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Message-ID: <20110328142518.2af6b2e2@feng-i7>
Date:	Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:25:18 +0800
From:	Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
CC:	"Lu, Guanqun" <guanqun.lu@...el.com>,
	"meego-kernel@...ts.meego.com" <meego-kernel@...ts.meego.com>,
	"alan@...ux.intel.com" <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	"arjan@...ux.intel.com" <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	"Wu, Fengguang" <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	"Fu, Michael" <michael.fu@...el.com>,
	"Wang, Xingchao" <xingchao.wang@...el.com>,
	"Koul, Vinod" <vinod.koul@...el.com>,
	"Kp, Jeeja" <jeeja.kp@...el.com>,
	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	Feng Tang <feng.tang@...ux.intel.com>,
	Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Jekyll Lai <jekyll_lai@...tron.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 1/2] mrst: export get_gpio_by_name() function

Hi Greg,

On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:50:24 +0800
Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:29:19AM +0800, Lu Guanqun wrote:
> > Export get_gpio_by_name() function and make its name more focused.
> > We are doing this because currently get_gpio_by_name() is only used
> > by the devices exported from SFI DEVS table, but it is also useful
> > for other PCI devices which also use the GPIO lines, and have their
> > gpio infos in the SFI GPIO table.
> 
> As others pointed out, don't change the name of this function.
Yes, will keep it in mind

> 
> Also, this is only needed by the one staging driver, right?
Yes, currently it is only needed by the intel_sst driver in stating.

Thanks,
Feng
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