Re: [PATCH v11 2/6] gpiolib: allow to specify the firmware node in struct gpio_chip

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Nov 30 2021 - 11:20:24 EST


On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 06:14:01PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 04:41:23PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:

...

> Not sure I understand the proposal. Can you provide couple of (simplest)
> examples?
>
> And also it sounds like reinventing a wheel. What problem do you have that you
> need to solve this way?

Have you seen these:
drivers/gpio/gpio-dwapb.c
drivers/mfd/intel_quark_i2c_gpio.c
?

GPIO driver has a main (controller level) node along with children on per bank
basis. Currently it works with the provided approach (see second driver).

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko