linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] gpio: pxa: add pin control gpio direction and request

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Date:	Tue, 15 Dec 2015 14:17:40 +0100
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>
Cc:	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
	"linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] gpio: pxa: add pin control gpio direction and request

On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 11:55 PM, Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr> wrote:

> If a pin control driver is available, use it to change the gpio
> direction. If not fallback to directly manipulating the gpio direction
> register.
>
> The reason to use the pin control driver first is that pin control in
> pxa2xx architecture implies changing the gpio direction, even for non
> gpio functions. In order to do it atomically, only one driver should
> control the gpio direction, and if a pin controller is available, it has
> to be him.
>
> There is a small catch : if CONFIG_PINCTRL is selected, then a pinctrl
> driver has to be probed. If not, gpio_request() will return
> -EPROBE_DEFER as pinctrl_request_gpio() returns it in that case.
>
> Signed-off-by: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>
> ---
> Since v1: expand commit message to state the gpio possible breakage if
>           CONFIG_PINCTRL is selected and no pinctrl driver is built.

Patch applied.

Now you only need to send the incremental diff for patch 1/2.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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