Re: [PATCH v3 0/1] add device driver for Nuvoton SIO gpio function

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Jul 12 2022 - 10:45:14 EST


On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 4:32 PM Henning Schild
<henning.schild@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> changes since v2:
> - move from subsys_initcall to module_init
> - add 2 more patches to show how it can be used later
> - v2 is based on [PATCH v6 00/12] platform/x86: introduce p2sb_bar() helper
>
> changes since v1:
> - implement get_direction function
> - style changes requested in review

JFYI: You have a strange subject. Had you used `git format-patch
--cover-letter ...`?

> This adds gpio support for several Super IO chips from Nuvoton. The
> driver was originally developed by Nuvoton and i am just contributing it
> on behalf, because other patches i will send later will require access
> to the gpios. The driver is valid on its own.
> In fact v2 of this series shows a future user, not to be merged right
> away but to show what is planned.
>
> The driver supports several chips, of which i only managed to test one
> but did not want to drop the others.
>
> I hope the original authors will help with the testing and addressing
> review feedback. The changes i did so far mainly are inspired by similar
> drivers and some just concern coding style. If more has to be done and
> the original authors do not jump in, we might start off with just that
> one chip i can test and add the others later on.


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko