Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] gpio: dt-bindings: add parsing of loongson gpio offset

From: Conor Dooley
Date: Tue Aug 01 2023 - 03:23:33 EST


On Tue, Aug 01, 2023 at 02:39:49PM +0800, Yinbo Zhu wrote:
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> 在 2023/7/31 下午11:55, Conor Dooley 写道:
> > On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 05:10:58PM +0800, Yinbo Zhu wrote:
> > > Add parsing GPIO configure, input, output, interrupt register offset
> > > address and GPIO control mode support.
> >
> > This reeks of insufficient use of SoC specific compatibles. Do GPIO
> > controllers on the same SoC have different register offsets?
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>
> Yes,
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> > Where are the users for this?
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> For example, ls2k500 contains multiple GPIO chips with different
> (configure, input, output, interrupt) offset addresses, but all others
> are the same.

Right. That's admittedly not what I expected to hear! Can you firstly
explain this in the commit message, and secondly add a soc-specific
compatible for the ls2k500 and only allow these properties on that SoC?

Thanks,
Conor.

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