linux-kernel - Re: [Bulk] Re: [patch/rfc 2.6.19-rc5] arch-neutral GPIO calls

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Message-ID: <4563D651.50109@billgatliff.com>
Date:	Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:47:13 -0600
From:	Bill Gatliff <bgat@...lgatliff.com>
To:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
CC:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Andrew Victor <andrew@...people.com>,
	Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@...el.com>, jamey.hicks@...com,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...sta.com>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nico@....org>,
	Russell King <rmk@....linux.org.uk>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: [patch/rfc 2.6.19-rc5] arch-neutral GPIO calls

David:

David Brownell wrote:

>On Tuesday 21 November 2006 7:36 pm, Bill Gatliff wrote:
>
>  
>
>>I don't need to REmux, but I don't want to bother setting up the routing 
>>manually at all.  I think the GPIO management stuff can do it properly 
>>on my behalf, given the information we have to acquire to get the GPIO 
>>API to work in the first place.
>>    
>>
>
>Yet requesting GPIO_62 still doesn't tell me I have to
>update muxing for ball M7 or G20
>

Which is why I was pushing you to define a GPIO62M7 enumeration!

> ... and knowing that for
>GPIOs doesn't go anywhere near knowing that for all the
>other chip functions.
>  
>

True, but we've got to start somewhere!  :)


b.g.

-- 
Bill Gatliff
bgat@...lgatliff.com

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