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authorLinus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>2016-02-12 14:48:23 +0100
committerLinus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>2016-02-19 09:48:41 +0100
commitdf4878e969ccc047da45d2cd3af5d08031da1593 (patch)
tree2677387492b60fd5c6a42a317bde0e7e965aa8fa /include/linux/gpio
parentgpio: tps65218: remove unused #include (diff)
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gpio: store reflect the label to userspace
The gpio_chip label is useful for userspace to understand what kind of GPIO chip it is dealing with. Let's store a copy of this label in the gpio_device, add it to the struct passed to userspace for GPIO_GET_CHIPINFO_IOCTL and modify lsgpio to show it. Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
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-rw-r--r--include/linux/gpio/driver.h3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/gpio/driver.h b/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
index ff96d0f9fceb..639607658ed8 100644
--- a/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ struct gpio_device;
/**
* struct gpio_chip - abstract a GPIO controller
- * @label: for diagnostics
+ * @label: a functional name for the GPIO device, such as a part
+ * number or the name of the SoC IP-block implementing it.
* @gpiodev: the internal state holder, opaque struct
* @parent: optional parent device providing the GPIOs
* @owner: helps prevent removal of modules exporting active GPIOs