linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/9] gpio-exar/8250-exar: Do not even instantiate a GPIO device for Commtech cards

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Date:   Tue, 30 May 2017 21:33:35 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-serial@...r.kernel.org" <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        Sudip Mukherjee <sudip.mukherjee@...ethink.co.uk>,
        Sascha Weisenberger <sascha.weisenberger@...mens.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/9] gpio-exar/8250-exar: Do not even instantiate a
 GPIO device for Commtech cards

On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 10:01 AM, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com> wrote:
> Commtech adapters need the MPIOs for internal purposes, and the
> gpio-exar driver already refused to pick them up. But there is actually
> no point in even creating the underlying platform device.

It still feels that partially you may do stuff here, like
renaming to
__xr17v35x_register_gpio()
and creating
xr17v35x_register_gpio() wrapper.

> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-exar.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-exar.c
> index 081076771217..006a9a67c2a4 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-exar.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-exar.c
> @@ -124,9 +124,6 @@ static int gpio_exar_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>         void __iomem *p;
>         int index, ret;
>
> -       if (pcidev->vendor != PCI_VENDOR_ID_EXAR)
> -               return -ENODEV;
> -
>         /*
>          * Map the pci device to get the register addresses.
>          * We will need to read and write those registers to control
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c
> index 8984e8b2d524..c29c7e675890 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c
> @@ -245,7 +245,9 @@ pci_xr17v35x_setup(struct exar8250 *priv, struct pci_dev *pcidev,
>                 /* Setup Multipurpose Input/Output pins. */
>                 setup_gpio(pcidev, p);
>
> -               port->port.private_data = xr17v35x_register_gpio(pcidev);
> +               if (pcidev->vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_EXAR)
> +                       port->port.private_data =
> +                               xr17v35x_register_gpio(pcidev);
>         }
>
>         return 0;
> --
> 2.12.3
>



-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko