Re: [RESEND PATCH v4 0/6] gpio: Implement and utilize register structures for ISA drivers

From: Bartosz Golaszewski
Date: Wed Jul 20 2022 - 11:47:53 EST


On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 3:46 PM William Breathitt Gray
<william.gray@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Rebased onto the gpio/for-next branch.
>
> Changes in v4:
> - Cleanup superfluous header includes from drivers
> - Add note to CONFIG_GPIO_I8255 Kconfig that if built as a module the
> name will be 'gpio-i8255'
> - Remove 'const' from '__iomem' pointers
> - Replace ambiguous 'group' terminology with more understandable 'bank'
> - Use more natural '>= 4' expression to represent upper nibble
> - Refactor i8255_set_port() to take more common pattern of mask and
> bits
>
> The PC104/ISA drivers were updated to use I/O memory accessor calls such
> as ioread8()/iowrite8() in a previous patch series [0]. This
> patchset is a continuation of the effort to improve the code readability
> and reduce magic numbers by implementing and utilizing named register
> data structures.
>
> One of the benefits is that we can now observe more easily similarities
> in devices that share similar interfaces; such as the i8255 interfaces
> used by the 104-DIO-48E, 104-IDI-48, and GPIO-MM drivers -- as well as
> the similar interface used by the 104-IDIO-16 and PCI-IDIO-16 drivers.
>
> A new module supporting the Intel 8255 interface is introduced to
> consolidate the common code found among the 104-DIO-48E, 104-IDI-48, and
> GPIO-MM drivers.
>
> [0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1652201921.git.william.gray@xxxxxxxxxx/
>

Series applied, thanks!

Bart