linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5] serial: 8250: add gpio support to exar

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Message-ID: <56B74C87.3080301@gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 07 Feb 2016 19:24:15 +0530
From:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@...il.com>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, andy.shevchenko@...il.com,
	Rob Groner <rgroner@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] serial: 8250: add gpio support to exar

On Sunday 07 February 2016 12:14 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 11:36:35AM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
>> Exar XR17V352/354/358 chips have 16 multi-purpose inputs/outputs which
>> can be controlled using gpio interface.
>> Add support to use these pins.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@...torindia.org>
>> ---
>
> I need an ack from the gpio maintainer before I can take this.
>
> Or was it going to be reworked again?

I have not yet started with the rework, but Andy wants me to split out 
the exar related code from 8250_pci and create its own driver. But at 
the initial discussion you were against having a separate driver for it.
what will you suggest?

regards
sudip