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Message-ID: <20120214094835.GB13673@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:48:35 +0000
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Ryan Mallon <rmallon@...il.com>
Cc:	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	rob.herring@...xeda.com, grant.likely@...retlab.ca,
	avictor.za@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de, plagnioj@...osoft.com,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] ARM: at91/snapper9260: move gpio_to_irq out of
	structure initialization

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 07:02:20AM +1100, Ryan Mallon wrote:
> On 14/02/12 01:43, Nicolas Ferre wrote:
> 
> > gpio_to_irq() implementation will be moved from a macro to a
> > plain function: we cannot use it in a structure initialization
> > anymore.
> 
> What was the reason for the change? It was originally a macro for 
> exactly this reason.

gpio_to_irq() is supposed to work not only for built-in GPIOs, but also
GPIOs provided by other devices.  Having it as a definition which only
works for the SoC GPIOs is broken.
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