Re: [PATCH] drivers: gpio: add virtio-gpio guest driver

[Linus Walleij]

Hi Enrico,

On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 7:49 PM Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
<info@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Introduce new GPIO driver for virtual GPIO devices via virtio.
>
> The driver implements the virtio-gpio protocol (ID 41), which can be
> used by either VM guests (e.g. bridging virtual gpios from the guest
> to real gpios in the host or attaching simulators for automatic
> application testing), as well as virtio-gpio hardware devices.
>
> Signed-off-by: Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult <info@xxxxxxxxx>

So now there are two contesting patches for this and that creates a
social problem for us as maintainers. I am not too happy about that.

This situation activates the kernel management style document so
I advise involved parties to familiarize themselves with it:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/management-style.html

Can we get the discussion down to actual technical points?
We really need a virtio GPIO driver, no doubt, so if everyone could
just work toward that goal and compromise with their specific pet
peeves that would be great.

Yours,
Linus Walleij