Re: [PATCH 1/2] gpio: dwapb: Use human understandable gpio numbering.

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Re: [PATCH 1/2] gpio: dwapb: Use human understandable gpio numbering. · Linus Walleij <hidden> · 2015-07-16
Re: [PATCH 1/2] gpio: dwapb: Use human understandable gpio numbering. · Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> · 2015-07-16
Re: [PATCH 1/2] gpio: dwapb: Use human understandable gpio numbering. · Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> · 2015-07-16
Re: [PATCH 1/2] gpio: dwapb: Use human understandable gpio numbering. · Linus Walleij <hidden> · 2015-07-27
Re: [PATCH 1/2] gpio: dwapb: Use human understandable gpio numbering. · Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> · 2015-07-27
Re: [PATCH 1/2] gpio: dwapb: Use human understandable gpio numbering. · Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> · 2015-07-27

From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Date: 2015-07-16 17:10:54
Also in: linux-arm-kernel, linux-gpio

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 09:50:44AM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:

We are working to remove dependency on them by introducing GPIO
descriptors and thinking heavily about how to handle the userspace
sysfs ABI moving forward. But for the ABI the numbers just need to
be stable, not intuitive.

The numbers are *not* stable.  That is a problem for users like me.

Thanks,
Richard

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