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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:35:43 +0300 From: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com> To: David Cohen <david.a.cohen@...ux.intel.com>, linus.walleij@...aro.org, gnurou@...il.com CC: linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com> Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] gpio/pinctrl: baytrail: move gpio driver from pinctrl to gpio directory On 13.10.2014 22:17, David Cohen wrote: > Even though GPIO module on Intel Bay Trail is able to control pin > functionality, it's unlikely Linux kernel driver will ever support it > since BIOS should handle all pin muxing itself. > > Currently this driver does not register any pinctrl interface and > doesn't call any pinctrl interface. It just uses on internal functions > the 'struct pinctrl_gpio_range', which is a weak justification to not be > under gpio directory. > This discussion was held when gpio-baytrail was first submitted. These threads explain the gpio/pinctrl-baytrail history: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=136981432427668&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=137113578604763&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=137155497023054&w=2 A proper pinctrl driver for baytrail is still not yet ruled out -Mathias -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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