From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 10:03:05 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: gpio: Clarify that <linux/gpio.h> is legacy
X-Git-Tag: v4.16-rc1~135^2~75
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gpio: Clarify that <linux/gpio.h> is legacy

It should be clear to developers that they should not include
this file in new code.

Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
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diff --git a/include/linux/gpio.h b/include/linux/gpio.h
index 8ef7fc0ce0f0..91ed23468530 100644
--- a/include/linux/gpio.h
+++ b/include/linux/gpio.h
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * <linux/gpio.h>
+ *
+ * This is the LEGACY GPIO bulk include file, including legacy APIs. It is
+ * used for GPIO drivers still referencing the global GPIO numberspace,
+ * and should not be included in new code.
+ *
+ * If you're implementing a GPIO driver, only include <linux/gpio/driver.h>
+ * If you're implementing a GPIO consumer, only include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
+ */
 #ifndef __LINUX_GPIO_H
 #define __LINUX_GPIO_H