Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] pinctrl: bcm: nsp: implement get_direction

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Mon Nov 04 2019 - 10:25:07 EST


On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 1:18 AM Chris Packham
<chris.packham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The get_direction api is strongly recommended to be implemented. In fact
> if it is not implemented gpio-hogs will not get the correct direction.
> Add an implementation of get_direction for the nsp-gpio driver.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>

BTW I think it looks like this the GPIO part of this driver can be
converted to use GPIO_GENERIC. Compare to other
drivers such as drivers/gpio/gpio-ftgpio010.c.

It's a fun way to cut down lines if you have time to check
and test!

Yours,
Linus Walleij