Hi Arnd,
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 3:34 PM, Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Monday 17 November 2014 15:30:32 Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> Use dynamic allocation of GPIOs instead of looking at the gpio%u alias
>> in DT.
>> ---
>> - Is this correct? Not having to care about the alias would simplify the
>> to-be-written DT binding documentation.
>> - Completely untested.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]>
>>
>
> This will obviously break any user that expects a particular gpio
> number, in particular board files, but I guess also user space
> that tries to access the gpios through sysfs.
>
> If you don't have any of those, I guess it's correct.
Emev2/kzm9d was the first DT-only shmobile SoC/board, so the kernel
part should be OK.
No idea about userspace.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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