Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio: gpio-wcove: Fix GPIO control register offset calculation

From	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio: gpio-wcove: Fix GPIO control register offset calculation
Date	2017-06-29 23:30 +0200
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On Thursday, June 29, 2017 08:28:57 PM Alan Cox wrote:
> > So where can I get a handle on the people inside Intel who are obviously
> > using ACPI GPIO class for shoehorning what we in the linux kernel call
> > syscon or register bit misc access into the GPIO ACPI container just
> > because they feel it is convenient?
> 
> It's a Windowsism and since Windows is the primary OS shipped the vendors
> of client platforms do what is needed to make Windows work nicely.

Yes, we are pretty much on the receiving end here and unfortunately we need to
deal with stuff already manufactured and shipped.

Thanks,
Rafael

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[PATCH v2 1/1] gpio: gpio-wcove: Fix GPIO control register offset calculation sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@linux.intel.com - 2017-06-26 19:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio: gpio-wcove: Fix GPIO control register offset calculation Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> - 2017-06-29 14:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio: gpio-wcove: Fix GPIO control register offset  calculation sathyanarayanan kuppuswamy          <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-29 21:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio: gpio-wcove: Fix GPIO control register  offset calculation Alan Cox <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> - 2017-06-29 21:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio: gpio-wcove: Fix GPIO control register offset calculation "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net> - 2017-06-29 23:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio: gpio-wcove: Fix GPIO control register offset calculation Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> - 2017-06-30 14:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio: gpio-wcove: Fix GPIO control register offset calculation Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-06-29 14:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio: gpio-wcove: Fix GPIO control register offset  calculation Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> - 2017-06-29 15:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio: gpio-wcove: Fix GPIO control register offset  calculation sathyanarayanan kuppuswamy          <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-30 01:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] gpio: gpio-wcove: Fix GPIO control register offset  calculation sathyanarayanan kuppuswamy          <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@linux.intel.com> - 2017-06-29 21:40 +0200

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