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From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
To: "eric miao" <eric.y.miao@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [patch/rfc 1/4] GPIO implementation framework
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:30:19 -0800
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On Tuesday 13 November 2007, eric miao wrote:
> > > Can we use "per gpio based" structure instead of "per gpio_chip" based one,
> > > just like what the generic IRQ layer is doing nowadays?
> >
> > We "can" do most anything. ?What would that improve though?

... What would that improve, though?  Your followup posts
still don't answer that question for me.  I see the code,
but don't have an answer to that question.


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