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Re: [PATCH] m68k/gpio: remove arch specific sysfs bus device

From Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] m68k/gpio: remove arch specific sysfs bus device
Date 2016-04-06 09:00 +0200
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On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 4:32 AM, Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org> wrote:

> From: Greg Ungerer <gerg@gumby.(none)>
>
> The ColdFire architecture specific gpio support code registers a sysfs
> bus device named "gpio". This clashes with the new generic API device
> added in commit 3c702e99 ("gpio: add a userspace chardev ABI for GPIOs").
>
> The old ColdFire sysfs gpio device was never used for anything specific,
> and no links or other nodes were created under it. The new API sysfs gpio
> device has all the same default sysfs links (device, drivers, etc) and
> they are properly populated.
>
> Remove the old ColdFire sysfs gpio registration.
>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>

Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij

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[PATCH] m68k/gpio: remove arch specific sysfs bus device Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org> - 2016-04-06 04:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] m68k/gpio: remove arch specific sysfs bus device Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> - 2016-04-06 09:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] m68k/gpio: remove arch specific sysfs bus device Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org> - 2016-04-06 21:40 +0200

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