedel <hvr@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 15:19 +0100, pHilipp Zabel wrote:
> > > > On Nov 16, 2007 6:33 AM, Herbert Valerio Riedel <hvr@gnu.org> wrote:
> > > > > Currently, gpio_keys.c assumes the GPIOs to be already properly configured;
> > > > > this patch changes gpio-keys to perform explicit calls to gpio_request() and
> > > > > gpio_configure_input().
> > > > >
> > > > > This matches the behaviour of leds-gpio.
>
> > > > Makes sense from where I sit but let's see what guys who actually use
> > > > the module say... ;)
>
> [..]
>
> > We have quite a big number of users in the handhelds.org CVS kernel tree.
>
> > Unfortunately we are traditionally slow at pushing things to mainline, and many
> > of the devices depend on something like gpiolib hitting mainline for their GPIO
> > extenders.
>
> well, is there any chance this patch of mine might make it for 2.6.25?
> (or maybe even 2.6.24, since it can be regarded as being an actual
> fix...?) :-)
>

There is a slight one ;)

Applied to the "for-linus" branch of my tree. Thank you.

-- 
Dmitry