Re: [PATCH] gpio: omap: use dynamic allocation of base

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 10:52 AM Richard Weinberger
<richard.weinberger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > This could potentially break some legacy user-space programs using
> > sysfs but whatever, let's apply it and see if anyone complains.
>
> FWIW, this broke users pace on my side.
> Not a super big deal, I'll just revert this patch for now.
> Maybe the application in question can get rewritten to find the gpio by label.

Ugh we might need to back this out if the userspace is critical
and you need it.

Ideally userspace should use libgpiod for GPIO access, but I understand
if it's a higher bar.

Yours,
Linus Walleij