linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 12/18] dt-bindings: Add PLX Technology OXNAS pinctrl and gpio bindings

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdbHdMG6PLxs-37kdyM55qye2igxdgHMxn3fUaoEaRdU+w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 8 Apr 2016 13:14:46 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:	Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 12/18] dt-bindings: Add PLX Technology OXNAS pinctrl
 and gpio bindings

On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org> wrote:

> Looking at one example, it appears to be redundant already.
> nomadik-gpio-chips property already gives you the index. The index of
> the phandles is the bank numbering. PIC32 could do the same.

nomadik-gpio-chips is a property on the pin controller,
so it goes the wrong direction I think, the pin controller
knows these indexes but the GPIO chip does not know
what index it has.

Yours,
Linus Walleij