linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] ARM: mxc: migrate mach-imx gpio driver to gpio-mxc

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Message-Id: <201106031323.01024.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Fri, 3 Jun 2011 13:23:00 +0000
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>,
	Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...aro.org>, patches@...aro.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, grant.likely@...retlab.ca,
	kernel@...gutronix.de, olof@...om.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] ARM: mxc: migrate mach-imx gpio driver to gpio-mxc

On Friday 03 June 2011 11:54:14 Fabio Estevam wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:33 AM, Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...aro.org> wrote:
> ...
> 
> > +void __init imx1_soc_init(void)
> > +{
> > +       mxc_register_gpio(0, MX1_GPIO1_BASE_ADDR, SZ_4K, MX1_GPIO_INT_PORTA, 0);
> > +       mxc_register_gpio(1, MX1_GPIO2_BASE_ADDR, SZ_4K, MX1_GPIO_INT_PORTB, 0);
> > +       mxc_register_gpio(2, MX1_GPIO3_BASE_ADDR, SZ_4K, MX1_GPIO_INT_PORTC, 0);
> > +       mxc_register_gpio(3, MX1_GPIO4_BASE_ADDR, SZ_4K, MX1_GPIO_INT_PORTD, 0);
> 
> By just reading the function names like "imx1_soc_init" we have really
> no clue of what it actually does.
> 
> "soc_init" is too vague IMHO. Could´t you change the names to
> something like "imx1_gpio_init" or "imx1_gpio_register".
> 
> It would be nice at least are dealing with gpio.

Olof and I asked Shawn to do it specifically this way, so we have a place
where more SOC specific initialization can be added without having to
change every single board file.

	Arnd
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