Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] gpio: add pin biasing and drive mode to gpiolib | From | Ben Nizette <> | Date | Sat, 23 Apr 2011 18:35:34 +1000 |
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On 22/04/2011, at 9:36 PM, Linus Walleij wrote:
> 2011/4/21 Stijn Devriendt <highguy@gmail.com>: > > >> I'd also like to add (if not already mentioned by others) that in >> general drivers that use GPIOs are unaware of their physical >> connection on the board. Having this information >> in device-tree or platform-data equivalent solves this. > > Yes, this has been mentioned a few times, and a few times I have > replied that there is not one word in the patch set that says anything > about whether drivers or board code or whatever shall make use of > the mechanism, it's just an interface... > > I don't understand why this keeps popping up, have I written > *anything* unclear about this?
You haven't, no! Just that the use case for gpiolib was always to expose gpio functionality to drivers/ in a generic way. The fact that it's now been picked up extensively throughout arch/ is a (very) happy side-effect.
--Ben.
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