Re: [PATCH v1 char-misc-next 2/5] misc: microchip: pci1xxxx: load gpio driver for the gpio controller auxiliary device enumerated by the auxiliary bus driver.

[Michael Walle]

Am 2023-02-23 11:23, schrieb Linus Walleij:
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 11:31 AM Michael Walle <michael@xxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> > [+ GPIO maintainers]
> >
> > > PIO function's auxiliary bus driver enumerates separate child devices for
> > > GPIO controller and OTP/EEPROM interface. This gpio driver implemented
> > > based on the gpio framework is loaded for the gpio auxiliary device.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Kumaravel Thiagarajan <kumaravel.thiagarajan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  MAINTAINERS                                   |   1 +
> > >  drivers/misc/mchp_pci1xxxx/Makefile           |   2 +-
> > >  .../misc/mchp_pci1xxxx/mchp_pci1xxxx_gpio.c   | 163 ++++++++++++++++++
> >
> > Why doesn't this file live in the GPIO subsystem? Seems like this 
> > haven't
> > got a proper review from the GPIO people (probably due to the "misc:"
> > subject). Maybe even GPIO_REGMAP could be used.
>
> I agree, plese resend this patch with the linux-gpio mailing list and 
> the GPIO
> maintainers on CC.

This is already in drivers/misc. There should be a follow up patch.

-michael