Hi!

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> > Simple sysfs interface for GPIOs.
> > 
> >     /sys/class/gpio
> >         /gpio-N ... for each exported GPIO #N
> > 	    /value ... always readable, writes fail except for output GPIOs
> > 	    /direction ... writable as: in, out (default low), high, low
> >     	/control ... to request a GPIO be exported or unexported
> > 
> > GPIOs may be exported by kernel code using gpio_export(), which should
> > be most useful for driver debugging.  Userspace may also ask that they
> > be exported by writing to the sysfs control file, helping to cope with
> > incomplete board support:
> > 
> >   echo "export 23" > /sys/class/gpio/control
> > 	... will gpio_request(23, "sysfs") and gpio_export(23); use
> > 	/sys/class/gpio/gpio-23/direction to configure it.
> >   echo "unexport 23" > /sys/class/gpio/control
> > 	... will gpio_free(23)
> 
> hm, does ths sysfs one-value-per-file rule apply to writes?

Having seen ibm acpi interface... yes, that rule should be aplied for
writes, too.

What about mkdir gpio-N to export it?

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