Re: [PATCH] gpio: omap: use dynamic allocation of base

[Richard Weinberger]

Linus,

On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 12:47 AM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 10:52 AM Richard Weinberger
> <richard.weinberger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > This could potentially break some legacy user-space programs using
> > > sysfs but whatever, let's apply it and see if anyone complains.
> >
> > FWIW, this broke users pace on my side.
> > Not a super big deal, I'll just revert this patch for now.
> > Maybe the application in question can get rewritten to find the gpio by label.
>
> Ugh we might need to back this out if the userspace is critical
> and you need it.
>
> Ideally userspace should use libgpiod for GPIO access, but I understand
> if it's a higher bar.

In the meanwhile I've explained to everyone involved on the project
that gpiod is the way
to go and the application will get changed. So, no worries. :-)

But I'm not sure about other applications in the wild, writing a
number to /sys/class/gpio/export is just too easy
and people assume the numbers are stable.

-- 
Thanks,
//richard