The patch titled
Documentation/gpio.txt mentions GENERIC_GPIO
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
documentation-gpiotxt-mentions-generic_gpio.patch
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Subject: Documentation/gpio.txt mentions GENERIC_GPIO
From: David Brownell <david-b@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Documentation/gpio.txt should mention the Kconfig GENERIC_GPIO flag, for
platforms to declare when relevant. This should help minimize goofs like
omitting it, or not depending on it when needed.
Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/gpio.txt | 4 +++-
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN Documentation/gpio.txt~documentation-gpiotxt-mentions-generic_gpio Documentation/gpio.txt
--- a/Documentation/gpio.txt~documentation-gpiotxt-mentions-generic_gpio
+++ a/Documentation/gpio.txt
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ registers; another might implement it by
used for several very different kinds of GPIO controller.
That said, if the convention is supported on their platform, drivers should
-use it when possible:
+use it when possible. Platforms should declare GENERIC_GPIO support in
+Kconfig (boolean true), which multi-platform drivers can depend on when
+using the include file:
#include <asm/gpio.h>
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from david-b@xxxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
documentation-gpiotxt-mentions-generic_gpio.patch
acpi-driver-model-flags-and-platform_enable_wake.patch
update-documentation-driver-model-platformtxt.patch
git-leds.patch
at91-fix-enable-disable_irq_wake-symmetry-in-pcmcia-driver.patch
use-menuconfig-objects-ii-rtc.patch
mpc52xx-psc-spi-master-driver-update.patch
mpc52xx-psc-spi-master-driver-update-tidy.patch
rtc-rs5c313c-error-and-warning-are-fixed.patch
rtc-rs5c313c-rtc_time-value-are-fixed.patch
rtc-rs5c313c-add-error-handling-to-avoid-hardware-hangup.patch
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