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Subject: Re: libgpio
From: Stanislav Sedov <stas@freebsd.org>
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> On Nov 6, 2014, at 10:41 PM, Rui Paulo <rpaulo@me.com> wrote:
>=20
> Hi,
>=20
> Some time ago, I wrote a gpio library as a way to interact with the =
kernel gpio driver in a more sensible way (hiding the details of opening =
a /dev file, handling all the ioctls, etc.).
>=20
> Here's the project code:
>=20
> 	https://bitbucket.org/rpaulo/libgpio/src
>=20
> Here's the header file:
>=20
> 	=
https://bitbucket.org/rpaulo/libgpio/src/1dfe793d0b0cd6caff2e196cf667a5c06=
bbade8d/libgpio.h?at=3Ddefault
>=20
> It looks like some people started using the library and I was =
wondering if it would be a good candidate for the base system.  I would =
rewrite gpioctl to use it and I'm open to changing the library API.
>=20
> Any comments?

In my opinion it is an excellent idea to import the library into
the base system.  It is really useful and will facilitate 3rd
party applications development.

I=E2=80=99d say go for it.

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