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

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Date:	Sun, 7 Feb 2016 13:35:28 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
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 Sun, Feb 07, 2016 at 07:24:15PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> 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?

I don't remember what my initial suggestion was at all, sorry.  But I
like what Peter was doing with the other tty driver splitout, so that
might be the correct thing to do here.

thanks,

greg k-h