--- linux-2.6.orig/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-gpio
+++ linux-2.6/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-gpio
@@ -24,4 +24,8 @@ Description:
 	    /base ... (r/o) same as N
 	    /label ... (r/o) descriptive, not necessarily unique
 	    /ngpio ... (r/o) number of GPIOs; numbered N to N + (ngpio - 1)
-
+	/blockN ... for each GPIO block #N
+	    /ngpio ... (r/o) number of GPIOs in this group
+	    /exported ... sysfs export state of this group (0, 1)
+	    /value ... current value as 32 or 64 bit integer in decimal
+                       (only available if /exported is 1)
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -974,6 +974,218 @@ static void gpiochip_unexport(struct gpi
 				chip->label, status);
 }
 
+static ssize_t gpio_block_ngpio_show(struct device *dev,
+				     struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	const struct gpio_block	*block = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", block->ngpio);
+}
+static struct device_attribute
+dev_attr_block_ngpio = __ATTR(ngpio, 0444, gpio_block_ngpio_show, NULL);
+
+static ssize_t gpio_block_value_show(struct device *dev,
+				     struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	const struct gpio_block *block = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", gpio_block_get(block));
+}
+
+static bool gpio_block_is_output(struct gpio_block *block)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < block->ngpio; i++)
+		if (!test_bit(FLAG_IS_OUT, &gpio_desc[block->gpio[i]].flags))
+			return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
+static ssize_t gpio_block_value_store(struct device *dev,
+				      struct device_attribute *attr,
+				      const char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	ssize_t			status;
+	struct gpio_block	*block = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	unsigned long		value;
+
+	mutex_lock(&sysfs_lock);
+
+	status = kstrtoul(buf, 0, &value);
+	if (status == 0) {
+		if (gpio_block_is_output(block)) {
+			gpio_block_set(block, value);
+			status = size;
+		} else {
+			status = -EPERM;
+		}
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_lock);
+	return status;
+}
+
+static struct device_attribute
+dev_attr_block_value = __ATTR(value, 0644, gpio_block_value_show,
+			      gpio_block_value_store);
+
+static int gpio_block_value_is_exported(struct gpio_block *block)
+{
+	struct device		*dev;
+	struct sysfs_dirent	*sd = NULL;
+
+	mutex_lock(&sysfs_lock);
+	dev = class_find_device(&gpio_class, NULL, block, match_export);
+	if (!dev)
+		goto out;
+
+	sd = sysfs_get_dirent(dev->kobj.sd, NULL, "value");
+
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_lock);
+	return sd ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t gpio_block_exported_show(struct device *dev,
+					struct device_attribute *attr,
+					char *buf)
+{
+	struct gpio_block	*block = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", gpio_block_value_is_exported(block));
+}
+
+static int gpio_block_value_export(struct gpio_block *block)
+{
+	struct device	*dev;
+	int		status;
+	int		i;
+
+	mutex_lock(&sysfs_lock);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < block->ngpio; i++) {
+		status = gpio_request(block->gpio[i], "sysfs");
+		if (status)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	dev = class_find_device(&gpio_class, NULL, block, match_export);
+	if (!dev) {
+		status = -ENODEV;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	status = device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_block_value);
+	if (status)
+		goto out;
+
+	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_lock);
+	return 0;
+
+out:
+	while (i > 0) {
+		i--;
+		gpio_free(block->gpio[i]);
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_lock);
+	return status;
+}
+
+static int gpio_block_value_unexport(struct gpio_block *block)
+{
+	struct device	*dev;
+	int		i;
+
+	dev = class_find_device(&gpio_class, NULL, block, match_export);
+	if (!dev)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < block->ngpio; i++)
+		gpio_free(block->gpio[i]);
+
+	device_remove_file(dev, &dev_attr_block_value);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t gpio_block_exported_store(struct device *dev,
+					 struct device_attribute *attr,
+					 const char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	long	value;
+	int	status;
+	struct	gpio_block *block = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	int	exported = gpio_block_value_is_exported(block);
+
+	status = kstrtoul(buf, 0, &value);
+	if (status < 0)
+		goto err;
+
+	if (value != exported) {
+		if (value)
+			status = gpio_block_value_export(block);
+		else
+			status = gpio_block_value_unexport(block);
+		if (!status)
+			status = size;
+	} else {
+		status = size;
+	}
+err:
+	return status;
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR(exported, 0644, gpio_block_exported_show,
+		   gpio_block_exported_store);
+
+static const struct attribute *gpio_block_attrs[] = {
+	&dev_attr_block_ngpio.attr,
+	&dev_attr_exported.attr,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+static const struct attribute_group gpio_block_attr_group = {
+	.attrs = (struct attribute **) gpio_block_attrs,
+};
+
+int gpio_block_export(struct gpio_block *block)
+{
+	int		status;
+	struct device	*dev;
+
+	/* can't export until sysfs is available ... */
+	if (!gpio_class.p) {
+		pr_debug("%s: called too early!\n", __func__);
+		return -ENOENT;
+	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&sysfs_lock);
+	dev = device_create(&gpio_class, NULL, MKDEV(0, 0), block,
+			    block->name);
+	if (!IS_ERR(dev))
+		status = sysfs_create_group(&dev->kobj, &gpio_block_attr_group);
+	else
+		status = PTR_ERR(dev);
+	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_lock);
+
+	return status;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpio_block_export);
+
+void gpio_block_unexport(struct gpio_block *block)
+{
+	struct device *dev;
+
+	mutex_lock(&sysfs_lock);
+	dev = class_find_device(&gpio_class, NULL, block, match_export);
+	if (dev)
+		device_unregister(dev);
+	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpio_block_unexport);
+
 static int __init gpiolib_sysfs_init(void)
 {
 	int		status;
@@ -1882,7 +2094,14 @@ int gpio_block_register(struct gpio_bloc
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-	return i == NR_GPIO_BLOCKS ? -EBUSY : 0;
+	if (i == NR_GPIO_BLOCKS)
+		goto err;
+
+	gpio_block_export(block);
+
+	return 0;
+err:
+	return -EBUSY;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpio_block_register);
 
@@ -1896,6 +2115,11 @@ void gpio_block_unregister(struct gpio_b
 			break;
 		}
 	}
+
+	if (i == NR_GPIO_BLOCKS)
+		return;
+
+	gpio_block_unexport(block);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpio_block_unregister);
 
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/asm-generic/gpio.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/asm-generic/gpio.h
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ extern int gpio_export_link(struct devic
 			unsigned gpio);
 extern int gpio_sysfs_set_active_low(unsigned gpio, int value);
 extern void gpio_unexport(unsigned gpio);
+extern int gpio_block_export(struct gpio_block *block);
+extern void gpio_block_unexport(struct gpio_block *block);
 
 #endif	/* CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS */
 
@@ -269,6 +271,15 @@ static inline int gpio_sysfs_set_active_
 static inline void gpio_unexport(unsigned gpio)
 {
 }
+
+static inline int gpio_block_export(struct gpio_block *block)
+{
+	return -ENOSYS;
+}
+
+static inline void gpio_block_unexport(struct gpio_block *block)
+{
+}
 #endif	/* CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_GPIO_H */
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/gpio.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/gpio.h
@@ -278,6 +278,19 @@ static inline void gpio_unexport(unsigne
 	WARN_ON(1);
 }
 
+static inline int gpio_block_export(struct gpio_block *block)
+{
+	/* GPIO block can never have been requested or set as {in,out}put */
+	WARN_ON(1);
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static inline void gpio_block_unexport(struct gpio_block *block)
+{
+	/* GPIO block can never have been exported */
+	WARN_ON(1);
+}
+
 static inline int gpio_to_irq(unsigned gpio)
 {
 	/* GPIO can never have been requested or set as input */
