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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/gpio/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/gpio/Kconfig | 17 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig index c7292a50aec4..cbf8a60dec03 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig @@ -66,8 +66,21 @@ config GPIO_SYSFS This ABI is deprecated. If you want to use GPIO from userspace, use the character device /dev/gpiochipN with the appropriate - ioctl() operations instead. The character device is always - available. + ioctl() operations instead. + +config GPIO_CDEV + bool + prompt "Character device (/dev/gpiochipN) support" if EXPERT + default y + help + Say Y here to add the character device /dev/gpiochipN interface + for GPIOs. The character device allows userspace to control GPIOs + using ioctl() operations. + + Only say N if you are sure that the GPIO character device is not + required. + + If unsure, say Y. config GPIO_GENERIC depends on HAS_IOMEM # Only for IOMEM drivers |