Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] dt-bindings: gpio: Add Spreadtrum GPIO controller documentation

[Baolin Wang]

Hi Linus,

On 13 February 2018 at 17:20, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 2:55 AM, Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> This patch adds the device tree bindings for the Spreadtrum
>> GPIO controller. The gpios will be supported by the GPIO
>> generic library.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I took this patch out again for now, as it turns out
> that not all of the variants are really GPIO controllers,
> but rather irqchips.
>
> If they can't read nor write any GPIO lines, they should
> not have the property gpio-controller at all. Then they are
> just irqchips.

I did not get you here. All GPIOs can be read or write for this GPIO controller.

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Baolin.wang
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