linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] gpio: mcp23s08: Allow -1 as a legal value for global gpio base

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Date:	Sat, 09 Feb 2013 14:27:08 +0000
From:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
To:	Lars Poeschel <larsi@....tu-dresden.de>, poeschel@...onage.de,
	rob.herring@...xeda.com, rob@...dley.net, linus.walleij@...aro.org,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	spi-devel-general@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc:	w.sang@...gutronix.de, ben-linux@...ff.org,
	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] gpio: mcp23s08: Allow -1 as a legal value for global gpio base

On Wed,  6 Feb 2013 18:01:57 +0100, Lars Poeschel <larsi@....tu-dresden.de> wrote:
> From: Lars Poeschel <poeschel@...onage.de>
> 
> Explicitly allow -1 as a legal value for the
> mcp23s08_platform_data->base. This is the special value lets the
> kernel choose a valid global gpio base number.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lars Poeschel <poeschel@...onage.de>
> ---
>  drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c |    4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c
> index 3cea0ea..2afb828 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mcp23s08.c
> @@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static int mcp230xx_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
>  	int status;
>  
>  	pdata = client->dev.platform_data;
> -	if (!pdata || !gpio_is_valid(pdata->base)) {
> +	if ((!pdata || !gpio_is_valid(pdata->base)) && pdata->base != -1) {
>  		dev_dbg(&client->dev, "invalid or missing platform data\n");
>  		return -EINVAL;

When used with the device tree you shouldn't have a platform data
pointer at all. Instead you should modify the driver to not require it.

g.

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