Messages in this thread | | | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Date | Tue, 25 Apr 2017 09:15:44 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] gpio - Add EXAR XRA1403 SPI GPIO expander driver |
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Hi Benjamin,
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 9:07 AM, Benjamin Henrion <zoobab@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 3:47 PM, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Nandor Han <nandor.han@ge.com> wrote: >> >>> This is a simple driver that provides a /sys/class/gpio >>> interface for controlling and configuring the GPIO lines. >>> It does not provide support for chip select or interrupts. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Nandor Han <nandor.han@ge.com> >>> Signed-off-by: Semi Malinen <semi.malinen@ge.com> >> >> I almost want to make the driver depend on !GPIO_SYSFS because >> of this commit message. >> >> DO NOT USE OR ENCOURAGE THE USE OF THE GPIO SYSFS >> INTERFACE. >> >> Use the character device. > > I doubt you will be able to convince the majority of people toggling > GPIOs via a simple shell script to switch to write a complex C > program. Not to mention cross compilation and the libraries > dependencies here. > > Is there some good cli tools to access the new char device? If they > are shipped with most distros, that would reduce the pain.
https://github.com/brgl/libgpiod
A bit early to expect it to be shipped with all distros, though.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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