Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 23 Sep 2013 21:41:43 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3] gpio: interrupt consistency check for OF GPIO IRQs | From | Linus Walleij <> |
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On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org> wrote: > On 09/10/2013 06:52 PM, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>> I'm a bit confused now. Doesn't the fact that gpio_request() prevents >> double-requests mean that the use-case that you say that have not been covered >> by this patch can't actually happen? >> >> I mean, if when using board files an explicit call to gpio_request() is made by >> platform code then a driver can't call gpio_request() for the same gpio. So this >> patch shouldn't cause any regression since is just auto-requesting a GPIO when >> is mapped as an IRQ in a DT which basically will be the same that was made by >> board files before. > > I'm not familiar with the board file path; Linus describe this.
Oh um? Not following, that stuff is right above, what is unclear about this that I need to describe?
Yours, Linus Walleij
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