Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 18:48:34 -0800
From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: Jani Nikula <ext-jani.1.nikula@nokia.com>
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       dsilvers@simtec.co.uk, ben@simtec.co.uk, Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com,
       akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] gpiolib: add support for having symlinks under
	gpio class directory
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On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 03:49:03PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
> Extend the functionality of gpio_export_link() to allow exported GPIOs
> to have names using sysfs links under /sys/class/gpio.

No, please don't create symlinks under a class, that is not something
that any userspace tool is expecting.

I don't understand what you are trying to do here, why do you need a
symlink?  What is wrong with the original device names?

confused,

greg k-h
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