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From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
To: "Jaya Kumar" <jayakumar.lkml@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 2.6.27 1/1] gpiolib: add support for batch set of pins
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:27:24 -0800
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On Saturday 29 November 2008, Jaya Kumar wrote:
> 	 Given that _bus() isn't appropriate anymore, how does
> "gpio_set_values" and .sets sound and correspondingly gpio_get_values
> and .gets?

Confusingly similar to the single value version:  a single letter.
Far better to use "bitmask" or something similar ...

... also, better to split out discussions of gpio_chip methods
(NOT used by all implementors of the GPIO interfaces) from the
discussion of those interfaces (implemented uniformly on all
platforms that support any of the calls).

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