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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/gpio/driver.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/gpio/driver.h | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/gpio/driver.h b/include/linux/gpio/driver.h index 1827b43966d..573e4f3243d 100644 --- a/include/linux/gpio/driver.h +++ b/include/linux/gpio/driver.h @@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ struct seq_file; * format specifier for an unsigned int. It is substituted by the actual * number of the gpio. * @can_sleep: flag must be set iff get()/set() methods sleep, as they - * must while accessing GPIO expander chips over I2C or SPI + * must while accessing GPIO expander chips over I2C or SPI. This + * implies that if the chip supports IRQs, these IRQs need to be threaded + * as the chip access may sleep when e.g. reading out the IRQ status + * registers. * @exported: flags if the gpiochip is exported for use from sysfs. Private. * * A gpio_chip can help platforms abstract various sources of GPIOs so |