On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 08:04:00AM +0100, Thierry Reding wrote:
> * Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:

> > If we've learned one thing from gpiolib, I think it is that using a global
> > index to identify a resource was a bad idea.

> Yes, that concern has been raised several times already. The reason for it
> being this way is that the current API requires it. So either we keep it as

Might be worth calling this out in the changelog to preempt further
discussion - it's a totally sensible approach to take but it's not
going to be immediately obvious to reviewers.