Re: [PATCH] fix bogus use of rc = alloc_chrdev_region()

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Tuesday 14 June 2011 18:23:50 Grant Likely wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 8:07 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On the topic of drivers/char/{nsc_gpio,pc8736x_gpio,scx200_gpio}, I wonder
> > if we should move them to drivers/gpio/nsc_gpio despite the fact that they
> > use a different (older) interface than all the other gpio drivers.
> 
> I have no problem with moving them into drivers/gpio.  When you do,
> please rename then drivers/gpio/gpio-*.c

Ok. Should they be in a subdirectory drivers/gpio/nsc_gpio/gpio_* for the
nonstandard API or do you prefer them to live amongst the regular ones?

	Arnd
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