[PATCH 2/3] Use gpio_set_value_cansleep() in corgi_lcd.c

Pavel Machek pavel at ucw.cz
Sun Apr 10 03:58:34 EDT 2011


On Mon 2011-04-04 18:45:46, Eric Miao wrote:
> Personally, I don't quite like the idea of an explicit _cansleep() version,
> which is just confusing. A programmer shouldn't be aware of which
> version to use.
> 
> David, you have any justification?

Whether it is possible to sleep in given context  is not  something
that  can be detected automatically in general case; so two different
functions are needed.
								Pavel
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