Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] gpiolib: Add ability to get GPIO pin direction
From: Peter Tyser <ptyser@xes-inc.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alek Du <alek.du@intel.com>, Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com>,
        David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>,
        Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@gmail.com>,
        Uwe Kleine-K?nig <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
        Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>,
        "grant.likely" <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
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On Thu, 2011-01-06 at 13:54 -0600, Peter Tyser wrote:
> Add a new get_direction() function to the gpio_chip structure.  This is
> useful so that the direction of a pin can be determined when its
> exported.  Previously, the direction defaulted to 'in' regardless of the
> actual configuration of the GPIO pin which resulted in the 'direction'
> sysfs file often being incorrect.
> 
> If a GPIO driver implements get_direction(), it is called in
> gpio_request() to set the initial direction of the pin accurately.

I see Grant was just added as a GPIO maintainer, so added him on CC.

Anything gating getting these 3 patches being picked up?

Thanks,
Peter

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