Re: [PATCH v4 6/7] gpio: exar: switch to using regmap

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Nov 10 2020 - 10:03:57 EST


On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 03:55:51PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> We can simplify the code in gpio-exar by using regmap. This allows us to
> drop the mutex (regmap provides its own locking) and we can also reuse
> regmap's bit operations instead of implementing our own update function.

...

> +static const struct regmap_config exar_regmap_config = {
> + .name = "exar-gpio",
> + .reg_bits = 16,

As per previous version comment.

Hold on, the registers are 16-bit wide, but their halves are sparsed!
So, I guess 8 and 8 with helpers to get hi and lo parts are essential.


TABLE 5: DEVICE CONFIGURATION REGISTERS SHOWN IN BYTE ALIGNMENT

> + .val_bits = 8,
> +};

This is basically represents two banks out of 6 8-bit registers each.


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko