Re: [PATCH v2] gpiolib: allow poll(2) on gpio value

[David Brownell]

On Thursday 02 July 2009, Jani Nikula wrote:
> I'm trying to say that if you call gpio_export() to create a sysfs
> node, a subsequent poll() in user space won't work because there is no
> irq set up, and sysfs_notify_dirent() won't be called. The patch
> doesn't provide an interface for setting that up from kernel after
> gpio_export() call - it's only possible to set up edge triggering and
> sysfs notify by writing to the "edge" node from user space.

OK, now I understand.  :)

Yeah, that seems fixable in followups.
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