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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.16 269/272] pinctrl: msm: Use dynamic GPIO numbering
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On 5/31/18 11:57 AM, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> (Although
> that would probably break if Timur's customers move their user space to
> the new platform as "the first instance" isn't deterministic).

Users of platforms that have multiple TLMMs should be required to use 
gpiolib instead of sysfs.  I've already updated all our internal code to 
use it, and there is no external code that does GPIO on our server SoCs 
anyway.

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