On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Stephen Warren <swar...@wwwdotorg.org> wrote: > On 09/10/2013 06:52 PM, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>> I'm a bit confused now. Doesn't the fact that gpio_request() prevents >> double-requests mean that the use-case that you say that have not been >> covered >> by this patch can't actually happen? >> >> I mean, if when using board files an explicit call to gpio_request() is made >> by >> platform code then a driver can't call gpio_request() for the same gpio. So >> this >> patch shouldn't cause any regression since is just auto-requesting a GPIO >> when >> is mapped as an IRQ in a DT which basically will be the same that was made by >> board files before. > > I'm not familiar with the board file path; Linus describe this. Oh um? Not following, that stuff is right above, what is unclear about this that I need to describe? Yours, Linus Walleij -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
