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Not sure this is still valid. Because I've just learned that
apparently, the arm64 Image shall be made smaller and thus "need
a driver for rootfs" isn't a valid reason for =y anymore.

Is a switch to disable shared GPIO management entirely via Kconfig
(depending on CONFIG_EXPERT) good enough for you?

I don't really need that (as I'd also need a PMIC driver, which
probably won't be accepted either as =y), maybe other do. Not sure,
up to you.

-michael