linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/10] ARM: OMAP1: ams-delta: replace custom I/O with GPIO

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Date:	Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:00:22 -0800
From:	Jonathan McDowell <noodles@...th.li>
To:	Janusz Krzysztofik <jkrzyszt@....icnet.pl>
Cc:	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>,
	Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@...mer.com>,
	linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	Liam Girdwood <lrg@...com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] ARM: OMAP1: ams-delta: replace custom I/O with
 GPIO

On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 09:11:58PM +0100, Janusz Krzysztofik wrote:
> The Amstrad Delta board has two extra output ports used for driving
> input lines of different on-board devices. Those ports are now
> controlled with custom functions, provided by the board arch code and
> used by several device drivers.
> 
> The idea behind the series is to replace those custom I/O functions
> with gpiolib API. This way, existing drivers can be made less platform
> dependent, and some of them perhaps even superseded with generic GPIO
> based drivers after the board platform device descriptions are
> converted. Moreover, should a new driver for the on-board Smart Card
> controller ever be created, it could be designed as a generic GPIO
> based driver, not a custom one.

Nice work; moving ams-delta over to gpiolib has been on my todo list for
a while (albeit quite low down).

J.

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