Messages in this thread | | | Subject | RE: [PATCH] gpiolib: introduce for_each_gpio_in_chip macro | From | Ben Nizette <> | Date | Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:31:20 +1000 |
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On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 20:48 -0400, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> For the record. The reason I sent this is I'm trying to work out an > extension to gpiolib that adds gpio_port_* access to the API. Most > of the gpiolib drivers already the necessary logic since the raw I/O > is performed on the entire 'chip'. The API just needs the extensions > added to request/free the port, set the direction and get/set the value. > > Is this a worthwhile addition?
Plenty of people seem to think so. Personally I haven't seen a great use case except "'coz I can", but if you've got one I'd love to hear.
Have you seen http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/1/25/10 ? Donno what ended up happening to that patchset..
--Ben.
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