From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Cc: Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@gmail.com>,
Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@gmail.com>,
linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
linux-sh@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] gpio: em: Use dynamic allocation of GPIOs
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:34:26 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3857937.SYWZS9fGq6@wuerfel> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1416234632-16166-1-git-send-email-geert+renesas@glider.be>
On Monday 17 November 2014 15:30:32 Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Use dynamic allocation of GPIOs instead of looking at the gpio%u alias
> in DT.
> ---
> - Is this correct? Not having to care about the alias would simplify the
> to-be-written DT binding documentation.
> - Completely untested.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
>
This will obviously break any user that expects a particular gpio
number, in particular board files, but I guess also user space
that tries to access the gpios through sysfs.
If you don't have any of those, I guess it's correct.
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-11-17 14:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-17 14:30 [PATCH/RFC] gpio: em: Use dynamic allocation of GPIOs Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-11-17 14:34 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2014-11-17 14:42 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-11-18 3:11 ` Alexandre Courbot
2014-11-27 14:17 ` Linus Walleij
2014-11-27 14:13 ` Linus Walleij
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