linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: intel: Implements gpio free function

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Message-ID: <140c6ec0-7c11-6aa9-8434-f14d77be9a8c@metux.net>
Date:   Fri, 22 Mar 2019 19:32:28 +0100
From:   "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@...ux.net>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     zhuchangchun <zhuchangchun@...e.com>, linus.walleij@...aro.org,
        linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        hendychu@...yun.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: intel: Implements gpio free function

On 21.03.19 10:23, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

> ...and on top of that GPIO sysfs interface is deprecated.

I don't like the idea of deprecating this. It might not be enough for
all usecases, but for a lot of usecases, it's a very easy and simple
interfaces.

--mtx

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Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
Free software and Linux embedded engineering
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