linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V1] gpio: fix bits conflict for gpio flags

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Date:	Mon, 14 May 2012 22:34:45 +0530
From:	Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>
To:	Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>
CC:	"grant.likely@...retlab.ca" <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	"linus.walleij@...ricsson.com" <linus.walleij@...ricsson.com>,
	"w.sang@...gutronix.de" <w.sang@...gutronix.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V1] gpio: fix bits conflict for gpio flags

Grant,

On Monday 07 May 2012 03:55 PM, Laxman Dewangan wrote:
> The bit 2 and 3 in GPIO flag are allocated for the
> flag OPEN_DRAIN/OPEN_SOURCE. These bits are reused
> for the flag EXPORT/EXPORT_CHANGEABLE and so creating
> conflict.
> Fix this conflict by allocating bit 4 and 5 for the
> flag EXPORT/EXPORT_CHANGEABLE.
>
> Signed-off-by: Laxman Dewangan<ldewangan@...dia.com>
> ---
> This is broken by commit
> commit fc3a1f04f5040255cbc086c419e4237f29f89f88
> Author: Wolfram Sang<w.sang@...gutronix.de>
>
>      gpio: add flags to export GPIOs when requesting
>
It would be good if it go to 3.5.

Thanks,
Laxman

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