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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/gpio/driver.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/gpio/driver.h b/include/linux/gpio/driver.h index 96a678842cde..cc7ec129b329 100644 --- a/include/linux/gpio/driver.h +++ b/include/linux/gpio/driver.h @@ -42,8 +42,12 @@ struct seq_file; * @dbg_show: optional routine to show contents in debugfs; default code * will be used when this is omitted, but custom code can show extra * state (such as pullup/pulldown configuration). - * @base: identifies the first GPIO number handled by this chip; or, if - * negative during registration, requests dynamic ID allocation. + * @base: identifies the first GPIO number handled by this chip; + * or, if negative during registration, requests dynamic ID allocation. + * DEPRECATION: providing anything non-negative and nailing the base + * base offset of GPIO chips is deprecated. Please pass -1 as base to + * let gpiolib select the chip base in all possible cases. We want to + * get rid of the static GPIO number space in the long run. * @ngpio: the number of GPIOs handled by this controller; the last GPIO * handled is (base + ngpio - 1). * @desc: array of ngpio descriptors. Private. |