Re: gpio-exar: Why filtering out Commtech devices?

[Sudip Mukherjee]

Hi Jan,

On 21/05/17 12:46, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> Hi Sudip,
>
> why do we carry
>
> 	if (pcidev->vendor != PCI_VENDOR_ID_EXAR)
> 		return -ENODEV;
>
> in gpio_exar_probe? This effectively prevents that
>
> 	EXAR_DEVICE(COMMTECH, COMMTECH_4222PCIE, pbn_exar_XR17V35x),
> 	EXAR_DEVICE(COMMTECH, COMMTECH_4224PCIE, pbn_exar_XR17V35x),
> 	EXAR_DEVICE(COMMTECH, COMMTECH_4228PCIE, pbn_exar_XR17V35x),
>
> gain GPIO support. Do those devices lack access to the pins? Or can we
> drop the filter. I don't have access to those devices, just wondering
> because the code is not explaining the reason.

Same here. I do not have these devices and have no idea if they support 
the gpio pins or not.

Adding Matt Schulte in the Cc list, maybe he can comment.


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Regards
Sudip