From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cbouatmailru@gmail.com,
avorontsov@ru.mvista.com, florian.fainelli@telecomint.eu
Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.25-rc2-git] gpio: <linux/gpio.h> and "no GPIO support here" stubs
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:42:57 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200802271642.57895.david-b@pacbell.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080227154854.6ee9432c.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> > Add a <linux/gpio.h> defining fail/warn stubs for GPIO calls on platforms
> > that don't support the GPIO programming interface. That includes the
> > arch-specific implementation glue otherwise.
> >
> > This facilitates a new model for GPIO usage: drivers that can use GPIOs
> > if they're available, but don't require them. ...
> >
>
> Looks sane.
>
> > Please include before 2.6.25-final ...
>
> For what reason?
So that 2.6.25 based systems can start to use it. This patch is in that
"safe, can't break any existing code" category, so I don't see a downside.
- Dave
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-28 0:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-23 1:12 David Brownell
2008-02-27 23:48 ` Andrew Morton
2008-02-28 0:42 ` David Brownell [this message]
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