[PATCH 1/6 v14] gpio: Add a block GPIO API to gpiolib

[Linus Walleij]

On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Stijn Devriendt <highguy at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is one of the warts of the GPIO API, if you ask me (and probably
> others too).
> Using a resource without allocating it first is just asking for
> trouble. It's one of those
> things pinctl was designed to solve... I've been thinking about
> spending spare time
> sending out patches converting all implicit requests and then removing
> the implicit
> request, but spare time is limited...

It would be much appreciated. We can make good use of all
help we can get in this area...

Yours,
Linus Walleij