Re: [PATCH 1/4] gpio: pxa: convert to one gpiochip

From	Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 1/4] gpio: pxa: convert to one gpiochip
Date	2015-12-10 18:30 +0100
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Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> writes:

> On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 10:37 PM, Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr> wrote:
>
>> The pxa gpio IP is provided by one chip, which holds multiple banks.
>>
>> Another reason the driver should register only one gpiochip instead of
>> multiple gpiochips (ie. 1 per each bank) is that for pincontrol and
>> devicetree integration (think gpio-ranges), it's impossible to have the
>> contiguous pin range 0..127 mapped to gpios 0..127.
>>
>> This patch, amongst other thinks, paves the path to loosen the bond with
>> the global structure variable pxa_gpio_chip.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr>
>
> Patch applied.
>
> Since noone else seems to care, would you consider sending a patch
> to MAINTAINERS listing yourself as maintainer of this GPIO driver?
>
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij

But of course, I'll do it with pleasure right after work :)

Cheers.

-- 
Robert
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Re: [PATCH 1/4] gpio: pxa: convert to one gpiochip Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> - 2015-12-10 16:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 1/4] gpio: pxa: convert to one gpiochip Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr> - 2015-12-10 18:30 +0100

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