From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Robin Getz Subject: Re: [Uclinux-dist-devel] [PATCH] Input: ad7879: support auxiliary GPIOs via gpiolib Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 11:16:19 -0500 Message-ID: <201001071116.19616.rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org> References: <1262848702-24968-1-git-send-email-vapier@gentoo.org> <20100107073114.GC2314@core.coreip.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from nwd2mail11.analog.com ([137.71.25.57]:49736 "EHLO nwd2mail11.analog.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753254Ab0AGQQV (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Jan 2010 11:16:21 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20100107073114.GC2314@core.coreip.homeip.net> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: uclinux-dist-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org Cc: Dmitry Torokhov , Mike Frysinger , "Hennerich, Michael" , "linux-input@vger.kernel.org" On Thu 7 Jan 2010 02:31, Dmitry Torokhov pondered: > Hi Michael, > > On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 02:18:22AM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > From: Michael Hennerich > > > > Drop the simple fancy sysfs hooks for the aux GPIOs and expose these via > > the gpiolib interface so that other drivers can use them. > > Would not that mess up current users (if any) that may rely on the > existing sysfs attributes? We have talked to the existing users of this (that we know of), and they agreed that doing things the "standard" way with gpiolib is the better way to move forward on things. -Robin