+++ /dev/null
---- a/drivers/char/Kconfig
-+++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig
-@@ -1047,6 +1047,14 @@ config NSC_GPIO
- pc8736x_gpio drivers. If those drivers are built as
- modules, this one will be too, named nsc_gpio
-
-+config GPIO_DEVICE
-+ tristate "GPIO device support"
-+ depends on GENERIC_GPIO
-+ help
-+ Say Y to enable Linux GPIO device support. This allows control of
-+ GPIO pins using a character device
-+
-+
- config RAW_DRIVER
- tristate "RAW driver (/dev/raw/rawN)"
- depends on BLOCK
---- a/drivers/char/Makefile
-+++ b/drivers/char/Makefile
-@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_NWFLASH) += nwflash.o
- obj-$(CONFIG_SCx200_GPIO) += scx200_gpio.o
- obj-$(CONFIG_PC8736x_GPIO) += pc8736x_gpio.o
- obj-$(CONFIG_NSC_GPIO) += nsc_gpio.o
-+obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_DEVICE) += gpio_dev.o
- obj-$(CONFIG_GPIO_TB0219) += tb0219.o
- obj-$(CONFIG_TELCLOCK) += tlclk.o
-