Re: [RFC 2.6.27 1/1] gpiolib: add support for batch set of pins

On Saturday 29 November 2008, Jaya Kumar wrote:

	 Given that _bus() isn't appropriate anymore, how does
"gpio_set_values" and .sets sound and correspondingly gpio_get_values
and .gets?

Confusingly similar to the single value version:  a single letter.
Far better to use "bitmask" or something similar ...

... also, better to split out discussions of gpio_chip methods
(NOT used by all implementors of the GPIO interfaces) from the
discussion of those interfaces (implemented uniformly on all
platforms that support any of the calls).