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| author | David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> | 2009-04-03 03:57:06 +0400 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-04-03 06:04:51 +0400 |
| commit | 8a0cecffeb52363a57257bbbbd58f4c4537a75bb (patch) | |
| tree | ee7f754d49a2f2ad75b72ec59e90e6fa2c0753eb /Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | |
| parent | 926b663ce8215ba448960e1ff6e58b67a2c3b99b (diff) | |
| download | linux-8a0cecffeb52363a57257bbbbd58f4c4537a75bb.tar.xz | |
gpio: gpio_{request,free}() now required (feature removal)
We want to phase out the GPIO "autorequest" mechanism in gpiolib and
require all callers to use gpio_request().
- Update feature-removal-schedule
- Update the documentation now
- Convert the relevant pr_warning() in gpiolib to a WARN()
so folk using this mechanism get a noisy stack dump
Some drivers and board init code will probably need to change.
Implementations not using gpiolib will still be fine; they are already
required to implement gpio_{request,free}() stubs.
Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index d0f354670646..a23361e80c64 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -255,6 +255,16 @@ Who: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de> --------------------------- +What: GPIO autorequest on gpio_direction_{input,output}() in gpiolib +When: February 2010 +Why: All callers should use explicit gpio_request()/gpio_free(). + The autorequest mechanism in gpiolib was provided mostly as a + migration aid for legacy GPIO interfaces (for SOC based GPIOs). + Those users have now largely migrated. Platforms implementing + the GPIO interfaces without using gpiolib will see no changes. +Who: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> +--------------------------- + What: b43 support for firmware revision < 410 When: The schedule was July 2008, but it was decided that we are going to keep the code as long as there are no major maintanance headaches. |