[PATCH 1/3] gliolib: request the gpio before querying its direction

Linus Walleij linus.walleij at linaro.org
Mon Jul 31 06:35:19 PDT 2017


On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 8:19 PM, Timur Tabi <timur at codeaurora.org> wrote:

> Before querying a GPIO to determine its direction, the GPIO should be
> formally requested.  This allows the GPIO driver to block access to
> unavailable GPIOs, which makes it easier for some drivers to support
> sparse GPIO maps.
>
> Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <timur at codeaurora.org>

This makes all kind of semantic change, so patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij



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