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+* convert all uses of the old GPIO API from <linux/gpio.h> to the
+  GPIO descriptor API in <linux/gpio/consumer.h> and look up GPIO
+  lines from device tree, ACPI or board files, board files should
+  use <linux/gpio/machine.h>