Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:35:04 +0200 | | From | Roland Stigge <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH RFC 1/2] gpio: Add a block GPIO API to gpiolib |
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Hi,
On 09/28/2012 01:34 PM, Linus Walleij wrote: >> Or some kind of new character device node? > > Yes, I don't know if we should create /dev/gpioN or /dev/pinctrlN for > this, and add GPIO functions to pinctrl (while wrapping it in the > gpiolib to aid migration) the latter would encourage users of the > new ABI to switch to writing pinctrl drivers.
Will have a look at this.
>> Otherwise, I need to think about leaving out the sysfs for this purpose. > > Do you really need it?
In more that half of the cases, I needed userspace access. So I'm quite interested in it.
Thanks for your notes.
Roland
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