On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 5:40 PM, Ian Lepore wrote: > On Thu, 2016-05-12 at 20:12 +0000, Oleksandr Tymoshenko wrote: >> Author: gonzo >> Date: Thu May 12 20:12:45 2016 >> New Revision: 299563 >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/299563 >> >> Log: >> Add gpiobus_release_pin function to release mapped pin >> >> Add gpiobus_release_pin as a counterpart for gpiobus_map_pin. >> Without it >> it's impossible to properly release pin so if kernel module is >> reloaded >> it can't re-use pins again > > This reminds me that we (Michael Meloun & I) had talked on irc about > renaming gpiobus_map_pin() to gpiobus_acquire_pin() and adding a > release function. Now we have the release, but its name really doesn't > scream that it's the inverse of map_pin. Is it too late to rename map > to acquire? (I'm not too wed to the 'acquire' name, 'allocate' would > also be a good candidate. We also considered 'reserve' but that had > less of a "now I own it exclusively" feel to it. 'map' didn't feel > quite right because mapping pins in an FDT world is the responsibility > of the pinmux driver, not a gpio thing.)
I don't think it is too late for this change, actually I think we are right on time to fill the gaps (just another term to 'fix my bugs'...). Luiz _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
