linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] gpio: syscon: Add support for a custom get operation

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Date:   Thu, 12 Sep 2019 10:18:34 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Paul Kocialkowski <paul.kocialkowski@...tlin.com>
Cc:     "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] gpio: syscon: Add support for a custom get operation

On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 4:29 PM Paul Kocialkowski
<paul.kocialkowski@...tlin.com> wrote:

> Some drivers might need a custom get operation to match custom
> behavior implemented in the set operation.
>
> Add plumbing for supporting that.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Kocialkowski <paul.kocialkowski@...tlin.com>

Looks OK but as noted in the other patch: we are accumulating stuff
in this driver, possibly this syscon part should just be a library
used by individual drivers that can be switched on/off with Kconfig.

Yours,
Linus Walleij