linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 03/18] gpiolib: make cdev a build option

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdZymmO9ku5OmCO74eiX3Y3jq_1g5De9Tx4hg3Lyrdt6bQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Jul 2020 00:25:53 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 03/18] gpiolib: make cdev a build option

On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 6:21 AM Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com> wrote:

> +config GPIO_CDEV
> +       bool "/dev/gpiochipN (character device interface)"
> +       default y

I don't want to make it too easy to do this, as I see it as a standard
kernel feature.

Can we add:

depends on EXPERT

as with other standard kernel features?

Yours,
Linus Walleij