The patch titled
drivers/gpio is platform-neutral
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drivers-gpio-is-platform-neutral.patch
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Subject: drivers/gpio is platform-neutral
From: David Brownell <david-b@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Update Kconfig and Makefile in drivers/gpio to discourage inappropriate
addition of platform-specific code.
Signed-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpio/Kconfig | 2 +-
drivers/gpio/Makefile | 6 +++++-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/gpio/Kconfig~drivers-gpio-is-platform-neutral drivers/gpio/Kconfig
--- a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig~drivers-gpio-is-platform-neutral
+++ a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#
-# GPIO infrastructure and expanders
+# platform-neutral GPIO infrastructure and expanders
#
config ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB
diff -puN drivers/gpio/Makefile~drivers-gpio-is-platform-neutral drivers/gpio/Makefile
--- a/drivers/gpio/Makefile~drivers-gpio-is-platform-neutral
+++ a/drivers/gpio/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-# gpio support: dedicated expander chips, etc
+# generic gpio support: dedicated expander chips, etc
+#
+# NOTE: platform-specific GPIO drivers don't belong in the
+drivers/gpio directory; put them with other platform setup
+# code, IRQ controllers, board init, etc.
ccflags-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_GPIO) += -DDEBUG
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from david-b@xxxxxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
drivers-gpio-is-platform-neutral.patch
mmc-fix-all-hangs-related-to-mmc-sd-card-insert-removal-during-suspend-resume.patch
gpio-max730x-make-pullups-configurable-via-platformdata.patch
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