Re: [PATCH 1/2] gpio: Add support for IDT 79RC3243x GPIO controller

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Wed Apr 21 2021 - 04:49:22 EST


On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 11:32 AM Thomas Bogendoerfer
<tsbogend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 11:09:51AM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Tuesday, April 20, 2021, Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > IDT 79RC3243x SoCs integrated a gpio controller, which handles up
> > > to 32 gpios. All gpios could be used as interrupt source.
> >
> >
> >
> > I would recommend looking for latest new drivers in GPIO subsystem to see
> > how you may improve yours.
>
> Could give me a better pointer to it ? I looked at a lot of gpio driver
> and took what fitted best.
>
> > Here just one question, why it can not be a module
>
> that's probably doable...
>
> > why arch_initcall() is used
>
> without that interrupts weren't avaiable early enough.
>
> > and why you put a dead code into it (see the first part of the
> > question)?
>
> hmm, pointer please ?

It's already in the question above, do your homework :-)

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko