linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 2/6 v3] gpio: Add sysfs support to block GPIO API

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Message-ID: <20121015181928.GB27923@kroah.com>
Date:	Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:19:28 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@...osoft.com>
Cc:	Roland Stigge <stigge@...com.de>, grant.likely@...retlab.ca,
	linus.walleij@...aro.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, w.sang@...gutronix.de,
	jbe@...gutronix.de, highguy@...il.com,
	broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 2/6 v3] gpio: Add sysfs support to block GPIO API

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 08:07:02PM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> On 21:11 Fri 12 Oct     , Roland Stigge wrote:
> > This patch adds sysfs support to the block GPIO API.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Roland Stigge <stigge@...com.de>
> > 
> > ---
> >  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-gpio |    6 
> >  drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c               |  226 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  include/asm-generic/gpio.h           |   11 +
> >  include/linux/gpio.h                 |   13 ++
> >  4 files changed, 254 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> I really don't like this sysfs we need to add a specific device with ioctl

Why?

> I put Greg in Cc

Again, why?

greg k-h
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