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What:		/dev/gpiochip[0-9]+Date:		November 2015KernelVersion:	4.4Contact:	linux-gpio@vger.kernel.orgDescription:		The character device files /dev/gpiochip* are the interface		between GPIO chips and userspace. 		The ioctl(2)-based ABI is defined in		[include/uapi]<linux/gpio.h> and documented in		Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/chardev.rst. 		The following file operations are supported: 		open(2)		  Currently the only useful flags are O_RDWR. 		ioctl(2)		  Initiate various actions. 		  See Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/chardev.rst		  for a description of all ioctls. 		close(2)		  Stops and free up the I/O contexts that was associated		  with the file descriptor. Users:		TBD