[PATCH] drivers: create a pin control subsystem v8

[Linus Walleij]

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 7:07 PM, Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca> wrote:

> [Me]
>> That is not the reason it's there actually, what we have
>> discussed on the mailing list is getting sysfs entries for the same
>> reason gpiolib registers a class: handle pin control from userspace,
>>(...)
>
> Sure, but you don't need the bus yet.  It can be added when it is
> actually needed.  I'm not convinced that the sysfs approach is
> actually the right interface here (I'm certainly not a fan of the gpio
> sysfs i/f), and I'd rather not be putting in unneeded stuff until the
> userspace i/f is hammered out.

OK I buy that, I will post a v9 without bus...

Thanks!
Linus Walleij